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to get the answer to the question!
Where is her country?
a) South Pacific
b) North Pacific
c) Indian Ocean
Why is her nation threatened by global warming?
a) It gets less rain
b) It is surrounded by water
c) There is pollution
Where do the people get there food?
a) The ocean
b) The forest
c) Imports
Who has spoken out against global warming?
a) Small nations
b) Big nations
c) Both
Who is the cause of the problem?
a) Small nations
b) Industrialized nations
c) Nobody knows
Todd: Kristine you're from papua new guinea
Kristine: Yes, we're a small island in the South Pacific.
Todd: And that is near Australia?
Kristine: Just above Australia.
Todd: Like how far is it from Australia?
Kristine: To Brisbane it's 3 hours by plane. (Oh, OK.) To the tip of Australia it's about an hour and a half by boat.
Todd: Oh, OK. We were talking earlier about global warming and how this can be a problem for your island.
Kristine: Oh, absolutely, because we're surrounded by water, obviously it creates a problem when the tides rise.
Todd: Because the tides rise, and the water...
Kristine: The tides rise, and a lot of people build their homes and villages around the water....cause the ocean is where we get our food from, most of our costal villages are based there, so, yeah!
Todd: The people put their houses close to the water
Kristine: Close to the water or on the water
Todd: Oh, OK. So what do you think about global warming? I mean, what do you think should be done?
Kristine: Um, like we were talking about it earlier, I am very much for the Kyoto Protocol I think that industrial countries, industrialized countries need to act now before there's too much, how do you say?, before even more damage is done. (Sure) Obviously being from a small country where people aren't educated about these things we don't realize what is really happening, but we are really starting to realize now and we and other small nations have spoken out about it and it's good to know that bigger countries are doing something about it, and I think thing needs to be done now, rather than waiting, which is happening with governments which are under economical stress right now...they haven't done enough..they know the situation, they know they're responsible for it. We're the ones who are suffering because of it even though we don't add to it. Yeah, so I think they should do something.
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10:02am PT by Eriq Gardner
Tim McGraw Gets Former Label's Copyright Lawsuit Dismissed
In the battle over a musician so desperate to move on with his career that he delivered an album sooner than expected, a round goes to the recording artist.
On Friday, a Tennessee federal judge stopped one of two lawsuits that Curb Records filed against country music superstar Tim McGraw. As a result, the action shifts back to a state court where Curb is pursuing claims that the singer prematurely ended a contractual relationship.
The dispute dates back to May of 2011, when Curb filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit in Tennessee state court, alleging McGraw had delivered his Emotional Traffic album ahead of schedule. The label said that the singer was obligated to space out delivery of his albums. McGraw returned file with counterclaims that stated that Curb wanted him in a state of "involuntary servitude."
STORY: Tim McGraw Sued by Former Label Curb Records
Last year, the judge in that case denied Curb's request for injunctive relief, allowing McGraw to record music for another label.
And so, McGraw released Two Lanes of Freedom in February for Big Machine Records.
That paved the road to a second lawsuit -- this time filed in federal court -- where Curb claimed that 11 of the songs on Two Lanes of Freedom were first recorded in November of 2011, and that because of the issues surrounding the timing and delivery of his prior album, it owned the copyright to "Undelivered Masters."
Curb believed that Two Lanes of Freedom constituted copyright infringement, normally subject matter for a federal court, but on Friday, U.S. District Judge William Haynes, Jr. noted that "the dominant aspect of Plaintiffs complaint in this action concerns breach of contract claims that are governed by state law and are before the state court."
In deciding to dismiss, the judge points to the state court determining provisionally that McGraw owns certain rights to his recordings -- in particular, those made after December 1, 2011 -- as well as an appeals court's ruling that "without a preliminary determination by the trial court of a dividing line concerning the ownership of masters, the trial court would essentially have given Curb the ability to keep McGraw from moving forward with his recording career."
Thus, Judge Haynes is comfortable with a state judge handling the rights issue at this junction so as to let the dispute proceed on the bigger issue of whether McGraw breached his contract by delivering Emotional Traffic too soon. The judge added that the case could be reopened after a final ruling on the breach of contract lawsuit.
Scott Borchetta, president & CEO of the Big Machine Label Group, issued a statement saying he was "very pleased" with the outcome.
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Who told you black was ugly?
Who Taught you to fear your skin?
Without black we cannot see the stars.
Without black where would red, green, white and yellow begin?
I know it wasn't God! because from your beauty all life would begin.
Because from your beauty all life would begin.
Who told you that hair could be nappy?
Who told you kinks were dirty?
Who told you fros were wrong and should be frowned upon
I know it wasn't God!
For he gave you your hair as a crown.
Who told you, you were uncivilised?
Who told you, you couldn't speak?
Who told you, you were illiterate, when for centuries you could already read?
Who told you your language was gibberish?
Who told you to change your name?
I know it wasn't God!
Because he knows and called you by name
Who told you your drum was evil?
Who told you your rhythm was demonic?
Who told you to stop playing it?
And to play their rhythm…their music?
Who told you your music was dirty?
Who told you stop that song?
I know it wasn't God?
He's the author of music. he created it all.
Who told you your dance was unholy?
Who told you not to move your waist?
Who told you, you are a sex symbol,
Good for nothing except a nightly fling?
Who told you to stop dancing and taught you their dance instead?
I know it wasn't God!
Diversity in praise is his plan.
Whoever told you is a liar!
Whoever told you is a thief!
Whoever told you wants to steal, kill and destroy!
Take away what God created you to be.
Whoever wants to rule you!
Whoever told you doesn't care!
Whoever told you, is ignorant to the fact that God looked at you and said…
"It is very good"
Break free of the shackles
Free your mind of the chains
Let God's image be seen in your blackness
His beauty…His creation…His and only…His
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Bringing Mason to Life-saving Care
Cindy and her husband Josh knew something was wrong when their little boy became lethargic and continuously sick to his stomach just eight days after he was born. But they never expected what would come next.
Seeking answers, Cindy and Josh had turned to their local hospital. Mason underwent bloodwork and tests. The results came back abnormal. Before they knew it, Mason was being rushed off from Stratford to Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre for specialized care.
"The transport team came by ambulance and whisked him away in a transport incubator," recalls Cindy, referring to a piece of equipment that creates a tailored micro-environment to support fragile babies.
"It was the worst-case scenario you could ever possibly be in as a parent. Still, the people were amazing. They got right down to business. Mason was their number one priority."
Initially, medical professionals thought that Mason had a viral infection, but alarm bells rang as the small baby's health deteriorated and he began losing weight. Through further testing, they discovered he had a rare condition that causes decreased levels of aldosterone, a hormone essential for regulating blood pressure.
Now seven years old, Mason takes medication to manage his condition and visits Children's Hospital twice a year for checkups with his doctor.
"My favourite doctor is Dr. Stein; he saved my life!" says Mason.
Cindy continues to be thankful for the care her son received. She is also grateful to donors like SC Johnson. This year, the company gave a grant of $30,000 to Children's Health Foundation to support the purchase of a new state-of-the-art transport incubator to protect children, like Mason, while they're enroute to life-saving care from communities across Southwestern Ontario and parts of Northern Ontario.
