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It was only when Jemma was about 4 months that she began jumping onto my couches. The only reason she had not done it before was because she was too small. But she remembered her parents doing it and was imitating their behaviour. My problem is that for my sake and that of my visitors, I would prefer one place in my lounge to be safe from dog fur. So couch jumping is out. But how to persuade Jemma of that?
A stern "no" and pointing to the ground had no effect, nor did a shove off the couch have any impact. So it was time to consult dog trainer Wendy Wilson again. "The principle is that when the negative action is against yourself, you "punish" by ignoring your dog. Their negative actions result in you not paying them attention. But if the negative action is against something like a couch (the environment) then the environment must "punish" them," explained Wendy.
OK but how does one make the environment "punish" a dog?
She told me to put lots of baking tins, pots and pans on the edge of the couch. When Jemma jumped up, they would make a helluva a racket falling off. Hopefully this would give her a fright and she'd assume the couch had barked at her. Well I tried that, but clever Jemma was suspicious of these obstacles and never made a move.
Now I have three couches. Her solution was to jump onto the other couches. My problem was that I was running out of things to put on the couches. She was even smart enough to see a weak spot in my fortifications. A small opening between the pots and pans allowed her to jump through. And there she sat behind the fortifications with a self satisfied smirk on her face.
So my next move was to make the pots and pans bang by themselves because she was smart enough to avoid them. So I filled a small tin with stones and lobbed it onto the metal collection. The noise succeeded in getting her off the couch.
But if she has worked out that the pots, pans and the couch are separate things, does this mean that I am going to have to store my kitchen utensils on my couches forever? I'm going to have to go back to Wendy.
It's really humiliating being outsmarted by a dog!


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School rules protect the rights of all students and promote a safe learning environment. Students must be free to learn and teachers must be free to teach. Students are accountable for their behavior during school and school activities, as well as on their way to and from school and school activities and while on the school grounds at any time.
Students may be required to meet academic or citizenship standards in order to participate in extracurricular activities.
Student Expectations
Students are expected to:
- Follow school rules
- Follow the directions of teachers and school authorities
- Show respect for the teacher and for other students in the classroom
- Come to class prepared to work
- Stay on task for the class period
- Comply with the classroom rules as described by each teacher
- Wear a helmet when riding a bicycle
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In general, students may not:
- Have any weapon or dangerous object
- have, sell or share drugs or drug paraphernalia, tobacco, alcohol or other controlled or dangerous substances or intoxicants
- Fight, harm, threaten, harass, or intimidate anyone
- Damage or take property of others
- Act in a way or wear or carry any item that is obscene, profane, unsanitary, offensive, degrades others or promotes violation of laws or school rules
- Defy school authorities
- Leave campus without permission
- Cheat or falsify documents
- Disrupt a class or school activity
- Participate in any gambling activity
- Carry pagers, headsets, or other electronic communication devices disruptive to school activity
- Skip school or be late to class
To ensure the health, safety and welfare of students, school authorities and law enforcement officers may conduct searches as allowed by law. School lockers may be searched at any time. In addition, district Safe Schools officers (Sheriff's deputies) may use trained dogs to indicate the presence of drugs in lockers, vehicles, backpacks, and other locations.

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A Workshop by Janice Becker
Reported by Silvia Fosslien
This article, originally printed in the Summer 2004 edition of
, recounts a presentation given at MATI's First Annual Conference, held in July of 2004 at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
At the end of a long day filled with workshops, participants sometimes suffer from an overflow of information, and audience attention begins to wane. However, this was not true of our MATI conference. The last presentation of the day, "Finding and Keeping Direct Clients for Your Translations Services; Developing lasting relationships with direct clients" by Janice Becker was so lively and informative that everybody stayed focused until the very end.
Janice started out by defining three types of translators: in-house translators (the smallest percentage), translators who work for translation agencies, and translators who have direct clients, i.e. who deal directly with the end-user of a translation. Janice explained why direct clients are a useful part of any translator's client mix. The biggest advantage of having direct clients is the opportunity to build a long-term relationship. The translator can find out about client needs by asking specific questions: For whom and for what is the translation, what is the time frame, are there alternatives? This is particularly helpful for client companies that are just starting to enter a new market. By consulting with the client, you are offering translation as a service which goes beyond the mere counting of words.
