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GE agrees to pay $7.9M Settlement ends part of 2009 federal lawsuit filed by Hudson River towns Updated 8:23 am, Friday, July 4, 2014 General Electric Co. will pay $7.95 million to settle part of a federal lawsuit filed in 2009 by several Saratoga County municipal agencies that shut down or moved their water supplies when the company began dredging PCBs from the Hudson River that year. The settlement ends an intensive legal battle that's unfolded in U.S. District Court in Albany between GE and the towns and villages of Stillwater and Waterford, and the Water Commissioners of the town of Waterford. Two other plaintiffs — the Saratoga County Water Authority and the town of Halfmoon -— did not join the settlement and are moving forward in their litigation with GE. A federal complaint filed by the municipalities five years ago claimed GE should help pay the costs for alternate water supplies that the towns and villages pursued when the company's federally mandated $1 billion dredging project began. The Saratoga County Water Authority, meanwhile, alleged it spent more than $27 million to build its water-supply intake on the Hudson River in Moreau to be upstream from the company's PCB pollution. GE's federally mandated clean-up of the upper Hudson River, which is the nation's largest superfund site, has caused occasional spikes in PCB levels that prompted the towns of Waterford and Halfmoon to shut down their water treatment plants, which both pull water from the Hudson River. Those communities have since purchased water from the city of Troy's Tomhannock Reservoir while the dredging continues at least through 2015. The settlement, which was signed on behalf of GE by Ann R. Klee, the company's vice president of corporate environmental programs, states GE "has denied, and continues to deny, any liability, wrongdoing or responsibility for the claims asserted in the litigation and believes that the claims are without merit and that such claims are barred in whole or in part." The settlement was not filed in U.S. District Court; a copy was obtained by the Times Union under a Freedom of Information Law request. Mark L. Behan, a spokesman for GE, said the company is hopeful that it also can reach a settlement with the town of Halfmoon and the Saratoga County Water Authority. He said the settlement with the Stillwater and Waterford communities "made sense." "All the parties agreed that the settlement that we came to was a fair and reasonable resolution to what was becoming protracted litigation," Behan said. The settlement amount will be reduced by hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal costs and an approximately 30 percent contingency fee that will be paid to Dreyer Boyajian, the Albany law firm that represented the agencies who settled. After the attorneys are paid, the settlement will result in roughly $4 million to be divided by the town and village of Stillwater, although most of that money will go to the village, which runs the water system that helps supply the town and saw its well fields contaminated with PCBs. The remaining $1.45 million from the settlement, minus legal costs, will go to Waterford. Attempts to reach Stillwater village Mayor Ernest W. Martin Sr. for comment this week were not successful. The years-long litigation resulted in GE having to turn over more than 10 million pages of internal records to attorneys for the river communities. The lawsuit also subjected severalof GE's top executives, including former CEO Jack Welch, to sworn depositions about their knowledge of the company's handling of the PCBs at its capacitor plants in Fort Edward and Hudson Falls. Despite the unprecedented glimpse of the company's internal strategies, thousands of other internal records remain sealed under a court order, in part, because GE argued they are privileged documents involving attorney-client matters. Last year, the Times Union obtained copies of thousands of pages of the GE records through a series of Freedom of Information Law requests for a story published March 8 examining the company's pollution of the Hudson River. The internal records show GE began aggressively studying the health and environmental issues related to PCBs more than 40 years ago, and curtailed use in the early 1970s of what it suspected at the time was a more dangerous type of PCBs. The documents also revealed GE's fierce battle in which it spent at least $100 million to fight the dredging and try to convince the public and key elected officials to oppose the clean-up plan. There is no indication that the town of Halfmoon or Saratoga County Water Authority are engaged in settlement discussions with GE and the case is wending toward trial in federal court. Waterford Supervisor John E. Lawler, who also chairs the county water authority, said the town's water services are overseen by an independent board of water commissioners. He said many of the town's costs to pump water from Troy were covered when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helped fund the construction of a water line across the river. "A lot of the damages that we might have looked for in a lawsuit, when we originally filed a lawsuit, they were addressed in other ways," Lawler said. "But I think the settlement is reasonable." Waterford's settlement with GE does not effect the town's separate lawsuit in state Supreme Court alleging the town of Halfmoon breached a more than 30-year contract to purchase water from Waterford, which is seeking nearly $8 million in damages. The town ofHalfmoon has countered in court papers that it did not violate its agreement to buy at least 27 million gallons of water every quarter from Waterford. Halfmoon's attorney, David A. Engel of Albany, said in a response the agreement was voided when both communities shut down their water treatment plants and started buying water from Troy in 2009. The lawsuit between the towns was filed in 2012 and has languished in state Supreme Court with no activity in more than a year. GE opened its Fort Edward manufacturing plant in 1946 and its Hudson Falls plant, a mile up the river, in 1951. The court records indicate GE purchased an estimated 190 million pounds of PCBs over a period of decades, using it as a dielectric fluid to insulate its capacitors from overheating. PCBs, a coal-tar byproduct, were for many years the government's preferred chemical for that purpose, in part because they were effective at preventing fires while not interfering with conductivity. PCBs, which a committee for the World Health Organization has declared are a known carcinogen, were banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1979. Much of the Hudson River's pollution occurred when PCBs were spilled onto the ground or seeped into the bedrock below GE's Washington County factories. They were also flushed into the capacitor plants' wastewater systems, which poured into the nearby river. John A. Harrington, who was employed at GE's Hudson Falls plant from 1951 to 1968, signed a sworn affidavit taken by the EPA in January 2007 describing how PCBs — which GE referred to under the trade name "pyranol" — were handled at the Washington County plant. The affidavit was filed in a federal case in New Hampshire in which the EPA pursued environmental charges against GE in connection with its distribution of waste PCBs to a paint-manufacturing company. "Approximately two to three times per year, if not more, up to one-thousand gallons of pyranol would become contaminated, with something, which rendered it to waste," Harrington's affidavit states. "If barrels were available, this waste pyranol would be barreled. If there were no barrels available, a valve was opened on the waste pyranol tank which was located between buildings one and two, and the waste pyranol was allowed to flow through the pipe that went into the ground and snaked its way out and into the Hudson River. This occurred two to three times a year, if not more, during the time I worked in this department." GE's spokesman said there's no way, decades later, to verify Harrington's claims. The company has repeatedly insisted it never broke any environmental laws and that its toxic discharges were "permitted." Behan, who owns a Glens Falls communications firm under contract with GE, said in an email in March that Harrington's affidavit "adds little to the discussion." "There is no dispute that PCBs reached the Hudson River based on disposal practices that were common a half-century ago and eliminated decades ago," he wrote. "What is abundantly clear is that, when concerns about PCBs were raised, GE took steps to change its manufacturing operations to reduce and ultimately eliminate the loss or discharge of PCBs to the environment. What's also indisputable is that, since the 1970's, GE has conducted and paid for comprehensive cleanups of PCBs on its plant sites ... and has met and continues to meet every regulatory commitment." GE's fifth year of dredging the upper Hudson River began this spring. firstname.lastname@example.org • 518-454-5547 • @blyonswriter
|The Ancient Roman City of Jerash| toward the Syrian Border, Jordan In its thousands-of-years lifespan, this spot has also been a Neolithic settlement, an Early Bronze Age village, and part of the Nabotean Kingdom. The founding of the city is sometimes attributed to Alexander the Great or to Ptolemy II. Emperor Hadrian wintered here in 129-130 AD. Its both ancient and legendary and a definite must see as part of any visit to Amman. Check-out the rest of the photos in this 33 second slide show below: Photographic montage of the ancient city of Jerash in Jordan
If you’re in a group (real life, online, wherever) then you are expected to conform to the rules of the group. Cross a boundary, or even just push its limits, and the reaction can be varied, and sometimes quite unexpected. It doesn’t matter who was objectively right or wrong (if there is such a thing in play), what matters is the rules of the group. The rules of the group can help sweep an individual into a world of things they aren’t comfortable with. If everyone gets pissed every Saturday and you don’t, that is likely to slide. It’s non-participation, and that’s a little easier to forgive. But try saying that maybe it’s not healthy to live a life so soaked in alcohol, and you’re ripe for ejection. It’s part of being in the group, and questioning it marks you out as ‘not like us’. It makes it hard to stand up to a group of people you know, who are your friends, and say something unpopular. It takes a lot of guts to hear people joking about bashing someone and stand up and say ‘no, that’s not ok’. It’s hard to watch someone make jokes about sexual assault and call them out on it. Maybe, if you’re lucky, they will look at themselves and think ‘no, I don’t want to be that guy’, or maybe the blame for disrupting a sick joke will blow back on you. It’s hard being the one who stands up and says no, but it says a lot about your character.
I’m a staff writer for the Texas Travesty, which is the largest student-produced humor publication in the country. During my time on staff, the Travesty won their sixth ‘Best Local Publication’ award from the readers of the Austin Chronicle. I also campaigned for the Travesty’s Xavier Rotnofsky and Rohit Mandalapu, during their victorious Student Government Executive Alliance election. After the race, I was quoted in the USA Today College. Most of the Texas Travesty’s work is written in collaboration, and can be read at TexasTravesty.com. However, I am also the Senior Food Critic for the publication, and my reviews can be read below:
A few of us have shopping problems. A few of us just need to save some cash. A few of us just might be up for a challenge of epic proportions. We all just want to make the most of what we have and appreciate that others may not be as fortunate to buy what they want when they want. No shopping or eating out for 365 days. If you cave, you must donate an amount equal to your purchase to the Greater Twin Cities United Way. Good Luck.
Great day in Filey @Ruddisretreat, show support for the charity by voting at Lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/Awards or the hashtag #NLARuddi #NLAwards About the Project: Free respite holidays at the seaside for families affected by cancer, life-limiting illness, bereavement and dementia, in specially adapted caravans Founder Ali Waterworth started the charity after her son Ruddi developed a rare cancer at six months old. He needed a year of intensive treatment, including three months in America, which took a huge toll, emotionally, physically and financially on the family. A charity provided them with a much-needed week away in a caravan to recharge their batteries and it was here that Ruddi took his first steps. Mum-of-four Ali vowed to offer the same support to others and launched a fundraising drive in 2011. This was in spite of Ali going bankrupt because of the pressures of Ruddi's illness. She says: "I know it sounds silly but that week was a game changer for us. It meant everything." The first eight-berth static caravan at Primrose Valley holiday park in Filey, East Yorkshire, opened in 2012, donated by supporter and now trustee David Firth, with National Lottery funding helping to buy a second caravan in 2013. Families apply to the charity for a break, which is usually over a weekend or short week, with full weeks available outside of school holidays. The park is close to a hospital, should families need one. Eligibility has expanded from families with a child having treatment or recovering from cancer, to those with life-limiting illnesses, a parent who has been sick or children dealing with bereavement, and now dementia sufferers and their families
Not me, of course. Blech. How sad that this counts as “news” in somebody’s world, though: Startups move at break-neck pace, under a lot of pressure to succeed bigger and faster than any normal company. And women don’t want to give up their personal life in exchange for the chance to be the next Google. Women would rather just sleep with/marry the guy who invented Google. It’s easier, and women are lazy.
NorthShore’s online source for timely health and wellness news, inspiring patient stories and tips to lead a healthy life. When you plan to be out in the sun for an extended period of time (or even for just a short amount of time), wearing some form of sun protection is better than nothing. But, with all the options on the market today, how do you know which sunscreen is best for complete sun protection? Reshma Haugen, MD, Dermatologist at NorthShore, talks about the different types of sunscreen and offers suggestions on which are better than others: What type of sunscreen do you prefer to use? Do you use sunscreen every time you are outside in the sun?
MD - Radiotherapy, Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases (DTCD) Medical Registration Verified Dr. Harpreet Singh is a Radiation Oncologist in Paschim Vihar, Delhi and has an experience of 28 years in this field. Dr. Harpreet Singh practices at Sri Balaji more.. FC 34, A-4, Paschim Vihar East, Landmark: Opposite Dda Sports Complex, Delhi MON - SAT 09:00 - 05:00 Get the free Practo App
This curriculum is designed as a guide for the project facilitator. The activities and background information in this curriculum will help youth develop the requisite knowledge and skills associated with raising and showing swine. Activities are youth centered and include opportunities for the application of knowledge and skills at three different levels of experience: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Youth learn many things, including: - bio-security risk assessment and mitigation strategies. - budgeting decisions associated with raising and housing swine. - dietary needs of pigs at different life stages. - pre-show preparation; showmanship; and judging. - ethical decision making in caring for and showing swine.
Your key responsibilities - Follow-up of the day-to-day management of several real asset funds under management - Liaise with the investment advisors, investment management teams in the different countries and the local asset managers for all real asset transactions linked to the real asset vehicles under management - Act as a manager of different real asset vehicles under management - Monitoring of the observance of asset limits, plausibility of valuation results, etc. - Attendance of risk management activities: risk identification, risk strategy, analyzes, etc. - Optimize contract management and coordinate new contracts in close cooperation with our legal department - Monitoring of internal reportings to committees and external reportings e.g. quarterly reports - Implementation of asset strategies, capital-, revenue- and cashflow-planning and -management, KPIs, etc. - You hold a degree in Finance, Economics or Accounting - You have at least 3 to 5 years professional experience in real asset portfolio management / fund management, real asset transaction and / or real asset management - A similar management position within a real asset AIFM in Luxembourg would be a very competitive advantage - Professional knowledge of the AIFMD and real asset investment vehicles in Luxembourg - Good knowledge of the European commercial real asset market trends and challenges - Fluent in English and good knowledge in German; knowledge of other European languages will be a plus - Autonomous, rigorous and very well organized - Alceda is an aspiring company at the Luxembourg and Hamburg financial centres - Excellent possibilities of further development, also individual personnel development - A demanding task in a highly-skilled, dynamic team Apply by e-mail Alceda is a leading independent structuring specialist in Europe dedicated to the structuring of traditional and alternative investments. Alceda provides asset and fund managers, banks and family offices with tailored investment solutions and global access to investors and distribution partners. In addition, Alceda offers institutional investors the choice of a range of innovative investment strategies from highly specialised fund boutiques worldwide. Established in 2007, Alceda now is represented in 4 countries, with offices in Luxembourg, Hamburg (Germany), London and Hong Kong. With more than 70 employees worldwide Alceda has over USD 8.6bn assets under administration across a variety of products.
As a resident of Maputo now for about 3 years (and a resident of Mozambique for nearly 4!), here are some of my beauty recommendations for the capital city: Best place for a haircut: Salão Olímpia Pinto (aka the salon on the first floor of the Polana Shopping). I cut my hair with a lady called São, who is the owner of the salon. She has a funny style of haircutting, much choppier and agressive than I am used to, and is really a fan of layers no matter what kind of cut you ask for. Personally, her style works for me, as it is good for cuts that look slightly messy. However, there are two things that really bother me about São: First, she always is overbooked, and ends up running late and cutting 2 or 3 ladies' hair at the same time. Second, she talks on her phone while she cuts your hair, holding the phone between her head and shoulder and merrily chopping away despite the fact that she isn't looking at you straight on. Still, it is worth it, as I've yet to find someone who cuts better in Maputo. Women's haircut and style runs around 650mt. Best place for highlights: Salão Hera (aka the salon on the second floor of the Decali day spa on Av. Kenneth Kaunda, just down from the World Bank). I have the owner, a Portuguese woman called Isabella, do my highlights. She is good at listening, and works relatively quickly. They are some of the best highlights I've had in my life, if you can believe it. As always, however, there are some downsides. Isabella smokes inside the salon and blares out very, very loud dance music on the stero, which I find unprofessional. Also, I don't like her haircutting style (it tends to be too blunt for my taste), and I've had to correct crooked bangs and side pieces of my hair the last two times I've had a cut with Isabella. The highlights are so good, though, they keep me coming back. Highlights on short hair + women's haircut and style runs about 3,000mt. Best place for a manicure: Salão Decali (on Av. Kenneth Kaunda in a white house with a green gate, just down from the World Bank). Dona Celeste, my favorite manicurist, is incredible. She does an impeccable job with nails, gives a mean arm/leg massage, and is so gentle and mothering she can be a temporary cure to my bouts of homesickness. All of the equipment is obviously clean and sterilized regularly, and tools aren't re-used or shared between clients. My manicures typically last 7 days, and my pedicures last 3 weeks. Cost for mani + pedi is 750mt if you pay in cash. (on a side note, Nail Spa is also quite good, but I don't go there anymore as I had my cell phone stolen from my purse while getting my nails done there last year - I think it was one of the clients, but I wasn't impressed with the manager's response to the situation and have never gone back). Best place for waxing: As far as I'm concerned, the jury is still out on this one. I've had bad and good experiences at all the places I think are decent for waxing. Currently, I go to Dona Celeste at Decali, but I find she goes over the same areas with wax too many times, and tends to give my sensitive skin slight burns/bruises. I used to wax with the lady at Nail Spa at the Jardim dos Namorados, but she once botched a bikini was so severely (and painfully!) I never went back. I have several friends who swear by the salon on Av. Julius Nyerere just across from the Deli 951 (don't remember the name of the salon or the deli right now - sorry). It is near Taverna restaurant. Waxing costs vary depending on the salon, but tend to be pretty reasonable, and are much cheaper than in the US. Wherever you go, just be sure they don't recycle wax between clients. I had a horrifying experience once in Chimoio when I realized the wax the lady was using on my bikini line was already full of another woman's hairs!! Best place for a massage: Salão Decali. My favorite is the hot rock massage with Dona Celeste. She is one of the few people in Maputo who can actually dig into my muscles hard enough for me to feel like it's a proper massage. There is always the Chinese place just off Av. Julius Nyerere near Mundo's, but I've not heard great reviews. Best clothing botique: Papaia (next to Hotel Polana). The shop is overpriced, but the clothes are imported from Paris and Portugal and are generally good quality. Caters especially to women who are tall, or who have a slender build. I am average height and a bit curvy, so not everything there works on me, but it's definitely worth a look. Other options are the second-hand Mango shop on the side street just past Talho Polana (it is a Remar charity shop that, for some odd reason, only sells Mango brand clothes). I've never made it in there, as they only allow 2 or 3 ladies at a time and the wait can get frustrating. Several friends have found cute tops and dresses there, but I think it's a bit hit or miss. If you are into stereotypically Brazilian-style clothing (tight jeans, small tops, etc.), you might try somewhere like Loja das Damas or any of the small family-run shops around town, but I've never been enticed by their window displays or their advertising. Best clothing retailer: I like Woolworth's and Mr. Price. Their clothes are cheap, but cute, and perfect for one-season pieces. Best place to buy a bikini: Verd'Agua (aka gift shop a Southern Sun hotel, previously Holiday Inn). They have a decent selection of bikinis, ranging from brazilian-style cuts to more modest American-style ones. Patterns are cute, and the prices are surprisingly reasonable. I just bought a great bikini there for 1,250mt. Best place to buy clothes from local fashion designers: Franco-Mozambican Cultural Center gift shop. The clothes are overpriced, but you can find some very unique pieces. Definitely not for everyone's taste, but if you are into fashion, you can find some interesting things. More basic locally made clothes using capulanas can be found at the Saturday Wood Market in the square just off Av. 25 de Setembro, down from Café Continental. Best place to buy "ethnic" jewelry: Saturday wood market, or the shop on the second floor of Polana Shopping that specializes in African jewelry of slightly higher quality. And of course, there are always my pieces with Ilha de Moçambique trade beads and precious Mozambican hardwoods. :) Best place to buy makeup/perfume/creams: Duty free in Joburg airport, or across the border in Nelspruit. I think these beauty items are ridiculously marked up in Maputo, and I am never confident that I'm not buying a knockoff product. If there is a good place here for makeup and perfume, by all means let me know! Hope you find this helpful...
Today I finally felt like I could have a conversation so when my Weight Watcher buddies asked if they could bring me coffee ... I said YES! They stayed just 20 minutes and despite no shower or makeup in a week they think I look just great! It's about 10am right now with my next physical therapy session at 2pm. I'm going to rest up and take a shower!! Whoo hoo the excitement over here. The kids brought over easy to fix breakfast and lunch foods ... including my beloved popcorn popper! My back is bothering me now so I'm not sure how PT will go today. I also called the surgeon's office for another week of pain medication. After a long conversation, me feeling like a wimp ... she said most people call for reinforcements after a few days. She gave me lots of good information on how to decide when to postpone dosage to every four hours, then five and when I get to 8 hours, I can do one pill every three hours, then four, etc. This little apartment has a lot more room for me to simply walk around. After my shower, I'll ask for my sweatshirt and my robe and maybe walk outdoors since the weather is sunny and 70. Now ... to look up Arthur Murray studios ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 Overview - Awfully Lawful Raymond Cho and Pal Sinn are partners of a solicitor firm. They invite Roger Kwok and Johnson Lee to join the firm as well. Despite their different personalities, the four men share a close bond. They are well-known within the legal circle as "The Big Four Mature Men". Their creative tactics to win court cases has won over many female clients. Unfortunately, someone has swindled money from the firm. To save the firm from financial distress, four female lawyers are brought in. They include Roger's rival (Sharon Chan), Johnson's wealthy wife (Selena Li), a housewife (Joyce Tang) and a barrister who gets entangled with Pal and Johnson (Grace Wong). The eight people's working and private relationships get more and more messy, until they finally realize that there is someone behind all the happenings at the law firm... Comment: Sounds like it'll be a nice comedy. I always look forward to legal dramas! Watch Promo Clips here
The SAS Group, an international provider of managed network and professional services today announced that it has acquired Tidewell Solutions, a privately owned virtual network operator. Based in West Sussex, Tidewell Solutions resells IP voice and data networking products to global and UK based customers. “With this acquisition we will have a lot more control over the networking products we sell to our customers,” said Charles Davis, CEO of the SAS Group. “It will also allow us to be more competitive on pricing, a key component of growing our direct customer base, and will be a major enabler for increasing our service levels and flexibility to existing customers.” The purchase of Tidewell Solutions marks the first in a series of acquisitions the company expects to make over the next three years. “We are looking to acquire complementary managed service businesses that allow us to extend our current service reach from IP networking and application path management into key areas such as business applications, cloud security, hosting and mobility management,” said Davis. “This strategy will ensure that we continue to bridge the knowledge gap between network and application providers and deliver increasing value to customers operating in both physical and virtual environments.” Upon closure of the acquisition, employees of Tidewell Solutions will be integrated with the SAS Group. Financial terms of the transaction are undisclosed.
