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There’s more than a little shimmeriness to the wonderful new My Morning Jacket album. Whether it’s the keyboards on the opening track, ‘Believe (Nobody Knows)’, or the guitars on ‘Like A River’, this is an album that’s full of lovely little moments. The change of tempo a minute into ‘In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)’. The keyboards at the end of ‘Compound Fracture’. The steel guitar on ‘Big Decisions’. It all marks both a return to things past and a new departure for Jim James and the crew. For sure, there’s no shortage of typically anthemic MMJ moments that will get many a fist raising in the muddy fields of this summer’s European festival tour. But gone is the alt-country-meets-EDM experimentation of Evil Urges, never mind, whisper it, ‘Cobra’ from the Chocolate And Ice EP. Here, only ‘Spring (Among the Living)’ comes anywhere close to the sound that divided even the most ardent Jacketeers. Instead, what we hear is a fresher, sunnier, lighter-than-usual sounding album. But what lies beneath? There are hints of personal difficulties. “I hope you get the point, The thrill is gone”, we’re told on one song, “I hope you get the point, I think our love is done”. “I don’t quite feel like faking it again tonight”, we’re told on another, “Don’t really feel like saying everything is alright”. And title of the closer, the sublime ‘Only Memories Remain’, perhaps speaks for itself. But there’s surely more too it than that. Following on from his solo album in 2013, Jim James remains in fine transcendental form. And on The Waterfall he seems to have transmitted this vibe to his musical co-workers. In stark contrast to Circuital, it sounds like making music has once again become easier and much more enjoyable. Now that’s an uplifting thought.
Posted in My Morning Jacket and tagged as Music, My Morning Jacket, Review.
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Whitchurch CE Junior Academy : How do we consult with children with SEND and involve them in their education?
Class teachers discuss the outcomes on the SEN Support Plan with the children to make them aware of what they need to work towards.
Pupils are encouraged to work towards their outcomes during individual/small group and class work in collaboration with the teacher and TA.
The pupils are invited to the termly meetings to review their progress and set new outcomes.
If a pupil has an EHC plan, then he/she is asked to contribute views and thoughts on a form for the annual review meeting.
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Writing an exemplification or illustrative essay involves various steps. One defining feature is use of examples as proofs of the writer’s claims. To write a satisfactory paper, one needs relevant sources of information and sufficient data to convince the readers. The choice of example must be taken seriously to add coherence to the piece of writing. Let’s look at the main characteristics.
All examples used must be valid. There is a need for expansive resources which are most representative of the writer’s claims. In case any example contradicts some argument, it’s best left out. For a coherent article, every claim should stand in favor of thesis statement. The back-up statistical data should be evidential.
The writer needs to pick an essay writing prompt of their interest and defend it with concise information. In the introduction part, a brief and clear story should be provided as an anecdote. This encourages the readers to keep on reading. Personalized and brief stories sound more relevant to the audience. The paper should have an element that makes it outstanding.
In as much as you’d like to handle a completely new theory, you must select a topic that allows you to apply varied examples. The project begins with developing a thesis statement. The reader needs to understand the exact point that you re supporting and how you will prove it. You should make the first paragraph of introduction as a road map of your paper.
Remember that examples are the main ideas on the body. Every example, on its own paragraph should prove a point and in accordance with the thesis. Remain focused on your points of view so that the reader sees coherence. If for instance you are writing about reasons the current world is doomed, don’t just state the points. Go ahead and give great examples of deteriorating Mother Nature and give strong opinions and solutions.
Your paper needs sufficient information and facts. Let the reader see validity of your thesis and that you did not just spell it out for the sake of it. Let your format be logical. All paragraphs should begin with a transformational remark to give directions on the point you are arriving at.
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This privacy notice relates to the personal data processed by the Office of Peter Heaton-Jones MP, Member of Parliament for North Devon, in relation to casework and policy queries.
This privacy notice comes into full effect on Friday 25th May 2018, the date that the General Data Protection Regulations come into force.
If you have contacted Peter Heaton-Jones MP about a personal or policy issue, we may pass your personal data on to a third-party data processor in order to satisfactorily deal with your case. Such bodies include, but are not limited to, local authorities, government agencies, public bodies, health trusts and regulators. Any third parties that we may share your data with are obliged to keep your details securely, and to use them only for the basis upon which they were originally intended. When they no longer need your data to fulfil this service, they will dispose of the details in line with data protection law.
We will not use your personal data in a way that goes beyond what can reasonably be expected in contacting us, and we will always communicate to you who we have contacted on your behalf.
The CVs and applications of job applicants will be held for a period of up to 6 months.
Right of access – you have a right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.
Right of rectification – you have the right to correct any data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances, you can ask for the data that we hold about you to be erased from your records.
Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply, you have a right to restrict the processing.
Please note, we will ask for identification should you choose to exercise any of the above rights in relation to the personal data we hold.
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MStereoSpread offers a novel take on stereo spreading, but getting the most out of it requires a reasoned approach.
Great spectral algorithm. Fresh take on delay-based enhancement. Good manual. Fantastic saturation.
No phasing bar. High CPU hit.
MStereoSpread (VST/AU) is a 'spreading' plugin offering two discrete stereo widening algorithms operating in series. Preceding these is a master section with a useful mid/side widening control that changes the relative balance of the mono and stereo elements of the signal to widen (or narrow) it.
"Spectral Generator splits the signal into a frequency bands that spread alternately left and right to create a natural stereo width"
The first of the two spreader algorithms is Spectral Generator, which splits the signal into an adjustable number of frequency bands spread alternately left and right to create a natural stereo width effect that shouldn't lose the punch of the signal.
The more bands employed, the more natural the effect, but the CPU hit can get pretty serious as the number rises. Another side effect Melda warn of is that running a high number of bands causes phase- shifting, which can be problematic with certain types of material - particularly sounds with fast transients such as drums or anything with a piano-like envelope.
The Focus control adjusts the distribution of the bands across the frequency spectrum and is best set away from the lower frequencies. There's also a useful left-right Invert button on both the spreader types and a global pan control that can be used to correct any left-right balance shifting that can occur, depending on the settings and the source material.
The Min Frequency control (which also appears on the Delay-based Generator, which we'll discuss shortly) sets a low-frequency limit below which the algorithm has no effect. It's useful for leaving the extreme bass untouched (putting bass in stereo can reduce punch and introduce bass-cancellation). Next comes a superb Saturation algorithm that we've found ourselves using as much as the stereo tools!
We tried the Spectral Generator on a wide range of material, from vocals to guitars and drums. While it can work well on all of them, the specific material has a big impact on the results, which can at times be too subtle, then jump quickly to unnatural, so it isn't useful on all signals. This requires some common sense and judicious A/B comparison.
The second stereo process - Delay-Based Generator - is a more conventional comb filter-based delay that can sound harsh and ear-fatiguing if overused. MStereoSpread adds an additional feature to this otherwise rather unexciting section, though: a secondary delay of opposite polarity - handy for keeping the signal centered and sometimes enhancing the stereo effect, but sometimes sounding a little fierce.
Then, to the right of the two main sections, the phase-scope lets you keep an eye out for any phasing issues, though it would be better if it included a more traditional phase bar/meter.
Finally, there's Melda's trademark modulation section, although it doesn't produce particularly useful results in this plugin. If you want tremolo or evolving stereo effects, your other plugins will probably do a better job.
While not quite as revolutionary-sounding as the manual might suggest, MStereoSpread does offer an effective take on the frequency- spreading concept, which can be useful on a variety of separate sound sources and even final mixes (used with great care!).
The inclusion of a delay-based system makes this a well-rounded stereo spreader at a very attractive price.
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The updated Shrink Ray Island is coming soon to Poptropica. To celebrate, we've added a brand-new printable poster to the Shrink Ray Island info page. Click through to download your free poster!
And keep an eye out for the new and improved Shrink Ray Island!
We are sad to learn that R.A. Montgomery, the creator of the Choose Your Own Adventure book series, has passed away at the age of 78.
Mr. Montgomery's books are a huge inspiration to us here at Poptropica, and it was a thrill to adapt one of them for Nabooti Island. With his huge catalog of Choose Your Own Adventure books, he proved that reading is always an adventure!
Spoiler Alert: PoptropiCon 2 is now available to all!
The doors are open and now everybody can play the second episode of PoptropiCon, Spoiler Alert. Enter the convention and get ready for some crazy twists and turns!
Speaking of spoiler alerts, if you get stuck, you can check out our walkthroughs to get you past the toughest challenges.
The Best of the Land: A tour of Zany Crown's dream home!
Poptropicans have spoken, and you selected Zany Crown's Dream Home as the best of the best user-created Land!
I took a brief tour of her amazing tree house. Take a look to see what's possible in Poptropica Land!
If you want to keep exploring the Poptropica Land alpha, become a Poptropica Member today!
You have more ways to enjoy Poptropica than ever before. Poptropica: Forgotten Islands is available now for the Nintendo 3DS, and it lets you see Poptropica in a whole new way. For the first time, Poptropica is presented in stereoscopic 3D.
Poptropica: Forgotten Islands makes a great holiday gift for the Nintendo 3DS owner in your life -- especially if that person is you! It's available now at Amazon and other fine retailers.
Voting is going strong to crown one Poptropican's land as the best of the best. Zany Crown has opened up a sizable lead, but Fast Lizard is hanging in there, and Serious Bird or Silver Lightning could be a dark horse.
There's time left to vote, but the poll will only be open until Monday! Vote now to tell us which user creation was your favorite.
Don't cry! You can get this robot follower, too. Just go to Main Street of Lunar Colony and watch a short video, and then this large, heroic fellow will have your six.
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Quit Tobacco, Make Everyone Proud is a new interactive online Department of Defense (DoD) tobacco cessation program. This program is partly in response to a recent study showing that smoking rates are higher in the military than in the civilian population according to a 2009 study commissioned by the VA and the DoD.
Among those soldiers that have been deployed, the rates of smoking jump. The study concluded that given the high rates of tobacco use by military personnel and veterans, the time has come for the DoD and the VA to address this issue.
Senior leaders setting positive examples of military readiness.
The VA is the largest provider of mental health services for people with chronic psychiatric disorders such as PTSD, and this particular population of people includes a high rate of smokers. The VA is continuously researching the best way to aid these veterans to quit smoking.
Soldiers returning from deployment have a higher than normal rate of smokers in their ranks. The VA and the DoD will continue to research on the best way to implement the most effective tobacco cessation programs for the future of the soldiers and the military.
Learn more about the military attempting to curb tobacco use.
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Around the wider world of golf: Lydia Ko won again at the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women´s Open on the LET; Amy Yang won the Honda LPGA Thailand on (what else?) the LPGA; Katie Kempter won the Volvik Championship on the Symetra Tour; and Andy Sullivan won the Joberg Open on the ET.
ATTENTION STEVE WEBSTER! If you don't get to tee it up at the Africa Open this week as planned, by all means find some tournament you can play in! Because this week you are #297 in the world, just as James Hahn was two weeks ago and Paddy was this week, so you are next up to win. If everything plays to form, you will need -6 to make the playoff, which you will then win. BY ALL MEANS, DO NOT MISS THIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY!!!
Now where were we? Oh yes, Paddy Harrington's mind-bending come-from-behind win at the Honda... and I DO mean mind-bending. Paddy says his biggest problem over the last few years has been mental, which mind guru Bob Rotella has been helping him learn to manage. Even the announcers seemed to go deeper and deeper into shock with each twist and turn coming down the stretch. So rather than rehash the finale and playoff of the event, let me pass on something many of you may not have seen.
The waterball at 17 during regular play WAS very much on Paddy's mind when they got back to the hole during the playoff. However, Paddy has been following Daniel Berger's career for some time -- Berger made reference in his own after-round presser to meeting Paddy back in 2011 -- and Paddy said he was well aware of how long and straight Berger was, so he didn't want to face him on the 18th again. His best chance to win was at 17, so he "manned up" and hit the shot right at the pin... and, as it turned out, Berger missed the green.
And that's how Padraig Harrington got his second win in three months (he won the Asian Tour's Indonesia Open in December), and his first PGA Tour win in around seven years.
In the drink! It was all a bit off-the-wall.
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In this video, - saboteamos.info general contractor Tom Silva explains how to repair a basement wall leak around a drainpipe.
1 Spread drop cloth on floor in work area.
2 Use sledgehammer and cold chisel to chip away mortar from around the drainpipe.
3 Remove any wooden forms found in the wall.
4 Clean debris from hole.
5 Partially fill the hole with chunks of rubble.
6 Mix up a bucket of hydraulic cement.
7 Put on latex gloves, then pack the cement into hole by hand.
8 Use the trowel to force in cement into the hole.
9 Smooth cement patch flush with wall, making sure to fill all depressions.
10 Wash bucket and tools with water.
11 Fold up drop cloth and carry away leftover debris.
Is a French drain the way to go?
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The Jigsaw suite is a compact, contemporary style that has been designed to provide maximum seating comfort. The beauty and versatility of this design is a discrete yet functional feature – the back cushions are shaped to be easily raised, giving extra seat depth and back height to support shoulders.
An incredibly versatile piece, the Jigsaw offers the ultimate combination of comfort, practicality and style.
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Nordson Prism air-assisted airless (AAA ) and high-volume, low-pressure (HVLP) automatic spray guns are designed to deliver superior reliability and finish quality.Nordson Prism air-assisted airless (AAA ) and high-volume, low-pressure (HVLP) automatic spray guns are designed to deliver superior reliability and finish quality.
Every major component of the spray guns, from the trigger operation to the gun bodies, has undergone rigorous testing for durability and performance under the most demanding operating environments.
The Prism AAA spray gun is designed for use with Nordson cross-cut and dome nozzles, which atomize materials at lower pressures for a softer, more controllable spray.
The Prism HVLP is available with over 90 fluid tip and air cap combinations for a variety of flow rated and pattern widths.
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Celtibeerian are a Spanish band. They were formed in 2010 and released their first album a year later. Since then they have released several more albums and toured extensively throughout Europe. The members of the band are: Gustavo "Gus" Infantes on lead vocals, and bass; Patricia "Patri" San Martín on violin and vocals; Julián Yagüe on guitars; David "Dagda" Sánchez on vViola, whistles, bagpipes, and bouzouki; and Victor "Vity" Fernández on drums and percussion.
Deiwos is the new video from Celtibeerian. It is about the thin line between light and darkness, between life and death, a discussion between Airon, the guardian of the Underworld, and Navia, the ferrier who guides your soul to rest. It is a great piece of metal with strong folk music elements that are merged together to form a coherent whole successfully mixing modern rock with traditional music instruments.
You can buy Deiwos on iTunes.
You can follow Celtibeerian on their Official Website, on Facebook, on Twitter, and on their YouTube channel. You can buy their music on iTunes.
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Travel to yesteryear and today-year as John & Pat’s guests aboard the SS Hokey Old-Fashioned Sitcoms.
John & Pat talk music again, so you can rest assured you’ll be in for an erudite, enlightening conversation. As long as you’re talking to a professor instead of listening.
John & Pat once again didn’t prepare a topic, but if you’re in the market for Girl Scout cookies trivia, this is the episode for you!
John & Pat pick their favorite songs from the second half of 2018. Sadly, since Creed didn’t release an album last year, they will all be second-rate.
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Since I come across so many great mommy-run boutiques on the worldwide web, I thought I would start sharing them with my readers. I am proud to announce that our very first featured unique boutique is Blessings and Bows.
You must check out this boutique if you are stumped for a gift for a woman in your life. You know almost every woman in the 21st century has her own home office or at least her own desk. Blessings and Bows offers beautifully crafted items for the home, including picture frames, painted crosses and letters of the alphabet. The one item that must not be missed is Blessing and Bow's hand painted clip boards offered in standard and legal sizes.
If you admire the items on the website, but cannot find exactly what you need, Blessings and Bows accepts custom orders. This includes monograms as well. Keep this unique boutique in mind when shopping for your next holiday, Mother's Day, or baby shower gift. I am going to suggest to my husband that he order one of the hand painted clip boards as a holiday gift to one of the managers who works for him. I think it will be the perfect gift for her!
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MPV Car Hire Paros is a flexible and low cost way to travel. No matter how many people are in your group we can fit them in with anything from six seater vehicles to 12 person people carriers. If you want an MPV hire Paros vehicle with GPS then you can rent the seven seater Ford Espace, while the Vauxhall Zafira is also a popular multi purpose vehicle. While many of our customers are tourists who are going on family holidays and require a spacious MPV, we also rent out minivans for business purposes. Whether you need a van to do a job or an MPV for corporate travel, MPV hire Paros is affordable.
Multi purpose vehicles are great for all occasions where you need to transport multiple persons such as weddings or sporting events. If you and your friends want to hire out an MPV to see a big match or have a fun stag party, we recommend that you book at least two months in advance. As availability will be better then you will get cheaper MPV hire Paros rates. The summer, Christmas and Easter holidays are our busiest MPV hire Paros times so plan your reservation accordingly.
You can choose from the latest makes of vehicle by companies like Toyota, Ford and Suzuki. All cars come with excellent AC so that there is no need to get hot and bothered with a lot of people in the car. Prices of just 150 dollars per week are also fully inclusive of all your insurance needs such as a CDW and liability cover. Multi purpose vehicles are so popular because of their versatility and reliability that they make the perfect vehicle for any vacation. Book now for great prices on MPV hire Paros.
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Dierks Bentley Mountain High Tour 2018 Feedback!!
Thank You Vet Tix! We had a great time!
Thank you so much for the tickets! I got to enjoy a nice double date with my wife my sister and her boyfriend! The concert was great and we got to enjoy Darien Lake with the concert tickets!
Thank you for the donated tickets. It was an amazing experience and the best one I’ve been to yet. Thank you very much. Words can’t express how meaningful it was for me.
Thank you for the chance to attend this concert. My wife and I never go to these kinds of things but we truly had a blast so thank you again.
Great show!!! We had an awesome time. Thank you so much.
Thanks to Live Nation and VetTix for the opportunity to attend this event. The concert was awesome!
Thank you VetTix & Live Nation!
My wife and I had an amazing time at the Dierks Bentley concert. We would like to give many thanx to both of you guys for making that experience happen for us. We had an awesome time! Thank you again!
We want to thank Live Nation and VetTix for the great time we had at the Darien Lake Amphitheater. Dierks Bentley was as good as expected. Thank for a great night.
Thanks to Live Nation for these tickets. My girlfriend and I had a great time.
Thank you Live Nation for the amazing seats and an awesome experience.
Thank you so much for the donation of the Dierks Bentley concert tickets. The concert was awesome and everybody had a really good time. As a vet, it is things like this that mean a lot and show us people appreciate everything we have gone through for our country. Keep up the good work that you do, and again, thank you so much.
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Celebrating the simplicity of wood in commercial mixed-use building design.
Design is a conversation between people, environment and culture. The quality of the end result is often the quality of the conversation.
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Miller Community Center Garden is honored to host a fundraiser in support of the Just Garden Project. Click to enlarge the invitation below. We hope to see you there!
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Alvin and the Chipmunks may just be the greatest chipmunk band of our time.
But not everyone appreciates squealing tweenage squirrels, which is why one Toronto musician decided to slow down their songs.
Brian Borcherdt, the musician behind the tracks and a former member of the band Holy F*ck, isn’t your stereotypical Chipmunks fan. But Borcherdt realized that if he slowed down the music, a strange thing would happen: It would sound goth.
“The results would be really deep and guttural and slow,” he told NOW Toronto, a local city paper.
He was able to slow the Chipmunks’ tracks to a sedated 16 RPM, and now, the furry pop stars sound like goth teens singing Morrissey songs at a lonely karaoke bar.
