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More blogs are added to the chain of Internations. Just Politics of Harrison Price, a moderate conservative from SF, the USA, is an interesting blog about daily politics in the USA from an independent moderate and conservative point of view. Great to discuss there USA politics.
AskSherlock is a blog from Rick and Cher from Pittsburgh, PA. Excellent written articles. Take your time for it.
Martin in Bulgaria has another site: the Rakia Site. Don't think that only in Turkey they produce Raki...they do it in Bulgaria as well. Martin is an expat from the UK living for years in Yambol, Bulgaria. This site is now here on the blogroll of Internations as well.
Camila Roman from Roman from Lima created a site about Peru. Newsworthy information about Peru and if you want to have a nice time there, contact here. Here site is now here on Internations as one of the few touristic sites/blogs.
And last but not least, James O'Donnel's blog, the Poor Mouth, an excellent read.
Also; take a loke a Sezin her blog
Another note: lately this blog is stalked by an Anonymous commenter. Not so 'anonymous' anymore since I got the ISP and address of this stalker from an internet security company. In the meanwhile, this blog is on Moderation when not of the bloggers is online. This can delay the process of comments approval. But as long as this ultra nationalist Islamist Turk send his insane messages, we don't have another choice. Sorry for the precautions.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
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That the City Council of Oxford, the UK, renamed Christmas festive celebrations into 'Winter Light Festival' and has been criticised by religious leaders of all denominations!
Only the chairman of the Society of Muslim Lawyers in UK praised it.
Only the chairman of the Society of Muslim Lawyers in UK praised it.
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Heat Treatment for Bed Bugs in the UK
If you think you have a bed bug infestation then you'll need to know how to treat them to be rid of them completely
There are many benefits to choosing heat treatment over other methods of pest control, the main benefits are:
One treatment is enough to kill all insects! This keeps costs down with no need to use expensive chemicals or pay for damages to equipment from chemicals.
Once the treatment has finished, you can immediately get back up and running! No need to wait around until it's safe to continue.
Bed Bugs – What are they?
Not to be confused with Bed mites, which are guilty of causing many asthma problems, bed bugs are large and very mobile, and yes they do feed on blood.

