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Straight-A Guide Job Training Program
Lesson #1: Overview
Materials Required:
- Classroom space
- Sufficient number of chairs with writing surface
- One intake form for each participant (attached)
- One handout titled "Straight-A Guide" for each participant (attached)
- One handout titled "How do you define Success?" for each participant (attached)
Introduce Lesson #1 (5 minutes):
- Provide overview of Straight-A Guide Strategy for Success and introduce facilitator.
First steps (10 minutes):
- Take roll of participants, then distribute intake questionnaire.
- Distribute "Straight-A Guide" handout.
Goals and Objectives (5 minutes):
- Explain purpose of lesson and discuss reasons why Straight-A Guide relates to sustainable employment.
Expected Learning Outcomes (5 minutes):
- Participants will develop an understanding of how to make deliberate, strategic decisions that will advance prospects for success.
Preliminary introduction (5 minutes):
- Facilitator will open a discussion on the enormous hurdles former prisoners face when trying to transition into the employment market. Many employers refuse to hire individuals who have a criminal record because of liability reasons or preconceived ideas. An understanding of the Straight-A Guide can advance a person's prospects for employment.
Direct Instruction (10 minutes):
- Discuss each of the seven attributes from handout distributed earlier titled: "Straight-A Guide."
- Open dialogue on how individuals perceive their role in the workforce and discuss how those perceptions align with principles of Straight-A Guide.
Guided Practice (20 minutes):
- Issue handout titled: "How do you define success."
- Engage random participants in open discussion concerning their responses to handout.
- Introduce challenges participants may anticipate in job market:
- Misperceptions from fellow employees
- Entry-level wages
- Transportation/housing issues
- Use Straight-A Guide as tool to navigate challenge.
Handout 1: Straight-A Guide Information
The Straight-A Guide is a values-based, goal-oriented program. Since many employers resist hiring people who have criminal backgrounds, we want to help. Our job at the Straight-A Guide is to persuade employers that some people with criminal backgrounds want to transform their lives into law-abiding citizens. To adjust, they need access to employment.
We designed this course with the intention of persuading prospective employers to offer opportunities for individuals who want to transform themselves into law-abiding, contributing citizens. The Straight-A Guide teaches the "soft skills" that employers want to see in the people they bring on board.
Primarily, employers want to hire people who are honest and who understand their role in adding value to the organization. If you proceed through the Straight-A Guide program, we will be able to recommend you for employment opportunities at companies that do not currently hire people with criminal backgrounds.
Our course begins with a lesson on Values. We will spend one lesson discussing the way that you see yourself and contrast that perspective with the ways that you perceive that others see you.
In the next lesson, we will discuss goals. In the Goals lesson we will talk about the importance of setting clear and measurable goals within each value category that you say defines your life.
Then we will focus three lessons on each of the following subjects: attitude, aspiration, action, accountability, awareness, achievement, and appreciation.
Those of us who use the Straight-A guide understand that we can become more than the bad decisions of our past. We can advance from where we stand today to where we want to go in times ahead if we take clear, measurable, deliberate steps.
By working through this 24-hour course, you will provide us with the tools we need to make a stronger case as we advocate for your employment. We want to show employers reasons that they should look beyond your criminal background, and if you apply yourself through this Straight-A Guide job-training program, you will give us the data that we need to succeed.
Handout 2: How Do You Define Success?
This course begins by asking each participant to assess his or her life at the current time. The more clarity we can bring to the strengths and weaknesses in our life today, the more effectively we can chart a course that will lead us to reaching our fullest potential in times to come.
Anyone who participates in this class shows a willingness to improve. Unfortunately, people who have a criminal record need more than a willingness to improve. They need to begin earning a second chance in society, and that isn't easy. Employers want to hire individuals who demonstrate their commitment to working honestly and to working hard. Since they have many applicants from which they can choose, employers filter out job candidates with backgrounds that suggest they will not work honestly or commit themselves fully to employment. Criminal background checks are frequently one of the first filters they use to screen potential employees.
Many of us would like to have a do-over in life. We would like to take all that we know now and to start again. If we could live that way, many of us would make different decisions. Some of us would have devoted ourselves to school, chose our friends and associates more carefully, and avoided activities that exposed us to the criminal justice system. But we cannot undo our past. Instead, we must respond to the realities that we live and take decisive action steps in response. We can empower ourselves when we define success from within the context of our life story rather than from the context of someone else's life.
- Where do you stand right now?
- What are the complications and challenges of your life?
- What level of commitment are you willing to make to build a better life?
By answering those questions about our own life, we open our eyes to the incremental actions steps that we must take to improve. Similarly, we should develop an understanding of the concerns that prospective employers have. For example:
- Why would employers be reluctant to hire people with a criminal record?
- What concerns do employers have about people who appear to live criminal lifestyles?
- What steps can I take to show an employer that I'm worthy of a second chance?
Take time to answer those questions. Show that you're ready to respond to circumstances as they exist rather than as you would like them to be. It is a beginning to define success in your life. Once you can see that success, you can begin setting goals, or incremental action steps that will lead you there. That's what the Straight-A Guide is all about.
Handout 3: Straight-A Guide Intake Form
Personal Information
- What is your full name (Last name, first name, middle name)?
- What is your gender?
- With whom are you currently living: Mother, father, foster parent, group home, other?
- What is your address?
- What languages do you speak?
- How many children do you have?
- What is your home phone number?
- What is your cell phone number?
- What is an alternative phone number?
- What is your email address?
- What communication method do you prefer (please circle)?
Phone Email Text
- What is the highest-grade level you have completed?
- Did you obtain a high school diploma or GED?
- On scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being lowest and 10 being highest, how would you assess your education level as being adequate for the employment you seek?
- Have you attended any college or vocational schools?
- If yes, what courses did you take?
- How many years did you complete?
Job Interest
- What job interests you?
- What job interests you?
- What job interests you?
Skills & Past Experiences
- What is the longest length of time you've worked on one job?
- Why did you stop working on that job?
Job 1: Provide information for your current or most recent job:
- What is the name of your current/previous employer?
- Do you have any letters of recommendation?
- What position did you have?
- How long did you work there?
- What requirements or skills were needed for this job?
Job 2: Provide information for your current or most recent job:
- What is the name of your current/previous employer?
- Do you have any letters of recommendation?
- What position did you have?
- How long did you work there?
- What requirements or skills were needed for this job?
Job 3: Provide information for your current or most recent job:
- What is the name of your current/previous employer?
- Do you have any letters of recommendation?
- What position did you have?
- How long did you work there?
- What requirements or skills were needed for this job?
- Have you ever lived in a group or foster home?
- Has a police officer or a social worker ever removed you from your home for family reasons?
- How many times have you been arrested?
- How many times have you been convicted?
- How would you explain your criminal background?
- What steps are you taking to avoid further problems with the law?
- How old were you on your first arrest?
- What was the longest time you've been incarcerated?
- Have you ever been released and returned to confinement?
- Have you been classified as a gang member?
- Are you active in a gang?
- Have you ever been treated for mental illness?
- Are you currently on probation or parole?
- Have you ever been enlisted or enrolled in the military?
- Have you ever been dishonorably discharged?
- Do you have any health conditions that prevent you from performing certain tasks or responsibilities?
- Do you have any health conditions that influence your ability to work?
- How long have you been looking for employment?
- Are there any jobs you will not do?
- How will you get to work?