It’s been a bit of a thunderstorm drought this summer and fall here in NYC, and I've been busting my ass for weeks on school commitments and Gravesend Inn stuff. So, when I saw a tornado outbreak forecast in Iowa for a Friday when I had the day off (after working 13 days straight), I figured I should go for it, despite Iowa’s reputation for difficult and frustrating storm chasing. The early models put the severe threat across most of Iowa and up into southern Minnesota, so I booked my flights in/out of Chicago, which is within reasonable striking distance and also has a lot of flight flexibility (these days there are very few direct flights into many of the cities in the plains). I’m going to post my photo highlights here, and if you’re interested in the chase details I've got them below (for me if no one else). But in the end, while I missed all the tornadoes (basically, I went south and the storms stayed north), it was still a good trip, despite a nasty cold that came on literally hours after I bought my non-refundable plane tickets. For me there’s nothing more engaging than picking chase targets, safely navigating around severe or tornado-warned storms, all the while planning escape routes and trying to frame a shot and get it in focus, sometimes in a scene only illuminated by lightning. Storm chasing is one of the rare times I get in that hyper-engaged state of “flow”, and those times make all the hassles worth it. And despite the danger and the attendant tragic impact on people’s lives, I find the storms themselves to be quite a beautiful indication of nature’s power. My first severe storm of the day near Adel: From near Bartlett, a severe-warned storm approaching from Nebraska: From near Mineola, another severe storm to the south that got a tornado warning after dark: The original storm to the north The southern storm again: The southern storm, now over Red Oak with a tornado warning: The blue target is me, I was stuck to the north of this storm but I figured I'd ride it out there and see what the west side looked like: These silos are just northwest of Lewis: I stayed back in Des Moines for the night, and then yesterday chased severe storm conditions that jumped out way to my east. So I stopped and got a few photos near Chatsworth, Illinois in front of an approaching system that was severe off to the northeast farther than I could go (story of this trip): Thursday night my flight ran late due to thunderstorms in Chicago (which I go to watch from the plane) and Hertz took forever, so I only made it to Peru, Illinois that night. I had wanted to get further west but my cold was really slowing me down, but Peru that seemed like a reasonable reach to get out to Iowa in time for the big weather forecast for Friday afternoon, given the Moderate Risk already issued by the SPC. When I got up Friday morning, the models for this complex system had extended the severe threat west into Nebraska. Since this system was going to impact the area from west to east, I started heading as far west as I could get on I-80, having to pass through a first round of heavy rain, delaying me yet again. By the time I stopped for lunch the moderate risk area had pushed south and west again. So I figured I'd keep heading west and a little south of I-80 and try to get in front of the storms, which a quick look at the HRRR (simulated forecast radar) showed storms generating in front of the cold front in the south and travelling north. Back on I-80 I saw the Adel storm from the highway, and I saw some lowering in it. I went to check it out and then it got a severe warning. With my cold-induced brain fog and a bit of a hook on this storm, I probably stayed on this storm a little too long, and then started west again. The SPC boys then issued a tornado watch well into Nebraska, and I thought about just blasting on straight into Nebraska (in hindsight this would have been the better choice) but with 250 miles of driving in already that day, all the while hacking and coughing (I went through two bags of cough drops on the trip), I didn't think I could safely make another 150 miles just to get to the start of a chase of indeterminate length. I drove a bit further west and then tornado-warned storms started to fire in northeast Nebraska (and eventually produce very violent wedge tornadoes), but having chased up in that region before (here's my writeup of a previous chase bust) , I knew there were limited opportunities to cross the river, and I figured by the time I got to these storms they would fizzle out (I was also wrong about that). But around that time I saw a boundary on the radar along the storm line in Nebraska to the south of the tornado-warned storms, and I figured this would eventually kick up something in south west Iowa, so I headed down that way. I watched the cell above come across from Nebraska and followed it until sunset. Around this time the storm to my south got a tornado warning, but by that time it was well after dark so I hung around and shot the lightning photos above. So in the end, I missed all the tornadoes, but I felt a little better because I could see on Spotter Network and from several obvious chase vehicles in the area (I chase very low key, others have weather instruments and graphic wraps on their vehicles) that I wasn't the only one who made that same call and missed the action up north. I headed back to Des Moines and crashed for the night. The next morning there was a slight risk out for Illinois, so, since I needed to go that way anyway to get back to the airport, I figured I'd get on whatever came along and maybe get some more lightning photos. But in the same way the severe threat moved out to my west as I was driving west, now the severe threat moved east faster than I could drive. I started out in the morning behind the cold front, crossed through it, but then storms fired out north and south. Everything died in my area by sunset, so I just headed to the hotel to try and get some sleep before my way-too-early flight this morning. One consolation: When it looked like I was going to end up way out west I changed my flight from Saturday night to early today, and I'm glad I did because a large severe-warned storm went right over Chicago Saturday night and delayed my original flight for about three hours couple hours. So while in the end, I drove about 1,300 miles (630 just on Friday, the chase day) and didn't get to see much in the way of severe storms, that's something that can happen on these kind of chases (I once sat with hundreds of chasers in Nebraska in the center of a tornado watch under sunny skies all day, but the cap never broke so nothing happened until a big line developed after midnight.). As good as scientists are at forecasting the weather, these kind of complex systems are difficult to forecast. And my objective is to get photos of nature's beauty and menace, and in the end all the videos I've seen of people who got on the storms up north show big, ugly dangerous wedges on a hazy day. In the end, in this possibly record low tornado year, I think I already got on the most photogenic storm of the year in Rozel *(my photos here) My thoughts are with those in Nebraska and Iowa who were injured or who lost property (as of this writing there are fortunately no reports of fatalities) and at least one chaser I know stopped and helped out when they saw significant damage in Nebraska.
Well, we just got home last night. Still a bit fuzzy-headed and jet lagged, but our hearts are full of joy and gratitude to God for making this wonderful adventure possible, and to our many new family and friends who extended hospitality, warmth and friendship that made our stay so completetly unforgettable. The main reason for traveling was for our daughter's wedding. Our new son-in-law Rhys pastors a church in the North island of New Zealand. He and Joy were blessed to be married by Rhys' dad, who is also a pastor. We had many fantastic experiences there and will be sharing some of these in upcoming posts. Here are a few pictures of this special day. The phenomenal photography was done by Deb and Dave (www.deborahdegraaf.co.nz). Thanks, guys, you blew us away. P.S. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and well-wishes for our safe travel.
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As I'm sure you're already aware, this can mean a ton of different things. But, that being said, it can also be applied to everything that we do in everyday life. For my purposes, I'm referring to our Chair Massage business. We want to make sure that we're constantly sending the best, most qualified massage therapists to each of our client sites. We want to offer the latest in techniques, service, and features for each and every visit. It takes time, lots of hard work, and a desire to be the best. We definitely have room for improvement and we're working hard to get there.
RMSA to transform secondary education Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) is a new centrally sponsored scheme for universalisation of access to and improvement of quality at secondary stage (class IX-XII). The objective of the scheme is to achieve a General Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 75% for classes IX-X within 5 years by providing a secondary school within a reasonable distance of every habitation, to improve quality of education imparted at secondary level through making all secondary schools conform to prescribed norms, to remove gender, socio-economic and disability barriers, universal access to secondary level education by 2017, i.e., by the end of 12th Five Year Plan and universal retention by 2020. The cost of the scheme is to be mobilized between the Centre and the State on the basis of 90:10 sharing pattern between the Centre and the State. Broad national physical targets include improving enrolment ratio for classes IX-X to 75% within five years from 52.26% as in 2005-06, providing facilities for estimated additional enrolment of 32.20 lakh by 2011-12 through strengthening of about 44,000 existing secondary schools, opening/strengthening 11,188 new secondary schools, appointment of 1.79 lakh additional teachers and construction of 88,500 lakh additional classrooms. Fund allocation: Rs 20,120 crore (total for all states) has been allocated for this scheme under 11th Five Year Plan. Status of RMSA in the state: Secondary Education Management Information System (SEMIS) has been completed and based on the data generated by it, an Annual Work Plan and Budget for activities to be taken up under RMSA in Manipur has been prepared. Steps being taken and to be taken by the state government: 1. Constitution of State level Mission on RMSA headed by Chief Minister, Executive Committee headed by Secretary in-charge of Secondary education and Technical Support Group. 2. Necessary administrative arrangement to implement the project including appointment of a separate State Mission Director as Nodal Officer. 3. Undertaking micro-planning exercise including base line assessment in districts, and identification of upper primary schools to be upgraded and secondary schools to be strengthened. 4. Strengthening of the offices of District Education Officer and Block level Education Offices and administrative arrangement of the implementation of the project at district and block level. 5. Constitution of School Management and Development Committee and opening of bank accounts of the Committee. 6. Preparation of Perspective Plan and Annual Plan. 7. A time-bound action plan for recruitment of additional teachers with emphasis on teachers for Science, English and Mathematics. 8. Preparation of a time bound plan for in-service training of all teachers.
Yesterday, life was normal for carny worker Bob Bobbinson. -show tall black dude whistling happily and entertaining kids- But then, when he became the conductor of a roller coaster being used by the President of the United States... -dramatic flash to the wheels of a roller coaster grinding on the track- ...things went HORRIBLY WRONG. -show Bob fighting, yelling- "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHAF__KIN' SHARKS ON THIS MOTHAF__KIN' ROLLERCOASTER!" -orchestral music starts pounding- Coming February 31st to that one crumbling theater that only shows old movies that no one really goes to NEAR YOU: Staring Samamuaemellely Ell. Jockson, Kyneria Nitely, and that one adorable cute kid from the 80's who's now some old creep: Sharks on a Roller Coaster! SHARKS ON A ROLLER COASTER: You must be this tall...TO DIE.
DTZ Group - Case Study DTZ is one of the ‘big four’ global real estate advisors operating across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas, working with client organisations to advise on the purchase, sale, leasing and acquisition of all types of commercial and residential real estate. Its professional advisory services include the management of real estate portfolios, building consultancy and valuation. DTZ’s clients include multi-national companies, major financial institutions, property companies, banks, governments and other public sector organisations. DTZ has over 150 offices in 46 countries around the world; currently there are 25 offices in the UK alone including the Group HQ. DTZ currently has around 12,500 employees worldwide, of which around 2,500 are in the UK. In early 2008, DTZ commissioned Quantum Plus to carry out a review of its ICT Sourcing Strategy. A significant factor underlying this was that DTZ planned to rationalise its London office locations in Autumn 2008, consolidating five current offices across the City and West End of London into three locations including a new global HQ building in the City of London. One of the existing locations housed a data centre and others contained server rooms, primarily providing local file and print facilities. As a part of this relocation, DTZ no longer wanted to have an in-house data centre. In addition, DTZ had a legacy agreement with a third party organisation for the provision of an IT Service Desk for its UK business, which was due to expire in July 2008. This sourcing strategy review identified a number of conflicting constraints – the existing contractual commitments, the requirement to consider the strategic direction to meet global demands, budgetary pressures, the need to ‘layer on’ services in line with IT maturity and business objectives, and the very tight timescales of the pending office moves. This resulted in a decision to identify a strategic partner that was capable of performing a swift mobilisation to take on responsibility for the provision of Service Desk and Data Centre services in the UK within the required timescales, but that was also able to demonstrate its ability to expand at a future date the scope of services provided to DTZ in both breadth of function and geography. Quantum Plus proposed an RFP based selection process that enabled services to be prioritised and added as required. The RFP had as its top priority the outsourcing of the existing DTZ UK data centre and the transfer of the UK service desk service from the current external provider by 1 September 2008. The RFP then requested commercial proposals for the subsequent outsourcing of support for the rest of DTZ’s ICT infrastructure. Finally, the RFP asked recipients to describe their capabilities to later extend the scope to include support for the ICT infrastructure in other countries where DTZ operates and to provide support for its global application portfolio. Following the evaluation of responses to the RFP, bidder presentations and reference visits, a preferred supplier was selected. Owing to the relatively tight timescales associated with the completion of the transfer of the DTZ data centre prior to their central London office relocation, it was necessary to commence some transition activities (e.g. the ordering of network links) prior to contract signature. To facilitate this, a ‘letter of intent’ was agreed and issued by DTZ to the supplier. In line with this, the current service desk agreement was extended by three months to allow the data centre outsourcing to be accomplished as top priority and assure the continuity of the service desk service over the intervening period prior to it being transferred to the new supplier. “This has been a very challenging programme of work both for the internal DTZ teams and for all our partners, including Quantum Plus. Frankly, we would not have achieved that which we were required to achieve without Quantum Plus’ expertise and guidance”. Chief Information Officer
Sometimes anecdote and a few comments speaks louder than news stories, to wit these words from Facebook friends: "Ummmm - The next american civil war seems like its coming to a head....Cops are getting shot now...Stay away from large cities...if you can" Things are melting down very quickly - EVERYWHERE. Thanks Ryan, Bradley and Josh Here is a collection of recent stories and videos illustrating the situation Here is a collection of recent stories and videos illustrating the situation Charles Kondek, Killed On Duty, Remembered at Funeral 28 December, 2014 The Florida police officer fatally shot by a fugitive while on duty was mourned by family, friends and fellow officers at an emotional funeral service Saturday. The community in Tarpon Springs, just west of Tampa, lined the sidewalks as the procession for Officer Charles Kondek traveled from Idlewild Baptist Church to Grace Memorial Cemetery. One of Kondek's six children spoke lovingly of her father, a 17-year veteran of the Tarpon Springs police force. "My mom lost her best friend and the love of her life," his daughter said, according to NBC affiliate WFLA. "We love you daddy and we will always have you in our hearts." Kondek, 45, was killed while responding to a complaint about noise coming from the car of fugitive Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., who police say admitted to shooting the officer and then fleeing the scene because he didn't want to go back to prison. He also ran over Kondek's body with his car, authorities said. Parilla, 23, who was wanted on a parole violation, was charged Monday with first-degree murder and denied bail. Kondek's colleagues remembered him for being helpful and supportive of his fellow officers. "He was good-natured, loved to joke around, a lot of laughter," Tarpon Springs Sgt. Michael Trill said through tears, WFLA reported. While the funeral took place, Officer Kondek's car was parked outside of the church, tied in a large black ribbon and with his badge number — 285 — displayed prominently on the front. More details released about Flagstaff officer killed in shooting 28 December, 2014 Family, friends and community members in Flagstaff and Anthem will gather for vigils to remember slain Flagstaff Officer Tyler Stewart tonight. Tyler, 24, who had less than one year on the job, was shot several times by rapid gunfire and killed Saturday afternoon by a 28-year-old man who then turned the gun on himself, police said. Tyler is the son of Department of Public Safety Sgt. Frank Stewart. According to police, Stewart was killed during an interview with a domestic violence suspect. Robert William Smith, 28, of Prescott, had been involved in an earlier domestic-violence call in Flagstaff with his girlfriend, spokeswoman Sgt. Margaret Bentzen said. Stewart met with Smith and had a conversation regarding earlier events. Stewart, who was outside his patrol car, had been asking Smith questions about what had happened and asked to pat down Smith for any weapons, Bentzen said. At this time, Smith reached for a gun he had in his pocket and fired several shots at Stewart. Bentzen said Stewart had no time to return fire, as the shots were immediate and rapidly fired. Stewart fell to the ground and Smith continued to fire, she said. Officers were dispatched after several residents in the area reported Stewart lying on the ground and when dispatchers could no longer get a verbal reply from him, Bentzen said. He was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Bentzen said Smith had been arrested in 2009 involving domestic violence. "This is an enormous tragedy for our department and the family of our officer," Flagstaff Police Chief Kevin Treadway said in a statement. "We are a very close-knit organization, and know that all members of the Flagstaff Police Department are grieving at this time. With that being said, all of the men and women of the Flagstaff Police Department extend our prayers and condolences to the family of our Officer Tyler Stewart." The police department will sponsor a candlelight vigil at 5:30 p.m. today at the Officer Down Memorial Statue, located in front of the Flagstaff Police Department headquarters, 911 E. Sawmill Road. A coinciding candlelight vigil will also be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Anthem Community Park, located at 41703 N. Gavilan Peak Parkway. Stewart in 2008 graduated from Boulder Creek High School in Anthem. Stewart's family is expected to attend the Flagstaff vigil, Bentzen said. Cards, flowers and candles left by well-wishers began piling up at the memorial Saturday evening Whereas, on the other side of the racial divide its all tolerance Two men who shot up Idaho Walmart with BB gun taken into custody by police 28 December, 2014 Two Idaho men were taken into custody without incident after shooting up a Walmart with a BB gun and threatening to harm other customers, the Coeur d’Alene Press reports. The arrest of the two men — who were not identified — stands in stark contrast to an incident at a Ohio Walmart in August involving an African-American man, John Crawford, that left him dead after police shot him while he stood in an aisle casually holding a BB gun after he had removed it from a shelf. According to Idaho police, the two intoxicated men walked into the Post Falls Walmart and proceeded to remove BB guns from boxes, before loading one and firing it four times while in the store. In a report to police, Walmart store security contacted them saying the two men “started shooting the gun in the store and made comments that they were going to shoot the store up.” According to one Walmart loss prevention employee, the men approached him and asked if he wanted to join them. The two men exited the store before police arrived, but officers and sheriff’s deputies were able to set up a perimeter and take them into custody without incident. According to police, the two men were charged with aggravated assault, discharging a firearm in city limits, and malicious damage to property. The shooting of John Crawford at the Ohio Walmart drew national attention, when surveillance video showed Crawford facing away from officers, talking on his cell phone, and leaning on the BB gun like a cane when officer came around a display and shot him on sight. Police had been called to the store by a panicky Walmart customer, Robert Ritchie, who claimed that Crawford had been “threatening” customers with the children’s gun. Ritchie later changed his story, saying, “At no point did he shoulder the rifle and point it at somebody,” although he continued to insist Crawford was “waving it around,” despite video not backing up his assertion. An Ohio grand jury refused to hand down an indictment of the police officers involved in Crawford’s death. Special Prosecutor Mark Piepmeier, appointed by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine called Crawford’s death a tragedy for his family and the officers who, he said, will live the rest of their lives knowing “they took the life of someone who didn’t need to die.” The discrepancy in how the different men were treated by police was noted on Twitter by RightWingWatch Fan: NYPD double murder drives rift between protesters, politicians and police 23 December, 2014 Anti-police brutality protesters are vowing to continue demonstrating, despite New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio urging them to refrain and be ‘respectful’ of police officers. Two city police department officers were killed execution style on Saturday, and multiple groups are blaming the weeks of protests for the tragedy. RT’s Alexey Yarosjevsky is in New York with more details 8 white cops, 1 black homeless man, 46 bullets 29 October, 2014 NYPD Was Sued Average Of 10 Times A Day In 2013, Inspiring ‘ClaimStat’ Online App To Track Claims 24 December, 2014 Data released by NYC’s Comptroller office is showing some disturbing trends in claims and payouts against the NYPD. According to the City of NY Office of the Comptroller Claims Report for FY 2012, the city paid $186.3 million in tort claims involving the NYPD in 2011, $152 million in 2012, $137 million in 2013 with an average of 10 lawsuits per day according to RT, with $674 million allotted for 2015 to cover costs of more suits, which averages out to about $80 per NYC resident. To help rein in costs, City Comptroller, Scott M. Stringer, newly inaugurated in 2014, has shaken up the establishment a bit by launching a real-time claim mapping application called ClaimStat, an online app that provides some shocking transparency by using map location and detail data of claims filed against some of the most costly and worst offending departments under his financial control, NYPD being at the top of the list. Stringer states ClaimStat can be used as an “early warning system” to help identify where police behavior is costing the city in lawsuits and settlements. Stringer was quoted telling MSNBC: “We do not need to accept the premise that claims and settlements have to go up year after year. We don’t have to accept that violent confrontations between police and the community are an inevitable part of policing.” After all of the grand juries, trials, protests and complaints, seems they don’t start really paying attention until it hits them where it really hurts…the pocketbook. In RT’s description for the video above, it states, “According to data released from the NYC’s Comptroller office, the NYPD was sued an average of ten times per day in 2013. What’s more, the claims cost the city about $137 million. The comptroller has set aside a whopping $674 million for 2015 to cover costs of more suits against the city.” In a story from 2012, RT also shares a staggering statistic, that between 2000 – 2010, NYC paid out almost $6 billion dollars in settlements. Those massive claims and unsustainable budget numbers inspired Stringer to use data intelligence to pinpoint problem areas which were costing the city precious reяources. Cops Threaten a Blue Coup in New York City “The police union chief instructed his members to impose a martial law-type policing regime on the city.” 27 December, 2014 When Police Benevolent Association chief Patrick Lynch said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has the blood of two dead cops on his hands, he was issuing a physical threat to both the person of the mayor and the civil authority to which the police are subordinate and sworn to protect. In a nation under the rule of law, such a statement by a representative of an armed and enflamed constabulary – 35,000-strong, the equivalent of three light infantry divisions – would trigger an immediate defensive response from the State, to guard against mutiny. But, of course, no such thing happened. When Lynch’s PBA declared, in a prepared statement, that “we have, for the first time in a number of years, become a ‘wartime’ police department” and “will act accordingly,” that constituted an instruction to union members to impose a martial law-type policing regime on the city – with no authorization other than the weapons they carry. Sounds very much like a coup. On Internet message boards, police union activists instructed the rank and file to refuse to respond to incidents unless two units were dispatched to the scene, and to double up even if given orders to the contrary. Under this “wartime” footing, the police would simply seize the power to deploy and assign themselves, as they liked – and to hell with the chain of command and civilian authorities. To hell, especially, with Mayor de Blasio, who now travels nowhere except under the protective custody of police commissioner Bill Bratton, a “cop’s cop” and architect of the “Broken Windows” policing strategy that begat stop-and-frisk. Bratton translates de Blasio’s words into cop-speak, and has forged a tense truce between the uniformed legions and the man who won 95 percent of the Black vote on the promise to put a leash on the gendarmes. There is no doubt the cops feel betrayed – a rage that has been building in synch with the growth of a nationwide movement that challenges the legitimacy of the Mass Black Incarceration State, of which they are the frontline troops, the “heroes” in the war to criminalize and contain an entire people. The chants and placards are an insult and an indictment of THEM, and of their centrality to the racist project that has been an organizing principle of the nation for more than two generations. How is it that cops can be compelled to “protect and serve” marchers whose purpose is anathema to the American policing mission: to beat down, lock up, and extrajudicially execute dissident, disorderly, uppity or merely inconvenient Black people? The cops understand the law, and that the law is conditional, based on place, race and wealth, and that in the end there is only force, the use of which is their sacred monopoly. It’s what gives them a status that union paychecks cannot buy; what makes blue collar guys and gals “somebody” in society. Most of all, they know who is nobody: the beatable, friskable, disposable, killable folks who would be prey on any other day, but have lately been allowed to repeatedly parade down the most protected streets of the richest island in the country, screaming defamations. “The cops’ rage has been building in synch with the growth of a nationwide movement that challenges the legitimacy of the Mass Black Incarceration State, of which they are the frontline troops.” The cops are understandably angry and confused. As primary enforcers of the social order, they have an intimate knowledge of actual class and race relationships in America. Their perspectives are molded by the geographic and social boundaries they patrol; they are shaped and informed by the inequalities of the system they protect on behalf of the powerful people they serve. (Yes, they really do “serve and protect” somebody.) The cop’s worldview is also firmly anchored in the history of the United States. He may not be aware of his profession’s antecedents in the slave patrols, or even that the U.S. Supreme Court once ruled that Black people have no rights that the white man is bound to respect, but cops are the reigning experts on the borders that delineate rights and privileges in their localities. They know that public housing residents have virtually no rights that cops – as agents of the rulers – are bound to respect. They know that whole sections of their cities, encompassing most of the Black and brown populations, are designated as drug zones where everyone is suspect and probable cause is a given, or as high-crime zones where every shooting is pre-qualified as a good one. These are the Constitution-free zones, full of people who get and deserve no protection by or from the police. The very existence of Constitution-free zones means that the Bill of Rights is not the law of the land, but a Potemkin façade, a con game, a chimera – and no one knows this better than the cops, whose job is to ensure, as best they can, that everyone stays within their designated space. For about a million Black people, the assigned “space” is prison. The Mass Black Incarceration State is the edifice that defines the American system of justice, setting it apart from the rest of the world in size, racial selectivity, draconian sentencing and institutionalized torture (80,000 inmates in solitary confinement on any given day). The police are the drones that feed the infernal prison machine, and keep Black America in a state of rightlessness. As Shakespeare’s mercenary warrior Othello would put it: We “have done the state some service, and they know it.” “New York City’s police force is especially prone to mutiny and coup-plotting.” The cops threaten mutiny if the State does not stick up for the men and women who do its dirty work. PBA honcho Patrick Lynch denounced “those that incited violence on the street under the guise of protests that tried to tear down what New York City police officers did everyday. We tried to warn, ‘It must not go on. It cannot be tolerated.’” To which the protesters answer: the police killings and the criminalization of a whole people must not go on and cannot be tolerated. The movement has come to a critical juncture, a moment that would have arrived even if Ismaaiyl Brinsley had not made his own fatal decision. It was always inevitable that the cops would at some point demand that the State dispense with civil liberties pretenses and allow them to crush the nascent movement. New York City’s police force – by far the nation’s largest army of domestic occupation – is especially prone to mutiny and coup-plotting. Thousands of cops, many of them drunk, stormed City Hall in 1992 to express their utter contempt for Black mayor David Dinkins. But, the current crisis is far different, because it is the movement’s show, not the cops’. The people are exposing the most acute contradictions of American life through direct confrontation with the armed enforcers of the State. The cops are supposed to be upset. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. explained, “the purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.” The crisis is here, and will grow deeper, but freedom is non-negotiable. The movement must win or be crushed. Glen Ford is a distinguished radio-show host and commentator. In 1977, Ford co-launched, produced and hosted America’s Black Forum, the first nationally syndicated Black news interview program on commercial television. In 1987, Ford launched Rap It Up, the first nationally syndicated Hip Hop music show, broadcast on 65 radio stations. Ford co-founded the Black Commentator in 2002 and in 2006 he launched the Black Agenda Report. Ford is also the author of The Big Lie: An Analysis of U.S. Media Coverage of the Grenada Invasion.
Watch Record-Setting Karate God Smash 726 Bricks in 86 Seconds Kevin Taylor does not seem to be a guy you’d want to be trapped alone with in an alley. Taylor here destroys 726 bricks in a a mind-boggling 86 seconds, good enough for a world record, according to RecordSetter, which, as far as we can tell, is to records what Hydrox is to Oreos. Still, Taylor’s feat is nothing to sneeze at, especially because it may disrupt his focus and then he’ll really start kicking some butt. It’s pretty impressive and after he wrapped up this little stunt and completed all the requisite high-fives we’re guessing he may very well have set another record for most ice applied to sore hands.