What made the presentation so realistic were the examples Janice quoted from her own personal experience. After several years of in-house work with two law firms in Germany, she had returned to Chicago and needed to build a client base from scratch. Here are a few highlights of what worked for her:
Seek out people in your field of specialization
. Check the calendar of events in business papers, go to trade shows, promotional meetings, business breakfasts, SBA events, etc. You can find out who is doing business where, what companies were awarded new contracts, who is planning to go international. As an added benefit, you also become more knowledgeable about the industry in which you specialize. Janice pointed out that this strategy is particularly helpful in the early stages of your marketing efforts when you usually have a lot more time than money.
Another possibility is finding a group that is a good fit for you and becoming involved. Janice, whose major fields are legal and business, attended meetings of Women in Trade, career nights of Women Employed, events sponsored by the German American Chamber of Commerce, as well as breakfast meetings on legal topics. When appropriate, you can hand out your business card or give a short (3 to 4 sentences) description about yourself and your services at these events. Janice advises against giving out resumes since you are not looking for a job but are offering a service instead.
Write articles
. An article about a translation-related topic in a trade journal can be an effective marketing tool. Also, whenever you read an article in which translation is misunderstood, use the opportunity and write a letter to the editor. This helps educate readers about our profession and establishes you as a translation expert.
Learn from your earliest clients
. Ask them what they read, how they heard about you, where else they would look for translation services.
Solicit recommendations from clients
. When satisfied clients send you an email thanking you and commending you for your work, ask whether they would put it on their letterhead so that you can use it as a reference for potential clients.
Treat all clients equally well
. Do not look down on small jobs. If you do not want to do them, pass them on to someone who will. Janice told about a client who was a refugee and needed to have his birth certificate translated. A few years later, he worked in a big company that needed translation services. He remembered her, and that contact a few years back brought her a major new client.
Participate in continuing education courses
. For her fields of specialization, Janice mentioned courses offered by the Chicago Board of Trade and the banking industry as examples. Continuous education will improve your skills, and you never know whether the person sitting next to you just might not become a client one day. This actually happened to Janice when she took an English writing course at the University of Chicago.
Say thank you
. When someone refers a client to you, never forget to thank the person who referred you. If you omit this courtesy, you may never get a second referral.
The presentation was interspersed with lively discussion. Participants asked questions and shared their experiences and success stories throughout the workshop, so everyone went away with new ideas.
Silvia Fosslien is a free-lance translator and interpreter for German and English. She holds degrees as a certified translator and interpreter from the University of Heidelberg and a Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literature from the University of Chicago. Silvia is ATA accredited from English into German.
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Avnet Inc. today announced that it will acquire the IT solutions division of Acal plc., a strategic move that pushes Avnet's distribution channels further into Europe and shores up its storage offerings to customers in the European Union.
Acal IT Solutions is a leading value-added distributor for storage area networking (SAN), secure networking and electronic document management products and services. Acal IT Solutions has operations in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and Sweden, and the division will be integrated into Avnet Technology Solutions' EMEA business, but not before the transaction is approval by Acal shareholders and EU merger control clearance.
"Avnet has outlined a strategy of growing our business by delivering complete solutions to our partners around the globe," said Vincent Keenan, Avnet's vice president and director, investor relations. "The acquisition brings us new supplier relationships and ultimately more storage solutions for VARs in Europe by offering a broader line of products. For the U.S. there is no immediate impact," Keenan added.
With the deal Avnet will assume an additional 2,000 Acal resellers and system integrators as well as 180 experienced personnel that design and install complex storage networking systems and document management requirements.
Acal IT Solutions markets a wide range of storage networking, networking and fibre channel products from several manufactures including Brocade, Cisco, Emulex, Juniper and Qlogic and document management products from Canon, Fujitsu and Kodak.
"The acquisition does not specifically impact the cost of storage products, but does give Avnet's partners in
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Another benefit to Avnet will be Acal IT Solutions' Headway Technology Group, which focuses on document management and storage with a portfolio of products including document capture software, scanners, optical, CD and DVD storage hardware and software and tape backup solutions.
Additionally, the acquisition will bring to Avnet a value-added services unit that provides network infrastructure planning, implementation and training as well as technical support.
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More Australian organisations are seeing a positive return on investment from social media-based advertising, according to Frost & Sullivan.
More Australian organisations are seeing a positive return on investment from social media-based advertising, according to Frost & Sullivan.