"We are truly blessed to live in the community we do with an astounding hospital like London Health Science Centre to provide life saving care to children," says Cindy.
"This is made possible with the generous donations from an amazing donor like SC Johnson who recently provided a grant toward a new state-of-the-art transport incubator. As a parent who has had to go through the unimaginable with their child, it is comforting to know we have partners and businesses out there who care and continue to make these incredible donations. Thank you SC Johnson!"
Children's Hospital's transport team unveils a new state-of-the-art transport incubator, which they will use to bring critically-ill babies to life-saving care. The unit was purchased with help by a grant from SC Johnson.


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Plaid continues to have broad appeal because of its history and its association with work clothing. It also lets men inject color into their wardrobes in a masculine, easily understandable way.
Tartan plaid usage dates back to 16th-century Scotland, specifically the Highlands area, says Jeffrey Banks, co-author of the 2007 book "Tartan: Romancing the Plaid." Plaid has long been a staple at places like Brooks Brothers and Ralph Lauren, and versions have been widely used for decades, from Burberry's iconic pattern to red-and-black buffalo checks.
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This film is from 2003 Norm Chow era USC TV cut-ups, which is all I had to study before access to coaches film became more prevalent. These are the best examples of the right and wrong way to run the Slant route that I have ever seen. Both examples are from the same game and both were 3rd Down plays. I coach my WRs running the Slant route to attack the inside # of the defender with their three steps. I have heard coaches before tell their WRs to attack the outside # to open the DB's hips and then come inside. That works in theory, but as you will see in the cut-ups, it does not always work in practice. Mike Williams was a Freshman running the Slant route in the first cut-up. He doesn't attack the inside # of the defender to gain leverage (position) and he ends up running into the CB. It's a sloppy route by an inexperienced player that lead to a Punt on that possession.
The second cut-up shows a veteran WR, Kerry Colbert (I believe), running the Slant the correct way: attack the inside # to get leverage, stay low and stick the foot in the ground with a head nod away, and catch the ball with the hands away from the body. It's a thing of beauty to see proper technique ruthlessly destroy opponents time and time again.
Versus Press coverage, I do coach my WRs to use a Diamond release where they work outside and then back in, but that's vs. Press, not vs. Loose Man or Zone coverage. That will a future mini-post.
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Union Investment assets climb despite turbulent six months for markets
Despite disaster in Japan and Europe's debt havoc, Germany's Union Investment grew net new business by 5.7%, or €500m in the first half of 2011.
Despite disaster in Japan and Europe's debt havoc, Germany's Union Investment grew net new business by 5.7%, or €500m in the first half of 2011.
But the €177bn manager says amid "significant reluctance" by retail to invest in traditional fund businesses, it continues to push towards providing solutions as well as products to clients.
Announcing its first half results the diversified asset manager also made sharp criticism of EU-inspired regulation, such as the Key Investor Information Document introduced across the industry this month.
Hans Joachim Reinke, chairman of the board of managing directors of Union Asset Management Holding, said the documents would only allow funds to be compared on past performance, not future opportunities and risks.
He also criticized demands for refunds of state subsidies for government subsidised private pensions – known as Riester pensions – as "severely damaging" to the reputation of the products, "although less than €500m of the €11.2bn paid out in subsidies since 2002 had been reclaimed, equivalent to just over 4%.
"There is absolutely no reason for talking down Riester pensions. They remain good, and they are vital because we can't manage without private pensions."
Reinke was also scathing about the EU Commission's latest plans to tax financial transactions, which would also affect investment funds.
He argued, while the legislation aimed to make the financial sector repair some of the cost of the credit crunch, investment funds had not caused the crisis, nor were rescued with public money.
Taxing investment funds would be nothing more than a hidden tax rise for savers, he added. "This makes people less willing to invest in a personal pension and it penalizes active asset management."
Reinke added Union continues to transform, at some pace, to provide solutions as well as products for investors, as retail fund buyers increasingly prefer the latter service.
Union Investment's first response – capital preservation solutions including two guarantee fund tranches launched in the first half – took in €804m new cash.
With this, Union Investment has 49% market share of capital preservation portfolios. It has also provided PrivatFonds – similar to segregated accounts – for high net-worth customers, which had €853m of sales last half-year, and €1.2bn inflows since launch last year.
Finally, investors have taken out over 100,000 of its new long-term fund-linked savings capital growth plans this year – a 38% rise on the corresponding period last year.
Reinke said: "The eurozone sovereign debt crisis, the disaster in Japan and concerns about the soaring oil price continued to unsettle many investors and to cause massive fluctuations in the markets. Consequently, in absolute terms, the rise in assets under management by us was moderate."
He said in the latest reporting period Union experienced net outflows of over €1.8bn from UniOpti4 and, "unlike in previous years, open-ended real estate funds have not been guaranteed sellers".
Institutional clients allocating €2.4bn net new money this year were most enthusiastic about corporate, covered, convertible and emerging market bonds.
Union noted institutional real estate investments are set to become a "key focus area" in the future. Its UII Shopping Nr 1 retail property fund already has in excess of €300m commitments since beginning a year ago, for example.
"Institutional investors have faith in real estate funds as an instrument and they are familiar with the benefits", said Reinke.


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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Bathroom Monologue: The Sleeping Beauty Incident
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Ah, that was a great twist. I wonder if the fairy will next conjure up an alarm clock.ReplyDelete
Ha! I know a couple of princesses who are just like this...ReplyDelete
Oh, dear, I'm a princess and I didn't even know it! :) (although it's usually "Nine minutes more", since that's the setting on my snooze button)ReplyDelete
Hahaha! Oh that is my everyday beg... Prefer the story like this, John, and it fits yesterdays topic. Realism indeed.ReplyDelete
Prince schmince, you wake me early you'll get more than a palm to the forehead. :)ReplyDelete
Anyone who wakes up a really good sleep (and a hundred years has to fall into that category) is lucky to get out alive. This is a very accommodating princess, unless she is taking the passive aggressive approach, and will ask for five more minutes with each kiss...ReplyDelete
Hahaha! Cute and funny take on the old tale, John.ReplyDelete
Not all Princesses do mornings. I know this well. Nice story John.ReplyDelete


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… [continues from previous entry] and, on the 2d of August, to Portsmouth, and thence, having surveyed the fortifications (a great rarity in that blessed halcyon time in England), we passed into the Isle of Wight, to the house of my Lady Richards, in a place called Yaverland1 but were turned the following day to Chichester, where, having viewed the city and fair cathedral, we returned home.
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I was under the impression that it was quite easy to write a function in Perl which expects some of its arguments to be functions, and then generates a new function to return.
In fact I do exactly that quite often, and I am positive that you know how I do it. So I suspect we are talking past each other and mean different things.
Could you explain in more detail what you would want Perl to do which it doesn't?