Posted by Mini Peiris, Vice President of Global Marketing, NetSuite Now in its fourth year, SuiteWorld is already well-known as the premier event for learning, networking and flat-out enjoying all things NetSuite. This year, based on feedback from attendees and a constant effort to improve upon the conference, we are debuting a new track called “SUITEideas Worth Sharing,” which will feature some new elements designed to inspire your creative thinking long after the dust has settled on SuiteWorld 2014. Read on for more details and make sure you’re registered to attend at www.netsuite.com/suiteworld. Ask Me Anything SuiteWorld attendees have clamored for even more in-depth, technical content and we’re bringing it with a new session format. For each day of the conference, we will be offering interactive, audience-led discussions around a specific topic. Each session will have an executive sponsor acting as moderator along with four to five NetSuite experts with deep technical expertise from our product management, development, professional services or solution consulting teams. Tuesday’s session will focus on the Suite, Wednesday’s on SuiteCommerce and Thursday’s on the SuiteCloud platform, but it is the audience that will lead the discussions. This isn’t an old-fashioned, sit around a convention hall and get lectured at by guys in suits reading prepackaged slides kind of session, but rather an interactive, rapid-fire back and forth, with relaxed seating to spur conversation and “chalk talk” space for when a picture is worth a thousand words. For each question posed by the audience, at least two NetSuite experts will weigh in on the answer. As a session attendee, you will be incented to vote on the merits of the question with prizes given to the audience member with the best question posed. So come ready to participate and pit your NetSuite Ninja skills against our best of the best! Just to show you that it’s not all NetSuite all the time, we’ve also added two lectures with top-notch speakers at innovative organizations to provide some different viewpoints that not only inform, but entertain. The session on Tuesday, May 13 at 4:30pm will tackle the topic of “Innovate or Perish! But How?” and will illuminate attendees on how organizations can foster a culture of product innovation in their business. Speakers from NetSuite customers Quirky, a social product development company that uses crowdsourcing to develop and refine inventions, and Alton Lane, a national custom tailor that is revolutionizing the way men buy suits using detailed questionnaires and a body scan, will share their experience and insight. “Brand + Technology = Success” will be the featured topic for Wednesday, May 14 at 4 p.m. and will explore how you keep a brand fresh in the digital age. This session will feature representatives from Google, who have a little experience with the digital age, and the Oakland A’s, a Major League Baseball club that NetSuite is proud to count in our customer ranks and has taken fan interaction and loyalty to a new level using social media and other technology. Come be informed, come be inspired and go home and innovate. Posted on Tue, April 29, 2014 by NetSuite filed under
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Oh-Oh...somebody screwed up I think The Star says that Naza's defence division has launched a Armoured Modular Vehicle and called it the Rosomak 8x8!!! I don't think the 1st lady will be pleased with that close resemblance to her name. Especially since it is no sleek sports car but a big-assed 8x8 armoured vehicle which its manufacturer claims weighs between 18 and 26 tonnes and can withstand explosions up to 10 kg (22lb) TNT. :-) I thought we could all use a giggle.
Stoke go close to beating Nelson Same situation, same result. With Accessman Stoke trailing 28-27 and just two minutes remaining at Neale Park on Saturday, second five-eighth Chad Lowrie caught himself in an agonising state of deja vu when, with a last chance of an upset victory over Galbraith Group Nelson, his angled penalty attempt soared wide of the posts. A week earlier, Lowrie also had the opportunity to kick the winning goal against Blenheim team Central in their pool A Bayleys Tasman Trophy interprovincial club rugby match at Greenmeadows. Sadly for the big No12, that kick was also astray. Nelson held on for their one-point win on Saturday to keep their unbeaten record intact for at least one more week. But ahead 28-3 after fullback Mitchell Scott had scored his second try just four minutes after the restart, Nelson's supporters sensed game over and five more handy championship points. They had already scored three converted first-half tries to lock Ben Bradley, Scott and finally to winger Vai Asomua-Goodman as Nelson headed to the break comfortably ahead 21-3. However, an inspired display of continuity and ball control by Stoke's forwards and a perplexing plague of second-half penalty concessions by Nelson almost turned the game on its head. After Nelson's backs had executed effectively in the first half on the back of an industrious forward effort, Nelson struggled to get their hands on the ball in the second as Stoke almost stole the game. Within 15 minutes, tries to first five-eighth Shawn Begg, lively No8 Tevita Koloamatangi, Lowrie and finally to lock Jarrod Aberhart suddenly had Stoke breathing down Nelson's neck with all the momentum having swung decisively their way. Lowrie's late missed penalty attempt did not end the drama, Stoke's forwards again patiently working the ball deep into Nelson territory where, ironically, Nelson were finally awarded a penalty, Nelson clearing the ball to end the match. Flanker Shane Grieve and lock James Foster were critical elements in Nelson's robust first-half forward effort, while Nelson's backs looked slick and threatening. Stoke's forwards, with Koloamatangi, Aberhart and Ray Packer again prominent, upped the tempo in the second half and displayed some remarkable control in a unified pack effort. Huia 20 Waitohi 19 New World Huia and Waitohi continued the theme of tight contests when a last-minute try secured Huia a 20-19 win over their Blenheim opponents at Sports Park Motueka. Waitohi were holding grimly to their 19-15 lead with time almost up when Huia launched a 60m counterattack from deep inside their own territory. Still 20m away from Waitohi's line, Huia moved the ball right from the ensuing ruck where blindside flanker Sione Motuapa sealed a dramatic win with his successful bid for the corner. Adding to the drama was the fact that, only moments earlier, Huia had been reduced to 14 men when second five-eighth Tila Mealoi was shown a red card for retaliation after he had been obstructed at a tap penalty attempt. But one man down, Huia still managed to work the overlap that produced the winning try. Huia had led 10-8 at halftime following a first-half try to centre Ryan Bolton, countered by a try to Waitohi's impressive No8 Manu Mataele. Huia winger Feing Fa'anoi added a second for Huia as a further try to Mataele, complemented by two second-half penalty successes to first five-eighth Daniel Hawkins, eventually pushed Waitohi clear at 19-15. But they could not hold on, Huia following their attacking instincts to steal their late win and cap an entertaining contest in which both teams attempted to move the ball. Huia were met head on by a strong Waitohi pack in a spirited contest, although with a bye next week, Huia have now lost any chance of topping the pool with only one game remaining. WOB 34 Central 29 When Rawiri Tamati landed two penalties and a superb field goal within the space of six minutes early in the second half, Central looked on track to beat Star and Garter Waimea Old Boys at Lansdowne park in Blenheim. They began the half well, playing with the breeze, and had clawed their way to a 19-17 lead at that stage, coming back from 17-10 down at halftime. However, big Waimea centre James Lowe showed his power and pace to finish a sustained move and give the visitors back the lead and the deal was virtually sealed when the Blues took a quick tap penalty inside their own 22 and Tamati's long pass was intercepted by Waimea wing-first-five Josh Rutledge and he scored, the conversion making it 34-19. To their credit, Central kept pressing and that pressure was rewarded with an intercept try to midfielder Kiti Ligaliga, converted by No8 Kaleni Taeuli. Tamati added his fourth penalty and with a couple of minutes to play Central mounted strong pressure, but a botched scrum move ruined a promising situation. Taeuli had a strong game for Central, particularly in the first half, with flanker Matt Gibson and lock Brian Utumapu both prominent. First-five Tamati used the breeze well in the second half and his goal kicking was outstanding, while veteran halfback Wayne Young played soundly and marshalled his forwards well. For Waimea, locks Tevita Cavubati and Riki Hoeata were prominent throughout, with Lowe turning in a man-of-the-match performance at centre, proving a handful for Central's defence whenever he got his hands on the ball. The Nelson Mail
Created on 05-07-2008 at 00:00 AM Bayern fans who make the pilgrimage to watch public training sessions are normally rewarded with happy memories, a few snaps for the family album, and an autograph or two, but an even bigger treat was in store for the faithful who flocked to the Säbener Strasse on Saturday. Some 700 loyal fans witnessed the first – and highly unofficial – warm-up match of the Jürgen Klinsmann era. A 45-minute meeting between the first team and the reserves ended 2-2, Toni Kroos and trialist Joseph Ngwenya twice handing the seniors the lead, only for Daniel Sikorski to strike two equalisers for the second string. The decision to stage a more or less formal match against the reserves had been a conscious one, Klinsmann revealed to fcbayern.de, “because we want them to feel strongly linked to us.“ Klinsmann in charge The real priority lay elsewhere, the head coach continued. “After a week in which we’ve performed a lot of passing exercises in a confined space, we wanted the players to get the feel of the full pitch again.“ The match was also intended to develop the players’ on-field understanding, Klinsmann said, as he watched his men turn in a pacy display with an emphasis on early pressing. Klinsmann spent the 45 minutes at the heart of the action, generally taking up an observation position behind the back four, from which he gave directions, encouraged the players and handed out words of praise. He occasionally whistled play to a halt, proceeding to explain or analyse certain situations which had arisen. Over on the touchline, second assistant coach Nick Theslof kept up a watching brief as he tracked the positions taken up by the forwards. After just under a week back at Bayern, Klinsmann declared himself satisfied following the initial warm-up match. “The whole week’s been very positive. The players have been very passionate and enthusiastic,“ he reported, “there’s a spirit of harmony coming together.“ That applies to the loyal fans too, as Klinsmann and his men once again handed out autographs by the score after the session. First team line-up: Rensing - Lell, Breno, Van Buyten, Ekici - Sosa, Ottl, Van Bommel, Kroos - Ngwenya, Müller
A new anatomy of the retirement process in Japan In Japan, retirement is a gradual process that transpires over a particularly long period of time. Using large scale micro-level datasets from the Survey of Employment of the Elderly compiled by the Japanese government, we provide some stylized facts on the development of retirement behavior since the 1980s and explore factors affecting the individual retirement decision. First, we observed a general declining trend in the proportion of retired individuals aged 55–59 (especially females) while the proportion of retired individuals aged 65–69 (especially males) increased. Second, the survival analysis on actual retirement age shows that those who are more educated are more likely to retire earlier and those who experienced mandatory retirement are less likely. Third, the survival analysis on the expected retirement age shows that individuals who are satisfied with their job in terms of nonmonetary rewards are less likely to retire earlier. Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile, click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.: - Shimizutani, Satoshi & Oshio, Takashi, 2009. "New Evidence on Initial Transition from Career Job to Retirement in Japan," PIE/CIS Discussion Paper 430, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. - Alan L. Gustman & Olivia S. Mitchell & Thomas L. Steinmeier, 1995. "Retirement Measures in the Health and Retirement Study," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 30, pages s57-s83. - Satoshi Shimizutani & Izumi Yokoyama, 2006. "Has Japan's Long-term employment Practice Survived? New Evidence Emerging Since the 1990s," Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series d06-182, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. - Satoshi Shimizutani & Izumi Yokoyama, 2009. "Has Japan's Long-Term Employment Practice Survived? Developments since the 1990S," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 62(3), pages 313-326, April. - Takashi Oshio & Satoshi Shimizutani & Akiko Sato Oishi, 2010. "Does Social Security Induce Withdrawal of the Old from the Labor Force and Create Jobs for the Young? The Case of Japan," NBER Chapters,in: Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment, pages 217-241 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. - Oshio, Takashi & Shimizutani, Satoshi & Sato Oishi, Akiko, 2008. "Does Social Security Induce Withdrawal of the Old from the Labor Force and Create Jobs for the Young?: The Case of Japan," PIE/CIS Discussion Paper 408, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. - Lumsdaine, Robin L. & Mitchell, Olivia S., 1999. "New developments in the economic analysis of retirement," Handbook of Labor Economics,in: O. Ashenfelter & D. Card (ed.), Handbook of Labor Economics, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 49, pages 3261-3307 Elsevier. - Robin L. Lumsdaine & Olivia S. Mitchell, "undated". "New Developments in the Economic Analysis of Retirement," Pension Research Council Working Papers 98-8, Wharton School Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania. - Takashi Oshio & Akiko Sato Oishi & Satoshi Shimizutani, 2011. "Social Security Reforms And Labour Force Participation Of The Elderly In Japan," The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol. 62(2), pages 248-271, 06. - Oshio, Takashi & Sato Oishi, Akiko & Shimizutani, Satoshi, 2008. "Social Security Reforms and Labor Force Participation of the Elderly in Japan," PIE/CIS Discussion Paper 407, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. - Rebick Marcus E., 1995. "Rewards in the Afterlife: Late Career Job Placements as Incentives in the Japanese Firm," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 9(1), pages 1-28, March. - ICHIMURA Hidehiko & SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi & HASHIMOTO Hideki, 2009. "JSTAR First Results 2009 Report," Discussion papers 09047, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). - Ruhm, Christopher J, 1990. "Bridge Jobs and Partial Retirement," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 8(4), pages 482-501, October. - John P. Rust, 1989. "A Dynamic Programming Model of Retirement Behavior," NBER Chapters,in: The Economics of Aging, pages 359-404 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. - John Rust, 1987. "A Dynamic Programming Model of Retirement Behavior," NBER Working Papers 2470, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
What’s on this Weekend… Happy Friday! With Christmas nearing ever closer (15 days and counting, girls!) the city is coming alive and we are feeling full of seasonal cheer. So this weekend, why not round up some of your friends and check out some festive events in the city? From dressing up and drinking for SantaCon, to enjoying a good old fashioned Panto, to checking out the Christmas Varietea show, there’s something for everyone… It’s that time of year again, the annual SantaCon is back! This Saturday, prepare to see the streets of Honkers flooded with hundreds of Santas. As the ultimate parade of festive cheer, don your Santa hat and grab some friends for the perfect excuse to get in the festive spirit and to hit up some of your fave bars along the way! When: Saturday, 10 December, 11am – 11pm Where: All over HK! How much: Free to join, just be sure to bring some cash for drinks along the way! Another event to get you well and truly in the festive spirit (and to have you laughing for days!), get down to the Kellett Theatre and enjoy the Hong Kong Players’ annual Christmas panto. The panto is a HK Christmas tradition that’s been running for over 50 years, and this year’s performance of The Snow Queen will be an extravaganza of song, dance and jokes that everyone will enjoy (even the Scrooges out there!). When: Sunday, 11 December – Sunday, 18 December Where: Kellett Theatre, Kellett School, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong How much: Tickets start from $250 – make sure to get yours here! TGIF! To celebrate the end of the week, spend your Friday night dancing to salsa beats, latin pop and so much more. Get down to the one of our favourite tropical bars, Mahalo Tiki Lounge, and take advantage of the beautiful terrace. enjoy some amazing cocktails and dance the night away to pumpin’ tunes from DJ SalsaGodfather. When: Friday, 9 December, 10:30pm – 2am Where: Mahalo Tiki Lounge, 29/F, QRE Plaza, 202 Queens Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong How much: $120 per person (includes one drink). Comedy HK returns with a night packed full of comedy, music and poetry. This time they are teaming up with Amnesty International to put on a great show for a great cause; giving you even more of an excuse to celebrate this Christmas with them! When: Saturday, 10 December, 8pm – 11pm Where: Hong Kong Brew House, Basement, 19 D’Aguilar Street, Central, Hong Kong How much: Pay what you like! With 10% of proceeds going to Amnesty International. Are you a budding entrepreneur or fashion designer keen to grow your network and share ideas with like minded individuals? Then make sure to check out Startup Weekend Fashion; a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs – helping you to come together for the weekend long workshop to share ideas, form teams, and launch startups. The 1905 Film Festival aims to raise awareness of human rights issues in Hong Kong and Mainland China through film screenings, discussions and debates with filmmakers and activists. For the festival’s debut in HK, they are looking for volunteers to help with the organisation and screening of international films, addressing issues such as labour rights, LGBT and women’s rights – sign up here if you’re interested!
I was just reading two related articles on technology integration in the classrooms with the use of 1 to 1 tablets. A very interesting read about how Technology Integration may fail without the proper management of these critical success factors. We all know that Apple apps are interesting and engaging in the classroom, however the LAUSD iPad experience provides valuable learning lessons for us. Besides the bidding process, the planning and implementation of the LAUSD iPad also ran into amok. Some questions for us to ponder about before a TI. 1) Visioning - was the vision communicated well and clearly to all stakeholders? 2) Top-down strategies - was it a case of top-down call or were there programme owners who OWNed it? 3) Training - how comfortable are users with the platform? is a one-off training adequate? 4) Control versus Risk-Taking - do we trust our students enough that they will use the platform for educational purposes or are we imposing so many restrictions on them because we are afraid that they will hack into our systems? 5) Parents' Concerns - how do we address parents' concerns and insecurities of using technology as a replacement for pen and paper homework? Read the 2 articles here: 1. The LAUSD iPad Initiative: 5 Critical Technology Integration Lessons 2. Engaging Parents with Tech Initiatives
Azusa Pacific University Hosts Educator Hiring Fair Azusa Pacific University’s School of Education invites current students, alumni, and the public to attend its annual Educator Hiring Fair, connecting schools, districts, and other education-related employers with those seeking jobs in the field. Last year, more than 75 employers from across Southern California were represented at the event, and a similar turnout is expected this year. The Educator Hiring Fair takes place on Sat., March 11, in the Felix Event Center, located on Azusa Pacific’s West Campus, at 701 E. Foothill Blvd., in Azusa. The fair is open to APU students and alumni from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and to the public from 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. There is not cost to attend. Register by March 9 by visiting apu.edu/education/. “Hosting the Educator Hiring Fair enables APU to showcase our students and programs to districts and private schools seeking to fill key educator roles, including classroom teachers, school counselors and psychologists, and school/district leaders,” said Anita Henck, School of Education dean and professor. “We have a solid track record of student and alumni placements through these events, including on-the-spot hiring, as well as call-backs for final interviews.” According to the California Teacher’s Association, about a third of teachers are nearing retirement and California will need an additional 100,000 teachers over the next decade. California’s demand for new math and science teachers in the next 10 years is expected to be over 33,000 and the current rate of teacher production in the state cannot come close to meeting that need. The School of Education at Azusa Pacific University equips teachers and administrators for excellence and leadership in educational settings. Offering comprehensive graduate education degrees, the school provides an Ed.D. program and accredited teaching credential and master’s programs, including degrees in special education, school psychology, physical education, educational leadership, and educational technology.
Welcome to EMRO's Vet Clinic! Operating since summer 2007, EMRO has employed a team of Veterinarians at the EMRO Vet Clinic who provide full-time vet services to the EMRO cats, as well as to the surrounding community. Our Veterinarians normally work two shifts daily, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM (10:00-10:00 daily coverage). Our current Veterinarians include: Dr. Hazem Sheriff (Assistant Manager), Dr. Mahmoud, and training veterinarians. Mr. Hamido is in charge of EMRO’s Animal Handlers and is Chief Groomer. Usually, one or more of the animal handlers remains overnight. Our Shelter and Office Manager is Mr. Mostafa Nagy. We only have one part-time Administrator, Ms. Orchid. EMRO can now provide services of an X-ray Mini-lab. This very-welcomed piece of equipment will allow our vets to view possible internal injuries sustained by an animal before it is necessary to operate. EMRO’s Vet Services provide full medical services for your small animal pets (dogs and cats): Operations (spay, neuter, eye, and other), Vaccinations (combo and rabies), Wound care, Deworming, Ear mite and Ringworm treatments. General examinations are available along with Teeth Cleaning, Grooming, Travel Certification for pets leaving the country, Microchips, Diet recommendations, as well as FIV/FeLV testing and Rabies blood testing (for E.U. and UK countries). Medical advice for other animals are available as well. Limited home visits in Mokattam are also available at competitive prices. Discounts, such as for initial visits from adopted shelter cats, may also available. Boarding is available at the shelter, as well as isolation quarters for any pet suffering ringworm, ear mites, etc., and/or requiring regular short-term treatment. For more information on hours, rates, and location, please contact the EMRO HQ office in Al Mokattam, Cairo: +202-2507-6946. The EMRO Veterinarian Clinic is open 7 days a week, with expanded hours of 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM, daily. Traveling out of Cairo with your Pet? There are certain rules and procedures that you must follow in order to take your pet with you when you travel out of Egypt. To view these guidelines, read our "Pet Travel Information" by clicking on this icon . Left to Right: Front door of EMRO leading to HQ office and vet clinic. Note stray cat (half Mau) awaiting supper! Middle: EMRO building, where the clinic and HQ are on the bottom (main) floor. Boarding is also on the first floor. EMRO's larger sign in front of building. Right: EMRO's new sign, larger view, as of 2014. The EMRO Pet Store - EMRO Pet Shop (click on picture for larger image.) At the EMRO Pet Shop store, located in the shelter/clinic office, customers may find such items as Tidy Cat Kitty Litter, cat baskets, cat toys, cat carriers, book, cat chow, dog chow, and many other items for your pets at a competitive price. (Please Note: Currently, and due to the state of affiars in Egypt, the supplies are quite limited. Check with EMRO about supplies available). EMRO Vet Flyers in English and Arabic -
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Here you will find the most recent edition of the Principal’s Newsletter. This quarterly publication includes important information from the Parents Association, Dads Club, Guidance and College Counseling, and upcoming Athletic & Extracurricular events at LHWHS. The publication is sent to every parent electronically. If you would like a hard copy mailed home, please click here. The staff at LHWHS looks forward to another great year in working with your students.
Saturday, February 5, 2011 Whimsy Stamps February Rubber Release-Sneak Peek Day 2 Hello welcome to my blog today I have some Whimsy Stamps sneak peek inspiration day two! Today we are sneak peeking images from Meljens Designs upcoming collection of stamps! Meljen's Designs will be releasing three new images and they are all fantastic! Today I've used Balloon Mouse. Isn't he just adorable hanging from the balloon? I colored my image with Copic Markers, I added glass effect on the balloon for a shiny look. I stamped the plain manila tag with Music Notes available at Whimsy Stamps. My ticket sentiment is also from Whimsy, these are the Friendship ticket Sentiments and of course I used the ticket Die for a perfect cut!!
Download Full Text (1.1 MB) This lesson introduces youth to thinking critically about wolves in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) while looking to resources to build their understanding of ecological and conservation issues. Science and Mathematics Education Schulte, Kristen and Houseal, Ana K., "06. Ecological Relationships Lesson #5: WOLF REINTRODUCTION" (2014). Yellowstone Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) Resource Education Curriculum (REC) 2014. 6.
Monday night Emily came home with this....................... This is her basketball cheer uniform, I didn't get a picture of her football cheer uniform. Right now she has practices 2 times a week and in 7 weeks she has her first football game. Cheer camp was in June down at SPU and the girls had a blast! This is her cheer camp outfit. She says it's a really fun group of girls and everyone gets along really well so there shouldn't be any "drama" :-) Yes, my baby girl is growing up - way too quickly!! I'm looking forward to going to games (the basketball more than the football cuz' I love watching indoor sports :-)!!!
Total washout in Pakistan practice game Pakistan's one and only practice match was eventually abandoned after discussion between the two captains. Despite a break in the monsoon rains, which would have allowed some play in the afternoon, the Pakistan opted for a game of football followed by a practice session on the square. The players didn't appear to be too disappointed by the washout of the game and are probably glad to have an opportunity to rest after such a congested and tiring schedule in the past few months. With the BCCSL elections dominating the Sri Lankan cricket at the moment the Pakistan cricketers have been able to relax away from the limelight. They will be waiting with interest to see the Sri Lankan team, which is to be announced tomorrow morning. The team has been selected by an entirely different selection committee and is expected to include Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda De Silva. The selectors will be announcing a squad of sixteen players, all of whom will leave their homes and booking into the team hotel tomorrow. Whether they will actually be playing much cricket over the next few weeks is in the hands of the gods.
Smoke-free workplaces could become reality It could happen, as an anti-smoking organization earlier this month won the second round in its lawsuit against OSHA over the issue of smoking in the workplace. Specifically, the U.S. Court of Appeals ordered OSHA to provide it with a timetable for concluding a rulemaking proceeding to ban smoking in virtually all workplaces. OSHA must respond by December 13. The rule includes all offices, stores, shopping malls, restaurants and even bars. The lawsuit by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) argued that OSHA unreasonably delayed in acting to protect American workers from secondhand tobacco smoke, and in adopting a rule it proposed in 1994 to ban smoking in virtually all U.S. workplaces. The unanimous court order comes four months after the court refused OSHA's request that ASH's legal action be dismissed and ordered the agency to respond to ASH's allegations of unlawful delay and needless deaths. When OSHA originally proposed the workplace smoking ban rule more than six years ago - in response to an earlier lawsuit by ASH - it estimated that the rule would save almost 8,000 lives a year. OSHA allowed the issue to become dormant because of heavy opposition to it. Most states do not currently prohibit smoking in workplaces. OSHA also argued that banning restaurant smoking might not be feasible. But ASH noted to the court that California, Maryland and a number of other states and localities have successfully banned smoking in restaurants. ASH's lawsuit sought to require OSHA to act on its proposed rule within 90 days of the court's order. It appears the court will review the timetable OSHA is now being required to prepare before deciding if and when to order OSHA to act on its rule to ban workplace smoking.
