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You know…I hate having a bunch of text on my blogs and prefer photos..but it seems almost impossible lately due to time…so here goes!
Tuesday was a cold, cold day to be outside…and guess who was stuck outside?
I do tend to go on little excursions with my current internship by attending events and doing whatever it is to leave the office, but for this specific Tuesday, I was quite ecstatic to stay inside since the weather was so windy and cold. At my work, our director wanted to personally deliver these envelopes with our companies stuff and Task Force booklets to people in the Senate and the House on Capitol Hill; one group was my director, Boss A, and an intern, and the other group was Boss B and another intern, making a total of 5 people. They had worked on this stuff and discussed it the previous day…so when the first group ventured off at 11am, I was pretty excited since that meant the office would be pretty empty. Well, RIGHT before the 2nd group left, Boss B got call from our director and I was recruited to join, so I threw on my jacket and ear muffs.
The weather the entire time we were out ranged from -7degrees Celsius to 0 degrees….with STRONG ass winds. So our objective was to bring all these big envelopes and get them delivered to the House of Representatives, so we caught a taxi to Capitol Hill so that we could hit up the buildings Cannon, Longworth, and Rayburn. Through each building, you had to go through a security check,
just like an airport.
So we first hit up Cannon and the 3 of us spread out through each floor to make it quick. Everything went by very smoothly, and it was also nice being able to roam through the building and see all the nice offices. Cannon was a success, so we moved on to Longworth…Boss B and I got through security just fine, but the other intern in our group got held back and told that we were not allowed to deliver the mail. After a bit of hostility with the guard, Boss B continued with her part, and I went outside with the other intern, and where we all decided that we might as well try going to Rayburn since we easily got through Cannon.
Bare in mind that we had no idea that this was a big deal, and when we were continuing to Rayburn, we didn't go there thinking that we wanted to defy the rules and be strong activist or anything, we just wanted to see if we could or not. So we went over to the other building casually and slowly since we knew Boss B wouldn't be done for awhile. We hopped in to the security line, and I was up first. I had passed through everything when all of a sudden the SAME security guard from Longworth stops me and goes nuts, saying that my friend and I was trying to sneak in from one building to another and then goes off for a little bit about how he told us no already, etc etc and says that I was trespassing! Hahaa, so I'm pretty sure the guard followed us from the other building! Then he forces us out in much anger. So we waited at the area near the door with seating, since it would be too cold to go outside, but he yells at us and tells us trespassers that we have to go outside.
Perhaps we looked like crazy activist. I mean..there are thousands here in DC afterall haha. We ended up waiting outside for our boss, and then going on a wild goose chase for some random building that the guards told us we could go to and mail the stuff. I can't remember a time that I've been that cold before. My face was frozen and it even hurt. My hands burned and I honestly remember thinking…I hope I have all 10 toes when I get back. After that day of pure cold weather, I started thinking…a job in DC might just not be for me.
Oh..and as for the group that went to the Senate buildings..they ran in NO trouble at all. oy..the little things you do to get ahead in life. hahahha………..


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We were first treated to canapes made with jaew bong two ways; one with smoked mackerel on khao khop, the dried fried sticky rice also used to make mieng, then with khao khop bits and radish on spicy seen savanh as the "cracker". Both were deliciously crunchy! For this recipe Chef Deth chose kohk and sohk's jaew bong over Ma Der's, if only for the reason that it was a glossier sauce (don't open the container if you're wearing white) and had more pronounced flavors thanks to the chunkier cut galangal and chillies.
Next up were cucumbers served with jackfruit in thum sauce and seen savanh. Because cooked jackfruit has the texture of meat, the crisp cucumbers helped keep it from tasting too savory - and using ninjafoods sauce as a marinade was a great idea!
Moving on to thums, thinly sliced sour mangos were lightly tossed in hot ninjafoods sauce, acting almost like a true salad dressing. This method kept the mangos crisp, had it gone in the mortar and pestle, the shreds wouldve become much softer. Chef Deth finished it with microgreens and homemade dried shrimp powder sprinkled on top to bring out the funkier notes. The real test was reserved for the papaya, which held up well and gave a nice red-brown color. Everyone who tried it enjoyed the thum and had no complaints about it tasting like an instant sauce. We also used "Earthquake" hot here, and although it wasn't unbearable it still made a few noses run, a true indication of Lao heat.

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Start with Why
If you want to create lasting impact, you need more than cut-up reminders of your training material. Simply sending emails or reminder messages to your training participants does not lead to behavior change. Read more about the difference between reminders and reinforcement here.
Instead, begin by thinking about your objectives for reinforcement. What are the desired behavior changes you want staff to make, or the new knowledge you wish to impart?
Establish Objectives
Reinforcement objectives differ from training goal. A typical training goal fits the pattern of "you will be able to do ... after the training." Again, the focus is on the ability to do something, not whether it is actually done. With reinforcement, focus shifts away from the model of being able to do something and toward a more sophisticated model of evaluation and mastery.
Verbs accompanying the reinforcement model include do, use, master, and evaluate or analyze. To design a reinforcement program that has impact, you must determine your reinforcement objectives.
What do you want learners to come away from the training with, a new model of behavior or a new set of skills? You may need to tweak the wording of your reinforcement objectives. After you determine your reinforcement objectives, you can start to develop the program.
We recommend designing a reinforcement program that has the critical elements outlined in our Comprehensive Reinforcement Program Checklist.
Create Connections
Once you have designed the course program, go through it again and check each of the connections. Will learners naturally be able to move from awareness to knowledge and skills to application?
Did you make three connections in your messages for every assignment? We recommend a 21-point approach, where 19-21 points is excellent and 15-18 points is very good. Under 10 points is very weak and will not reinforce skills.
Change Behavior
If learners begin changing their behavior as a result of completing the reinforcement program, ask them to provide feedback on the program. Building a survey allows learners to reflect upon their experience.
Continue to refine your objectives and establish your goals. Download our Comprehensive Reinforcement Program Checklist to learn how to design a strong training reinforcement program.


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After we saw the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Summit, Chrysler also wanted to show us ahead of the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show the 2011 Jeep Liberty Jet appearance package. The special edition comes with a brand new set of 20-inch polished aluminum wheels wrapped in P245/50R20 all-season tires.
Furthermore, the appearance was improved using a new chrome lower fascia opening, body side moldings, license plate brow, roof rails and mirror caps, new blacked-out headlamps as well as unique 'Jet' badging.
For those already interested in this special edition, they must know that the 2011 Liberty Jet will be offered in four exterior colors: Bright Silver, Dark Charcoal, Brilliant Black and Blackberry.
Inside, the car features a 9-speaker premium audio system, a new standard security system that includes supplemental side-curtain air bags and Park Sense rear park assist.
In addition, the interior is offered with Dark Slate Gray leather seating with accent stitching, heated front seats, a steering wheel wrapped in leather featuring audio controls and one-touch up/down power windows. The 2011 Jeep Liberty Jet package will carry a price tag of $1,495 on Liberty Sport models and $995 on Liberty Limited models.


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Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation will always remember Paul John for the legacy in helping name YKHC's strategic plan as Napartet. Napartet is a Yup'ik word that can mean a post or pillar; a trail marker; or even a mast on a boat.
As many within the YKHC already know, Paul John helped name YKHC's strategic plan after telling a story about how he and his father used Napartet to safely sail their commercial fishing boat in Bristol Bay in Alaska's territorial days.
In 2014 CEO Dan Winkelman initiated a region-wide survey of employees,
patients and tribal representatives, asking what would you like to be
able to say about YKHC in five years? With answers to these questions as
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« Back to A Day in the Life (Oct 2013)
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Bazzill Basics Paper) + pigment ink (Aladine) + stickers (Studio Calico, October Afternoon, Pink Paislee) + die cuts (Studio Calico) + wood veneer (Studio Calico) + puffy sticker (Amy Tangerine) + glitter sticker (KI Memories)
A Note from Francine
Earlier this year I started using Instagram to document Wednesdays, the day that Kieran is home from school. These pictures are from one of our typical days at home last September.
October Fun Fact
My yarn stash has been growing and growing and growing......