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Bill is a lucid, rational and powerful speaker who intent is to inform and to empower his audience. Standing room only is normal. His presentation and information transcend partisan affiliations as he clearly addresses issues in a way that has a striking impact on listeners of all backgrounds and interests. He has spoken to many groups throughout the United States and has appeared regularly on many radio talk shows and on television. In 1988 Bill decided to "talk" due to events then taking place worldwide, events which he had seen plans for back in the early '70s. Since Bill has been "talking," he has correctly predicted the lowering of the Iron Curtain, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the invasion of Panama. All Bill's predictions were on record well before the events occurred. Bill is not a psychic. His information comes from Top Secret documents that he read while with the Intelligence Briefing Team and from over 17 years of thorough research.
"Bill Cooper is the world's leading expert on UFOs." — Billy Goodman, KVEG, Las Vegas.
"The only man in America who has all the pieces to the puzzle that has troubled so many for so long." — Anthony Hilder, Radio Free America
"William Cooper may be one of America's greatest heroes, and this story may be the biggest story in the history of the world." — Mills Crenshaw, KTALK, Salt Lake City.
"Like it or not, everything is changing. The result will be the most wonderful experience in the history of man or the most horrible enslavement that you can imagine. Be active or abdicate, the future is in your hands." — William Cooper, October 24, 1989.
"A Course in Miracles" is a complete self-study spiritual thought system. As a three-volume curriculum consisting of a "Text", "Workbook for Students", and "Manual for Teachers", it teaches that the way to universal love and peace through forgiving others. The Course thus focuses on the healing of relationships and making them holy.
The "Text" presents the theory of the Course and has built into its study the development of the experience of forgiveness that is the Course's goal for the student.
The "Workbook for Students" includes 365 lessons, one for each day of the year. It begins the process of changing the student's mind and perception, though it is not intended to bring one's learning to completion.
The "Manual for Teachers" is written in question-and-answer form and provides answers to some of the more likely questions a student might ask.
Also included are Supplements to the Course: "Psychotherapy: Purpose, Process and Practice" and "Song of Prayer"


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Barack Obama Endorses Mayor Eric Garcetti for Re-election in L.A.
Former President Barack Obama has emerged from semi-retirement to endorse Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for a second term.
"I strongly endorse Eric Garcetti for a second term as mayor of Los Angeles," Obama said in a written statement released Tuesday by the mayor's re-election campaign, according to local CBS affiliate in Los Angeles.
"As mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti has delivered by raising the minimum wage, creating jobs and expanding economic opportunity." He added, "Eric led the campaign to pass the largest transportation infrastructure measure in our nation's history. Eric is my friend, a loyal ally and a great and visionary mayor of Los Angeles."
Garcetti thanked Obama for his endorsement, reportedly saying, "Thank you, President Obama, for your service to this country. Thank you for your support of me in this campaign and thank you for setting the bar for what public service is about for all of us."
Local primary elections will take place across Los Angeles County on March 7. Garcetti is on the ballot, along with 10 of his other challengers. In addition to the mayoral race, eight city council seats, city attorney, and city controller seats are up for election. According to Ballotpedia, City Attorney Mike Feuer, City Controller Ron Galperin, and District 3 Councilman Bob Blumenfield are running for re-election unopposed.
While the mayor's race is a crowded field, Garcetti seems to face only one slight challenge from Mitchell Schwartz, who directed Obama's 2008 presidential campaign in California and served as communications director for the State Department under President Bill Clinton.
Last month, Joe Biden attended a fundraiser in Beverly Hills to support Garcetti's reelection campaign.
Garcetti has also been raising campaign funds outside of California, in Washington, D.C. and New York. In January, he held three fundraising events before and after an official three-day U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting held in Washington, D.C.
He was expected to raise approximately $100,000 during that trip.
According to Southern California Public Radio, Garcetti's campaign raised nearly $2.8 million by the end of 2016 compared to Schwartz, who has raised about $336,000 thus far.
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If you've listened to our last two podcasts, you know I have an upcoming event. As promised, here are the magic details!
This Saturday, February 11, I'll be at TaborSpace in Portland for Literary Lesbian Love. The event features six local (and one not-so-local) authors. We'll do readings (mine will be from my forthcoming novel, Bitterroot Queen), a panel discussion (Q&A style), and give away some stuff.
If you're in the Portland area, you should totally come by and say hi. Because we're a friendly bunch. For reals.


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- Digital Modernism: Making It New in New Media by Jessica Pressman
"We look at the present," Marshall McLuhan famously claimed, "through a rear-view mirror." What he meant was that our contemporary paradigms are partly modelled on, and mediated by, earlier precursors, such that "we march backward into the future." McLuhan's remark forms [End Page 1042] the epigraph to the final chapter of Jessica Pressman's excellent Digital Modernism (158), but it applies equally to her book as a whole. Pressman's project is to "build bridges" (22) between high modernist writers, like Joyce and Pound, and today's digital avant-garde, including, among this book's case studies, the American authors William Poundstone and Judd Morrissey, and the Korean online art collective Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries. In building such bridges, Pressman puts a present-day spin on the modernist credo that "innovation happens by remaking the past" (161).
At its most straightforward, Digital Modernism explores the above artists' allusions to specific modernist predecessors, whose texts sometimes serve as their source material. Thus, Morrissey's The Jew's Daughter (2000) makes use of the "Ithaca" episode of Ulysses, and Young-hae Chang's Dakota (2002) adapts the first two of Pound's Cantos. But this book isn't simply a study of literary adaptation. It's also a wider inquiry into "the intertwined relationship between literature, reading and media" (60)—a set of connections which Pressman portrays as transcending both periodic and generic boundaries. So, while she defines digital modernism in terms of electronic texts that "remix literary modernism" (2), she also maps the common ground that makes such remixes possible. That is, she shows how her chosen modernist and online writers share an awareness that "literature is materially grounded in media ecologies and, as a result, literature and reading practices are entwined with and dependent upon media" (71). Hence her account isn't only about the allusive and adaptive aspects of particular digital literary works; it's also about the continuing convergence of art, technology, and attention—a trend which traverses the long twentieth century, shaping modernist and contemporary writing alike.
Unsurprisingly, Pressman's emphasis on continuity complicates periodized definitions of "modernism." If she describes the "central act" of digital modernism as "returning to the past to make it new through new media" (122), she stresses that this was equally central to modernism's earlier manifestations. Indeed, part of her argument is that literary modernism was itself "digital." Chapter 1 illustrates how Cambridge practical criticism—in its own way, an integral part of modernist culture—directly influenced Marshall McLuhan's contribution to media studies. According to Pressman, practical criticism already positioned "the literary within complex media ecologies" (29). Chapter 2 investigates a more literal instance of modernist mediatisation: the "reading machine" invented by the American avant-garde poet Bob Brown in the 1930s—a mechanism whose aesthetic effects Pressman compares to those produced by Poundstone's digital works. Chapters 3 and 4 explore the ways in which digital formats like Flash and hypertext "renovate" modernist aesthetic strategies, including montage and stream of consciousness. Chapter 5 tracks the continuing currency of the modernist desire for a universal language, moving from Pound's ideograms through to recent understandings of computer code. Finally, a brief "coda" brings Pressman's concerns to bear on contemporary print literature, using Mark Z. Danielewski's Only Revolutions (2006) to demonstrate how "digital technologies have so permeated our culture that all literature, regardless of its output platform, is impacted by digitality" (158).