Wow, it’s been a long time since I last shared with you the secrets to becoming a social media guru. In it, I shared some top tips on how you can climb to the giddy heights of social media guru … click here to read more Many of you have been asking for a list of the videos that we used at The Big Social Media Conference throughout the two days, so we have put together this handy list for you! In no particular order, here are … click here to read more As many of you probably will be, I am subscribed to quite a lot of email newsletters in an attempt to keep my fingers on the pulse of many of my interests. Having said that, I doubt I pay attention … click here to read more Does the below statement sound familiar to you? “I don’t understand why our followers aren’t converting into sales, we’ve spent a lot of time building our network but they aren’t buying from us!” It does? 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Marking time on the Hockley Viaduct Press Release: 24/09/2013 Admirers of Hockley Viaduct will know that it had to be stripped of a mass of tangled wildflowers during its recent restoration. The roots were causing damage to the structure, and enabling water to flood inside the cement core. But those who have walked or cycled across in recent days will have noticed that the flowers are making a return… Hampshire artist Nicola Henshaw has just decorated the track-bed with drifting dandelion clocks. This is the first step in a project commissioned by Winchester City Council, designed to share the stories of the Viaduct with a wider audience. The dandelion clocks were inspired by schoolgirl Becky Witheman from Compton All Saints Primary School. Taking part in an open-air workshop with three other Year 6 students at the end of last term, Becky was recording her impressions of the sights, sounds and smells of the natural landscape around the Viaduct. She wrote: “Dandelions are gliding across the Viaduct, I reach for them but miss every time.” Nicola Henshaw said: Dandelion clocks are very much associated with time passing, and they seemed to fit well with the Viaduct which conjures up memories of an older time in Winchester. I decided to paint some on the track-bed with road-marking paint to give it a softer look, and to amuse walkers and cyclists. Around 100 people passed me on my first day of painting, and I had a very positive response. Meanwhile, at a public meeting in Compton and Shawford Village Hall last week, Nicola outlined the rest of her ideas for a series of waymarkers, benches and information panels extending from the South Park and Ride Car Park up to City Bridge in the centre of Winchester. This stretch of National Cycle Network Route 23 will be known as Viaduct Way, and will be clearly delineated with carved wooden features reflecting the setting, the history and the character of the structure. Hand-made in Hampshire oak and forged steel, the features will appear gradually over the coming months. The designs are based on shadow puppets made by the children of All Saints Highcliffe Primary School in July, when Nicola worked with them to create short performances of a series of stories about the Viaduct. The stories themselves had been recorded by Nicola during a local Age UK lunch club, working with bags of objects, pictures and writings gathered at the open-air workshop that dandelion poet Becky attended. Cllr Victoria Weston, Winchester City Council’s Portfolio Holder for the Built Environment, said: This is a lovely project and I feel very privileged to have been involved right from the start with the refurbishment of the Viaduct which is already much-loved and well-used. These enhancements will add interest and fun for anyone walking and cycling along the Viaduct. Nicola has harnessed the imagination and knowledge of local people in conjuring up her designs, and they were very well-received at our public meeting. I am grateful to Hampshire County Council, the Environment Agency and the Friends of Hockley Viaduct for providing the funding for this work.
Originally Posted: March 21, 2017 This is an excerpt from a DMagazine article posted on March 21. You can read the full article here: https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/03/what-will-happen-to-dallas-dreamers-daca-trump-dream-act/ What Will Happen to North Texas’ Dreamers? Five undocumented Dallasites share how former President Obama’s immigration order, DACA, impacted their lives, what’s wrong with it, and what they’ll do if it’s eliminated. JOSÉ MANUEL SANTOYO, 25 Violence brought José Manuel Santoyo to the United States. His mother fled the state of Michoacán with Jose and his three siblings in 2001. This was about five years before Mexican President Felipe Calderon formally declared war on the cartels, sending nearly 7,000 soldiers to battle them in Santoyo’s home region. “People all around me were getting killed,” he says. “My mother didn’t want us to be in that environment.” His senior year, his luck changed. At a career fair, he learned that he could, indeed, go to college. In 2001, Texas became the first state to allow non-citizens who’d been a resident here for at least three years to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges. While this is now contested in Austin (with Bedford state Rep. Jonathan Stickland being its loudest detractor, arguing that it’s attracting undocumented immigrants to the state), it once shared bipartisan support. When he ran for president in 2011, former Gov. Rick Perry even fired a shot across the bow toward those who disagreed with the law: “I don’t think you have a heart,” he said to the law’s opponents. Santoyo turned his attention back to his studies, and he was eventually accepted to Southern Methodist University. He came to Dallas in 2013 and graduated last December with a double major in Human Rights and Spanish. He’s now pursuing his master’s at SMU, likely a double concentration in Human Rights and Organizational Management. He’s gotten involved with the North Texas Dream Team, advocating alongside Luna for pro-immigration policies. He knows it nearly wasn’t like this. He grew up in poverty, watching his relatives work construction. He himself logged jobs in factories and fast food shops, the type of low-skill gigs that put undocumented immigrants at risk of being taken advantage of. But it’s all there is for employment. Like so many others, DACA put Santoyo on the record. He remembers that day in 2012, when he watched Obama walk down those three steps to the podium in the Rose Garden and announced his executive order. “Just knowing that that was going to be something I could apply for, that obviously took a huge weight off my shoulders and the burden and expectation that I wasn’t going to be able to do much with my life,” he said. “I’ve seen how much (immigrants) have been able to accomplish because of DACA and how much they’ve been able to contribute, not only to their families and for their own survival, but to the movement in general because of the positions we can be in now.” Now, every day since Trump became president, Santoyo says he anxiously checks the news to make sure the executive order is still in place. And so far, it is. But he’s also focused on his future, on what would happen if that goes away. He’s begun thinking about the things that can and can’t be taken away from him here. And that’s why he’s enrolled in a master’s program. “This administration,” he says, “they could take away DACA and whatever documents we have right now, but they can’t take away our education.” READ MORE
Hello! I’m Alexandra from the blog Little Bookling at http://littlebookling.wordpress.com and I’m guest reviewing today! Yay it’s a party! So I just finished The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and wow! That book is so good! It is the perfect blend of science and magic which makes you think hmm this could actually happen. Before I continue this review you probably want to know what the book is about right? The Night Circus is a tale about a girl and a boy who fall impossibly in love. But it’s so much more! Morgenstern is a master of imagery and while reading I could taste the treats she describes the character eating and smell the caramel apples she describes the characters eating. I wished I could have been at the midnight dinners and everyone of the dresses worn by any character I could picture in my head. I only give the book 4 stars though because the ending was kinda blah. You know the saying that goes something like it’s the journey that counts not the destination? Well that’s what The Night Circus was for me. I loved the plot and how the whole circus was built around a game. It intrigued me. However, I felt like the ending did not do the book justice as the book is so much more than a love story like the cover claims. The imagery almost made up for the ending because I felt like I was in the circus and had visited each tent. I ached while reading this for it to be real. Ugh I wish it was real! Read this book! It is overall marvelous and I think anyone who wishes to be transported to a different world full of mystery and suspense will adore it. This is kinda off topic but I think for my sweet 16 I’m going to have a midnight dinner theme based off this book. Anyway thank you so much Eileen for letting me write a review for you! Come check out the review Eileen did on my blog! Bye Bye baby books!!
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So, at the end of this week, whether you base it on my calculations or the ultrasounds, I’ll be officially out of the first trimester. Despite the fact that I was already ‘4 weeks’ in to it when I got those 2 lines, it felt like an actual lifetime. In the spirit of sharing, and considering I learnt the most about this strange process our bodies go through from friends and people who’ve been there, done that and worn the tshirt, here are my nuggets of wisdom: 1. You might not need a pregnancy test to tell you you’re pregnant So many people I’ve spoken to knew they were pregnant before the test confirmed it. The moment I knew it, I was in Falmouth, scraping burny bits off a piece of toast when the smell went up my nose and I suspected that I (as a non-vomity person) might just throw up all over the poor piece of toast. At that point, I cut down on the wine and waited for the pregnancy test a week later to confirm what I already knew. 2. Eating helps with nausea My pre-pregnancy experience of feeling sick involved abstaining from everything except water, lying down in a dark place and feeling sorry for myself. Eventually, when I felt better, trying a slice of bread and butter to test the waters. Nope. Does not work with pregnancy. Being too hungry makes you feel sick. Being too full makes you feel sick. Being too hot makes you feel sick. The thought of cleaning the bathroom makes you feel sick, etc. So, you gradually learn to leave the house with enough snacks to last a fortnight, and slowly graze throughout the day on whatever you can stomach, even though eating might be literally the last thing on the planet you want to do. If that means that toast forms most of your daily intake of food, then so be it. You can eat some carrots when you’re feeling more human. 3. Do all the sleeps At first, I fought the urge to nap because it was a bit…predictable. But sooner rather than later, I went over to the dark side and have never looked back. There has to be some kickback from getting up 28 times a night for a wee. I only wish there was somewhere at work I could get my head down for 20 minutes, then I would be quite literally, living the dream. The fatigue is allegedly going to go away in the second trimester. Yep, still waiting for that one. Yawn. 4. Holy mother of bloat I’ve been rocking the baggy top look since week 4, and maternity jeans from week 10. I have no regrets. I might not have a bump to put in them, but there’s no doubting I’ve become all thick about my middle. Now I’ve made the leap, I’m not sure I’m ever going to go back to normal trousers. Buttons and jeans are SUCH a FAFF. 5. You will not have a bump like they do on the internet Each week on reddit, people post pictures of their adorable bumps. I’m most interested in the people who are closest in gestation to me. Why do they have a perfectly formed bump? Where is mine? Why is the world so unfair? etc. My bump grows and shrinks depending on: - how much food I’ve eaten - how much I need a wee - how much I stick it out I’ve come to the conclusion that these people with their actual round bellies might JUST be sticking it out a tad. 6. Pregnancy rears her ugly head in some weird and wonderful ways Pretty much anything that happens to you during pregnancy can be blamed on the bump. Great skin? Pregnancy glow. Terrible skin? Blame the pregnancy hormones. Eating Maltesers for breakfast? Baby’s craving them. Looking a bit porky? It doesn’t matter if you are the grand total of 4 weeks pregnant, that is BABY WEIGHT DAMNIT. 7. They give you an ACTUAL ‘get out of jail free’ card Somewhere around week 10, the lovely people at the NHS sent me a little credit card shaped thing that says three beautiful little words ‘Maternity’, ‘Exemption’, ‘Card’. This magical thing gives you free prescriptions and dentists appointment, but I find it more beneficial to whop it out in times of desperate need, e.g. - Ran out of biscuits - Missed the bus to work - Need moar pillows - Don’t want to do [insert task here] And the great news is, it’s valid for a year after you give birth! *rubs hands together with glee*
This recipe came from the Friendly Freezer Yahoo Group .. I looked for an on line source but could not find it. It looks like the perfect recipe to put in the freezer in the summer for use later. Welcome to Freezer Food Friday. Today I have a main dish recipe that can be prepared ahead and frozen to be used later. Please share a recipe on your blog and link it below using Mr Linky ( if Mr Linky is misbehaving… leave a link in the comments. Please take a moment to leave a comment if you find this meme helpful! 6 cups corn, freshly cut off the cob 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter (not margarine) 1 (15 oz.) can evaporated milk Place all ingredients in electric skillet. Heat to simmer. Continue simmering for 45 minutes or until sauce is the consistency you desire. Cool, bag, label, and freeze.
Honestly, I was pretty confused after watching the first two episodes of Show. I’m certain every single character here has some kind of psychological problems (heck, don’t we all). I was in love with Writer Noh Hee Kyung‘s The World They Live In, for the dialogue is really good and witty, and it’s such an unassuming love story that it will always have a special place in my heart. The dialogue here is clever as well, a trademark of Writer Noh. It’s fast-flying and the tone light. We’re thrown deep into the story with very little exposition (except for Jo In Sung‘s Jang Jae Yeol), knowing only the main characters either have some psychological problems, or are psychiatrists themselves, or both. Gong Hyo Jin plays the role of Ji Hae Soo, a no-nonsense psychiatrist to her junior doctors, but is actually a person who parties hard. She has fear of having intimate relationships with men, but is currently seeing a TV program PD because she feels different around him. On the other hand, Jae Yeol is a bestselling author, whose books often explore human relationships and crime. We know he has an older brother who believes Jae Yeol is the one who killed their father, and 26 months prior to the current timeline in Show, Older Bro (Yang Ik Joon) was released from jail. He beelines for Jae Yeol’s birthday party and freaking stabbed him with a fork (?!). The brothers have a strange relationship, because Jae Yeol calls his brother in jail, and they two just have a seriously nonchalant chat of murderous threats. I’m amused. Hae Soo stays in a share house with another psychiatrist Jo Dong Min (Sung Dong Il) and a Tourette Syndrome patient Park Soo Kwang (Lee Kwang Soo). Synopsis says Dong Min is Hae Soo’s first love, but it has not been explained in the first two episodes. Jae Yeol joins them at the share house, because he has to abandon his own apartment due to an ongoing lawsuit with his (ex-)girlfriend Lee Pool Yip (Yoon Jin Yi), who accuses Jae Yeol of copying her book. There’s alot going on there, for 26 months ago they were a loving couple (or rather, I feels she loves him more), and it appears that Jae Yeol’s manager is betraying him and is on Pool Yip’s side. And back to Hae Soo’s backstory, she was traumatised since young after seeing her Mom cheating on her Dad, which results in her fear of physical intimacy with men. She’s dating the TV program PD, who is actually cheating on her, and the cheating couple was caught in the act by Jae Yeol. Jae Yeol actually ousted them in front of everyone at the share house, and instantly made himself the #1 Public Enemy of the share house. It’s cute to see how Soo Kwang takes sides with Hae Soo, and Lee Kwang Soo is doing a good job as the maknae of the share house. Tonally Show feels rather lighthearted, despite the topics being dealt with are pretty sensitive issues. There’s alot of psychiatry going on, and in the first episode we get a cameo from Lee El as a transgender, who has been heavily physically abused by her own family just because she did a sex change from a male to a female. Hae Soo urges her to assert her right (if I never remember wrongly), and tells her she cannot let her family dictate her life. We get quite a bit of snippets from the patients in the psychiatric ward, interspersed with the problems our main cast face, so it’s alot of heavy mental health problems here. This is what made me a little confused tonally because Show looks so vibrant and vivid, but the narrative is very serious issues. Despite so, I’ll definitely catch up with this.
DROUGHT INDUCED DISPERSAL IN DIVING BEETLES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Drought causes many physical changes to aquatic habitats, including increasing temperatures and decreasing water levels, which can threaten aquatic invertebrate communities. Some aquatic invertebrates, such as diving beetles, can disperse via flight to relocate or discover new bodies of water. Despite observations of aquatic beetles flying during drought, little is known about what actually triggers this dispersal. We examined how decreasing water level and increasing temperature affect diving beetle dispersal, with a laboratory experiment in incubators. We collected diving beetles in San Diego County, CA, USA and used dispersal traps to measure dispersal in response to varying temperature and water levels. At the end of the three week experiment, we identified beetles to species and examined the relationship between dispersal, physical cues and specific-species dispersal tendencies. We found that both water level and temperature positively affected dispersal; however, there was no interactive effect. Our results suggest that drought will lead to higher dispersal for aquatic beetles. With drought becoming more prevalent, drought induced dispersal could have significant effects on the communities structure making understanding this phenomena vital. Patrick Carroll (Primary Presenter/Author), University of San Diego, email@example.com; Ruth Hoover ( Co-Presenter/Co-Author), University of San Diego, firstname.lastname@example.org; Kate Boersma ( Co-Presenter/Co-Author), University of San Diego, email@example.com;
In order to combat SPAM on the forums, all users are required to have a minimum of 2 posts before they can submit links in any post or thread. Discussion in 'UO Rares Collector' started by 4gregu, Jun 6, 2014. I can't find anything on this web. Anyone know where its from? This Web is one of the decorative drops from the Champion Mephitis. It is the outer ring to the cocoon stealable. Ahhhh ok, thank you (I had never seen one before labeled just "web")
On Fox News Sunday this morning, Chris Wallace repeatedly grilled Jay Sekulow over whether the past denials of Russian contact by people on the Trump Team now look “suspect.” Sekulow, a member of President Trump‘s legal team, did the Full Ginsburg on the Sunday shows this morning, and his Fox interview started with Wallace playing clips of Donald Trump Jr., the President himself, and Vice President Mike Pence insisting there were no Russian contacts. Wallace asked, “Do you now acknowledge that all of those denials are at the very least suspect?” Sekulow was quick to bring up James Comey, which led Wallace to interject, “This doesn’t have anything to do with my question.” When Sekulow said he would answer the question, Wallace replied, “It depends how long we’re gonna take to get there.” Sekulow brought up Comey’s actions––leaking his memos to help create a special counsel––but again Wallace said, “I’m not asking you about any of that.” They continued going back and forth over whether the Don Jr. meeting itself was improper, with Wallace confronting Sekulow on whether it showed “intent and willingness” to collude. Watch above, via Fox. [image via screengrab] Have a tip we should know? email@example.com
Strolling of the Heifers Microloan Fund for New England Farmers Deadline: November 27, 2009 The Strolling of the Heifers Microloan Fund for New England Farmers will be accepting applications through November 27, 2009 for loans of $10,000 or less. Applicants must live in one of the four counties of Western Massachusetts or in Vermont, and must prequalify. To learn more, visit The Carrot Project Farm Financing Northeast SARE Farmer Grants Deadline: December 8, 2009 The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program offers Farmer Grants for commercial farmers who have a new production or marketing idea that will likely boost profits, improve stewardship, and strengthen the farm community. To learn more, download an application and instruction booklet, please visit NESare Farmer Grants. The Northeast Region is comprised of Connecticut Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and Washington, DC. Community Capital Management Assistance Program (MAP) Grants Deadline: Rolling until funds are fully disbursed Thanks to a $99,000 USDA Rural Development Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG), Community Capital is pleased to launch its Management Assistance Program (MAP). Visit http://communitycapitalvt.org/images/Forms/map%20application.pdf 6Businesses located in one of the following eight Vermont counties can apply for up to $2,500 and formal or informal groups of businesses can apply for up to $5,000 to purchase consulting services that advance their individual or shared business goals. Eligible counties include: Addison, Caledonia, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orange and Washington. There are match requirements, so read the application carefully to find out how you can meet those requirements. Applicants can expect a 2-week turn around time on their application provided it is complete when submitted. All decisions are made by staff.
A few pictures from the Gearins' 4th of July Backyard Soiree. |From left to right: Beckie, Laurie, Lucas, Kiara, Noriko, Hazel, Gray & Kim| |She's 3 months old and older boys have already started checking Kiara out...ugh!!!| |Uncle Sacks and Kiara| |Auntie Crystal and Kiara| Happy birthday America!
Thank you for visiting the Family Law Lawyer Tech & Practice blog. My name is John Harding. I am a family law lawyer practicing in Northern California. Long ago I realized that I could practice law more effectively and more efficiently (i.e., better and easier) by availing myself of the technological tools that are out there. I also learned that a successful law practice requires successful marketing. Hardware and software working together make me a better lawyer, and make my life easier. Marketing helps to bring in the business necessary for professional survival. By this blog I hope to share the tips, tricks, and technology that I have learned about so that others may benefit! Thursday, October 20, 2011 Organic Web Marketing Strategies For Lawyers Ever heard of "organic web strategy"? Me neither. At least not until today when I came across an article at JD Supra entitled "Organic Web Strategy For Lawyers." I consider myself green, and I like organic so the title caught my attention. I am still unclear what "organic" means in light of this article, but the article does highlight some very important considerations to keep in mind when developing an internet marketing strategy and plan. Please click here for a very helpful read. Please visit hardinglaw.com for more information of Harding & Associates Family Law
Band reveals that this tune, Michael Jackson, The Cure all provided sonic blueprints for upcoming debut LP. Mortar & Pestle (L-R): Sean Paul Duke, Janaysa Lambert, Paul Shinichi. Photo by Sequoia Emmanuelle. PLAY, POST & SHARE “U.V.” is the first single and video from the self-titled debut EP by Mortar & Pestle See the premiere of the “U.V.” music video by Mortar & Pestle via Diffuser.fm! “We created a campy 80’s-style day in the life of two friends as they run through Oakland on a LSD-fueled quest to find their shaman,” explains Paul Shinichi of Mortar & Pestle about the band’s first music video. The clip, premiering via Diffuser.fm is for the song “U.V.,” which recently premiered via SPIN and is taken from the band’s debut EP released earlier this year. “The song is all about how things that normally feel good can be harmful to you,” Shinichi says of the tune’s darker tones. The band also explains that “U.V.” is an essential sonic jumping off point for the debut album that they are now working on in earnest. “It is the most comparable track to our new material because of the mix of natural and electronic drum tones and the thick layering of synth bass and melodies,” says Shinichi. “We already have nine tracks almost finished and more in the works.” Drummer Sean Paul Duke elaborates, saying, “Over the last few years, I have fallen completely in love with pop music. Old hits such as ‘Beat It’ by Michael Jackson as well as minimalist structures like ‘Close To Me’ by The Cure. This music has rung true for decades now, and has recently captivated me in new ways that are playing a major role in Mortar & Pestle’s direction.” Born on the kitchen piano of a studio apartment, days after Shinichi and singer Janaysa Lambert first met at a mutual friend’s party, the two were joined within the year by Duke. Tragically, the friend who brought them together met with an untimely death shortly after she gave the band its name. “She wanted to be the one to name us,” says Shinichi. “We were struggling with a name for months, and then she came up with Mortar & Pestle. I think honoring her life is one reason why we are together.” Mortar & Pestle’s debut has already gained significant attention for its melding of avant-garde electronic sounds with pure soul singing. In addition to notices from SPIN, BlackBook, Earmilk, Mass Appeal, and more, the entire new EP is streaming now via hometown paper East Bay Express. Members of Mortar & Pestle are available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information. Mortar & Pestle (Post Primal – Out Now) 03. Lady 7 04. Lighthouse (REMIX) 05. Switchblade Bandita 06. Electric Angel Mortar & Pestle Links Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
Welcome to the GradCafe Hello! Welcome to The GradCafe Forums.You're welcome to look around the forums and view posts. However, like most online communities you must register before you can create your own posts. This is a simple, free process that requires minimal information. Benefits of membership: - Participate in discussions - Subscribe to topics and forums to get automatic updates - Search forums - Removes some advertisements (including this one!) Anyone have any thoughts on the MA program at Columbia? Is it considered as big of a cash cow as the program at IFA? It seems like it is a much smaller program compared with NYU(the Graduate Director said 8-12 students enter each year). Obviously, this is a huge financial investment, so I'm weighing my options carefully. I'm currently considering MA offers from Columbia, NYU-IFA and UNC-Chapel Hill. Any advice would be appreciated!