The Senate late last week passed legislation that amends the Meteorology Act 1955 to make clear that the Bureau of Meteorology can run commercial advertising on its online services.
Hewlett-Packard plans to use Yahoo's advertising network in a pilot program that will deliver targeted advertisements for content printed with its latest line of Web-connected printers.
Google today attacked Apple's apparent decision to ban some third-party ad networks from collecting ad performance data on the iPhone and iPad.
A mobile advertising company has written a JavaScript library that makes Flash advertisements viewable on devices such as the iPad, working around Apple's opposition to Adobe Systems' multimedia platform.
Now that Twitter has begun to display ads--pardon me, Promoted Tweets--in users' search results, the big question is how millions of loyal Twitter fans will respond. Reaction on the micro-blogging site has been muted thus far--more questions than commentary, actually--and it's apparent that most users haven't seen the new ads yet.
Companies such as Continental Airlines rely on Internet advertising from Google to deliver customers to their Web site. It constitutes essential marketing in the digital age.
The U.K.'s competition authority launched two studies on Thursday that will probe behavioral-advertising pricing strategies and if some pricing practices could potentially mislead consumers.


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|My exact words upon seeing the paper, "this is crazy this is crazy this is crazy"
Ok, wow. So it's on the front page of the paper. Joe and I from 1998 are on the front page of The Dominion Post. Every time I see it I laugh, because when that photo was taken I never imagined it'd be on the front page of a newspaper in New Zealand!
People suggested earlier in the process to contact media but I didn't think I'd have to. That was a really intimidating idea. Surely I'd find him before having to go to this extreme measure. But on Saturday 30 of January, I woke up eager to take another step closer. I didn't think I'd actually find him; maybe he was living in another country?
Picking up the newspapers my father left scattered around my house from his visit, I thought contacting The Wellingtonian and asking them to print a blurb with his picture would be enough. When I tried to find who to contact, I only found a general newsroom email. So I wrote, asking if they could help me find my long-lost friend.
Sunday morning the phone rang. A reporter just as excited as I and very willing to help, we agreed to meet. Things sped up quickly from then on.
It didn't take long for tips to come in after the article went live Wednesday night, only hours after meeting with Jessy. Someone contacted her with a definitive "This is Joe Wareham". The name sounded so familiar. How could I have forgotten?
My husband and I googled. Facebooked. Nothing. Still nothing, even with a new surname. I found other Wareham's online but pretty much felt like this was going to be another dead end. Joe Wareham was going to be just as hard to find as Joe Wellington.
Aaron, my husband, wanted to call the numbers listed under Wareham right then. He was so excited and certain this was going to be him.
I wanted to wait.
I needed to wait.
Slow things down a bit.
Comments under the online article were toxic; people trying to turn the story into something it wasn't. I'm aware that's the risk you take when putting yourself or your story in the public eye. Reminder for the future: Don't read the comments. The good ones will find you.
I wanted to wait to see if Joe would reach out to me. This has been about my journey, but now I've put him in the spotlight and if he doesn't want to be found, I want to let him make that decision.
So I tried to sleep. But my phone kept buzzing with new information.
Someone messaged my Facebook page to tell me my long-lost friend from 18 years ago is Joe Wareham. Two people telling me that's who he is. Soon, three. Then four. Five total over the course of 24 hours.
A friend of Joe's wrote on my blog, asking me to email him. I did, straight away. Two in the morning by the time I finally fell asleep.
Thursday morning was hectic. More notifications, emails, pictures sent. Two television producers sent my personal Facebook page messages asking to meet- they loved the story and would like to help with the search. It was lovely but I was completely overwhelmed.
And then, an email from Joe's friend: Joe knew I was looking for him, would contact me when things settled. My heart was racing. The story could've stopped there and I would've been satisfied. I knew he was here. He knew I was here. That was enough.
Needing to get out a bit, my son and I escaped to a friend's house and thank goodness I did. Spammers started commenting on my blog, which really freaked me out. I knew I was taking a risk but I didn't think I was doing something wrong. Truly. The panic set in. I called the reporter, needing guidance on how to handle it all.
"This is between you and him. Focus on that. Don't worry about what anyone else thinks. It's about your friendship, your story," Jessy said.
The good will find you.
I received an email from Joe.
Joe Wareham is the Joe Wellington I've searched for. Two years of wondering, now over.