Throughout all of this, Pressman's historical picture is one of subtle parallels and recurrences, rather than dramatic ruptures. This nuanced approach yields numerous insights. Most notably, it helps to deflate the rhetoric of division that has often dominated both academic and public discussions of the digital. As Pressman argues, such debates have been beset by a simplistic tendency to "see difference wherever there's digitality" (102), whether in the case of doom-mongering declarations of the death of print (her preferred example is Robert Coover...


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Planet Rock's Valentine's Day Apocalypse
It's that time of year yet again. Every year we tell ourselves we'll be better prepared than the last. Most years, that isn't the case. But this year, we will be ready for it.
The novelty-sized cards, the single red roses, the boxes of chocolates, the classic rom-coms. We will outlast the 2017 Valentine's Day Apocalypse and restore dating normality across the Valentines' ravaged wastelands of our nation!
Read our carefully compiled 'How to...' guide below. Normal dating for grown-ups who don't believe in corporate, money-making nonsense resumes February 15th – good luck and God speed brave singleton!
STEP 1: Outside bad, inside good
Find a solid, impenetrable hiding place insusceptible from secret admirer cards and preferably with no windows. If a base camp with windows can't be avoided, fashion a black out blind. The last thing you want is a safe house with a view of the outside world with couples walking hand in hand.
STEP 2: Calories are your friend
You'll be bunkered down for 24 hours, so stock up and stock up well. Hunger leads to rash decisions; rash decisions like texting your ex and seeing if they want to get pizza. Or worse, venturing outside to get pizza yourself. Not smart – couples will be lurking outside – outside bad, inside good!
STEP 3: Digital Purge/DVD Dependency
This will take commitment – strictly no digital access for 24 hours. Say goodbye to Netflix, Youtube, Spotify, etc. If you stray but a little on this step, you will find yourself crying over Titanic and pictures on your Facebook feed of happy go-lucky couples enjoying romantic dinners with only yourself to blame.
Going cold turkey is a must. To fill the digital void, we suggest these DVDs and these DVDs ONLY (not a love story in sight):
• Predator
• Robocop
• Terminator
• Reservoir Dogs
• Jurassic Park
STEP 4: Self-motivation and encouragement
The night is long and full of couples, and the day isn't much different either.
Self-motivation and encouragement are key. If you've prepared well, you'll survive. If you haven't, God help you.
One last pointer before we leave you to your prepping
If you see one of these guys in the run-up to the dreaded day… RUN. This foe is beyond you.
For grown-up dating, visit Planet Rock Dating and find like-minded anti-Valentines people just like yourself!


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Between Here and There (A Short Story in Verse)~ by Yoshay Lama Lindblom
My name is Beatrix
I am twenty and six.
My life so far
hasn't been a magnum opus
but it hasn't been
too shallow either.
People wonder about my eye colour
because it's neither brown,
nor blue or green
It's a brilliant golden.
Blaming my mother for it,
my father left and never looked back.
The calumny spread like wildfire,
took fancy of the neighbourhood's ire
they spurned my mother
and turned her into a living pyre.
Dried like a raisin she withered away,
you might be surprised as this I say,
to leave me alone she never wanted,
so she is back, only a gentle ghost,
and now my house is haunted.
Life Goes On
I live in the same house,
sleep on her bed
sometimes I see
my mother looking down at me
with her pallid face.
My yellow luminescent eyes
turned me into an outcast
very early in life.
People ignore me
wherever I go
bully me,
call me a feckless coward
for never revealing
my secret.
The Eyes
I look into the mirror
and meet my eyes,
I wonder what mystery lies
behind these horrid eyes,
behind its creation
around which my fate has spun.
They look frightening
especially in the dark,
two yellow sparks
staring back.
My real eyes I reckon,
must have been
scooped out with something
like an ice-cream scoop.
In its place this fearsome pair,
must have been grafted
to my despair.
I always wanted to fall in love
like characters in a book
Hopelessly and
A reward of sorts
It would have been,
had a boy noticed
a girl who had only
wanted to be seen
behind this monstrosity.
But the boys you see,
wanted nothing to do with me.
As I sat high on the loft
one day,
By the attic window
watching the sun sink,
turn red from yellow
one day.
From behind the mound
a head arose,
balanced well
on broad shoulders
lanky limbs
carried him swift
with immediate strides
right up to the door
of the house where I hide.
The Meeting
He stood outside
rapping at the door,
I stood inside and listened
as the knocking shook my core
a whisper arose
from within
so I opened the door
to let him in.
Lo! And behold!
my heart cried out
for his eyes were the colour
The colour of gold.
"Who are you?" I tried to press,
but with careless ease
he came in
and on my lips
planted a supple kiss
Love is pure, so they say,
it's purity remains forever unfazed,
even after lovers have passed away
they say.
The value of love is hard to grasp,
for those that might never have had
found oneself within its generous clasp.
I trembled at first
as I'd never been touched,
then I found my self
falling and rising
rising and falling
like frothy waves
dashing against the rocks.
That was love
both sweet and sore,
and that to me was more than pure.
He left me one sorrowful morn,
without a goodbye he was gone.
Left with no inspiration
no will to carry on,
and there by the cliff,
I began to cry,
a song of love
a song of loss.
My plaintive tune echoed
down below the eternal vales
and people to this day say
"Let her be.
do not mention her name
nor her story.
her spirit roams
crying a sorrowful tune,
high up in the cliffs
from where she, herself had thrown
to a place where she was never found.
speak her name and she will find
a way to sneak into your love life
carrying a curse to wreak a strife."
My name is Beatrix
I am twenty and six,
and forever I remain
young and heart broken
roaming the cliffs and
flying down the vales
until my lover comes back
and locks me in an eternal embrace.
©Yoshay Lama Lindblom 2013


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Hi, Welcome to Digging up the Past course.
To Start the course, open your Student Account and then remember to click on "Enrol me in this course". You can also find this link in the Administration block on the left hand side of your screen. Once you enrol, you will be taken back to this page, at that point you can click on your lesson and start your journey of discovery.
Enjoy the journey into the past.


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Worcester, Mass. – On a day where the program celebrated 40 seasons of existence, the Clark University volleyball team picked up a pair of wins, sweeping a home tri-match for the second consecutive Saturday.
The stands were filled with alums and their families and a special luncheon was held to commemorate a program that picked up the first two wins in program history almost exactly 40 years ago to the day when they too swept a tri-match on September 28, 1976.
Game 1 Information
Score: Clark University 3, Mount Holyoke 0
Records: Clark University 11-6, 3-2 NEWMAC; Mount Holyoke 2-9, 0-6 NEWMAC
Location: Kneller Athletic Center, Worcester, Mass.
