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If you look at the play very closely, this is a thirdhand report of what a wonderful hero Macbeth is for saving Scotland. And in the next scene, he's planning to murder Duncan, and you never really know why or what's behind Macbeth.
Metallica is a wonderful key to have on my key ring. I can go anywhere - it's great.
It is not Kafka's fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have neither the ability nor the desire to absorb literature.
The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.
I kind of quit surfing when I got out of high school, but then a few years ago I started to take it up again. I'm not an expert by any means, but it's so wonderful to get out in the ocean and get a different perspective on things.
It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.
Mania is a wonderful feeling.
My M.O. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that.
A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.
Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department.
I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature.
I'm so proud to be Canadian. I've been to 58 countries, and they're wonderful countries, but Canada is the best.
I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.
Winning 'Best Vlogger of 2013' from MTV is a really wonderful honor, and I wanted to thank all of you out there that used your fingers and clicked a button and made this happen, and to all of you that accidentally clicked my name and you were trying to click Jack and Finn, I'm sorry.
Of course, of course I'm grateful. How can I not be grateful? I have been afforded such a wonderful life.
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Do you remember some of the things your parents told you not to do?
If you were a girl, these things may have sounded like: don't be so bossy; don't fight back; don't you dare get those shoes muddy!
If you were a little boy, you might have heard things like: don't be so loud; quit crying, you aren't hurt; and don't act like a girl.
All of these things that were are told, the stories we are given about who we ought to be, are packed away in a dark place where we generally don't dare to look…our Shadow.
We all have a Shadow side, whether we acknowledge it or not. It's there, holding all of the shut up and be kinds and all sorts of things we have tossed into our Shadow packs over the years.
There is even the Golden Shadow, the wonderful parts of ourselves that we have disowned. The Golden Shadow is what creates idol worship, not of idols but of other people who we think are amazing and wonderful.
You may be wondering if we really need to do something about our Shadow? Do we have to look at it? Do we really need to drag all of that out into the sunlight?
Well, not if you want to continue on the path of oblivion. Plenty of people go through life constantly angry, constantly playing the roll of victim, never taking back their own power or owning their own amazing selves. If that's what you're after, then no, you don't need to look at your Shadow but if you want to find the root of your anger, envy, of your projections then you will need to shine some light on your Shadow.
As always, we have choices. We can FEAR: Fear Everything And Run ORFace Everything And Rise! If you're reading this, I suspect you're already leaning toward the 2nd option.
Simply acknowledging that you have a dark side is the first step. Yes, it is there! The next thing you might do is to fall in love with your Shadow side. Do you know that some of the most amazing parts of your psyche are hidden there?
Think about anger and how many of us repress our anger. Anger can be highly beneficial, it can save lives, it can burn away the dead wood and leave us a clean field for growing something we want to nourish.
Then there is the Golden Shadow, all of those things we negate in ourselves and overly admire in others. Do you know that you have those same abilities? Acknowledging your Golden Shadow won't automatically give you the singing voice of Bing Crosby or Renee Fleming, but it might give you the bravery to sing whenever you want to and to enjoy it immensely! How would that feel?
Obviously the examples above are limited but imagine what you can do by opening up and falling in love with this amazing, hidden side of yourself! If you are ready, there are resources listed at the bottom of this article.
Here's to you, healing and wholing yourself into an even more amazing human being than you already are.
This post was originally written for Crossroads Healing.
Be Essert is a facilitator for the Shamanic Priestess of the Sacred Shield and Shield Maidens. Both processes are focused on helping women or girls honor their sacred nature, sovereignty and divity through a series of initiations. She is also a Space and Personal Clearing Practitioner; a Reiki Master; a Cranial-Sacral therapist; an herbalist; and a Holistic, Professional Organizer. Be lives in Chesapeake, VA with her family, 3 horses, 2 dogs, a goat and a menagerie of other animals.
Further reading, mainly feminist: The Shadow King by Sidra Stone; A Little Book on the Human Shadow by Robert Bly; Unplugging the Patriarchy by Lucia Renee.
You might also want to look into participating in a Shamanic Priestess of the Sacred Shield circle. One of the most critical and life-changing components of this process is the Shadow Work weekend.