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As proof of spring, as if proof were needed, Sandrine Piau came to Berkeley. Ably supported by Susan Manoff, the French soprano at last brought her exquisitely poised vocalism to Hertz Hall. In a program that paired the more or less known — songs by Mendelssohn, Fauré, Chausson, Strauss, and Poulenc — with three of Britten’s folk song arrangements and a “new” cycle, tailored to her gifts, by Vincent Bouchot, Piau produced such an unfettered flow of springlike sounds as to leave me feeling as though the sun had moved indoors for her recital.
Fashionably outfitted, first in a somewhat conservative black floor-length gown with ivory lace and a shawl that slid back to reveal her slender shoulders, then in another black and ivory lace outfit whose conservatism gave way to a left slit up to high thigh and a back open down to the sacrum, the soprano with the high cheekbones and runway model’s figure displayed a rare instrument. Not since the heydays of Elly Ameling and Barbara Bonney have we heard a voice so radiant and healthy. Rising up from a midrange whose substantial body displayed a warm edge achieved without a trace of bloat, Piau’s upper middle and high ranges rang freely throughout the hall.
Thanks to her rare gifts, the final song, Britten’s arrangement of John Jacob Niles’ I Wonder as I Wander, was especially remarkable. Mostly singing unaccompanied, and repeating the final verse with her back to the audience, Piau floated high notes that not only echoed in the hall for several seconds with astounding clarity and freshness but also continued to reverberate within the expanse of Manoff’s open-lid Steinway. The effect may have been unintended, but it was marvelous. Only a voice this pure, with intonation so flawless, could seem to linger long after it had sounded.
Piau’s interpretations, at least when it came to songs by everyone except Bouchot, were distinctly “modern.” Absent was any trace of portamento, romantic rubato, word painting, and the like. With only Manoff providing variation by slowing on occasion between vocal phrases, this worked wonderfully in the opening songs, Mendelssohn’s Nachtlied (Night song) and Neue Liebe (New love), where Piau’s supreme loveliness of sound and total control at a fast pace were so dazzling that words hardly mattered.
Only a voice this pure, with intonation so flawless, could seem to linger long after it had sounded.
In subsequent songs, including Fauré’s Les Berceaux (Cradles) and Après un Réve (After a dream); Strauss’ Morgen (Tomorrow), Die Nacht, and Ständchen (Serenade); and Britten’s take on the traditional Irish song The Salley Gardens, Piau’s steadiness of tempo and unvaried approach to text led to a bit of monotony. The soprano seemed content to settle on the dominant color appropriate to conveying the import of works and melody, to sing impeccably, and to leave it at that. Fine, perhaps, in a song like Nacht, where it’s easy to float off into dream on such a beautiful stream of sound. But when you have a string of songs filled with either romantic longing or French wistfulness, you need something more than beautiful vocalism along with unvaried tempo and phrasing to pull them off with genius.
Morgen was a disappointment. Manoff, who never once upstaged her soprano, began the long piano introduction beautifully, with a poetic touch. But when Piau entered, the pace quickened, and remained unvaried. After a gorgeous pure high G on “wogenblauen” (blue waves), Piau concluded the main body of the song without slowing even an instant.
Before the final two lines, essentially a quasi-recitative meant to be sung with great poignancy, Manoff did slow down enough to suggest that a change of delivery was in store. But when Piau reentered, the closing was delivered in the same steady tempo as before, without any indication of the deeper meaning of words. The song was rendered prosaic.
Piau brought to Ständchen a lightness and radiance that few sopranos can achieve.
Piau brought to Ständchen, parts of which are meant to trip along “light as elfin steps,” a lightness and radiance that few sopranos can achieve. Yet the song’s essentially romantic nature — it tells of two young lovers who steal out of the house while everyone is asleep, and trip lightly across a field and through flowers before lying under a linden tree to do far more than count the stars — was shortchanged by a refusal to slow down on such phrases as “only love is awake” and “dream of our kisses.” Instead of the romantic pulling and tugging heard in the definitive Strauss recordings of Elisabeth Schumann, who toured the U.S. singing Strauss with the composer as accompanist, we heard present-day Mozartean classicism.
That Piau is capable of more than straight singing was heard in her rendition of Bouchot’s five mildly wicked, tongue-in-cheek Galgenlieder (Gallows songs). Although composed in 2009, the songs hark back to the harmonic language and devices of Hugo Wolf. As such, they call for the kind of character that Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, who was anything but neutral in her interpretations, brought to lieder.
Piau, perhaps encouraged by Bouchot, transformed her delivery. Key words were stressed, tempos were varied, and theatrics came to the fore. With Manoff free to go to town, the set was a triumph.
Poulenc’s C was another high point. After 16 lines that were spun like silk, Piau slowed magically as she called out to her forsaken homeland. If only she had done the same elsewhere in the recital.
Three encores were performed, with Fauré’s beloved Clair de Lune (again sung without lingering) framed by Poulenc’s “Voyage à Paris” from Les Banalités and Strauss’ “Efeu” from Mädchenblumen (with a wondrous descent from high A flat to low E flat). When all was said and done, I could only feel gratitude for this artist whose voice affirms the beauties and wonders of life on earth.
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When it comes to social media most people are primarily concerned with what we in the biz refer to as ‘vanity metrics’ – The number of followers, likes, or comments on your social media accounts or posts. Good marketers understand that while those metrics can be helpful when determining your reach- they don’t necessarily represent any correlation with attracting paying customers to your business. Just because your business has 10,000 followers doesn’t mean that any of them will convert to customers, and even if they do, they may not be your ‘ideal’ customer. Social media marketing is about identifying your ideal customer, reaching them through specific targeting, and coming up with fun and unusual ways to convert them to actual paying supporters of your brand. Social media marketers should be more concerned with the quality of engagement of their social posts rather than the sheer quantity of clicks.
2. The more I post the better!
There is a common misconception that the more often you bombard your followers with content, the more eyeballs will see your posts, and the more followers and customers you will acquire. While perhaps this used to be an effective technique, in today’s age of complex platform algorithms posting more often just for the sake of posting will probably do more harm than good to your accounts. Again, the pro tip is to focus on producing high quality content that your followers will want to engage with and share with others- not producing a large quantity of content.
Despite the ubiquitous nature of hashtags there is still a lot of confusion about how exactly they should be used or more importantly, not used. Certain demographics interact more favorably with hashtags than others. The specific demographics of your target customer will help dictate exactly how your voice on social media should sound. Unfortunately, there is no one-sized-fits-all strategy for using hashtags and your brand’s use of hashtags will differ immensely based on the platform you are using. One general tip is to only use hashtags that are highly relevant to your post. Instagram, for example, allows 30 hashtags per post. Does this mean that you should always use all 30? Absolutely not! Identify the best hashtags for your brand and mix them in with post-specific hashtags for the best results.
Conclusion: If you’ve made it to the end of this blog post you’ve probably picked up on the overarching theme – Quality over Quantity! If you’re overwhelmed don’t hesitate to reach out to the Freemind Team. We offer social media management that can take the form of full-service social media management (posting on your behalf) or year-long editorial calendars and strategic plans that you can implement yourself!
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Working in the field of electronics can mean anything from being on an assembly line to a highly skilled position as an electronics engineer. Because most companies employ a great number of people in a wide range of occupations, an electronics resume needs to be specific as to which type of position the candidate is applying for. The best places to include that information would be in the cover letter and the objective statement.
Perhaps an applicant is seeking a job as an electronics repair technician. The qualification and skills may be related to education and/or work experience, but then again, it may just be referencing skills or characteristics that would make that applicant a suitable candidate. Skills listed might include extensive knowledge of electronic circuit boards, processors, chips, and practical applications of electronics. The applicant might also list such things as highly skilled in troubleshooting, maintaining and calibrating equipment.
Professional experience is actually a brief summary of job history beginning with the most recent job in electronics, and working backwards from there. Unless a job applicant is freshly out of school with no prior job experience in the field, only pertinent employment should be itemized here. The resume is only a means of introduction highlighting experience, skills and education which make the applicant desirable. There will be plenty of room on the actual application to go into more depth. As a result, it is only a matter of listing the company, dates of employment and position held, such as “Quality Control Technician.” Immediately following each job, a brief summary, in list format, of responsibilities would be given.
There are so many levels of education in electronics that it is absolutely necessary to list exact degrees and certificate programs in the education portion of the electronics resume. For instance, an individual seeking employment at a university as a professor would need to have a PhD and have a tremendous amount of published research in order to meed the educational requirements. However, a lineman assembling cell phones may only need a high schoold diploma or equivalent. A technician or technologist in electronics may require an Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Electronics Major. Each position within a company has specific job requirements and no two jobs require the same level of education. It is always best to research job specs prior to submitting a resume.
Finding a job in electronics should not be difficult for suitable candidates who have the necessary skills, experience and education. The field is growing so rapidly that it is difficult for most companies to find competent staff in all positions. Formatting a memorable resume is often the most important part of job hunting. There are sample electronics resumes on this site which can help serious individuals craft their own resumes as effortlessly as possible. Follow these guidelines and the task will be easier than you think.
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Nick Clegg is 100% right about devolution!
Nick’s written an article on devolution which is 100% right. I couldn’t have put it better myself – which is why I am pasting it below. He says it all!
Within hours of the momentous decision by the Scottish people to remain in the UK, Westminster found itself once again bogged down in conventional party political point scoring.
I have seen for myself the way in which the vested interests in the two old parties can conspire to block reform – scuppering elections to the House of Lords and a clean up of party funding in recent years.
We cannot allow an exciting new chapter of empowerment and constitutional renewal to be held hostage yet again by a Labour and Tory pre-election stand off.
The Conservatives, in their rush to protect themselves from an attack from the right, are only concerned about English votes on English matters. Of course we need a solution to this dilemma but, by appearing to link it to the delivery of further devolution to Scotland, they risk reneging on the commitment made to the Scottish people that, in the event of a No vote, new powers would come what may.
Worse still, if the Conservatives enter into a Dutch auction with UKIP over ever more extreme solutions to the issue of English votes they could jeopardise the Union they purport to defend. Surely we haven’t fought to save our Union in a vote north of the border, only to see it balkanised in Westminster?
Labour, by contrast, appears to have been taken by surprise by the unavoidable consequences of devolving sweeping new powers to Holyrood. They are choosing to ignore the dilemma of non-English MPs taking decisions on purely English issues – as a party with dozens of Scottish MPs they have the most to lose.
So, unless they’re careful, the Conservatives may end up turning their back on Scotland, while Labour ignores England: a recipe for stalemate when we should we working across political divides to renew our creaking constitution from top to toe.
We need action on three fronts.
First, delivering the devolution that has been promised to Scotland. No ifs, no buts. The package of reforms myself, Ed Miliband and David Cameron all committed to must be delivered on time and cannot be made contingent on other constitutional reforms, even as we pursue agreement on them in parallel.
We must deliver further powers for Wales as recommended by the Silk Commission while strengthening devolution in Northern Ireland too. And, on the divisive issue of English votes for English matters, we must start with the work of Sir William McKay, who has already done a lot of the heavy lifting after the Coalition asked him to look at this. Sir McKay suggested a number of ways of giving English MPs a special right to vet legislation where it only affects England, bringing in Welsh MPs where appropriate, in a way which avoids fragmenting the Commons.
Second, we need a much more radical dispersal of power within England.
In Coalition I have been determined that – against all of the instincts of central government – we hand back an array of powers to Britain’s communities and cities. But we need to turn this relationship fundamentally on its head. Currently the best local councils can hope for is to be granted new powers when the government of the day deigns to do so. Instead we must guarantee a new, legal right for local authorities to demand powers – decentralisation on demand if you like – with central government having to meet a much higher threshold before it can refuse.
My aim is a statutory presumption in favour of the decentralisation of powers away from Whitehall. I see no reason why we cannot publish draft clauses for this early next year alongside our other pressing reforms.
Finally, as we move towards a more federal system we will need to codify the division of labour between Westminster and the constituent parts of the UK and set out a clear statement of the values we all share. In short, what amounts to a written constitution.
I welcome Labour’s decision to embrace the longstanding Liberal Democrat call for a constitutional convention – but it needs a precise mandate, beginning next year and concluding in 2017. It should have a Citizen’s Jury at its heart, representing every corner of the UK. One area it will need to address is the future of the House of Lords which, in my view, would better serve people as an elected second chamber, in keeping with federal political systems across the world. Ultimately, however, it will not be up to politicians – this process will be led by the people.
Together these changes will rewire power across the UK. This opportunity cannot be hijacked by old fashioned ya boo politics. It would be a tragic irony if the stale and self-serving politics of Westminster that has fed the appetite for change now frustrates the possibility of radical reform. The Scottish referendum may have come and gone, but it’s legacy of UK-wide constitutional renewal still remains within our grasp.
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President Carter authorizes covert aid for opponents of the Communist government in Afghanistan. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter’s National Security Adviser, will state in 1998, “According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the mujaheddin began… after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan… But the reality, secretly guarded until now, is completely otherwise: Indeed, it was July 3, 1979 that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. And that very day, I wrote a note to the president in which I explained to him that in my opinion this aid was going to induce a Soviet military intervention.… We didn’t push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.” [Le Nouvel Observateur (Paris), 1/15/1998] After Brzezinski’s confession, other US officials who denied US involvement prior to the Soviet invasion will change their story as well. For instance, Charles Cogan, who is head of the CIA covert aid program to Afghanistan at this time, will call Carter’s approval on this day a “very modest beginning to US involvement.” [Cooley, 2002, pp. 10] In fact, even this is not correct because the CIA had been aiding the rebels since at least the year before (see 1978 and 1973-1979). The Soviets invade Afghanistan by the end of 1979 (see December 8, 1979).
After the governments of Saudi Arabia and Britain sign the massive Al Yamamah arms deal, “unconventional aspects” of the deal mean that money can be diverted for a variety of purposes. The arms being purchased by Saudi Arabia are paid for not in cash, but in oil, with between four and six hundred thousand barrels a day being bartered to finance the weapons. This enables the Saudis to evade production caps put in place by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Although most of the money realized from the oil should theoretically go to the British as payment for the arms, some of it apparently finds its way back to Saudi Arabians. It is then used to support a number of covert programs to arm anti-Communists supported by Saudi Arabia, such as the purchase of weapons in Egypt that are then sent to the mujaheddin in Afghanistan. [Coll, 2008, pp. 289] It is possible that some of the money is used to finance a missile purchase by the bin Laden brothers for Arabs fighting in the Soviet-Afghan War (see Mid-1986).
Mujaheddin preparing to fire a stinger missile. [Source: National Geographic]Worried that the Soviets are winning the war in Afghanistan, the US decides to train and arm the mujaheddin with Stinger missiles. The Soviets are forced to stop using the attack helicopters that were being used to devastating effect. Some claim the Stingers turn the tide of the war and lead directly to Soviet withdrawal. Now the mujaheddin are better trained and armed than ever before. [Coll, 2004, pp. 11, 149-51; Clarke, 2004, pp. 48-50] The British Special Air Service (SAS) train the mujaheddin in how to use the Stingers (see 1980-1989).
The Camp - The equipment at the camp includes a bulldozer, Kalashnikov machine guns, mortars, some small anti-aircraft guns, and Chinese rockets (although there are no rocket launchers for them). Most of the people at the camp are Egyptians associated with Ayman al-Zawahiri, or young Saudis. The camp is only three kilometers from a Soviet base, meaning there is a serious danger it could be attacked and fall.
Opposition from Azzam - However, the camp is opposed by bin Laden’s mentor, Abdullah Azzam, because he wants all the Muslims—both Arabs and Afghans—to work together, not a separate camp for Arabic speakers. In addition, Azzam thinks the camp is expensive and, given the guerrilla style of warfare in Afghanistan, impractical.
Afghan Arab Essam al Ridi purchases more equipment in the US for the mujaheddin fighting against the Soviets in Afghanistan. He had previously worked as a buyer for the mujaheddin, traveling the world to acquire items for the anti-Soviet jihad (see Early 1983-Late 1984). However, in 1985 he fell out with the others over Osama bin Laden’s influence in the movement, which he thought was excessive, and returned to the US to work as a flight instructor. Al Ridi buys eleven pairs of night vision goggles and gives them to Wadih El-Hage, who will later become Osama bin Laden’s personal secretary (see October 1995). El-Hage takes them to Pakistan for use in his passenger luggage. [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1/14/2001] Al Ridi will later purchase assassination rifles for the fighters linked to bin Laden, apparently with the CIA’s knowledge, but it is unclear whether the CIA knows about this transaction (see Early 1989).
Before 9/11, US intelligence had collected a list of potential bombing targets in Afghanistan (see Late August 1998-2001). The list is said to include 20 to 25 major drug labs and other drug-related facilities. But according to a CIA source, when the list is turned over to the US military after 9/11, the Pentagon and White House refuse to order the bombing of any of the drug-related targets. This CIA source complains, “On the day after 9/11, that target list was ready to go, and the military and the [National Security Council] threw it out the window. We had tracked these [targets] for years. The drug targets were big places, almost like small towns that did nothing but produce heroin. The British were screaming for us to bomb those targets, because most of the heroin in Britain comes from Afghanistan. But they refused.” This source believes that if the US had bombed those targets, “it would have slowed down drug production in Afghanistan for a year or more.” [Risen, 2006, pp. 154] The US will continue to avoid taking action against drug operations in Afghanistan (see February 2002).
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We previously worked with the Central Arizona Project (CAP) during their inaugural Supervisor’s Academy event, delivering a well-received Time Management training. The CAP team wanted to provide a program for 15 of their Supervisor’s Academy participants and their managers to be successful in the transition to their new roles. CAP specifically wanted to help their employees navigate the challenges of shifting to a supervisor role, prioritizing tasks, delegating appropriately , working longer days with more time out of office, meeting deadlines and handling curveballs.
Working with the CAP team, we tailored our flagship workshop, WorkSmart: Time Management & Productivity Skills for the Knowledge Worker, to their specific organizational goals. Using a highly interactive workshop structure, we combined small group discussion, exercises and action planning to give attendees a robust and personal experience. Each attendee received a set of program materials which included a workbook, strategy card and portfolio with meeting planning pad to help them capture their workshop experience and provide value post-workshop. Participants also received a copy of Julie’s book Never Check Email in the Morning, along with a four-week follow-up program designed to help support attendees in building new habits.
Attendees recovered time in their week from their new productivity habits, specifically finding that they were better able to prioritize, manage workload, and effectively plan for tasks and projects.. With their growing time management skills, they were able to focus on high level strategic work while decreasing the backlog on their desks.
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WE NEED A DISCUSSION ON OPRAH'S PLATFORM ABOUT THE TRUE NATURE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Our Education System Has Cutting Edge Mind Education While Brain Education Is Under The Radar Screen.
Why wait for old age to taste pure life when you can do it now.
Become Humble to Become Wise.
While our experts have correctly defined the ills of society being due to the lack of emotional intelligence; they have misunderstood the very nature of EI.
WASHINGTON, DC, USA, November 6, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — Oprah is a mother to us all. So it is hard for me to say this but it has to be done for the greater good. Oprah has to wake up to the fact that all these experts that she is promoting are focused on fixing the symptoms of the ills of society rather than taking care of the actual disease.
Emotional intelligence is a quality to be desired, pursued and achieved. Unfortunately the way our experts try to define and create emotional intelligence is half-baked.
They have wrongly defined emotional intelligence as a stand-alone, independent entity when it is a secondary entity. Emotional Intelligence is a fragrance that stems from an emotionally healthy brain. When our experts try to teach emotional intelligence it is like trying to improve the fragrance on its own. Just as to improve the fragrance, the plant has to be improved, to create emotional intelligence the brain has to be healed. All these books on trying to educate the mind on emotional intelligence are an exercise in failure. Emotional intelligence education is wise-parenting for the young and brain-therapy for the rest.