Anahad O’Connor at the New York Times – How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat: The documents show that a trade group called the Sugar Research Foundation, known today as the Sugar Association, paid three Harvard scientists the equivalent of about $50,000 in today’s dollars to publish a 1967 review of research on sugar, fat and heart disease. The studies used in the review were handpicked by the sugar group, and the article, which was published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, minimized the link between sugar and heart health and cast aspersions on the role of saturated fat. Even though the influence-peddling revealed in the documents dates back nearly 50 years, more recent reports show that the food industry has continued to influence nutrition science. That last sentence is what gets me. This is going on right now, and has been going on for ages. It’s nothing new, and also it’s what happens in many other industries. Scientists are a little better regarding disclosures of funding now than 50 years ago, but industry is where a lot of research money comes from. An industry finds scientists who are either on their side of the issue or are sympathetic to their issue and funds their research. What we need to do is to understand the biases and keep them in mind when making decisions on health policy. Aaron E. Carroll for the New York Times, The Upshot – Simple rules for healthy eating: All of these rules are subtly trying to get you to be more conscious of what you’re eating. It’s far too easy these days to consume more than you think you are, or more than you really need, especially when eating out. I’ve found that it’s impossible to tell any one person how much they should be eating. People have varying requirements, and it’s important for all of them to listen to their bodies to know when they should eat, and when they should stop. I’ve found that making change is hard. How many times have I started running, only to stop a few weeks later due to illness and not getting back into it when I’m better? But we have made the change in our diets. Slowly and over time (in the last 4-5 years) we’ve made small changes that have resulted in weight loss (30+ lbs for me over that time), reduction in cholesterol levels and overall feeling better about my body image. Project Big Life – Life expectancy calculator based on Canadian community health surveys. The calculator bases their predictions on your (truthful) answers to their questions on diet, exercise and a few other factors. What Do These Findings Mean? - Unhealthy behaviours contribute to a large burden of reduced life expectancy. - Linked population health surveys create an opportunity to estimate burden of disease using individual-based data, as in our multivariable predictive approach, and to supplement existing aggregate approaches. - Multivariable risk algorithms can be validated and calibrated for potential application in over 100 countries, potentially allowing widespread use of multivariable approaches. - Multivariable risk algorithms are more complex than alternative approaches to measure burden from health behaviours, but their use can be facilitated by reporting the algorithm in machine-readable format (https://github.com/Ottawa-mHealth/predictive-algorithms) and/or by providing online calculators (https://www.projectbiglife.ca). My life expectancy is 87 years, with my health age being 31 years. Not bad for a 37 year old? Allison Aubrey at NPR – This is how much celebrities get paid to endorse soda and unhealthy food: What’s certain is this: Celebrity-backed food is here to stay. Even Oprah is poised to get in on the branded-food bandwagon. A search of the the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database shows Oprah has applied to trademark a range of food products — from Oprah pancakes and popcorn to pizza, to name just a few on the list. And the actual study by Bragg et al: CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that music celebrities who are popular among adolescents endorse energy-dense, nutrient-poor products. Follow the money. Laura Wright for the CBC – Ontario fast-food labels could cause women to gain weight, public health advocate says: Along with the calorie information, chain restaurants will have to display a “context statement” meant to help consumers better understand the calorie count. The statement will say adults require 2,000 to 2,400 calories per day, but that individual calorie needs vary. Elizabeth Payne at the Ottawa Citizen – Ottawa Hospital managers, after eating the food for a week, say changes are coming: Getting food managers to eat three meals of hospital food a day for a week, he said, brought the point home that much of the food being served was bland, institutional and not what people would normally eat. Julia Belloz at Vox – We’ve long blamed carbs for making us fat. What if that’s wrong? The main scientific model behind the low-carb approach is the “carbohydrate-insulin hypothesis,” which journalist Gary Taubes, Harvard professor David Ludwig, and others have extensively promoted. It suggests that a diet heavy in carbohydrates (especially refined grains and sugars) leads to weight gain because of a specific mechanism: Carbs drive up insulin in the body, causing the body to hold on to fat and suppress calorie burn. But what’s often lost in all the boosterism around the low-carb approach is that it is still an unproven hypothesis in science. So they did a study to show whether a low-carb diet can actually help to reduce weight. 17 overweight or obese men in a metabolic chamber for 4 weeks and fed either a high carbohydrate diet or ketogenic diet with the same number of calories. Results? No increased body fat loss with the ketogenic diet. But as Bazinet points out, “The study … doesn’t see any [relationship between a decrease in insulin and an increase in fat loss]. Show me a better study that supports this.” There isn’t any, he added. Tobias urged dieters not to lose sight of the bigger picture. “Low-carb versus low-fat should not be the focus for people selecting a weight loss diet.” The focus, she said, should be on improving the quality of food that people eat instead. Jill Eisen for the CBC – Fat and Sugar, Part 1 First, fat was the dietary bad guy. We were warned back in the 1980s to cut back on eggs, meat and full-fat dairy to avoid heart disease. So we started eating more bread, rice and pasta and fat-free snacks. But we got sicker and fatter. Now sugar is the bad guy. Contributor Jill Eisen explores the complex, and sometimes contradictory, science of nutrition — and tries to find clarity amidst the thicket of studies and ambiguous research. There’s also a great list of research references and a reading list at the link, for more information. Part 2 airs on June 22, 2016. Anna Maria Barry-Jester – Is Gut Science Biased?: The vast majority of data on microbiomes across science is still mostly coming from people in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and having too narrow a sample of the population means we could be looking at the proverbial trees when what we need to understand is the whole forest. Much of what we know about gut microbiomes is biased towards what can be easily measured – the guts of people in the western world. I’d take articles touting the benefits of this or that diet on gut microbiome with a grain of salt. Norelle R. Reilly recently published an article in the Journal of Pediatrics – The Gluten-Free Diet: Recognizing Fact, Fiction and Fad: Gluten-free packaged foods frequently contain a greater density of fat and sugar than their gluten-containing counterparts. Increased fat and calorie intake have been identified in individuals after a GFD. Obesity, overweight, and new-onset insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome have been identified after initiation of a GFD. A GFD also may lead to deficiencies in B vitamins, folate, and iron, given a lack of nutrient fortification of many gluten-free products. Uh-oh. Not good for those people who are gluten-free for non-celiac reasons. There is emerging evidence that those consuming gluten-free products without sufficient diversity may be at greater risk of exposure to certain toxins than those on an unrestricted diet. Arsenic is frequently present in inorganic form in rice, a concern for those on a GFD given that rice is a common ingredient in gluten-free processed foods. A constant worry for us, since much of our diet is rice-based. Maybe 80% or so. There also are noteworthy non-nutritional implications of a GFD. Worldwide, those purchasing gluten-free products will encounter far greater food costs than gluten containing competitors. Social isolation and inconvenience have been reported by children with CD requiring a GFD, and some with CD report a deterioration in their quality of life while on a GFD, linked in many cases to the diet itself. We are lucky to be able to afford the time and expense of making much of our food from scratch in order to keep it as safe as we can from allergens. But it’s another worry for us in the future as our son grows up.
- Barbary States - Four states of Northern Africa - Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli - that plundered seaborne commerce for centuries. With the exception of Morocco, they were nominally part of the Ottoman Empire. Surviving by blackmail, they received great sums of money, ships, and arms yearly from foreign powers in return for allowing the foreigners to trade in African ports and sail unmolested through the Barbary waters. They demanded tribute money, seized ships, and held crews for ransom or sold them into slavery.By the end of the eighteenth century, the effectiveness of Tripoli’s corsairs had long since deteriorated, but their reputation alone was enough to prompt European maritime states to pay the tribute extorted by the pasha to ensure safe passage of their shipping through Tripolitan waters. American merchant ships, no longer covered by British protection, were seized by Barbary pirates in the years after American Independence, and American crews were enslaved. In 1799, the United States agreed to pay $18,000 a year in return for a promise that Tripoli-based corsairs would not molest American ships. Similar agreements were made at the time with the rulers of Morocco, Algiers, and Tunis.In May 1801, however, the United States refused to succumb to the increasing demands of the pasha of Tripoli; in return, the pasha declared war. The United States sent naval squadrons into the Mediterranean under the leadership of Commodores Richard Dale and Edward Preble. The navy blockaded the enemy coast, bombarded his shore fortresses, and engaged in close gunboat actions. In June 1805, a peace settlement was negotiated, thus ending officially the Tripolitan War.After the War of 1812, two American naval squadrons returned to the Mediterranean. Diplomacy backed by resolute force soon brought the rulers of Barbary to terms. Commodore Decatur obtained treaties that eliminated the American tribute. In the years immediately after the Napoleonic Wars the European powers forced an end to piracy and the payment of tribute in the Barbary States. Algiers capitulated to the French on July 5, 1830, the Dey (ruler) went into exile and the Ottoman janissaries were shipped back to Constantinople. Following the French conquest of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli proclaimed at once an end to Christian slavery and corsair activities. They preserved a fictitious independence until they became respectively in 1881 and in 1911 a French protectorate and an Italian colony.See also < >.FURTHER READING:Fisher, Godfrey. Barbary Legend: War, Trade, and Piracy in North Africa. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1974;Lane Poole, Stanley with the collaboration of J. D. Jerrold Kelly. The Barbary Corsairs. Westport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970.MOSHE TERDMAN Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914. 2014.
Tambah bengang lagi sebab period datang bersamaan. PMS is one thing, you also miss the chance to pray to Allah, the easiest and sure way to combat stress. When hitting and kicking people is not an option, You turn to food. Comfort food. And this, my friends...is currently high up on my FAVOURITE FOOD EVER! Seriously, saya rasa sedap nak mampos. The first time I popped this into my mouth, I think I died and when to heaven. Sedap macam tu sekali. Macam nak culik je tukang buat keripik ni, ikat dia belakang rumah, suruh buat keripik ni hari-hari. Rasa lemak pahit-pahit keripik balinjo, I know most of you would be familiar with. Combine that with sweetness of caramelised sugar coating, dan rangupnya...oh ampun. Now I am eating it like my life depends on it. Macam telan happy pills. Sigh.
I've had this dress for years and never worn it, so I chucked it on this morning, as, you know, I have NOTHING TO WEAR. Well, it turned out to be one big wardrobe malfunction. FOUR holes made themselves apparent during the day, so I've been busy popping off to the bathroom with my emergency sewing kit to stitch myself in. It cost me next to nothing and it is quite cute, despite my aversion to all things (apart from myself) that are from the seventies.
Total Duration 27:48 People Don't Listen To Me Some years back I was sitting across the table from a coaching client. We were talking about what she thought was her inability to influence as effectively as she wished. In her soft-spoken manner she said, "I just feel like people don't listen to me." Now, of course, I didn't say that, but let me ask you this.... Since she is quiet it's rather obvious she's an introvert, right? And it's probably fair to say that introversion is likely to hold her back from climbing the ladder, wouldn't you say? Well how about this? The coaching client was a C-level executive in a highly successful organization. Though she very well may be an introvert, making that assessment so quickly without learning more is any easy mistake to make. Can Introverts Be Effective Project Managers? Can introverts be effective project managers and leaders? In this episode we talk about that with Lisa Petrilli, author of The Introvert's Guide to Success in Business and Leadership. To learn more about Lisa, please visit her website at LisaPetrilli.com. P.S. BTW, if you haven't listened to my interview with Devora Zack, author of Networking for People Who Hate Networking, make sure to check it out! Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Have a great week!
Problem : The people who really need to be heard are the ones who don't normally have a voice. Idea : To give everyone a voice. Really give them a voice. By using revolutionary mobile digital image recognition technology we can make a poster and press talk for the very first time. Note : This campaign was created and ran in 2008. How it works : The campaign features outdoor posters, print and online elements. These are combined to reinforce the message of giving a voice to those whose plight normally goes unseen and unheard. People around Australia were encouraged to take a mobile phone photo of the featured person’s mouth and send it to a number on the poster as a text message. Using digital image recognition technology and an Australian first call back service, the sender receives a return phone call with a pre-recorded message from the person they have photographed, giving a brief insight into how they live and highlighting some of the issues they face. The message then directs people to a UN website where visitors can leave their own comments and thoughts, turning the original seven voices into thousands. UI & UX Design
Rick told me I could do this. It never occurred to me to try until he brought it to my attention. Cruise lines are looking for escorts (not the high-priced ones) to help with tours. On my last cruise speaking gig, I thought I’d give it a try. Simple enough. I went up to the excursion desk: “Hi. I am the guest lecturer for this cruise. I understand sometimes you need help guiding tours.” “Yes, Mr. Belew, we’d love to have your help. Thanks!” A few minutes later and I was designated the official flag holder, sans flag, for a tour to some Mayan ruins with a guide who talked about human sacrifices. The price of the tour was $112 for everyone else. I went for free. The ruins … so, so. But I know now to chase such opportunities again in the future. Not only does the cruise ship lecturer get a huge feather in his/her cap, s/he gets moxie from the cruisers, crew rates for other amenities – spa, internet, etc. and sometimes free tours. Next up – the Vatican. Great advice, Rick! Drop your email address below to get updates to this site.
It's daddy-daughter nap time! Chrissy Teigen, who welcomed daughter Luna Simone with husband John Legend earlier this month, just shared a photo of the duo's sweet snooze session. Snuggled up under a pink blanket, little Luna, who the couple affectionately nicknamed "Lulu," is busy sleeping with dad John while traveling. The proud parents, who bravely shared their fertility struggles before conceiving Luna, have been sharing sweet photos of their new addition ever since her arrival. Check out the gallery for more adorable photos of baby Luna!
CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 16 -- In the USA, each state is responsible for its Women InfantChildren program and encourages breastfeeding through lactation counseling and the purchase of supplies. A state bid notification for breastpumps and supplies was recently issued. "This bid had such an unusual feature that needs further attention. The Hygeia questioned the state about this bid and whether the supplier would have to replace these failure pumps. The state responded that it's accepted that pumps will not work for a certain amount of women and there was no expectation that the non-working breast pump be replaced. "This seems to be a common industry standard," continued Estill. "Indeed most pump companies place the burden of buying a pump squarely on the shoulders of the mothers, many of whom are uninformed as to choices available. The labeling on most breastpumps states that they 'cannot be returned' for hygienic reasons." What message does this send to the individual woman who failed at breastfeeding due to an inappropriate or defective pump? Why should such a mother be left with a pump that doesn't work for her? "At the very least, these non-return policies take advantage of women and shift blame of failure from supplier to the mother," commented Estill. "Imagine if 10% of the blood glucose meters were defective and consumers couldn't return them. Or that 10% of the blood pressure readers didn't work and the manufacturer said it's the consumer's fault for buying the wrong unit at the drug store. These situations are really unimaginable. Why then, are breastpumps, which are solely designed for women, subject to the reverse - that it's their 'fault' mothers picked the wrong pump and tough luck for them? "At Hygeia, we feel that if a pump does not work for a mother and sustain her milk supply, then it is the manufacturer's responsibility and not the mother's. Hygeia stands alone in our dedication to provide women with a basic right to pumps that work for them, or offer them a refund or exchange. We call this our Total Compatibility Guarantee," concluded Estill. About Hygeia - Mother's Milk ... The Promise of Health(TM) At Hygeia, our mission is to support breastfeeding. We provide breastfeeding moms with a wide variety of quality products at affordable prices. For more information on Hygeia, visit http://www.HygeiaBaby.com or dial 888 PUMP-4-MOM (888-786-7466) or 760-918-0339. This release was issued through eReleases(TM). For more information, visit http://www.ereleases.com. Subscribe to our Free Newsletters! Cachexia refers to severe muscle and fat loss, anorexia and marked weight loss due to an underlying ... Exotropia or outward eye deviation is a form of squint. Proper evaluation and timely intervention ... Glaucoma is a group of disorders involving the optic nerve, often associated with a rise in ...View All
Sarvodaya has been in the forefront of the recent emergency response to the massive displacement in north. The organization, working through its district centres in Vavuniya, Mannar and Padaviya, rallied the support of many different donors and dipped in its own resources to provide food and non-food items to the thousands of displaced families now living in camps. During the early months of 2009, Sarvodaya concentrated its efforts on providing food relief to those who had escaped the conflict in the north. Both cooked food and dry rations were provided. In January and February, a total of 45,000 cooked food parcels were distributed to Nellukulam and Tamil Maha Vidyalayam IDP Camps in Vavuniya. Of these 7500 parcels were supported by NCA (Norwegian Church Aid) and 37,500 by CHA (Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies) Sarvodaya provided continuous support to Saivapragasa Vidyalayam where over 1,200 families are taking refuge. At this camp, Vavuniya District Centre of Sarvodaya has organized communal cooking with the participation of IDPs and Sarvodaya Shanthi Sena volunteers and distributing food parcels to the entire camp population from February 26 onwards. Over 180,565 parcels have been distributed over the past two months. These efforts have been supported by many donors including NCA and Malteser International. Providing Non-Food Relief To make life more tolerable in camps set up for the internally displaced in Vavuniya, Mannar, Jaffna and Padaviya, Sarvodaya provided a range of relief items from soap to shoes to sheets through emergency funds mobilized through donors including the private sector. Sarvodaya put together over 7,500 different relief packages for Vavuniya alone that included clothes, underwear, soap and shampoo, toys , mats, mosquito nets, sanitary items and special clothing for pregnant and lactating mothers. These were labeled as family kits, pregnant mothers’ kits, men’s kits, children and infant kits, recreational kits, educational kits. These kits were distributed in time for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in mid April to four of the main IDP camps in Vavuniya. These are Saivapragasa Vidyalayam, Nellukulam Maha Vidyalayam, Poonthotam College of Education and Tamil Maha Vidyalayam (Primary). In Mannar 530 kits for pregnant mothers, 1,150 children infant kits and 220 family kits were distributed in camps where Sarvodaya is operating, mainly in Nannattan division. In addition some 884 food relief items and 172 NFRI packs which included dry food, women’s and men’s clothes and sanitary items were distributed to IDP families in camps in Nannattan and Mannar divisions in Mannar district “We are closely working with other partners such as government agencies, the United Nations system, international and national NGOs and importantly, the IDPs themselves. We are making every effort to respond to the needs on the ground in a systematic way and in conformity to International Humanitarian Standards,” Sarvodaya’s Executive Director said. In addition to providing food and non-food relief items, Sarvodaya is engaged in improving water and sanitation services in camps in both Vavuniya and Mannar districts. More than 250 temporary latrines have been constructed and 20 water-filters installed for safe drinking water. A water treatment plant was provided to Manik Farm Zone 3 which provides 50,000 liters of treated water daily. In an attempt to support some families to return to livelihood, bicycles, fish boxes, fishing nets and weighing scales were provided to 118 families in Nannattan. Mobilising Manpower and Resources Sarvodaya has engaged a large number of volunteers to meet the urgent manpower demands of the emergency response. More than 1500 Sarvodaya Shanthi Sena volunteers operate daily- over a 1000 in Mannar and 500 in Vavuniya. In addition to those district centres in the frontline- Mannar, Vavuniya and Padaviya- other centres across the country are supporting the relief operations. The other district centres engaged are Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Padaviya, Anuradhapura (West), Kalutara, Monaragala, Hambanthota. “On-the-ground activities have been assigned to various teams involving Sarvodaya staff of District Centers of Vavuniya, Mannar, Killinochchi, and Padaviya, with necessary technical and administrative support from the Specialist Units of Sarvodaya Headquarters,” said Dr. Ariyaratne. “The Deshodaya and the Field Operation divisions are directly coordinating the field level activities involving the IDPs.” The Executive Director and the senior staff maintain close coordination at the national level. At the Movement’s Moratuwa Headquarters an Emergency Operations Centre was set up to maintain round-the-clock communication lines between Vavuniya and Mannar District Centres, coordinate requests for support, supplies and logistics including management of NFRI stocks.
Toledo will mark Arbor Day this year by planting about 50 blossoming cherry trees in honor of former city residents who died in military conflict. The city said it is inviting family members of fallen servicemen and women to participate in an April 29 ceremony at a Veterans Memorial Grove in the Parkside Boulevard median between Dorr Street and Mount Vernon Avenue in West Toledo. The trees will replace ones cleared by recent utility work. Those who wish to participate are to provide information about the veteran to be memorialized. Applications are due April 19. They are available online at www.toledo.oh.gov or by contacting the city parks, recreation, and forestry division at 419-245-3357.
Monica Jordan was found dead on Sunday, Father's day, along with her boyfriend, former Mets player and commentator for the MLB Network, Darryl Hamilton. According to police, it appeared Hamilton had been shot several times just inside the front door and Monica Jordan died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in another part of the house. Police also said that Monica Jordan and Darryl Hamilton's 13-month-old son was also found in the home, unharmed. Their son was turned over to Child Protective Services. Heavy.com reported, "A friend of Jordan’s told Heavy.com that she was 'very quiet' which made the whole ordeal 'so shocking.' That friend also said that, at the time of her death, Jordan wasn’t working." While the details of what caused Monica Jordan to kill Hamilton and herself remain sparse, statements were released expressing sorrow for the passing of Darryl Hamilton. Happy 8th grade graduation to my Diggy D!! pic.twitter.com/0BuSXmaGKE — Darryl Hamilton (@dham18) June 3, 2015 Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred released a statement Monday that read, "All of us at Major League Baseball are shocked and saddened by this tragedy. Darryl followed a successful 13-year career on the field by assembling a multifaceted career in our game, working for MLB Advanced Media and in our Baseball Operations Department before moving on to MLB Network." He added, "He was a talented and personable individual, and we were proud to call him a member of the Baseball Family. On behalf of Major League Baseball, I extend my deepest sympathies to Darryl's family and his many friends throughout our game." Awesome day with Jim Breuer on MLB Central this morning!! pic.twitter.com/Ob2cZrwfp6 — Darryl Hamilton (@dham18) May 28, 2015 The Houston Astros also released a statement, saying, "The Astros are saddened by the tragic loss of Darryl Hamilton. In addition to his fine, 13-year career as a Major League player and talented MLB Network analyst, Darryl was also a friend of the Astros organization, strongly supporting our youth baseball outreach efforts." Before we could even sit down King Felix was down 8-0.... pic.twitter.com/I3eKPqjcn9 — Darryl Hamilton (@dham18) June 13, 2015 The statement continued, "Darryl made appearances at the Astros Urban Youth Academy and was a friend to our staff there. The Astros extend our deepest sympathies to Darryl’s family and many friends throughout the game of baseball and beyond." What do you think could have led Monica Jordan to take such extreme measures?
Over the years I have had many married men hit on me. What I find interesting is the fact that they don’t hide that they are married. It goes to show how many women don’t care, that is why these men feel so comfortable. Needless to say I have never dated anyones husband on purpose. Now if he takes the ring off and makes up lies to cover his tracks I can’t say I am innocent. All this to say a acquaintance from my past called. A guy I met through a friend 11 years ago. We were supposed to have a date. It never quite happened. I was attracted to him and him clearly me. Neither one of us was that interested to make it happen. Well several years back a mutual acquaintance told him he got married. I thought that was nice. I only talked to him on email. So I sent him a congrats on the wedding. I was getting the feeling he didn’t want me to know. I didn’t even think about it I rare come into contract with this person. Last year he called out the blue and asked me out. He dressed it up like we would be going with a bunch of people. It made me feel real uncomfortable. He never called back to confirm so I let it go. Then two weeks ago he called out the blue. We chit chatted for a few minutes. Then he said you don’t keep in touch. I said you are married. He found that to be insulting and said we can still talk. I let him know I don’t carry on with married men. Oh his wife isn’t like that. Really I said!! Well if we were such good friend I would have me the woman. They have been married for four years. I said talking to someone twice in four years does not constitute friendship. He protested he wasn’t doing anything wrong. I told him I have no idea what is going on in his marriage. Also I could careless. I don’t create friendship with married men. If we were truly friends before you got married then fine. This situation was just uncomfortable. I let him know I will respect your wife the way I would want to be respected if I was married. In my opinion he was trying to hard to change my mind. Why was I all of sudden important? The conversation left on a sour note. I can’t say he would be missed. He wasn’t really a part of my life at all. He needs to find the woman who doesn’t mind sharing him with his wife. I MIND!! Also I don’t need his wife calling me with any drama. Been there done that. The ones who slip off the ring and tell the lies, wives some how found my number. In those situation I told them he is yours and keep him. I hate drama. I try to avoid it. Also Karma is a bitch. I have enough bad Karma with relationships. I don’t need any more!!!
- Posted by James - Bradley Cooper, The Hangover If you’re a big fan of The Hangover trilogy, then you’ll definitely remember Bradley Cooper aka Phil, crazy ole’ Alan’s ‘best friend’. (Did we just hear someone sniggering?) If you want to look great, you won’t go wrong with owning the very same shades Mr. Cooper wore to blockbuster fame. For example, Mr. Cooper can be seen wearing the Ray-Ban RB3025 sunglasses after one of the ‘wolfpack’ – Doug – gets taken hostage by crime lord Marshall. Bradley Cooper is also seen in a different pair of aviator shades – the New Oliver Peoples Benedict Gold frame with Java Lenses – in The Hangover 2. Let’s take a look at these two very similar sunglasses. On top of these shades being extremely in-demand right now, they’re also reasonably priced. You don’t have to break the bank in order to own a piece of eye-wear that even big name celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez and Bradley Cooper have been seen in. The aviator sunglasses are classic designs so they’ll continue to be in style for many years to come. Protection From UV Rays So…I’ve seen many people trying to look cool while wearing sunglasses indoors. But really, sunglasses are meant to protect one’s eyes from harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays while you’re out and about your business outdoors. The good news is that you’ll get to enjoy full protection from harmful UV rays when you put on any of these sunglasses. Whether you’re lounging by the beach or running errands out in the sun, your eyes will stay protected. Bend It without Breaking It The aviator sunglass from Ray-ban has an adjustment feature which allows you to bend the sides to fit your face without fear of ending up with a broken shade. You’ll also get to choose which color you’d like your protective case to be in at the time of purchase. Although you’re offered a free protective case when you buy this sunglass, accidents do happen. But with the guaranteed lifetime manufacturer’s warranty, you’ll never have to worry about wasting money on a broken product. All you have to do is contact Ray-ban and they’ll tell you how to get a new pair if something unfortunate happens. It’s that simple. (Terms and conditions apply though!)