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Typing in any other language than English on your home computer can be confusing at first. Unicode allows us to use symbols that are found in languages indicative of Western Europe such as the money sign used in England or the accent marks in French. We sometimes need to use these characters and symbols and since they are not available as standard keys on our computers it requires several simple steps to obtain them.
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7 LinkedIn Groups for Innkeepers
LinkedIn Groups for Innkeepers can be a helpful way to get support and advice from other bed and breakfasts and others in the hospitality industry. LinkedIn operates the world's largest professional network on the Internet with more than 400 million members in over 200 countries and territories. All LinkedIn groups are private and those open to membership must request to join the group.
Upon acceptance, each group has their own rules for what its members are allowed to post. If the group's profile and rules state that no links whatsoever should be posted, its members must abide by that. If you would rather find and join a group with a less stringent view of links, then simply look for a different group.
Group members are not obligated to post anything. They can just read what other members have posted. However, many social media experts advise that newcomers introduce themselves to their group. Not only does this let the group know about their new members, but the group will likely reach out to welcome its new members.
Things inn-keeping groups share with each other include hospitality-related articles, online marketing tips, questions for inn-keeping best practices, and much more! A great way to learn information is to ask questions from your group.
The following is a list of just some of the LinkedIn groups innkeepers may want to join:
Bed and Breakfast Business has over 900 members. "Bed and Breakfast group is a group for BnB owners who want to collaborate and communicate with other BnB owners about their business, best practices, tips, etc…"
Bed and Breakfast and Guest House Owners has over 2,000 members. "Have you ever wondered how you can make 6 figures…from just 4 rooms? Want to know how to get raving fans coming back again and again?…If you're a bed and breakfast owner, small hotel owner, guest house owner, then join our group and let's share and help each other."
Bed and Breakfast Inns has over 400 members. "BedBreakfastTraveler.com's goal with the Bed and Breakfast Inns group is to foster partnership, networking, and collaboration among the innkeeping industry. Through sharing of information, resources, and advice, the collective standards and profitability of the group shall increase."
Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers has over 3,700 members. "This group page is for Bed&Breakfast Owners across the Globe. Finding your niche as a B&B Owner and making it a success. Sharing what is your unique about your B&B, it's amenities in what you offer and why you know that an experience at your B&B will be well remembered, and one that ensures your guest will return time and time again."
B&B Owners Association has over 950 members. "The B&B Owners Association has 3 main purposes: 1) To provide an independent, stable and well funded Internet marketing organization for the accommodation & hospitality sectors. 2) To ensure cost effective & comprehensive Internet marketing for its members and a effective global promotional vehicle on which to promote their businesses. 3) To ensure the public and Internet user have an easy to use and easy to find accommodation resource."
Innkeepers has around 2,500 members. "Bed and Breakfast Business Owners worldwide are welcome to network and share on this Group, whether you are an established Bed and Breakfast business or you want to own and run a bed and breakfast business."
Just Bed and Breakfast Network has around 250 members. "Justbedandbreakfast.net is the fastest growing worldwide bed and breakfasts directory offering the most complete list of unique properties from historic inns and guest houses to cabins and farm stays. View bed and breakfast descriptions, photos, reviews, and more."
At the top of the LinkedIn page under "Interests" click "Groups" and this allows searching for these group titles or using other keywords. Underneath the search box it will list any groups of which you are currently a member. Underneath that, users can even create their own LinkedIn group should they desire to do so. They can focus their membership on a specific geographical area or direct the discussion to a specific topic of interest.
Kristi Dement of Bed and Breakfast Blogging may start her own LinkedIn group. If I did, what kind of topics would you like to see covered? Please feel free to share a comment below or use my contact form to notify me directly.
Also, if you are a member of one of these LinkedIn groups (or a different LinkedIn group related to hospitality) and think it beneficial for other innkeepers to join, please tell us the name of your group and what you like about it. I read all my comments and respond when appropriate. Thank you!
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Visit Berkshires As Part of 'America's Agenda' Tour
PITTSFIELD — The Democratic presidential campaign sort of makes a stop in the Berkshires next weekend.
On Saturday, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren brings her "America's Agenda" tour to the Berkshire Community College West Street campus.
According to organizers, the doors at BCC's Boland Theater will open at 11 a.m. and those planning to attend are asked to RSVP at firstname.lastname@example.com
Since the mid-term elections two years ago, Warren has espoused the income inequality in the country, focusing on the erosion of the middle class. In recent weeks, she has criss-crossed the commonwealth to discuss her agenda, at times doing so in the context of stumping for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Warren reportedly was on Clinton's short list of vice presidential running mates, with the former first lady choosing U.S. Tim Kaine of Virginia.
Warren has said in radio and newspaper interviews, the one-time U.S. senator from New York is best suited for taking back the federal government influence by corporate America.
It's a position she has maintained since the opinion piece she wrote in the Washington Post, Nov. 7, 2014.
"It's not the size of government that worries people; rather it's deep-down concern over who government works for," she wrote. "People are ready to work, ready to do their part, ready to fight for their futures and their kids' futures, but they see a government that bows and scrapes for big corporations, big banks, big oil companies and big political donors — and they know this government does not work for them."
Among Warren's reported economic solutions:
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• Create more jobs
• Protect Social Security and medicare and encourage more private pension plans
• Reduce Wall Street's grip on the American economic and political systems
• Close federal tax loopholes and raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans.


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Bodies And Structure of the Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences
The three main bodies of the Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences (HNU) are the University Executive Board, the Academic Senate and the University Advisory Board. The University Executive Board decides on the HNU's orientation and ongoing business, whereas the Academic Senate and University Advisory Board are responsible for adopting resolutions and advisory duties.
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Have you ever wanted to skateboard down the freeway?! Me too, except please don't try that at home because you will most likely die!
Cindy Whitehead managed to sneak in a session on the L.A.'s busiest freeway one day and also did some other wild things. She was one of the first females to get a centerfold plus two-page article in a men's skateboard magazine, and she's become a renowned sports stylist for everyone from Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, and Drew Brees to Mia Hamm and Peyton Manning.
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THE BIG DAY is here! Well, here on the blog.
You've read about my logistics and choices and decorating and all my little tips or treasures. And here we are, at the last Wedding Wednesday. Thank you for traveling along this journaling journey with me!
The day started with me getting soap in my eyes, which I haven't done since I was…oh I don't know…eight. Seriously. The one day in your life that you really don't want bloodshot crazy eyes…haha. So I added liberal amounts of Bath and Body Works aromatherapy body wash directly to my eyeball and waited for unintended results. It felt a little too invigorating. My eyes weren't red or terrible looking post-shower, thank goodness.
My dad booked a hotel room for my cousins and I to share the night before the wedding, so it was nice to have Katie, Emily and Victoria get ready with me in the morning. I don't know any three girls that I love more, or who has less infectious enthusiasm. Note to Anxious Brides: surround yourself with people who are genuinely happy, amazing people. Actually, make that a note to all people, anxious or not, brides or not. Just try to spend time with my cousins if you can. But not too much, because they are mine.
We all headed over to Salon E to get my hair done by Ella, the owner. We've known Ella since we moved here when I was in the fourth grade and she's always done our entire family's hair. It was extra special to have her involved on my big day. Her daughter did my braid, which was lightning fast. I was seriously amazed at her skill. Not only did I love my hair, but it stayed put perfectly for more than ten hours. That's unheard of, at least to me. After my hair was in place, Katie, Emily, Victoria and I all went to my mom's house and they did their hair.
My mom planned a Bridesmaids Brunch so that we could relax and eat something before all the wedding craziness started. We met up at the Octagon Café in Fountain Hills, just a few minutes from our venue. We had fun laughing and talking and eating delicious food.
Next, to the venue. Everyone was running around setting up. My dress, contacts, shoes and rings weren't at the house yet and we had a few hours, so I walked around the house taking pictures of all the details. I know it's weird, especially since I had an amazing photographer, but I wanted some of my very own pictures of the things I had worked so hard to design and make. I wanted there to be some photos of that day that I captured myself.
When it got closer to the time, I sat down and Shelbi, a friend and co-worker, did my makeup. While I sat, one of my mom's friends, and mine, Salby, brought me a fluted blue glass, some sparkling water and some special crackers to enjoy. How amazing is that? I felt so pampered as I held that gorgeous blue cup in my hand and sipped between foundation and mascara applications.
Meanwhile, Dustin and the groomsmen were already looking dapper so they had some time to relax and have some fun.
After we girls were all made up, I decided to give the bridesmaids their gifts. I loved watching them read the cards and open the boxes. My mom arrived and I finally got to put on my dress and finish getting ready. At this point, my heart felt like it was boiling. I didn't really care if something broke or if we didn't look perfect. Logistics weren't on my mind. But as a shy girl, about to walk through a crowd of hundreds of people staring at her…oh man.
Also, and this may seem silly, but, I'm a very private person about my relationship. I don't kiss D in front of other people unless it's absolutely necessary. And I don't know how to articulate this in a good way, but I like having intimacy with just D. I don't want other people involved in our intimacy. So while a wedding is very much a celebration of love and excitement and marriage, it's also a little terrifying to have a fishbowl effect on one of the most intimate moments of our lives. I haven't ever read another perspective that feels this way, and maybe I'm the only girl around who feels a little bit shy about the actual ceremony. But if you do feel the same way, you're not alone. If I can do it, you can.
During the ceremony, one of the bridesmaids fainted. While we were praying actually. My flower girl noticed it happening and gracefully sidestepped towards her and lowered her down gently. A child did that. Amazing. Luckily, there were like seven nurses and doctors in attendance, including Dustin's sister Jodi. I was pretty much done with the ceremony after that, haha. I was like "Um. I need to go check on her now." But since that wasn't really an option, we finished. And I was trying so hard not to cry but little tears kept squeezing out. Obviously, I couldn't collapse into Dustin and sob during our I Do's. But he held my hands and he radiated so much comfort that I practically felt him holding me. And describing it is hard, but oh well. Two hundred people watched that totally intimate moment so I can't really be private about it now.
My bridesmaid was ok, thank goodness. Once I knew that, I went in the bathroom with my dad and bawled my eyes out. All the hard stuff was out of the way and my girl was ok. Whew. Once I was composed, Shelbi came in and re-did my makeup for me. My aunt came in and comforted me and was absolutely exactly what I needed.
We headed out for our family and couples portraits, walked around and talked to everyone, enjoyed the photobooth and I even got to eat like three bites of cold yet delicious alfredo. Everyone says you don't get to eat on your wedding day and I thought "Oh no, not me. I'll definitely eat" Haha, they were right. No such luck. We had our bouquet toss, made extra exciting by the fact that I was on the upper porch and all our girls were on the ground level.
When it was time to go, someone turned on the bubble machine we'd purchased and everyone blew bubbles as we ran past and hopped in the car.
The day was perfect. I mean, yes, there were bumps in the road. There were quite a few actually. But it didn't matter, because we were married, my guests were full and happy and it was perfectly gorgeous. If I won the Mega Millions, there's nothing I would have changed about our day. I'm proud of everything about it. I'm grateful that I have so many supportive loving people in my life who wanted to be involved, who gave so much of themselves and their time to help me. As you can tell, my mom did so much for the wedding. I really could not have done it without her. And if you've actually read this entire post, I'm impressed. Thank you again for coming along while I detailed every single bit of my wedding planning process.