The problem stems from the fact that our experts have still not defined the difference between brain and mind. In fact, the mind itself is couched in fuzziness to the extent that there is no topic explaining the mind in High School psychology textbooks. When the leading expert Steven Pinker wrote a book on the brain, he did not even mention the mind even once! To improve professional intelligence lessons and textbooks are rightly needed. To improve emotional intelligence it is the brain that has to be healed. The focus of our experts has to shift from trying to teach the mind emotional intelligence to healing the brain by making the brain emotionally healthy.
Any wonder we have 44,000 books on happiness and not one hardly makes you happy. It is because all these books are focused on teaching the mind happiness. The mind itself is the fragrance of the brain and so it is the brain that has to be healed!
One can be the best of the best and yet not up to the mark. Oprah has the opportunity to correct this. She can invite her experts to discuss with me this unfortunate state of affairs.
While our experts have correctly defined the ills of society being due to the lack of emotional intelligence; they have misunderstood the very nature of emotional intelligence.
The first step to creating an emotionally intelligent society is to correctly define the very nature of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is defined by its attributes, it is like defining a tree by its fruit. So the experts are defining and trying to create the fruit instead of defining and creating the tree.
It is like trying to create fruit without cultivating the tree. The tree of emotional intelligence is the emotionally healthy brain. Creating emotionally healthy brains will generate emotional intelligence effortlessly. The focus of Oprah’s experts has to shift from emotional intelligence to emotional health.
Every single day the world continues to suffer from the ignorance of our experts and nothing changes.
The future of mankind is in the hands of our celebrities like Oprah. They have such a big opportunity to transform the world into a wise world. Yet they continue to promote false data.
Oprah’s fans hang on her every word as if it is the golden rule but alas she is misleading them into absorbing half-baked knowledge. Her experts are leading her fans to the wrong destination.
The world is hurting so bad and yet Oprah continues to push half-baked knowledge. She is doing great but still not good enough, she can do much better by showing the world the true nature of wisdom/emotional-intelligence.
All emotions, including wisdom and love etc can now be defined in numbers. The art of living is now a science. Wisdom is a science!
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Whether you’re “feeling the Bern,” want to “make America great again,” or are “standing with her,” the United States has launched into our quadrennial discussion of what direction the nation should take in the future. A large part of that discussion focuses on the health of the national economy, especially its ability to provide the jobs Americans need to support their families.
IWCO Direct is proud to be part of the U.S. mailing industry, which provides Americans with 7.5 million jobs across every state and congressional district in the country. That’s 6% of all jobs in the U.S.! And given the nature of what we do, those jobs can’t be easily moved off-shore.
Not many people realize the critical role the mailing industry plays in the U.S. economy. In addition to jobs, the U.S. mailing industry contributes $1.4 trillion in sales revenue to the economy – 4.6% of total U.S. output. That makes us similar in size to both the airline industry and the oil and natural gas industry.
Mailing industry jobs include manufacturing, distribution and mail management. Private companies in the industry include print and mail service providers, direct mail design agencies, paper producers, private sector delivery firms and suppliers to all these companies. Twenty-seven percent of industry jobs involve mail production and distribution, 28% support the management of mail across all industries and 45% are with businesses that use mail to advertise and deliver their goods and services.
You may be surprised to learn that only 8% of the 7.5 million mailing industry jobs are with the U.S. Postal Service. The other 92% are in private industry. But 73% of all mailing industry jobs are dependent upon a financially strong Postal Service and the delivery infrastructure it provides.
The jobs and revenue provided by the mailing industry are also important elements in the economies of our home states of Minnesota and Pennsylvania. In Minnesota, our industry supports 164,000 jobs and drives $27.3 billion in revenue; while in Pennsylvania it accounts for 313,000 jobs and injects $26.6 billion into the economy.
So whomever you choose to support this November, remember the mailing industry needs your support all year to continue providing an important source of jobs to the U.S. economy.
Thanks to the EMA Foundation for Paper-Based Communications whose 2015 Mailing Industry Job Study is the source for the statistics in this post. Thanks also to Cheryl Chapman of International Paper Company and the EMA Foundation and Peter Johnson, PhD, Principal, mLightenment Research, who were the primary authors of the study.
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The Pettifor Trust team would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that took part and supported us in our Coffee Morning this April.
The total amount that was raised was £342.59 which we could not have done without all the support we had.
A huge thak you to The Uniting Church, Sketty for the venue and also to all thre ladies and gentlemen that helped take part in the sale of cakes, biscuits, tea and coffee along with a table top sale.
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Our Year 13 students have now finalised their Higher Education applications, and the offers have flooded in. We are delighted to announce that nine St Helen’s students have received offers from Oxford and Cambridge colleges – the highest number for over 20 years. 56% of our students who applied to Oxford and Cambridge were successful, well in excess of the national average of 20%.
We are especially proud that our successful Oxbridge applicants have chosen to read subjects across the full range of academic disciplines, reflecting the breadth of subjects at which St Helen’s girls excel: Medicine, Music, English, Classical Archaeology & Ancient History, Biological Sciences, Human Sciences, Natural Sciences (two offers) and Law.
Where do St Helen’s girls go next?
What do St Helen’s girls study at university?
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Assorted croissant lunch featuring our fresh assorted croissants platter, salads and assorted fresh baked cookies.
Fresh selection of croissants with sliced meats and spreads along with fresh healthy salads.
Sliced beets on baby spinach with candied nuts topped with herbed goat cheese and served with a honey lime vinaigrette.
Traditional Greek salad with chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, red onion, & salty olives tossed in a Greek style dressing and topped with Feta cheese.
All Business Lunches Include: Take out plates/bowls, cutlery and napkins. Sustainable dishes can be arranged.
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U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud will lead a roundtable March 27 to discuss ways to improve the availability or services and resources to veterans.
Veterans charities have a noble mission, but a lack of coordination is hampering their cause. That’s why I am excited to have been invited to Washington, D.C., on March 27th to participate in a roundtable discussion led by U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud. We’ll be discussing ways private and public organizations can work together to provide more benefits to veterans, and how we can help veterans connect more quickly with the many, many organizations that are eager to help them.
I have encountered hundreds of different veterans charities over the course of my business career. In spite of their good intentions, many have overlapping priorities and duplicate efforts in a way that diminishes the assistance they are able to offer veterans. Gen. Eric Shinseki, who leads the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Ret. Vice Admiral Jeff Fowler have told me that they have encountered thousands of organizations that seek to help veterans.
The number of organizations reflects the desire of Americans to support their veterans, especially in times of war. Unfortunately, with that generosity being split so many ways, it limits the effectiveness of donor’s dollars.
That’s why I suggest creating a national clearinghouse that would bring private and public veterans organizations together and help them better communicate and coordinate their efforts.
• It would help veterans charities and other support organizations be more efficient and streamlined so that more money and support reaches veterans.
• It would provide a single place for veterans to go to learn about the support that is available to them.
Americans donate generously to organizations that support veterans, and many of those organizations do great work, but many veterans are not getting the help they need. The job is undone, the mission incomplete.
When I left the Marines decades ago, on one side of the gate at Quantico I was a Marine, and when I stepped to the other side, I didn’t know who I was or what to do next. It’s still that way for today’s troops — Washington simply does not have the infrastructure in place to keep track of the millions of men and women who have served our country and help them transition back to civilian life. The military is unlikely to get government funding to address that problem, so military leaders and officials like Rep. Michaud have sought ideas from the private sector about ways to help.
The International Franchise Association’s VetFran program has served as an example. More than 1,100 companies have participated in the VetFran program, which offers discounts to veterans who are interested in owning a business. VetFran’s Operation Enduring Opportunity program also actively recruits veterans for jobs in franchising. VetFran helps connect veterans with individual franchises that are eager to help — and introducing veterans to the franchising opportunity has had a powerful impact. Since 2011, the programs have helped more than 5,000 veterans start franchises and have provided jobs for 145,000 more.
The IFA is committed to supporting our troops, but veterans confront a troubling reality: Historically, when the guns go silent, donations shrink — yet the needs of wounded veterans and their families remain. By creating a clearinghouse to help private and public organizations eliminate duplicated efforts, we can reduce the overhead costs associated with fundraising and administration and ensure that more support flows to veterans. By doing what the IFA has done with VetFran and creating an umbrella organization that connects veterans to relevant organizations, we can take the mystery out of finding help and transitioning to a new life.
Tennessee Rep. Phil Roe discusses ideas for helping veterans with me following a Congressional hearing in January.
Another way the clearinghouse could help is by providing avenues that would allow veterans to earn certifications for the skills that they developed while serving. For instance, an Air Force mechanic in charge of properly maintaining and repairing a $50 million state-of-the-art helicopter may not leave the service with the proper certification to land a job as a mechanic, and a field medic who has saved lives under fire may not have the proper certification to get a job as an EMT. On top of that, certifications vary state-to-state. It’s ridiculous — and it reflects a core dysfunction that veterans face when they emerge from the service and learn that much of their skill and experience don’t count when it’s time to land a civilian job.
The clearinghouse could spearhead education and efforts to more closely align military certifications with private industry counterparts so that veterans could quickly move into jobs where they would be highly skilled and highly valued.
Veterans aren’t looking for a handout — they are simply looking for someone to point the way and help them take the first steps toward a new life.
I thank Rep. Michaud for taking the lead in this effort, and I look forward to joining the congressman in Washington, D.C.
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We can probably see many apps on Android market that promise to save your battery life by certain hours. But All of them does not work, they may have already disappointed you. But comes here the DS Battery Saver. It will not upset you because it does what it says.
Yes, Finally this is the Software that you were waiting for. This software tends to save your battery from draining overnight my putting your phone on deep sleep.
When you open the app you will see 6 options, Gentle, Strong, Balance, Aggressive, Slumberer and Custom, which have their own options. You can click on their respective tabs and check for their options.
Gentel option is the least effective as it wakes up every 30 minutes for 1 minutes to update your phone and Slumberer is the high effective as it always goes to deepsleep while the screen is off.
On Custom you can choose your options for Deepsleep weekday or Deepsleep Weekend. But you need Pro version for that, which you can find on the Android market for not more than $2.
Tell us if it helped you or it is disappointing you. Leave your feedback here.
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Economic bright spot - Plans Include Road and Bridge Funds - Restore T.R.U.S.T.
In 1988 Congress and the Department of Defense launched a round of military base realignment and closure efforts designed to do away with outmoded, inefficient and unneeded facilities and save billions of taxpayer dollars in the process.
Base closures were undertaken in 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 2005. More than 350 bases nationwide closed as a result of the first four rounds and another 14 were slated to close based on the 2005 review by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
Thanks to efforts by local community leaders and state officials to improve their bases and ready them for new missions and joint operations preferred by the military, Oklahoma is the only state that has escaped losing a base as a result of the BRAC reviews.
Those efforts along with the investment of local and state dollars in infrastructure improvements have paid off in a big way for the communities involved. More than $2 billion in federal funds for military construction has poured into Oklahoma since 1995, and by 2011 another $2 billion in BRAC-related spending will come to the state.
Most of the money has gone to the state's five major bases — Altus Air Force Base at Altus, Tinker AFB at Midwest City, Vance AFB at Enid, the Army's Fort Sill at Lawton and the Army Ammunition Depot at McAlester. But communities around the state have benefitted as well. For example, the federal expenditure includes $300 million to close many of the 1930s-era armories around the state and build seven guard and reserve super centers, including one in Broken Arrow.
Enid's Vance AFB exemplifies Oklahoma's success in preserving and expanding its military bases while other states were losing theirs.
In the 1995 BRAC review, Vance was rated last among the nation's 13 Air Education Training Command bases, largely because the physical plant was substandard. It was on the BRAC commission's chopping block.
Enid city leaders created a base closure committee to deal with the threat. The city began appropriating money — more than $80 million to date — to purchase land around the base, which allowed for expansion of runways and protection against encroachment on the base's air space; to improve roads, water lines and waste-water treatment, and even to build a new elementary school on the base. The city also paid for college tuition, books and housing assistance for residents connected with the base. The state has chipped in more than $11 million to help with road and waste-water improvements.
The investment paid off. Not only was Vance spared being closed, its mission was expanded to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots in addition to Air Force pilots.
Now the top-rated of the 13 training command bases, it boasts a total economic impact of $242.3 million a year, including a payroll of $128.3 million. The base directly employs 2,515 people, almost all of them civilians hired by private contractors, and is indirectly responsible for another 980 jobs.
The Vance success story is repeated at the state's other bases, including the largest ones. Tinker AFB employs 23,000 people from seven central Oklahoma counties, with an annual payroll in excess of $1 billion. Fort Sill has 2,188 employees from 15 counties, with a $100 million payroll.
Each of the communities that is home to a major installation has a committee to deal with the base closure issue. In 2001 the state created the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission, to spearhead the base-retention effort and to make the BRAC commissioners aware of what the state is doing. The state group is made up of five representatives of the towns where major bases are located, two members from the state House and Senate, the state adjutant general and a governor's representative.
Its chairman, Mike Cooper of Enid, says there has been a truly bipartisan effort by Gov. Brad Hentry and the Legislature to provide a $100 million bond pool to assist local communities with BRAC-related improvements such as roads and bridges, waste-water treatment facilities and schools; another $25 million to fund new roads, rail access and highway ramp improvements designed to improve access or security at the bases, and a $1 million annual appropriation to assist communities with base growth and expansion needs.
Cooper cites as key legislative players Sens. Mike Mazzei, R-Tulsa, Randy Bass, D-Lawton, Don Barrington, R-Lawton, and Patrick Anderson, R-Enid; Reps. Don Armes, R-Faxon, Randy Terrill, R-Moore, Mike Jackson, R-Enid, and former Rep. David Braddock, D-Altus.
The combined effort of local leaders and state elected officials has proven successful — $2 billion in military construction funding since 1995 and another $2 billion to come by 2011; no bases closed and some kind of expansion at all five of the major bases and some of the smaller facilities, including the Air Guard unit at the Tulsa International Airport.
The military bases represent an economic bright spot in a state that can use some economic good news.
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s.Oliver, Drykorn, L’Officiel, Levi’s, Marie Claire, New Yorker, Nike, Nivea, Otto Kern, Panasonic, Roberto Cavalli und Swarovski.
Reno Mezger, born in Leipzig, studied fashion and design, worked as an art director since moving to Hamburg at the beginning of 2005 and began his career as a career changer in photography.
According to the motto “fully and completely - and with all that I have” he fulfilled his dream and today he can look back on customers like Nike, Levi's, New Yorker, Swarovski and Roberto Cavalli. His pictures have been featured in international fashion magazines Hunger, Schön!, Zink and L' Officiel.
He describes his style as uncompromisingly authentic and expressive. The focus is always on the whole picture, devoted and elegant.
All articles and projects of Reno Mezger at a glance.
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Worst-case scenario planning is factored into so much of our daily lives: We carry umbrellas when it’s cloudy, pop Gravols before taking a long flight, and buy travel insurance when vacationing in other countries. Why should a life-changing decision such as taking on a mortgage be any different?
In finance, planning for a worst-case scenario with an investment is called a stress test. When it comes to mortgages, a stress test is a way of determining exactly how much you can afford and — this is the important part—under what circumstances. For example, if your income was reduced due to a job loss or unforeseen expense, could you still afford to make mortgage payments? What if interest rates spike or you need to refinance your home?
This type of rainy-day planning is important for a few reasons. First, interest rates fluctuate. So, too, do home prices. According to the Canadian Real Estate Association, the national average home price was $468,350 in February 2019.
Knowing that you can still afford to pay your mortgage in the case of an interest rate increase can make the difference between the type of home you start shopping for or how you re-evaluate your budget if you’re already a homeowner.
Due to new mortgage rules that went into effect Jan. 1, 2018, all homebuyers getting either a high-ratio mortgage (those with a down payment of less than 20% on the purchase price on a home) or an uninsured mortgage (those with a down payment of at least 20%) are now subject to a mortgage stress test and have to qualify at a rate that’s higher than they actually pay. (Previously, only high-ratio mortgages were subject to this test).
Today’s best mortgage rate in Ontario is 2.89% (as of Apr. 2, 2019), and the Bank of Canada’s qualifying rate is currently 5.34%. The stress test is based on qualifying for the greater of either the Bank of Canada qualifying rate or plus two percentage points to the contracted rate.
What that means is that even if you get a mortgage rate of 2.89%, the new stress test requires that you qualify for a mortgage of 5.34% — even though you’ll still be paying the contracted 2.89%.
For most, that will mean qualifying for a home that costs 20% less than they would have prior to the new stress test rule.
So how do you figure out what minimum monthly payment you’re required to be able to afford under the new test? Lucky for you, we’ve got you covered.
It’s one thing to compare the best mortgage rates on our site today, but you should also assume that mortgage rates could go up in the future. If you have a variable-rate mortgage, which is attached to prime rate, this will immediately affect your mortgage payment. On the other hand, if you have a fixed-rate mortgage, you’ll keep your current low rate for the duration of your term, but will be faced with an increase once your mortgage comes up for renewal.
While it’s impossible to predict exactly where interest rates will be in a few years, an increase of two to three percentage points isn’t out of the question. For example, if you buy a home for $468,350 (the current national average home price), put down 20% and qualify for a five-year fixed-rate mortgage of 2.89%, you’ll have a monthly mortgage payment of $1,752. That doesn’t sound so bad.
But what if mortgage rates increase to 5.34% — the current required stress test rate — after your five-year term ends? According to our mortgage payment calculator, your monthly payment would rise to $2,252. Can you afford that rate today? You will have to be able to – even if you aren’t required to pay that rate – due to the stress test rules.
If not, you may need to weigh your options; do you save a larger down payment and defer the purchase of your home? Do you choose a more affordable home?
Only you know the correct choice. It’s a good idea to speak with your mortgage broker to help you figure out your best course of action.
Below the calculator, we built in an “Interest Rate Risk” section that shows you what the balance of your mortgage will be after this mortgage term, which gives you some examples of what your new monthly mortgage payment can be with a variety of interest rates (based on historical averages). While you probably don’t need to worry about mortgage rates ever hitting double digits again, it’s still good to be informed.
To run multiple scenarios on our mortgage payment calculator, you can also manually enter custom mortgage rates and compare the results to your monthly budget before you buy a home that may be too expensive in the future. If you want to get serious about it, keep a spreadsheet with all the results so you can reference it later.
It also doesn’t hurt to ask a mortgage broker for help when stress testing a mortgage before you buy. In addition to helping you find out what your ideal debt service ratios and maximum interest rate are, they can keep you up to date on changes to lending policies that can affect your mortgage affordability.
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What can Hearthstone Learn from the League of Legends Competitive Scene?
The League of Legends World Championship is currently underway, since I am nerdy I tuned in to see what it was like. A few years back I was a very involved fan in this scene, I would watch all the games of both the EU and NA LCS. For those who don’t know, this is the weekly League of Legends league and works similarly to European soccer seasons. As I was watching the World Championship I noticed there were quite a few differences between how tournaments work in League of Legends compared to Hearthstone; thus I started to think about what the young Esports of Hearthstone could learn from its bigger brother. What I came up with is four main points which could be classified as: audience interaction, storyline, casters and length. I guess if you want to know what these exactly mean you will have to read on!
I want to emphasize that my focus in this piece is from a viewer perspective, I ignore all the drama surrounding contracts and Christopher “Montecristo” Mykles. That being said, I hope you enjoy the article!