Happy new year people!!! Or is it too late to say that? I just got off the phone with a friend who repeatedly asked what’s going on in my head and on my mind. So I decided to search my head and mind to find out what’s up, all I found is that my love tank is very full. This past week, my friends have been making little deposits into my love tank and now it’s running over. I sometimes forget how awesome my friends are, until they do something that makes me feel so overwhelmed with love that I am reminded that they are undercover super heroes. A scripture comes to mind One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24 Have you ever had someone pray for you so passionately? The kind of prayer that can only come from a place of love and a genuine desire to see you pull through and do good. I have, and I can say it comes with an amazing feeling. Praying with friends has gotten me through really rough patches and what would otherwise have been very lonely times. It has also been the best form of celebration to exciting events and achievements in my life. Friends that pray with and for you are the best kind of friends. Nothing beats a soulful connection that goes deeper than “besties, bff and squad goals”. NOTHING!!! There are friends, and there are godly friends. Everybody needs godly friends, it’s exciting to have a relationship with God and know that you can call him father; it is even more exciting to have friends that you can share this relationship with. They help you enjoy God. We all make mistakes; godly Friends encourage you and hold you accountable. They do not judge you because they are your friends; they do not egg you on because they are godly people. They help you see your blind spots, and can tell when you are starting to drift. Godly friends make your love tank full or almost full, but never empty they are the representation of God’s sincere love on earth. This isn’t me saying abandon all your non christian friends, this is me saying having godly friends in your inner circle is a great idea.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 is one of Samsung’s flagship smartphones and has a 720p HD display which is perfect for watching high quality video. You could of course download videos to your S3, but why do that when you can simply link it to your UltraViolet digital storage locker and stream any movie you have the licence for on-demand whenever, wherever you are (subject to having Internet access)? If you’d like to stream or download UltraViolet digital content, you need to download the Flixster app for Android. 1. Go to the Play Store and search for “Flixster”. 2. You’ll want to click on “Movies by Flixster” (should be the first result). 3. Tap Install, then accept the permissions. Flixster will need certain permissions to be able to do its job – for example it will need internet and storage access. This is completely normal and is no cause for concern. 4. Flixster will now be downloaded and installed on your Galaxy S3.
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Rosa Parks' Stamp on American History As we honor the centennial of her birth, let's understand the full measure of her legacy Today, to honor the Feb. 4 centennial of the birth of Rosa Parks, the United States Postal Service has issued a Rosa Parks stamp. Last year, a stone carving of Parks was added to the National Cathedral. In 2005, she became the first woman and second African American to lie in honor in the nation's Capitol and, through a special act of Congress, a statue of her was ordered placed in the Capitol. Yet these tributes to Rosa Parks rest on a narrow and distorted vision of her legacy. As the story goes, a quiet Montgomery, Ala., seamstress with a single act challenged Southern segregation, catapulted a young Martin Luther King Jr. into national leadership and ushered in the modern civil rights movement. Parks' memorialization promotes an improbable children's story of social change -- one not-angry woman sat down, the country was galvanized and structural racism was vanquished. This fable diminishes the extensive history of collective action against racial injustice and underestimates the widespread opposition to the black freedom movement, which for decades treated Parks' political activities as "un-American." Most important, it skips over the enduring scourge of racial inequality in American society -- a reality that Parks continued to highlight and challenge -- and serves contemporary political interests that treat racial injustice as a thing of the past. A more thorough accounting of Parks' political life offers a different set of reasons for the nation to honor her. Laboring in the 1940s and 1950s in relative obscurity, Parks and her colleague E.D. Nixon were among a small group who sought to transform Montgomery's NAACP into a more activist branch, determined to register their dissent, even if they could deal no significant blow to white supremacy. With Nixon as branch president and Parks as secretary, they pushed for black-voter registration, legal justice and school desegregation -- and Parks traveled the state documenting white brutality and legal malfeasance. The summer before her bus stand, she attended a two-week workshop at Highlander Folk School, an interracial, adult organizer training school in Tennessee, to organize for the implementation of school desegregation. Knowing well the cost of bus resistance (a neighbor had been killed for his resistance, the young Claudette Colvin manhandled) and having made numerous personal stands against segregation that went nowhere, Parks understood the cost, danger and likely ineffectiveness of her stand. And yet "pushed as far as [she] could stand to be pushed," she did it anyway. When, to her surprise, her arrest galvanized a mass movement, she worked hard to sustain it over the next year. Her stand led to significant economic and personal hardship for her family. In the early days of the boycott, both Rosa and Raymond Parks lost their jobs. Eight months after the boycott ended, still unable to find work, in poor health and continuing to face death threats, they left Montgomery for Detroit. There she did not rest, but joined with new and old comrades to fight the racism of her new hometown and American society more broadly. One of the greatest distortions of the Parks fable is the way it portrays her as meek, missing the resolute political sensibility that identified Malcolm X as her personal hero. Arriving in Detroit in 1957, she spent more than half her life fighting racial injustice in the Jim Crow North. Describing the city as the "promised land that wasn't," the Parks family lived in the "heart of the ghetto" and found racism in Detroit "almost as widespread as Montgomery." Having volunteered on his upstart political campaign, Parks was hired by the newly elected Rep. John Conyers in 1965 to be part of his Detroit staff, where she worked on issues such as police brutality, open housing, welfare and job discrimination -- the plagues of Northern racism. Her long-standing political commitments to self-defense, black history, economic justice, police accountability and black political empowerment intersected with key aspects of the Black Power movement, and she took part in numerous mobilizations in the late 1960s and 1970s. An internationalist, she opposed U.S. involvement in Vietnam, demonstrated at the South African embassy to condemn apartheid and contested U.S. policy in Central America. Eight days after 9/11, she joined other activists in a letter calling for justice, not vengeance, insisting the U.S. must work with the international community and warning against retaliation or war. To the end of her life, Parks continued to stress the enduring need for social change, reminding Americans "not [to] become comfortable with the gains we have made in the last forty years." That lifetime of steadfastness and outrage, tenacity and bravery, is what deserves national veneration. Doing justice to Parks' actual legacy thus requires something of us -- something much harder than a stamp or a statue. Rosa Parks' courage was the ability to make an independent stand, even though she and others had done it before and nothing had changed, and even when she well-understood the harm that might befall her. She made those stands over and over throughout the course of her life. Honoring her legacy means summoning similar audacity. It requires acknowledging that America is not a postracial society and that the blight of racial and social injustice is deep and manifest. It entails a profound recommitment to the goals for which she spent a lifetime fighting -- a criminal justice system fair and just to people of color, unfettered voting rights, educational access and equity, real assistance to the poor, an end to U.S. wars of occupation and black history in all parts of school curricula. Finally, it means heeding her words to Spelman College students: "Don't give up, and don't say the movement is dead." © 2013 The Slate Group LLC
People like you foster Life as a mainstream foster carer Posted on: 26 September 2016 Simon Davies and his wife are ‘mainstream’ carers from Devon. They have been fostering children for six years. Simon and his wife decided to foster younger children because it suited the dynamics of their family (they felt it best to foster children that were younger than their own). They currently have a thirteen-year-old boy that has been with them for five years and sibling brothers aged four and six, who they hope to adopt in the near future. Simon, who is forty-eight and a former retail manager, explains in his own words, what led him to fostering; “Before we got married, my wife and I always said that if we could not have our own children then we would foster or adopt. When the first of our own three children flew the nest, we felt the time was right to look into fostering. When we were approved, our second child was about to go, leaving only one at home and giving us the time and space to commit to fostering. We felt that having raised three of our own reasonably well, it would give us the parenting skills to support a fostered child. My wife works at a local secondary school so has a folder full of certificates from the child-related training she has received. Prior to that, she was a manager of a preschool so felt we had the age bases covered. I however, came from a retail management background so only knew what I had learnt from parenting my own children”. Simon and his wife did anticipate that at times there would be challenging behaviour from the children they were fostering and so expected swearing and shouting, but they were impressed with the support that they both received. “We were pleasantly surprised by the level of support from our supervising social workers, who over the years have been a tower of strength and a font of knowledge. We wanted to make a positive difference to the lives of the young people staying with us and have come to understand that there are very few “quick wins”. The gains are mostly seen much later in the placement as you build stronger relationships with the child”. The professional support network was one of the reasons that they approached Fostering Devon, which is part of Devon County Council. They did also approach the private sector but felt that Fostering Devon added another dimension to the support, training and knowledge base. “The supervising social workers we have worked with have all been fantastic. A calm, balanced head to bounce issues off and also a guru when you have run out of ideas yourself! It took a long time, about 15 months, from the initial evening introduction session to become a fully-fledged Foster Carer but I am aware the process and timescales are much quicker now. We were kept very much in the picture as to what would happen next in the process and how to prepare for it, we never felt neglected, despite the timescales”. Simon stresses that you need time and commitment to foster children and you have to be supportive in many ways, but that it’s also very rewarding. It makes a difference to the children that may not have had a great start in life. He also explains that you have to wear many ‘hats’; “Where to start…it’s 24/7 and 365 days of the year. It’s a job that you can’t clock off from. We are everything from cook to nurse, taxi service to laundry maid, complicated by the expressed needs of a child or young person being very different to what is actually needed to help them. You have to be there for them no matter what, listen without judgement or prejudice, support through the bad times and share the good times. Seeing them succeed, sometimes the smallest steps are the biggest progress. The hugs are few and far between, however, are like an Olympic medal. Some will even tell you they love you, which melts your heart when you know what they have experienced. We aim to support our fostered children in a similar way to our own, to become balanced confident individuals, who can reach their professional potential and personal contentment. We endeavour to open their minds to the opportunities that exist for young people and try to shine some light on a brighter future that they may not have considered”. Fostering can be challenging too and there were unexpected issues that Simon and his wife didn’t anticipate. “Some young people, despite your very best efforts, won’t accept your support and persist on a path of self-destruction. It’s very difficult to see someone you have cared for take enormous risks with their health and well-being, with no sense of the hurt they are causing themselves and those around them. You have to be prepared that it isn’t all plain sailing. But there were many unexpected positive aspects. Therapeutic training has evolved our parenting style considerably and we have seen enormous progress with the young boys who are with us currently. Only a few months ago it was felt that they could not be adopted together because of their aggressive, violent behaviour. Now it would be unthinkable to separate them. “You have to be there for them no matter what, listen without judgement or prejudice, support through the bad times and share the good times. Seeing them succeed, sometimes the smallest steps are the biggest progress.” Fostering has changed our lives. It has meant a complete role reversal, I am the main carer for the fostered children, following my retail career. We realised after a couple of years as foster carers that to commit to the permanent placements we had, that one of us needed to give up full-time work. As I had attended all the meetings and training I was the natural choice. I have experienced many moments with my fostered children that I missed with my own due to work commitments. If you were thinking of becoming a Foster Carer then you need patience, a sense of humour, to be approachable, be a good listener, open minded to accept new ideas, be calm and considered, organised and a good advocate. But if you think you can handle it then.…do it, it will be hard at times, however, the emotional rewards are worth the effort.”
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V495 Carinae is a blue rotating star that can be located in the constellation of Carina. HIP49642 is the reference name for the star in the Hipparcos Star Catalogue. The Id of the star in the Henry Draper catalogue is HD88158. V495 Carinae has alternative name(s), V495_Car. The location of the star in the galaxy is determined by the Right Ascension (R.A.) and Declination (Dec.), these are equivalent to the Longitude and Latitude on the Earth. The Right Ascension is how far expressed in time (hh:mm:ss) the star is along the celestial equator. If the R.A. is positive then its eastwards. The Declination is how far north or south the star is compared to the celestial equator and is expressed in degrees. For V495 Carinae, the location is 10h 07m 56.64 and -62d13`17.2 . All stars like planets orbit round a central spot, in the case of planets, its the central star such as the Sun. In the case of a star, its the galactic centre. The constellations that we see today will be different than they were 50,000 years ago or 50,000 years from now. Proper Motion details the movements of these stars and are measured in milliarcseconds. The star is moving 007.76 ± 000.23 towards the north and -006.41 ± 000.28 east if we saw them in the horizon. V495 Carinae has a spectral type of Ap Si. This means the star is a blue star. The star has a B-V Colour Index of -0.09 which means the star's temperature has been calculated using information from Morgans @ Uni.edu at being 13,386 Kelvin. V495 Carinae has been calculated as 2.24 times bigger than the Sun.The Sun's radius is 695,800km, therefore the star's radius is an estimated 1,556,293.80.km. V495 Carinae has an apparent magnitude of 6.45 which is how bright we see the star from Earth. Apparent Magnitude is also known as Visual Magnitude. If you used the 1997 Parallax value, you would get an absolute magnitude of -0.55 If you used the 2007 Parallax value, you would get an absolute magnitude of -0.17. Magnitude, whether it be apparent/visual or absolute magnitude is measured by a number, the smaller the number, the brighter the Star is. Our own Sun is the brightest star and therefore has the lowest of all magnitudes, -26.74. A faint star will have a high number. Using the original Hipparcos data that was released in 1997, the parallax to the star was given as 3.99 which gave the calculated distance to V495 Carinae as 817.45 light years away from Earth or 250.63 parsecs. It would take a spaceship travelling at the speed of light, 817.45 years to get there. We don't have the technology or spaceship that can carry people over that distance yet. In 2007, Hipparcos data was revised with a new parallax of 4.75 which put V495 Carinae at a distance of 686.66 light years or 210.53 parsecs. It should not be taken as though the star is moving closer or further away from us. It is purely that the distance was recalculated. The star is a rotating Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable type which means that its size changes over time. The Variable Type is usually named after the first star of that type to be spotted. This is a some uncertainty as to the type but the type mentioned is the current variable star classification for this star. V495 Carinae brightness ranges from a magnitude of 6.000 to a magnitude of 6.000 over its variable period. The smaller the magnitude, the brighter the star. Its variable/pulsating period lasts for 4.0 days (variability). The source of the information if it has a Hip I.D. is from Simbad, the Hipparcos data library based at the University at Strasbourg, France. Hipparcos was a E.S.A. satellite operation launched in 1989 for four years. The items in red are values that I've calculated so they could well be wrong. Information regarding Stellar Age, Metallicity or Mass is from the E.U. Exoplanets. The information was obtained as of 12th Feb 2017. |Traditional Name||V495 Carinae| |Short Name||V495 Car| |Hipparcos Library I.D.||49642| |Henry Draper Designation||88158| |Absolute Magnitude||-0.55 / -0.17| |Right Ascension (R.A.)||10h 07m 56.64| |1997 Distance from Earth||3.99 Parallax (milliarcseconds)| |817.45 Light Years| |2007 Revised Distance from Earth||4.75 Parallax (milliarcseconds)| |686.66 Light Years| |Proper Motion Dec.||7.76 ± 0.23 milliarcseconds/year| |Proper Motion RA.||-6.41 ± 0.28 milliarcseconds/year| |Spectral Type||Ap Si| |Variable Star Class||Rotating| |Variable Star Type||Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum probably| |Mean Variability Period in Days||4.000| |Radius (x the Sun)||2.24| |Calculated Effective Temperature||13,386 Kelvin|
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10 Tips for Traveling to #SB48 The Broncos and Seahawks are busy getting ready for their trip to the Tri-State Area for Super Bowl XVLIII. Now it’s your turn! Here’s what you need to know to travel to the Super Bowl festivities! Get ready, we see some awesome #SuperMemories in your future. 1. Plan Ahead The NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee has been planning for nearly two years. Now it’s your turn. Head over to the Host Committee’s website for helpful tips, a packed events calendar (did someone say TLC?), local attractions and fan housing information. 2. Download the Amtrak App We have free apps for iPhone, Windows and Android phones. That means you can plan and book your Super Bowl travel throughout Amtrak’s nationwide system of trains and buses straight from your phone. You can also check the arrival and departure status of trains and display your eTicket from right in the app. 3. Know Where to Get Off On game day, several of our Northeast Corridor trains will make a special stop at Secaucus Junction for riders with Super Bowl tickets. So if you are one of the lucky ones, you’ll want to over here to check out the schedule. Our tickets must be purchased before you board the train. So jump back up to tip #2 and book away. 4. Watch the Weather Our service isn’t affected by weather as much as our friends at the airport, but it can slow your travel plans. Make sure to keep an eye on the forecast and to check your train statusat Amtrak.com or on Amtrak’s smartphone apps before leaving for the station. Also, every station and platform is different. So be sure to bring an umbrella! 5. Know Your Perks Have you signed up for Amtrak Guest Rewards yet? It lets you earn points toward free travel (and lots more) when you ride. Most importantly, it’s free! Also, some of our larger stations have special lounges for customers with sleeper car or First Class Acela accommodations. Check here to see if you’re eligible. 6. Learn the Map Once we get you to the region, you might need some help getting around. So we recommend learning the maps. Transit newbies and savvy experts could all benefit from this website that tells you how to navigate the Tri-State region for the Super Bowl. 7. Layer Up It’s the first cold weather game, so it’s going to be … well, chilly. So take a hint from this infographic and layer up. Whether you’re headed to the game or standing on a station platform, bundling up will be essential. 8. Stay Alert If you notice something suspicious or spot an unattended bag, speak directly with an Amtrak Police officer located in your station, station personal , train crew members or simply call 911. You can also notify Amtrak Police by sending them a description of the situation via text, just text APD11 from a smartphone or to 27311 from a standard cell phone. 9. Know the Hashtags Thanks to our free onboard WiFi, you can experience all the fun of the Super Bowl before you even arrive! Be sure to join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #SB48 as you’re traveling the rails. And, of course, if you have any questions, simply use #SBQuestions. Isn’t modern technology awesome? 10. Have FUN! Yes, there will be crowds. But there will also be tons of concerts, celeb sightings and parties! When you’re partying down and leaving the driving to us, don’t forget to share your Super Bowl moments with us using the hashtag #SuperMemories. Do you have an expert tip to share with other fans going to the Super Bowl? Share it in the comments below! Read More: NFL Players Share their Super Bowl Memories
Ok. I like horror, and blood, and boobs... for I am BOONSWEET! But dammit, really, at my warm squishy core; I like all kinds of stuff. And at that "I was a child once" part of my squishy parts (ya ok this squishy thing is going a lil longer than I thought) I love me some animation. From classics like The Rescuers, Fern Gully, Emperor's New groove... To the modern Pixar exeprience, I still love me a good animated yarn. Lately, Dreamworks has really stepped up their We wanna beat Disney game. KUNG FU PANDA, and, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, are up there as some of my favs I've experienced as a mostly grown ass man. So this brings us to this here review. The fact that I need to mix it up a bit, I mean I don't know how much violence I can pack in me brain before I start to lose my sweet lovable self... (And I'll just wait for the crowd to stop laughing at that one). So with that in mind, gunna get a few more other genres in the mix here, get back to Boonsweet & Bucklesworth's world travelled, genre blasting, film love... and hate. Your plot. A family of cavemen, The croods (title drop), have lived their life in constant fear of impending death and doom. The eldest (Emma Stone) is at odds with the old, and funless, ways of her over protective Father (Nic "The ladies call him caveman" Cage). One night she follows a flickering light out from the cave. She finds a young man, Guy (Ryan Reynolds) who has invented fire. And is also aware the world is ending... and so her isolated, unevolved, and somewhat fearful, family must leave what they know... and discover... the world beyond there small cave... Can we just take a minute and bask in that voice talent. Deep breath. Yay. It is legit, and it shows. Nic Cage as the Father is gold. And I cannot move on without a little love tossed towards Ryan Reynolds as Guy... very impressive. |So she says "what're you slow?" And I say, no, baby, I'm Sloth.| The other plot device that makes for a great time is how strong the Croods are. They are used to solving problems with fists, and rock throwing ... so learning to use their "Brain" (Guys word for where ideas come from, gosh what are the odds?) is a rewarding experience. Ok so there are laughs, and a decent family message in here for the kiddies, and the kid in ... ALL of us (and the audience "Awwwwwwww"s) what about the animation? Well, dreamworks is no "Caveman" in the effects department. Ah, alright, that was a lil weak, but you get my point... it's pretty. They just go for crazy, and bright, and cool, and hey... I, Chuck B. Boonsweet, approve. They definitely borrowed from Avatar: The last airbender (the show not the movie people). All the animals are mixes of creatures... is that historically accurate? No. Who cares, elephant rats are the bestest. |Ok everyone, say - Primordial Ooooooooze| Lastly the direction is damn good. I have to give props where props are due. Chris Sanders (the man behind one of my all time favs - Lilo & Stitch) and Kirk De Micco (the man who helmed the indie animated flick - Space Chimps) do a great job cranking up the action, and basking in the 3rd dimension of awesome. Is it up there with Pixar's best? Maybe not, but Dreamworks is really starting to find there place in the market. And if you look at their worldwide box office... well, maybe the divide is not so great. This is crowd pleasing, kids will be clapping, animated fun. No over thinking, no deep social message, just the heart in the right place (surprisingly so actually, the sly bastards got me a wee bit towards the end, I ain't gunna lie)... and things that make you smile. You can ask questions like - Where did he get fire? How does he know stuff? Why are there Piranha birds? Sure... but where's the fun in that? Movie scale 3 out 5 stars Animated scale 3.5 out of 5 stars By yaself... with kiddies (yours, not ones you borrowed)... with a cartoon loving better half... whatever the reason. I think there's enough here to warrant ya time, and your 3d specs, if you are lucky enough to have a super sweet digital set up... or a friend with one... Ok, ok, last thought promise... shout out to the composer... I know these kids movies can be a little bit over-soundtracked sometimes. Or just filled with catchy pop crap. But this one... is actually kinda cool, and epicy at moments. Is epicy a word? No. Shame on you websters. So, good on you Alan Silvestri. Charles "Ladies love the Caveman" Boonsweet saying "Grrrr, ooooo, ooot, hah, grrr"... caveman for "Till next Booniacs"
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FXStreet (Mumbai) - Amid holiday-moods persisting in the markets, the Asian stocks are seen posting moderate gains, with the Chinese equities attempting minor-recovery after the previous sell-off. S&P/ASX leads Asia higher The Japanese stocks are trading marginally higher this session, mainly underpinned by the tepid-recovery seen in gold, copper and oil prices. However, the index struggles to extend higher, as a stronger yen and the negative lead from the Wall Street overnight continue to weigh on the investors’ minds. Meanwhile, USD/JPY trades -0.08% at 120.30 and the Nikkei gains 0.35% to 18,938. Among other Asian indices, the Australian benchmark, S&P/ ASX index, re-opened after an extended Christmas break on a firmer note, with the energy and resource stocks boosted on the back of higher commodities’ prices. The Aussie index rises 0.83% to 5,252 so far. While the Chinese indices stage minor pullback after the sudden sell-off seen yesterday. The benchmark Shanghai Composite (SSEC) trades +0.18% around 3,540 and Hong Kong’s, the Hang Seng advances 0.32% to 21,989. For more information, read our latest forex news.
It's been a couple of years since Ping launched a new style of putter across the full range of their styles, but they have really gone for it with the Ping Sigma G range. All the mathematicians among you will know that Sigma is the Greek letter used to indicate the sum of everything and the putter range certainly lives up to this, as there are 16 new models. There are some classic shapes and some new ones, but before I come on to those I will review the technology within the Sigma G. What is new is the PEBAX elastomer insert that sits in a face cavity behind an anodized 6061 aluminium face in order to provide a soft feel that does not lose any ball speed. It reminds me a little of the Isopur putters launched around 20 years ago, which also featured a synthetic insert that was white with the word Ping on it. It didn't have the aluminium face in front of it though and whilst it created a soft feel for the harder balls of the day, it also sounded a little hollow. That slight hollow feel is still there in the Sigma G insert, but it is masked by the aluminium face that keeps the majority of the sound of a metal faced putter combined with a softer feel. On balance then I think this is a good insert for those who have grown up valuing sound as a measurement of feel, especially if using a premium tour ball or a softer mid-market ball. The aluminium face also features the latest TruRoll face grooves from the Ping Vault putters that are deeper in the centre and then get shallower as they move out in order to try and minimise any loss of speed on mishits. This is a tried and trusted technology that has a lot of merit and the groove depth is another factor in creating the impact sound that you hear when you judge feel. I particularly like the fact that the insert goes right across the full width of the face The 16 styles come in a choice of platinum or black nickel finishes with opposite face insert colour to suit your mood. For some reason the platinum ones do look a little larger visually even though they are the same size. Special mention must go to the Ping PP60 Pistol grip that combines the classic pistol shape towards the top of the grip with the wider non-taper lower half of a SuperStroke 2.0 style size grip. This provides an excellent combination of feel and size and is also available in a larger PP62 or a counterbalanced CB60 version for those who want to stabilise their hands further. Overall the Sigma G is a solid range of putters with good looks and an innovative insert that we have not seen the like of from Ping for a while. Depending on the model it will be reasonably priced with an RRP of £175 to £200, so if you have an old Ping favourite that you want to upgrade to an insert model, then there should be a new version in the comprehensive Ping Sigma G range. However for now, here are my stand out Ping Sigma G models: Ping Sigma G Anser Putter I have to start with the daddy of all Ping putters. The classic shape is a little larger than standard with a full width insert that combines classic style with modern face technology. For a Slight Arc stroke and weighs 340g. Ping Sigma G Darby Putter Return of the large headed, face balanced mallet with the long alignment line parallel to the target line. I like the new set back hosel socket so you can see all of the top line of the putter and this also appears on several other models too. For a Straight Arc stroke and weighs 370g. Ping Sigma G Kinloch Putter Centre shafted, deep flange putter with butterfly trailing edge sits very well and offers a no offset, no nonsense feel. For a Slight Arc stroke and weighs 350g. Ping Sigma G Tess Putter Great to see someone still making a classic heel/toe weighted blade and even better, one with a bit of technology in there to make it more forgiving. For a Strong Arc stroke and weighs 340g. Ping Sigma G Tyne Putter A new model for Ping, but you will recognise it as one of the most popular shapes of recent times. Mid-sized shape with lovely smooth lines and the prongs are deliberately designed to be just the right width to pick up a golf ball when your putt is conceded. For a Straight or Slight Arc stroke and weighs 370g. Ping Sigma G Wolverine T Putter It looks mad, but it will claw your ball into the hole with its high MOI face balanced design. For a Straight Arc stroke and weighs 370g.