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Nuit: Abalone Jewelry
Make a statement this season in this dramatic ensemble of abalone, Swarovski crystal, and onyx. Length is 18" plus 2.25" pendant and is also available with deep purple crystals.
Picture yourself wearing this alluring abalone jewelry with an on-trend plunging neckline. Created by Etherea Designs, this set mirrors art deco silhouettes with contemporary flair. It will certainly dress-up a LBD or velvet top and jeans - just perfect for special occasions.
It features mesmerizing abalone oval beads, these amazing beads are double-sided and each side has a unique display of colors. Abalone is a favorite material of ours due to its mermaid-like coloration. It is a magical gem of the sea that heightens intuition and stimulates the imagination. Stark black polished onyx is another design element in this set. Like other black stones, black onyx is a grounding stone; it also bestows power and courage upon its wearer and is a zodiac stone for Leo and Capricorn.
Interspersed throughout the design are silver-toned pewter accents, metallic silver seed beads, and two-toned black diamond/iridescent green Swarovski crystals. The pendants are suspended from sterling silver chain and fall 2.25".
The necklace closes at 18" with a sterling silver hook and eye clasp.
Striking matching earrings of abalone and Swarovski crystal are included. They fall 1.5" from sterling silver ear wires.


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University of Miami
Cincinnati to start record-setting QB against Miami Hurricanes
With record-breaking quarterback Hayden Moore announced as the starter against Miami on Thursday night, the Canes (3-0) are ready for a ton of aerial yards by Cincinnati (2-2) — not that they weren't expecting the same out of usual starter Gunner Kiel.
Moore, a redshirt freshman, threw for 557 yards in a loss at Memphis last Thursday. He took over for Kiel, who was sent to the hospital after he injured his neck and shoulder during a collision that sent him crashing to the turf.
The UM secondary won't have safeties Deon Bush and Jamal Carter for the first half Thursday as they sit out because of targeting during last week's game — but it will have cornerback Artie Burns, who leads the Atlantic Coast Conference with three interceptions.
Burns has a pick in each of the Canes' three games, and is the first UM player with an interception in three consecutive games since Sean Taylor in 2003.
"Just grinding every day," Burns said this week. "We'll just try to eliminate the yards and outplay the defense. Memphis had a lot of broken down coverages …"
Former tailback Clinton Portis was among 14 former football greats named Tuesday to the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Class of Football Legends.
As a true freshman starter at running back in 1999, Portis set a school record with five 100-yard performances, leading the Canes with 838 yards and eight touchdowns on 143 carries – 5.9 yards per carry – in 10 games. His 1,200 yards rushing during the 2001 national championship season was at that time the third-highest single-season rushing yardage total in UM history. He now ranks fifth in all-time career rushing with 2,523 yards.
Portis continued his dominance in the NFL, earning Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2002 and amassing 9,923 rushing yards and 75 touchdowns in nine seasons – two with the Broncos and seven with the Washington Redskins.
"It's a blessing to be recognized as a legend,'' Portis wrote in an email to the Miami Herald. "...Plenty of people paved the way and inspired me to be the best me I can be. Coaches, teammates, fans, family all played a role in this award, so thanks.''
Joining Portis in the '15 ACC Legends class are Pitt running back Tony Dorsett, FSU running back Warrick Dunn, Georgia Tech coach Bobby Ross, Boston College center Dan Koppen, Clemson linebacker Anthony Simmons, Duke running back Chris Douglas, Louisville quarterback Chris Redman, North Carolina offensive lineman Ken Huff, NC State defensive back and return specialist Fred Combs, Syracuse tight end Chris Gedney, Virginia defensive end Patrick Kerney, Virginia Tech defensive end Corey Moore and Wake Forest punter Chuck Ramsey.
All 14 legends will be honored at the ACC Night of Legends on Dec. 4, and during the on-field pregame festivities at the ACC Championship.
The Bearcats will wear all black Thursday night at Nippert Stadium, where a sellout crowd of 40,000 is expected. Their helmets for the game will have the word RUCKUS printed on the back — with the UC in red letters.


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There is nothing worse than waking up with a horse head in your bed.
In the movie, The Godfather, Corleone's godson, Johnny Fontane, requested help from Corleone to get a role in a new movie. Tom Hagen was sent to Hollywood to meet with Jack Woltz, to ensure that Johnny got the role. After refusing, Woltz finds the severed head of his prized race horse, Khartoum, in bed as he awakes in the morning.
It's not a pretty picture in the best of circumstances.
Which brings us back to Prince Charles and his penchant for horses. As every Brit knows, after a very long public courtship of the Duchess of Cornwell, who some say was the Prince's first and only love, they finally found connubial happiness.
Blessed with a elongated face that horse lovers look for when picking their steeds, the Prince of Wales admired her strong carriage, healthy teeth and royal bloodline.
The Prince, who also has equine features, enjoys nothing more than waking up to his stable mate each morning, strapping a saddle on the Duchess and going for a brisk trot around the four poster.


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"It takes a community to serve a community."
Dave Silbert
Executive Director & Co-Founder
For as long as he can remember, Dave has always wanted to help people and serve his community in whatever way he could. As a young adult, Dave gained extensive experience working with people as the Assistant Director of an in-patient rehabilitation facility in California. After returning to the East Coast, he started his own personal training and sports coaching business, learning the in's and out's of running one's own business and the joy in working with kids.
In 2009, a life-changing service trip to the lower 9th Ward in New Orleans changed the course of his life, and the emotional impact of taking part in this kind of philanthropic activism inspired him and Bob to organize their own community's efforts in a local nonprofit to stimulate volunteerism in their own community; from this simple trip, So What Else was born.
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Caller: 27-year old man, calling on behalf of his friend
Problem: Prescription opioid addiction
Seeking: Rehab program that has instant availability with possible intervention
Reason(s): The man is seeking immediate rehabilitation options for his friend who is struggling with an opiate addiction. The man is worried his friend may not be able to continue living the same destructive lifestyle much longer. He says that his friend received opioid painkillers after suffering an injury to his shoulder. He also said, "When he first got these medications, he was very careful when it came to using them. He would even refuse to drink a beer when watching football and his girlfriend said he would refuse to drink wine during dinner. However, that all went out the window when he accidentally took two instead of one." The caller said that the euphoric sensations might have been enough to get his friend to keep trying more of the same substance. According to the man, his friend refuses to talk to both him and his longtime girlfriend about possible issues with addiction. He is concerned that his friend is going to continue taking more and more of the same medication and the friend's girlfriend says that there are days that he is just 'knocked out' after 4 PM. He said, "I am very concerned about what is going to happen to him. Worse yet, it seems that everyone around him can see that something is wrong, but he is unable to do so". He wants to find a rehabilitation program that has instant availability and would like to know more about staging an intervention to confront the friend with his drug abuse.