I think that the interaction with the fans is the one thing that the League of Legends scene has that Hearthstone is really lacking, this is why I put it as my first point. For those who don’t know, when a League of Legends match is ongoing during and after the game tweets from the fans are either showed or read out by the casters. In addition to this, there is always in place a system where the audience can vote for the teams they think will win, this is refreshed regularly and shown throughout the matches. From an audience perspective this is awesome, having your tweet potentially read out and your opinion expressed is exciting! In some way it makes you feel part of the tournament, not just an outside viewer.
In Hearthstone I don’t think this would be too hard to implement, you would just to hire one more person when organizing a tournament (social media guy). This person could be put in charge of the Twitter page where fans are told they can send their thoughts. He would then choose the ones he likes the most and we could have the players and casters engage with the chosen tweets. This would be good because it would break the monotony of watching a tournaments, after a few hours of watching games they can become repetitive. Shaman vs Shaman can only entertain you for so long! (Just to make sure no one gets offended, it’s a joke). Additionally, when there are breaks or technical issues there would always be some material to talk about, giving the casters an easier time to entertain the audience.
Fan interaction can also happen in game, not only in tournaments. There is a new feature implemented in League of Legends where you can spend little to no in-game currency and have the logo of your favourite team be showcased on command during your games. In Hearthstone I don’t see why we couldn’t have something similar. Instead of our favourite team, we could have logos of our favourite players and personalities. I think this feature could be helpful to introduce people which are not aware of the competitive scene to the competitive scene. For example, suppose Brian Kibler had a logo. A new player might see the name Brian Kibler and search the name on google out of curiosity. He finds the stream and starts watching this cool looking dude playing a Dragon Monkey deck, shortly after he discovers he really enjoys watching streams. Bam, just like this new viewer has been attracted to the Hearthstone scene! Features like this could potentially attract more viewership to tournaments, which means more money and consequentially better production value.
Overall, I feel this is the most important aspect which needs to be improved in Hearthstone tournaments. Entertaining the viewers is often not enough to keep them stuck to the screen, you need to engage with them.
When watching the League of Legends World Championship I noticed that every player and team has a storyline which the casters pick on when talking about them. This really gets you attached to a certain team or player. For example Doublelift, the TSM AD carry (player), is going to retire soon and thus needs to give the tournament his best shot in order to go out with a blast. This makes it so much better to follow his story, it is not only about the game but also about the person. In general, the audience loves a good story, especially one with a lot of bumps in the way! The best example of this is right now in the World Championship is Team Albus Nox Luna, one of the wild card teams which qualified through opens. They were expected to lose every game, but against all odds they are second in their group. This is amazing, seeing giants in the scene be defeated by unknowns really ups the level of excitement when watching a game.
Notice that what is required for Albus Nox Luna’s story to work is a giant (famous team) to defeat. If they were competing against other unknown players, very few people would care about their achievements; even if they might be just as impressive. In Hearthstone, unfortunately, this happens all the time. Players are not properly credited with their achievements because very often we have finals which are fought between unknowns. We have moved from a competitive scene which had a lot of invites to the opposite. When it happened this seemed to make sense, unfortunately the community at the time didn’t realize that they wouldn’t really enjoy watching players they didn’t know compete against each other. This makes it much harder to know for who to cheer, if both players don’t have any distinctive feature about them how can you distinguish them when they play?
One thing that I will say is that I was happily impressed by how storylines were developed at HCT Europe (this also has to do with the fact casters had more material than usual to work with). The final between Pavel “Pavel” Beltukov and Dima “RDU” Radu had me really conflicting who to cheer for. On the one hand, Pavel didn’t make it last year because of a misplay due to nerves, the fact he was at it again really impressed me. I am a sucker for redemption stories. On the other hand, RDU is an amazing player and played like a god throughout the bracket. Also, he is probably the guy who worked the hardest out of any player to try qualify for Blizzcon, it would have been nice to see him rewarded for his efforts. In the end I decided I would be both sad and happy no matter the outcome, there was no way out of this one. What I want to emphasize is that I was excited to see this game; it wasn’t just unknown one against unknown two, it was two stories meeting and clashing against each other.
Moving on, if Blizzard manages to design the game to a point where top players can be consistent and tournaments start inviting more known players, we might get more exciting games where great storylines meet and clash against each other.
Now don’t get me wrong, I think that Hearthstone has top notch casters: Simon “Sottle” Welch, James “Firebat” Kostesich, Alexander “Raven” Baguley and I don’t think I have to even mention Dan “Frodan” Chou, are all excellent at what they do. I feel though that there are some casters which regularly get gigs which could improve their communication skills. What I would like to see is people attempting to break into casting go through the right process, and not be thrown in the huge tournaments straight away just because of their names. Take Firebat as an example. Before getting the big gigs he was casting smaller tournaments for a while in order to improve his casting skills. This really paid off as now he is easily amongst the best.
Another thing I wanted to add is that if one looks at the League of Legends casters, they sound like they are having tons of fun and it is funny to see how they poke each other. In Hearthstone we get less of this, even if this is improving as casters get more gigs together (the Sottle-Frodan synergy comes to mind). I realize that it takes time for the synergy to establish itself, and it is already impressive in Hearthstone the synergy exists as the Esport is very new. Going forward, I think that casters should be introduced slowly in the scene in order for them to establish themselves in the group and not have a bunch of unknowns having to interact with each other awkwardly.
One thing I love in League of Legends is that the casters are not afraid of criticising plays. If a player makes a mistake I believe that the caster pointing it out reinforces the idea that the game requires skill. This is because if even high levels players can make mistakes, it adds to the idea that mastering the game is close to impossible. At the end of the day we are all human, if every game was played perfectly there would be no reason to comment on the games!
In general, I think that the Hearthstone scene is blessed with a lot of excellent casters but there is some work to be done in order to increase the existing pool. Apart from this I don’t have much more to say as I am not a caster and Frodan has already written an extensive piece on the matter (you can find it at: https://frodan.com/2016/07/03/casting-call-2-the-current-state-of-hearthstone-casting-and-why-its-sorely-lacking/ ).
Tournaments don’t have to start and finish in the span of two or three days, they can last a long time! If you look at the League of Legends scene you will notice that there is a big mix of tournament types. First, there is the weekly LCS League which functions similarly to a Soccer League. Second, there are smaller weekend events where qualified teams compete against each other in a span of two or three days. Lastly, there is the World Championship which functions like a tournament just it has a huge amount of games. The variation definitely helps the viewership be excited about the events, when formats are ever-changing everything looks fresher to the audience.
The key thing I want to discuss is that a card game needs large sample size in order for pattern of consistency to show up, three games is not enough. The reason we very often see the same names at the top of Swiss groups is because these are the players can consistently pull out results. If out of sixty games you can win forty-five, this is a pretty impressive feat. Now, I realize that some tournaments make sense to be played over a short time span and it is not realistic to have every tournament have loads of games over weeks. For example, a top eight qualifier for Blizzcon doesn’t need to last days, one day is more than enough to go through every game. On the other hand, Blizzcon itself could have a bigger Swiss type tournament in order to see who really is the best player, not who is the luckiest one.
On top of this, and Reynad with Tempostorm have been great in this aspect, tournaments with different lists of rules take away from the monotony. Once again I have to say that seeing Shaman vs Shaman over and over is not the most exciting of propositions, eventually the casual viewership will get bored of this. Having events like Lord of the Arena keeps viewers entertained and helps players which have a different skill set show what they are capable of. Some player are great pilots, they will be able to play any deck optimally. Other players are great deck-builders and will manage to use their skills to counter the metagame. Then there are the arena players, their skills have to do with card choice and situation. In general being a pilot is only one aspect of the game of Hearthstone, many talented players don’t get to showcase their abilities because of the same formats being re-used constantly.
Concluding this section, tournaments can have different formats we don’t have to have conquest best of three till the end of days, giant Swiss groups or last Hero standing are also options (and I am sure there are many others).
I want to emphasize that by no means I think that the Hearthstone tournament scene is in a bad place, I really enjoy watching tournaments and I tune in for most of them. The potential for the game is certainly there, Team 5 have done an awesome job making Hearthstone a really appealing game to look at. The game is so polished design wise that my family used to watch tournaments with me in the evenings! All I want to say is that I believe that there are a few steps organizers could take to make these events even better than they already are. This concludes my thoughts on the matter, I would be really curious about what other people think about what could be done to improve (if anything) the tournament scene. If you have any opinion let me know in the comment section!
If you like the article consider following me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matteo_ghisoni , it does go a long way to gain some recognition from the community. Thank you for reading and have a nice day!
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“President Vladimir Putin dropped a bombshell Monday when he suddenly ordered his defense and foreign ministers to start pulling “the main part” of Russian forces out of Syria the next morning” – DEBKA.
News-media around the world are stunned by this announcement. The US is in consternation as to what on earth has caused Putin to do this.
Firstly, lets be clear, Russia is not leaving Syria all together. According to Russian state media, ‘Moscow will maintain a military presence in Syria, and a deadline for complete withdrawal has not yet been announced. Putin also indicated that Russian forces will remain at the port of Tartus and Hmeymim airbase in Latakia.
Speculation about the Russian motive is rife with most US agencies skeptical of Putins claims.
“A deep rift with Tehran over the continuation of the Syrian war and an irreconcilable spat with Syrian ruler Bashar Assad over his future prompted Russian President Vladimir’s shock order Monday, March 14, for the “main part” of Russian military forces to quit Syria the next morning.
Despite the speculation, one thing is clear: Russian intentions are as clear as mud.
At any rate, if Russia does leave Syria, it will leave a far more scalable contingent in Syria than what it had before it entered in September. It wouldn’t be too hard for Russia to sweep down harder and faster at another date.
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What world is you're wizard from?
Re: What world is you're wizard from?
John legend spear jr. was raised in krokotopia by his parents john legend spear senior & Tari Moon stone. But... sadly his parents died of a unknown disease from either Kroks or Cursed Manders. John was orphaned at age 9. When Zeke arrived at Krokotopia he took john as his son. But his wife knew he might be a problem so he kicked him out and then he was found by dogs when they arrived. Same thing happened and it happened over & over & over again. So he raised him self on hi own. When he met Alhazrad he learned his firsts spell. Soon after a year in class he was sent to ravenwood & became a great example to other balance wizards after leveling to high levels.
Came from: deep in the drum jungle, born without any powers.
His story: stole a steamboat banking the river in the drum jungle. He crashed in celestia. During his crash he hit a powerful energy source wick granted him the powers of storm. He made friends in celestia, one of them telling him about a distant world called wizard city. At the middle of the night he escaped for this distance land called wizard city and retrieved it in only 3 days. He lived there, saving different worlds from disaster, one of them being zafaria and the drum jungle which he was very excited about. But he recently bought a castle to share with his pets and mounts.
Gorman came from a place called Thoss, and got to Wizard City because he misspelled the address on his application for Magic Isle. While his family generally lives to be several hundred years old, Gorman is barely old enough to go to school, being barely 20. He'll be allowed to date in five years, but right now is trying to find a pet he can take home with him, on vacation, (if there ever is one). He lives in a place called Nushire, where the people are all well-versed in small magics, but no one can summon so much as an imp. He still resides there, when not at either of his castles, because his mom would kill him if he moved out this young. He's going to move, as soon as he's old enough, or when he finishes Dragonspyre, whichever comes first. All the rest of my characters come from Places like Wysteria, Marleybone, Cool Ranch and such, except one, who is from Darkmoor. (Destiny has moved, to Wizard City, but has a theatre where she usually can be found.
2. What area of that world?
3. Still residing there or moved?
5. Does NOT have to be a world related.
Mine: Amber Nightblossom lived in Celestia, in the Floating Islands. She has moved and does not reside there anymore.
Kestrel Ashthorn, Level 20 Death.
"Fizzle once, shame on you. Fizzle twice, shame on me."
I forgot to mention that Destiny Deathcaster has a place on Haunted Cave now, since the death school sank and she had to move. She got tired of having an encounter every time she went to or from school.
Ok so I'm new to this place, so if I do something wrong please correct me.
Maria Dragoncaster (My main wizard) was born in the beautiful land of Zafaria in the town of Stone Town. Her mother is a maid to the Elephant Queen while her father (a Pyromancer ) is a part of her guard. Maria served, at first, as a playmate for Prince Tiziri when she was a child and then became his personal maid when she turned 12. One day, she had accidentally set fire to a curtain in front of the entire court, her pyromancy genes finally showing through. When her parents heard of the incident, they asked Queen Aryanah Silvertusk for permission to send her to Ravenwood to become a wizard. The Queen, interested in this and knowing that having a wizard around would be a magnificent help, gave her permission and even gave her a small fortune to help support herself.
Now, she travels around the Spiral, learning powerful fire spells and lending a helping hand whenever she could. She currently has a nice huge caravan-like home on a small island in Mirage since Mirage reminds her of home and another not far from Wizard City.
Hope you all like her background and I'm happy to be here in the Message Boards.
Calamity comes from unknown origins.Her memories begin back when she was seven years old, wandering the streets of wizard city where she was picked up by a lady who called herself Sylvia Drake. She agreed to go with Sylvia to her house for she believed that because of Sylvia's soft smile she wouldn't be harmed - and she was right. There she met Malistaire Drake, Sylvia's husband. He also agreed to take in Calamity. When she was finally of age to be enrolled into Ravenwood, she took up the art of Necromancy. She remembers the feeling of pain as she stood by Sylvia's bed and watched her slowly die and she remembers the feeling of sorrow as she watched Malistaire slowly fade off into madness. She's been traveling the spiral after graduating from Ravenwood ever since.
Alura was born in Dragonspyre, forced to flee at the age of seventeen due to the war that broke out there. It was hard trying to leave as there were guards blocking off every spiral door in Dragonspyre yet she successfully managed to trick a guard to leave their stand in front of what is now the only working door to this day. She went straight to Wizard City, going to the man she had only met once before, Merle Ambrose. He then enrolled her into Ravenwood, allowing her to become a diviner and practice Storm magic. Since then, she has never seen her family. She believes the dragons killed them after realizing she escaped.
Mariah was born in Avalon to a large and happy family, her father one of King Artorious head guards and her mother a healer to the royal family. After King Artorious died, her family moved to away from Avalon, unable to stay due to the painful memories that surfaced every day. At eighteen, she moved to Wizard City to practice Fire Magic, invited by Merle himself because of her families close ties. She hopes to avenge Avalon and bring order to it once more.
generally speaking, isaac spiritstrider[ ] is marleybonian (he has a marleybonian house). due to the lack of magic there, he spent most days as a child wandering to his mom and dad asking for books. eventually, at ten, he cast his first spell or magic as you will. this spell gave him wings, leaving his parents in awe. when he returned to his school, many of the students were quite impressed and, well, the book didn't stay in the library for much longer. he continued his studies for years to come. when he was fifteen, he volunteered at barkingham palace to guard the queen during a royal gala. tragedy struck, for the queen had fallen ill and he had to heal her. he casted helping hands, the first true balance spell he had ever cast. of course, this made her less sick, but the cure wasn't his (nor did he take the word for he healed her; he's a nervous fellow!). later that evening, a male approached him and gave him a small note, telling him about ravenwood and the many magical schools. of course, he could not travel to ravenwood while fifteen. after three years, he managed to get a permit from scotland yard and traveled to wizard city. of course, he wanted to be balance, but to his sadness, there was no school (it was in krok). he was trained by a private tutor given to him by mr. lincoln. when trouble came about, spiritstrider felt like it was his duty to ultimately save wizard city, the same fuel that made him save the queen years before. currently, he's in mooshu, eating a lot of rice and fighting ninjas/demons.
Tabitha grew up in Albion, Marleybone. Despite what Boochbeard thinks, her foster father was a radical fox, not a redcoat. She quickly learned to steal and sneak around, and she spent years doing so whenever she got the chance to visit the Isle of Fetch in Westminster Skyway. After the fall of the Armada, she left Marleybone to escape the painful memories of losing someone she cared about.
She stole a Royal Navy skiff, sailed to the lost world of Khrysalis, and spent a few years studying Sun and Balance magic while fighting alongside the Burrowers in the Last Wood.
At the age of 18, she found out about the school of Ravenwood and enrolled as a student of Balance. She currently lives in the student dorms on campus.
Juan Owlsong grew up in Darkmoor. His father was the brave knight Sir Geraint, who was closely acquainted with FlyGob, Herald of Castle Darkmoor. However, Juan Owlsong was never interested in Death, Ice or Star magic, which were the only heavily practiced types of magic in that area. Juan eventually managed to escape Darkmoor. However, in Nightside, he was kidnapped by a Ghoul named Grubb, who took him to the Sunken City, and locked him in a tower, which was guarded by a ghostly troll, Simon the Sayer. Juan, sequestered from any living beings, feared that he would never see freedom again. As Juan lay down on the bare floor, depressed, he heard noises from outside. Looking from his window, he saw three young wizards running on the pavement, wands in hand. He called out to them, hoping they would hear him. No dice. He shouted more and more loudly, finally, one of them, a Myth Wizard, named Tarlac MythBlade, finally heard his cries. Tarlac and his friends, a Life Wizard and a Balance Wizard, rescued Juan from the lonely Spire he had been locked in for weeks. After helping the Wizards defeat Grubb, he left the Sunken City, and went to the Commons with them, where he was enrolled into the School of Ravenwood. He was educated in Myth Magic by Cyrus Drake. He never looked back. He traversed the worlds of the spiral, conquering villains and the like. Juan now lives in a Red Barn Farm, where he tends to his plants daily, and relaxes when he's not busy saving the Spiral.
my fire wizard Dakota FireRiver was born in dragonspyre and raised by the drake riders Ashton and Fred. when Malistare came to Dragonspyre he not only defeated and destroyed Ashton and Fred in front of Dakota, he also shot Dakota into a spiral door, caring not where he would show up... dakota was found passed out in the branches of Baretlby in ravenwood. Dalia and Ambrose got him down and realized it was Malistares doing. this is when Cyrus drake decided to take the boy in since he figured malistare must of killed whatever family he had. Cyrus expected Dakota to learn myth but saw the fire within him, proving he was meant to be a student of fire. as of now Dakota is in Marleybone cleaning up the street problems and doesnt know that Malistare is watching him. however Malistare is not the only one for Morganthe is also watching him from her shadow web.
Sam Dreamweaver - She came from the Wooded Cottage a distant house near Wizard City, and now resides in the Botanical Gardens, the same distance away from Wizard City.
Mark Darkblood - No one really knows where he came from, but most to most sources, he was born in Avalon, near the castle, and his father was a royal. Somehow, he came to possess an item of great power and, out of nowhere, disappeared without a trace. The only ones who know of his whereabouts are Sam Dreamweaver and Brittany Flower.
Madeline Dreamweaver - She came from the Botanical Gardens where Sam now resides, but ran away from home. She now lives on Mount Olympus with Zeus Skyfather as her new father.
James Rosegem was always drawn toward the sea. He went out every day and sailed with his dad. They were fishermen. One day, they were out on the water, and a storm came. It destroyed the boat, and James and his dad were separated. He was found deep underwater by a leviathan, who led him to Celestia, a place where he could be safe.
There, he discovered the magical schools of ravenwood, and the Astral schools from Celestia. He now lives in the District of the Stars, still fighting against Morganthe's army with the help of his Leviathan friend.
Andrew Golden Coin was raised by leperachuns (or whatever they are) from Avalon (that's why golden coin geddit?) Then he went to work as an advisor in castle avalon where he needed to graduate from wizard city so Andrew went graduated and artoruis DIED. Nowadays Andrew is trying to defeat Malistaire.