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Welcome to the business and personal website of me, Jan Burch - aka Jan4insight - owner & practitioner of Geo-Glow Consulting. Call me a "Renaissance woman" > My business aims to be your go-to source for holistic energy work and intuitive readings. My creative side makes (and sells!) gorgeous one-of-a-kind handcrafts and fabulously colorful print-on-demand gifts and more. Here at my site, you can find me on the Web, order a reading, learn more about my energy work services, and check in with my occasional musings. Legal stuff: This site uses cookies, and some posts may contain affiliate links. Thank you very much.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Got Feng Shui? A Bit About the Ba-Gua
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- Almost Precious said...
Fang Shui has always intrigued me one of these days I intend to take the time to study and learn about it.
Jan - I'm not sure about the dStash site but will check it out again. Right after I blogged I tried the link out, it was working properly at that time but on the internet things can go down hill fast. I also found if I went directly to dStash.com I had no problems but if I tried to access it through the url of my dStash posting it would tell me that the post did not exist. Maybe it's because of these glitches that dStash doesn't have very many followers. :( Oh the joys of electronic technology. :)
- Friday, June 07, 2013
- Jan4insight said...
Thanks for stopping by, Almost Precious, and I'm glad you were intrigued by my Feng Shui post. I'm still not having any luck with dStash, but I use Chrome browser and not all sites work with that. I hope you have better luck with it that I did! Cheers :)
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SUBJECTS: Four Corners program; Royal Commission into Northern Territory juvenile detention system; education.
ELLEN FANNING, PRESENTER: Tanya Plibersek, should Dylan Voller be released immediately?
TANYA PLIBERSEK, ACTING LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION: Well it's very difficult for me to comment on the individual cases, but what I would say absolutely is that our first and most important immediate responsibility is to make sure that all of the children and young people who were shown in that footage on Monday night are safe. I can't say from this distance the best way of ensuring their safety but that's our first responsibility.
FANNING: When politicians tell us the Four Corners footage shocked them, and when you look at the list of Inquiries that have gone on – headlines on the ABC, views on this program, stories in the newspapers – how can anyone be shocked?
PLIBERSEK: Well I think the Four Corners investigation certainly brought home in a very real way, because of the footage that was shown of the violence against those children, the extent of the problem, the brutality of the treatment that they were receiving. I think the point you're making is how is it that we've gone so long with this happening, and no one has taken action? And I think that that's a very important question for this Royal Commission. These children have been failed by the political class, I'm happy to take my share of the responsibility for that. I think it's important that the Commonwealth and the Territory Government both examine the information that each level of Government had and why action wasn't taken. But we need to look beyond that as well, to the systemic failures in schooling systems, in the health system, in housing. We need to ask ourselves what's happening in our families and communities that 10 year old children are ending up in places like this.
FANNING: Certainly the Indigenous Affairs Minister, Nigel Scullion was surprised by what was revealed on Four Corners, if revealed is the right word. This is part of his press conference yesterday:
*Excerpt of Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion press conference plays*
FANNING: "It hadn't piqued his interest sufficiently". I mean this is a man who lives in Darwin; he knew about the issue, he's the Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister, and yet he didn't act?
PLIBERSEK: Well I think people will make their own judgements about that.
FANNING: What judgement do you make about it?
PLIBERSEK: I think it's inadequate, but he's not the only person who has let these kids down; we each need to bear a share of responsibility for it.
FANNING: You know, the Minister has been criticised by Indigenous groups for his handling of his portfolio. There will be calls for him to go.
PLIBERSEK: Well I think he's been a completely inadequate Indigenous Affairs Minister. We've seen about $560 million cut from this portfolio. We've seen reduced access to justice, we've seen the offer of preschool for all 4 year olds across the country under threat, particularly in remote communities, we've seen family and community centres under threat or closing. I mean, I think there are a number of reasons why I would criticise this Minister, but I think it is unfair to hold him solely responsible for what is obviously a deep and systemic failure that the Northern Territory Government should also bear its share of responsibility for, and previous governments too. This is not something that's previously -
FANNING: Previous Labor Governments?
PLIBERSEK: I'm not shying away from that. I think this is the reason that a Royal Commission is the right response in this instance. This is a long-term and deep, systemic failure. We need to look at what's happening inside these institutions, but we also need to look at how are we failing kids that they are ending up in places like this at such young ages.
FANNING: It's been reported that Adam Giles, the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory once said he wanted to be Corrections Minister - he's taken over that role yesterday - and he said he wanted the job so he could put all the bad criminals in a "big concrete hole", even if he broke every clause in the UN Convention on the rights of the child. Is Mr Giles fit to be the Corrections Minister, or indeed the Chief Minister?
PLIBERSEK: Again, I think people will make their own judgments about that. I don't want to use this as a political point scoring exercise, but it is plain that is we have 10 and 11 year old kids in lock ups like this, if we brutalise them, if we deny them an education and then we put them back on the streets again, what we're breeding are more brutal criminals who understand that if you're strong and you're in a position of power, the way you use that strength and power is to be violent against people who are smaller and weaker than you. Is that really what we want to teach kids who are obviously already from troubled backgrounds, from situations that I'm sure most of us cannot imagine? The fact that they're ending up at 10 or 11 engaged with the juvenile justice system in this way means that they have had years of unimaginable treatment before that.
FANNING: Mr Giles has pointed out that Federal Labor was in charge in Government in Canberra when some of this happened; you've said candidly the "political class" bears responsibility. Coming back to the Northern Territory, if you have a Government here that creates a deliberate system in which children can be treated in these ways – mechanical devices – an opposition in the NT unable to muster a really focused campaign to wake people up to this, should self-government in the Top End be suspended in the public interest, because you have to say, if the Top End were run form Canberra, this wouldn't be happening?
PLIBERSEK: Well I hope it wouldn't be happening and this is the point – you know, again we are in a discussion, Ellen, about whether it's the Federal responsibility or the State responsibility, or the Conservatives or Labor – none of that matters -
FANNING: I'm actually coming to the competence of the political class in the Territory as a whole.
PLIBERSEK: I think it's a big call to say that a State or Territory can't govern itself because of even a catastrophic failure like this.
FANNING: I assume that if you were asked the question in the Parliament about whether mechanical restraints should be used on children, you'd have a pretty quick -
PLIBERSEK: Clearly no. And nor should the extensive use of isolation be used against children, nor should violence or force be used against children. It is unacceptable - the behavior that we saw on Four Corners on Monday night is unacceptable and it is important to hold the individuals who engaged in acts of violence and so on responsible, but there is a problem with a system that allows this sort of treatment of children, and there is a problem with a society that sees so many children in the juvenile justice system. And frankly, there is a broader problem with our society which is that it is more likely that a young Indigenous man goes to jail than goes to university. This is a broader issue of Indigenous incarceration.
FANNING: Alright, I want to talk about mechanical devices because the Northern Territory Assembly put those devices in the hands of those prison guards. I read the second reading speech for the Youth Justice Amendment Bill which legalised the use of mechanical devices; I want to take you to the words of Labor's Natasha Fyles, Labor's Shadow Attorney-General. She never at any point says, "this is outrageous" and this is her conclusion, she says: "clearly the legislators drafting the Youth Act saw the use of body restraints on youth for general purposes and maintaining good order and discipline, we feel that principal should not be let go of lightly. The concerning thing," she says with the proposed amendments, "is the continuing ambiguity of the circumstances where the constraints can be used". So, I mean, where does Labor stand on this? You think it's abhorrent – your face was just a mask of disgust when I asked you that question, and yet, Territory Labor is squabbling about when and how they should be used?
PLIBERSEK: Look, I can't answer for all of the details that took place during the debate of that Territory legislation. Are there circumstances where you need to stop someone hurting themselves? We use straight jackets for example, that kind of thing in the health system, I would -
FANNING: No, no, no – she knew what they were talking about. They were talking about mechanical chairs. She referred to it in the debate.
PLIBERSEK: I haven't read the debate. And I'm not going to make any excuses for it, I think those devices are absolutely shocking. But, like I say, it's impossible to expect me to answer for what everybody said in the debate in a Territory Parliament.
FANNING: The Attorney General, George Brandis said on 7:30 last night he's got draft terms of reference, he does propose to take this beyond the Northern Territory. Can I ask whether the Opposition has had any input into that process?
PLIBERSEK: Our Shadow Attorney General, Mark Dreyfus has spoken with George Brandis, I have written – I'm the Acting Leader this week – I've written to Malcolm Turnbull urging that it's very important that this enquiry goes beyond the Don Dale facility, that it looks at the whole of the juvenile justice system -
FANNING: In the NT or in the whole of Australia?
PLIBERSEK: In the Northern Territory, and indeed if there is a case for other states to be involved, we're very open to looking at other states and territories. What I would say is in the short term, immediately, we have to make sure that the kids and young people that were shown on Monday night are safe, safe right now, because we know that they weren't safe when this footage was taken, we know that the facility was not appropriately caring for them and protecting them, we know that whistleblowers often cop a pretty hard time after they've exposed this sort of behaviour, we need to ensure their safety immediately. We then need to look at the juvenile justice system – how the system itself is operating – and what is it that is funneling so many kids into this system? We need to look at alternatives, like the justice reinvestment project in Bourke, making sure that we are reducing incarceration rates, and also we reduce offending rates.
FANNING: Well Adam Giles says he wants to build a new juvenile justice facility – will that be iced while all this goes on?
PLIBERSEK: Well I think the conditions in that facility probably do need to be improved immediately, and maybe they could put a school in there as well so that when young people get out of juvenile justice they've actually got an education and some skills.
FANNING: We will come to your education portfolio in just a moment but what we have learned from all of this is places where the light doesn't shine amongst marginalised people, there is always the potential for abuse and I can't think of a more fitting description of offshore detention centres than that I've just given, "places where the light doesn't shine with vulnerable people", should those centres be included in the terms of reference? Children are in detention there.
PLIBERSEK: Well I think those places absolutely need greater transparency and greater scrutiny, and that's why before the last election Labor said that we would do everything we could to allow better access, including to journalists, to those facilities, and to ensure that we had an independent childrens commissioner whose sole job it was to look after the interests of children who are in those circumstances
FANNING: And that's a better option than including it in the Royal Commission terms of reference?
PLIBERSEK: Well, you're talking about other countries. Our Royal Commissions don't operate in countries that have their own legal systems, so we can do what we can do to shed greater light and insist on greater accountability.
FANNING: Now you've moved from Foreign Affairs to head up Labor's Education team. As Deputy Leader you're supposed to be allowed to pick your portfolio, so you must have specific things that you want to achieve?
PLIBERSEK: Absolutely. I think education – I loved the foreign affairs portfolio, it was very interesting, I enjoyed it very much, but education has always been a passion of mine and for two reasons really - because the individuals who, you know every kid in Australia deserves a decent education, every child deserves a decent education and it's the best ticket out of poverty and out of disadvantage that we have. But it's also really important for us as a nation. If we invest in education, we can be an innovation nation; we can prepare our young people for the jobs of the future. It's the key to greater productivity and greater prosperity for Australia. So, both for the individual power that education has, and for the importance of it as a driver of our national prosperity, I think it's an incomparable portfolio to take on.
FANNING: Over schools around the place, you still see the signs 'Give a Gonski'. Would you ever compromise with the Government over the Gonski funding, to get more funds flowing?
PLIBERSEK: Well, what compromise are they offering? They've cut $29 billion over the decade from our schools system. There is no compromise on offer here. They say that they've met their responsibilities as far as, you know Christopher Pyne said they're on a unity ticket with Labor on Gonski school education funding. They said no school would be worse off under them – well they've cut $29 billion. Where is the room for compromise? I will not resile from a needs-based funding system that says that every child in every school in every part of Australia deserves the very best education. This isn't about the funding formula alone – it's what that extra money buys. It buys more specialist teaching. It buys early intervention for kids who are falling behind. It buys extension programs for kids who are bright and to keep them engaged in schooling. It buys extra-curricular activity – languages, music – it makes schools a place that kids want to be. We are falling behind internationally. We are slipping in all of the rankings – around literacy, around numeracy, around science. We need to reverse that.
FANNING: I can imagine you going into the new office, education minister, opening the cupboard and there's a little bit of a mess in the cupboard, and that is Labor's past policy decisions in higher ed, uncapping university places which the Group of Eight want to end, student loans for vocational education and training's been a disaster. We've seen Labor move to moderate these policies recently. Can we expect further changes on those, just briefly?
PLIBERSEK: Well I'm actually really proud of the fact that there's 190,000 extra undergraduate students at our universities because of Labor. That one in four of the 750,000 or so undergraduate places is because Labor made it easier for kids to be the first in their family to go to university. I'm proud of that. Just as Gough Whitlam made it possible for a generation of Australians who never pictured themselves at university, to go to university, we need to keep extending the opportunity that university offers to kids who will be the first in their family, from low SES backgrounds, and so on.
FANNING: And vocational education?
PLIBERSEK: Vocational education, absolutely. The dodgy colleges who are ripping students off need to be brought to heel and in fact a number of them should be closed. They are money-making factories for unscrupulous people -
FANNING: Propped up by these student loans schemes.
PLIBERSEK: Absolutely.
FANNING: Not such a great idea, hey.
PLIBERSEK: No, it's a great idea for colleges who are working properly. There are some providers, including and I'd say TAFE first among them that offer a great quality, affordable education that people can dip into throughout their lives to upgrade their skills, to get a second chance. The fact that there are unscrupulous people operating in this sector doesn't mean that the vocational education sector is wrong, it means we have to crack down on those unscrupulous operators, crack down in the hardest possible way on people who are ripping off some very vulnerable students.
FANNING: Tanya Plibersek, thank you so much for making time.
PLIBERSEK: Thank you.