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Everything these days seems to have gone online: marketing, meetings, online billing, customer service, networking and even invoicing. But a new trend is emerging that may someday evolve into the new norm: working online from home.
According to the Employment Review from Elance reports, the number of businesses seeking to hire independent contractors who work remotely doubled in 2011. And 83 percent of businesses surveyed said they plan to let half their employees work from home over the next 12 months.
Virtual work is on track to becoming a more than $500 million industry, as the report goes on to explain that 650,000 new jobs were created for people who work remotely from home.
Working from home definitely has its advantages, such as saving money on gas and saving sheer hours of time for people with long commutes. The idea of requiring massive numbers of people to drive miles every day to do the same task they can do from home is arguably a very inefficient use of resources.
But, working from home also reduces the amount of supervision employers have over their workers, which can consequently reduce accountability for getting the job done. Being at the office means you get to connect with your fellow employees and be more involved with your company—leading to higher levels of productivity.
Regardless of which is more productive or cost-effective, working from home has become a growing trend that businesses may want to consider. And, there are boundaries you can enforce to make the home/office schedule, for lack of a better word, work.
Here are a few suggestions we use for our own at-home workers:
1) Require a minimum number of days at the office, say two to three.
2) Require a daily catch-up call or work summary on at-home days to ensure there are clear daily objectives
3) Talk openly to the person about their at-home work environment. Are there distractions? Does the person feel he or she will be just as, if not more, productive?
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12 Feb Giovanni's Superfan Sidebar 02/12/2014 – A.J. Croce and Jo Koy
A real time blog where Superfan Giovanni does recap and commentary on the show as it happens and opines on all things ACS
Guest – A.J. Croce and Jo Koy
Recorded 02-11-2014 – Release Date 02-12-2014
Production Number #1259
Adam is opening the show with the runaway winner for #TopDrop from yesterday's guest Rob Huebel, Adam is telling Jo about the popularity of the Bung Lu Su shirts that are selling like crazy from Adam and Jo's website.
Jo is telling them about being in Hawaii and seeing Filipinos wearing "Bung Lu SU" shirts in line, Jo is telling them about the spam he had on display while signing.
Adam is now sharing the Jimmy Kimmel anecdote about golfing in Hawaii and discussing the similarity between Spam and human flesh, Adam is walking them through the story.
Adam is calling vegemite the leader in the clubhouse of awful regional foods, worse than Poi and Spam, he calls it an attack.
Jo and Alison agree, they both don't get it and Adam is describing the stuff.
Adam says we're such pussies in the states that we can barely make it into marmalade when it comes to the jam/jelly department.
Adam is now getting into the "yummy phase" an old favorite theory of his shared on Loveline and the KLSX morning show from 2006-2009.
Adam is using a trip to Seattle with Jimmy, Kevin and Bean from back in the mid 90's before he was hired on Loveline, he's citing the fellas distaste for bitter beer to make a point.
Adam is now telling the gang about a recent Mangria sampling at the house and how Natalia was buzzing around and Lynette offered up a sip for her, Adam initially protested but went along with it.
Adam is sharing how this went from European to Mommy Dearest when Lynette said "maybe it'll slow her down" Adam is now joking about all the ways he's prepared to grind shit up and put in her cereal if we're heading down this path.
Great comedic phrasing and twists from Adam, this is hilarious.
Adam has a hilarious riff about Brandy aged in pussy after Alison connects two of his points about things that aren't initially yummy until you develop a taste for them.
Adam is now riffing about what the opposite of Thai cuisine is, the hardest core in comparison to the sweet and savory yummy Thai cuisine.
Adam is on some killer riffs about sex tours and Alison is in the mix helping him figure this out, Jo is taking it to France and saying they have the blandest food.
Adam is now asking Jo about his trip to Hawaii and efforts to go whale watching, Jo is doing a fine impression and Adam is now describing the guy from Jo's trip as every guy he went to high school with.
Adam is now getting to how he likes the guy who is guilty and acts like you're the one who made a mistake, Adam and Jo are now riffing out said phone conversation.
Adam is giving Jo and update on what Olga thought about his musical rendition from the last visit, the one dedicated to her honor.
Adam is now doing a live read after saying it's time to bust out "Black Lab" and give Bung a bit of a rest.
Adam is once again riffing with Jo as a living bag of brown sugar, Adam is now getting into how he likes to see butter mix with brown sugar.
Adam is taking it back to the other characters in the panty, joking about captain crunch and how he wants to put him under the sink.
Jo is joking about beating Adam with his sugary penis, Adam is doing another lap with Jo about moving him to the garage with molasses, and maybe he'd be more comfortable out there.
Adam has a great "super articulate" use to describe molasses, Jo is mixing up how to pronounce Cinnamon, using a hard C, and this is gold!
Alison really like the brown dick+mouth one liners, Adam is joking about white sugar being insecure about his penis size in the cupboard.
Adam is now trying to explain the segregated community of the spice cupboard. Adam has a great "wheat germ" closer and now end scene.
Adam is now explaining wheat germ to the gang and how it was thought to be good for you back in the 70's, Alison is the only one who remembers it, from the heyday for carob.
Adam is getting Gary to pull the proper pick, now Jo even remembers the stuff.
Adam is bringing up their next guest A.J. Croce and he's telling the audience about his late father Jim Croce, BB is now playing some of his hits.
Adam is suggesting "I've got a name" and Adam is calling it a time capsule of the 1970's.
Adam is recalling this from a recent film and BB's been tipped off that it was used in "Django Unchained".
Adam says that Jim could really write a love song and now they're playing another one of his hits.
Adam is now doing a live read and joking about his staff worked up into a Shari's Berries Frenzy like sharks, hilarious!
Adam is asking Jo about his upcoming schedule for Valentine's Day and his love life, Alison is joking about his ability to meet women.
Adam is now riffing about George Clooney purposely getting married to have a "been there, done that" chambered with every new 23yr old he finds every 18 months.
Adam is joking about Jo and his various attributes that lend him to more dating options than your average aging white guy, Adam is joking about old whit dudes dying their hair "black/blue".
Adam is giving a nice DAG vs. Dana Gould analogy when it comes to aging male comedians and Alison says she would pick DAG first.
Q and Ace
1st Caller Chandler he wants to know about success, what about the process of coming up through the ranks and how do you push through the years of being stagnant.
Jo is sharing how he was going to do it regardless and how his mom tried to convince him to go into nursing, Adam is arguing against the "there always going to need" argument.
Adam has a great drown in a bedpan joke about Chris Maxipada, comedy gold!
Adam is now telling them about a "Derma Shield" commercial with Bob Eubanks and he's explaining the premise of it.
Adam is now on a "Tony Little" riff, he's got a great jet ski wake analogy for describing Tony's pony tail emerging from the back of his baseball hat.
Adam is now asking who the asshole is who comes in at your worst point in life, citing the photos of Tony eating away his misery in his "before" shots.
Adam is telling Chandler he's going to do whatever he's going to do based on the journey, he's telling him he can only do, he can't steer it in advance.
Adam is telling the gang about watching a couple episodes of his new reality show and how good it actually is, he's complimenting his producers and the editors.
Adam is sharing his thoughts on how it's been a while since he's been on TV, a decade since he's had a remotely successful TV vehicle.
Adam is now listing off his failed projects of the past 10 years and how he gets shit for "Too Late" and almost universal praise for "The Adam Carolla Project" both from 2005.
2nd Caller Keith, he wants to know about the foreign characters on the "Bung Lu Su" actually mean, Jo tells him "The Asian Lover" which he translated via a phone app.
Keith was sporting one of the shirts in Buffalo and Adam is genuinely thankful for him showing up in it.
3rd Caller Chase, he has to write a paper on people who use check cashing facilities, Adam wants him to ask the question and he'll research it all and they can argue it back and forth again in a future phone call.
Alison has a killer one liner, Adam follows it up with some incredible deadpan comedy joking about this being too involved, and Adam can't commit to him.
Adam says by listening to that interview again he can gleam all of the information he might need for research from the Gavin Newsome episode.
Adam is compromising with a live read, Jo is in the mix and now Adam is wrapping things up and giving out he plugs, they're taking a break.
They're back from break with A.J. making his ACS debut to the sounds of his own music, Adam is giving out some plugs and complimenting him on the eerie familiarity to his father's work.
Adam is sharing why he hates his own dad for doing nothing, A.J. is telling them about his origins in music, and Adam is asking him about his father.
A.J. is telling Adam about the 4 generations of musicians in his family and how he knew he would be following in their footsteps, he's telling Adam about their nationality.
A.J. is confirming what Adam said about his father's death, he's revealing that Jay Leno was originally booked as the opening act, Adam is now telling the gang about calling Leno and finding out he was out riding his motorcycle around.
BB is joking about how satisfying it when someone is doing something that is so them, Adam is non telling them about the follow up call and what a great guy Leno was, almost unable to let Adam finish his compliment.
Adam is going even more in depth on A.J.'s father, Adam is sharing how every adult was an adult back then, but finding out he was only 30 and the body of work we all missed out on because of his passing.
A.J. is now telling Adam about his new album and how it was recorded over the course of a year with 12 different producers, very interesting concept.
Adam is giving out some plugs for his upcoming gigs.
Adam is thanking Miller Lite for sending over some beer, A.J. is now a recipient of some of it.
They're playing "Time in a Bottle" and Adam is quizzing him about discovering his father as an artist when he's an adult, BB is asking A.J. about his childhood brain tumor after his father's death.
Adam is clarifying BB's point about A.J.'s mom's emotional state at that time, Adam is asking A.J. about going blind and how he's gradually got some of it back over time.
Adam is filling in A.J. that BB has a brain tumor and A.J. is clarifying that he had "brain tumor syndrome" and they're asking him about his time without sight.
Adam is now lapping back to the 6 years he already mentioned with sight, he's explaining it and sharing how the vision was gone for a year, then gradually came back in his left eye, his right is still blind.
Adam wants to know if this has helped him tune in to anything, Adam is explaining how he would like temporary prison or time without a sense to then strengthen his others.
Adam is clarifying the prison point, he's saying he could do a "weird little respite" of blindness for 6 months if he knew it was coming back, he's asking A.J. if he got super hearing because of his lack of sight.
Adam wants to know if the blindness may have shaped his youth and led to his musical pursuits over other possibilities, A.J. says yes but has a great way of summing things up.
Alison's News
Her top story if on the death of Shirley Temple, Alison is calling her the number one "are they or aren't they dead" celebrity, Adam says Arnold Palmer needs to watch out now.
They're talking about her history in film and Alison has some interesting facts about her career.
Adam is comparing her to Jonathan Lipnicki, Adam is joking about that being the worst name if you get pulled over drunk, and BB and Ace are doing a killer improv scene.
Adam is commenting on her good run and how she was able to get in make her nut by the 3rd grade, hilarious cigarette endorsement deal comedy.
Adam is commenting on his favorite parts of the Shirley Temple movies and how the little girl giving sass to the adult is the best part of those movies, he's got a creepy "nothing sexier" closer.
2nd Story is on Tom Brokaw's cancer diagnosis
Adam is now commenting on how we're just going to see everyone cradle to grave live and die, unlike the past.
Adam says now it's full color high def. ultrasound from zygote all the way to funeral, everyone now gets 5k pictures and stupid video tape of them talking about stuff, it's all there Adam says with Alison almost in unison.
Adam is asking if humans were meant for all of this, Alison wants to know if people even revisit this media, asking about old photos and video clips.
Adam has a great "he won't be missed" and is now riffing on John Wayne after Alison loses track, Alison wants to know about videos of birthing and what people do with them.
Adam says it's useless and that all kids look the same upon birth, basically the same.
Alison is asking A.J. about his kids and if he has all of the stuff, Adam says his wife would know and it's in a box somewhere that you're never going to open.
Adam is now sharing the example of the only time you'll watch a wedding video, shotgun and a bottle of booze post-divorce.
3rd Story is on a giraffe that was euthanized in a Copenhagen Zoo to avoid inbreeding.
Alison is reading the story and sharing what was done, Adam is now riffing a great improv with BB about bringing his bolt action gun to help BB's kids avoid inbreeding.
Adam says he loves the insane practicality of these people, he's explaining the logic and the occasional killing that's required to maintain their systems, the feeding it to the lions part he loves even more.
Adam is now asking Alison about the off air conversation with Maxipada, how he ordered Maxipada to not waste the leftovers, Alison is getting to the details about the audience of children.
Adam is now giving his preferences, Alison is explaining this wasn't the type of incest from "Flowers in the attic" and Alison is now quoting Jack Hanna, Adam has a good retort.
Alison is explaining the other zoos that were portioning to get the giraffe sent elsewhere, Adam is now making a point about the meat that's consumed globally by all species and the hypocrisy in playing favorites.
Alison is now quoting the arguments against sterilizing the giraffe and Adam is saying they're allowed to burn one, Adam is now conceding there may be something nefarious there.
Adam is now using lab rats who gave their lives to save BB's, BB has a great "it's a push" joke about his value comparable to the dead mice required to generate his medicines.
Adam is explaining that it is heartless and he's now singing along to "I've got a Name" and adding in some giraffe eating rye bread lyrics.
Adam has a solid giraffe riff as he slides into his legal zoom live read.
4th Story is on Fred Armisen leading the band for his late night talk show, Adam is asking what his role will be exactly.
Adam is citing his Crank Yankers history and guest spots on the ACS, Adam is joking about "curating" and Alison is tired of the word.
Adam wants to know what that even means, he's saying it's a weird gig.
Adam is asking when that show is going to start airing, nobody seems to know for sure.
Alison is now telling Adam that Fred will be handling vocals and guitar, along with curating of course.
Adam is making a point about Kimmel being the only guy on the west coast in the late night time slot, Adam is sharing how the east coast makes it limited when it comes to booking options.
5th Story is on the Kraft Singles removing artificial preservatives from their most popular cheese product.
Adam is saying this is more like naugahyde than it is cheese, he's also saying he doesn't like the midstream changes, as he's now consumed 30k+ slices by this point.
Adam doesn't want to know whatever he's been doing wasn't good, A.J. has a nice one liner that's very true.
Alison shares the info about the Subway bread and the yoga mat ingredients, Adam is explaining that away with the chemical compounds that can be so similar, from car doors to bread.
Adam is now explaining how his mom the hippy was doing nothing but worrying about preservatives, Adam wants to know what happens from it, what's going on?
He's citing Shirley Temple's 85yr run, Adam is now commenting on the bad stuff surrounding her, hilarious "Black Mold the guy she tap danced with" comment to close things out.
Alison is now wrapping the news.
Adam is doing a live read, he's giving out the plugs and wrapping up the show with some plugs for upcoming Adam and Drew shows, one with Art Alexakis from Everclear and another with his old football buddy Eric Kramer the show cuts off right here, prematurely.