Victoria SkullShard is a teenager out of Dragonspyre that managed to escape the wrath of the Dragon Titan via some odd magic crystals they used out of desperation to escape. Turns out they were sent into Wizard City, many years into the future. She decided to take up Death Magic, hoping to perhaps bring back those who were lost to her through the Dragon Titan's wrath. However, Malistare's use of necromancy scared her off of the idea, as she saw how much suffering bringing back the dead cost those around them. Instead she puts her knowledge to use to make sure the resting dead can continue resting.
his father was the worlds most hated boss and his mother was a dryad he started to learn life magic from his mother but then he had the idea of going to raven wood so he applied and got in after that he kept in touch with his parents he knew he would find his way back and then he came back and bought a house there it was a nice barn of red a maze of horror a house of terror and a clown in a drain such kindness came from that clown.
Madeline, a balance wizard, hailed from Krokotopia only to leave to join her older best friend Ryan GoldenTalon in Wizard City. Not much is known other than the fact that she was found in the Palace of Fire running around lost after the Kroks took her parents. But while trying to find Ryan, she found Autumn instead, one storm wizard who lived on Triton Avenue all her life and vowed to fight her way out to the other worlds (what can I say, she was non-stop). Together, they're often found in Krokotopia, trying to make sense of the writings left behind by Madeline's mother.
And all the while, poor young Emily can only remember her name and that she supposedly hailed from Marleybone. She's often found in the libraries of Wizard City and Krokotopia, aching to learn more.
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Six students from Lithuania together with 169 high schoolers from 21 different countries gathered in Pomfret, CT not just to meet each other, but also to learn all they will need for a successful school year at the American boarding schools. KFF representatives N. Baumiliene and G. Genender visited them at the orientation to wish them the most incredible school year.
News portal "Lietuvos žinios" (Lithuanian News) shares Marius Mereckis story about his summer internship in Lithuania with the We Connect Lithuania program.
The Kazickas family and the Foundation thank Sacred Music Hours Concerts organizers and performers for the wonderful summer concerts. Even thought Tuesday evenings' concerts at the st. Casimir church in Vilnius, where everyone is invited to attend without charge, continue till September 11th, we'd like to share some amazing moments from the concert dedicated to Dr. Joseph and Alexandra Kazickas wedding anniversary.
Dr. Joseph P. Kazickas (1918-2014) 100th anniversary exhibition continues its travel through Lithuania. This time it is coming to Palanga where town's residents and guests will have an opportunity to visit it between August 23rd and October 5th. Everyone is cordially invited to exhibition's opening Thursday, August 23rd, 5pm at the Palanga Resort Museum (Birutės al. 34A).
In the beginning of August in Barcelona Lithuanian athlete Andrejus Novikovas took 6th place at the International CPISRA (Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association) Summer Games Race Running 100 m run. The Kazickas Family Foundation sponsored Andrejus' trip to the Games giving him opportunity to represent Lithuania. Thank you, Andrejus, for making us so proud!
Today, August 15th, marks 77th wedding anniversary of Dr. Joseph and Alexandra Kazickas. Last night people gathered at the St. Casimir church in Vilnius to remember this beloved couple, to say a prayer while listening to a beautiful organ music. During the evening guests could also hear dr. Joseph Kazickas's letters to his dear wife Alexandra.
The Kazickas family is pleased to present this special 100th year anniversary exhibition on the life and times of Joseph P. Kazickas (1918-2014,) philanthropist, patriot, and businessman here in Druskininkai, and to remember his friendship with the most renowned 20th century Lithuanian artist, Vytautas K. Jonynas.
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A new trend is emerging when it comes to patio doors in San Diego home, and it’s no surprise, given the mild San Diego climate that invites you outdoors year round. The new trend is to install accordion or telescoping patio doors on a large wall that leads out to a patio. These two types of doors began appearing in newly constructed homes in the early 2000s, but are now becoming more popular in retrofits of older homes.
An accordion patio door, also called a folding patio door or bi-fold patio door, can be comprised of as few as two glass panels and up to as many as ten. When opened, the panels all fold to the side of the opening—either all to one side, or some to the right and some to the left—stacking against one another to create a wide, unobstructed opening. Panels usually fold outward from the house, so you don’t have to give up any interior floor space.
Folding patio doors are available in many different finishes, including natural woods, to complement your home. They offer a luxurious feel, and give you a true indoor/outdoor experience that many San Diego homeowners crave.
Many accordion patio door systems are top hung and will require a substantial structural header to be installed to support the doors. Consult with a trusted San Diego patio door installation company or general contractor to see what structural changes would need to be made to your home in order to install accordion patio doors.
Telescoping patio doors, sometimes called telescoping sliding patio doors or multi-slide patio doors, are another great choice for San Diego homeowners looking to take advantage of the San Diego weather and views. Telescoping patio doors are designed with panels that slide past each other to create a wide opening to the outdoors. Another option with telescoping patio doors is to have all of the panels disappear into the wall when opened, like a pocket door.
The more panels you have in a telescoping patio door set-up, the wider the track will be, since each door operates on its own track. If you want an extra wide opening, you can avoid this by having fewer, larger panels.
For all of the advantages of accordion and telescoping patio doors, there are some drawbacks. They are more expensive than traditional sliding patio doors, both in terms of the doors themselves and the installation costs. They are also more difficult (and therefore more expensive) to screen. One solution is to install a retractable screen above the patio doors that can be brought down when needed, and retracted when not in use. Also, they are more difficult to install, and won’t always be 100% watertight. It is recommended that both types of patio doors be installed under some sort of overhang to avoid contact with large amounts of water.
Accordion and Telescoping doors used to be an item only for custom, luxury homes, but their popularity is beginning to bring down the price as more and more manufacturers are getting in on the game. Frame materials range from wood to aluminum or vinyl clad to fiberglass, with many exterior colors to choose from. Hardware options are almost limitless.
Another option available from some manufacturers is the installation of an “everyday door” that is hinged in such a way that it can be opened like a regular door, without having to open the entire system of panels.
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Many investors are looking to buy a crude oil index ETF to profit from oil's rise throughout 2015.
WTI oil prices are up 7% this year. And we expect oil prices to continue climbing in 2015.
The expected oil price climb has made crude oil index ETF investing increasingly popular. The Wall Street Journal reported about $6 billion was invested in oil ETFs in the first quarter alone.
The problem is known as "contango."
Contango happens when prices are higher than the spot price of oil.
You see, many of these oil ETFs track futures contracts rather than the spot price. When there's a price gap between the price of the expiring contract, and the new futures contract, the fund has to buy contracts at the higher price. That means the fund is constantly buying high and selling low.
For example, if the new futures contract is $2 higher than the expiring one, investors will encounter what is called a "negative roll yield" of $2. Again, the ETF is buying high and selling low to track the price of oil month to month.
Contango typically occurs during periods of unusually low prices and high production.
The last time this happened to oil prices was the "supercontango" during the 2008 financial crisis. Back then, oil tanker ships stockpiled millions of barrels of crude oil off the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico, England, and other major production areas. The spread between spot prices and futures prices 12 months later was more than $23 a barrel for WTI.
Any spread between the spot price and futures price can cause crude oil index ETFs to miss profits.
The chart tracks price movements in the WTI spot price of oil compared to the U.S. Oil Fund LP (NYSE Arca: USO).
The United States Oil Fund is one of the most popular oil index ETFs on the market. Financial Times reported that more than $2 billion was invested in it in 2014.
But USO misses out on gains when the market is in contango. From 2009 to 2011, WTI prices increased more than 115% while USO only gained 34%.
USO also endures harsher tax treatment. ETFs that track oil futures contracts face higher taxes than other funds due to their regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). That means investors receive higher taxes as well.
While a crude oil index ETF offers some returns, there are better profit opportunities in the energy sector.
The best oil stocks to buy during contango periods are midstream master limited partnerships (MLPs). These are the firms that own assets like pipelines and storage facilities.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Design Manager to join a global market leader in the integration and provision of Warehouse Automation systems based out of their south Oxford area Headquarters.
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Carry out the duties of the Principal Designer in line with the requirements of CDM Regulations 2015.
Engage with clients and designers to enhance and integrate health & safety / design risk management into the project team, design team meetings and the construction phase.
Take ownership and lead the design risk management process whilst applying the general principles of prevention.
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety during the pre-construction phase when most design work is carried out.
Take account of aspects of projects including usability, functionality, future maintainability, life cycle building management and identify residual risks at all stages of the project.
Health & Safety File compilation.
Provide practical health and safety advice, guidance and coaching to project teams at all stages of the project when required.
Hold a design qualification. i.e. engineer or relevant experience preferably in a Materials Handling Environment.
This is an exciting job opportunity for an aspiring Health & Safety Advisor or Site Management / Project Management professional with a good understanding of automation and construction regulations to join a market leading automation systems provider with an array of career paths available both at home and abroad.
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For 17 minutes today beginning at 10 a.m. CST, students and their supporters across the country are planning to walk out of their schools (those not on Spring Break) to honor the victims of the Parkland school shooting in Florida, and to call on Congress to pass meaningful gun regulation. Unfortunately, some schools view this act as a disruption and are threatening to discipline students who participate. A disciplinary response is a disservice to young people and a missed educational opportunity.
Too often, adults discipline students for expressing their opinions or simply being themselves. LGBT students have been sent home for expressing their sexual orientation, and girls have been disciplined when they challenge gendered uniform policies. Students of color are more likely than their white classmates to be disciplined, especially for subjective offenses like excessive noise. A hairstyle, a hoodie, or even a creative school science project can be seen as cause for disciplining black and brown students. Punishment has even been invoked against students who attempt to speak up when they see abuse. That’s what happened to a high school student in Columbia, South Carolina, who was charged with “disturbing schools” after daring to speak up against a police officer’s violent mistreatment of a classmate.
The impulse to discipline and control young people may come from the desire to avoid a contentious conversation in the short term, but resorting to punishment doesn’t solve the problem, and it doesn’t keep kids safe. We’ve learned this lesson in other areas of school discipline. Adults too often rely on discipline and even policing to address student behavior rather than providing the resources — like school counselors, special education services, and peer mentoring for teachers — necessary for a real solution. Moreover, reliance on punitive responses creates a school environment that feels more like a prison than a safe space for all students and staff.
In the wake of last month’s Parkland school shooting, and after other school shootings, there has been a rush to increase the police presence in schools. There is no evidence this approach improves safety, and in practice, students — particularly students of color and students with disabilities — often end up the targets of increased police scrutiny. Fortunately, students are taking a stand against these practices, too.
School administrators owe it to their students to examine their reaction to young peoples’ self-expression and to ask how they can help build on this moment of protest as an educational experience. As the Supreme Court observed in Brown v. Board of Education, education is “the very foundation of good citizenship.” Public school is the place where students experience and interact with government, learn through discussion and debate with other students from differing backgrounds, and build the foundation for participation in a democratic society. Rather than seeking to silence students’ political engagement and quashing their desire for conversation, schools can approach this moment as an opportunity for learning about civic action.
Several districts are planning to do just this. Local and state departments of education — in Idaho, Montana, North Carolina, and New York — as well as the School Superintendents Association have provided guidance to aid school administrators in making the March 14 actions safe and teachable moments.
“Security thrives in an open, trusting environment,” as school officials from Wake County, North Carolina rightly noted. The concept of school security must include making schools places where all students are safe to be themselves and express their views.
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Automated concepts and systems for livestock farming.
Since 1978, Asserva has been designing computerized work tools that provide farmers with better working conditions, while preserving the quality of life of animals in many areas.
Choosing Asserva means having a single point of contact from product design to installation in your farm and after-sales service.
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Complementary Clip-Over bends and tees can provide a perfect finish and are incredibly easy to install. All Clip-Over accessories have grip tabs, the grip tab simply clips over the top of the length. The grip tab fits neatly into the gap provided by the self-adhesive foam tape. The design of D-Line Clip-Over accessories forgives rough or oblique cuts, and imprecise measuring. Each pack contains: 2 x Internal Bend, join lengths around 90º inside corners.
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This is the one. This is it. Finally, after all of these years, this is the post that is going to make me FAMOUS.
Oh! combien de temps j'ai attendu ce moment!
And it’s also going to help all of you to become more “continental” and refined and good at talking French.
Yes, I am going to teach you all how to parle Francais! In French, even! And in three French Dialects! When I’m done with you, you will be able to travel almost anywhere where French is the spoken language and be able to order a hamburger or a wind up toy train!
First, I will display a photo which contains an object labeled in English, followed by the French translation of the English.
Next, you will click on the audio file and listen carefully to the pronunciation (which I remember entirely from Mr. Twohy’s French class in my sophomore year at St. Bonaventure High School in 1966 – 67).
Next, you can listen to the subsequent audio files to get the Southern France and French-Canadian dialects, if you so wish.
Well, students, our time is up for this week.
Yes, once again, I have completed my Christmas shopping weeks before the blessed event takes place!
… I saved enough money to buy that boat I’ve had my eyes on!
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The Blue B7 Bottle Cap is a Cardioid Large Diaphragm Single Backplate capsule for the Blue Bottle microphone. Count on the B7 to deliver classic lead vocal sound, complete with vintage detailed mids and an airy presence. Give that "vintage vibe" to vocal, saxophone, flute, and all types of guitar tracks. The B7 Bottle Cap is also excellent for conventional jazz recording.
Delivers detailed mids and an airy presence with a "vintage vibe"
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Is it just me, or would anyone else absolutely refuse to pay $20,000 for a bag - even if they had all the money in the world?
Labels: Bags, Luxury, Say Whaaat?
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This well frilled variety can be grown during the entire season and offers good volume and a bright cherry red exterior color. Its upright base and thin lower leaves reduces susceptibility to Bottom Rot. High Resistance to Downy Mildew 1 - 8, 16 - 26, 28 & 32 and Lettuce Leaf Aphid.
Seed Organic Pelleted 10,000 Seeds: On backorder. Pending ETA from Supplier.
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Late last year the South Australian Government released its response to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission Report, outlining its support for nine of the Report’s 12 recommendations, including continued investigation of the opportunity to establish used nuclear fuel and intermediate level waste storage and disposal facilities in South Australia.
The Consultation and Response Agency (CARA), which delivered the state’s largest engagement program on record last year, and the CARA Advisory Board, have now provided their final advice to Government and will be closed.
The next phase of activity will focus on supporting a community-led discussion by maintaining access to resources and responding to community and stakeholder inquiries.
To coincide with the conclusion of the current phase of state-wide consultation, the ‘Know Nuclear’ social media channels will close at 5pm on 31 March, 2017. The community and stakeholders can continue to ask questions and provide feedback through www.nuclear.sa.gov.au, [email protected] or freecall 1800 842 563.
The Department of State Development (DSD) will take responsibility for supporting this phase of activity commencing 1 April 2017.
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This mild chorizo sausage is made by Palacios from an old family recipe. This dry cured pork sausage is seasoned with sweet smoked paprika from Extremadura -- pimentón de la Vera dulce. It contains no nitrates or nitrites or any other preservative.
Ingredients Pork, paprika, salt and garlic. No artificial ingredients, minimally processed.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter addressed a packed Sixteenth Street Baptist Church with a message of racial reconciliation and cooperation on social issues.
Birmingham church where four black girls died in a 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing.
Carter told a regional meeting of the New Baptist Covenant , which he helped found last year, that there's "no way for us to ignore Jesus' emphasis on the poor, the brokenhearted."
He said the evolution of the covenant is the "highlight of my religious life."
Carter recalled a time when racial prejudice was rampant in Baptist churches, and theologians defended separate worship.
"The Baptist church was a stalwart defender of segregation," he said. "It was ingrained in our conscience."
Carter said the meeting will help churches work better together.
"We don't know whether we have a meeting or a movement," said the Rev. Jimmy Allen , former president of the Southern Baptist Convention and co-organizer of the New Baptist Covenant. "What we're after is a movement."
The Rev. Arthur Price , pastor at Sixteenth Street Baptist, said, "Can you imagine that 45 years ago, people used to gather here to strategize on how to put an end to racial inequality?"
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Social media, in theory, was always meant to connect us on a scale never before possible. But anyone who has scanned recent headlines knows just how far from that vision the world really is. The pressure is on tech giants; around the world, regulations are pending against the technological rabbit holes that have prompted society’s anti-social, mobile phone obsession. But what if this addiction to devices isn’t a sign of social engagement in decline, but rather the exact opposite?
It’s an attempt to view undeniable societal change, the kind that comes with profound consequences for human lifestyles and health, more positively.
Veissière, a cognitive anthropologist who studies the evolution of cognition and culture, says the desire to watch and monitor others — but also to be seen and monitored by others — runs deep in our evolutionary past. Humans evolved to be a uniquely social species and require constant input from others to seek a guide for culturally appropriate behavior. This is also a way for us to find meaning, goals, and a sense of identity.
While smartphones harness a normal and healthy need to be social, Veissière agrees that the pace and scale of hyper-connectivity pushes the brain’s reward system to run on overdrive, which can lead to an unhealthy dependence on technology. And yet, he and his co-authors argue, this overload of modernity isn’t a new problem for humans.
“Smartphones and mobile technologies are not the root cause of modern distress. In post-industrial environments where foods are abundant and readily available, our cravings for fat and sugar sculpted by distant evolutionary pressures can easily go into insatiable overdrive and lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease (…) the pro-social needs and rewards [of smartphone use as a means to connect] can similarly be hijacked to produce a manic theatre of hyper-social monitoring,” the authors write.
Yet even if it is not new, it is still a problem. The way forward, the authors suggest, is to see our driving force to socialize as the cure for the ill-effects of mobile devices, rather than a risk factor.
Turning off push notifications and setting up appropriate times to check your phone can go a long way to regain control over an addiction to online devices. Research suggests that workplace policies “that prohibit evening and weekend emails” are also important.
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Absolutely ethereal snow white polished beech wood door is designed for a personalized environment, with Victorian style handle and lock system this door is perfect for home and office as an interior entrance. All of the products used including locks, handles, and hinges are obtained from the best manufacturers which means you can relax and not worry about the quality of these products. We never compromise on quality and offer the best value to your investment.
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Humic and Fulvic minerals are crucial to the maintenance of good health and contain some of the most valuable naturally occurring nutrients known to science. Humic minerals may counteract malignant cell growth and aide in reversing serious disease. Humic extracts can be thought of as defenders of all biological mechanisms. Humic protects the body's cells, accelerates the healing processes, fights malignant cells, and disrupts oxidative stress. Humic's structural complexity makes it one of the most powerful detoxifying agents known to man.
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Confined spaces refers to such spaces as manholes, crawl spaces, and tanks, and other spaces that are not designed for continuous occupancy and are often difficult to exit in the event of an emergency. These spaces can present life-threatening hazards including exposure to toxic substances, electrocution, explosions and asphyxiation. These hazards can be safeguarded against if addressed prior to entering the confined space to perform work. OSHA has added a new subpart to its regulations to provide protection for construction workers working in confined spaces, replacing its one training requirement for confined space work with a comprehensive standard that includes a permit program that was designed to protect workers from exposure to many hazards associated with work in confined spaces. OSHA’s Final Rule, 80 Fed. Reg. 25366 (May 4, 2015) (codified at 29 C.F.R. Part 1926), incorporates several provisions to address construction-specific hazards, accounts for advancements in technology, and improves enforceability of the requirements. The Final Rule is effective on August 3.
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A new outfit from Daniella Robins of LellaVictoria, whom we introduced to YLF in July 2013.