We exchanged a few pleasant emails and I was surprised to learn he had known about the blog since December! He offered to meet up. He suggested the lookout at Mount Victoria, with views of Wellington Harbour. He said it'd be fitting for my blog, which he understood was much about my adventure here in New Zealand, and not just about him.
I asked him if it'd be okay to let Jessy know we were meeting and that she'd probably want to be there. If not, it wouldn't deter me from meeting. This was something I'd waited two years for.
My adrenaline kept me awake most of the night.
Was he upset with me?
Had he read my blog?
Why didn't he reach out when he learned of it in December?
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These centers will provide the foundation for integrating and verifying solutions which enable the All Cloud transformation, the Chinese gear maker said in a statement.
Huawei has connected its four open labs and built a unified digital operations platform to support operators' network evolution and operations transformation.
These Cloud Open Labs will enable Huawei to innovate solutions jointly with operators, industry organizations, and partners, and achieve mutual certification and authorization together with partners.
These open labs include the Global Network Evolution and Experience Center (GNEEC), the NFV Open Lab, the SDN Open Lab, and the DC Open Lab, according to the statement.
"Digital transformation has been widely recognized in the industry as a necessity. Huawei advocates the All Cloud Strategy, aiming to build efficient networks and develop agile advantages to help operators provide their end users with a Real-time, On-demand, All-online, DIY, and Social (ROADS) experience," Jim Lu, President of Global Technical Service, Huawei said.
According to Lu, Cloud Open Labs will establish an industry ecosystem and support open collaboration, allowing operators, industry organizations and partners to jointly address the challenges of digital transformation.
"Huawei Global Technical Service will continuously increase investment in consulting and system integration in an effort to enable operators to tap into unlimited opportunities in the trillion-dollar digital market," the top executive added.
"Operators will face numerous challenges during the transformation to the cloud, including multi-vendor integration, evolution from existing networks to target networks, and problems relating to agile operations," Bruce Xun, Vice President of Global Technical Service, Huawei said.
Industry players such as Linux Foundation, Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV), China Association of Communication Enterprises, Accenture, Red Hat, VMware, and Wind River participated in the program.


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I am always wary when eating out, but in the last month I have eaten out more than I would normally. Sadly, my phone has been poorly so I have no photos to include as part of my reviews but I hope that you find my opinions useful.
We had a last minute change of plans and ended up in a 'Spoons'. I feel that they have become better for catering for customers with allergies and intolerances. The downloadable menu is clear to follow if you unable to have certain food stuffs.
The staff were polite and knowledgeable. I decided to have the gammon egg and chips with lemonade. The portions size was just right, the gammon was nice and the eggs were just perfect for dunking those chips in. The only downside was that they now have bottles of sauces. Luckily it was Heinz tomato ketchup as other brands can display warnings about containing traces of milk. Sadly, the mayonnaise was Hellman's light; no good for people who have to follow a dairy/lactose free diet.
We popped into Chiquito as I heard that they catered well for people with food allergies/ Sadly, I forgot to do this in advance and had to wait for it to download on my phone. intolerances. On their website you can download the allergy friendly menu to prepare for your visit.
The staff were knowledgeable with regards to special diets and informed me of the possible choices I had. I checked these against the allergy menu, just in case. We opted to have just a main meal with a drink. I decided on the blackened salmon which came with skin on fries and corn on the cob. The salmon was lovely and piping hot, it comes with lots of onions and a few pieces of pepper. The fries were nice and best of all I was able to eat a piece of corn on the cobb that had been nowhere near any butter and I totally enjoyed it. My other half had a burger, which I could have. I will have to return to try one as it looked very tempting.
Vintage Inns
I fancied a Sunday lunch out and decided to try a vintage Inn. You can access the menus online in preparation for your visit, but sadly I did not find it user friendly for allergy suffers. This wasn't really a problem. On arriving I informed the waiter that I had a dairy/lactose free diet they were very helpful and enquired with the chef what I could eat.
Starters were limited so I went for shell on prawns with fresh bread and no butter, very nice but difficult go wrong. For the main we shared the sunday roast platter. I was offered vegetarian gravy to accompany my meal, but I left this as my gut instinct said avoid it as it is often right. The selection of three meats was ok and came with pigs in blankets. I was able to have roast potatoes, parsnips and carrots as they were cooked in oil. In addition to this I had my own bowl of fresh vegetables as normally butter is added. The only part of the meal I was unable to have was the yorkshire pudding but that didn't bother me. I was full, so didn't have dessert and I was pleased to be able to enjoy a Sunday lunch out without feeling deprived compared to my fellow eaters.