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ADA Recruitment 2013 For Stenographer.Applications are invited for the post of Stenographer in Aeronautical Development Agency.
Company Name: Aeronautical Development Agency.
Website: www.ada.gov.in
Location: Bangalore.
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Qualification: Graduate in Commerce / Science / Arts / Business Administration / Business Management . Should possess a speed of 40 w.p.m in English typewriting (corresponds to 12000 KDPH) and 80 w.p.m. in English Shorthand.Efficiency in using Computers for routine applications. Should have passed Junior English Shorthand and Junior English Typewriting exams conducted by Govt. of Karnataka or equivalent or Diploma in Secretarial Practice conducted by Govt. of Karnataka or equivalent, with Shorthand and Typewriting as subjects.
Pay: 5,200 20,200 + Grade Pay Rs.2,400/-
Age: 30 Yrs.
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Commencement of on-line submission of applications : 1000 hrs on 15th March 2013
Last date for registering applications on-line : 1700 hrs on 01st April 2013 and
Last date for receipt of applications by registered/speed post at ADA : 08th April 2013.
How To Apply: Candidates are required to register their applications through ADA recruitment web-site: http://www.ada.gov.in/recruit. In addition to registration on website, candidates should forward a hard copy of the registered online application (downloaded from the given web-site) alongwith attested copies of all certificates and testimonials.
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Ask the Expert! Virtual Briefings are exclusive, live webcast presentations that air quarterly. HCI Corporate Members can speak directly to an acclaimed talent management thought leader by submitting their questions beforehand and attending the virtual event.
Getting the right talent into your organization is an essential function that talent acquisition is now charged with. An organization's culture and productivity are driven by the workforce it is able to attract and retain. But is there a secret sauce to acquiring the best talent you can; Talent that will fit your culture, stay engaged, be promotable and help propel your company forward?
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Read June's Little Lessons post today reminded me of the gifts of love from the husb, and I thought it's fitting that I write about my Love since it's Valentine's Day!
It's no secret that the husb has always tried his best to shower me with lovely gifts all these years. But it's not the physical gifts that count, although it scores pretty high on my love languages! It's how he always puts the kids and I on the top of his priority list.
Because of new work commitments, the husb has to be away regularly often now. Feeling bad that I've to solo-parent the kids whenever he's away, the husb would encourage me to have some me-time (dinners with girlfriends, manicures, facials, etc) when he's back. Before his trips, he would always try to make sure that everything is in order or scheduled so that I can simply focus on the kids and myself when he's away. In appreciation, I've taken over the responsibility of topping up petrol for the car and told him it's fine to leave a car with half-tank full of petrol for me.
Daddy's guilt can be just as awful as Mommy's guilt. The husb would make sure he gets them some toys/activities before his trips to keep the kids busy while he's away. But of course, I can only present these to the kids when they behave themselves!
We have become more appreciative of each other's efforts to make this whole situation work best for the kids and ourselves. The realization that the husb's getting the shorter end of the stick out of this situation have also made me much more empathetic to him. Work trips are after all, WORK. Flying is no fun when you are not traveling somewhere for a holiday with your loved ones. In fact, it's exhausting and bad for your skin. The kids may be a handful at times but I get snuggles (ok, sometimes feet in my face) when I sleep with them and wake up to good morning kisses (or whining for milk).
So yes, it ain't so bad after one learns to see things differently and adjusts the mindset accordingly. I'm pretty sure he's very glad that I've learned to be more positive about this and doesn't give him as much grief about the frequent traveling now.
Happy Valentine's Day, my Love! In our cub's favourite line these days, "I miss you, Dad-deeee!"


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Know Your Councilors
Meet some of the members of the ACR Council.
The success of the College depends on an informed and engaged membership. In May, the ACR Council will convene at the Crossroads® to consider resolutions and elect the next group of leaders for the College.
Currently, over 340 of your fellow members serve as councilors representing the 54 ACR chapters, branches of the military, government agencies, qualified subspecialty societies, the Resident and Fellow Section, and the Young and Early Career Physician Section. These individuals volunteer their time to attend the meeting and represent you, their colleagues, as decisions are made that impact the College and our profession.
Knowing the councilors who represent you allows you to directly contact them when you have questions about ACR policy or want to share information regarding challenges currently facing our membership. While we can't spotlight all 340 councilors in this brief space, we would like you to meet a few members of the council to learn more about how they got involved, what they do at the meeting, and why they value the input of their fellow members.
As these individuals are prepared to head to Washington, D.C., we hope you'll take the time to review the resolutions that are being considered, familiarize yourself with the election manual, and provide your feedback in advance of the meeting. The feedback that you provide to your councilors and CSC members can help inform open hearings, the final disposition of resolutions acted by the council, and ultimately College policy.
Kristina E. Hoque, MD, PhD
How long have you served as councilor?
I started as a one-year alternate and now I am a new councilor.
How do you approach your role in order to be most effective?
I aim to be fair and honest representative to the widely varied types of practice in my state.
Give that you represent your fellow members, do you seek input to inform the decisions you make during the annual meeting?
Of course! Listening is critical. I do so through all avenues — email, phone, and in-person meetings.
Arlene E. Segal, MD, FACR
How long have you served as councilor?
12 years.
What are your responsibilities in serving as a councilor for your chapter?
I work to mentor younger members of the chapter, communicate to others at our state meetings what the council is doing, and make sure I contribute my state's voice to the rest of the council.
As a councilor, what is a typical annual meeting like for you?
I attend all the sessions of the council and encourage my fellow councilors to do so. I also spend time mentoring the new councilors.
Valerie L. Jewells, DO, FACR
How long have you served as a councilor?
15 years.
What made you choose to get involved in your state chapter?
I have great interest in political policy with regards to patient care.
Why do you think it's important to serve as a councilor?
If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. Also, lack of information will result in poor decisions.
By William T. Herrington, MD, FACR, Speaker, and Timothy L. Swan, MD, FACR, Vice Speaker


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As I settle back in to my daily schedule (and actually get some sleep and see some vegetables on my plate occasionally) it's time to reflect back on the week that was Cannes 2014.
When you sift through the seminars filled with vague mentions of "storytelling" and "disruption," there were some seriously interesting seminars and speakers making some seriously interesting statements:
"Good things don't need extra colors or additives."
-Contrapunto BBDO Creative Director Felix Del Valle
"The bridge between a dream and reality is work."
-Jared Leto
"In the age of content, think like a marketer. Behave like an entertainer. Move like a
Tech Startup." -PJ Pereira
"Empower the greatest content creators or fuck you."
-Kanye West
And my favorite,
"Just because you sit on a bean bag doesn't make you creative."
-Sir John Hegarty
As for the work, here are a few of my favorite pieces and campaigns that won big:
"Mistakes" by Clemenger BBDO for the New Zealand Transportation Agency
"Bentley Burial" by Leo Burnett for the Brazilian Association of Organ Transplants
"You Are My Son" by Lowe and Partners for the Colombian Ministry of Defense
"Bald Cartoons" by Ogilvy Brazil for GRAACC
It was a great experience, and I don't think I'll ever meet as many people standing in line at the bar or bathroom as I did there. A truly great reminder of just how international this business is, and the range of perspectives it takes to create fresh, outstanding ideas that make up festivals like this year after year.
So grateful for the opportunity, and I'm already chomping at the bit to get the brief
and have a shot at going again next year.
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The Power of Art is everything expressed and created to be. Everything that has been created or invented has included an artistic process, rather a simple sketch, or music, invention, it's a detailed model of the imagination, rather it be an oil painting by one of the masters or an architectural renderings for a high rise building, the one thing that is always true, is that it is an expression of ones self imagination and souls expression is being shared and felt.
For all we know throughout recorded history art has been one of the most important roles of mankind in the very way creation creating though itself... creating from ones imagination is a gift, rather its symbols of meaning to communicate or inventing something for the use of it's need.
When I think about art being a major part of this existence and all that matters, I am humbled to be one of which this creative love flowing with feeling expressing itself through me is alive and powerful, and not for only how it makes me feel but others also.
When you hear the word ART what comes to mind? Is it one of the greats, Picasso, Rouse, Van Gough, Andy Warhol, Dali, etc...or is it colors, movement, architecture, design, music, poetry? Creatively they are just a few, I believe we all are creative, but only few were chosen that followed their souls calling to create the things that were unique to them and master a creative expression to share with all to see.
It's those that trust their path and own their truth and it's true expression are gifted the power and create the opportunity to share it with all. Enduring the challenges of becoming and the joys of learning, sharing my art during the journey has been key to continuing with passion. Art is a unique voice that speaks in shapes, colors, love and more, it's creations are endless. Art is the creative force that has the power to alter the way people see things rather it's the seen or the unseen. Art has the power to uplift the spirit to a place of joy rather one is down or up, if your down, a colorful loved filled painting can alter you mood by lifting you up to a better mood...and if your already feeling good, you feel even better!
What I am saying here is that Art is a power that creates and expresses it'self in the infinite, because it is all imagination based out of love and it goes on forever. My gift of art is my communication to the people without words, communicating my souls journey in colorful truth. May it uplift and excite the imagination of all to the most beautiful colors of life!
As all things continue to change, one thing will always remain the same, creativity will be creating. "The Power of Art..."
Many Blessings,
Marvin D. Rouse