Statement culottes with a bold, high-contrast floral pattern are the centrepiece of this Summer outfit with subtle juxtapositions. The soft chiffon material, pretty pattern, and elegant midi length give the look ladylike flair. The ragged hemlines create a subtle RATE (rough around the edges) vibe. The roomy polo shirt’s piqué knit adds contrasting textural interest. The zipper collar is a casual and playful design detail. Black and white colour blocked sandals pick up the colours in the culottes. The thin ankle straps give them a delicate feel, while the block heels ground the look. Daniella’s nonchalant ‘do and bright red lip add the romantic finishing touch.
It’s the grounded paring of the classic floral pattern of the culottes and the colour blocked sandals that make this irregular combination work well to my eye. Well done, Daniella.
Such a lovely look! I love how the culottes take center stage and the ease of the oversize but still structured polo plays off that as well as the structure of the black and white shoes. Thanks for sharing this Inge!
The floral culottes are so soft and pretty and the oversized polo worn with them was a fun surprise.
Great outfit and shows a petite can wear long culottes.
A fun print paired with the colorblocked sandals.
I like the slouchy summery nature of this look.
Makes so much sense, Angie.
Diane G – You are so right, confidence is always in style.
Lovely! The classic red lip helps balance it as well as the sandals, to my eye anyway.
Wow. Imaginative way to bring in an over-sized polo. And it works!
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As the market for messaging apps has matured, developers have expanded their capabilities. Users around the world are logging in, not only to chat with friends, but also to connect with brands, browse merchandise, and watch content. What were once simple services for exchanging messages, pictures, videos, and GIFs have evolved into expansive ecosystems with their own developers, apps, and APIs.
At Business Insider's IGNITION 2015 event, Senior Analyst Will McKitterick delivered a presentation on how brands, publishers, and advertisers can leverage messaging apps to reach their fast-growing user base. The presentation also considers the challenges chat apps face as they expand into western markets and explains why they are rapidly becoming the communications platform of millennials.
Messaging apps are now bigger than social networks.
But most ad spend is still focused on Google and Facebook.
6 billion emojis or stickers are sent via messaging apps each day.
Millennials are a mobile-first generation, and 49% of them prefer messaging as their primary means of communication.
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Before leaving chapter 3 of Second Corinthians, I need to circle back and make explicit something that was only hinted at in the blog post that went up on Pentecost Sunday.
Paul has been contrasting the old covenant under Moses with the new covenant under Jesus through the gift of the Holy Spirit. That divine gift, through which the church is born, marks a new era and the fulfillment of the gracious intentions God announced through his prophets.
Paul is not the only one to say this. Note how Peter explains the events of Pentecost to the astonished crowd: “These people aren’t drunk, as you suspect; after all, it’s only nine o’clock in the morning! Rather, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young will see visions. Your elders will dream dreams. …And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Acts 2:15-17,21, CEB; cf. Joel 2:28-32).
Peter’s message is: God promised this long ago, and has finally done it — that’s what’s unfolding right before your eyes.
“Pentecost.” The Jewish tradition is that 50 days after the beginning of the Passover — the night on which the Israelites were miraculously rescued from slavery by the mercy of their God — God gave the Ten Commandments through Moses on Mt. Sinai. Thus was the glorious old covenant established. In the story of Pentecost from Acts 2, Jews from all around the empire had come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Weeks, to commemorate the giving of the old covenant.
And then God changes the meaning of the celebration.
This time, it’s 50 days since a merciful God provided an escape from slavery to sin, through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Thus was the even more glorious new covenant established. And with that escape comes the gift of God’s Spirit which establishes and sanctifies his people.
The ancient exodus, the old covenant. Both were and still are reasons to praise God for his glory. But the new exodus through Jesus, God’s divine rescue of his people from the dominion of darkness (Col 1:13), is the basis of a new and more glorious covenant.
Small wonder that Paul would be aghast that any follower of Jesus, having been rescued from slavery to sin, would want to submit to it once again (e.g., Rom 6). But now, something new is on offer.
It’s life in the Spirit.
Thanks be to the God of exoduses, old and new.
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Our Direct Response Marketing services are a lot different than what you may be used to. More than just getting you “likes” and “tweets” on social media, we take a performance-based approach that actually makes you money. A lot more money than you may even dream is possible. But don’t get us wrong, it takes work and it may take two or three tries to get your message right.
Look, quite honestly, we are tired of the so-called “marketing gurus” that talk a good game, but offer little or no proof that their B.S. works. We have spent more than 20 years learning and evolving with the ever-changing technologies. So yes, when some hack suggests that you can get rich overnight using social media – just Google it, we get a little upset. We also take every chance we get to distance our Direct Response Marketing services from those schmucks for that very reason.
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At Charles E. Snyder III Marketing, we understand that your investment in marketing and advertising needs to show a return. Because it matters to you, we monitor your Direct Response Marketing closely every day. Whenever there is a problem, we find out what is wrong and make the fix, often without you ever having to be involved. And we can do it much faster than if you were trying to on your own.
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We will keep things simple, easy and stress-free for you. There are no short-cuts to success, but Charles E. Snyder III Marketing gets you as close as possible to it. We take away all the guesswork with Direct Response Marketing, which saves you time, headaches and money. So if there is such a thing as a short-cut, Charles E. Snyder III Marketing is it.
Are you looking for more brand awareness or better public relations? Do you need to book more appointments or get more leads? Want to drive repeat sales or grow your audience for future business? Whether you want any of these types of Direct Response Marketing, we can help you. We have the knowledge, skills and experience to deliver the results you are looking for.
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My name is Jesse. I live in the San Francsisco Bay Area. I learned to knit in the spring of 2001 from a book called I Can’t Believe I’m Knitting, which I bought at a Michael’s in South Portland, Maine.
My career as a knitting designer began when I was stuck in the middle of Wyoming without a knitting project. A friend of mine opened up the trunk of her car (which was, at the time, where she kept her yarn stash) and told me to take my pick. The resulting three skeins of yarn became Danica, my first published design.
Along with being a knitting designer, I’m also a writer, a web site developer, and a father of twins. You can visit my Ravelry page here.
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Let’s be honest: Job interviews can be some of the most awkward encounters in the world. For people who don’t like talking about themselves or bragging about things that might not necessarily be true, it’s a tough situation that we all have to face at one point or another.
The best way to make it through the pain of a job interview gone terrible wrong is to laugh it off. After all, if you poke fun at yourself first, then nobody else can! Take a look at some of these tweets that nail exactly what it’s like to realize you messed up in the middle of an interview.
#IBlewTheInterviewWhen thry asked me where I see myself in 5 years and I said "hopefully not at this dump"
And the rest of us are just bad at masking the truth.
Sometimes, we have to pull a few tricks out of a hat.
#IBlewTheInterviewWhen all of my references were furbies.
And other times, we really have no choice but to just go for it.
#IBlewTheInterviewWhen I brought my parole officer along.
Peep these other scenarios that might just be even worse.
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The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm. When asked to describe old people, we often think of them as weak and frail, who have peacefully retired from their jobs with all their passions burned out and with no task in hand other than sharing stories with their grandchildren. But this is seldom the case. Many people who are in their advanced years are still figuring out what fascinates them, and now that they have fulfilled their worldly duties, they can chase their dreams with a free mind.
Something similar happened with 73 years old man named Lalringthara, who took admission in Class 5 of the Upper Middle School in New Hruaikawn, Champai, Mizoram to resume his studies after dropping out due to family issues.
He is obviously the oldest student of the school located on the Mizoram – Myanmar Border who is also the Church Chowkidar at New Hruaikawn.
On recounting the tense situations that compelled him to leave his studies, he told TOI that he only received formal education till class 2. His father died when he was just two, and the complete responsibility to raise him and his siblings fell on his mother. His mother left him in the care of distant relatives when she remarried. They didn’t uphold his education and made him work in a rice field, forcing him to quit his studies.
His brief education enabled him to read his native language, Mizo but he was eager to learn English. Speaking to North East Today, he reminisced.
It was his aspiration to learn English that pushed him to rejoin school. “Better late than never” he told TOI.
His story reached the Indian Government and impressed with his ambition, they provided him with free textbooks and uniform under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Although this is a highly motivating action, this free stuff stands nothing before his perseverance to get what he wants.
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The following post is adapted from materials we use in our resilience workshop and eLearning programmes. We hope you find these useful.
Resilience is becoming one those things we are all expected to be good at – and it may even be starting to be seen as some kind of new panacea.
Last year Forbes predicted that it would be one of the key new trends in business.
The UK Government has called for resilience to be taught in schools and resilience is being looked to for our economic recovery and future success.
In their book, ‘Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back,’ co-authors by Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy feature a type of workplace resilience which has involved innovative CEOs all over America and abroad to hire Marketplace Chaplains to provide pastoral care and go some new ways to meet the increasing sense of value in employee wellbeing.
But what are we really talking about when we use the word “resilience”?
Calmly rising above the daily irritations of the workplace is one thing. Suppressing anxiety in an attempt to appear in control is another. If the demands being made on people are unreasonable then trying to stay resilient may be unwise. Everyone has a breaking point, no matter how stiff their upper lip.
What really adds to stress and a sense of powerlessness at work is a loss of autonomy, either as a result of poor work organisation or the impossibility of being able to speak up. And while it might seem refreshing to hear a senior civil servant discussing the need for a more open culture and better two-way communication between bosses and employees, if this doesn’t happen in practice then stress levels are likely to rise.
But a positive mindset can go a long way to help individuals to overcome the most difficult of situations.
Resilience is definitely something that can be learned and is worth cultivating – it increases our power and range of choices over our circumstances – whatever they may be – and therefore, ultimately, the outcomes we produce.
And it is important to note that healthy adaptation to stress depends not only on the individual, but also on available resources through family, friends and variety of organisations, and on the characteristics of specific cultures and religions, communities, societies and governments – all of which in themselves may be more or less resilient.
It is estimated that up to 90% of us will experience at least one serious traumatic event in our lives.
Traumatic events throw our lives into turmoil in unpredictable ways; no two people will respond to them in exactly the same manner.
For some, the stress of the event will become chronic, lasting for years.
But most of us find ways to meet the challenge and continue with purposeful lives. For a period after their ordeal we may become distressed, but in time we will bounce back and carry on. For some, it will be almost as if the trauma had never occurred. For others, the distress will persist, but they will find healthy ways to cope.
Resilience is complex, multidimensional and dynamic in nature.
Emotional Organisation, problem solving, self-determination.
When faced with a difficulty we will appraise the situation and make an assessment of whether or not our own skills are sufficient to navigate the event successfully. If we feel there is a deficiency, this can lead to reduced optimism and positivity. Having prior experience of successful problem solving increases our confidence and can assist in the development of a positive attitude.
People with high levels of determination are strong self-believers: they believe that they will be able to tackle most things, which gives them positive feelings of being able to make choices and keep at least some control over what is happening.
Having a vision gives us a sense of purpose and direction to one’s life. Without a life vision, activities and actions have a reduced value and therefore affect the effort and determination that will be applied to overcoming the obstacles that get in the way of achieving the goals associated with the vision.
It also means that when competing demands arrive it is easier to allocate time and energy according to your goals/vision, giving precedence to the things that have the greatest worth for you.
Having goals is essential to our survival, and having a strong personal vision contribute to our self-confidence, hope and excitement about the future.
This dimension recognises that feeling as physically fit and healthy as we can be is an essential aspect of resilience. What physical exercise contributes to our resilience comes from the degree of effort we make, and the commitment to an exercise programme over a sustained period of time, usually a minimum of 20 to 30 minutes of significant effort three times per week over three to four months (Leith, 2010).
A commitment to a lasting and stretching exercise programme requires self-determination, and achievement of this contributes to mood control, creates positive emotions and raises self-confidence and, consequently, self-belief.
We need others in order to survive, and more we are able to reach out and strengthen our interactions the better. Mowbray advocates strengthening our ability to create reciprocity, the ability to respond, understand and assist in the needs of others – ‘first seek to understand…’ – and, in return, others will respond what we need.
Family Relationships, interaction, vision, self-confidence.
Everyone needs a relationship where they feel safe enough to “just be themselves” without any fear of belittlement, ostracising or other forms of behaviour that make the individual feel that they need to adapt and modify their behaviour. Usually this comes from within the family structure and it is these relationships that can either be supportive and nourishing, or the most punitive and damaging, in which case we will need to develop considerable resilience.
What makes some people resilient?
Can the average person learn to become more resilient?
We now know that most of us bounce back naturally from the setbacks and hard times we face.
A small minority of us will get trapped and unable to move beyond the trauma we have faced without significant help – this is what we recognise as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The same percentage of us are so experts at resilience, that they not only bounce back, they grow stronger and believe things to be somehow finer as a result of their experience dealing with the tough times they have had to face.
And the third group of people Southwick and Charney interviewed were civilian men and women who had not only survived enormous stress and trauma, but had somehow endured or thrived, including many of the survivors and protagonists from the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
When we began this project we assumed that highly resilient people were somehow special, perhaps genetically gifted. We assumed that resilience was relatively rare, reserved for a select group of individuals. But we were wrong.
Resilience is common (Masten, 2001). It can be witnessed all around us, and for most people it can be enhanced through learning and training.
Millions of people all over the world exhibit resilience in their responses to challenging events and circumstances of all kinds.
Most us have been taught to believe that stress is bad. We have learned to see stress as our enemy, something that we must avoid or reduce. But the truth is, when stress can be managed, it tends to be very good and even necessary for health and growth. Without it, the mind and body weaken. If we can learn to harness stress it can serve as a catalyst for developing greater strength and even wisdom.
And yet we need to acknowledge that building resilience and bouncing back is easier for some that it is for others.
And it is important to say that if you ever feel what you are facing is too much to cope with, and do seek expert help and guidance.
Sometimes we need to ask for help and sometimes that help needs to come from a professional in this field.
Jan Bruce, CEO and co-founder of meQuilibrium.com, the online stress management system that teaches people “how to find balance, once and for all,” concludes that there are four key components that contribute to resilience.
The four essentials that make the critical difference between hanging tough to get what you want in life and never quite getting there. The most resilient among us can summon these components at will—or, better yet, make them habitual so they don’t have to think twice.
1. You believe in yourself. Seems simple and obvious, but in fact, you won’t get very far without this. A resilient person is not cocky or overly confident; quite the opposite: they have a clear sense of their own potential, capability, and ability to cope and achieve — a top trait of resilient people.
It’s this belief that contributes to self-efficacy, which means not only your ability to do a thing but to access the resources to get the help you need.
2. You have the ability to see what is possible, while also seeing what is. Optimism has been touted as above-all important, but resilient people temper this with a less-is-more approach. Blind optimism is a liability, but tempered with clear vision, an optimistic outlook is an asset, and I’m far more likely to trust someone with a sense of realistic optimism than someone who refuses to take into account the downsides in the “spirit of positivity.” The most resilient people assess their surroundings as well as their own strengths and weaknesses in context, and know where they will excel — and where they will fall short.
3. You have control over your impulses and feelings. With the ability to self-evaluate and assess a situation must come the willingness to manage the impulses and emotions that result. This is where a resilient person’s rubber meets the road.
The most resilient people aren’t hotheads; they don’t combust over little (or big) things. They’re able to take everything into account before they respond so that they don’t make mistakes, rash decisions, or other actions they may regret. Unchecked emotions and impulses not only contribute to those actions, but can cost them some self-preservation, as they’re big contributors to stress. This takes a lot of practice, no question! We’ll spend our lives learning to be better. But it is a skill that can be learned and honed, and the most resilient among us know that.
4. You aim high and reach out. A resilient person doesn’t curl up and die over the slightest rejection or failure. In fact, a resilient person does the opposite of curl up; they expand. They reach out—even in the wake of crisis.
This is one of the most distinguishing characteristics of resilience: Your ability to continue to aim high and reach for it, as opposed to lowering your standards, expectations, or efforts. So when things don’t go your way (as they sometimes don’t), and you feel hindered or pushed back, your inner resilience can keep you coming back, and reaching out, not just to “try again,” but to outdo yourself, once again.
We have chosen the starfish to be the poster image of Southwick & Charney’s model, because starfish are one of those extraordinary beings that are capable of growing themselves back if they lose a part of themselves – in fact they can re-grow themselves from a single cell. So if they lose an arm , little by little over time they can grow it back.
You may recognise this idea from other teachings from the science of happiness, for example Shawn Achor’s Tetris Effect principle, and we know from other studies that if we keep a Gratitude Journal or make a 3 Good Things list every day, after 21 days we have physically rewired the circuitry in our brains so that we are autonomically scanning for these things without any longer having to deliberately choose to.
When cells in the brain are actively used, they transmit their messages more efficiently, and form more connections with other cells. On the other hand, when brain cells are not stimulated, they die and are pruned away. As with other regions of the body, the well-known adage of “use it or lose it” also applies to the brain.
By repeatedly activating specific areas of the brain, we can strengthen those areas. In other words, by systematically following the advice of the POWs, Special Forces instructors and other resilient women and men from Southwick & Charney’s study, we. too, can become more stress-resilient.
Meaning & Purpose ~ Finally, resilience means accepting to a very high degree responsibility for our own emotional wellbeing, and even deliberately using our most difficult experiences as a platform for personal growth.
Taken together these are the capabilities that can make us strong and highly resilient and, thus, far more able to – as Shawn Achor words it – Fall Up when we encounter problems and setbacks in our work – as well as in our lives.
Optimism serves as fuel that ignites resilience and provides energy to power all of the other resilience factors. It facilitates an active and creative approach to coping with stressful situations.
Optimism is a future-oriented attitude, involving hope and confidence that things will turn out well. Optimists believe that the future will be bright, that good things will happen to them, and that, with enough hard work, they will succeed. Pessimists, in contrast, see the future as dim. They believe that bad things will happen to them and doubt that they have the skills and stamina to achieve their goals.
Realistic optimists pay close attention to negative information that is relevant to the problems they face. However, unlike pessimists, they do not remain focused on the negative. They tend to disengage rapidly from problems that appear to be unsolvable. That is, they know when to cut their losses and turn their attention to problems that they believe that they can solve.
How does optimism increase resilience?
Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson observes that positive emotions have been shown to reduce physiological arousal and to broaden our visual focus, our thoughts and our behaviour. When people experience positive emotions and an accompanying broadening of attention and behaviour, their thinking tends to become more creative, inclusive, flexible and integrative. Experiments have shown that inducing a positive mood (e.g. by showing participants a funny movie or reading them a funny story) increases people scope of attention, their abilities to solve problems accurately, and their interest in socialising and in strenuous as well as leisurely activities. Thus, by broadening attention and action, positive emotions can contribute to our creativity, physical health, relationships with family and friends, and our ability to acquire new knowledge, and our psychological resilience.
When optimists broaden their attention, they increase their capacity to positive reappraise situations that initially appear to be negative. The process of reframing allows them to approach hardship as a challenge and to find opportunity embedded in adversity. Optimists who are realists don’t deny the difficulties they face, but they do tend to look for a silver lining.
Optimists tend to cope with stress by actively employing strategies to solve problems. They gather information, acquire necessary skills, plan, set goals, make decisions, resolve conflicts, and seek social support. Research has shown that optimism and positive expectations tend to promote active striving, while pessimism and negative expectations are associated with feelings of weakness and helplessness that may lead to unhelpful behaviours like self-pity, resentment, denial and avoidance of problems.
Optimists are more likely than pessimists to report that their lives are meaningful. While it is widely believed that a sense of meaning and purpose enhances positive emotions and happiness, researchers have recently begun to ask whether it also works the other way around – whether positive emotions and feelings of happiness can enhance one’s belief that life has meaning. The optimist may be more likely than the pessimist to see the ‘big picture’ and to view daily experiences within a larger framework of meaning.