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ATXIII Report: Day Two
My goals for the Alliance Tournament were very simple. Win at least one match. That was all I wanted to realistically accomplish.
We did not do that.
To say I am disappointed would be an under-statement. Preparing for participation in the AT takes a huge commitment of time and resources. One of the very first things I had to consider, back when we were thinking about it, was "are we in it to win?" The answer was yes. Last summer I decided to pass on the AT because I did not feel confident we were ready, this year I knew we would be.
And yes, this was our first one. We learned a lot. And next year we will be better experienced because of it. Our pilots will be a year older, more experienced and better trained for a wider variety of ships and potential comps. This is all good. And next year we will begin preparing further ahead of time. These are things that we learned and they will go into making us a much better team next year.
But I still wanted to win at least one match.
Sadly today was not going to be the one. The bane of pirates everywhere is ECM and they brought a lot of it. Even our ships that were fitted with anti-ECM mods AND getting remote ECCM were being jammed. I know, I fitted these ships myself and I know what they had on them. Our Geddon was well fitted against ECM and I had remote ECCM on him the entire time he was alive, and he still got jammed. In the world of Rock, Paper, Scissors that is the AT, their comp was well suited for defeating ours. It really is just as simple as that. Pure bad luck. Bad luck that would have been tough for any of our comps to deal with frankly.
But that is how it goes. We should have won yesterday, but today was just a bad draw. They brought the better comp.
I'm going to stop thinking about it for a few days. The grass needs mowed.
Keep the courage.
PS: It was great fun by the way. I'm not actually mad. This is Eve.
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Bad luck or good intel ? This is EVE after all :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Hard to tell. Our OP SEC was pretty good, but one can never be totally sure.Delete
- Pirate JohnAugust 17, 2015 at 3:42 AM
being dissapointed is ok, even in eveReplyDelete
glad it wasnt a "didnt want that anyways" post
just get back on the horse or whatever creature you fancy ;)
I don't follow the AT very closely, but I was keen to see you guys do well, as I've been reading the blog for a while. I'm sorry it didn't go as you'd hoped, but the shared experience will, I think, add to the bond you all have. Congratulations on being there and giving it a go!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, and I agree. It is all good.Delete
Watching it on the 3D viewer. https://null-sec.com/atxiii/#/replay/61/0ReplyDelete
I was particularly looking to see what your Confessors did as they're the counter to griffins and kitsunes - practically unjammable in sniper mode. Killdu goes around very well for Cloie's griffin. Good start. He then webs it and sits on it while the Sleips come back to clear him off.
At 9.20 Killdu is in a great place to snipe ewar. (His partner Joffy should have been with him. But he needed to be assessing what the Explicit sleipnirs were doing - they were waiting mid field. Your confessor is probably out of rep range so can't just dive in.
At this point Joffy has let lazarann get right on top of him in a sleipnir. Lazarann's pack are shooting at a cruor. All the support is looping around trying to get round the back but your logi is pinned by a jag so you're burning out of rep range.
It just all got too spread out imo.
In our match I told our support to hang back and pick their moment and they were far too timid - the exact reverse problem. Also usually competent people got a bit overwhelmed and burnt out our guns and we too got wrecked by ewar.
Frustrating stuff.
Somehow we're still in it and will pick ourselves up and go again next week.
It's crazy demanding but I wouldn't have missed it for the world.Replies
Agreed. We are already talking about next year. I can't wait to have another shot.Delete
Kind of a shame you couldn't get further, it's always nice seeing new faces in the AT, especially when they do well.Delete
Out of curiosity what was your favourite match, obviously apart from the ones you were in :P
Honestly most of the first weekend is a blur, we were all watching together on comms and mostly paying attention to comps, and the meta, trying to figure out where things were going. I will say that I truly loathe the tinker set-ups, especially when they are matched up against each other. I find them rather anti-pvp frankly. Naturally we did not have any tinkers in our comps.Delete