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RFID Blocking Wallet Secures Funding On Indiegogo
NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Chrome Cherry is excited to share the news about the wildly-successful crowdfunding campaign for their newest product, Card Lok, an innovative all-in-one phone wallet that's been grabbing everyone's attention.
Card Lok has already received over 90% of its $6,000 funding goal from backers in just 4 days.
Chrome Cherry, the international boutique product design agency with the same founder as the company that created Nimuno Loops (now Mayka Toy Tape) – a viral sensation and "it" toy of 2017 – created Card Lok as a result of the constant frustration of having to juggle bulky wallets and cheap phone cases.
The result? The first phone wallet of its kind.
Card Lok's super-slim design guarantees credit cards and ID cards stay safe and secure, without sacrificing any of the must-have features.
Equipped with RFID-blocking material and a self-locking clasp, Card Lok also includes a mirror, video stand, customizable grip cord and easy-action card removal design for maximum convenience.
The feature-loaded accessory comes in three colors (All Black, Pure White, Dusty Pink), offers a seven-card capacity and most importantly, provides ultimate security for users with an ultra slim 5mm design.
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The Applied Linguistics Research Group at Oxford invites abstracts for papers and posters for the 8th BAAL Learning and Teaching SIG conference, entitled:
Beyond the beginner: sustaining second language learning
The Glasgow Online project is a British Council/IATEFL partnership which provides online conference coverage of this year's IATEFL Conference.
This is the latest edition of In English Digital (IED). IED is an e-zine for teachers of English and, while written by teachers and other ELT professionals from the Lusophone world of Portuguese speaking countries, will be of interest to all teachers of English as a foreign language.
Are you keen to get your class exchanging views about the Games with friends all over the world?
The annual ERF Reception and Awards Ceremony will take place in the Clyde Auditorium at IATEFL Glasgow on Wednesday 21st March 18.45-19.45. The event is sponsored by IATEFL, the British Council, and major publishers, and is hosted by Jeremy Harmer. Certificates will be presented to the winners of the five categories (Young Learners, Adolescent and Adult: Beginner, Elementary, Intermediate, Upper-intermediate and Advanced) and the finalists in this year's competition will be announced. A lifetime achievement award, the John Milne Innovation Award, will be presented to Robert O'Neill.
Readings and music performed by Jeremy Harmer and Steve Bingham.
Thursday 9 February | The British Medical Association. BMA House. Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP
TESOL ESP IS and IATEFL ESP SIG would like to invite ELT professionals from around the work to embark on a first joint online discussion titled English for Specific Purposes (ESP) around the world in academic and occupational contexts.
IATEFL will celebrate this significant moment by giving free membership to their 4,000th member. The steady increase in the number of members of IATEFL shows that there is a global need for an international association that teachers round the world can turn to. The organisation is now nearing the 4,000 member milestone and has 870 basic members from 101 affiliated teacher associations around the world.
Dickens 2012 is an international celebration of the cultural and educational significance of the life and work of Charles Dickens to mark the bicentenary of his birth. Dickens-related activity will take place all over the world to celebrate one of the world's most inspiring authors whose stories transcend time.