The prefrontal cortex is essential for guiding behaviour, regulating emotions, and understanding the difference between potential rewards and punishments. It is also essential for imagining the future and setting goals – functions that relate directly to optimism. The prefrontal cortex enables us to engage in optimistic processes like hoping for the best and imagining a bright future, anticipating and preparing to meet a challenge, and making plans to achieve and enjoy success.
The prefrontal cortex is also involved in learning. Even though optimism has a substantial hereditary component, it can be augmented through learning. Even if you are a born pessimist, or a very limited situational optimist, you can teach yourself to increase optimistic thought.
Social scientists and cognitive behaviourists describe two basic approaches for learning and enhancing optimism: increasing positive thinking; and refuting negative thinking. With practice we can teach ourselves to think or insert positive thoughts. We can also teach ourselves not to dwell on negative thoughts. To do this we must learn to distinguish negative thoughts and then to challenge their accuracy.
Make a true estimate of your ability and then raise it by 10%.
Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Always picture success no matter how badly things seem to be going at the moment.
Practice positive and peaceful thinking by making a list of positive and peaceful thoughts and pass them through your mind several times each day.
Practice the technique of suggestive articulation, that is, repeat out loud some positive, success-oriented and peaceful words.
Adopt an “I don’t believe in defeat” attitude.
Start each day by affirming positive, successful, peaceful and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Two of Peale’s other recommendations, to cultivate friendships with hopeful people and to avoid “worry conversations,” bear special emphasis. Optimism and pessimism can both be contagious, so it is often beneficial to intentionally surround ourselves with people who are positive, confident and encouraging. Under adverse circumstances, people are best able to call upon their own resilience and keep their hopes up if people around them are doing the same.
Psychologists like Martin Seligman have found that pessimists and optimists have very different explanatory styles (ways of explaining bad a good events to themselves and others.) Optimists tend to respond to adverse events by viewing the consequences as temporary and limited in scope. They are likely to use words such as “sometimes” or “lately.” In addition, optimistic people tend to have an internal locus of control – the belief that they can influence events in their lives.
One practical approach to enhancing optimism involves learning to recognise and modify your typical explanatory style. Developing these cognitive skills may also prove useful when dealing with adversity.
Remember that these difficulties won’t last forever. Take one day at a time. Where now there may be only pain, over time good things will return.
Keep the adverse event or situation within its limits: don’t let it pervade other areas of your life.
Think of strengths and resources you can use to help deal with the problem.
Notice what is good, for example, acts of kindness by those who recognise your struggle.
Give yourself credit for whatever part you played in making it happen.
Allow yourself to feel grateful for whatever part you didn’t play in it – the efforts or generosity of others, or just simple good luck.
Get the most out of it: think of ways to expand the scope and duration of the positive event or situation.
There is also evidence that we can build optimism by confronting negative thoughts and emotions.
One practical approach to enhancing optimism involves learning to recognise and modify your typical explanatory style. Developing these cognitive skills may also prove useful when dealing with adversity. Here are a few tips.
What is the evidence for this negative belief?
Is there a less destructive way to look at this belief?
What are the implications of this belief?
Am I catastrophising or exaggerating the potential negative impact of the situation?
Am I over-generalising, falsely assuming that this particular situation has broad implications?
How useful is my pessimistic approach to the problem at hand?
To become more resilient, sooner or later we will need ton face our fears.
Can we prevent or undo fear conditioning?
What happens if you don’t get back on the horse right away? Does there come a time when it’s too late? The answer appears to be no. Until recently it was believed that once a memory had been consolidated into long-term storage it remains essentially permanent. However, newer research suggests that every tie a memory is retrieved it once again becomes unstable for a brief period of time until it is reconsolidated. This unstable period provides another window of time during which the memory can be updated and transformed.
Most people find it easier to face fear with other people, especially those that they know and trust.
Fear is ubiquitous. No one escapees its grip. But what is the best way to deal with it? The bottom line: the best way around fear is through it. To conquer fear one must face fear. That’s what resilient people do.
Actively identifying your core values, assessing the degree to which you are living by these values, and challenging yourself to adopt a higher standard can strengthen character and build resilience.
Courage is a learned quality, an acquirable set of skills, a practiced competence. If I want to develop my moral courage, where do I begin? In his book Moral Courage Rushworth Kidder outlines a three-step process.
First, I must perform a candid self-assessment by examining myself, openly and honestly. We all have core values and beliefs. What are mine? Which are the most important to me? Am I living by these principles and values? Am I falling short, and if so, where? Am I motivated to change? Do I have the courage to do so?This self-assessment is only the first step.
Next Kidder recommends that I discuss these questions with highly principled people whose ethics I admire. These discussion can then help me recognise and analyse the numerous situations in life where my actions have moral implications, and to honestly evaluate the risks and dangers involved in defending my core values.
In the third step I practice my moral values and try to uphold them in challenging situations. I need to remain vigilant because it is all too easy to relax our values, make compromises. By repeatedly doing what I know to be right and by taking a stand I solidify my moral compass and grow stronger.
Adherence to our own moral compass and resilience are often inextricably linked to one another. We can become more faithful to our moral compass by taking an inventory of our most closely held beliefs and values, by learning from the writings and examples of ethical men and women, by discussing our beliefs with people whose values we respect, and by practising our values, particularly in times of adversity. Step by step we can build our moral courage. When we most need to do the right thing, we will be ready.
Perhaps more than any of the other resilience factors, religion and spirituality are deeply personal matters about which people have strong feelings. As a potential source of strength and resilience, religion and spirituality, mindfulness and meditation are practiced by billions of people across the planet.
Set aside a time for contemplation, meditation or prayer as a part of your daily routine. This is often first thing in the morning, last thing at night, or both.
Make a regular habit of reading writings pertaining to your beliefs or practice.
Designate a physical location for you daily spiritual practice.
Practice a physically active form of spirituality such as walking prayer, yoga, martial arts or liturgical dance.
Practice a creative form of spirituality such as chanting, singing or playing music, painting or drawing or writing poetry.
Become part of a group – physical or online – that worships or practices together.
Whenever we look at learning to be happier and more resilient we repeatedly find the importance of having strong relationships. They are essential for our happiness at work, they are essential for our success and productivity and they are an equally essential element in our repertoire of resilience capabilities.
In order to thrive in this world, people need other people.
Far from signifying weakness, interdependence with others can provide a foundation for resilience.
Researchers have found that oxytocin is released during social situations where it appears to facilitate interpretation of social signals, enhance recognition, increase feelings of affiliation, and promote social approach. Oxytocin’s actions to reducing amygdala activation and arousal may help to explain why positive support from others can reduce stress.
Supportive social networks have the power to protect us and strengthen us.
Those who know how to build strong social support networks reap many benefits. Strong positive relationships are associated with better physical health, protection against depression and stress disorders, enhanced emotional wellbeing, and longer life. In our experience most resilient individuals take advantage of the profound strengthening effects of positive social networks.
But for most of us, our support network, even if it is extensive and strong, will not automatically reach out to embrace us when we are most in need. Rather, we would be wise to follow the example of the resilient people in this study by taking action, reaching out, and ‘leaning into’ those who care about us most.
Very few resilient individuals go it alone, and neither should you.
All of the resilient individuals interviewed have role models whose beliefs, attitudes and behaviours inspire them.
Role models need not be perfect. Everyone has their own unique strengths and weaknesses and we believe that searching for the perfect role model is futile.
How can I use role models to become more resilient?
Break it into simple segments: if you want to use modelling to learn a complex skill, it helps to subdivide it into simple segments and then focus on one segment at a time. If, on the other hand, you try to model the entire complex behaviour (e.g. becoming more resilient) you will likely be bombarded with too much information, will make many errors, and will have great difficulty mastering the skill.
Observe the skill in a variety of settings: breaking a complex skill into simpler segments will require time and concentration. You will need to observe the skill numerous times and in a variety of settings.
Practice: you will find it helpful to practice between observations. You may do this by imagining that you possess a particular attitude, personality style or behaviour that resembles that of your role model, or by actually enacting the desired attitude, style or behaviour. Both forms of practice appear to be effective, although real life enactment is eventually required for successful imitation.
Obtain constructive feedback whenever possible. An expert, or someone with a trained eye, can point out similarities and differences between what you are doing and what you are attempting top model. This expert can then recommend steps to correct deviations from the model.
It’s no secret that physical training is good for your health.
Exercise makes us tougher, boosts recovery after trauma and improves our physical and mental health.
How can you use exercise to increase your resilience?
Learn as much as you can about how physical fitness can improve your health and wellbeing.
Consult a physician before beginning a physical fitness programme.
Try different forms of physical exercise. Find what works best for who you are and the lifestyle you live.
Develop a set of well-defined goals for your physical exercise regimen and try to stick to those goals. Record the details of your workouts to ensure you are achieving your goals.
Reward yourself as your goals are met.
Gradually increase the intensity of your cardiovascular and strength training. While continually repeating the same comfortable routine with the same level of intensity each time you work out may help you ward off some medical illnesses, but it will not do as much to enhance your physical resilience. To increase your physical as well as your mental and emotional strength, you need to stress yourself and your body beyond your normal comfort zone, but not to the point of damage.
After each workout allow your body to recover adequately before beginning your next workout.
Practice healthy eating and sleep habits.
Find friends or family who will support your physical training. Even better, train with a friend or family member who also has the goal to become more resilient.
Notice and focus on the positive feelings and greater sense of self-esteem and mental toughness that typically accompany increases in physical resilience.
Try to reach the point where being physically fit becomes part of your sense of self, a part of who you are.
There is no easy way to becoming physically fit and resilient. It takes planning, desire, drive, consistency, perseverance and the willingness to live with discomfort. But the benefits are many.
In challenging situations it helps to be mentally sharp. It helps to focus on the problem, process information quickly, remember what we already know about coping with related challenges, find strategies to solve the problem, make wise decisions, and learn new information. It also helps to regulate our emotions; to control them rather than being controlled by them. These mental and emotional abilities equip us to face challenges, find solutions and recover from setbacks – in essence, to be more resilient.
Just as we train our body to become fit and resilient, so we can train our brain. Southwick & Charney found the most resilient people tended to be lifelong learners, continually seeking opportunities to become more mentally fit.
One of the most exciting findings of brain research over the past decade has been the observation that we can enhance brain fitness. This means that through a series of brain exercises we may be able to improve our cognitive abilities. The vast majority of us do not reach our full brain potential.
One effective technique that can help regulate emotions is the practice of mindfulness. “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present and non-judgementally.” (J. Kabat-Zinn in Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness, 1990) The practitioner of mindfulness learns to develop calm and accepting awareness of thoughts, feelings, perceptions and bodily functions. Through this practice we learn to tolerate negative emotions better without impulsively acting upon them.
In most but not all studies mindfulness meditation has been shown to help individuals cope with the symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression. Mindfulness meditation has also been associated with improved ability to focus attention, increased flexibility of thinking, more rapid speed in processing visual information, and improving verbal memory as well as greater feeling of psychological wellbeing.
As with all of these skills, keep experimenting and exploring to find out what works best for you.
Change requires mental and/or physical activity.
We cannot become physically stronger simply by wishing for larger muscles. Similarly, we cannot develop or enhance mental skills by allowing the mind to wander randomly from one thought to the next. Instead, change requires focus as well as systematic and disciplines activity. The principles are simple, but the execution demanding. To change in a desired direction you have to identify what needs to be changed, develop a rigorous but realistic training schedule and then follow that schedule. Becoming more resilient may require training in multiple areas, such as mindfulness and meditation, physical strengthening and endurance. It may require adopting new styles of thinking in order to view hardship and failure as opportunities. The process of systematic self-initiated change, while challenging and often difficult, is highly rewarding and can foster a powerful sense of mastery.
“Suddenly your brain is confronted with a new task that’s engaging, challenging and potentially frustrating.
By placing ourselves in environments that are conducive to learning, by surrounding ourselves with people who stimulate our personal growth, and by systematically practicing specific desired skills, we have the capacity to influence the structure and function of our brain and acquire new skills.
People who are resilient have to be flexible.
They are flexible in the way they think about challenges and flexible in the way they react emotionally to stress. They are not wedded to a specific style of coping. Instead, they shift from one coping strategy to another depending on the circumstances. Many are able to accept what they cannot change; to learn from failure; to use emotions like grief and anger to fuel compassion and courage; and to search for opportunity and meaning in adversity.
Recent research on coping has shown that successful adaptation depends less on which specific strategies are used, than on whether coping strategies are applied flexibly in response to the liveness of the situation. Sometimes it is wise to accept and tolerate a situation, while at other times it is better to change it. Similarly, emotion theorists argue that expression of emotion is not necessarily better than suppression. What helps people to cope is having the flexibility to express or suppress emotions in accordance with the demands of a given situation.
Here are some suggestions that may be useful if you wish to further develop your cognitive flexibility.
Accepting the reality of our situation, even if that situation is frightening or painful, is an important component of flexibility. To remain effectively engaged in problem-oriented and goal-directed coping, we must keep our minds ‘wide open’ and acknowledge, rather than ignore, potential roadblocks. Avoidance and denial are generally counterproductive mechanisms which may help people cope for a while, but ultimately they stand in the way of growth, interfering with the ability to actively solve problems.
Sometimes acceptance not only involves acknowledging the reality of our situation, but also assessing what can and cannot be changed, abandoning goals that no longer seem feasible, and intentionally redirecting efforts toward that which can be changed. Thus, acceptance is not the same as resignation and does not involve giving up or quitting. Instead, acceptance is based on a realistic appraisal and active decision-making.
Studies have shown that individuals who frequently use positive cognitive reappraisal as a mechanism to change their emotional reactions to stress report greater psychological wellbeing and more positive outcomes compared to individuals who do not use positive cognitive reappraisal as a coping mechanism.
How would someone else think about this?
What was it like for the other people involved?
Questions like this help to get us out of our own narrow view of a situation and open up new possibilities for coping and problem solving.
How could the situation be worse?
How could the situation be better?
Create a story about a worse version of events.
Create a story about a better version of events.
What can you do to create the better?
Place the situation in perspective.
People who are who are most resilient generally meet failure head-on and use it as an opportunity to learn and to self-correct.
For Frankl, humour provided a healthy means to gain perspective. And with perspective comes the capacity to reappraise and generate alternative approaches and solutions to problems.
Like other positive emotions, humour tends to broaden one’s focus of attention and thereby foster exploration, creativity and flexibility in thinking. In so doing, humour may incorporate a number of other resilience coping mechanisms such as cognitive reappraisal, active problem focused coping, and infusion of positive meaning into everyday events.
In sum, people who are resilient tend to be flexible: knowing when to accept that which cannot be changed; knowing how to positively reframe life’s challenges and failures; using humour to reframe the tragic and that which is frightening; regulating emotions by sometimes suppressing feelings and at other times expressing them. In many respects, resilience requires creativity and flexibility: creativity to explore multiple viewpoints and flexibility to embrace a positive but realistic assessment, or reassessment, of a challenging situation.
And this connects up back to our very first Module when we looked atThis connects with Jessica Pryce-Jones central importance of Achieving Our Fullest Potential in her definition of happiness at work work, and, too, to two of Martin Seligman’s five essentials for flourishing: Meaning and Accomplishment.
In psychological research, studies have found that having a clear and valued purpose, and committing to a mission, can dramatically strengthen one’s resilience.
South African dissident Nelson Mandela will shine forever as an inspiring example: tolerating 30 years of imprisonment with grace and dignity because of his dream of equality that he never lost his conviction for, and of course was ultimately able to help bring to his country.
Meaning can give us strength and meaning can give us courage.
Here is how you can use this model as a tool to develop and strengthen your own resilience capabilities.
Once you have scored all 10 elements you will be able to join up your numbers to draw your own resilience starfish to see see very clearly which of its arms are fully extended, and which ones you might want to invest some new time and action into developing and growing strong.
B – identify up to five actions you can take to grow those capabilities that will best strengthen your resilience.
C – And then the challenge is to take action – to actually put your ideas for building your resilience stronger and stronger into what you are doing – first to get you started and then to keep building them over time.
This painting by Spanish painter Goya called The Dog is still one of my favourite images for resilience – whatever happens next you just know from looking that this dog is not beaten yet.
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April 30, 2018 – This message is to update the status of flood conditions in the Rideau River watershed.
No flooding is expected in the lower reaches of the system downstream of Smiths Falls although water levels can be expected to increase with rain forecast over the latter half of this week.
Bobs and Christie Lakes continue to be at risk for flooding. Higher levels on Christie Lake in particular can be expected as necessary releases are made to control levels on Bobs. No rain today or Tuesday will help but, if rain forecast for Wednesday and beyond is received, levels on both lakes can be expected to increase again.
Similar conditions may be occurring on other lakes in the area and residents should take precautions to ensure the security of their properties.
April 28, 2018 – This message is specific to Bobs and Christie Lakes but may apply to other lakes in the area where remotely accessible monitoring equipment is not installed. Property owners are advised to go to their cottage properties and assess conditions for themselves.
Rain overnight has caused levels on Bobs and Christie Lakes to increase to flood levels. Additional rain forecast for today (Saturday) and Sunday will cause further increases. Some relief is expected on Monday and Tuesday. More rain is forecast for later in the week that will slow the decline on both lakes.
Levels of Bobs and Christie Lakes are being monitored closely by Parks Canada staff and operation of the dam at Bolingbroke will be done as required to minimize impacts on the two lakes.
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Mr SPEIRS ( Bright ) ( 15:26 ): Today, I would like to take the opportunity to recognise a few sporting achievements of clubs within my community which have occurred over the winter period. I want to congratulate the Seacliff Surf Life Saving Club on being named South Australian Club of the Year at Surf Life Saving SA’s Red and Yellow Ball, held at Adelaide Oval on 19 August. This is a phenomenal achievement for the club, recognising its strong leadership, healthy culture, commitment to developing its young people, strategic planning, and desire to do things differently. This is a great family club which has now achieved the state’s top lifesaving accolade.
As many would know, I have worked very closely with Seacliff over the past year as we partnered to pioneer South Australia’s first accessible beach. The Beach for All access pathway is rolled out by Seacliff lifesavers on patrol days and it has given many people access to the water’s edge for the first time in their lives and is an initiative which would never have been possible without the club’s drive, commitment and energy for the project.
Congratulations to Seacliff club President, Andrew Chandler, on his admirable leadership of the organisation and his determination to drive continuous improvement across every aspect of club life. I wish Seacliff all the best as they now go forward to represent South Australia at the national surf lifesaving awards, held in Sydney on 22 October 2016.
The Red and Yellow Ball also saw a number of other awards given out and I would like to congratulate Seacliff Park resident and Seacliff surf club mum, Jacinta Day, on being named Nipper Parent of the Year. The ball saw the announcement of South Australia’s inaugural Surf Life Saving Hall of Fame. Local recipients included Dwayne Thuys of the Seacliff surf cub and Di Wallace‑Ward of the Brighton surf club, who were both inducted in the hall of fame under the ‘surf sports’ category.
A range of national medal recipients were also announced and it was Brighton which did well here. Clayton Sibbin, William (Billy) Jackson, Christopher Parsons, Bruce Hosking, David Lucas and Kylie Ellison all received national medals, recognising their long and determined service to the surf lifesaving movement. Moving on to another successful sporting club, which I am privileged to be the vice patron of, I want to take time this afternoon to congratulate the Brighton Bombers Lacrosse Club for another exceptional season, culminating in them securing the men’s senior premiership on Saturday 17 September and the women’s premiership a couple of weeks prior.