How It Happened:
Clark rolled to a 3-0 win in the first match of the day, topping the Lyons in a league matchup. The Cougars won by scores of 25-13, 25-19 and 25-17 to extend their winning streak over Mount Holyoke to 12 straight dating back to the 2005 season.
The Scarlet and White's offense was clicking on all cylinders for much of the morning as they hit a season-best .288.
Marina Ramos (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) led the offense with 16 kills while adding 16 digs and Jacqueline Jimenez-Maldonado (San Francisco, Calif.) hit an impressive .450 on her way to 11 kills – her fifth match this season reaching double figure kills.
In addition to Ramos and Jimenez-Maldonado, Ana Mercado (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) collected nine kills of her own and Rachel Webb (Celina, Texas) dished out 28 assists.
The exciting duo of Jamesa Allen (Orlando, Fla.) and Sasha Simine (Kitchner, Ontario) paced the action for the visitors, with Allen totaling a team-best eight kills and Simine registering five kills on .400 hitting.
Game 2 Information
Score: Clark University 3, Rhode Island College 0
Records: Clark University 12-6; Rhode Island College 7-7
Location: Kneller Athletic Center, Worcester, Mass.
How It Happened:
The Scarlet and White continued their hot hitting on the afternoon as they posted a 25-11, 25-18, 31-29 non-conference win over Rhode Island College.
Clark had little trouble in the first two sets but the Anchormen refused to go away in the third, and had a chance to force a fourth set when they went ahead 29-28 on a Courtney Lambrese kill.
The Cougars, however, went on to collect the final three points that included a Ramos kill and a match-sealing block from Tori Whitney (Sunderland, Mass.) and Courtney Pharr (Seattle, Wash.).
Clark's offense was incredibly balanced with Ramos (14), Jimenez-Maldonado (13) and Mercado (12) all finishing with double figure kill totals.
Whitney (19) and Webb (32) combined to dole out 51 assists and Mia Cattaneo (Santa Barbara, Calif.) posted a match-best 20 digs – her fifth time this season recording 20 digs or more.
RIC was led by Jillian Ward's 11 kills and nine more from Lambrese.
Coach Speak:
"I want to thank the alumni for coming back to support us on the 40th anniversary of volleyball at Clark," said head coach Mickey Cahoon. "They definitely had an impact on our play."
Up Next:
Clark is next in action on Tuesday when they visit NEWMAC rival Springfield College. First serve is slated for 7:00 p.m.


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Metro radio growth continues to gather pace
Last month saw commercial radio post its ninth consecutive month of growth in metropolitan advertising revenue.
Total advertising spend climbed slightly to just over $62 million, up half a per cent on the previous year, according to Deloitte's 2013 Metropolitan Commercial Radio Advertising Revenue.
Sydney was the strongest performing market, growing 3.15% to $19.3 million. Melbourne climbed a single perecentage point to $19 million, while Perth rose half a per cent to $8.5 million.
Meanwhile, Brisbane was up slightly to almost $10 million, and Adelaide was down just over 8% to $5.5 million.
Chief executive officer of Commercial Radio Australia, Joan Warner, said: "Nine months of continuous growth shows that radio remains a reliable and valuable medium for advertisers in challenging market conditions."
All metropolitan markets posted gains for the first four months of FY14. Melbourne led the way, up 6.75% to $73.5 million. Perth was up just over 5% to $32.5 million, Sydney spiked 3.65% to $74.1 million, while Brisbane grew by 1.85% to $36.6 million.


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President Jacob Zuma will on Sunday preside over the Armed Forces Day celebration in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.
In 2012, President Zuma, in his capacity as the Commander-in-Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), proclaimed that 21 February each year will be observed and commemorated as Armed Forces Day, said the Presidency on Friday.
"Armed Forces Day is to be a day on which the South African population honours the men and women of the South African National Defence Force by affirming their support and gratitude to them for upholding the Constitution of the Republic and defending the territorial integrity of the Republic and protecting its people.
"It is for this reason that Armed Forces Day coincides with the commemoration of the sinking of the SS Mendi on 21 February 1917," explained President Zuma.
Since the proclamation, Armed Forces Day has been celebrated in the three provinces, namely Gauteng, Free State and the North West.
The day aims to educate and create awareness about the SANDF and its role, function and capabilities.
During the celebrations President Zuma will take the salute from the SANDF during the military parade.
He will also hand out medals to the deserving members and take a salute.
The march past will consist of about 1000 SANDF members and over 100 vehicles and aircraft that will participate in the march and fly past.
This will be followed by a capability demonstration by all four of the SANDF services which involved live demonstration of anti-piracy operations, beach landing by the South African Army, the release of hostages by SA Special Forces and the extraction of injured personnel by the South Air Force and the South African Military Health Services.
The day will be preceded by a handing over of legacy projects tomorrow.
The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula and the Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini will hand over three old age homes that have been repaired and refurbished by the SANDF's Works Regiment. – SAnews.gov.za
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Basildon, UK, 1st December 2013 – Atnahs Pharma UK Limited ("Atnahs") is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of UK based Marlborough Pharmaceuticals Limited, Huntley Pharmaceuticals Limited and Alphashow Ltd.
The acquisition is the first for Atnahs and is part of a strategic plan to build a global speciality pharma company which focuses on niche established branded and generic medicines. Under the terms of the purchase, Atnahs has acquired the rights to a number of branded medicines including Welldorm® for the treatment of severe insomnia, Sinepin® for the treatment of depression and Dermacort® for the treatment of skin irritations and mild to moderate eczema.
"The acquisition of this range of therapeutic medicines is an exciting time for Atnahs, "said Vijay Patel, founder and co-chairman. "It is the first of a number of strategic acquisitions that we are focusing on as we build on our history and expertise to grow Atnahs into a leading global speciality pharmaceutical company."
About Atnahs
Atnahs is a family owned pharmaceutical business, created by the management team which established, developed and sold Amdipharm Plc to Cinven in November 2012 for £367m.
Atnahs' Management Team is leveraging its depth of experience and heritage to create a new platform for growth. International acquisitions of niche established branded medicines coupled with a pipeline of niche generic medicines developed in our own facility form the core of our strategy.
Atnahs is based in Basildon, Copenhagen, Vadodara and Sydney.
Contact: Amit Patel at email@example.com or +44(0)1268 594777


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How many times have you gone to bed thinking about the next day? Not in an overthinking, worrisome way but in a "tomorrow's going to be great, I got this" kind of way…
And then BOOM, tomorrow comes and it's so far from fabulous, it's practically knocking on the door of 'total devastation and mass destruction'.
You oversleep, the train is delayed, you're late for your breakfast meeting, and whilst rushing to make it before the boss arrives, your homemade salad makes a bid for freedom and decides to explore the inside of your bag. Oh, and it's raining. But it's OK, you have an umbrella. Oh no, wait. You left it on the delayed train.RELATED: RECOMMENDED PLANS FOR YOU
Welcome to your day, we hope you enjoy the ride.
Now you can't control the weather (no one should step on Mother Nature's toes – remember when it rained men last time? Total health hazard and a mess to clean up), but you definitely can control how victorious your day will be; it isn't just down to Lady Luck.