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Girls can have just as much fun with power tools as boys you know. I remember opening my birthday present when I was 6 years old with excitement and anticipation. Out came the huge box and to my bitter disappointment
A Whole New World!
I caught a conversation on Facebook the other day. Someone was asking what a fair price to pay a plumber was. Of course, I dived right in there. The price she'd been quoted I considered high; more than what our
Why Train Women Plumbers?
This is Lilian Baumbach, the first woman who trained to Master Plumber level in 1951 in USA. There is no record of the first woman to train as a plumber in UK although we know that a woman plumber helped
World Toilet Day 19th November
World Toilet Day is becoming more widely recognised every year, and something we focus on every year at Stopcocks Women Plumbers. But surely, a toilet should be for life not just one day a year? Here in the UK
Plumbing Catch 22 – Work Based Learning
Without work based learning training in plumbing is as useful as learning to drive in a car park and never going out on the road. It doesn't matter that your workshop training was brilliant, if you don't have the opportunity


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Since 2015 Jeff Yastine has been the editorial director of Banyan Hill Publishing. He has been providing commentary about financial matters and other things for the past 25 years. 17 years of his professional career was spent on the PBS shows Nightly Business Report where he was a senior correspondent. After he left this position he joined The Oxford Club LLC where he managed the staff as well as the freelance journalists they use to publish articles. View Jeff Yastine's profile at LinkedIn.
In April 2013, Jeff Yastine joined Newsmax Media, Inc. He was the director of financial newsletters at this publishing house for almost two and a half years. It was in August 2015 that he joined The Sovereign Society which changed its name to Banyan Hill Publishing in 2016. His company uses financial experts from around the world to scout out promising investing opportunities. They also publish articles about how to preserve your wealth and protect your assets. He encourages people to handle their own investments without relying on so-called financial advisors who are only really looking out for their own interests when handling other people's money.
Lately, Jeff Yastine has been writing about an investment opportunity that has been around for decades but which people inside the financial industry don't want regular investors to know about. He calls these the Kennedy Accounts because the law authorizing them was signed by President John F. Kennedy in the early 1960s. When he first started talking about these people assumed they were a scam because they sounded too good to be true. Jeff Yastine says that they are anything but a scam.
The Kennedy Accounts enable investors to buy shares in companies at a discount. This can range from $5 a share on up to $25 a share. This was enacted by Kennedy because he wanted to get the economy back on track which meant getting regular investors to buy shares which would funnel billions into public companies. They would then spend the money growing their businesses and thus the entire economy.
Because of the Kennedy Accounts Jeff Yastine says that investors have made huge sums of money from modest investments. He points to a postal worker who invested just $45 and made over $60,000 from it. The reason why those in the financial industry don't want regular investors to know about these is because they don't get a huge commission when people make these investments. Visit: https://stocktwits.com/jeffyastine


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Biddulphs will provide three secure tog bag vehicles for runners to drop off bags at the start. There will be a dedicated truck for the half marathon, one for the 10km and a bakkie for the 5km. Please allow enough time to find the right truck and get to the start line.
Please label your bag with your name, and secure it with a padlock. Biddulphs will attach a number to your bag and give you a corresponding sticker to stick to the back of your race number. Please show this number to Biddulphs at the finish to collect your bag.
Do not leave valuables in your bag or large amounts of cash and all cell phones must be switched off. Bags are left at the owners risk and the race organiser will not be held responsible for any loss or theft.
The Biddulphs trucks will be located at the start on Beach Road (near the Water Club) and at the finish areas on Green Point rugby fields.
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I'll be reading at Haringey Literature Live in Wood Green on 3 July. Swing by for a couple of stories about sex, death, camping, ornithology, AC/DC and parking on the A34. Though not necessarily in that order.
This blog enjoys its third encounter in four years with the revivified Swans. We won't haul you through all our baggage again. In 2010 we said this. But perhaps they, and us, have evolved since then.
Some albums are about love. Some are about wild abandon. Some are about despair. (A small picture, there, of how we like to roll round here.) Swans' new album To Be Kind is about all these things. But mostly it's about the forceful power of what, back in the 1970s, music journalists called the groove. Grover Washington Jnr's Masterpiece and Fela Kuti are as much a part of this now as the downtuned sturm und drang. (This exciting-sounding German idiom is something you used to encounter often in the music press. It means 'storm and urge'.)
We catch them in Brixton. Afterwards, unable to really hear anything at all, we loiter around suspiciously and eventually say hello to Michael Gira. Then we go home. (Our affected adoption of the first person plural introduces a degree of ambiguity to that sentence, but you get where we're coming from.) All of which is a lengthy introduction to the link below: a universe, sung in reverse...
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Shamineau International, part of Shamineau Ministries in Motley, MN
We work with ReachGlobal Staff and other missions organizations to help run camps in China, Austria, Poland and Canada.
Bruce Hibbard has been Director of Shamineau International since 1998. God called Bruce to this opportunity in 1997 while he was the speaker at Camp Shamineau during one of the Summer camps. During that week Bruce met several Austrian teens working at Shamineau that summer, prompting him to ask the Program Director, Herb Bloomquist (now Executive Director) what was the connection. Herb explained that this exchange program started when the English Camps begin several years earlier in 1992. Then in the Fall of 1997 Herb contacted Bruce and asked if he would consider being the first Director of Shamineau International. God directed Bruce and his wife Linda to accept that position in the Spring of 1998. Prior to that, Bruce was on staff at South Suburban Evangelical Free Church for 13 years. He and his wife Linda just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. They have two adult married children and six grandchildren. They reside in Apple Valley, MN.
Austria: In July of 2016 there were four camps in Austria attended by over 100 Austrian Jr. & Sr. High-aged students. Since 2013 we have had two locations running simultaneously, creating the need for two separate teams. I was involved with leading two camps in Reutte at the Alphoff Retreat Center. We partnered with an organization called "World Venture". This group was one of the strongest teams that I've ever been a part of!
The basic format for these camps revolves around English lessons, Bible Studies, Chapel and large group or cabin activities. In the Reutte location our activities included walking to castle ruins, jumping off a bridge into a mountain lake, hiking to a natural waterfall where we jumped into a pool of ice-cold water. In the evenings we had chapel, just like at Camp Shamineau. We would have music, skits, testimonies and a chapel speaker. This past summer there were 7 students who made first-time decisions for Christ!
This summer, 2017, will be the 25th summer of our E-camps in Austria!
China: This was a busy year for camps in China. I helped lead camps in January-February of 2016 and then April. The camps were varied: Some were English camps, one was hosted by a Chinese church (felt like a Shamineau retreat!) and one camp was led by YoungLife. I helped lead a camp on the island of Hainan that was in the 70's, then traveled north to Shenyang where the temperature was 5 degrees below zero. There were camps that had 30 students attend and one camp that had 240 students. I had the privilege to see a mom, camp staff, then over 120 students accept Christ this past year in China! What is evident is that God is moving in the hearts of minds of the Chinese people! One other highlight: We started training 40 Chinese Nationals (all of them believers) in the summer of 2015. In 2016 the number jumped to 115! The vision that God has laid on their hearts: To see every child in China have the opportunity to attend a camp at least once and hear the claims of Christ!
2017-2018 Ministry Goals and Prayer Items:
In January of 2017 two people were added to the Shamineau International Staff: Amy Becker and Lauren Broxey. The goal for them in 2017 is to raise financial and prayer support so that we can continue to see the ministry that God has given expand.
Goal: Train Chinese Nationals to become the next generation of leaders in China.
Goal: To help recruit and train camp staff for our locations in Austria, China, Poland and Montreal.
Goal: Develop our website
Goal: Work with Christian colleges to be considered as an option for different majors that can use our camp setting for their graduation requirements. Development of an internship program.
Goal: Develop outreach opportunities for churches in the State of Minnesota to become more involved in reaching cross-culturally to the different people groups that God is bringing to our own back yards!
We would love to help The Log Church in any way to be involved with missions, whether that means taking advantage of one of our locations or being involved in some other way. We can also help with training and preparation of teams that are going out.