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Who can forget the Great Poets and their use of metaphor to describe things that literal speech can only sum up in an inflexible way.
So the beauty of R. S. Thomas's poem, my favourite poem at this time of the year, speaking of the beauty of Autumn, and the melancholy felt at the onset of Winter:
It will not always be like this,
The air windless, a few last
Leaves adding their decoration
To the trees' shoulders, braiding the cuffs
Of the boughs with gold; a bird preening
In the lawn's mirror. Having looked up
From the day's chores, pause a minute,
Let the mind take its photograph
Of the bright scene, something to wear
Against the heart in the long cold.
Or Wordsworth's Daffodils and Shakespeare's loved, compared to and excelling the "summer's day" . Or the comic cautionary tails of Hilaire Belloc, telling us that "The chief defect of Henry King was chewing little bits of string" with tragic results. http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/henry_king.html
No less a creative work of poetry has been written for the staff of Lavendar Gynae, by a patient and his wife, on their superb treatment. In beautfully written hand (click on the image to enlarge) they write:
We raise a glass
To the Medics with class.
A Brillian Team
The creme de la cream
We bow to the cleverness of you-
Who help us all and see us through.
So the glass we raise is full of praise,
And our "Thank You's" are all appreciation,
For this outstanding Team that bless our Nation.
Hurrah for Worcester Royal,
Always on top and on the Boil.
We thank you…for being you.—Fine sentiments from grateful patients to hold onto in the sometimes wintery conditions which prevail in the NHS,


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- 1. Derechos de tenencia seguros
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- 3. Diversidad en los sistemas de tenencia
- 4. Igualdad en los derechos a la tierra para las mujeres
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- 7. Toma de decisiones inclusiva
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- 9. Medidas eficaces contra el acaparamiento de tierras
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Asegurar la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas, por medio del acceso público sin trabas y oportuno a toda la información que pueda contribuir al debate público y la toma de decisiones informados sobre temas relativos a la tierra en todas las etapas, y a través de la descentralización al nivel efectivo más bajo, para facilitar la participación, la rendición de cuentas y la identificación de soluciones apropiadas localmente
In Albania, our members are documenting good practices and promoting mutual accountability in the collection and management of fees and tariffs by local governments for forest and pasture use
In Bangladesh, through the NES process, members are working in cooperation with Transparency International Bangladesh (TiB), to develop appropriate strategies to build public pressure against all corruption in land governance structures and systems
In Cambodia, our members are collaborating with provincial forestry and fisheries administrations to conduct boundary demarcations and mapping so that community claims on natural resource management may be legalized
In Indonesia, our members are working to train facilitators to map people's land use and to help local communities in participatory mapping. The maps produced during training sessions serve as best practice cases and advocacy materials for informing the spatial planning policy in the province of Southeast Sulawesi.
In India, our members are documenting village level data through participatory meetings for the identification of landless, homeless, land holdings that are not regularized
Our members are also developing and testing a pilot rangelands monitoring observatory
In the Philippines, the NES platform is using and informing the National Land Spatial Database developed by members, which includes data on zoning, conflict management resolution and negotiation, most particularly in the framework of Environmental Impact Assessments and other instruments
Regional Initiatives
Sustainable, Reliable and Transparent Data and Information Towards Responsible Land Governance
- Land Watch Asia allows partners to lobby for the formulation of pro-poor legislation on access to land as well as influence national land land-related policies
- Strengthening capacities by monitoring the implementating land laws and programmes through evidence-based advocacy
- Enhancing and expanding a regional spatial data platform managed and updated by ILC members
Red Regional de Observatorios de la Tierra y el Territorio
- Generating and promoting information about land tenure structures, legislation and regulatory frameworks, land concentration, agrarian conflicts, etc.
- Joining up with national and regional advocacy initiatives to reinforce civil action and the defence of land rights and territory
Global Policy
Measuring and monitoring progress on development objectives should capture critical dimensions of land rights and governance, but to achieve land governance with and for people based on greater transparency and accountability, it should also include individuals and communities. ILC collaborates with technical partners and key constituencies to contribute to the development of globally comparable, nationally collectible land indicators, including for the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and , and the strengthening of the capacities of its members and partners including by providing tools, guides, and methodologies for undertaking monitoring activities. On monitoring, ILC is active in working groups on indicators for the land rights of Indigenous Peoples, has contributed an e-learning module on monitoring to the FAO's E-learning curriculum to support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests, in the context of National Food Security", and is supporting members' promoting participatory, community-based information and monitoring systems.
ILC has partnered with others to develop global online platforms, namely the Land Matrix and the Land Portal, which gather and aggregate land data and information useful for monitoring.


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What is a priority for you? How has that come to be a priority? Did someone you tell you that that is what is most important? Are you trying to get it right? Was there the threat of punishment if you didn't adhere to that perspective? Was there the promise of rewards if you did? Given who you are and what you know now, what would you choose as priorities? From a space of love and freedom what would you choose to place your focus and attention on? What is different now?
What if we could authentically know what our true priorities are? As we know what's true for us we can express it. If we were assigned something to make most important, such as finding our purpose, and feel like we are failing or haven't done it or can't do it, we diminish ourselves, stifle our creative energy and shut down who we are as a form of punishment for not succeeding. This can occur with anything someone else decides for us that we should value or focus on. Now is the time to re-claim our capacity to direct our focus and attention towards what we truly value and give ourselves the space to discover what that is and admit when it feels like we don't know.
There are all sorts of thoughts and feelings attached to the reality of failure. When we feel like we haven't been or done what we should have been or done this weight latches on to us and holds us down. It's a form of punishment or even self torture. What if now is the time to be free of this? What if we are destined to fail when we make life about one thing? Are you willing to fail at what someone else assigned to you as the purpose of your life or the reason you are here? Are you willing to commit to your life whatever it looks like and whatever it takes? Is now the time to know your deep yes? If you would like assistance with choosing beyond failure you can read my blog, Beyond Success or Failure or get in touch with me to have a one on one session. If you are caught in the reality of trying to get it right and avoid being wrong at all costs you can read my blog Living Beyond Polarity. If you are stuck in the should/should not reality you can read my blog, Putting Should and Should Not's to Rest. How much more can we know what's true for us and receive the love and support to actualize our lives to reflect this?