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John-Paul needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 63 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
Facilities and Telecommunications Management
This company is small but with large clients. They manage commercial buildings and the logo needs to exude a quite confidence and trust. They keep everything running in buildings from the hot water that keeps the apartments warm in the winter to the security that keeps the tenants safe 24/7. The manage all of the cable and telecommunications that are installed in the buildings maintained as well. They are good at what they do and have a rock solid reputation. A company like this maintains buildings that are worth millions in value and the owners need to be assured that their assets will not only run smoothly, but that they will be maintained in order to increase the value overtime.
Fonts, if Citadel is included in the design, should be bold, not any one of the 25 web safe fonts, clean and feel solid like a foundation.
The image should be a variant of a castle or a chess rook. I want it to be short, solid, 'less is more'. Very little brick or stone detail, yet should feel solid and ancient. This could be a crest of a major security force or commando team logo.
Feel free to send any questions you may have.
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There is now such a thing as American Buddhism but it is more commonly referred to as Western Buddhism since it includes all Western country practices as taught by the Venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche who was the first Tibetan to come to the West and teach Buddhism.
Buddhism as Lifestyle
It is important to understand that Buddhism is more a system of beliefs than it is a religion. It is a way that you can think and live in order to attain a particular goal. Now, the goal is what seems more like a religion and more than just a lifestyle and maybe it is.
The goal is to attain liberation from samsara which is the endless cycle of suffering in birth and death. According to Buddhist belief, people continue to return and be reborn as a matter of what karma dictates.
Karma is basically action and it is the actions of ones lives that determine what realms one will be reborn in. The human realm is just one of these realms.
Buddhism in the East
The Tibetan tradition of Buddhism is perhaps the most colorful and interesting as well as mystical of all the types of Buddhism known. It is still enshrouded in mystery for many except those who have been initiated into the Secret Mantra by the highest Tibetan Lamas.
One of these Tibetans, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (Rinpoche means "precious one" or "precious teacher") came to Scotland in 1967 and founded the very first Tibetan Buddhist school in the West.
As it turned out, the Buddhism of the East was not easily understood by Westerners and so Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche translated it for Western view. Later, he brought it to America and fleshed it out from the Eastern traditional methods.
Buddhism in the West
Unlike in the East, Westerners were not able to live in monasteries and nunneries for their entire lives. The dominating religions of the West were and still are Judeo-Christian religions so there was little to no way for Westerners to understand the practices.
It was thanks to the Venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche who studied English studies at Oxford University in England that the teachings were translated. He soon gained a strong following in the West and, by the mid 1970's he had formed the school of Shambhala Buddhism in the west.
This is what is now known as "Western Buddhism" and is sometimes mistakenly called "American Buddhism." It is actually Buddhism for the west and it is missing much of the colorful traditions and symbolism of traditional Tibetan Buddhist practices.
Demystification for the Rest of Us
Since the Eastern form of thought is not the same as the Western form of thought and Westerners are not able to practice Buddhism in monastic settings, there was a need to strip the Tibetan practices bare of all the ritual and symbolism right down to only the essentials. That meant a totally new type of Buddhism was needed.
It was taught by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and the teachings still grow to this day.