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Fully data-constrained terrestrial carbon model - view and comment on the paper
If you're interested in how carbon impacts the overall climate models – you'll really be interested in the paper just published by Matthew Smith, et al - our Microsoft Researchers from our Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group (CEES) in Cambridge England. Not only can you view the paper, but can also provide comments and discuss the paper at the Biogeosciences site.
The climate dependence of the terrestrial carbon cycle; including parameter and structural uncertainties
M. J. Smith, M. C. Vanderwel, V. Lyutsarev, S. Emmott, and D. W. Purves
Computational Science Laboratory, Microsoft Research Cambridge, 7 J. J. Thompson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0FB, UK
Abstract. The feedback between climate and the terrestrial carbon cycle will be a key determinant of the dynamics of the Earth System over the coming decades and centuries. However Earth System Model projections of the terrestrial carbon-balance vary widely over these timescales. This is largely due to differences in their carbon cycle models. A major goal in biogeosciences is therefore to improve understanding of the terrestrial carbon cycle to enable better constrained projections. Essential to achieving this goal will be assessing the empirical support for alternative models of component processes, identifying key uncertainties and inconsistencies, and ultimately identifying the models that are most consistent with empirical evidence. To begin meeting these requirements we data-constrained all parameters of all component processes within a global terrestrial carbon model. Our goals were to assess the climate dependencies obtained for different component processes when all parameters have been inferred from empirical data, assess whether these were consistent with current knowledge and understanding, assess the importance of different data sets and the model structure for inferring those dependencies, assess the predictive accuracy of the model, and to identify a methodology by which alternative component models could be compared within the same framework in future. Although formulated as differential equations describing carbon fluxes through plant and soil pools, the model was fitted assuming the carbon pools were in states of dynamic equilibrium (input rates equal output rates). Thus, the parameterised model is of the equilibrium terrestrial carbon cycle. All but 2 of the 12 component processes to the model were inferred to have strong climate dependencies although it was not possible to data-constrain all parameters indicating some potentially redundant details. Similar climate dependencies were obtained for most processes whether inferred individually from their corresponding data sets or using the full terrestrial carbon model and all available data sets, indicating a strong overall consistency in the information provided by different data sets under the assumed model formulation. A notable exception was plant mortality, in which qualitatively different climate dependencies were inferred depending on the model formulation and data sets used, highlighting this component as the major structural uncertainty in the model. All but two component processes predicted empirical data better than a null model in which no climate dependency was assumed. Equilibrium plant carbon was predicted especially well (explaining around 70% of the variation in the withheld evaluation data). We discuss the advantages of our approach in relation to advancing our understanding of the carbon cycle and enabling Earth System Models make better constrained projections.
BGD - Abstract - The climate dependence of the terrestrial carbon cycle; including parameter and structural uncertainties
Cross Posted from Dan Fay's Blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/dan\_fa)


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Treatment Choices by Stage for Kidney Cancer
The type of treatment(s) your doctor recommends will depend on the stage of the cancer and on your overall health. This section sums up the options usually considered for each stage of kidney cancer.
Stages I, II, or III
Stage I and II cancers are still contained within the kidney. Stage III cancers have either grown into nearby large veins or have spread to nearby lymph nodes.
These cancers are usually removed with surgery when possible. There are two common approaches:
- Partial nephrectomy (removing part of the kidney). This is often the treatment of choice in tumors up to 7 cm (a little less than 3 inches) if it can be done.
- Radical nephrectomy (removing the entire kidney).
The lymph nodes near the kidney may be removed as well, especially if they are enlarged.
If the cancer has grown into nearby veins (as with some stage III cancers), your surgeon may need to cut open these veins to remove all of the cancer. This may require putting you on bypass (a heart-lung machine), so that the heart can be stopped for a short time to remove the cancer from the large vein leading to the heart.
After surgery, some people at high risk of the cancer returning might be helped by getting the targeted drug sunitinib (Sutent) for about a year, which can help lower this risk. Treatment given after surgery is known as adjuvant therapy. Sunitinib can have side effects, so it's important to talk to your doctor about the benefits and risks. Clinical trials are also looking at other adjuvant treatments for kidney cancer. Ask your doctor if you are interested in learning more about adjuvant therapies being studied in clinical trials.
If you cannot have kidney surgery because of other serious medical problems, you might benefit from other local treatments such as cryotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, or arterial embolization. Radiation therapy may be another option. These treatments are generally only given when surgery can't be done. Although these types of treatments can have similar outcomes to surgery as far as the chances of the cancer spreading to other parts of the body, some studies show the cancer might be more likely to come back in the same area.
Active surveillance is another option for some people with small kidney tumors. With active surveillance, the tumor is watched closely (with CTs or ultrasounds) and only treated if it grows.
Stage IV
Stage IV kidney cancer means the cancer has grown outside of the kidney or has spread to other parts of the body such as distant lymph nodes or other organs.
Treatment of stage IV kidney cancer depends on how extensive the cancer is and on the person's general health. In some cases, surgery may still be a part of treatment.
In rare cases where the main tumor appears to be removable and the cancer has only spread to one other area (such as to one or a few spots in the lungs), surgery to remove both the kidney and the metastasis (the outside area of cancer spread) may be an option if a person is in good enough health. Otherwise, treatment with immunotherapy, one of the targeted therapies, or a combination of the two is usually the first option.
If the main tumor is removable but the cancer has spread extensively elsewhere, removing the kidney may still be helpful. This would likely be followed by systemic therapy, which might consist of one of the targeted therapies, immunotherapy, or a combination of the two. It's not clear if any one of these therapies or any particular sequence is better than another, although temsirolimus appears to be most helpful for people with kidney cancers that have a poorer prognosis (outlook).
For cancers that can't be removed surgically (because of the extent of the tumor or the person's health), first-line treatment is likely to be one of the targeted therapies, immunotherapy, or a combination.
Because advanced kidney cancer is very hard to cure, clinical trials of new combinations of targeted therapies, immunotherapy, or other new treatments are also options.
For some people, palliative treatments such as embolization or radiation therapy may be the best option. A special form of radiation therapy called stereotactic radiosurgery can be very effective in treating single brain metastases. Surgery or radiation therapy can also be used to help reduce pain or other symptoms of metastases in some other places, such as the bones. You can read more about palliative treatment for cancer in Palliative (Supportive) Care or in Advanced Cancer, Metastatic Cancer, and Bone Metastasis.
Having your pain controlled can help you maintain your quality of life. Medicines to relieve pain do not interfere with your other treatments, and controlling pain will often help you be more active and continue your daily activities.
Recurrent cancer
Cancer is called recurrent when it come backs after treatment. Recurrence can be local (near the area of the initial tumor) or it may be in distant organs. Treatment of kidney cancer that comes back (recurs) after initial treatment depends on where it recurs and what treatments have been used, as well as a person's health and wishes for further treatment.
Local recurrence
For cancers that recur after initial surgery, further surgery might be an option. Otherwise, treatment with targeted therapies or immunotherapy will probably be recommended. Clinical trials of new treatments are an option as well.
Distant recurrence
Kidney cancer that recurs in distant parts of the body is treated like a stage IV cancer. Your options depend on which, if any, drugs you received before the cancer came back and how long ago you received them, as well as on your health.
For cancers that progress (continue to grow or spread) during treatment with targeted therapy or immunotherapy, another type of targeted therapy or immunotherapy may be helpful. If these don't work, chemotherapy may be tried, especially for people with non-clear cell types of renal cell cancer. Recurrent cancers can sometimes be hard to treat, so you might also want to ask your doctor about clinical trials of newer treatments.
For some people with recurrent kidney cancer, palliative treatments such as embolization or radiation therapy may be the best option. Controlling symptoms such as pain is an important part of treatment at any stage of the disease.
For more information see Understanding Recurrence.
The treatment information given here is not official policy of the American Cancer Society and is not intended as medical advice to replace the expertise and judgment of your cancer care team. It is intended to help you and your family make informed decisions, together with your doctor. Your doctor may have reasons for suggesting a treatment plan different from these general treatment options. Don't hesitate to ask him or her questions about your treatment options.
Abreu SC, Finelli A, Gill IS. Management of localized renal cell carcinoma: Minimally invasive nephron-sparing treatment options. In: Vogelzang NJ, Scardino PT, Shipley WU, Debruyne FMJ, Linehan WM, eds. Comprehensive Textbook of Genitourinary Oncology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006:755-765.
American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2017. Atlanta, Ga: American Cancer Society; 2017.
Atkins MB. UpToDate. Overview of the treatment of renal cell carcinoma; This topic last updated: Jun 13, 2017. Accessed at https://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-the-treatment-of-renal-cell-carcinoma on June 16, 2017.
Hudes G, Carducci M, Tomczak P, et al. Temsirolimus, interferon alfa, or both for advanced renal-cell carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:2271-2281.
Lane BR, Canter DJ, Rini BI, Uzzo RG. Ch 63 - Cancer of the kidney. In: DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA, eds. Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2015.
Lee SI and Shauna Duigenan S. UpToDate. Diagnostic approach, differential diagnosis, and treatment of a small renal mass. This topic last updated: Aug 23, 2016. Accessed at https://www.uptodate.com/contents/diagnostic-approach-differential-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-a-small-renal-mass on June 5, 2017.
McDermott DF, Regan MM, Clark JI, et al. Randomized phase III trial of high dose interleukin-2 versus subcutaneous interleukin-2 and interferon in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 2005;23:133-141.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Kidney Cancer. V.2.2017. Accessed at: www.nccn.org on June 5, 2017.
Pili R, Kauffman E, Rodriguez R. Ch 82 - Cancer of the kidney. In: Niederhuber JE, Armitage JO, Doroshow JH, Kastan MB, Tepper JE, eds. Abeloff's Clinical Oncology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier: 2014.
Richie JP. UpToDate. Definitive surgical management of renal cell carcinoma. This topic last updated: March 14, 2017. Accessed at https://www.uptodate.com/contents/definitive-surgical-management-of-renal-cell-carcinoma on June 5, 2017.
Rini BI, Escudier B, Tomczak P, et al. Comparative effectiveness of axitinib versus sorafenib in advanced renal cell carcinoma (AXIS): A randomised phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2011;378:1931-1919.
Last Medical Review: August 1, 2017 Last Revised: April 30, 2019
American Cancer Society medical information is copyrighted material. For reprint requests, please see our Content Usage Policy.