Got home from work Wednesday night, poured myself a glass of Coke and sat down at the computer to check my e-mails and what-not. Jen is sitting behind me working on her laptop and we're talking, happy sounds are steadily pumping out of the iTunes. For all intents and purposes, a pretty decent and calm evening home after work with the wife and kids. Then I go and smack my Coke glass with my hand, firing caramel coloured liquid sugar all over a bunch of DVDs and CDs that sit next to my computer desk. About an hour-and-a-half later, I've cleaned up the mess with only a few minor, but significant, casualties. The Coke came off of everything without problem except for my David Bowie Black Tie, White Noise collector's set, and there was a minor smudge left on my limited edition White Limousine disc by Duncan Sheik. Two of my Buffy sets suffered some minor damage (of the so sticky it peeled variety) and the slipcase to an X-Files: Mythology set was stained as a result (brown Coke, white case). All-in-all I got off pretty easy, despite the stuff getting absolutely freakin' everywhere. I'm still a bit emotionally spent by the whole ordeal, but I'm not freaking out, as my wife pointed out, so that's a good thing. We'll see how I cope in the days and months to come.
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Sometimes heroes are not all they are cracked up to be. Consider the case of Richard Whitney, whom Time magazine labeled “Hero Whitney” for his actions on October 24, 1929, the Black Thursday that marked the beginning of the Great Crash. On that day, Whitney, principal of his own brokerage firm and acting president of the New York Stock Exchange, walked onto the exchange floor, went to the post where U.S. Steel was traded and in a loud, confident voice placed a large order at $205, some $15 above its offer price. The square-jawed, striding broker then bought up shares of AT&T, Anaconda Copper, General Electric and other blue chips. Whitney was acting at the behest of a consortium of banks headed by J.P Morgan & Co. The goal was to allay the panic that had broken out in the market, and for a little while it worked. But a few days later, the Crash resumed in earnest, on Black Monday. Unlike in the Panic of 1907, when J.P. Morgan himself had rallied a recovery, the financiers this time around didn’t have enough cash or clout to prevent a collapse. But that barely begins to explain why Whitney is remembered by history as less than heroic.... Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Stock market of yore My latest piece for Research magazine, "Character Counts," focused on Richard Whitney, the 1930s forerunner to Bernie Madoff, is now online. Excerpt:
In this episode of The Showrunner, we’re going to discuss three big ideas about learning that come straight from Peter C. Brown, the lead author of the Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning. This episode is brought to you by StudioPress Sites. The three big ideas are: - Why learning is more about pulling information out than putting it in - Why difficulty is desirable - The importance of having a growth mindset Oh, and we settle last week’s ultra-important debate about the term “gamer.” Listen to The Showrunner below ... The Show Notes - If you’re ready to see for yourself why more than 201,344 website owners trust StudioPress — the industry standard for premium WordPress themes and plugins — swing by StudioPress.com for all the details. - Amazon — Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning - Follow Jerod on Twitter: @jerodmorris - Follow Jonny on Twitter: @jonnastor - Showrunner FM No. 093 How to Learn (and Teach) Better Voiceover: Rainmaker FM. Jerod Morris: This is Rainmaker.FM, the digital marketing podcast network. It’s built on the Rainmaker Platform, which empowers you to build your own digital marketing and sales platform. Start your free 14-day trial at RainmakerPlatform.com. Welcome to The Showrunner, where we have one goal: teach you how to develop, launch, and run a remarkable show. Ready? Welcome back to The Showrunner. This is Episode No. 93. I am your host Jerod Morris, VP of marketing for Rainmaker Digital. I will be joined momentarily, as I always am, by my unabashedly gloating co-host, Jonny Nastor, the host of Hack the Entrepreneur. The Showrunner is brought to you by the all-new StudioPress Sites, a turnkey solution that combines the ease of an all-in-one website builder with the flexible power of WordPress. It’s perfect for bloggers, affiliate marketers, and podcasters, as well as those selling physical products, digital downloads, and membership programs. If you’re ready to take your WordPress site to the next level, see for yourself why over 200,000 website owners trust StudioPress. Go to Rainmaker.FM/StudioPress right now. Settling Last Week’s Ultra-Important Debate About the Term ‘Gamer’ Jerod Morris: Now, Jonny, you and I were just having an extremely, extremely interesting conversation here before we hit record. I would love for you to relay that to the listeners. It harkens back to last week’s discussion about what the term ‘gamer’ means. Is this more about video games, or as I suggested, is this more of a sports term for someone who maybe plays injured or comes up big in tough moments, they’re a gamer? Obviously, the responses that we had on Twitter, you won. It was unanimous. I think part of that is the audience, but either way, I should know my audience. Jonny Nastor: It’s a very smart audience. Very smart audience. Jerod Morris: I lost there. However, were we to use, say, I don’t know, the dictionary as an objective arbiter of this debate, I wonder what it might have suggested. Jonny Nastor: Interesting. Our audience is smart, and they know what a gamer is. But it was very cool of you, we asked for … to do a poll on Twitter. We got some great feedback, and it is a video gamer. But today, I was being just extra confident, over-confident perhaps. I was going to make a funny remark back to someone on Twitter in regards to Jerod. I just Googled the definition. I was going to copy and paste it in for him, but the dictionary, the Merriam Webster’s dictionary, actually puts the first definition as a player who has game, especially an athlete who relishes competition. Then, two, is a person who plays games, especially a person who regularly plays computer or video games. But then when I Google it, it actually comes up with the top thing at the top, and it says, “Gamer. Noun. A person who plays video games or participates in role-playing games,” and then two is, “North American. Especially in sports, a person known for consistently making a strong effort.” It’s really back and forth. Our audience — the smartest audience, I believe, in the podcasting universe — fully, unanimously agreed that gamer is a video gamer, so I am gloating. But also the dictionary … who even reads dictionaries anymore? What is this? Jerod Morris: Now, I would just say, what this shows is the reasonableness of why this became a discussion point because there were valid sides. There were valid arguments on both sides. We appreciate all of you participating. Jon appreciates your participation more than I do, but it was a fun discussion to have. Jonny, are you ready to hop in and talk about today’s topic? Jonny Nastor: Yeah. The 3 Big Ideas of Learning Jerod Morris: I’m excited about this one. We’re going to talk about learning. Actually, an hour before recording this, I just got done putting some slides together for a webinar that I’m preparing for Digital Commerce Academy. This is what spurred the idea for this episode. My guest on this webinar on Digital Commerce Academy is Peter C. Brown, who was the lead author of the book Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, along with Henry Roediger and Mark McDaniel. This is a book that takes a lot of emerging research on how we actually learn and puts it into stories and explanations that we can all actually put into our real lives. Some of the advice is counterintuitive. Some of it differs from maybe what we’ve been told or what we think actually works. This really gets down to here’s what the data says actually works when it comes to learning. We can all read a book, look through a book, and so we try to learn. But did we actually retain the information, and what strategies will actually help us learn more? Not just go through the motions, but actually gain knowledge and gain skills that we can use in our daily lives, which is the whole benefit of learning. In preparing this presentation with Peter, he talked about three big ideas of learning. This is how we are going to begin the webinar. I just want to talk about them here on the podcast because I think they are very applicable in two ways. The first way is, obviously, as showrunners, we have to bring information to our audience. We have to bring knowledge and expertise of some kind. How do we gain that? That means that we have to be out there learning. So these are all techniques that we could use that we can make sure that we are learning effectively and using our time efficiently. Secondly, if we have a show, most of us are trying to teach our audience something, so how do we effectively put out our information so that people can learn it effectively? On both of these levels, the content that we talk about today will work and be helpful. I’m excited to hop into it. Jonny Nastor: Yeah. I am, too. This is cool. As we’re getting known to do, this has just been sprung on me, the topic, at the last minute, so it’s cool to sort of get an idea into this. Three big ideas about learning. All right. Let’s do it. Jerod Morris: All right, man. You’re a gamer. You’re ready for that kind of podcast competition, so I know that you’ll be ready for this episode. All right, so here we go. Let’s talk. Let’s run down these three big ideas. The first big idea is learning works by getting it out, not in. This is one of the more counterintuitive ideas that Peter talks about. Idea number two is that difficulty is desirable. Idea number three is that a growth mindset motivates. Let’s go through these one by one. #1: Why Learning Is More About Pulling Information Out Than Putting It In Jerod Morris: Let’s start at the top with learning works by getting it out, not in. We often think that … like for example, I read this book Make It Stick. Now, did the learning actually happen while I read that book, or did the learning actually happen after reading the book when I had to retrieve the information? There were many times when I needed to retrieve the information. On the initial call that I had with Peter. When I was going down, getting the slides. Right now, as I’m talking about this. When did the learning actually happen? I’ll be curious, Jon, just to get your first instinct. When did the actual learning take place? Was it when I read the book or in all the times since when I have re-engaged with the ideas? Jonny Nastor: Is it either or? Is it black and white? Jerod Morris: It’s a bit of trick question. Obviously, you have to take in the information at first. But what the research shows is that for the learning to actually turn into something that you can use and that really embeds itself in your memory and something, again, that becomes useful to you later, it’s all about the retrieval that comes later. Maybe through a quiz. Maybe through talking about it and trying to teach it to someone else. Maybe through preparing a webinar where you’re going to be teaching this information. That act of retrieval of the information is where you’re actually building the new neural pathways in the brain. It’s attaching itself to other parts, to other contexts within your mind. That’s where you can actually now use the information, and you’ve really learned it. Otherwise, I would have read this book, but unless I just have a photographic memory, I guess, the information would soon fade. I wouldn’t have really learned anything. But through this active retrieval and through actually interacting with the information, I have actually embedded it in my memory and am able to use it in useful ways. That’s the basic point, explained by Peter much more elegantly than I just did, but that’s the main idea. Jonny Nastor: So learning is active rather than passive? Jerod Morris: Yes, and it is about retrieval rather than just ingestion. There are lots of studies that they did. Actually, let me pull one up right now because I can probably describe this better. Jonny Nastor: Ingestion in this sense would be passive, right? Jerod Morris: Yeah. For example, in one study, they had people learn a 50-word list over eight trials. For one set of people, it was four study sessions and then four sessions of retrieval, like quizzing or flashcards, that kind of thing. For the second one, it was six study sessions and two sessions of retrieval. Then, for the other one, it was eight study sessions and then no retrieval, so it was just like looking at the list and kind of studying the list. What they found was that 48 hours later, the people who actually practiced, the people who had the four sessions of retrieval, it actually stuck better. They remembered the words in that list more. The recall probability was actually 39 percent for the people who had the four sessions of retrieval and the four study sessions. Twenty-five percent for the people who had the two retrieval sessions and the six study sessions, and 17% for the people who had no retrieval sessions and eight study sessions. Again, with the idea being that you can actually recall more later, use this information more later … again, one of the other concepts here is interspersing it. So it’s not just like study it and then all this retrieval, but it’s maybe study it, retrieval, study, retrieval, study, retrieval. Interspersing it, mixing it up, encountering the information in different ways helps to solidify it in your mind, helps you to recall it, and helps you to be able to use it in a more meaningful way. Jonny Nastor: Right, so this can be empowering for us as showrunners, as us like content creators, I would think. Correct me if I’m wrong, Jerod. But if we go back to choosing your character and the adventurer — the adventurer is how I see you and I for The Showrunner. We just need to be a step or two ahead of our audience and trying to figure stuff out by actively trying what we take in as information. Then, by having to digest this and put it into a framework to then teach out in the show, we actually learn more from it. That keeps us further ahead, which allows us to be the adventurers to go out into the podcasting world, figure stuff out, try it, and then ingest it. But also figure out, “How do I turn this into an educational thing for our audience?” — which benefits us and the audience at the same time. So it’s this act, right? Jerod Morris: Yeah, totally. Jonny Nastor: It’s not like you have to be an expert. It’s just thinking of teaching, not in the sense that you are like a doctorate in podcasting … you are just barely in front of maybe your audience. It’s the act of working to teach it properly that allows us to actually learn more about the subject. Jerod Morris: Yep. Teaching is learning, in a sense. By teaching, we’re solidifying more. Jonny Nastor: It takes me like eight minutes to say. You’re like, “Teaching is learning.” Yeah, that would’ve been an easier to say it. Jerod Morris: Okay, but remember, I’ve been working with this information a lot longer. That’s why it’s maybe a little bit more clear in my head, whereas right when I read the book, that wasn’t the case. The other thing to remember here is — and maybe this is something that we want to think about doing with The Showrunner — how do we, then, work with our audience? We just did an episode last week and an episode before that. How do we recall some of those concepts and bring them back? Could we do a pop quiz at the beginning of every episode, asking people questions about last week’s episode? Because, now, if we ask them those questions, they’re going to have to go back and think back a little bit, re-engage with that information. We could do it after the episode. There are different ways. Maybe in the weekly emails. There are maybe different ways that we could actively encourage retrieval, and I haven’t thought of any. It’s not like we have any even prepared for this episode, but that’s the other thing to think about. How these concepts that you’re teaching, how can you help encourage your audience to encounter them more, to try and retrieve them in their own mind to help them sink in a little bit more? That’s where a lot of the learning happens. Jonny Nastor: Absolutely. To play the other side of it, we have to stay focused on our audience and not on ourselves and what we want for our audience and impose that upon them necessarily. Lots of people, myself included I think sometimes, even though I’m listening to a ‘educational podcast’ or topic or something I’m into when I’m walking my dog, sometimes I just want passive listening. I just want to be entertained. Even if it’s a deep topic, I don’t want to be quizzed. Do you know what I mean? Sometimes, it’s like wanting to just sit down and watch Netflix. Yes, it’s completely passive. Even if I’m watching a science show, I’m not really learning because — you just said, and it makes sense — we’re not trying to retrieve that. It feels like, “Well, at least I’m not watching trash,” but I’m not trying to actually learn to be quizzed on it. If we’re in an education sequence, if somebody buys a course from us, we want to make sure they’re engaging and retrieving. But sometimes, we have to be aware of the fact that some people out there just want to listen passively, and that’s cool. Jerod Morris: That’s a great point. So think about this. What if in the weekly email, you harken back to the previous week’s episode and asked a few questions. Just say, “Hey, want to take the quiz on last week’s episode?” or something. Make it an option for people. Jonny Nastor: That’s cool. Jerod Morris: If you’ve explained the whole idea. Now, again, they would have to understand this premise of what we’re talking about right now with learning to be motivated, but that is part of it. We won’t get into it in this episode, but teaching your audience, it kind of goes in with the growth mindset actually, which we’ll get to here in a minute. #2: Why Difficulty Is Desirable Jerod Morris: Then this leads us into number two, difficulty is desirable. The more that we struggle with information, the more that we struggle to learn, the more that it actually sinks in, and the more that it embeds itself, which is, of course, the goal. A lot of times we, naturally, will recoil from that difficulty. If the topic feels like it’s a little bit beyond us, it’s like, “Well, I’m not ready for this yet. I’m not going to learn it.” But again, one of the things that research has shown is that when you really struggle through learning something, it is really going to help you. That difficulty is good. Let’s say that you’re getting ready to go to a training seminar for how to put together a dishwasher. I don’t know why that example popped into my head, but it just popped into my head. Do you have any experience with putting together dishwashers? I don’t. I don’t know the first thing. Jonny Nastor: You’re right. This is totally random. Jerod Morris: Yeah. I don’t know the first thing about putting together a dishwasher, so I would have zero context. If I went to a seminar on putting together a dishwasher, I would be totally lost. But imagine if, before doing that, I took apart my dishwasher at home. Now, I would really struggle through this. I wouldn’t know what I’m doing. It would be ridiculous. My wife would probably hate me because we wouldn’t be able to wash dishes. Jonny Nastor: “And now you’re leaving for the weekend to go to a seminar about it?” Jerod Morris: Yeah, exactly. Of course, I would learn something very important there, which is never take the dishwasher apart again. But imagine now, when I go to the seminar, how much more ready to learn I will actually be. I’ll understand a little bit more of the context. So I’ve struggled with this really difficult part, but it starts to get a little bit easier. This difficulty is actually desirable and will help the information really sink in. If we embrace that difficulty, and part of the way that we embrace it is understanding this growth mindset, which we’ll talk about, but if we embrace that difficulty … and it’s the same thing with what you were just explaining. Trying to be a step or two ahead of your audience. Go a little bit outside of your comfort zone. Learn something that you don’t know. Even try and explain something that you’re not 100 percent sure of, kind of like I’m doing right now on this podcast. Again, you can’t go on a show that your audience is expecting you to say something reasonable and just totally fumble around with it. But that difficulty, for you especially while learning, is actually going to be helpful. It’s going to be better in the long run. That difficulty is something to walk toward, not to avoid is the main point. Jonny Nastor: It’s totally verified within my head as you’re saying this because these episodes where we just make three points, now let’s do a half hour, and we really sort of work through it live, these are the ones that stick with me. These are the ones that totally change some sort of way I think, and then I take it other places in my day to day, which is interesting. Not like, “Well, there’s our 12 points already completely written out. Let’s read it off.” It’s kind of like, “What was last week’s topic? I can’t remember it,” but the ones we do this, there it is. Because it’s true — we used to really avoid these because of the difficulty, these ones. Now we’re just like, “Oh, let’s do it.” It’s either, half hour, it’s going to be good, or we’ll just trash it. Jerod Morris: This isn’t to say that you should use your show as just a place where you’re only thinking about your own education so that you’re fumbling through explanations. Again, you’ve got to come to it with something, and something meaningful. In this case, I feel comfortable enough explaining this information to explain it in a way that people will get something out of it. I know through your experience that, just with the context that I’ll explain, you’ll have interesting points to make. That’s obviously important as you’re planning your show. Again, that point is this difficulty can actually be helpful in you learning something. It works the same way if you’re actually learning something physically, too … like if you want to be a better putter. If you go out and you want to improve your putting from 20 feet out, there’s a school of thought that says just take up 200 putts. Or like with basketball with free throw shooting, want to become a better free throw shooter? Take 100 free throws in a row. I guess you can learn a little bit from that, but what’s actually better is mixing it up. That’s harder because you can get in a real rhythm, especially shooting free throws, just one after the other. You feel like you’re locking it into that muscle memory, but what actually helps you do that more is to space it out — what’s called interleaving. Instead of just taking 120-foot putts, over and over again, take 10 from 20 feet, and then go to 30 feet. Then go to 10 feet, and move it around. Go to some different angles. Mixing it up will actually help more in the long run. It will be a little bit more uncomfortable while you’re doing it, but that difficulty will help you actually learn the skill and the underlying concept more than just, “Hey, in this moment, I’ve really practiced this, and I’ve got the feeling down.” Same thing with like memorizing a long string. You can cram like 10 minutes before and really try to memorize this thing and then regurgitate it out on a piece of paper, but have you learned it? That’s the key. Have you learned it in the way that you can actually use it? That’s what we’re talking about here is how to do that with information or skills because it applies to both. Again, we are really buzzing over the surface of this, but I highly recommend the book Make It Stick. Just search for Make It Stick anywhere that books are available. It is a book that, in many ways, can transform how you think about learning because so much of what they talk about in there is counterintuitive to what we think and what we’ve been told. Jonny Nastor: From dishwashers to golf, to basketball, back to golf. I don’t know where we’re going to go with point three, but kind of looking forward to it. The analogies that are being used right now are fascinating. Jerod Morris: Hey, I do want to remind everybody to go to StudioPress Sites also and check it out. If you’re a podcaster and you’re looking to build your platform or maybe you’re looking to change where your platform is hosted, I really think that you should give StudioPress Sites a try. As I mentioned at the beginning, it is a turnkey solution. It’s fully hosted. Your security stuff is all taken care of. All of that is taken care of, along with all the design options that you get and then the preferred plugins that are suggested there for you. It really is a neat solution for anybody who’s building a website, but especially podcasters. If you go to Rainmaker.FM/StudioPress, you can see the two different plans that are available. Look at those two different plans. See which one is right for you, and then give it a try. You’re not locked into anything. Nothing like that, but you can give it try. See if it’s the right fit for you. For a lot of people, it has proven to be, so I did want to make one more mention of that. You can do that at Rainmaker.FM/StudioPress. #3: The Importance of Having a Growth Mindset Jerod Morris: Jonny, you are familiar, I am certain, and many of our listeners are certainly familiar with Carol Dweck’s work on the growth versus the fixed mindset, correct? Jonny Nastor: Yes, absolutely. Jerod Morris: This is where this third element comes from. A growth mindset motivates. Why does a growth mindset motivate? Maybe we should summarize real quick the difference between a growth and a fixed mindset. A fixed mindset is essentially where you think that your skills are fixed and aren’t really going to grow or develop with work. Someone with a growth mindset really understands that they get out what they put in. Whatever they’ve achieved, whatever success they have had, it isn’t just because of something that they are naturally born with or naturally have. It’s because they’ve really worked to develop this, that, or the other skill. The reason why a growth mindset motivates is it gives us the belief that our actions, what we study, what we work at, we can really improve. Obviously, we are going to be more motivated to do something that we think we’re going to get a return on the investment that we’re putting in. If we feel like our intelligence is fixed, we’re just kind of as smart as we are, and this is hard, we’re not really going to struggle with it because we kind of think, “Well, all right. Maybe this isn’t something that I can learn.” Someone with a growth mindset understands the value of that work, the impact that work can have, and believes that they will benefit from it and become better from it down the road. You can see how that first mindset is going to be less likely to stick with and struggle with information, work, or a new skill, whereas the growth mindset really would be willing to. That has been proven time and time again to be much more effective when it comes to learning and growth. That’s the basic idea there. I bumbled through it a little bit, but pretty fair description, contrast between the two? Jonny Nastor: Yeah. I think it’s totally. Honestly, I have such a hard time getting my mind around the fixed mindset and how somebody could have that mindset. Like, “You honestly believe that every trait, skill, and intelligence level that you have from a young age, those innate things are just … that’s all you get?” Jerod Morris: It’s like anything. It’s a scale. There’s growth on one side, fixed on the other side. It’s not like everybody is black or white, in one category or the other. It probably shifts for some people, depending on what it is, too. Some people may have a growth mindset when it comes to intellectual work, but they don’t have a growth mindset when it comes to physical fitness just because of their experience, how they are raised, or for any number of different reasons. So it can depend. But I think specifically when it comes to learning, a growth mindset in a particular skill is probably important to, say, motivate someone to do the hard, sometimes dirty work that it takes to improve in that skill. That’s important. Jonny Nastor: Yeah, it is. I can’t think of any skill worth learning, getting, or mastering, if you will, that wouldn’t take a lot of hard work — difficult work, too. The stuff that’s hard and could be embarrassing when you’re no good at it, but you got to work through all that stuff. That certain amount of bad radio in you as a podcaster, all that stuff, you have to have the mindset that you can push through that stuff. You can go back to the beginning of any of our podcasting careers and have absolute proof that this is true. I wouldn’t even want to listen to that stuff now, I’m sure, from years and years ago, of me finally sitting down to record in front of a microphone, but it’s proof that it can. It is motivating. Basically, if you want to do this, if you want to build that show or build that audience, all those things are attainable to you if you do enough work, you stop just passively trying to learn these things and actually switch to actively, and then take directly onto the difficulty. Jerod Morris: Here’s another quote from Carol Dweck herself that kind of sums up the difference, too. She says, “Those with the growth mindset found setbacks motivating. Not only weren’t they discouraged by failure, they didn’t even think they were failing. They thought they were learning.” That, I think, is the other distinction because someone with a fixed mindset is going to look at a mistake as a failure. Like, “I messed up.” Like, “Okay. I’m supposed to be smart, and I didn’t get this. I failed. And this somehow impacts like my personal view of myself, my self-identity.” Whereas someone who has a growth mindset, they’re just thinking, “Hey, I’m constantly evolving. I’m constantly changing and improving. So okay, I messed this up, but this is moving me toward learning. This is moving me toward success, so it’s not even a failure. If anything, it’s a temporary failure, but it’s a means toward a greater end.” They take that with a different attitude. That’s almost the difference between these two is the attitude with which you approach that inevitable failure when you’re learning something new, which brings us back to the difficulty being desirable. And again, takes us all the way back to the first big idea about learning, which is that learning isn’t about that first step. It’s not about the ingestion in. It’s not about your coach telling you, “Here’s how to swing a golf club,” and you’ve just taken that in. It’s about the actual getting it out and swing after swing after swing, and swings in different locations, swings in all different ways that you can then retrieve that information. That’s where it starts to get locked in. When you have all three of these together — this understanding of the importance of retrieval, a recognition of the desirability of difficulty, and then a growth mindset underlying it all — this is where you can really unlock the power of learning. That’s not just me saying it. It’s not just Peter Brown and these authors coming up with theories. This is actually data-backed research and advice that just works. To me, it does makes sense. Once you actually read it and lay it out, it does make intuitive sense, but it does fly in the face a little bit of what we might think intuitively and, in some ways, what we’ve been told about learning. Jonny Nastor: Very cool. Jerod Morris: Anything else to add before we close up shop? Jonny Nastor: I don’t think so. I think we kind of nailed it. Not like nailed it as in like we’re awesome. Jerod Morris: Well, okay. Jonny Nastor: I mean nailed the topic. I think it’s good. It’s got me thinking. It’s cool. Really covering topics of thought and spending time thinking and now learning. It’s cool. Jerod Morris: Yes. If you do want to kind of have fun with this idea, send us a Tweet. Don’t rewind. Don’t do anything like that, but send us a Tweet, and let us know the three big ideas. Can you recall them? See if you can retrieve them real quick. What were the three ideas that we just talked about? We’re not going to make these post-episode pop quizzes a recurring thing here on the episode, but it would be really interesting to know and maybe just a good test for yourself for how much, listening through this episode, you can retain. But again, learning is about getting it out, not just getting it in. Let’s give you an opportunity to do that. Send us a Tweet @JerodMorris, @JonNastor. Let us know what the three big ideas were about learning — #gamer. Put that on there because, if you do this, you’re a gamer. You’re down for the challenge of competition. You understand that the difficulty … wait, I’m about to give one of them away. All right. Let’s get out of here before I give all three of them away and render the quiz useless. Jonny Nastor: Yeah, it’s been fun. Jerod Morris: One other thing that we do want to make mention is that we have a really great report for you and a really cool series of emails that we think will help you. This is really geared toward people who are thinking about launching a podcast. I do think that there is something useful there for people if you’re a little bit more experienced. But we have gotten some feedback from people, frankly, that it’s not as great a fit for people who maybe are a little bit more experienced, a little bit further down the road in your podcasting, so that’s okay. We wanted to be transparent about that just because that’s some of the feedback that we’re getting, but if you’re in the process of, say, defining your audience or you’re not even familiar yet with what the different paths to monetization are for a podcast, you’re looking to get equipment, some basic equipment to get started, then this really will be for you. If you go to Showrunner.FM/Report, you will get the free 9-Step Beginner’s Guide to Launching a Podcast, along with a great series of emails that ask you some other important questions that you should be asking yourself as you go through the process of launching a podcast. Again, go to Showrunner.FM/Report, and don’t ever forget to turn your phones on mute before you start recording a podcast. I don’t know if you could hear that, but my phone just went off. Jonny Nastor: I didn’t hear it. Jerod Morris: Oh, well then I shouldn’t have said anything. Edit that out, Toby. Edit me out. Jonny Nastor: All the way back to the beginning, Toby. Jerod Morris: All right. We will talk to you next week on another brand-new episode of The Showrunner. Jonny Nastor: Take care.