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iOS 8 is the latest version of iOS, it is set to be released to the public soon. As the beta version of iOS is available for the registered Apple developers. Apple has announced the new version of its operating system for iPad, iPod and iPhone, unlike iOS 7, iOS 8 offers few visual changes. It includes a number of features and it focuses on "Continuity". This is what makes iOS 8 to integrate with OS X, "With iOS 8 we've refined notification centre"- said Craig Federighi.
You can also reply to messages and like any Facebook posts directly, it would also works in the lock screen. A new "Health" app was also revealed, support for third party keyboards, a Quick Type and several exciting new developers tools. Within the mail application, it has added a new drop down menu which you can use to add or change events quickly to your calendar. The Task Switcher has also been exchanged with quick access to your contact. It has also demonstrated Spotlight (a universal search function similar to Google). The keyboard is enhanced with the QuickType. It recognized that iMessage is its most used app and also has added some new features to its group messaging, you can now name a conversation or remove a person from it. So let's see what else features are included in iOS 8.
List of iOS 8 Features
Apple has revealed a health application named as "HealthKit". It is designed as a central hub for health, information collected by your device. It includes a section of Fitness, Diagnostics, Nutrition, Sleep, Medications, Vitals, Lab Results, and more, along with an emergency card displaying allergies and medical conditions, it is accessible directly from lockscreen. It is designed to put all of the user`s health data in one easy to access spot, creating a clear view of a person`s current health. It will likely to be integrated with several apps, as well as rumoured iWatch, which is expected to be released this year.
iCloud Drive
iCloud Drive lets users store their presentations, images, PDFs, spreadsheets and many other documents within iCloud, making them accessible from any mac or iOS devices. Its functions are basically similar to a Dropbox. Edits made to a file within iCloud Drive can be accessed in one app and then it can be manipulated in another. Apple revealed CloudKit which is available for developers enabling iCloud integration with the third party apps.
Family Sharing
iOS 8 introduces a new feature called "Family Sharing", which lets members of up to six people with same iTunes accounts that uses the same credit card, share content like movies, apps, iBooks, and music. This feature allows family purchases to be bought with the same credit card and it also keeps the parental control over purchases. It also lets family share photos, reminder, calendar, videos and much more to keep everyone in the family connected. It includes a surprising feature i.e., it can share location between family member, letting parents keep an eye on their kids, and it lets the family member find their lost devices.
What's new in Siri
It has been tweaked so that you don't need to touch the Phone, you can activate the Siri with the voice command "Hey Siri," and the voice assistant also features with Shazam, identifying the songs on request. Another cool thing about this Siri tool is that it would allow developers to integrate with the app. Apple gave an amazing example saying "get ready for bed" and an app synced to your house lights and doors, and turn all the lights off and lock the house.
The camera app has got a new time-lapse video mode feature, which takes pictures at dynamically selected intervals and then create its own video depicting and accelerated sequence of photos.
As the Panoramic mode was introduced in iPhone a while ago, but with the iOS 8 it would also be available for iPad. Both the iPhone and iPad has also gained a timer mode.
Touch ID
Apple is opening a touch ID to developers. Expect to see your favourite online retailers allowing finger print online authorized purchases very soon.
The photos app has been redesigned to add iCloud photo library. That means every photos or videos captured is uploaded on iCloud, allowing users to access and download their photos from any devices. It stores photos in their original formats including RAW files.
Apple is also implementing smarter search within the Photos app, making it easier and much safer to search through thousands of photos. Searches can be conducted via date, location, and time or by album name with smart suggestions for One Year Ago, Nearby, Favourites, and more.
Apple revealed iOS 8 would be to the public in the fall. That's roughly when the iPhone 6 is expected to come.
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"Short Dragon" trimaran conversion
For the Everglades Challenge 2011 I decided to convert my single outrigger into
a trimaran with inflatable 16 foot amas from Watertribe Inc. The beam was 10
feet to get through the narrow bridges (otherwise I would have opted for a wider
The first straight akas (crossbeams) held the amas some inches too high,
though I was not certain about the extra sinkage of the hull once an expedition
load was stuffed in the compartment. This boat has about 8 inches of waterline
depth for day sailing. The amas are 12 inches in diameter at the forward aka
and 7" dia. at the aft aka.
In November 2010 I sailed it in this first version; it went well, but the amas were
too high, I felt: the boat leaned just a bot too much. I asked an experienced
Watertriber (SOS), who had built a successful small trimaran, to look at my
Youtube video, and he confirmed my feeling. So, onward to a new set of akas.
I built curved box-beam akas that were lighter and dropped the amas 5 inches.
However, by the time I was done, there was 3 feet of snow on the ground and I
could not test them before the race; what an interesting situation that was,
showing up to a gruelling event with sort-of-an-untested boat.
But the new configuration was great. We all launched into a small craft advisory
that morning and had a rough first day, from a vigorous start, to long doldrums,
and some sudden squall-like weather Sunday morning. Record numbers of
boats dropped out the first day, including me -- around 2AM Sunday morning, as
I paddled against a current into Venice inlet, my rudder blade fell off (in the
chaos and sleep deprivation of start morning I had forgotten to safety-wire the
nut!). I anchored outside and tried to continue, but the next day started with
wind in the teeth and huge waves. I steered for a while by playing the two sails,
and used the emergency steering oar to ditch on Venice Beach, where I decided
to abort the race given that stormy weather might be ahead, and a rudder is
pretty useful.
Yet the trimaran mode was wonderful: the light, buoyant, nicely shaped
inflatables got me through 4 foot steep white-capping and breaking waves on
that squally morning -- the whole set-up gave me comfort and confidence for the
27 hours I was in that canoe.
I regret that I had no taller, bigger rig to match that stability. Seventy-four
square feet of sail divided between two masts was much too small for light air.
One person felt I could have doubled it -- well, maybe. I have had 114 s.f. on in
a single lug sail, and it was pretty good in light air.
I need a boat to be 7 feet or under in beam to store it in my garage (no real yard
for a boat), so I cannot practically use these amas now. I have since cut them
down to try them as akas for a safety ama, just as the Hawaiian ocean-going
canoes usually have (will use one of my inflatable amas). I will also be using a
taller battened mainsail for season 2012, so I hope the safety ama will provide
that extra safety margin needed for Short Dragon's rather narrow beam.
Go to YOUTUBE to see some EC sailing videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yekOVd3oJmI
, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW4_F3yGKTQ
The first experiment in November
2010. I got in an hour and a half
before the snow started piling up.
The boat went well but was tipped
too far over with the straight akas
The new curved box-beams
being built with helpful
suggestions from Gary Dierking,
an outrigger canoe designer
(buy his book,
Building Outrigger
Sailing Canoes
). You can see
the blocks screwed down to the
table to form the bending jig.
The trimaran conversion at last on the beach at Fort DeSoto State Park at the
start of the 2011 Everglades Challenge race. I lost my rudder early in the
second day after ~23 hours of sailing and paddling, but the boat passed the
test of sailing through rough weather during that tough first day; I was very
happy with it!
Sailing off the west coast of Florida during the calm after the
rough weather. The sail ahead of us is "Oaracle," another
contender. I That cleat is my 'nomad cleat' which has served
many functions over the years, one of my useful inventions.


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Is love bigger than pain? Initiating couples therapy usually means that something has gone wrong and we are hurt, scared, and insecure about the relationship with the person with whom we have promised to love forever. Clients are frequently surprised and encouraged to learn that there is ample research available on what makes for a stable and happy life partnership. I draw heavily from this research and avoid gimmicky popular psychology approaches to couples therapy. My training as a family therapist has laid a firm foundation in working with couples, as well, my training in behavior therapy has informed my work with scientific data that offers couples clear, accessible information. Both approaches help clients reflect on their relationships with compassion, understanding, empathy, and willingness to heal and forgive.


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Producer-Bassist Tommy Sims Getting A Master's From Jamerson U. On Michael McDonald's "All I Need"
IT'S MASTERCLASS, EVERYONE, WHICH means a detailed dissection of a bass line played by a high-level pro, along with insight from the player who gave us this amazing thing to learn from. But this one's different in that our featured artist, Nashville-based A-list producer/bassist/ songwriter Tommy Sims, consciously sought to emulate someone he'd been studying for years: the immortal James Jamerson. And when someone who's written, played, and produced for Eric Clapton ("Change the World," anybody?), Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Kelly Clarkson, CeCe Winans, the Neville Brothers, and Garth Brooks says he's studying someone, it's best to just listen to what he has to say in full.
"Jamerson's brand of Motown was like 'oldie but goodie' music when I was growing up. I'd been hearing it practically every day since I was born, but when I got to record-buying age, it was Stevie Wonder's Innervisions, Verdine White, Boosty Collins, Stanley Clarke, and later Jaco Pastorius and Marcus Miller. That was what I had to go through before I could circle around and really be able to hear Jamerson. I heard my uncles and older guys talk about Jamerson, but I just couldn't hear what they were saying, because it was kind of 'old fogey' to me and my crew. We didn't know shit, of course. Poppin' and slappin' all day long—if those other cats were college, then Jamerson was graduate work. I had to grow into his thing before I could even hear what he was doing and how it had the power to literally write the song. He was Gershwin. The standard."
Sims's road to Jamerson University started as a Chicago kid from a musical household. He picked up a beater Sears bass at age 11 and took just six weeks of formal lessons. That led to playing gospel music at his grandfather's church, a quick move over to other instruments in high school while soaking up Detroit R&B, music study at Western Michigan University, and eventually commuting between sessions in Nashville and L.A. before Bruce Springsteen picked him up for a tour in 1992, launching his career into the stratosphere. All the while, playing bass as masterfully as he did was only a small part of his overall package—as evidenced by legendary soul singer Michael McDonald hiring Sims to produce 1997's Blue Obsession [Ramp]. The disc's opening track, "All I Need" (which Sims co-wrote), is one of the most authentic modern homages to Jamerson that's ever been laid down, by explicit design. "I was just doing my best impression of Jamerson and the Funk Brothers thing," says Sims. "That was the premise of the song, so we just tried to follow that through, right down to the double drum track thing they used to do. We were just trying to capture that feel."
Sims took no chances with the tone, using a mid-'70s Fender Jazz with a little foam stuck in the bridge (to ever-so-slightly mute the notes), direct into a Neve board with no compression during tracking, with both pickups up and the tone knob rolled all the way off. Most important, he cut the track with his thumb and index finger only, "just like the man himself used to do it." When it came time to play, Sims didn't mess around, either. In Ex. 1, he starts off with some classic Jamerson syncopations and chromatic passing tones in bars 1–3 (note the F# , C# , G# , and A# ), keeping most notes short and laying hard into each bar's last eighth-note. It's tricky enough playing it with traditional fingering; how about trying it with your index finger only? Tough stuff.
Now check out the monster lick in bar 4; it's pure Jamerson goodness, but it also emphasizes one of Sims's trademark moves, the 5th scale tone (in this case, B) under the I (tonic) chord, E. "That's one of my favorite things—when the opportunity arises—to play the 5th counter to the I. That's a very gospel thing to do. It makes the I much more reverent." Sims goes there again in the last bar of the seven-bar phrase, leading into a chorus repeat that's just as cool as the section we chose to run, as is the line throughout the entire song.
He's a master player, no doubt. But nowadays, Sims rarely lays down his own tracks. For bassists who want to study at Sims University, there's his one best-kept-secret, his highly acclaimed solo album Peace and Love [UMVD, 2000]. For the rare occasions when he's played on his own productions in the past five years, try Marvin Winans's Alone But Not Alone [EMI Gospel, 2007], Robert Randolph's Colorblind [WEA, 2006], and Bonnie Raitt's Souls Alike [Capitol, 2005]. "I'll play if I've written a specific part," Sims explains. "Otherwise, these days I'm enjoying hearing how other cats would interpret it." And how might you get hired by Tommy Sims to do a record? "Play out live as much as you can, but don't overplay when you do. That's where I've heard and met almost all the bassists I use on sessions."
Even for someone who's a producer first and bassist second, the lessons learned at Jamerson U. live on. "If what you play doesn't have the power to assist the composition, then you ain't playin' nothin' but a bunch of notes. Anybody can play notes. Jamerson is the higher calling—10,000 hit records cannot be wrong."