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Racialicious posted an entry calling out SNL and Iranian cast member Nasim Pedrad for casting her in brown face to play Indian-American Aziz Ansari.
The thing is, what Racialicious did is exactly what I have encountered repeatedly in my life – being Iranian often means you don't exist. Not as an Iranian anyway. Instead, I've been called and categorized as Arab, as Middle Eastern, and then of course there is the legal categorization of Iranians as White/Caucasian.
Here is my response to the post – awaiting moderator approval:
"On the one hand I completely get this and am annoyed that this happened – and continues to happen in media. On the other hand, I cannot help but be triggered because I feel like there is a subtle and not subtle way in which Nassim Pedrad's identity as a not White person is being ignored. I, like Pedrad, am Iranian (I happen to be half) and I find that so often we Iranians and many other of us Others from that general part of the West Asian/East African world who are classified in the we-didn't-choose-this-name title of Middle Eastern are ignored as being not White people. What annoys me about SNL is the use of a brown person to portray another brown person from that same general-ish area. And then I am annoyed that Pedrad's brownness is also ignored. Here's the deal, I know that as Iranians we are legally considered White. I have filled out enough paperwork that leaves me out to know this. And because of White supremacy and colonization and ll those lovely things, many Iranians love the idea of being classified as white. At the same time, ask me when a white person treated me like I am white…ZERO times. We are Others. Like so many other Others we sometimes can hide it, but the clues are always there. Pedrad's name and physical features are give aways.
And, I am annoyed at Pedrad. I don't know the circumstances of this situation. Maybe she thought it was funny. Maybe she thought it was terrible. I don't know. I do know I wish she had said no."


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20 June 2019
For youth month, we will incite higher education innovation discussions to explore the African student experience. The assumption here is that students can indeed steer social change through viable disruption agents.
Disruptive innovation in this context refers to an innovation that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts (improves) existing markets and value chain networks. On that point, for blogs to follow we will assess the following areas of disruptors:
(1) Alternative economies; (2) #FeesMustFall student protest aftermath; (3) Africa Day perspective food security. All three to be discussed separately on higher level
Objective of discussion: A disruptor in this context is a simple concept classifying actions with the potential to break normal conventions that foster (social) change. In changing global economics, Africa's higher education landscape has to meet market demands where the knowledge economy and graduates foster regional (socio-economic) growth. Let's explore some concepts to discuss.
Problem to discuss: The economically inequitable state of youth, in this case students in Africa, discusses class divisions on campuses which affect academic outcomes when contrassing the haves and have nots. Government investment in Pan Africanist education is underdeveloped, ironically increased brain drain patterns emerge. Contentious politics is the use of disruptive techniques to make a political point, or to change government policy. Repertoire of contention refers, in social movement theory, to the set of various protest-related tools and actions available to a movement or related organization in a given time frame.
The concept of contentious politics was developed throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century by its most prominent scholars: Sidney Tarrow, Charles Tilly, and Doug McAdam.
Student rights are those rights, such as civil, constitutional, contractual and consumer rights, which regulate student rights. These freedoms allow students to reap the rewards of their educational investment. The rights includes free speech and association, to due process, equality, autonomy, safety and privacy, and accountability in contracts and advertising, which regulate the treatment of students by educators and administrators. There is limited research in student rights throughout the world. In general most countries have some kind of student rights enshrined in their laws and proceduralized by their court precedents.
Given the type of government, friction usually lies whilst navagating layers of political representation. Contention spreads from student representative councils, campus authorities, local, provincial, until national government are the market stakeholders. Disruptors affect the effects of citizens representation standards.
How can students voice these disruptors for social change?
In the past few weeks I have had the privilege of hearing various scholars in Cape Town, Pretoria and Durban attempting to answer the issues.
Firstly, a talk by a philosopher of Social Science Prof Howard Richards,
He conceptualises basic cultural structures and constitutive rules. During a Cape Town roundtable, interesting ideas arose for discussion. We explored areas around the regime of economic accumulation as modern capitalism's only means funding social growth.
Interestingly enough in this book Rethinking Thinking: Modernity's "Other" and the transformation of the University (2012) by Prof Howard Richards and Catherine Hoppers, a theme developed in early works that modernity has much to learn from pre-modernity. The research attests that by identifying historical underlyings of economic accumulation, can alternative models be tested.
Economic growth for Africa hope lies in youth: Young graduates bring a new energy and optimism to any business, adding diversity, different perspectives, 21st Century skills, and new values and experiences to the workplace.
According to Pieter Bensch, Executive VP at Sage – Africa & Middle East, many recent graduates and school leavers are struggling to find employment. In Ghana, only 10% of school leavers find work within the first year, while 7.9 Million youths in Nigeria remain unemployed.
Assuming personalized learning is a goal, online learning is the technology that makes the goal possible. Disruptive innovation is the economic process that allows the technology to fulfill its promise. Digital disruption is the change that occurs when new digital technologies and business models affect the value proposition of existing goods and services. Bensch says that businesses often lament the fact that the education system does not produce work-ready graduates yet they are the solution to that challenge. And with the youth making up the majority of unemployed people, we can all play a small part, to collectively make a massive difference.
Mr Chose Choeu a jury member of the African Excellence Awards says "Africa is all about Ubuntu – defined as meaning 'humanity to others' and also meaning 'I am what I am because of who you are." Africa needs communicators that are ready to assist and educate on the better use of information and communications technologies, under the Ubuntu ethos.
In South Africa, the source of the cancer that is corruption is deeper than greed. It is the collective relative deprivation, catalysed by the notion: 'if our representatives can get away with corruption, so can we'.
I am an optimistic South African, noteworthy the last country in the world to gain independence apart from South Sudan who declared independence from war-torn Sudan on the 9th of July 2011. The miracle of still not breaking into civil war comes down to the compassion of the citizen's will to build through unity, just under the equally compassionate leadership and prudent foreign trade policy and multi-state coalitions (attract developing economy investors).
Trade partners to the resource-rich nation need to use the examples of Malaysia, Singapore, UAE and China who could build relatively equitable social structures, and stable economies in the same time period as South Africa. No doubt white capital monopoly controls all serious macroeconomic apparatus, especially when it comes to the global trade aspect. As a result of decades of a natural resource rape (drilling into the land for lusty non-renewables), SA has the worst distribution of family income, in the world.
All other things being equal, most people would agree that a low Gini index is a good thing. As Matthew Osborne said, inequality can breed social problems. To me, it seems that SA has well-received political freedom, sadly economic freedom is to come. Thus, to economically address the deep social scares of the apartheid regime, the ANC should have used innovative bargaining assets such as nuclear arms, soon after trade sanctions were lifted.
Only one country has been known to ever dismantle nuclear arsenal completely—the apartheid government of South Africa developed crude fission weapons during the 1980s, but were dismantled in the early 1990s. During this contentious time, the national assets, economic land and raw materials were sliced like a pizza back then, so good people have been trying hard to right wrongs, as much as the sub-Saharan region.
A global symbol of soft power, through the benevolent charismatic leadership of Nelson Mandela, first African state to legalise same sex marriages, the most Nobel Peace Prize laureates, a great social delusion. Göran Bolin and Galina Miazhevich describe Nation Branding as a practice used by governments, together with PR consultants and corporate businesses to launch campaigns promoting a certain image of a nation state.
In previous research, it is commonly agreed that this practice occurs in line with the historical moment of neoliberalism.
To answer the question, the prior addresses the zeitgeist within a historical context. The latter envisions the future as a resource. Accepting this, we can say fee-free decolonised education as a result of a historically dismal education system needs to be first understood. Then use accurate Afro-centric knowledge exchange, as a resource.
Vis a vis, political imagination has to be in good effect, this way more equitable higher education development can be envisioned in the long term. My optimism lies in the fee-free education policies within South Africa's higher education sector. To me this indicates a 'Back to the Drawing Board' narrative after generational inequities in education.
Nation building is about the creation of communities, while nation branding is about the production of (intangible) commodities. We have, second, discussed the role of the media in nation branding research and pointed to the importance of taking the agency of the media as organisations and the affordances of media technologies to account the role of the media in nation branding processes.
Above all, the articles problematise the intersection between nation branding, convergent media and transmedia practices, as well as question the mediation of nation branding within a more conceptual approach of simulacra or circulation of 'sign commodities'. While there is a need for a more theoretical conceptualisation of the relationship between media and nation branding, there are also numerous practice-based avenues for further research in the field. The response to the centralised mediated nation branding initiatives, going beyond strategic campaigns. The understudied realm of popular culture is less 'orchestrated' nation branding.
Finally, how transnational media flows and cross-cultural flow of meanings complicate nation branding research. The media plays different roles across a broad range of nation branding practices which engage with the activities of soft power and public diplomacy. To fully understand this complexity, there is a strong need to incorporate an analysis of the media in their capacity as technologies with specific affordances, as well as institutions driven by their own logics and interests. This would be a further step in developing a truly critical cultural analysis of nation branding in an era of a vastly differentiated media landscape.
Dr Olusola Ogunnubi & Olumuyiwa Babatunde writes that the shifting trend of South Africa's foreign policy toward soft power has equally portrayed ambivalence that challenges its status as a regional soft power state in Africa. Its leadership is often suspect. They state factors that impinge on South Africa's ability to use soft power to advance its interests. It notes that notwithstanding the seeming optimism of its soft power, South Africa's capacity to translate this into influence is largely undercut by several factors. South Africa faces the paradox of effectively playing the role expected of it as an international norm entrepreneur while at the same time being conscious of the expectation of its African constituency.
Furthermore, Prof Narnia Bohler-Muller offers an international relations perspective that South Africa's political and cultural heritage also has the potential to contribute towards BRICS' growing influence.
The notion of 'harmony' (sometimes referred to as stability) in Confucianism, a value that clearly underlies China's economic reforms and foreign policy framework, is founded on the so-called three bonds, namely those of ruler and minister, father and son, and husband and wife. Similar to Ubuntu, Confucian thinking, these bonds are expected to enhance harmony within Chinese society itself, but this focus on harmony can also be seen in China's foreign policy.
Secondly, I've recently heard three presentations on student politics in South Africa's historic Fees Must Fall student movement.
Three academic scholars were able to address the issue of leadership from a media, student union, and systemically. In a future blog I will detail the narratives these academics said around interesting notions about student politics and uprisings in the old and 'new' South Africa. Political scientist and author of Voices of Liberation: Chris Hani starts us off. He says that youth-led organisations against the apartheid regime had relatively more drive to fight oppression than their parents. He recollects how the 1976 Soweto uprising reached Cape Town strengtened by the Black Consciousness Movement.
Student groups evolve from campus informal groups, formalised unions, to national political parties. The second scholar explores the decolonization agenda by looking at various public opinions in South Africa. In a nutshell, before any irreversible action is done, higher education needs a unified definition and establish common understandings from primary, right through to post-doctoral education. Then the last scholar looks at the University of Witwatersrand and its impact on the city of Johannesburg during Fees Must Fall. The assumption is that the university is like a cultural microcosm for the city. In this case the impact of the student protest envisioned within the economic hub of Africa.
It is sometimes argued that freedom of expression, education and relative economic independence in Western culture is responsible for the scope of various contemporary social movements. However others point out that many of the social movements of the last hundred years grew up, like the Mau Mau in Kenya, to oppose Western colonialism.
Some countries, like Romania, in the European Union, have comprehensive student bills of rights, which outline both rights and how they are to be proceduralized. Most countries, however, like the United States and Canada, do not have a cohesive bill of rights, so students use courts to determine how rights precedents in one area apply in their own jurisdictions.
Spanish sociologist, Manuel Castells researches the information society, communication and globalization. He categorised Occupied Spaces in the book Networks of Outrage and Hope. There are similarities to Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall protests are concerned:
- His first claim is that they create community, and community is based on togetherness. Similarly, at the University of Cape Town, the Cecil John Rhodes statue which once metaphorically overlooked the peninsula of the Cape of Good Hope began a national student movement. This #RhodesMustFall campaign was a student conscientization movement, where the physical space of the statue extended higher education transformation and decolonization dialogues on virtual spaces too.
- This nicely agrees with his second claim, Occupied Spaces are not meaningless: they are usually charged with symbolic power of invading sites of state power such as the parliament and the Union Buildings during 2015 and 2016 #FeesMustFall protests, or financial institutions because control of space means the control over people's lives
- His third claim, concludes that by constructing a free community in a symbolic place, social movements create a public space for deliberation, which ultimately becomes a political space. The Biographical Availability of students allows the occupation of public space on multifaceted layers of reality. Disruption narratives evolve on virtual spaces, to urban spaces, and mental spaces of autonomous communication.
Castells firmly believes that Occupy should be read beyond momentum, with its counterparts spreading across very different countries and contexts. The reintroduction of the Arab Spring into this conversation, despite the controversies around its real existence, envisions the networked movement as a universal phenomenon. Castells revisits the case of Tunisia; but instead of people, it is Internet organisations that are at the forefront: 'The connection between free communication on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter and the occupation of urban space created a hybrid public space of freedom that became a major feature of the Tunisian rebellion'.
Furthermore, Manuel Castells sees the clicktivism as an active group of unemployed graduates, secondly the presence of strong cyberactivism culture, thirdly is the relatively high rate of diffusion in internet use. All of which were factors when considering the case of #feesMustFall in 2015/16, especially when considering the months of October in these two years.
Then lastly, Africa day at the University of the Western Cape (UWC),
a historically disadvantaged university which in many ways, is a metaphor to the educational potential of the continent. Food security can also be a metaphor, for 'food for thought' in higher education transformation discussions.
The relaunch of Renata Coetzee's popular A Feast from Nature, presided over by Prof Julian May, director of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security. A seminar by veteran politician Prof Ben Turok. UWC Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Tyrone Pretorius, discussed some of the important challenges facing the African continent in his official welcome address, singling out the themes of xenophobia and the oppression of women. "But we can't celebrate on campus and ignore the fact that African immigrants are treated with suspicion and hatred in South Africa, and that women are regular targets of oppression and violence.
"Africa Day is more than just a holiday in a handful of African countries," Ms Coetzee said. "It is a chance to celebrate the diversity of cultures across dozens of countries – to reflect on our history and our achievements, and to consider how best to move forward, together."
Final Word
The Prof Turok lecture at UWC concludes blogs to follow on areas of disruption which reflect on Youth Month. Please share this blog post and follow us on twitter so that I can consider responses in my blogs as we dissect the above mentioned in the coming days.
Celebrating youth month in this regard means to preserve the vibrancy of teaching and learning through affective knowledge management systems. Apart from the above mentioned, perhaps contentious politics in higher education is based on the lack of established collective understandings.