To help you, we looked at and indeed borrowed a few things from the daily routines of successful people to pass on to you (sadly, this doesn't include the contents of their wallets). Learning these life hacks and tweaking your own routine accordingly, will have you winning at life day in, day out regardless of any torrential downpour.
The night before
1) Visualise – Picture the tomorrow you want. Mentally identify what a successful day will look like to you. This will program your brain to be more goal-focused.
2) Go to bed at a set time – Not too late and not too early. Going to bed at a set time will allow the body to wind down and rest which is conducive to a good night's sleep.
In the morning
1) Meditate – Yes even those top-level professionals take some time out in the morning to centre themselves and allow their minds to be fully present. Doing so is the first step in managing your day, rather than it managing you.
2) Exercise – An early morning workout increases your focus; your body has woken up and is full of feel-good hormones making you feel ready to face your next challenge.
During the day
1) Tidy desk, tidy mind – Whether you work from home, the office or a shared space, ensure that the only things around you are the things you need to complete that day's tasks (no, chocolate doesn't count as necessary). Being surrounded by 'things' will make you feel overwhelmed, so spend some time each day sorting and filing.
2) Write a 'To Do' list and prioritise – Begin by accepting that you can't do everything in one day – this is constructive realism. Instead, write a list of everything you have to do and number them in order of priority. Then do them! It really is that simple. But whatever you do, do not put off the big jobs in favour of small ones, you'll be amazed how you'll never get round to them.
3) Don't Multitask – Studies have shown that the more tasks you do at once, the less likely you are to do them well. Successful people do not cut corners.
4) Take a lunch break – It is natural for your mind to wander and energy levels to dip. Getting outside will help, even if you can only spare 15 minutes, stretch, walk and get some fresh air. This will increase the oxygen in your blood making you feel more alert and able to tackle the afternoon ahead.
1) Reflect – At the end of the day, look back over it and consider whether it matched the 'mind map' you had created the previous evening. If it did, great, if not, note where you went wrong and how you could have done it differently.
2) Note you accomplishments – Acknowledge what you have done well and mentally reward yourself. Positive reinforcement will ensure that you continue being productive each day. It will eventually become second nature.
3) Visualise the next day – Back to step one. Sleep, eat, repeat.
You only get out what you put in. And, it's probably helpful to have a spare umbrella.
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I have been with Scary Cow for a year and prior to that I led and worked with many volunteer groups for a variety of projects and fundraising. I have developed some strong and highly successful attitudes and tactics for building volunteer teams and for assessing what team leader is a good one for me to follow as well.
There is no free lunch. You are going to have to give to get. All negotiations whether they are social or professional, artistic or intellectual need to work from that fact. If you are not skilled at fair negotiating, it will show in your film as well as bring you a million headaches while in production and make it very hard to attract crew or get invited on crews. Here in Scary Cow we are a cooperative. You want your negotiating tactics to be cooperative, not entitled or sloppy.
In low budget filmmaking we tend to have no or very little money to use as a motivation and/or compensation for goods and services. So we make choices to work without the things that will only be traded for with cash or we use what little cash we have for the things and people that will not accept anything else. Learn what your choices are as well as other the forms of compensation you have to entice people to work with you. There are many ways to compensate another person for their services, time and goods. Money is the most versatile and therefore most popular, but it is still only one. I personally find it thrilling to troubleshoot all this and find it a fun way to build lasting personal and professional relationships.
You can lose crew and your reputation if you are disorganized, tardy, untruthful or lazy and just want others to make your film for you while you claim all credit. Those attitudes and behaviors are barley tolerated by folks that are paid by the hour to put up with them, volunteers run screaming from them!
The list of things people like to receive and will do things for is long. So you have more leverage here than you might have first thought you did, yea! First you need to know what other than money works and if you can make that happen in exchange for what you are seeking. Nice old-fashioned terms for this are bartering or horse-trading. Then determine the value and effort of what the person has and needs to do to get you what you want. Some people will do great things for something as simple as little forms of ego gratification. Others require you do something equally as laborious as what you are asking of them later for them on their project. Others are motivated by having something fun to do or learn and if your production style makes room for that in any part of the production process you will hook them in. Some people are all about the social rewards; the idea that they might get laid, make new friends, or get new professional contacts that they think only you and you crew can offer. Knowing what motivates people to perform for you is a crucial Director skill. In low budget filmmaking, it is crucial that the Producers also have this skill and knowledge about people, as they are the collectors of the resources of which crew is the most important part of.
Always ask yourself prior to contacting people to volunteer and throughout their working relationship with you: What is in it for them to work with me? Start any request with 1) a statement of what you have to offer in return and 2) questions about what the potential crew member needs from you to do the job. 3) Never, ever assume they are just going to magically read your mind and show up with no enticement. Then once you have their commitment to you, nurture that commitment to keep it dynamic. The best way to do that is to be committed to them as well and respectful of their time and resources. These people are arranging their precious free time to help you; they are also paying the same amount of member dues as you are to get these experiences. Never forgot to re-pay favors that were granted to you by others. Always be prepared no matter what your crew role is or if you own the project to cheerfully fetch coffee, sweep up debris and listen. The people who tend to be the very ones with the more exciting and organized movie sets notice those actions and that cooperative attitude.
Giving proper credits on a film people are proud of is a strong enticement. But it requires that you understand exactly what the role is that you are crediting them for. Do not be sloppy or inaccurate with your credits, it will be discovered and cause resentments or mislead people who think someone has experience in a role that they do not and cause them and others to not learn of their real talents. Don't deny someone who helped you write your script a co-writing credit, which is also not cool. Your film and its credits are a fairly permanent thing and will be referred to as a portrait of how you do business for all to see. The more accurate and fair you are the more attractive you are to quality crew people in the future.
Here are some examples of what I am doing as project owner and the producer/director. A) Being new to the herd I had to work harder to gain trust so I made a point of agreeing to work on any project that anyone on my project needed me on. I have done makeup and PA cleanup up for Erin Kane, she in return has given me great advice. B) Jason my husband has been doing FX work on a few films that loaned us props or worked for us C) I got some new cows on my team that were having trouble finding places on other projects so I gave them new skills to learn on my set (sound and script supervision) and then I recommended them to other top crews. D) I put a lot of effort into hooking people up into carpools and making homemade healthy warm meals. E) I remind myself that these folks are giving up time with their families to work with me and I work hard to have the best AD and Co-producer Veronica Craven (I really owe her now;) to keep us on time and organized to respect this sacrifice from people who may not even know me. F) I got a top DP and remind him that I will do whatever he needs in return for the long physical hours and the use of his expensive gear. I have given him use of my home for meetings for his projects and I am still in great debt to him. G) I make it my business to ask if everyone is getting his or her monthly dues worth to work for me. H) I do not wait for a complaint, I check in with folks frequently but if a complaint comes in my attitude is the buck stops with me and I fix it. I do not shrug it off or blame others.