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I am in love with my new yoga studio down the street from me.
I hesitate to share the name because like any good thing in LA as soon as you mention it, it gets jammed and the place you once discovered and loved is now overwhlemed with newbies and you can no longer enjoy your peace and quite. But alas it's so delightful I have to give them a shout out, Thanks Studio Surya.
Yesterday, I shared my plan for work outs for the week. And I just had to share that I was able to squeeze in an unexpected visit to my lovely yoga studio this morning and now I am off to run with the gals in Santa Monica. Yey motivation!
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We got more into the ground today, it is great back at the end of the day to see more rows of plants in, today it was Lettuce 'Lobjort's green', the seed for these was sown on 03/04/15 and Broccoli 'Summer purple' and Brokali 'Apollo F1 hybrid' both of these where sown on 14/03/15. Thomas also got another row of Beetroot 'Boltardy' in the ground yesterday, the garden is looking well stocked already. Beetroot is the crop that I want to keep putting in so we have a summer of it.
Month: April 2015
Laren Kurland is a saint, we had another great day in the garden but Laren was such a great help, the beetroot needed to be thined and the plants that where thined have to be used on another row, Laren got two more rows so now we have three rows of beetroot. We now have the water on the plants so they will not be too unhappy about it all. I am growing things a lot closer this year to try and get more in the garden. Thomas who……..
I have a team now up in the vegetable garden, not only do I have Thomas helping but I also have help from friends from the U.S, the Kurlands are over for the week and I am enjoying having the extra help. Today we got the last of the potatoes in, we have planted two rows of P. 'Pink fur Apple' and a new row of spinach, Thaings are looking great up in the garden, we are also getting on top of those little weedy areas.
Sometimes it is good to stop a show while it is still looking perfect, that is what we did today in the fruit cage, we took the Kale out while it was in full flower. I need to get the potatoes in the area that we had the Kale, so out it came. I have to say it really was a great winter crop and I am already looking forward to planting another lot for next winter, I will not sow the seed till later in summer.
I gave up waiting for rain today and have started to get water onto the garden, I do not want the young plants to go back with a lack of water. Thomas and I spent the day getting a lot of seedlings into the garden, I want these to have a good watering in. they do keep saying that we are going to get rain but it never seems to make it down here in the South East so I can no longer wait, it will rain now. The High Garden is getting the water today, the fruit cage will have it tomorrow, the soft fruit has started to flower and put leaves out so some water will be great.
It is very important to have beauty around you, there are very many forms in everyday life but for me at the monent it is in the form of the row of parrot tluips i planed with my dear friend Shira in the autumn, they where a gift from another dear friend Laura who has made it into the May issue of Gardens Illustrated on page 89, she may have the most romantic gardens I have ever visited. These tulips have made me want to go to a summer ball with a girl in a dress in this colour. The tulips draw me in very time I walk past them.
Weed problem
At this time of the year while it is warm and dry getting on top of the weeds is a very important thing to do, the weeds will not then start to compete with the young seedlings. Today I got onto my hands and knees and hand weeded the rows of young vegetables seedlings. Then ran a hoe down the rows, the area looks so much better for it, you can now really see the rows of seedlings. It was also great to be that close just to see how well they are doing. I am going to have to think about watering if there is no rain by the end of the week.


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Praise for Maria
If you feel stuck in ANY part of your life, Maria is your girl
I'll try not to write a novel, though I could. I'm a yoga and meditation teacher, singer, wellness advocate. In the past, I've received massage, a little cranial-sacral work and a little bit of energy work that didn't do anything for me.
Tonight I was on a small group call with Maria and two other people, one who I know personally but haven't seen in over a decade. I'd never met Maria or the other girl.
First, Maria saw an image and asked the other girl what it meant. The girl happened to be drawing the exact symbol that Maria had mentioned. My turn. She described the room I was in – this room that is giving me problems – that is filled with clutter – that holds symbolism with stuck energy – that needs to be cleared – she described this room perfectly with knowledge of my exact table placement and piles of clutter and named things in my life that no one else could have known about.
I cried and laughed and opened my heart and energy blocks more so in one hour with Maria than I have in three years. She has an intuitive gift and her spirit guides (YOUR spirit guides) will tell you exactly what you have to do to live a more open life. In one hour I feel unlocked, more relaxed, more free and energy is already flowing through this room because of a few suggestions Maria (my guides) had me act upon. Amazing. If you feel stuck in ANY part of your life, Maria is your girl.
Maria has a gift of intuition
A very accurate and helpful reading, I believe Maria has a gift of intuition and is a clear channel.
Maria is an extremely intuitive person by design
I got a unique and powerful reading from Maria that I have been able to reflect on and gain profound insights from. I also know that Maria is an extremely intuitive person by design…this is truly her gift!
There's no exact word to describe how deeply every word touches my heart & my soul
Goosebumps, goosebumps, non stop goosebumps!! And then tears, more tears!! There's no exact word to describe how deeply every word touches my heart & my soul! Thank God for sending you especially during this super-typhoon of my life! Your messages always bring light & warmth to the storm!
I was amazed about Maria's insight
I was amazed how much insight Maria put into just a couple of sentences. The information was enough to get me back on course. Thank you, Maria!
Thank you Maria for your amazing readings
I have requested Maria to read my past and it was pretty accurate. Her readings were very systematically and easy to understand. I would say the reading is pretty accurate because it resonated with my present life character and enabled me to understand my past life better. Beside past life reading , I have also requested Maria's reading for other issues. The most amazing one is concerning my cousin who was unable to conceive after about 14 years of marriage. During the reading, Maria noted that her chakras were blocked and she immediately done a clearing for her. It's been more than 4 months and I'm pleased to say that my cousin is now 4 months pregnant. Thank you Maria for your amazing readings.