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Oh wait. That's not how the song goes. But I love, love, love my new Chucks. I've never, ever had the desire to own Converse All Star Chucks before. I always thought they were a poor-boy Duckie-Pretty-in-Pink shoe with a very long, "duck" bill. They never appealed to me. Until now. How cute are these Shoreline sneaks? They have less shoelace holes, which already gives them a shorter appearance, and an elastic back. They also seem narrower than other Chucks. And after walking around briskly at lunch today, they did give me a little blister on my pinkie toe. So if you have wider feet, these may not be for you. I also had to size down to a 7. I'm normally a 7.5 in sandals and open-toed shoes and an 8 in close-toed shoes and boots.
So not only did I get these in pink, I also got them in dark denim. I tried on the pink ones at Nordstrom and ordered the dark denim ones online. The dark denim seem a bit smaller than the pink ones. So we'll have to see how those work out as the pink ones give me just a little wiggle room.
So I need to ask you all a question. Are you interested in knowing anything about my second Weight Watchers journey? I already lost most of my weight before I started blogging. This is my second go around after being off the program for two years. Would you like to know what I'm eating? What my typical meal plan looks like? Type of exercise? Daily points that I use? Weigh-ins? If not, I'll keep this to myself.


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How far will the Wildrose Alliance rise?
The WAP picked up Calgary-Glenmore last night, a seat that they had previously struggled to win 10% in. Will the WAP be a Western Canada Concept style flash in the pan, or can they give the Alberta PC's an elbow in the teeth from the right?
I don't see them sweeping to power in the next election or anything, but I wouldn't be shocked if them leapfrogged the NDP and Liberals and made official opposition.


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The Midland Wedding–Lizzy & Aaron!12:34 PM
Prior to Lizzy and Aaron's wedding, my only experience with Michigan came from a 5th grade school project where I built a popsicle replica of the Mackinaw Bridge. It was a marvel of balsawood engineering I am still proud of to this day.
Fast forward a bit…Aaron whom I met just shy of 10 years ago tells me about his fiancée. The idea of a wedding was brought up; in Cali? No. Near Great Lakes. What? OK! Traveling across the states to witness and capture their wedding, dude yes. I'm on the next jet, baby. Looking back at these photos and remembering each node of our adventure I can't help but appreciate these two for their enthusiasm and trust in the random process that is photography. The day was bright, sunny, and warm. We frolicked about at the Dow Gardens and took full advantage of the H Hotel's bespoken decor. Come night fall, we were literally at the mercy of the weather and despite multiple warnings of sudden rainstorms, these two were willing to brave the chance of getting soaked if it meant we could walk away with a few clutch shots. And a few clutch shots we got. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what keeps me coming back to I-Do's season after season. This…is the good stuff, and by that I mean Moutain Dew and Doritos. #boys
Lizzy and Aaron thank you for being stunning together. Each time we talked concept it made me more excited for your upcoming shoots. This was true for your engagement here in Cali and doubly so for the time in Midland. Your families are also super cool and welcoming. An incredible set. Love you guys!


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On Ed Brayton's blog this morning I found this bit of nonsense. It's from hatemonger and bigot extraordinaire, Bryan Fischer:
"You look at the average liberal in the United States, they believe things that are folly. They believe things that are irrational. They believe things that make no sense, that cannot stand up to the test of reason and logic. Why do they believe that? Because they are dupes, they have been deceived and fooled by the Prince of Lies, the Father of Lies and that's why they believe and do what they do."He's talking about our lack of logic. That's just so funny. The man actually has the nerve to say that liberals believe things that make no sense, while in the same breath he attributes all liberal beliefs to Satan. Highly logical. These people are a tiresome, evil joke and they really need to go away.