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Happy Early Spring to all!
Moon Shine Babies are playing the Grand Opening of a fun new shop just north of Brevard, called FLIP, this Saturday March 31st!
Our wonderful pal, Nicola is opening "FLIP"..Finger LIckin Picikin'...a new shop chock full of antiques/collectibles/vintage/new&used/storage auction items/flea market tables/consignment/online sales....etc.
FLIP is located at 9134 Boylston Hwy (280), Mills River... @4 1/2 miles north of Pisgah Forest...(the old gas station with the red awning just before the BP station).
Moon Shine Babies will be playing from @12noon to 4pm. The music's free, there will be food and lots of family fun...but do bring a lawn chair and BYOB...
So...come on out and support this new funky treasure trove and kick back to some good time music with the Babies this Saturday!
Thanks for supporting local!
Jim, Sarah, Jerry and Suzanne
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
The Quarry, Sat. March 10th...!
Hi Everybody!
Moon Shine Babies are back after a big trip down south...
Great weekend for music coming up...
Brevard's favorite girl band, The Sundogs, are playing The Quarry tonight, Friday March 9th!
and...Moon Shine Babies are playing The Quarry this Saturday night, March 10th!
We play from 7-10ish...
Hope to see all our great pals out this weekend.
Thanks for all the musical support!!!
Jerry, Suzanne, Jim and Sarah
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If you had asked me two years ago if I would ever be one of those people who gets up early to work out and go to the gym, I would have laughed myself silly.
There was just no way I would EVER be able to get up one single second earlier than the bare minimum last second possible in order to get to work on time.
When I first started working out, it was at 8:30 at night. That's what my trainer had available, and hey, it wasn't mornings, so I was fine with that.
Then I got Joe. And he very quickly transitioned me to training with him in the mornings. Usually at 5:00 or 5:30 a.m.
So the days I worked out with him I was able to make it to the session with him. It wasn't easy, and it wasn't fun, but I knew I couldn't just blow off my appointments with him.
So I did that for a while. And then Joe started pushing me to show up at the gym that early on the days I DIDN'T workout with him.
See, my biggest problem (aside from the love of junk food) has been consistency.
Is the morning the "best" time for a person to workout?
No. The best time for someone to work out is the time of day where he or she will do it every day.
And for me, it was important to make that time of day be the same every day. Since Joe's schedule required me to workout in the mornings with him, "we" decided that I needed to be doing that same time of day 5 days a week.
Let me tell you, getting there the other two days has been a challenge.
It's so easy, when that alarm goes off at 4:30, to hit snooze. It's so easy to give in to the feelings of wanting to lay in bed instead of getting up.
But the funny thing is my body has actually adapted to this ridiculously early wake-up. I notice now that if I skip the morning workout, I am not even CLOSE to as alert as I am if I just get up and do it.
I've started thinking about this on the two weekdays I don't work out with Joe. After I hit snooze, I lay there and think about how I will feel the rest of the day if I don't work out versus if I DO. Most of the time, this is enough to convince me to get up and workout because the difference is THAT major.
And if that's not enough to motivate me, the fear of what Joe will do to me IS.
A few weeks ago, I was super lazy and I think I skipped one of my weekday mornings. Then I weighed in that week, and it wasn't wonderful. Joe made me do overhead lunges my entire next workout. It sucked so bad at the time, but it was…effective.
Since that workout, I've been at the gym every single weekday. When I hit that snooze button and think about skipping, I think of another session filled with nothing but overhead lunges, and that thought basically makes me LEAP out of bed! Not even kidding.
So the thing I've learned from this is that we are all capable of change. We are all capable of doing so much more than we think we can. Like I said, I NEVER thought I could EVER be that person getting up super early to work out. But here I am, up since 4:30 this morning, writing this all sweaty from a workout. And if I can do it, ANYONE can.


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OK! On to the fun stuff! I've been so blessed to have received a number of blog candies in the past six months or so, and I've pulled things from each and added them to my stash of threads, fabrics, patterns, scissors, etc. But after paring down my stash to fit in my binders, I find that there are many lovely stitching things that I just know I won't be using in the next year or two and I'd love to pass them on. So, here's what I've done. I'm going to start a "Traveling Stash Box" (or Flat Rate Envelope... we'll see!). I'm going to fill it with the things you see below... There are some patterns (LHN, Shakespeare's Peddler, Trilogy, Lizzie Kate...), threads, linen, buttons.... a little of everything. Well, except scissors. I didn't seem to be able to part with any of my scissors! The rule is that when you get the Traveling Stash, you go through and take what you'd like. Then you add to the box as many things as you've taken out... plus some extra, if you'd like, and then offer it on your blog. And on and on it goes. :-) If you're interested, just mention it in your comment and I'll draw a name next Wednesday.
BTW, if you see anything that I won in your blog candy in my Traveling Stash pile, please don't be offended! Rest assured that I have treats tucked away from each stitching package that I've ever received!! :-) I just thought this would be a fun way to share my joy and your generosity with others !!