In our co-op here at SC, you are in friendly competition with other project leaders to gain the attention and limited free time of the more skilled crew members. If you mistreat a PA one day, you might find that in the next round, they're the project owner of a great film you now can't get on! If you fail to do the above you will burn a bridges and people may see you (and warn others) as a disorganized user that will waste their time and that you are not a cooperative person to happily trade skills and goods with. Another way to work with this is to take extra time in your production to train people so you are adding more skilled people to the herd. Everyone on your crew is paying dues to work together, they have a stake in getting their needs met for joining the herd and learning is a top priority for most of us. After all everyone is paying monthly dues to learn, make a movie, get credits and have a good time…not just the project owners, producer or directors.
This is fucking GREAT STUFF! I hope more peeps than just I took the time to read this and actually soak it up. As a calf to the herd, I learned some good stuff right here. I need to learn a lot about film making before I can truly say I have "this skill set" to offer. I enjoy teamwork and am fine with in order to be a part of the herd and learn more. Thanks for this! – DD
Take note! ~ Here are the beautifully distilled essentials of team/herd-work. Living by these simple steps of consideration and enthusiasm will all but guarantee a terrific moviemaking – and life – experience.
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There are a few reviews here
Vox – Christina Dalcher
The Tattoist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris
Oryx & Crake – Margaret Atwood
As Old as Time – Liz Braswell
The Secret History – Donna Tartt
Mirror, Mirror – Jen Calonita
Part of your World – Liz Braswell
1Q84 Book One – Haruki Murakami
Poor Unfortunate Soul – Serena Valentino
The Beast Within – Serena Valentino
Behind the Scenes at the Museum – Kate Atkinson
1Q84 Book Two – Haruki Murakami
1Q84 Book Three – Haruki Murakami
Talking it Over – Julian Barnes
Transcription – Kate Atkinson
The White Tiger – Aravinda Adiga
Milkman – Anna Burns
The Man Who Saw Everything – Deborah Levy
Overdrawn – N J Crosskey
The Beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy Lafteri
The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder – Sarah J Harris
Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
Lanny – Max Porter
Birthday Girl – Haruki Murakami
You Were Gone – Tim Weaver
A Short History of Falling – Joe Hammond
A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles
Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo
The Night Boat to Tangiers – Kevin Barry
Suncatcher – Romesh Gunesekera
A Long Petal of the Sea – Isabel Allende
Nevernight – Jay Kristoff
Walking – Erling Kagge
Before the Coffee Gets Cold – Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Stray Cats of Homs – Eva Nour
A Thousand Moons – Sebastian Barry
The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
12 Years a Slave – Solomon Northup
The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion
The Intocicating Mr Lavelle – Neil Blackmore
Ducks, Newburyport – Lucy Ellman
The Overstory – Richard Powers
North and South – Elizabeth Gaskell
In the Days of Rain – Rebecca Stott
Haroun and the Sea of Stories – Salman Rushdie
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep – Joanna Cannon
The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry
A Brush with Nature – Richard Mabey
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller – Ital Calvino (DNF)
The Penelopiad – Margaret Attwood
The Handmaid's Tale – Margaret Attwood
A Time to Love and a Time to Die – Erich Maria Remarque
The House on the Strand – Daphne du Maurier
Exceeding my Brief – Barbara Hosking
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman (Review here)
Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman (Really, Mr Gaiman? Such a disappointment)
Estoril – Dejan Tiago-Stankovic (DNF but will return)
The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows – Balli Kaur Jaswal (DNF – dreadful)
Educated – Tara Westover
A Grand Old Time – Judy Leigh (Review here)
Snow Falling on Cedars – David Guterson
Wonder – R J Palacio
The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon (DNF, clearly written by a script writer!)
The Master and Margarita – Mikhail Bulgakov
Caged Bird – Katy Morgan Davies
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics – Carlo Rovelli
Insidious Intent – Val McDermid
The Grand Babylon Hotel – Arnold Bennett
The Invisible Library – Geneveve Cogman
Beatrice and Virgil – Yann Martel
Fathers and Sons – Ivan Turgenev
Max and the Cats – Moacyr Scliar
The Last Letter from Instanbul – Lisa Foley (Review here)
Home Fire – Kamila Shamsie
The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje
Moon Tiger – Penelope Lively
Swing Time – Zadie Smith
Less – Andrew Sean Greer
In a Free State – V S Naipaul
The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
House of Names – Colm Toibin
Exit West – Moshin Hamid
Arthur and George – Julian Barnes
How Hard Can it Be – Allison Pearson (DNF – utter tripe)
The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy (DNF – will resume)
Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakam
The Satanic Verses – Salman Rushdie (DNF – will resume)
A Handful of Dust – Evelyn Waugh
The Forgotten Guide to Happiness – Sopie Jenkins
See What I Have Done – Sarah Schmidt
Somebody I Used to Know – Wendy Mitchell
Our Endless Numbered Days – Claire Fuller
Don't You Cry – Cass Green
The Water Cure – SOphie Mackintosh
Love is Blind – William Boyd
Flaubert's Parrot – Julian Barnes
The Little Snake – A L Kennedy
The Salt Path – Raynor Winn
Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
Bridge of Clay – Markus Zusak
Eggshells – Catriona Lally
A House for Mr Biswas – V.S.Naipaul
Target: Alex Cross – James Patterson
Vernon Godlittle – DBC Pierre
2017 (Wowsers, what a huge gap…I have listed nothng for four years! So let's just take it up from here)
Grief is a Thing with Feathers – Max Porter
The Human – Matt Haig
H is for Hawk – Helen MacDonald
Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wiher – Saraa Baume
Solar Bones – Mike McCormack
Good Me, BAd Me – Ali Land
The Heretics – Will Storr
Fingers in the Sparkle Ar – Chris Packham
American Gods – Neil Gaiman
The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
Brick Lane – Monica Ali
Cider with Rosie – Laurie Lee
As I walked out one Mid-Summer Morning – Laurie Lee
A Moment of War – Laurie Lee
When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi
Go Set a Watchman – Harper Lee
We Need to Talk about Kevin – Lionel Shriver
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption – Stephen King
Apt Pupil – Stephen King
Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
A Boy called Chritsmas – Matt Haig
Defying Hitler – Sebastian Haffner
A Village Christmas – Laurie Lee
The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood
Eliabeth is Missing – Emma Healey
Currently Reading
Race for the South Pole – Roland Huntford
Pickwick Papers – Charles Dickens (I'm chuckling as I read this!)
On Hold A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens (Have put this on hold as I've decided to re-read all of Dickens in order throughout 2013, having been inspired by this)
On my: To Be Read Next Table
(There are many more on my "To be read" shelves and yet more on my wish list!)