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Revive Active in the Sunday Independent
There are many different types of supplements on the market. Galway Natural Health Company has become a leading player with their product Revive Active. It comes in a powdered format in individual daily sachets and taste like a juice you would have in the morning. The article written by former Dragon's Den mentor, Sean Gallagher talks about how this start up has become a success without bank credit.
The article also gives a fascinating look at the backgrounds of the two men that have made this company into an outstanding success. They are Daithi O'Connor from Sligo and Liam Salmon from Galway, both of whom have very different backgrounds. It's a great read by Sean Gallagher and gives some advice for people looking to start a new business.
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Around evening yesterday, I just received this email from the Overdrive department of my library.
The following title is now available for check out and will be held for you for 4 days from the time this email was sent:
A Visit from the Goon Squad
by: Jennifer Egan
Adobe EPUB eBook
And then the drama happened. Oh, you know which I'm talking about.
Banal writing... Derogatory chick-lit... Incompetent women writers...
Even though these "banal" writers have probably sold more copies, and made a lot of readers smile and gush.
But this post isn't about that, although I have some very strong opinions about this topic. (You are free to email me if you want to hear me rant a bit.) Besides, it was a long time ago in public memory and the internet age, and apologies were made and all has been forgotten.
The outcome? Jennifer Egan's book has slipped from my must-read to my to-read to my maybe-sometime bookshelf. I might even have removed it from my bookshelves at some point. But it definitely was my most-moved-about book on Goodreads over the last couple of months.
And now, I realized I can still read the book. The 7 or 8 people before me have presumably read it, raved about or slammed it, and I can find for myself what I think. But, I'm not able to make myself want to read it. Was it the drama that did it? Or all the hype and the awards? Or the fact that the writing must definitely be stellar, maybe even boring, considering that this book brought forth a debate between serious and light women's fiction? I usually read serious lit, so that shouldn't bother me. Then why am I hesitant to read this book?
Vasilly mentioned to me on twitter yesterday that she had just sent it back to the library, unread, and I've heard similar statements from many others, so I know I'm not alone. When Goodreads announced that its first book club pick is going to be A Visit from the Goon Squad, I won't be surprised if there were many groans - there have been many people who weren't so enthused with the selection.
If you have read this book or yearn to read it, please try to inspire me. If you haven't, why do you choose not to read it? It might be good after all, right? One thing I know - whether or not I read it, I will definitely check out her powerpoint chapter. Every review on this book seems to mention it.