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For info relating to other boards and commissions, including actual estate appraisers, subdivisions, and timeshares, please visit the Skilled and Vocational Licensing Division web site. 806 Southard Street. I bought this home. It was a troublesome sale. The former owner was raised on this home. The vendor's family had expectations of promoting at a value over the precise appraised worth. The home was in fairly good situation and sits on one the perfect blocks in Outdated Town. The buyers had to pay a bit extra for this home, but they obtained what they wanted – an excellent wanting fixer property with room for a pool and off street parking in great location. They employed Matthew Stratton, one of the very best architects in town, to design the renovation. I am excited to look at what occurs.
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Vines, wine, guest houses
Wine grower craftsman's job, we keep the passion.
Wines of the domaine gathered under 3 naming REGNIE, MORGON, BEAUJOLAIS VILLAGES, arise from a traditional wine making.
This process favors the expression of the soil.
See also : The wines, BAG-IN-BOX
A vineyard made up of slopes
Extending along 55 Km from south to north, the Beaujolais region is enclosed between Lyon and Mâcon. Leaning up against the last foothills of the Massif Central to the west, the region seems to slide eastwards down to the Saône River plain. In our vineyard, vines closely carpet the slopes that change colour with the seasons. Clinging to the gentle to not so gentle gradients of our hills, the vines are never planted on the plain so that nothing of the excellent sunshine and luminosity we have here is lost. While the soils they send their roots down into also contribute their many qualities.
Generally northeast to southwest fac-ing, the rows of vines coat the Beaujolais hills at an average height above sea level of 300 m under peaks that go up as far as 1000m. Influenced by this topog-raphy, where water abounds, Beaujolais vinegrowing fits itself to the singular geological characteristics here including shallow limestone-clay and sandstone soils in the south, crystalline soils that are light and acidic on the heights and granitic terrain in the north.
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ICAO Annex 18 — The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, 4th edition, incorporating Amendments 1–10. July 2011. 36 pp. ISBN 978-92-9231-813-0
This Annex contains the broad principles governing the international transport of dangerous goods by air. To assist in achieving compatibility with other modes of transport, the provisions of this Annex are based on material developed by the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Annex 18 deals with the "Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air". In general it sets down broad principles but one of the Standards requires that dangerous goods are carried in accordance with the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (the "Technical Instructions"). States are required by Annex 18 to have inspection and enforcement procedures to ensure that dangerous goods are being carried in compliance with the requirements.


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Hello, my name is Susan Skelton and as the newest member of the Hendricks County Insider blogging team, my goal is to preview, review and keep readers informed on the various ways to stay healthy and active in Hendricks County. I plan to keep you up to date on events, clinics and groups that promote physical activities and well being within our community for both visitors and residents.
But first...a little about me. I turned 50 in February (that puts me in a new age group), and for most of my life, I've tried to live a healthy lifestyle. With a history of heart disease on both sides of my family and diabetes on my mom's side also, I know I need to keep things in check.
I wasn't an athlete in school but was always an avid walker. Then in 2007, I tried my hand (or would it be feet?) at running, and a new passion was born.
Through lots of planning and precise scheduling, I accomplished my goal of completing 31 half marathons in 2014. To date, I've completed 70 half marathons, 2 marathons, a sprint distance triathlon and numerous other 5Ks, 10Ks, etc. I also hope to complete a half marathon in every state, which I've accomplished already in 17 states; just 33 to go!
So...what active events are coming up on the schedule in Hendricks County? I'm glad you asked.
- This Saturday: The first-ever No Luck Run One Mile Dash, 5K and Half Marathon will take place at Metropolis Mall in Plainfield. This event will be hosted by Claddagh Irish Pub in conjunction with RaceMaker Productions. A portion of every race entry goes toward building Plainfield's Miracle Playground, which will provide kids with special needs a fully accessible place to play. I plan to participate in this inaugural event and review the half marathon in a future post.
- March 16 & 25: The Avon Runners Forum will host a clinic: Free injury screen from 5-6 p.m. by Physiotherapy Associates.
- March 18: It's Yoga Zen-sday at the Avon Runners Forum. Bring your mat and stretch away the stress of the day. Cost is $5.
- March 21: Blanton Woods in Danville will host the 7th Annual Tomahawk Trail Run 8K. Registration is still open. Click here to register or for more information.
- March 28: Rampage Run at Washington Township Park in Avon can best be described as a "trail run with a twist." All courses will be between 2.5-3.5 miles but there are three terrain choices varying from novice to expert. Check out their website for more information.
- March 28: Altra will be at the Avon Runners Forum allowing participants to test out their products during a short 2-3-mile group run beginning at 10 a.m. Food and drinks will be provided post run.


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Selamat hari raya Idul Adha :)
So... as a muslim, I have 2 holy days in a year (not only these two but this is the biggest). It is Idul Fitri and Idul Adha (both in Indonesian words). Idul Fitri means the final day of fasting month, after fasting for 29-30 days. for Indonesian, we always celebrate it so happily. Always visit family, eat with them, everything we do. And here we have about 1-2weeks off to celebrate it.
It is so different with Idul Adha. When Idul Adha comes, we have only a day or two days off. not as much as Idul Fitri. and to celebrate it, I am not visit my family. It just we sacrifice sheep, cow, or camel, or another, then share it with people. Feast. It is not as special as Idul Fitri for us. but still special because our religious time.
So... let see the differences between others. In Mohammad prophet era, Idul Adha is more special than Idul Fitri (some said like that), and it is right for other countries but Indonesia. I ask friends from Egypt, Algeria, Turkey, UK,they said that have days off more when celebrate Idul Adha. If Idul Fitri they dont get much days off.
maybe thats the differences between Indonesia and other countries.
it's ok, it just different place, the point is Islam :)