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It's spring! The air is warmer, tiny buds are beginning to unfurl on bare tree branches, green shoots are poking up through the cold earth, and the world is filled with a fresh sense of renewal. It's no wonder that, as the landscape changes around us, becoming more vibrant, lush and beautiful after the monochromatic tones of winter, we're filled with a corresponding urge to update our living spaces. Spring cleaning is universal: It's all about clearing the clutter from our homes and doing a top-to-bottom deep-clean, scouring all the nooks and crannies we've overlooked all winter long. And there is a definite link between our physical surroundings and our inner emotions; setting our homes to rights makes us feel more focused, confident and optimistic. But the actual process of cleaning is far more individual, based on the particulars of your Sun sign. What's your cleaning style? How can you maximize your natural strengths from the Zodiac and avoid the pitfalls common to your sign? Read on to find out.
Cleaning and organization are Virgo's natural forte, as they are intrinsic to who you are and how your mind works. But spring cleaning can become problematic if you allow yourself to get overly detailed or obsessive about it. The key for you is to learn to be satisfied with "good enough," and to ask for help. Your natural tendency is to take all the work onto your own shoulders, but it's far more practical to let your housemates or family members pitch in. Remember, though, that making it a team effort means biting your tongue when you feel the urge to criticize others' methods. Yes, your way is probably the most practical, but you have your own tasks to attend to. To avoid the trap of micromanaging everyone around you, make a detailed list of specific tasks to be accomplished, and then delegate them out to everyone involved. Then set a strict rule for yourself: Commit to tackling your own projects while letting others complete theirs in peace. Once everyone has done their share of the work, you can all relax together and enjoy the fresh, clean space you've created.


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The largest city of Gujarat, Ahmedabad has earned a reputation and recognition for its textile industry. Due to rapid growth in textile industry, it has earned a tile as the Manchester of the East. There are quite a few interesting places in and around Ahmedabad.
Budget Hotels in Ahmedabad
There are good budget hotels in Ahmedabad. Some of them are DRH Regency (Tariff – Rs.1500), Hotel Madhuvan (Tariff – Rs.1,000), Hotel Damjis (Tariff – Rs.1700) and Hotel Marshall (Tariff –1900).
The official language Ahmedabad is Gujarati. The other languages spoken include Hindi and English.
Events in Ahmedabad
One of the Important Festivals of Ahmedabad is Uttarayana (January).
Places to See in Ahmedabad
There are several places of tourist attraction in Ahmedabad. Some of the places include Lake Kankaria (4 kms from Ahmedabad),Bhadra Fort (7.5 kms from Ahmedabad),Dada Hari Vav (18 kms from Ahmedabad),Shaking Minarets (8 kms from Ahmedabad),Akshardham Temple (7 kms from Ahmedabad),Sidi Sayed Mosque(18 kms from Ahmedabad) and Kankaria Lake (3 kms from Ahmedabad).
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is located 15 kms away from the city. The airport is situated 8 km from Ahmedabad railway junction.
Ahmedabad railway junction is also called as Kalupur Station. The railway line connects to major destinations of Gujarat. The other stations in Ahmedabad include Maninagar,Vatva, Gandhigram, Asarva, Chandlodia, Kali gam, Vastrapur, Sabarmati, Sarkhej, Naroda and Aaml.
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Khambha is a Taluka in the Amreli District of Gujarat, India. Khambha is the headquarters of Khambha Taluka. It is located 61 km south from district headquarters Amreli and 319 km from state capital Gandhinagar toward the north.
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There are good budget hotels in Khambha. Some of them are Maya Deluxe Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 800), Lion Lords Inn (Tariff – Rs. 1600), Suvidha Palace (Tariff – Rs. 600) and Comfort Holiday (Tariff – Rs. 1000).
The official language of Khambha is Gujarati.
The important festivals of Khambha are Janmashtami, Navrati and Vautha Fair.
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There are several places of tourist attraction in and around Khambha. Some of the places include Rajula (23 km) and Jafradabad (30 km).
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The nearest airport to Khambha is the Diu Airport, Diu. It is located about 65 km away from the town.
There is no railway station close to Khambha Taluka in less than 10 km. However, Rajkot Junction is a major railway station at a distance of 154 km from Khambha.
There are daily bus services from Khambha to Ahmedabad, Baroda and Gandhinagar. Some of the best bus operators that offer good experience for passengers include Ohm Travels, Harsh Travels and Nutan Travels. For online bus booking, log on to Ticketgoose.com and get your tickets.


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"(...) Wandering is what I relish most in a place that I'm still learning, and Lisbon encourages it, because it doesn't come with the long inventory of must-see museums and must-photograph monuments that so many of its European peers do. There's no equivalent of Madrid's Prado, though I do recommend the Tile Museum, dedicated to the decorative fillip that makes the city so distinctive. There's no religious structure as visually iconic as Florence's Duomo, though you should treat yourself to the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém, just outside the center. It's a fascinating example of a peculiarly ornate, late-Gothic style of Portuguese architecture known as Manueline.
While the sort of checklist you carry in Venice or Berlin can be thrilling, it can also be oppressive, a gilded prison of obligations. In Lisbon I have freedom. I can sprint into a random cafe to wait out a sudden downpour, discover that I like the progressive English folk music (Fink) pouring gently from the speakers, learn that the house white wine is utterly drinkable and just 2 euros a glass, and decide to stay for an aimless hour. This is what happened 15 minutes after I left the Church of São Miguel, which sits on a round plaza with a single thick palm tree in the center, and this is the true meaning of vacation.IN Lisbon it occurred to me that maybe our favorite places are simply those in which our expectations are routinely exceeded, happenstance cuts in our favor, and it doesn't matter which fork in the road we take. It leads somewhere we're happy to be. (...)"
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Chances are your teen would rather be anywhere else than sitting at the table doing homework. Let's face it -- homework can not only be exhausting but also tedious. The solution: find ways to make studying fun, no matter the subject. If you think that's impossible, think again. The key is being flexible, making use of resources and thinking outside the box.
Let your teen design his own "study zone." This could be a corner of his own room, the living room or maybe even the attic -- where he could have his own private study. Offer to pay for a few things, like a desk, a lamp and some decorations, but let your teen choose everything. The more fun and quirky the items he buys, the better. The point is to make the space fun so he will want to retire there and feel inspired to work.
Encourage your teen to create a list of fun break ideas. These should be things he could do in 10 or 15 minutes, when taking a break from studying. Ideally, he should be taking a short break every hour. Options could include reading a book or magazine, playing a game, going for a walk or just stretching, playing with the dog or calling a friend. These quick breaks will help ease the stress of studying so it doesn't feel like a long chunk of time stuck to the desk.
Tell your teen he's welcome to invite a friend or two so they can study together. Ask in advance what the homework is so you can check that it's actually been done by the time the meeting is over. Otherwise, your teen might be tempted to just gossip the afternoon away instead of studying. If you can be sure things are getting done, let him study in a group.
Ask about what he's studying or take him somewhere he can experience the topic first-hand. Living-history museums are a good start, but don't stop there -- go camping to help with biology or put your teen in charge of calculating a hiking trail and distance to help make math more real. You can also use online tools such as Real World Math, where teens can use Google Earth to learn real-world applications of math.
Head to the library or look online for videos covering the topics your teen is studying. Companies such as the Discovery Channel, PBS and others make educational videos on almost every topic you can think of -- many of which probably match what your teen is studying. Visual learning could make things not only more entertaining but also a lot easier.