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Following the ordination of 13 new Jesuit priests this past summer, 15 young men professed their first vows, and we welcomed 7 novices into the Society (see pages 4-5). I am confident that these Jesuits will continue to live out the example set by St. Ignatius in their new roles and studies. Please join me in praying for these Jesuits as they strive to set the world on fire!
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Every month, historic downtown Summerville, SC celebrates its Third Thursday with vendors, live music and other entertainment. On Thursday, Feb. 19, they will welcome almost 30 writers as part of their "Author! Author!" event.
I'll be there signing copies of "Beer Lover's The Carolinas" at Homegrown Brewhouse (which is one of the many Charleston-area venues in the book). You can see the full list of writers and the stores in which you will find them here.
Homegrown Brewhouse has one of the best selections of SC beer on tap that you will find. I hope you'll come out to share a pint and check out the book!


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Muse Research Announces New Receptor QU4TTRO
Superior Performance and Expanded I/O in New RECEPTOR Model
Anaheim, California. Jan 24, 2013—Muse Research and Development, Inc. makers of the RECEPTOR VIP dedicated hardware-based plug-in player are debuting their new top-of- the-line RECEPTOR QU4TTRO at the 2013 Winter NAMM show. The RECEPTOR QU4TTRO features a new quad-core processing engine, a 2TB hard drive, 16GB of RAM, and comes bundled with a PreSonus 1818 audio interface to provide up to 18 inputs and outputs - 8 analog inputs and outputs as well as 8 digital inputs and outputs, along with S/PDIF digital I/O. The new QU4TTRO model also features a 64-bit operating system with IntellibridgeTM technology that lets you run 32-bit and 64-bit plug- ins simultaneously, as well as expanding the capabilities of Muse Research's exclusive LIVE MODE, a breakthrough new look-ahead caching technology for performing live with virtual instruments and effects. It's the most powerful RECEPTOR model ever, and is expected to ship first quarter with a list price of $3499.
QU4TTRO: Forth Generation RECEPTOR gets Quad-Core Processing The name QU4TTRO not only identifies this as the 4th generation Receptor, it's also descriptive of the new quad-core processing engine that powers it. This new engine features exclusive Muse R&D TetraCoretm technology that dynamically balances the load between the cores and gives all audio tasks top priority (instead of graphics, for example). This feature lets a musician exploit every available ounce of power from each of the four cores to deliver superior performance even when running the most processor-intensive virtual instruments and effects.
64-bit OS Supports More RAM for Unbeatable Performance Live or in the Studio
Complimenting the TetraCoretm processing engine is RECEPTOR QU4TTRO's new 64- bit OS featuring the company's Intellibridge technology. Intellibridge lets you run both 64-bit and 32-bit virtual instruments and effects at once, taking advantage of the expanded RAM while letting you run plug-ins that are not 64-bit native. Even more impressive is what you can do with the extra RAM when performing, thanks to RECEPTOR's exclusive LIVE MODE feature. LIVE MODE let's a musician pre-load all of the sounds and effects they use during their set and makes them available instantly with no waiting for a preset to load. The result is seamless transition from song to song during a show, with none of the stress or anxiety even when performing with large sample libraries. The combination of a 64-bit OS and the 16GB of RAM available for use with the LIVE MODE feature further enhances RECEPTOR's status as the go-to instrument for performing live.
Four times the I/O support compared to previous Receptors
The RECEPTOR QU4TTRO's exceptional performance makes it perfect for use in a studio as a way to take the load off your digital audio workstation computer. And integration of the QU4TTRO into the studio environment is a piece of cake thanks to the bundled PreSonus 1818 interface. With the 1818 interface, the RECEPTOR QU4TTRO supports four times the number of inputs and outputs previously available: eight analog inputs and outputs and eight ADAT optical digital inputs and outputs. There's also a stereo S/PDIF digital I/O and digital word clock output to let the RECEPTOR QU4TTRO adapt to virtually any recording or touring system.
RECEPTOR QU4TTRO is also a great solution for running multiple simultaneous effects in a front-of-house system; each input and output can have its own effect letting you process multiple streams of audio simultaneously, either in the analog or digital domains. In smaller venues, you can use the analog inputs to process and mix external devices like guitars, microphones or other keyboard instruments, letting the RECEPTOR QU4TTRO become the hub of your performance environment. All settings and configurations can be saved for later recall with a single MIDI program change, by pushing a button on the front panel, or by pressing a footswitch, making it usable by any member of the band or crew.
Muse Research will be showing the RECEPTOR QU4TTRO for the first time at the Winter NAMM show in booth 6825 in Hall A. The company will also be showing the complete line of RECEPTORs, with models to fit all budgets and applications.
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As I mentioned in my previous blog, this weekend I competed in the Love Life Love Running 10k at Cannock Chase.
Leading up to the event I gradually decreased my running and POWERbreathe training to allow my body to rest and conserve energy.
My last training session was a steady paced 30 minute run on Wednesday afternoon giving my muscles 3 days to rest before the race.
It is recommended that you refrain from POWERbreathe training a few days before a competitive event to allow your respiratory muscles to rest too.
Race day started very early with a bowl of porridge with flax seed and honey, a protein shake, green tea and a pint of water. A good breakfast helps you start the day by providing all the vitamins, minerals and nutrients the body requires function at its best, this is especially important on race day to put fuel in your tank ready for the run.
Before we warmed up my friend & I had a walk around the site to soak up the atmosphere and check out the McCain track & field tent, where we were lucky enough to bump into Sally Gunnell, Olympic 400m Gold medallist!!!
Sally was really friendly & approachable and gave us some inspiration for the race ahead.
I fully warmed up before every event, my usual warm up includes dynamic stretching, gentle jogging and movements to elevate my heart rate, get my blood flowing and ensure my body is fully prepared for the challenge ahead, but this was the first time I had incorporated POWERbreathe.
To warm up my respiratory muscles, I turned my POWERbreathe sport down to level 0 completed 30 breaths, rested for 2 minutes then performed a further 30 breaths.
With my breathing muscles warm I headed towards the start line, from the moment Sally Gunnell blew the hooter I was on my game.
The route was one of the hardest I have completed, very hilly, you were either up or down with very few flat sections. Having managed to get myself up with the lead pack I was feeling great. I managed to keep it going finishing very strong in 20th position out of 200+ competitors in a new personal best time of 44:15.
There is no doubt in my mind that POWERbreathe training and especially the pre race warm up made a big contribution to my performance. I am really happy with the results so far and am looking forward to continuing my training.
Rob Lunn
Personal Trainer


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It's upon us already! A new year and a new opportunity to get our financial houses in order. If this seems far too overwhelming to you, know you are not alone. Money has become a power outside yourself, and finance often seems like a secret code way too difficult to crack. The truth is that money is just a thing, a neutral thing that you can use to create the life you want for yourself, your family, and communities both large and small. To plant yourself in the right mental spot so that you can gain power over your finances, consider what our friend Caroline Morrison says:
"The truth is, MONEY is energy just like everything else and it takes on the attributes and qualities of how we feel and think about it. The beliefs we have about money are a mindset, a perception. Money will do exactly what we believe it will!"
When you don't create an intentional belief around money, you will default to your financial nature, what others have told you about you and money, or some kind of dysfunctional combination.
Maybe it's time for an evolution.
Typical definitions of evolution include, "gradual development," "process of growth," and my favorite, "peaceful, progressive change." Caroline is more inspired by "change, expansion, growth, progression, transformation, flowering, maturation, unfolding." No matter how you look at it, evolution is good for you and will bring you to a better, higher level.
Imagine being at a better, higher financial level!
What would that look like for you?
- Breaking out of the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle.
- Being confident in how you spend money.
- Eliminating debt.
- Having healthy savings.
- Having a second, unearned income.
- Ease your expenses.
- Being financially independent- and not have to work.
Maybe you're ready to evolve with your money.
Your financial evolution must be intentional, otherwise you'll end up in the same pattern all over again, and again and again. You have the power to intentionally flip a mental switch. Caroline says, "We have to start somewhere and that somewhere has to be with ourselves. So it's time to release the vibrational density we have around money, think new thoughts and imprint new perceptions and beliefs about money." You may be thinking that's easier said than done, and for some people it is. Here are some other ways to jump-start your evolution:
- Intentionally be aware of your thoughts, beliefs, and feelings about money- but remember those aren't necessarily reality.
- Find your financial nature. Embrace and understand how you relate to and trade money, experience the energy of money, and what role money plays in your life. This quick, confidential, painless survey will show you your financial nature.
- You'll start to see your money patterns more objectively and from here you can intentionally swap negative money scripts for healthier ones that propel you forward. (See our post on getting stuck and what that looks like for your particular nature.)
- Intentionally seek out information that will help you move forward. Once you point yourself in the right direction, what you need to help get you going and keep going will emerge.
This winter we're offering another Financial Evolution Boot Camp, an intensive course that gives you the tools to transform your finances. We don't bother with generic financial information- we go into the very personal aspect of money and show you a method to evolve intentionally for greater health and wealth. This is, of course, just one option!
New Year's resolutions that are unattainable and end up making you feel terrible can be a thing of the past. This New Year's Evolution can be the peaceful, progressive unfolding that brings you to a higher level.