Our swim team competed in the first round of interschool swimming at the Coburg Olympic Swimming Pool recently. It was great to see the students excited to swim, with our biggest team in a few years competing on the day. Our students produced outstanding results with nine students finishing 1st, 12 students finishing 2nd and 11 students finishing 3rd. Our Senior Boys Basketball team played a friendly game against St Monicas College in March. The game was a close affair for the first half with only a couple of points in it. The second half saw St Monicas pull away and win comfortably. The students played well for their first time as a team. With the game played in a competitive but friendly spirit all students had a good time. Tryouts and then training for the senior boys’ basketball team begin early term 2. Look out for notices in the bulletin. Senior Boys Basketball Coach The intermediate tennis team took the trip down to Epping Tennis Club to take part in the District Summer Sports Competition in February. The girls were very enthusiastic despite many of them playing tennis for the first time. They struggled early against some very difficult opposition but recorded their first win in the final game of the day. Congratulations and thanks to Jessie Hulett, Harley-Rose Luczkowski, Shannon Veit & Gemma Wilson. The Year 8 Girls volleyball team recently took part in the 2015 District Summer Sports Competition. The girls had worked extremely hard in the weeks prior, recruiting and trying to get enough players to make up a team. The Year 7 boys volleyball team took part in the 2015 District Summer Sports Competition. The boys started the day well with a convincing win over Epping but struggled against some of the other schools despite some very close games. Thanks go to William Spriggs, Luke Taylor, Christopher Avramopoulos, Robbie Barnard, Mitchell Robertson, Brock Palling & John Ismail for their efforts and great sportsmanship. The Year 7 camp to Howqua was a great experience for our 150 students who attended in March. Activities the students experienced were Horse Riding, Flying Fox, Survivor, Archery, High Ropes among many others. The School Captains attended on Wednesday along with Assistant Principal Tania Pearson which provided much entertainment for the Year 7 students. The following are some reflections form some students who attended the camp. Camp Howqua Reflections from 7D Year 8 Art students constructed clay busts inspired by Chinese born Australian artist, Ah Xian. Xian uses decorative motifs derived from his Chinese heritage. Students were asked to decorate their busts with Australian motifs and designs that reflect Australian culture, landscape or icons. Host Families are Required For Japanese Students We are fortunate to have 12 Japanese students visit in August. Each year a group of students from Japan make the Journey to Australia and are here with us for a period of six days, staying with families from our College. A rough itinerary for the exchange students is: Day 1 (Friday 31st July) –- Arrive at Whittlesea Secondary College Welcome ceremony and lunch, host families invited. In the afternoon, exchange students go to class with Australian host students. Sir Paul Nurse took the stage at the Melbourne Convention Centre on March 10 to lead the 2015 Graeme Clark Oration. Luckily enough students from theCollege were invited to be in the audience to hear about anew step in science and all the amazing opportunities that surround us by the Nobel Laureate. During his speech he spoke about his work on cell reproduction. He has been a geneticist and cell biologist for many years and has done major work on understanding how the cell cycle is controlled and how cell shape and cell dimensions are determined.
What does OV mean in Sports? This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand OV in the field in general and in the Sports terminology in particular. Find a translation for OV in other languages: Select another language: What does OV mean? - Orange Group, OV(noun) - a terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland
Now that my new cable company is providing me with the works for less than $15 a month, including a digital video recorder, I find myself wasting more time watching television while doing other work. One of the shows I can’t get enough of is The Office. While the characters are a bit exaggerated, there is a lot in their personalities that relates to real people in real businesses. One of my co-worker’s favorite characters is Dwight Schrute. He’s a bit of an eccentric, but he’s the best salesman in the branch and he’s extremely loyal to his boss. He’s also completely ridiculous, and his philosophy on tipping is only one example. Unlike the financial lessons from House, Dwight presents a multitude of examples of selfish and short-sighted financial decisions. On tipping: Dwight drives a 1987 Pontiac Grand Am. He has restored the vehicle himself, a decision that might save him some money rather than going to a mechanic. On the other hand, his car reportedly gets only eight miles per gallon. His boss, Michael Scott, doesn’t appreciate the admiration that Dwight pours on. While Dwight thinks he’s doing the right thing, he’s a little out of touch with the interpersonal skills he needs in order to move forward at Dunder Mifflin. Speaking of Michael Scott, he’s isn’t a shining example of a manager. In fact, he was one of the best salesmen at Dunder Mifflin, and that’s the basis on which he was made a regional manager. This actually translates well to real life: the best salesmen don’t always have the management skills. In The Office, Michael tries to lead by being a friend and using humor, but both types of attempts usually fall short. He is also a bit selfish. For one holiday party, Michael organized a “Secret Santa” gift exchange with a spending limit of $20. He went above and beyond his own limit by purchasing a video iPod for his Secret recipient. However, when he was unsatisfied with the home-made gift from his Secret Santa, he decided to turn the gift exchange into a “White Elephant” (or “Yankee swap”), in which one person can “steal” the gift from another. Everyone obviously wanted the iPod, the only gift worth more than $20. If there’s anything to learn from The Office, it’s not to be a selfish jerk about money. Updated June 23, 2016 and originally published July 15, 2007.
Next time you happen to pass within 100 yards of a LUSH store and catch yourself breathing deeply of its fragrant aroma (“ah…”), I encourage you to follow your nose and stop by. The company just reformulated a few of its most popular products, making them from hence forth “self-preserving.” So — self-preserving — what does that actually mean? Well, it’s LUSH lingo for “We reformulated a few of our bestselling products to make them more natural.” LUSH removed the synthetic preservatives, which were already pretty minimal (small amounts of methylparaben and proplyparaben), according to LUSH product trainer Jeff Brown, and replaced them with preservatives that the average person can actually pronounce, like honey, clay, cocoa butter, vegetable glycerin and sea salt…and tofu (say wha?!). They also reduced the water content in the products, which they did to discourage bacterial growth. Less water means less space for microorganisms to multiply. Dream Cream is $26.95 for an 8.4-oz. jar; Ocean Salt is $21.95 for a 4.2-oz. jar and $35.95 for an 8.8-oz. jar; and Mask of Magnaminty is $12.95 for a 4.4-oz jar and $24.95 for a 11.1-oz. jar. All three products are available now at LUSH counters, stores and online at lushusa.com.
i love her im in her class so i check back every so often and i wana say that she chechs on this too so do be that mean cause she helps me and other people Ms. Glovack is the best! She is so helpful to us and has a lot of patience. I looove her! She is the best teacher ever and people who say bad things about her are so stupid!! Ms. Glovack is really nice and we think she was dating Mr. Solomen the core teacher on team 61..LOL I want her job! I want to get paid to stand in Mr. Banner's class and not do anything, also! (im not in resouce) Um, ok, did you not all get the point that she is THERE to help the resource room kids IF they need help?? She's not there to babysit you. She is really nice. She is so nice. i'm in sixth grade and i really enjoy her as the english sub.... i'm not in resourse but she's sooo nice!!! ms glovac is the nicest teacheer ever she is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cooooooooooooooooooooool
Staveley face the biggest game in their history on Saturday when they entertain Rye United in the fourth round of the FA Vase. The Koolsport North Counties East Division One leaders, with a run of 20 wins, three draws and one defeat behind them, are in confident mood but their Sussex County League opponents are also on a high as they come to Inkersall Green with a 14 match unbeaten run. Staveley have beaten Atherton (4-1), Ramsbottom (1-0), Pickering (1-0) and Leeds (4-1) in the Vase so far while Rye, who have only lost twice in the league, have won all their five ties away from home. There should be a big crowd and I’m expecting a tip-top tie that could go either way. In the League, goals from Damms, Coy and Jones gave them a 3-1 win at Shirebrook Town and Dams and Tahar found the net in a 2-1 success at Grimsby Borough. Tahar was again on target, along with Thornton, in Tuesday’s 2-1 home win over Leeds Carnegie which extended their lead at the top to seven points. Staveley host Glasshoughton Welfare next Tuesday. Handsworth started their week with a 3-1 home victory over second-placed Yorkshire Amateurs with new signing Mick Godber scoring twice on his debut as Fretwell completed a good night. Then, in stark contrast, they crashed to a shock 1-0 defeat at Glasshoughton Welfare to make it six away losses out of 10 but they stay fifth in the table after four of the top six teams all lost. They visit Leeds Carnegie on Saturday and bottom club Appleby Frodingham visit Olivers Mount next Wednesday. In the Premier Division the weather helped no one at Sandygate as visitors Parkgate beat Hallam 3-2 but for the second time in four days I saw a Chesterfield referee have a dreadful game that almost ruined a good afternoon. Parkgate took a two goal lead through Lipka and Griffin but a ‘ridiculous’ penalty, converted by Jordan, gave Hallam a lifeline and Reynolds equalised in the second half before a scrambled goal by Swindells gave Parkgate the points. They remain in second place while a gallant Hallam, for whom new Sheffield Club signing Ryan Davis was outstanding, remain next to bottom. Then on Tuesday Hallam entertained bottom club Liversedge in a game that was crucial to both sides and despite goals from Asquith and Longhurst, the home side crashed to a 4-2 defeat that left them at the foot of the table and with a massive mountain to climb to avoid relegation. Hallam host Hall Road Rangers on Saturday. Meanwhile Parkgate’s promotion credentials will be severely tested over the next few days. They feature in the Game of the Day on Saturday when leaders Farsley Celtic come to Green Lane followed by the visit of in-form Maltby Main next Tuesday in what should be a great derby battle. Maltby’s great run continued last Saturday when a goal on 80 minutes by Warren gave them the lead over Long Eaton United only for their rivals to equalise three minutes from time. It’s now eight matches without defeat for fifth-placed Miners who visit Brighouse Town on Saturday before next week’s Parkgate showdown. Dinnington Town suffered a double blow when leading scorer Michael Blythen signed for Retford United and then their game with fellow strugglers Arnold Town was called off. They entertained high flying Tadcaster Albion on Tuesday and despite a magnificent display by keeper Luke Hands, they slipped to a 3-1 defeat with Hobson scoring their consolation goal. It’s crunch time on Saturday when bottom club Liversedge are the visitors. The Evo-Stik League continues to haunt our two clubs as Sheffield FC slumped to their biggest league defeat of the season and Stocksbridge Park dropped into the relegation zone. Club’s new signing Nathaniel Foster hit their lone goal in the 4-1 home defeat against Rainworth Miners Welfare and to add to their woes Gascoigne was sent off. Then on Tuesday night I travelled with them to Durham City for a second round League Cup tie in which eight of their 14 man squad were from the Under-19s. The 3-1 defeat was harsh - Gascoigne got their goal - but the main talking point was Durham’s plastic pitch and how much longer will it be before the FA outlaw them? On Saturday Sheffield travel to Quorn FC and entertain Kidsgrove Athletic next Tuesday. Stocksbridge suffered an unlucky 4-3 defeat at Nantwich Town where they had defenders Hawes, Haigh and forward Stirrup all carried off before half-time but goals by Marrison, two and Stirrup gave them a fighting chance which slipped away minutes before the end. They now have a desperate relegation fight on their hands after four games without a win and it all starts on Saturday when they visit Burscough while Matlock Town are the visitors next Tuesday.
It is the official first week of September, which means Spring has sprung here in the sunny southern hemisphere. As my sinuses get clogged worse than the M1 highway with a broken-down tuck in the middle lane, I’ve dedicated this month (and Patreon) to lurid tales sure to make you squirm. No red roses and blue violets tilting towards the sun’s rays here. The goal for the month is to write ten, 3000 word short stories (30 000 words), that’s two-and-a-half shorts a week (we’ll make it three). One of these shorts will receive a sparkling macabre cover and PDF version for your enjoyment. More exciting stuff swirling to the surface later on in the month. This first week is dedicated to Serial Killers. The who, what, when, why, how of it all, twisted into razor sharp tales twisting through your gut in the dead of night. I haven’t delved into true horror in a while so I can only wonder what will manifest. Patreons, feel free to send suggestions, ideas, and what-nots for your own personal creation. It doesn’t even have to be related to my Spring Death theme. Non-patreons, you have an opportunity to own an exclusively written short story of your creation to show off from just $1. *wink wink, nudge nudge* I will be submitting most of these stories for publishing, while others will be set aside for my personal as well as my Patreon anthology. Fun times ahead. If you love horrors, you’re going to be in for a treat. I apologize in advance for my non-horror readers; please bear with me for the month.
There’s a special secret hidden place in the library at my school. My best friend told me about it before she graduated, before she moved away to England. To get to the hidden place, you leave the first floor of the library to go up the stairs and cross to the right through the tables and the uncomfortable wooden chairs and the soft padded chairs that it’s impossible to do homework and stay awake in, and you enter the forest of bookshelves. You walk through the bookshelves all the way till it looks like you’re at the edge of the building, till the rustling of pages and the gentle flirting of students and the clicking of pens fades behind you into nothingness, and just when you think you’ll never find the hidden place, the wall opens out more, just in the back corner, and there are more bookshelves. And if you walk past them, very quietly so no one follows you, you can see the hidden place tucked away in the very, very top back corner of the library. It’s just a little ugly wooden desk in the corner all by itself, hidden away in the back corner behind the last of the bookshelves, with a misplaced-looking antique lamp that’s actually rather pretty on top and an ugly gray swivel-chair to go with the ugliness of the wooden desk. But the afternoon light comes drifting down soft and mellow and burnished gold through the bookshelves and touches that hidden place with magic, and somehow the ugly gray swivel chair doesn’t look ugly anymore. And you can go sit in it and lay down your heavy book-bag and pull on the chain of the lamp, and an amber-honey glow lights up the desk and touches your face and makes you glad to be alive. It’s quiet there. So quiet. But a good kind of quiet. It’s not the silence that rings in your car when you’re driving home from finding out you didn’t make the cast list. It’s not the silence that yawns around you when you finally realize that a friend has betrayed you, made you look like a fool. It’s not the silence that sinks in the pit of your stomach when you’re alone in your room and hungry and miserable but you won’t eat because you’re starving on purpose. This quiet isn’t empty. It’s a quiet filled with the silent voices of all the books keeping you company on the shelves. It’s a quiet filled with the scent of their book glue, old and safe and sweet in the air, and with the sights of the book-spines in leathery gold-embossed straight rows, begging for you to trace your fingers softly across them. And you can sit at that desk and pull your brown sweater closer around you and open your thick hardbound anthologies and be glad there’s such a thing as required reading. And even your annoying little paperback textbooks that you don’t care about and wish you hadn’t had to buy, seem a little more worth your while. And every once in a while, if you lose yourself far enough, you can feel for one moment like you’re in England. Or every once in a very, very long while, if you’re very lucky and if the light falls just the right way and the books with their silent book-voices are in just the right mood, you can think for an instant that you’ve made it into a faerie-tale.
some travel tips. 7 February 2011 § 3 Comments This trip is about you, not your stuff. take only what you need, but take something to keep you going, too – a novel, a notebook, a deck of cards – because travel isn’t always rabid excitement. But when you need to move, and you will, don’t let your baggage weigh you down. know your flights. I woke up in an Amsterdam hostel, groggy and gradually piecing together the previous night. I knew I had a transatlantic flight late in the afternoon, but until then, I was free. I went about starting my day. Over breakfast, someone at the hostel asked me when my flight was. I thought I was making a big deal out of the question by awkwardly looking in my notebook for the answer. Only a minute before I’d been so sure. My flight was at 11:05 a.m. It was 10:47. know where your passport is, always. You don’t want that guilty feeling of having an armed border agent looking down at you as you fumble through your jacket and bag on the train, looking for your passport. Or worse, getting to hostel at the end of a busy day to find your wallet missing. The wise traveler keeps their eggs in whatever basket they choose, but keeps a sharp fucking eye on that basket. I won’t give you bullshit guidelines to follow – I’m not Lonely Planet. But if there’s anything my experience has taught me, I wish for you to learn it also: spend some time in the places you go. Don’t rush your trip to get to the next city or attraction. Chill. Let it be. Sleeping in a different place every night for weeks or months on end starts to suck. (Of course, wilderness travel is of a different sort, and obviously doesn’t apply here.) Hovering through places without getting to know them can be a lesson in self-discovery (or self-loathing), but it rarely makes for much connection. put away the guidebook. This is an important one, because it’s a little more complicated than just putting down this book that sometimes feels like your only friend or ally in this foreign place. That’s okay. But be productive when you look at it – learn the material, then put the book down and experience the place through your eyes. There is little that’s more annoying (and potentially dangerous, as it exposes your vulnerability) than someone walking through the streets of a beautiful city with their nose in a guidebook, which describes to them how wonderful and expensive the world is around them. It’ll even give a star rating on the worthiness of the experience. Please. Seriously. Put down the book.
By Odoobo C. Bichachi Kenyan lawyer-cum political consultant Erastus wa Mugo was the centre of attention at the Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC) meeting at the Paradise Hotel in Jinja last week as Uganda’s opposition parties struggled to find common ground ahead of the 2011 presidential and parliamentary elections. A renowned governance consultant who has worked with many Kenyan political parties on strategy and structure, Mugo was invited to moderate the latest round of IPC talks aimed at creating a common electoral platform for the opposition. Another political consultant from South Africa had also been expected but he never made it, according to our sources. “We chose a Kenyan because of the experience they have had on coalitions. In fact we had very fruitful discussions and in the next few weeks IPC will announce to the public a way forward,†Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) general secretary Chris Opoka Okumu told The Independent. In many ways, Uganda’s political situation today very much mirrors the dying days of Arap Moi’s KANU regime except that unlike Moi who passed the baton to a protégé Uhuru Kenyatta, Museveni remains very much in the running. It took the Rainbow Coalition to defeat Moi’s group and five years later, another Orange Coalition virtually defeated incumbent Mwai Kibaki who had to rig to keep power. Uganda’s opposition is therefore leaning on the Kenyan experience to take on President Yoweri Museveni. But are the parties reading from the same script, considering that some party followers continue to dismiss talk of an alliance. “It is unfortunate that some members of various parties are discussing things outside their party organs, and IPC structures,†says UPC’s Okumu, adding; “but this will be resolved by parties internally.†Okumu who chaired the Jinja IPC meeting last week however remained cagey on whether indeed the parties had agreed on a joint candidate and who it would be. “There will be a joint candidate†is all he could say, adding that their consultations had widened to include Jaberi Bidandi Ssali’s People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and Abed Bwanika’s People’s Development Party (PDP). Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) spokesperson Wafula Oguttu too declined to divulge any details of the Jinja meeting saying they had been “embargoedâ€. The Independent has, however, established that another meeting scheduled for Thursday August 13 will finalise the 2011 election roadmap and the modalities of how joint candidates will be selected. “Once we have agreed on the roadmap in the Thursday meeting, parties in the coalition will then discuss it internally. But one of the things already agreed is that all parties must have had their delegates conferences by January 2010,†said Okumu. For many opposition supporters, what the parties are not saying is perhaps what is most critical to the roadmap: will it be FDC’s Kizza Besigye or will it be UPC’s Olara Otunnu to lead the opposition’s charge? Indeed it remains a difficult choice and according to our sources in both FDC and UPC, jumping this hurdle is what will make or unmake the opposition. There are still many factors going for Besigye who has been the de facto opposition leader and currently leads the biggest opposition party FDC. His military background and his courage and resilience in the face of unimaginable state crackdown have cut him well to fit the profile of Museveni’s opponent in the 2011 polls, an election that is expected to be perhaps the most violent and the most rigged given the stakes in light of the growing opposition that is eating deep into President Museveni’s support and the conduct of recent by-elections. But Besigye is a familiar opponent having stood twice against Museveni in 2001 and 2006. Where he had an element of surprise in 2001 when he dramatically quit the army and in 2006 when he dramatically returned from South African exile, he currently carries little novelty. Otunnu on the other hand brings onto the political scene new energy and life, just like Besigye was able to do in 2001 and 2006. An accomplished international diplomat, he has no military background to lean on but intellect, affability and international contacts to draw from. He is one opponent Museveni would wish to avoid because he does not fit his usual script. In fact the president has spent many years fighting him; labelling him a Kony collaborator, terrorist, etc but instead, Otunnu has scaled some of the highest international diplomatic positions, falling short of becoming UN secretary general. He has however been out of the country for 23 years which means he is more or less unknown by a whole generation and will have to cultivate a political network from zero. Be that as it may, a lone ranger – be it Besigye or Otunnu – is unlikely to defeat the Museveni juggernaut. A combination of the two could, however, change the country’s political landscape irretrievably. Otunnu’s return has now been set for August 22. However despite his proven past political leadership and current reputation, his impact on the national political scene will soon be measured on a strict test when he presents his candidature to the electorate. The Otunnu homecoming national steering committee chaired by Moroto County MP Benson Obua Ogwal (UPC) and comprising among others FDC’s Salaam Musumba, Jack Sabiiti, and DP’s Dr Obonyo has been choreographed to reflect a national character and the bipartisan significance of his return. “We have finalised the preparations for his homecoming in the morning of August 22,†MP Ogwal told The Independent, adding that Otunnu will immediately address a press conference at Entebbe Airport and thereafter proceed to a reception to be attended by political leaders, diplomats and selected members of the public. Otunnu will be in the country for 16 days before returning to New York to prepare for his final return ahead of the UPC Delegates Conference later this year. The reaction to his coming from government remains muted; a far cry from the threats that were initially issued by deputy premier Kirunda Kivejinja two months or so ago. “Has Olara Otunnu asked you to call me and ask if it is safe for him to come back? I know you people at The Independent are in touch with him. You do not need to call a minister to ask whether or not he will be arrested on arrival. Whatever will happen to him will happen when he comes back. Uganda is a free country, his country, so he should feel free to come back as soon as he can. About him being issued with a Ugandan passport, it is his birth right and constitutional right to be given one. If he has any problem, I will be more than happy to facilitate him personally,†Kivejinja told The Independent.