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This show will feature some of the area's most talented performers, with songs from some of Broadway's biggest hits and tunes representing the past, present, and future of musicals at the Ray Evans Theater!
Friday and Saturday, June 29 & 30 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, July 1 at 2 pm.
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Remember, Remember the 5th of November. This was certainly a day our Bride and Groom will not be forgetting anytime soon!
Anthony and Robyn really pulled together as a team to plan their 5th of November wedding after Anthony proposed during a romantic meal at home.
After a bottle of bubbly to celebrate, their first step in wedding planning was creating a collaborative Pinterest board.
"We really wanted the wedding to be planned by both of us; so many husbands to be are happy to let their fiancées organise and decide everything but for us the wedding had to be a team effort and have elements of both our personalities throughout the day. The Pinterest board (of course made secret) gave us a great way to do this."
Both Anthony and Robyn liked the idea of a winter wedding so it was important for them to find a wedding venue that was as beautiful inside as it was outside, making St Audries Park the perfect venue for the happy couple with its wow factor Great Hall, elegant Grand Staircase along with plenty of relaxing lounge areas.
"We wanted a venue we and our guests could enjoy whatever the weather."
The lovely couple got married in the beautiful church onsite here at St Audries Park where both Robyn's Father and Step Father walked her down the aisle. "I'm very lucky in that I have two father figures in my life, my Dad and my Step-Dad, so they both walked me down the aisle, one on each arm"
They hired a pianist who played music for their guests arrival into the church, Elbow's 'One Day Like This' whilst Robyn walked down the aisle followed by Queen 'Somebody To Love' for the couples exit music.
Anthony and Robyn added lots of personalised touches to their day including lots of handmade items and a Marvel themed wedding cake.
"This ended up being in the form of a 'hidden' Marvel themed wedding cake (because marriage is about compromise!), Disney themed centrepieces and London themed favours."
'We saved money where ever we could. Being engineers it's in our nature to want to make and design everything ourselves. Which is what we did for the Disney themed centrepieces'
Even the log slices were cut by a friend before Robyn and Anthony sanded them by hand.
They finished off their theming with grey decorations with touches of gold to bring a little sparkle.
"This all took a lot of effort and time but it meant that we could have the wedding we wanted for our budget."
Anthony and Robyn relied on spreadsheets and 'endless' lists for the planning of their wedding to help them with things such as the wedding budget. "Inevitably, some things cost more and some less, but it was a great way to keep an eye on our spending."
Here at St Audries Park we offer an 'all inclusive' package so our couples are able to focus on the little touches for their wedding day.
"We choose St Audries because it really is a stunning venue. It was just in a different league to other venues we had looked at and knowing it was all exclusively ours for the day made it more special."
Robyn and Anthony also had lots of guest traveling from afar so it was important to them to be able accommodate all of their guests on site.
Robyn found 'The One' (Her dress, that is) completely by accident, It was a beautiful Sassi Holford gown in Champagne with white lace on top
"My Mum said "There's no way you're trying that on!" So I did to spite her but once I had it on we both loved it!"
Robyn picked out a beautiful white feather bolero to accompany her dress which gave the whole look a very elegant wintery feel.
Robyn decided to honour the old tradition of 'something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue' with an old ring that belonged to her grandmother that had been borrowed from her mum, a new headpiece, and she also had a blue ribbon stitched into the inside of her dress.
Robyn picked multiway grey dresses for her bridesmaids and let them choose their own preferred style.
Anthony was originally looking for a grey suit to match the bridesmaids but once they started trying suits on they opted for a Navy Blue with grey ties and pocket squares to co-ordinate with the bridesmaid's dresses.
In keeping with their theme, Anthony went for Marvel cufflinks to accompany his suit and Marvel socks for himself and the groomsmen.
Robyn and Anthony used one of our recommended photographers – Evolve Photography to capture their big day.
"Now this was an easy choice! One read of Marks bio on his website and having a look through his photographs had us sold. He's so passionate about his job, he didn't offer any complicated levels of service or packages you only got his best and his photographs are all stunning."
Robyn and Anthony's wedding was held on Bonfire night, so the option of having fireworks was another 'must have' for their big day – This was their biggest splurge on the wedding but they feel that it was completely necessary and that the photos they got from this moment were totally worth it.
Robyn and Anthony slow danced to Lifehouse – 'You and Me' for their first dance as this is the song that was playing when Anthony proposed. "We didn't have a routine we just shuffled around and enjoyed the moment, before the real dancing came out from us and our guests!"
The couple also booked the band 'Bill Ding and the Skyscrapers' to ensure their guests danced the night away.
If they could give any advice to future couples they would say "Once the day arrives, just enjoy it and make the most of it because it goes so quickly, and if you enjoy it so will all your guests!"
Robyn and Anthony wouldn't have changed anything about their big day "I honestly don't think we'd change anything. It went so much better than we could have ever imagined. All our ideas came together and the day ran really smoothly."
The lovely couple celebrated their marriage with a honeymoon spent exploring Singapore and Cambodia.
With Thanks to:
Photographer: Evolve Photography
Wedding Cake: Bespoke Bakes by Danielle
Band: Bill Ding and the Skyscrapers