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New employees are now enrolling for benefits online. Employees have 15 days from the date they start work to log into the Premier Enroll Online website to complete their enrollment online. If you are a Dual Spouse Couple (both spouses will be employees of the District) you must come to the Risk Management Department to complete your enrollment; Premier Enroll will not allow you to enroll.
1. Create a NEW USER login and password at www.myFBMC.com - This is NOT your district login and password; this username and password will be different and will be one that you create.
2. Check the email address that you provided in your New User Profile for an automatic message that will be sent to your inbox immediately. Click the validation link in the email. Return to www.myFBMC.com, sign in and begin your enrollment.
3. Please temporarily allow pop ups on your computer's browser. Please read all pop up information as this is important information regarding your enrollment.
You may also view the Reference Guide online at: http://ecsd-fl.schoolloop.com/riskmgt


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Limestone Pinnacles at Nambung National Park, near Cervantes, Western Australia.
Learning Intention: To work individually or in a small group to demonstrate your understanding of the formation of different rock types and fossils.
Success Criteria: Each student will create, or assist to create, a project that demonstrates a good understanding of the formation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and fossils.
Some of the options for your project include:
- A 60-second science video for the competition. Read the rules carefully – each contestant must effectively explain the science, not just demonstrate a phenomena. So you will need to explain the processes of erosion and weathering, volcanic action and plate subduction, formation of sediments and how heat and pressure changes the appearance and properties of rocks. You could use a Common-Craft style or convert a slideshow to a video by saving as jpeg files and importing them into Windows MovieMaker.
- A poster, brochure or booklet that shows the rock cycle and gives examples of different rock types from around the world.
- A "Rock Around the World" wiki that gives examples of famous geological landmarks, where they are located, how they are formed and what type of rocks they consist of.
- Please check the Assessment Rubric and make sure you fulfill the criteria to the best of your ability.


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We are happy to present our new stylish, Nordic and harmonious collection New Nordic.
The collection is contemporary and straight forward. It highlights a new soft color sceme in interior fashion called "greige" with shades of grey and beige.
In New Nordic you will find a new gift box with a complete set of home decoration easy to place on a tray or on your favorite coffee table book. It consists of a candle light holder with a small candle, a vase and a 9 cm flower pot with a succulent. Convenient for any occation where a gift of appreciation is needed.
Another trend that we have adapted is the "face trend" and we introduce a classic colored flower pot with a mix of three different face motives. We call it "Silhouette" and you will find it in our Clasic Collection.
Also check out our Magnetized® catalogue for a magnetic face pot - it's awesome for Mother's Day, Father's Day or Valentine's Day.
Finally we would like to tip you about our Green Collection, where we present a couple of new green plants. The Schefflera and the Dracaene Marginata, which has had a comeback.
Pia and Thomas Offer Madsen,
BotanIQ Lab


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Nothing slows you down on a busy day like not having the right instruments available when you need them. Not only the right instruments, but precision, quality instruments of every type that are a vital component of an efficient, productive dental practice. Karl Schumacher Dental products can help.
Karl Schumacher instruments, cassettes, and kits will help clinical team members maximize process and patient flow and provide the dental practitioner with exactly what they need, when they need it.


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Catalyst is committed to connecting the right music to the right audience. Using our established network we create original compositions, content and soundtracks for Advertising TV, Film and Online Media platforms.
We pursue authenticity in every project, with 35 years of music industry experience between us. We pride ourselves in creating high-end music content on brief and on time. The inspiration and administration that our team deliver for each brief make us renowned for insight, imagination and a depth of musical knowledge.
Rebecca Grierson: CEO and Creative Director
Rebecca Grierson is an award winning Music Supervisor and a founding Partner of Catalyst Music. Rebecca started her music career in 2002 at the BBC. She produced music documentaries and specialist programmes for Gilles Peterson, Mary Anne Hobbs, Huw Stephens, Zane Lowe and In New DJ's We Trust. Rebecca gained experience working in live music, producing Maida Vale sessions with some of the world's finest engineers and musicians. Over her career she has worked with musical greats including; Pharrell, Janelle Monae, Q-Tip, Common, Solange, Damon Albarn, Earth Wind and Fire, The Heritage Orchestra, Cinematic Orchestra, Lily Allen, William Orbit, Trevor Horn, Seu Jorge and SBTRKT.
Rebecca was later hired by Music Concierge as a Music Consultant creating cultural identities for brands through devising music strategies and playlists for Mulberry, Armani and the launch of Dishoom.
Rebecca became Head of Production at Tonic (now Wave Music) for three years before setting up Catalyst, a creative music and sound agency for Film, TV and Advertising. She has licensed music, supervised scores and sound design for ITV, BBC, Google, Cristiano Ronaldo, McLaren, Honda, VW, Johnnie Walker, Usain Bolt, Nike, Rimmel, E4, and 20th Century Fox.


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1st up - great summer alternative to flip-flops. sturdy, no tripping over them like you can with regular flip flops.
These are well padded underfoot, ideal for a quick trip out, a the pool or around the house.
Beware if you have purchased before! This is my 3rd pair and these are about .75cm shorter than the other size US/AU8s
Still JUST OK but next time I'll be going up a size.
Arrived early.
These super versatile, multipurpose sandals can take you from the lakeside to date night and all kinds of places in between. Flexible, comfortable straps do a great job of hugging your feet while still allowing you to pull them on and take them off with ease. Flex grooves on the outsoles increase flexibility and enhance traction. If you'll be near the water, you'll want to have these sandals with you! - Water-friendly and incredibly light, Croslite™ foam construction, Outsole channels water away , Iconic Crocs Comfort™: Lightweight, Flexible. 360-degree comfort.


text: AXIS was purpose-built to meet and exceed the needs of the daily commuter. You had a laundry list of requirements, and we listened. AXIS is a 100% waterproof, wide-fitting overpant, which can be donned quickly over jeans without the need to remove your boots, thanks to a 2-way side zipper. The outer shell is constructed of a strong polyester fabric with approved armor at the knees, which can be adjusted in height on the inside. AXIS is simple, strong, practical, and durable. Asked and answered.


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Quick Tip: Grouping Layers
Starting with Reverb, all of my action sets will have their layers grouped automatically so you can easily increase or decrease the intensity of any given Photoshop action by adjusting the opacity layer of the group.
Here's a quicky Photoshop tutorial so you can apply this method to any Photoshop action.
Understanding Group Layer Opacity
If you're a little confused, click on the screencap to the left to see what I'm talking about.
By default, my Silent Movie action is a B&W conversion. Here, I've set the Group Layer Opacity to 50%. Now the intensity of the action is decreased and some of the color from the original photograph is starting to peek through.
This is especially helpful when you want to whisper, instead of scream.
The Shortcut
If you want to adjust a Photoshop action's effect as a whole instead of tweaking individual layers, all you have to do is hit
CTRL + ALT + A and then
Going through the drop-down menu in Photoshop, you'll first go to
Menu > Select > All Layers
and then simply click
Menu > Layer > Group Layers.
After that you can simply adjust the Opacity slider to make an action less intense.
I hope you enjoyed this quicky Photoshop tutorial!


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The ethics of gem enhancement disclosure.
An orangish pink "padparadscha" sapphire was submitted for testing at Lotus Gemology's Bangkok laboratory. Testing showed a number of conflicting features that suggested the gem was a cleverly treated synthetic pink sapphire designed to imitate natural padparadscha.
The examination of a yellow sapphire provides a lesson in the power of gemological microscopy.