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When the Phillies acquired Michael Young last December, they were pretty much trading for a stop-gap third baseman that proved to be better than most anyone else on the open market. It was a cost-saving move as much as a strategic one, because the free-agent market at the hot corner wasn't a great one, unless the Phillies wanted to take a flier on the likes of Mark Reynolds or Eric Chavez.
While the argument could have been made to promote Kevin Frandsen to a full-time player – more on that later – Ruben Amaro opted to trade a pair of pitchers for the 36-year-old Young, who had spent his entire career up to that point with the Texas Rangers, where he hit 177 home runs with a .301/.347/.444 line in 13 seasons.
With Young, the Phillies received a right-handed hitter who could play third base, and hopefully do more good than bad with his bat. It was a gamble, because Young was coming off the worst year of his career in 2012, where he had a .682 OPS and eight homers in 156 games. The gamble paid off for the Phillies, who saw Young hit .341 in his first 27 games. While he cooled off considerably in May, Young owns a .764 OPS and seven homers in 92 games this season. It's not a stat line from a third baseman, but he's been above average, even though he has hit into 17 double plays with the Phillies.
Given his rebound with the bat and the fact that the Phillies are far more likely to miss the playoffs than to make them, Young is an ideal candidate to get shipped out before the end of the month. Not only does he provide solid offense at third, but he is a free agent at the end of the season, meaning whichever team trades for him isn't going to be responsible for a ton of salary. Even if the Phillies didn't offer any cash in the deal, he'll be owed less than $3 million the rest of the way, thanks in part to the Rangers paying for $10 million of his $16 million salary in 2013.
As for the suitors, there are quite a few that could use a decent third basemen as they make a push towards the playoffs.
Los Angeles Dodgers (50-47, 2nd Place in NLW): Currently, third base is occupied by Juan Uribe and his .745 OPS. Young wouldn't be a huge upgrade, but they are flush with cash and eager to make a splash as they push for the playoffs.
Cleveland Indians (52-46, 2nd Place in ALC): The Tribe could certainly use Young's services, as third basemen Lonnie Chisenhall (.290 on-base percentage) and Mark Reynolds (.303 OBP) are doing more harm than good in the batter's box this season.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (46-50, 3rd in NLW): While they have perhaps more pressing concerns than third base, like the performance of Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton, they would no doubt like to upgrade from Alberto Callaspo, who is hitting .266 with five homers this season.
New York Yankees (52-46, 4th in ALE): It was only a week or so ago that the Yankees were rumored to have inquired about Young, and with Alex Rodriguez not returning any time soon (due to injury or a potential suspension), then New York could be an ideal landing spot for Young, who would be a tremendous upgrade over their current third basemen, be it David Adams (.536 OPS) or Jayson Nix (.554). And thanks to Mark Tiexeira being out for the season, Young could be a potential fit for first base, which is currently occupied by Lyle Overbay (.747 OPS).
Boston Red Sox (60-40, 1st in ALE): The Red Sox could be a fine suitor for Young, as Will Middlebrooks (.617 OPS) hasn't had a great season. While the young Jose Iglesias has equipped himself nicely at third, it's no secret that the Sox are looking for help at the position.
Like the market for second basemen, there is no shortage of potential suitors for Young, who is the most likely Phillie to be traded before the year is out.
In his place, the Phillies could do any number of things, first of which would be to make Kevin Frandsen their full-time third baseman. In 300 at-bats dating back to last season, the 31-year-old Frandsen has a .320/.381/.443 line, with five homers, 16 doubles, and three triples. He has a little bit of power, he can play defense, and he can get on base. Most importantly, he's cheap, and won't be a free agent until 2016. Conversely, they could dip into their farm system and give 23-year-old Cody Asche at shot. Asche, a left-handed hitter, is sporting a .283/.343/.442 line with ten homers at Triple-A Lehigh Valley, and he could potentially be auditioning for a starting job next season.
While there is about a week before the non-waiver trade deadline remaining, the Phillies shouldn't wait to decide if they are going to be buyers or sellers before moving Young, because the honest truth is that he potentially offers more value to the team in a trade this season, than he does on the field for the next two months.
Trade Candidate: Michael Young
When the Phillies acquired Michael Young last December, they were pretty much trading for a stop-gap third baseman that proved to be better than most anyone else on the open market. It was a cost-saving move as much as a strategic one, because the free-agent market at the hot corner wasn't a great one, unless the Phillies wanted to take a flier on the likes of Mark Reynolds or Eric Chavez.


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7 November 2014
Sydney, Australia: Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra was awarded the Best People Development Initiative at the annual CIPS Australasia Procurement Awards last week.
The organisation partnered with procurement management consultants The Faculty and Melbourne Business School to collaboratively develop and implement The People Development Program across Telstra's Procurement and Supply Chain team.
The program's primary objective is to lift the capability of Telstra's procurement team, one of the biggest in Australia with over 190 employees, and enable them to deliver increased value to the business.
The Faculty Principal Consultant and project lead Rob Pease said the program has been central to establishing the Telstra team as a world class procurement function.
"We're thrilled that the program has been honoured with this award," said Pease. "Key to its success has been its ability to develop not only technical procurement skills but build commercial and leadership acumen within the team.
"For a procurement function to truly thrive, it needs to move from simply cutting costs to driving value for the wider business, and that's what we sought to do by helping to build a high performing team."
"Being able to drive cultural and behavioural change in a large team can be a challenge, and that's why it was so important to underpin this work with wider training and support; to empower the team."
Telstra's Chief Procurement Officer Richard Allen said the program's highlights include the enhancement of stakeholder engagement skills, and the successful adoption of a new operating model across its 21 categories.
"I'd like to recognise the assistance and partnership of The Faculty in helping Telstra develop the tools, processes and framework needed to implement this significant initiative," said Richard Allen.
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|The page from "A Demon-Hunting Veep"
I previously wrote about how the decontextualized panel from the Chick tract parody I created to promote the film Ivy League Exorcist: TheBobby Jindal Story became viral. Since then, there have been sporadic viral outbreaks on various websites (most recently by BonJob on Reddit). This is understandable because the image is floating out on cyberspace and, without the rest of the comic book, it has no identifying markers. Also, the panel and the tract itself ("A Demon-Hunting Veep?"), although satirical, have verisimilitude; they contain information that reflects the fundamentalist worldview.
In fact, for the Satan's spiritual structure panel, I used various fundamentalist sources—namely books published by Chick Publications. The idea of this supposed structure comes from the Chick Publications comic book Angel of Light. The majority of the individual components listed are from fundamentalist literature, mostly from Chick Publications (books by Jack Chick and former Chick Publications luminary Dr. Rebecca Brown who railed against yoga and vegetarianism in the book He Came to Set the Captives Free). While my list is satirical, it is true in the sense that some religionists take these things very seriously.
Notes: On the page adjacent to Satan's spiritual structure, there is a pictorial list of supposed satanic symbols (along with a note, paraphrased from the Chick Publications comic book Spellbound that because the images aren't three-dimensional, it's not necessary to burn the tract). Most of the symbols are from Chick Publications comic books though I got some of the symbols from the book The Edge of Evil by Jerry Johnston, a protégé of Jerry Falwell (who like his mentor likes the good life). . . Many of the Chick Publications comic books cited (such as Spellbound) are based on the writings of alleged former Druid priest John Todd (1949-2007) who claims were debunked (ironically, one of the books debunking Todd's claims, The Todd Phenomenon (1979), has its introduction written by Mike Warnke, another phony former Satanist whose claims were debunked in the early 1990's. . . The recent book The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory by Jesse Walker assesses Todd's claims extensively. It also notes that in the early 1980's, Randy and Vicki Weaver, of Ruby Ridge notoriety, sponsored at least one of Todd's speaking appearances. . . At the recent MIX Comics Symposium at the Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD), I met the guys from 2 Headed Monster Comics who have the superbly done and amusing Halloween-themed Chick tract parody "It's Candy Time!". . . Also read the revised Chick tract parody I created "Ivy League Exorcist."


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Sometimes I'll find a photo I like from a source other than my own camera. Most of these images come from this site, because they are of nice quality and free. I will aim to link each individual photo with an individual link. I appreciate the talents of those who generously provide beautiful photographs so people like me can concentrate on other things.
The photo I appreciate most on this blog is the header photo. It was taken by Scott Leonard of Valentino Photographics, which is located in Granger, Indiana. Scott took a trip with our family up to St. Joseph Michigan to capture some beautiful family photos on the beach in the late summer. Our oldest was about ready to graduate from college at the time and I realized quickly that soon the opportunity for family pictures might be limited. The photographs turned out beautifully (quite a challenge with a family as large as ours!) and Scott was most generous in giving permission for us to use them, with credit to him, which I am very happy and honored to do.


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With the moral collapse of society, and the difficult situations children can fall into as they grow up, we believe Sunday School work is vital. read more…
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Nakamura, Makoto (1999) Functional literacy from a cross-cultural perspective : a comparative study of Canada and Japan. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
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According to UNESCO, industrialized countries are now being affected by "functional illiteracy." Canada and Japan have almost opposite standpoints with regard to literacy issues. In Canada, on the one hand, the 1987 Southam Report warns that 24% of adults are functionally illiterate, and 100,000 illiterates are annually added to the population by a flawed education system. On the other hand, illiteracy is considered non-existent in Japan based on the 99.9% attendance rate in Japan's compulsory education. This thesis discusses some of the most crucial issues involved in defining and measuring functional literacy, and the state of current functional literacy research. It also explores whether or not Canada is having a functional literacy "crisis," as some recent studies suggest, and whether or not Japan's literacy rate is truly 100 per cent as its government and Ministry of Education claim.
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