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This recipe comes highly recommend from Wyomissing CSA shareholder, Kevin. He's been making this with the delicious red beets that have been arriving in the 2012 Winter Pantry CSA Share and serves the dish with yogurt, a little dry cilantro, sesame seeds, and a boiled egg. Thanks, Kevin!
Spicy Ethiopian Style Beets
1 bunch/bag beets
2 to 3 onions, diced
2 to 3 spoonfuls of butter
3 to 4 spoonfuls of Berbere (see recipe below)
2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
salt and pepper, to taste
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1. Cut the tops and ends off the beets and soak for half day (skip this step if you don't have time, but it will make the beets easier to peel and helps to keep you from over-salting the meal generally). Peel and cube the beets.
2. Over low heat in a sauté pan, sweat the onions in 2 spoonfuls of butter. When the butter is softened, salt and pepper the onions to taste, then stir in the berbere. (This is like cooking a roux. If a more watery/soup-like dish is desired, add a can of unsalted crushed tomatoes after the onions have taken the color of the spices).
3. Over medium-high heat in a stock pot, add the beets and can of chicken stock. Cover the beets with additional water. Once the chicken stock is bubbling, add the onion mixture.
4. Serve when the beets are tender.
Berbere Recipe (From The Africa News Cookbook: African Cooking for Western Kitchens. Published in 1985 by Africa News Service)
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon ground ginger, ½ teaspoon ground coriander, ½ teaspoon ground cardamom, ½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds, ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg, ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon, 2 tablespoons salt, ¼ teaspoon ground cloves, ¼ teaspoon allspice, 1¼ cup cayenne pepper (substitute with paprika or a milder red chili for a milder result), 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, and ½ cup paprika
Directions: In a heavy saucepan or cast iron skillet, toast the following over low heat for 4 to 5 minutes: ginger, cardamom, coriander, fenugreek, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, and allspice. Shake or stir to keep from burning. Add the salt, cayenne pepper, paprika, and black pepper and continue toasting, stirring constantly, for 10 to 15 minutes.


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Collars and cuffs have been given a makeover! Whether it be a double collar, as I'm wearing above, or a beaded or studded collar, it's worth paying extra attention to this previously neglected area. I've tucked the Ellery leopard collar under the buttoned up dress collar, to create a double effect. I'm wearing a Jayson Brunsdon, shirtmaker dress from Myer. Look at its length!! It's way too short to be worn on its own, so a pair of leggings or tights are essential. Hmmm, wish Jayson and a few other designers would add 6-8 cms to their dress lengths!!
The over-sized, leather 'n studs, sass & bide neck cuff (Top R) or a manstyle neck pin (Top L), add interest to a jumper or bare neck. A studded collar or beaded front pleat (bottom), are other ideas to add interest to usually plain areas.
An AndAndrea challenge… Try creating your own unique collar!! Cut up an old shirt. Visit a craft shop for beads or studs and get creative! It's so satisfying.


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Everybody needs to look after and care for their feet – and this is even more important if you have diabetes.
At Gosforth Physio & Wellness we have qualified staff who can provide a comprehensive diabetic foot assessment for you.
The assessment includes thorough checks on your nerves and blood supply as well as checks on the shape and condition of your feet.
With diabetes, your body can't control the levels of glucose in your blood, and there are two main ways this can affect your feet: circulation problems and nerve damage.
Poor glucose control can affect the circulation in your feet. What happens is that the arteries supplying blood to your feet get narrower; if your feet don't get a good blood supply, cuts and sores don't heal very well, and you may also get cramps and pain.
High glucose levels can also damage the nerves in your feet and legs. This damage often happens gradually so you can do harm to your feet, sometimes without even knowing it. For example, you might not feel pain from a blister, a cut or a sore. Because you feel no pain, these can become infected if neglected.
Check your feet daily for any problems – and visit your chiropodist, who will check your nerves and circulation and provide you with foot care and advice.