Huge congratulations to the men’s premiership team, including Matthew Fuss, Kevin Donadio, Tobias Raymond, Ross Hamilton, Eben Lok, Clinton Barker, Scott Cannon, Jason Baker, Tyler Leeming, Douglas Shinnick, Hamish Mathwin, Jack Woodford, Thomas Polden, Leigh Perham, Jake Rosenthal, and Byron Pridham. And of course the women’s team: Hayley Fuss, Molly Wolf, Beth Varga, Melissa Williams, Bronwyn McLeod, Zephyr Williams, Hannah Nielsen, Mikayla Varga, Bella Pickett, Amy Wells, Kirsty Faulder, Hannah Mathwin, Colleen O'Malley and Monika Klus.
The Brighton Lacrosse Club is ably led by the president, Jason Webb, and his 2016 management committee, and I would like to congratulate them on all that they have achieved in that club, not just in 2016 but also in previous years. It was great to have the Leader of the Opposition attend on the afternoon and assist with handing out the premiership medals. I think he was there initially to support East Torrens Lacrosse Club, which is located in his electorate, but he realised where the glory was that afternoon and headed over to the Brighton tent as the game progressed. Plaudits to East Torrens Lacrosse Club, who made their first senior grand final since 1986 and, while they fell short, they put up a valiant fight and that made for a great game to watch.
Finally, turning to local football, I would like to congratulate Hallett Cove resident Sam Bromilow on leading the Flagstaff Hill Football Club C-grade team. Sam's exceptional captaincy skills no doubt had a significant impact on the team's culture and their ability to secure the C-grade flag this year, so congratulations to Bromo.
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Located on the eastern Indochina Peninsula, Vietnam is a peaceful and beautiful country with immense geographic and cultural diversitywith 54 ethnic groups. We boast 20 inscribed heritage sites by UNESCO including Ha Long Bay and Hoi An ancient town and the capital city Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city are among the cities with best street food in the world. What’s more, our economy is fast-growing. Our education system is being rapidly improved as Vietnam has establishing partnerships with prestigious educational institutions in many countries and taking on an international approach. At the present, we believe that our country is the destination for not only investors or tourists but also students around the world.
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In June 2019 a team of seasoned explorers and tourism professionals will embark on the next leg of an adventure now four years in the making when they venture into the desolate Andean landscapes of Qollasuyu.
The Great Inca Trail team has been exploring the remnants of the 500-year-old Inca Road system across South America since 2016. These expeditions have taken our team from the glaciers of the Altiplano to the shores of the Pacific, traversing more than 2000 kilometers along the spine of the Andes before continuing on through the mists of the cloud forests to the lost city of Vilcabamba.
Our next journey could prove to be the most fascinating yet as we depart the imperial capital of Cusco to follow the road south into Qollasuyu, a place of otherworldly landscapes, vibrant cultures, and the remains of empires millennia older than the Inca themselves. Heading south across the high plains of Qollasuyu, our expedition will walk roads laid down by Huayna Capac during the great Inca expansion south, and later used by the ill-fated expedition of the conquistador Diego de Almagro.
As the royal Inca road departs Cusco’s central plaza and passes the monumental gateway of Rumicolca south of the city, it winds toward a series of plunging river canyons. Undaunted, Inca engineers devised an ingenious strategy to span these cavernous divides using only locally sourced grasses and the collective manpower of nearby communities. This tradition of collaborative engineering has been relegated to memory in every corner of the empire except one: the Q’eswachaka river valley.
Here, community members gather once a year to renew ancient bonds of kinship and to rebuild the last remaining Inca suspension bridge. A festival every June brings together members of four communities from either side of the canyon to harvest and weave tufts of coarse q’oya grass into thick sturdy ropes that act as cables to support the bridge. Cooperating across the canyon, they raise the cables and weave together a new bridge, renewing their bonds to each other and to their shared Inca heritage. We will be on hand to experience this important moment in the past and the present of the Inca Road, and to share it with the world.
Departing Q’eswachaka the team will follow the Inca Road through the high plains, passing nearly forgotten cities and temples en route to a majestic inland sea. Lake Titicaca is the mythical origin place of the original Inca: the legendary Manco Capac emerged from its waters to found the dynasty that would unite the Andes under a single banner. Today, it is home to a diverse array of living traditional cultures as well as fascinating ruins that echo the lake’s mythical past.
The remaining Inca Road along the lakeshore continues to connect the Incas’ descendants, and the still-functioning causeways are a testament to their engineering prowess. Our team will walk these roads, as well as those on the Isla del Sol – once an extremely important pilgrimage destination for the Inca and those who came before them. We will walk in the footsteps of generations of pilgrims, to experience this natural and cultural wonder as it exists today.
From Titicaca, the Inca Road heads south towards even more breathtaking vistas. Crossing what was once an ancient seabed, the road skirts the edge of one of the world’s most unique landscapes, one that often appears to be born of another world altogether. The Salar de Uyuni is an immense salt flat that contains the crystallized remains of an inland ocean in what is now the Bolivian Altiplano. The arid climate and unique geological past combine to create fantastic and surreal landscapes that can only be described in cliché. Islands of fossilized coral jut out of a sea of white salt, breaking the uniformity of the horizon and lending perspective to a dreamlike scene.
Towering over this expanse is the volcanic peak of Tunupa. Home to several communities with roots in the ancient past, the volcano’s slopes feature burial caves that house the nearly perfectly-preserved mummified remains of their ancestors. This is a rare opportunity to see firsthand how these ancient burials continue to influence the identity of these indigenous communities today. Our team will explore those connections and how they inform and enrich this place as a modern destination for international travelers.
After the sweeping vistas of Uyuni, the road heads south towards the Inca frontier. Approaching what is now the border with Chile, the grasslands give way to the desert. But the gateway between the altiplano and the Atacama is guarded by an ancient mountain deity: the mighty stratovolcano of Licancabur. At 19,409 feet (5419 meters), Licancabur rises from the plains and commands the landscape for miles around. The ancient populations of the Altiplano worshipped the peak as an apu, or living mountain god, making offerings and praying to it for good weather.
The Inca themselves took notice upon their arrival at the turn of the sixteenth century, building both a tambo at the volcano’s base and a temple structure beside the crater lake at the summit. Our team aims to summit the peak to visit these ruins and pay our respects to yet another of the empire’s great apus. In doing so we will also be following in the footsteps of another legendary explorer. Johan Reinhard famously summited Licancabur in 1981 and accomplished what at the time was the highest altitude SCUBA dive in history.
This expedition will weave together strands spun by the Inca and their prehistoric predecessors; the gold-crazed conquistadors of the Spanish conquest; the intrepid explorers of the past and present; and the vibrant indigenous communities that populate the ancient lands of Qollasuyu today. The result will be a project celebrating the rich tapestry of natural and cultural wonders that still exist along the Qhapaq Ñan today.
Follow this link to learn more about how SA Expeditions promotes the conservation of the natural and cultural resources of South America. Or maybe you want to take things a few steps further by actually joining the expedition team in June of 2019? We have one open seat for the right individual: inquire at [email protected].
Kevin Floerke is a writer, photographer, and independent researcher who has been studying the Inca road system for more than a decade. He has been accompanying and photographing the Great Inca Trail team as our resident archaeologist since 2016. He also took the title image of this blog.
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With the release of Halsey’s second full-length album hopeless fountain kingdom around the corner, we want to give you and a friend tickets to see her when she swings through Toronto on her North American tour!
Halsey will perform at the Air Canada Centre on October 4, and all you have to do to enter is head on over to Twitter, follow Much and retweet the tweet below!
Hurry! The contest closes Thursday, May 11 at 8am. For a full list of rules and regulations, click here, and don’t forget to pick up hopeless fountain kingdom on June 2.
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The person credited with this Unit Standard will be able to perform routine financial transactions and calculations and need to apply the processes and procedures necessary to initiate the recording of disbursements and revenues, and to understand the financial implications to the organisation of each element in the transaction.
Explaining items of expenditure and revenue.
Explaining fixed and variable costs.
Performing invoicing operations and post amounts to the appropriate accounts.
Reconciling and identifying individual transactions with statements of accounts.
Identifying and disbursing the items on behalf of the organisation to be recovered in the invoicing process.
Explain items of expenditure and revenue.
A definition of expenditure is provided in the context of freight forwarding and customs clearing.
A definition of revenue is provided in the context of freight forwarding and customs clearing.
The difference between expenditure and revenue are explained as they apply to freight forwarding.
Explain fixed and variable costs.
Fixed cost is defined with examples.
Variable cost is defined with examples.
Three examples are provided where fixed costs could happen.
Examples are provided where variable costs could be confused as fixed costs.
Three examples must be given.
The consequences of a variable cost being confused as a fixed cost is explained with examples.
Perform invoicing operations and post amounts to the appropriate accounts.
An invoice is prepared which has items of expenditure and items revenue for a sea freight shipment for a full container load and import which has paid customs duty, duty schedule, and the ocean freight is on a collect basis.
An invoice is prepared for an air freight export shipment which has items of expenditure and items of revenue where the master airway bill is collected, insurance must be invoiced as well as cartage collection charges.
The expenditure items must be posted to the appropriate accounts for both the seafreight and airfreight invoices.
A record is made up of the over-recoveries of the items of expenditure which must later be taken to profit.
Reconcile and identify individual transactions with statements of accounts.
Ocean freight or air freight is identified as items of the organisations invoices.
Cartage is identified as an item of the company’s invoices and statements from the transporter taking into account all over-and-under recoveries.
All landside and surface charges are identified including port authority charges, airline charges, depot charges and carrier’s handling.
All customs and charges are identified and reconciled with bills of entries, statements and deferment accounts.
Other disbursements charges are identified and reconciled with invoices from those parties taking into account all over-and-under recoveries.
Other disbursements may include but is not limited to other agents’, storage charges, packing, fumigation, inspection, insurance.
Supplementary charges from outside parties are identified and reconciled to the organisations invoice taking into account all over-and-under recoveries.
Supplementary invoices are disbursed by the organisation and account for all disbursement items which have been invoiced.
Reconciliation is made between the invoices and statement of accounts.
Identify and disburse the items on behalf of the organisation to be recovered in the invoicing process.
Cartage charges as disbursed by the organisation, are identified and posted to the cartage disbursement account.
Storage charges as disbursed by the organisation are identified and posted to the storage disbursement account.
All special charges such as extra attendance are disbursed by the organisation are identified and posted to the disbursement accounts.
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This traditional American folk hymn from John G. McCurry's acclaimed collection, The Social Harp (1835), has inspired composers throughout the years, including Aaron Copland. This flexible 2-part arrangement captures the simple joy of the 19th century camp meeting, as the singers call to one another, "Come, brothers and sisters, come, join us in singing the praises of Zion!" Great for treble and mixed voices and singers of all ages throughout the year.
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I looked through that entire linked page. I didn't see anything that had something to do with RF. Oh well, I guess somebody had to break the pattern of the links posted in this thread.
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The Snapdragon Inn has a historical lineage that only grand New England homes can claim. Built in 1815, the property has been home to Maxwell Perkins, the famous editor who worked with Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe and others. Today, this quintessential brick colonial, with its white porches and prominent Main Street location, has stepped into another epoch. The current innkeepers spent two years refurbishing the building, making it the kind of upscale hotel experience the inn’s urban clientele covets.
All nine rooms are individually designed in pastel shades and white, with a mix of custom-made fabrics in bold colors and patterns, wood floors and decorative fireplaces (in most rooms). The fruits of the two-year-long renovation are obvious in the luxe bedding, HD TVs and free WiFi, but there are also such thoughtful extras as guest guides and a selection of books edited by former owner, Maxwell Perkins. White bathrooms have a modern feel, with spa robes, radiant-heat floors and L’Occitane bath products.
The inn serves a continental breakfast in the smart red dining room each morning, after which most guests set out to explore the charming local towns. Or, for a relaxing day onsite, head to the petite spa for a cleansing facial or aromatherapy massage. It books up fast so be sure to reserve your treatment before you arrive. Later, wander in the adjacent Paradise Park nature preserve or curl up by the fire in the cozy library.
Traveling through Vermont, we stopped for a night in Windsor and were enchanted with the Snapdragon Inn. Stepping inside the Snapdragon was like stepping into a bit of history. It is obvious that a lot of love went in to the restoration and decor of this house. The rooms are furnished well and beds are extremely comfortable and luxurious touches such as spa bathrobes and toiletries made us feel very pampered. We really appreciated the heated floors in the bathrooms! The waffles and fresh fruit for breakfast was delicious and there was a huge variety of coffee and tea choices, as well as cereals, etc. My only regret was that we couldn't stay longer. Hope to come back in the spring or fall when everything is in bloom.
Very nice experience. We had to check in late and were accommodated nicely. Clean, nice room. Very nice common space and breakfast space. We lit a fire in the living room and played board games. When we asked about activities, we were given good recommendations and advice. A very nice stay.
Beautiful place. All the staff is very nice, courteous and made feel like in home. Rooms very neat and comfortable Excellent customer service, Dominique is such a wonderful person. I referred my family and they arriving this next week.
We visited Windsor to attend a race up at Mt. Ascutney. Staff immediately made us welcome, and had even identified a place where we could store our bikes out of the elements and away from prying eyes. Our room was quiet and comfortable, with a luxurious king (and we loved the heated floors in the bathroom).
We had to leave very early (4:30am), so couldn't partake of the standard breakfast offerings, however, since they new we would be leaving so early the staff made a number of breakfast items available and gave us a "tour" of the kitchen and pointed out items we might need (such as yogurt and cream in the fridge).
The next morning we walked down to a delicious breakfast quiche and belgian waffles with plenty of fresh fruit. Check out was seamless and friendly. The entire visit to the Snapdragon was excellent. We are looking forward to our visit next year.
I knew I was paying premium for this property, but thought it would be justified when we arrived. It was not. The steps leading up to the front door only had one hand rail- the other was "being repaired " the sign said ?
Dragged our suitcases up 3 flights of stairs to a large room, but very noisy street traffic. The " marbled bathroom" was just white tile- nothing special at all.
Breakfast was ho hum- nothing spectacular. Inn was only 1/2 full that night and never saw anyone in a management position- young girl cleaning up breakfast ( 45 minutes before it was scheduled to be over).
All in all it was just an ok place with exorbitant room rates for what you get. I just saw the same room is now renting for $200 per night- not the $400 I spent. I am sure they chalk it up to high demand, but I don' think that was the case. I knew what I signed up for but was left underwhelmed and felt like I got taken.
Set your expectations low for this place and you will not be disappointed.
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Reports released today are claiming that the latest celeb set to walk down the ailse and say ‘I Do’ following a whirlwind engagement is an Aussie!
If the rumours are to be believed, our very own Delta Goodrem is getting married to her guitarist boyfriend Matthew Copley. And these two sure aren’t messing around with the reports suggesting the wedding will take place next month.
New Idea magazine today released a copy of the musical couple’s save-the-date card, which also revealed that it will be a destination wedding taking place in Maui, Hawaii at Paáko Cove.
Not much is known about the ‘Wings’ singer’s relationship with Copley since both have remained quite tight-lipped about their romance, but they have reportedly been dating since late last year.
The wedding location is rumoured to hold a special connection to the pair with reports that Pa’ako Cove was the place that they first said ‘I love you’ to each other while on holiday in Hawaii back in March.
New Idea is reporting that they will be flying a small amount of loved ones over to Hawaii to celebrate the nuptials that will reportedly coincide with Delta’s 34th birthday on November 9.
Delta will reportedly wear “an elegant and very simple” wedding dress signed by Lis Ho before changing into a ac Posen gown for the reception.
New Idea are also reporting that the pair are keen to start a family as soon as possible following their wedding.
“They don’t want to waste any time,” claimed a source to the publication.
Delta Goodrem Has Some Big Baby News!
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The Giver has recently been made into a film, and so, with the suggestion of one of my bookish friends, I picked the book up to see what the story was like, and wasn't disappointed in the slightest.
The Giver is a morally driven and interesting story about a young boy called Jonas who lives in a society free of crime and sadness. At the age of 12, children are assigned their jobs, which they will train for and do for the rest of their lives. Everything is chosen; from your parents to your partner. Jonas stands apart from the community when he is chosen to become the new "Memory Keeper". Society has been kept free of all the negative aspects of life because for as long as it has been formed, there has been someone who holds all the bad and good memories of the past within them. This is both bad and good for the inhabitants because, although they are protected from harm, they are also not exposed to the wonderful aspects of life.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book because, even though it is supposed to be more of a children's book than young adult, the storyline is complex enough to hold the attention of older readers. I really enjoyed Jonas as a character because his character development from a scared boy, to someone willing to risk his future to save the community, is enjoyable to follow. This book shows the path of growing up; at first we are scared to accept that there are new responsibilities, but as we slowly get used to it we want to move more and more away from childhood.
Throughout the book, Jonas' loss of trust in his parents is also important in communicating the morals of the story. At the beginning, when Jonas is a normal child in the community, he trusts his parents completely as is expected. However, after The Giver shows Jonas the tape of his Father "releasing" a new born child, a process in which the child is killed and disposed of, Jonas ultimately loses his trust and admiration of his father. This moment is what forces Jonas to leave the community, even before The Giver has planned for him to. I enjoyed this transition in Jonas because he begins to defy the life which is set out for him. It is symbolic of the change from the innocent mind of a child into the questioning and educated mind of an adult.
The ambiguity of the ending is also another aspect which makes this book interesting to read. There are two possible meanings behind the ending; either Jonas and Gabriel freeze to death together on the sled, or they have really found "Elsewhere". Ultimately, the ending still shows us that, whatever happens, Jonas has made choices for himself rather than being told what to do. Whatever happens to him, it is still better than his life in the community would ever have been.
The community is a metaphor for restriction and censoring; it limits the choices of an individual until they have none left, removing joy from life. By leaving the community Jonas has already made an individual choice, and this demonstrates to the reader that it is better to live your life the way you would like to, than be held back by others and never really be happy. I think this is an important message for children and young adults today, as experiences such as bullying in schools limit people from being themselves.
This book was easily read in a couple of hours because of its simple but gripping storyline and its interesting characters. The Giver was so powerful because it's one of a rare few young adult books which leaves the ending up to you. The ending of The Giver is powerful because we have a choice in what it means; just as Jonas made a sacrificial choice for the good of the community, you have to decide for yourself too.
I would recommend this book to anyone who loves dystopian worlds, and well as people who like a book to let them think for themselves!
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Durden and Rose (1978) described the fossil genus Praepapilio under its own subfamily (Praepapilionidae) and with two species, P. colorado and P. gracilis (Durden and Rose, 1978). A recent morphological study (Nazari et al., 2007), however, has found a close relationship between P. colorado and the tribe Papilionini within the subfamily Papilioninae.
Durden, C.J., Rose, H., 1978. Butterflies from the middle Eocene: The earliest occurance of fossil Papilionidae. Prarce-Sellards Ser. Tax. Mem. Mus. 29: 1-25.
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Muhammed of Jesus Like Moses?
Who fulfills Deut. 18:18 the most Jesus or Muhammad?
Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
3. Moses & Jesus were Jews ministering to Jews. Jesus is a Jew which is required by Deut 18:18. "...a prophet like you from among their brothers."
10. Moses did many miracles per Koran & Bible. Jesus created the universe (John 1 & Col 1:1-16), holds the universe together by his power (Col 1:17), raised the dead, healed lepers, the blind, the deaf, walked on water, calmed the storm, healed the sick, made cripples walk, coin from fishes mouth, cast out demons & more. Muhammad has no miracles recorded in the Koran.
11. Moses & Jesus prayed at various times, ways & places. Mat 6:5-13 Muhammad taught we must recite prayers in praise of Allah five times daily while facing Mecca , the city where Allah revealed the Koran to Muhammad. Prayer must be performed at prescribed hours and in a definite pattern of word and posture.
17. Moses taught that "without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness". Lev 17:11, Heb 9:22 Jesus shed his blood on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins.
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