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Yesterday I had a HD problem and had to replace my C: HD with an older one which already had XP loaded. I did have some problem setting the right BIOS that would work. However, BIOS is not recognizing my cd/dvd drives. How can I persuade the BIOS to see it? Of course, it doesn't show up on the hardware in the control panel. Any help would be appreciated.
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Microsoft has taken it upon themselves to invade our desktops with an annoyingly constant pop-up message badgering us to upgrade to Windows 10. This may be a great path for most consumers to follow; however, businesses have myriad challenges to overcome before diving headlong into a new operating system. I have decided that it is time to stop the madness that is Microsoft marketing and put an end to the upgrade onslaught.
Please follow the procedure below (on staff computers) to ebb the tide of Windows 10 popups. Though this should restrain the majority of them, there may still be a few that appear, especially if the upgrade process was already initiated and/or an error has occurred. In these circumstances, contact me directly for some elevated mojo.
- Click on little white triangle in the notification area (on the left side of the system tray, which is usually in the lower right corner of your monitor, by the time/date). If there is no triangle, follow these steps to make it appear:
- Right-click somewhere on the Taskbar (shaded bar across bottom of Desktop where open program names are shown) that does not have anything on it
- Select Properties
- Select Customize button (Notification area section in middle right of window)
- The window you want will open so continue with step 3 below; however...
- Uncheck the Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar checkbox in the left corner so you can pick and choose what you want in your notification area
- Select OK to close the window
- Select the Customize link
- Find GWX in the list on the left (usually towards the top)
- In its drop-down box on the right, select Hide icon and notifications
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Starting Out With Visual Basic 2012Tony Gaddis (author), Kip R. Irvine (author)
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MyProgrammingLab is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor.
In Starting Out with Visual Basic 2012, Tony Gaddis and Kip Irvine take a step-by-step approach, helping readers understand the logic behind developing quality programs while introducing the Visual Basic language. Fully-updated throughout, the 2012 edition also includes an extensive set of VideoNotes, including walk-throughs of many of the in-chapter tutorials. Each new student edition comes with a Visual Basic 2012 Express software package.
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One of the University's growing number of Sustainability Enthusiasts. Find out more about the initiative here.
Adrian currently serves in a business role as the first Director of Operations for Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester.
Specialties: Executive Leadership; Business Unit Development; Change Leadership; Operations Management; Customer/Guest Service.
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Brussels New Year 2016: Angry "Youths" Torch 804 Cars, Push Car Into Subway, Blow Up Christmas Tree
Brussels canceled their fireworks display this year out of concerns of a possible terrorist attack but that didn't stop the "youths" from causing mayhem across the city.
There was still plenty of pyrotechnics.
Muslims blew up the Christmas tree in the Place Clemenceau.
Video uploaded by Mohamed Amine Bruxellois.
You can hear the Muslims screaming "Allahu Akbar" as the tree is bombed.
Disgruntled "youths" – another name for migrants – also torched 804 vehicles on New Year's Eve in Brussels, Belgium.
Reaganite Republican reported:
Belgian blog sites are reporting on mayhem in Brussels in New Year's Eve (where they cancelled New Year's celebrations entirely in a vain attempt to avoid Muslim violence). The stories are being buried/spun by media
-despite their magnitude- because the EU, MSM, and Belgian government feel a persistent need to lie to their people about the reckless Islamic invasion they've brought upon Europe…Violent scum described as 'Belgian youths' (by any site that dared report it) pushed a small car down the steps of a Brussels subway station as terrified (actual) Belgians on the escalator alongside watched it roll-on-by…


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Name: Billy Howat
Age: 53
Employment: Dairy farmer
Curling Clubs: Ayr, Cumnock, Ochiltree
General: I was brought up on the family farm where I currently work with my three brothers. I am married with 1 son & have been curling for 35 year. This year I am president of Ayr Curling Club
My curling highlight was winning the Scottish Championship in 1985 representing Scotland at the World and European championships.