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Medicine and Music: Boston's Longwood Symphony Orchestra
You like to think that after visiting 115 U.S. orchestras you would have seen just about every model there is. But number 116 was unlike any other orchestra I've seen. The Longwood Symphony Orchestra (in Boston) is in its 25th season. Its budget is about $250,000 per year, but to give that proper perspective one must factor in that the musicians are not paid. This is a volunteer orchestra, about 75 percent of whom are doctors and medical professionals. Its board chair (Nick Tawa) is a surgeon, and its president (Lisa Wong) is a pediatrician. Both also play in the orchestra. The music director is Jonathan McPhee - he's been there for about three seasons, and has been encouraging growth, both artistically and scope of activity. They won the League of American Orchestras' MetLife Award for Excellence in Community Engagement last year...
Adding to the unique nature of the LSO is the fact that every concert in their history has been a benefit concert for a medical-associated nonprofit. They sell their tickets to the "beneficiary" (their term for the partner organization) at a low price and let the organization sell them at a higher price and keep the difference. Often they have worked with relatively small organizations, and have mentored them in the art of using a gala event as a fundraiser. They almost always surround the concert with symposia about the medical issue that the beneficiary organization deals with, trying where possible to relate it to music, or the power of music to heal. The concert I attended on Saturday, December 1, 2007 benefited three organizations: the Seven Hills Foundation on Behavioral Health; The Global Health Initiative at Boston University; and Classical Action: Performing Arts Against Aids. The LSO and Boston University organized a community conversation at BU called "Aids: Connecting the Local and the Global". The concert was at Jordan Hall, and was close to sold out. This model has been consistent from the LSO's beginning. The concert that I saw would challenge any professional orchestra:
REVUELTAS: Sensemayá
MUSSORGSKY: Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov
JANÁČEK: Glagolitic Mass
The concert was astonishing. The string writing in the Janáček, and the tricky rhythms of the Revueltas, are not easy for professional orchestras, let alone one made up largely of people who practice medicine for a living. But there was no sense of this being a volunteer orchestra - and Jonathan McPhee conducted with both clarity and intensity. The New World Chorale was a terrific chorus, and the four soloists provided by Classical Action - Marjorie Elinor Dix, Mary Phillips, John Bellemer, and Gustav Andreassen - could have graced the performance of any international-level orchestra, despite the difficulty of the solo writing, particularly for the soprano and tenor. This was one of the few fully volunteer orchestras I have heard in recent years (except for youth orchestras), and the only one where most of the musicians practiced a demanding other profession - and I was not at all prepared for the high quality of the playing. The fact that this concert attracted a full house - and a cheering audience - in a city where there are plenty of good and great alternative orchestras, is yet one more demonstration of the fact that there is indeed a vital and meaningful life for symphonic music, a life that occurs in many shapes and forms in this country.
Also indicative of their growth is a planned tour to London in June; they will keep their pattern, with St. Bartholomew Hospital in London as their beneficiary. The symposium will be "The Healing Art of Music" - and there will be symposia with the doctor/musicians focused on cancer care, as well as two concerts. The LSO hopes in the future to travel to Africa or to countries in other under-developed areas. The twin missions of bringing a large number of doctor-musicians to under-developed countries, both to counsel local medical centers and to make music can only be called inspiring. The deep connection that the Longwood Symphony Orchestra makes between community health and music is, if I may be excused for being sappy, uplifting.
Posted by hfogel at December 21, 2007 10:48 AM
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Thanks for talking about this group. I never heard them during my student days in Boston (in the late 90s), but I'm not surprised that an orchestra of doctors would play well - there are certainly a lot of accomplished student musicians out there who opt for other professions.
With far too many concerts, you wonder what the point of it all was. Your report suggests the Longwood SO's shows have compelling musical and non-musical reasons for being.
I also appreciated this post because it confirmed what I experienced in Boston; the ability to enjoy a rich concert life while hardly ever listening to the BSO (which was too expensive for my student finances back then).
Posted by: Marko Velikonja at December 21, 2007 11:49 PM
Dear Henry:
Thank you so much for your wonderful words, and thanks even more for spending time with us here in Boston. Your visit was a catalyst and inspiration to us all.
Just a quick clarification about our London tour. It is entitled "Innovations in Cancer Care: Bridging the Atlantic". At St. Barts and Royal Marsden Hospitals, we will be exchanging ideas with our medical colleagues in the cancer field, to be followed by performances for patients in hospitals and hospices, as well as two public performances in major concert venues in London. These will benefit Marie Curie Cancer Care, the largest cancer charity in the UK, which is celebrating its 60th year. Our soloists will be soprano Janna Baty and the remarkable violinist David Juritz, who has just busked around the world for his new charity Musequality, an organization promoting global music education.
LSO will bring American music to Britain's shores with works by David Diamond and the original Copland score of "Appalachian Spring" as well as Vaughn Williams and Villa-Lobos.
Posted by: Lisa Wong at December 23, 2007 3:36 PM
Orchestra combined from doctors that's interesting. Nice time together to relax.
Posted by: Ambulance Nurse at January 10, 2008 7:05 AM


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The Gahr Instrumental Music Program had a busy week of events and performances...
- Thank you to everyone who came to Wednesday's Area Concert!! Congratulations on a great performance to the combined elementary band, Haskell Middle School, Ross Middle School, and Gahr High School! Thank you to all the parents who helped run the concessions and the entrance table, and also to the parents and students who stayed to clean up.
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- Also on Thursday we had the inaugural performance of the Cerritos College High School Honor Band! Congratulations to the students from Gahr who participated - Itza Arenas, Robert Walker, Matt Sanruk, Gerardo Escuita, Aristotle Georgopolous, and Pablo Castro. Way to go!!
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6/5 End-of-Year Awards Banquet @ 1:30PM in the Gahr HS Gym
6/8 New Student/Parent Info Meeting @ 6:30PM in the Band Room (703)
6/9 Field Show Reading Session 3-5PM
6/13 Jazz Band Performance for Dr. Zietlow Celebration @ 12:30PM in MPR
6/17 Jazz Band Fun Run Rehearsal 9AM-12PM
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6/20 New Leadership Meeting 9AM-4PM
6/21 Wind & Percussion Workshops 5-8PM - Day 1
6/23 Wind & Percussion Workshops 5-8PM - Day 2
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6:30 p.m. Last Booster Meeting! All parents encouraged to attend!
6:44 a.m. Jazz Band - run-through in MPR
2:45-4:00 p.m. Combined Band and Wind Ensemble run-through in MPR
4:00-6:00 p.m. Color Guard Workshops and Ice Cream Social!
6:29 p.m. Student Call Time in Band Room.
6:45 p.m. Doors open
7:00 p.m. End-of-Year Concert in MPR! $7/adults, $5/students.
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No Jazz Band
Organize equipment. Clean Band Room. Homework time.
11:00 a.m. Set up time in gym for banquet
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Here is an odd press release from the Montana News Association attacking the communication style of a recently fired school superintendent. What is so ironic is while they attack his inappropriate communication, their statement is full of examples of how not to make an argument. Here are a few of the comments in their piece:
Instead of graciously bowing out, Svee shows his lack of effective "front man" style of communication, through sniping at the School Board. Svee's communication style is, when confronted with a problem of real substance, to answer through attention-diverting techniques. Svee's comments surround the smooth running of the school district, the fact that he is not a micro-manager and that he is being measured by an unfair standard.While they attack his communication style as ineffective, this press release also fails on a number of levels. The Ad hominem attacks—especially the one following "Hmmmm"—are logical fallacies and inappropriate. It is important when criticizing someone not to make the same mistakes.
... Rod Svee also shows an inability to take constructive criticism and apply it. Defensive people don't hear suggestions; they hear criticism and strike out, rather than grow up. (Hmmmm . . . Perhaps Svee and Mayor Ron Tussing should have lunch together and discuss the communication tactics they have in common.)