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Cameron University's Dr. Joanni Sailor, assistant professor of psychology, is one of five individuals appointed to the transition team for the new State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure. The board, which will become active on November 1, is a new composite body overseeing the licensure of marital and family therapists, professional counselors, and behavioral practitioners. The transition team, appointed by Dr. Terry Cline, Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Health, will work to ensure that the new Board has the necessary resources and tools once it becomes operational.
Governor Mary Fallin signed the legislation creating the board in May 2013. The board will be responsible for the continuing performance of duties related to the Licensed Professional Counselors Act, the Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act and the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act.
In addition to currently serving as president-elect of the Oklahoma Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Sailor is a member of the Oklahoma State Licensed Marital & Family Therapy Advisory Board and is the Oklahoma delegate to the Association of Marriage & Family Therapy Regulatory Board. She is a Clinical Fellow of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.
Sailor has bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. She earned a Ph.D. in psychology with a specialization in family from Capella University in Minneapolis. She has been a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT) since 1991 and is also an approved LMFT supervisor. Sailor holds certification as a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, Release Therapist, and in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, Levels I and II. She joined the Cameron faculty in 2009.
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Heavy traffic is reported in the Parliament road and around it sue to an ongoing protest by Samurdhi officers and Agricultural Research officials.
Hiru correspondent in the area said a tense argument erupted between the police and Samurdhi Development and Agricultural Officers' Association's Secretary Jagath Kumara.
The protest was launched based on several demands.


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Tony Lombardo was appointed Chief Executive Officer Asia in May 2016 and is based in Singapore.
Tony was previously Group Chief Financial Officer based in Sydney. He joined Lendlease in July 2007 as Group Head of Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). In this role Tony led a number of initiatives including refocusing the Group's overall business strategy, leading the strategy and analysis for the recent Group reorganisation, as well as the Primelife and Valemus acquisitions.
Prior to joining Lendlease, Tony spent almost ten years at GE, with responsibilities across numerous functional disciplines including Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Finance, for both GE Capital and GE Corporate.
Tony gained international experience during his last three and a half years with GE Capital. Based in Connecticut, USA Tony was Vice President – Strategy of GE Money and prior to that Director of M&A, where he was successfully involved in closing six international transactions across Eastern Europe and SE Asia. Prior to this, Tony worked at KPMG in Audit for four and a half years.
Tony holds a degree in Accounting and Finance from RMIT University, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Grand Ballroom II, Level 5, Jing An Shangri-La
Insights into how investment and operating structures in alternative residential categories have evolved in other global markets, and whether Asia is likely to follow suit.


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ARK: Survival Evolved Discussion
Trainer Tools and Resources
"- Instant Taming:
While active taming will be instantly. But you need to give the dino food once after
I did what that said but the taming is not instant. I have to wait for hours and hours.
- tame some creatures
- egg incubation
- baby dinosaur
I was trying it on a Trex. I couldn't figure out how to do it. Ended up using a console command force taming and taming them
I haven't used it with the current trainer version, but it's always worked for me in the past. You enable the option, then knock a dino out however you want. Then, put some of the appropriate food into the dino's inventory. When the dino next eats, it will be instantly tamed. How long it takes for the dino to eat depends on the dino's hunger meter. Some dinos get hungry faster than others. Note that you can't force feed a dino to make this work; you have to wait for them to eat on their own.
does anyone have the problem where deactivating the easy crafting option causes the game to crash? seems to have started with the previous trainer version the 214.4 auto update.
Yeah, I posted about that a while back. Never got a response.
* Updated game trainers and cheats daily
* Get notified when new cheats are added
* Request which games get new trainers
* Priority support with any problem
firewall and other security software.
on trainer and game.
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South Farm Holiday Cottages in Devon
South Farm's hot tub, sauna, gym and swimming pool really will make your holiday special in Devon
01823 681078
3 night weekend breaks from
£250 in Lake cottage
£200 in Swallow cottage
includes Fishing WiFi and use of Hot tub
This is an ideal small lake for children looking to fish in a safe and comfortable environment where the fishing is not too difficult and very rewarding. A good confidence booster to ensure your children will develop the skills necessary to ensure success on more challenging waters, whilst appreciating the most magnificent surroundings and distant views. Carp, tench and a perch can be caught in this lake. A perfect lake to give beginners a great fishing holiday.
This lake is where the larger carp hang out. Even so, it is still possible to catch up to twenty fish a day. As well as Mirrors, Koi and Common Carp there are also Crucian carp, Perch Tench Roach and Bream. Due to the size and quality of the fish, we do not allow keep nets on this lake. The biggest fish in Home Lake is a 25lb 7oz Mirror Carp.
This lake was netted in February 2018 and all of the small fish were removed. These are now being reared in Marlpit Lake. We also extended and clean out the silt this has also doubled the volume and increased the over all dimesions.
Fishing is restricted to resident only to make it a great venue for a fishing holiday.
This is our largest lake and stocked well mostly with Common and Mirror Carp up to the mid teens but mostly in the 3lb to 5lb range.Also in this lake you will catch Perch, Chub and tench as well Roach Ideal if you are happy to put in the effort, 100lb of fish can often be exceeded. We restrict the use of keep nets on this lake.
Fishing lake - Home Lake
Our fishing lakes are naturally spring fed from the adjoining hills, which ensures a fine stock of hard fighting Carp some in excess of 25 lbs, Chub in excess of 6 lbs plus specimen Roach, Tench, Silver Bream Crucian Carp over 3lb and Perch all in prime condition. We are confident that you will find the lakes and their tranquil and beautiful surroundings to your liking and that you will return again and again, like many of our regulars, to seek out some of our more elusive specimens.
All our self catering cottages are very close to Home lake, Lake cottage 30m, Carp 50m, Oaktree 70m, Coshes garden 80m, Cinders cottage 90m, Stables cottage 95m and the Farm house is 50 meters add about 250 meters to get to Lower Ram
Now all of our cottages accept pets. South Farm is now the place to have your dog friendly fishing holiday.
Fishing is FREE to all residents of South Farm holiday cottages in Devon.
Day ticket fishing is available on Upper and Lower Ram lakes at £7 per rod per day. If you want to use keep nets we ask that you use our own and please ensure you dip your own landing nets in the tanks provided at the gate to the Lakes.
Parking is available next to the gates of the lakes and we would ask you to purchase your ticket from the South Farm office.
Tickets are restricted to six day tickets a day and from 1 hour after sunrise to 1 hour after sunset.
Please use barbless hooks and unhooking mats and if you use our keepnets please can you let us see your catch before returning as we may want to move some of the fish between lakes.
Please note we have an otter that visits during the winter months so we erect a low level electric fence December until April, which seems to be doing the job, but please be careful not to make contact.
Home Lake
South farm can provide great fishing holidays in Devon.
Lower Ram Lake
Fishing lake - Lower Ram
Upper Ram Lake


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Interview by Savana
When punk musician, writer, and DIYer Grey… wrote in about her new song, Hand in the Grave, I knew that we absolutely had to pick her brain in an interview. Grey…'s lyrics are blunt, honest, and infused with a passion that's absolutely impossible to ignore. Grey…'s work encompasses just about every media you can imagine- from music to crafts to clothing to writing- and maintains her vibrant voice throughout them all. Read on for a sneak peek at Grey…'s upcoming EP, Clown in Residence, her artwork, and her golden advice to fellow young artists.


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Folegandros, isn't Greece best – kept secret any more neither our hidden a gem. It's a small Cycladic island, a sculpture miniature in Aegean Sea. Folegandros is an island with a sorcerous aura placed like a haut couture veil over the sun-touched cliffs. The hours of magic are these near sunset when the sky paints the cliffs and the deep blue of Aegean Sea offers bounteous an infinity view.
The Lighthouse of Aspropouda
For the view and for the sake of adventure, a windless afternoon we decided to explore the lighthouse of Aspropouda. After an incredible wonderful day on Livadaki beach we walked along a footpath to reach the lighthouse. It took us about an hour (including the stops for capturing the landscape). I will never forget that moment, it was almost breathless ...
The lighthouse is 58 meters above the sea level and it started operating in 1921. From 1986 the lighthouse is operating on solar energy.
Folegandros The lighthouse of Aspropouda
Access is possible from Livadaki and Ano Meria. (always on foot along footpaths)
The first 4 photos belong to our friend © George Stamatiou
words and the rest photos Sonia Farasopoulou