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Timber Prices Follow Lumber's Sharp Climb As Annual Housing Starts Hit A Million
With new home construction hitting a million new starts a year for the first time since 2008, a national forest management firm reports that timber prices for large standing trees are rising off the bottom and lumber is starting to soar.
Marshall Thomas, president of F&W Forestry Services, Inc., based in Albany, Ga., said timber prices are increasing in all of his company's operating regions: the U.S. southern pine belt, the Appalachian central hardwood region, and the Northeast. The company also operates in South America.
"Stumpage (standing trees) prices were mostly up across our operating regions during the first quarter of 2013, continuing the trend from late last year," Thomas writes in his firm's publication, the F&W Forestry Report, that reports on national forestry developments. "That's good news, and it's about time that we are seeing increases quarter-over-quarter.
"The best news, however, is that southern pine lumber prices jumped 36 percent in the first quarter over last year's average," Thomas said. "That's a sure sign of increasing demand."
The U.S. Commerce Department reported that housing starts in March rose to an annualized rate of 1.04 million—the first time that measure has broken a million since 2008. Most of the increase was in multi-unit housing structures. Individual home starts were down slightly from February at an annualized rate of 619,000. The overall strong March housing construction statistics come at the beginning of the prime spring home-buying season and point to a sustained comeback in home construction.
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|About this Recording
8.553781 - GRIEG: Songs
Edvard Grieg (1843 -1907) Songs
Edvard Grieg showed an early interest in music. At the age of fifteen he was sent to the Conservatory in Leipzig on the suggestion of the violinist and composer Ole Bull (1810 -1880). The city, home of the famous Gewandhaus Orchestra and with a Conservatory founded by Mendelssohn, was strongly characterized by the German romantic spirit and made an immediate impression on the young Norwegian composer. Here he acquired a solid technical foundation and although he later expressed his reservations about the education he had received, his sketch-books and exercises from his time in Leipzig show that in his lessons with Richter, Hauptmann and Reinecke he still had freedom to experiment and that his talent was recognised. There was no real basis for Grieg's later criticisms of the teaching he had received.
After completing his studies in Leipzig, Grieg settled in Copenhagen and there soon came under the influence of Rikard Nordraak, whose enthusiasm and firm belief that the future of Norwegian music lay in its national folk-music traditions was a significant influence on Grieg's development as a composer. The influence of Nordraak can best be perceived in the Humoresque, Opus 6, which may be seen as a break-through for Grieg as a composer. The same year his famous collection of songs, Hjertets Melodier, Opus 5 (Melodies of the Heart) settings of words by Hans Christian Andersen, was published. In the autumn of 1866 Grieg established himself in Christiania (Oslo), which remained until 1874 the centre of his activities. It was in this period that he built the foundation of his increasing fame.
Griegwas early categorized as a composer of smaller forms. His indisputable lyrical powers were never questioned, but, with the exception of a few works such as the Piano Concerto, Opus 16, the String Quartet in G minor, Opus 27, the Piano Sonata in E minor, Opus 7, the three Violin Sonatas, Opus 8, Opus 13 and Opus 45 and the Cello Sonata, Opus 36, he was generally unable to come to terms with larger forms. Grieg felt this as a shortcoming and blamed, 'without justification, the education he had received in Leipzig. Nevertheless he was able to show that he had also mastered these more extended forms when, all too seldom, he found musical material that could be adapted and treated within the framework of traditional sonata form. The material that attracted him, however, was of a very different kind.
Grieg's encounter with Norwegian folk-music and his assimilation of substantial features from it set free his creative powers and suggested to many that his music was, in effect, synonymous with folk-music. Some saw him simply as an arranger of folk-music, a conclusion that hurt him deeply, since Grieg in his own works very rarely used real folk-tunes. It is quite another matter that many of his compositions have attained the status of folk-music.
Harmonic substance is very central to all Grieg's music and it is the harmony that is often the starting-point of a composition. Grieg underlined this strongly in a letter to Henry T. Finck:
The empire of harmonies has always been my dream-world and the relationship between the harmonic way I feel and the Norlvegian folk-tune has even for me always been a mystery. I have realized that the secret depth one can find in our folk-tunes is caused completely by their richness in unimagined harmonic possibilities. In my adaptations of folk tunes in Opus 66 and elsewhere I have tried to express my interpretation of the hidden harmonies in our folk-songs.
Grieg's own instrument was the piano and it was principally his ten books of lyric pieces, with other compositions for the piano, that brought him contemporary international fame. His songs, with a few exceptions, faced greater difficulties in winning acceptance, in spite of relatively frequent concert performance. It was only in the Nordic countries that they were regarded as equal in quality and hence equal in quality to the instrumental works. Grieg himself believed that the lack of interest in his songs outside Scandinavia was due to the relationship between the public or the singer and the text itself, or, more precisely, to problems arising from the translation of the Norwegian and Danish texts he used. Apart from the first two collections, Four Songs, Opus 2, and Six Poems, Opus 4, nearly all his songs are settings of texts in these languages. Only once, later in life, did he turn again to German poetry, namely in Six Songs, Opus 48.
Grieg wrote, in all, more than 180 songs. Apart from the first ones, which may be regarded as apprentice attempts at the German Lied, nearly all belong to the Nordic tradition of song, a style that Grieg was instrumental in developing. One of his models was Halfdan Kjerulf, who in his settings of the work of Norwegian poets established a pattern that Grieg continued to develop. Grieg claimed that Kjerulf understood how to strike the national strings, not by borrowing from folk-song but by his association with folk-type melodies, simple and unaffected in form. Nordic song is characterized by strophic or varied strophic settings, with a melodic treatment that has its ideal in folk-song, which in its use of declamation and in its accompaniment has the primary purpose of expressing the intentions of the poet, as perceived by the composer. This is why Grieg always took a close interest in the manner of interpretation of his songs and explains his frequently expressed dissatisfaction with many singers. In a letter to his friend Frants Beyer in 1895 he wrote:
The devil take all singers. Now, when Nina does not sing any longer, I understand for the first time how lucky I have been, but now comes the time when, like Diogenes, I have to search for a human being who understands how to continue where she left off. In Germany I do not .find it. It must absolutely be here in the Nordic countries. Both in London and in Paris the public would rather listen to the original Norwegian text sung with understanding by a Scandinavian than a bad translation sung by one of their own people. Unfortunately, however, in Norway all these young virgins have no idea at all about their own literature.
In his diary of 1906 Grieg writes even more openly:
What are singers? Nothing but vanity, stupidity, ignorance and dilettantism. I hate them, every one of them. 'Also your wife?', one will ask, but I answer: 'I am sorry, but she is lucky enough not to be a singer'.
In Grieg's opinion the singer should principally be at the service of the poet and the poem and for him his wife Nina was the ideal interpreter of his songs. Her ability to convey small variations in rhythm and mood from strophe to strophe with music that is more or less the same from verse to verse was, with her understanding of the texts, the key to public appreciation and understanding.
The present recording includes many of Grieg's best and most well known songs. The two earliest, To brune Ojne (Two Brown Eyes) and leg elsker Dig (I Love but Thee) come from Hjertets Melodier, Opus 5, (Melodies of the Heart), all with words by Hans Christian Andersen. The songs were published in 1865 and they are certainly full of his love for Nina, to whom he had recently become engaged. Fire digte, Opus 21, (Four Poems), settings of poems from Bjornson's The Fishermaiden, were written at a period of strong artistic development. In the 1870s Grieg made a number of settings of texts by Bjornstjeme Bjornson, among others the melodrama Bergljot, Opus 42, the incidental music for the play Sigurd lorsalfar, Opus 22, and the operatic fragment Olav Trygvason, Opus 50, in addition to settings of various poems. The collaboration with Bj0mson was intense, inspiring and stonny. Using Bjornson's historical drama Olav Trygvason as a starting-point, they planned to create a Norwegian national opera. The project came to nothing and when Grieg preferred to write music for Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt there was a rift between the two men. The four poems from The Fishermaiden were published in 1873. These, with Fra Monte Pincio (From Monte Pincio) and Prinsessen (The Princess), were all written in the years from 1870 to 1872. Fra Monte Pincio was published in 1884 in the collection Romancer (eldre og nyere), Opus 39, (Romances (Old and New)), while Prinsessen was published in 1871 as Grieg's contribution to a collection of works by Nordic composers, Fra nordiske komponister.
Margretes Vuggesang (Margaret's Lullaby) is from the collection Romancer, Opus 15, written and published in 1868. This song, the first in the collection, was the first of Grieg's settings of Ibsen. In the years that followed he set a number of other texts by the great Norwegian playwright, from which he drew inspiration for some of his finest songs. The two songs from Peer Gynt, solveigs Sang (Solveig's Song) and solveigs Vuggesang (Solveig's Cradle Song) need no further introduction. It was the first of these, in particular, that brought Grieg's name before an international public. The two songs from seks digte, Opus 25, (Six Poems by Henrik Ibsen), En svane (A Swan) and En Fuglevise (A Bird-song) were written in 1876, the year of the first performance of Peer Gynt. Grieg arranged these, with Fra Monte Pincio and Vtiren, for orchestra in 1894-95.
I Liden hfljt deroppe (Upon a Grassy Hillside) is also from Opus 39, a collection that includes songs from the period from 1869 to 1884. This song is Grieg's only setting of a poem by Jonas Lie and was written in 1884, the year of publication. Unlike other poets represented in the present collection, John Paulsen is today exclusively remembered because of the settings of his verses by Grieg and by other composers. Paulsen was a close friend of Grieg and the present collection includes three settings from Grieg's Fern Digte, Opus 26, (Five Poems by John Paulsen). These are uneven in quality, but among the best are Med en Primula veris (The First Primrose) and leg reiste en deilig sommerkvaeld (I Walked One Balmy Summer Eve). The songs were published in 1876, their year of composition Almost twenty years later two further collections of settings of Paulsen were published, Opus 58 and Opus 59 From the second of these, Elegiskedigte (Elegiac Poems), comes Til En II (To Her II) These songs may not be among Grieg's best, but the next collection, Digte, Opus 60, (Poems by Vilhelm Krag), occupies a high position among his songs Mens jeg venter (On the Water) is a good example of Grieg's inspired treatment of Krag's neo- romantic poetry The settings of Paulsen and of Krag were published in 1894.
Thirteen years earlier Grieg had published a collection that belongs among the very best of his songs This is Tolv melodier, Opus 33, (Twelve melodies to Poems by A. O. Vinje) Varen (Spring) and Ved Rondane (At Rondane) were written in 1880 and published in the following year. In the first of these familiarity with the text is essential for its interpretation. The title in German and in English is often given as Letzter Friihling or Last Spring, a title used by Grieg in a letter of 1900 to his biographer Henry Finck in an attempt to clarify the content of the poem.
Grieg's friendship with the Danish poet Holger Drachmann resulted in a series of songs, often variable in quality Foraarsregn (Spring Showers) was written in the autumn of 1887 and published two years later in the collection Sechs Gedichte, Opus 49, (Six Poems by H Drachmann) It is one of the most successful songs, notable for its treatment of the accompaniment The collection Sechs Lieder, Opus 48, (Six Songs), settings of German poets, is more even in quality The first two songs, Grufl (Greeting) and Dereillst, Gedanke mein (One Day, O Heart of Mine)he composed in 1884, while the remaining settings were made five years later Here Grieg turns away from the Nordic song and towards the German Lied, without departing from a more or less strophic treatment of the poems He dedicated this collection to the singer Ellen Nordgren (Ellen Gulbranson), with whom he gave several recitals in the later years of his life She was later to make her career in the music of Wagner.
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