Capatin Scott – Ranulph Fiennes
The Heart of the Antarctic – Ernest Shackleton
South, The Endurance Expedition – Ernest Shackleton
Small is Beautiful – E F Schumacher
A Guide for the Perplexed E F Schumacher
I've been so busy working and not had much time to read. I'm not sure if my cancer will give me more time to read or if I'll feel too rubbish. Of course, if I feel ok I'll be working anyway. Hmmm…
Ooh, I have a Kindle Touch now (never thought I'd do it!) and it's wonderful 1.9.12
Scott's Last Expedition – Steve Parker
The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott – David Wilson
Into Thin Air – Jon Krakauer
The Voyage of The Discovery – Captain Scott
Shadow Forest – Matt Haig (With my step son)
A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry (Re-read as I have 48 copies to give away on World Book Night)
Passion – Jude Morgan
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
Midnight's Children – Salman Rushdie
Immortality – Milan Kundera
A Day in the Life of Ian Denisovich – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Arthur & George – Julian Barnes
Fury – Salman Rushdie
A Mercy – Toni Morrison
Flawed Angel – John Fuller
Journals, Scott's Last Expedition – Edited by Max Jones
The Worst Journey in the World – Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Currently Reading
Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
I became so busy after June with portraits, blogs, campaigns etc that I read very little and what I did read I didn't list or review, for which I apologise.
Suspicions of Mr Whicher – Kate Summerscale
The Colour of Magic – Terry Pratchett (I keep trying these books but just can't get into them)
The Runaway Troll – Matt Haig (With my favourite 7 year old boy) Someone else at the library
Authenticity – Deirdre Madden


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Koma is an international company who provides support for companies, institutions and individuals who wish to communicate in other languages through a range of language services: language learning, translation and interpreter services.
Koma Arrasate is located in Arrasate or Mondragón is a town and municipality in Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, Spain.
At Koma Language Services in Mondragón we are currently teaching courses of English, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese and Basque. However, we also offer the possibility to learn other languages such as Russian, Arabic and much more.
We have 23 teachers working with us and there are five classrooms in the school.
Our Team
KOMA can take pride in having a long history as well as a team of experienced professionals, a multicultural group made up of highly qualified translators and interpreters. With their effort, they have contributed towards guaranteeing the quality of our services and our genuine desire to cover the needs and expectations of our clients. People with the ideals of commitment, professional vocation, confidentiality and personalised individual attention.
Our services (Translation and Interpreting, Language Training, and Language Auditing and Consultancy) and processes are constantly revised with regards to your company or organization's requirements and with respect to the ISO 9001:2000 and UNE EN-15038:2006 quality regulations, in such a way that at Koma we always head for continuous improvement and language innovation in any language: English, German, French, Basque, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Polish, etc. We follow the European standards through the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and the European Language Portfolio (ELP).
Koma Servicios Lingüísticos offers a top-quality comprehensive service, supported by Standards ISO 9001:2000 and UNE EN 15038:2006 and bases its success not only on its quality and innovations, but also on its clear objectives towards client satisfaction, whether they are private companies or administrative services. All of our clients are our biggest motivation for improving and innovating.
Every year, we give language courses in more than 16 languages. Koma Language Services is made up of professionals with over 21 nationalities.
Job Information
We are looking for Business Teachers, Koma Junior Teachers and Cambridge and Trinity Preparation.
We offer a contract: agreement of informal education of the Spanish state
Duration: from September / October until June 2012.
Between 60-100 hours of class per month.
Company cars
Support for housing search
Koma Language Services will be at the annual TEFL Jobs Fair in Cordoba on 18th May, 2013. You can visit us at stands 32 and 33.


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Die-hard Bon Jovi fans will be keen to find out if the departure of founder Richie Sambora has had a negative effect. Sorry to say Sambora fan, no it hasn't.
My concerns in heading along to see the Samboraless Bon Jovi for the first time was that the energy would not be there. Actually it was quite the opposite. The energy was back. The last tour three years ago lacked a spark that was probably the start of the Jon and Richie tension.
Without Richie, David Bryan takes on a much more prominent profile in the band. Previously relegated to the backbench of the live act, Bryan now has much higher profile.
This tour is much bigger and a lot better than the last. The stage is designed as a giant 1959 Buick Electra 225. The car was christened Sofia, in honour of the city of Sofia, Bulgaria where the tour started back in May.
The setlist covered the entire Bon Jovi career with songs from every album except for 1985's '7800 Degrees Fahrenheit' and 2000's 'Crush'. This band has sold 106.5 million albums worldwide so there are a lot of fans of a lot of songs and pleasing everyone is a seemingly impossible task.
The last three albums 'Lost Highway' (2007), 'The Circle' (2009) and 'What About Now' (2013) make up just over a third of the setlist and songs from the 21st century make up half the setlist so this isn't a nostalgia tour. The band has new music and it fits comfortably with the past.
The real fan sing-along moments however came the 90s classic rock, the songs that the fans grew up with. Jon could take a backstep to the audience singing along to 'Bad Medicine'. At a Bon Jovi show the audience takes over the anthem's 'You Give Love A Bad Name' and 'Living On A Prayer' at every show anyway.
It was great to hear 'Runaway' still in the set. The song dates back to the band's first album in the big hair days of 1984. The nod to The Stones 'Jumping Jack Flash' and the rock and roll medley featuring Isley Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis (with David Bryan on vocals) and Chuck Berry (a Christmas song for the season) paid homage to their forefathers of rock.
On Friday when he met media Jon talked about how the band has now been around for as long as people like Taylor Swift have been alive, so for that generation, they are like The Stones who have been around as long as the Bon Jovi band members have been alive. So it is all about perspective.
The setlist for Bon Jovi, December 7, 2013 at Etihad Stadium Melbourne was:
That's What The Water Made Me (from What About Now, 2013)
You Give Love A Bad Name (from Slippery When Wet, 1986)
Raise Your Hands (from Slippery When Wet, 1986)
Lost Highway (from Lost Highway, 2007)
Whole Lot Of Leavin' (from Lost Highway, 2007)
It's My Life (from Crush, 2000)
Because We Can (from What About Now, 2013)
What About Now (from What About Now, 2013)
We Got It Goin' On (from Lost Highway, 2007)
Keep The Faith (from Keep The Faith, 1992)
(You Want To) Make A Memory (from Lost Highway, 2007)
Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars (from Crush, 2000)
Born To Be My Baby (from New Jersey, 1998)
We Weren't Born To Follow (from The Circle, 2009)
We Say You Can't Go Home (from Have A Nice Day, 2005)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead / Jumping Jack Flash (from Keep The Faith, 1992 / Stones cover)
Bad Medicine / Shout / Great Balls Of Fire / Run Run Rudolph (from New Jersey, 1998, Isley Bros / Jerry Lee Lewis / Chuck Berry)
In These Arms (from Keep The Faith, 1992)
Runaway (from Bon Jovi, 1984)
Wanted Dead Or Alive (from Slippery When Wet, 1986)
Have A Nice Day (from Have A Nice Day, 2005)
Livin' On A Prayer (from Slippery When Wet, 1986)
Remaining Bon Jovi dates are:
December 8, Melbourne, Etihad Stadium
December 11, Adelaide, AAMI Stadium
December 12, Perth, Perth Arena
December 14, Sydney, ANZ Stadium
December 15, Sydney, Entertainment Centre
December 17, Brisbane, Suncorp Stadium
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