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Clive Henry, a former UPS Courier Service worker is appealing a race discrimination tribunal decision claiming that the judge deliberately dismissed key evidence in his case.
Mr. Henry says he was forced to resign following excessive work demands from UPS Ltd, after working for the company for 11 years, with 100% attendance for seven years. "I had never received any disciplinary action before," he says.
Mr. Henry took UPS to tribunal in 2009 after claiming that he was singled out by a particular manager who put him on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) without looking at his previous work record.
"In October 2008 I was placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) which was never authorised by HR," Mr. Henry says. "I hit the £3000 department monthly target. This was raised to £4000 the next month. I was shouted at and given a written warning on failing this target. I was also given a smudged warning letter. I was signed off with occupational stress because of these events."
Mr. Henry says the warning was revoked after his appeal but he was advised in writing that he would be placed back on the PIP.
"I was the only Black male and the only person ever to be placed on a PIP", he says.
Mr. Henry, a former sales executive, says he emailed HR to escalate to the corporate office, and was "quickly contacted by HR to arrange an emergency meeting at this point. UPS HR and management were trying to cover this up."
He adds: "In that meeting I was told to ignore being placed back on the Performance Improvement Plan. At this point I raised a grievance. I again asked for the corporate office details but was given a false HR contact."
The Race Discrimination Tribunal hearing was on 23rd March 2010. Mr. Henry who resigned from UPS on 11th March 2010, says he represented himself as he thought it was an open and closed case. But the judge dismissed his case. In a copy of the judgment decision which Mr. Henry handed The AfroNews, referring to the allegation of the smudging of the letter, the judge writes: "We have to say that in our view Mr. Henry is making a mountain out of a molehill. It is easy to see how the smudging took place, the ink was no doubt not dry when the letter was folded and put into the envelope. It is a huge leap to infer from that, that it was a deliberate act of race discrimination and we reject the allegation wholeheartedly."
Mr. Henry, who is convinced the judge dismissed the case in a perverse way, is appealing against the ruling. "The biased and perverse judgment has allowed me to become a victim of blatant race discrimination," he says, adding that "the judge failed to consider key facts and gave biased reasons for UPS's actions to justify their wrong-doing."
Mr. Henry also sent the complaint to the European Commission for Human Rights in Brussels, Belgium, and on 15th March 2011, the Commission accepted to consider his complaint in the light of the applicable European Union law. Mr. Henry's appeal and case is now waiting a date at the Court of Appeal in London.
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8th grade Algebra teacher and basketball coach Sean Plaskett worked with an A+ Coach through our partnership with KIPP Polaris Academy for Boys. Not too long ago, Mr. Plaskett sat down with us to chat about the incredible community he's built in his classroom, and about his experience working with his A+ Numeracy Performance Coach.
On his classroom community: I'm the school's basketball coach. I would see my players get so upset when they went for a layup and missed it. I came up with a system called Hard Work and No Sweat. If any of my players missed a free throw or something, I would look at them – make eye contact – and say "no sweat." It happened once in class, kind of by accident: a kid got most of the way there, but he didn't quite get the right answer, and I said "no sweat."
And it clicked – what I do as a coach can translate to what I do as a teacher. I didn't start getting a turnaround in their academics until I started playing Connect 4 with them at lunch. Before you can have community and trust in your classroom, you have to have strong, strong relationships. My first year was a struggle, and as I think back on it, I know it's because I did not have the relationships. But when you have them, it can change the trajectory for a student. Strong relationships mean they trust you and they'll do what you ask, and they're more motivated to prove themselves to you. They're comfortable. They trust each other.
When I have that, it helps me do my job effectively, and it gives me joy. The participation – where they're trying stuff and owning their learning – you don't get that in a room where the teacher is talking the whole time. I say that as someone who really needed to work on that at the beginning! I can pose a problem and let them have at it, and they can talk about it and even disagree without arguing. They are motivated to ask the questions that I would have asked. If you have that community, you can take a step back and let the kids take control of their learning. You have to be honest and open with them. There have been times when the information I shared with them was not pleasing: like when I told my Algebra class that they had to take two state tests at the end of the year. But when you're not open and honest with them, and things happen that they don't expect, they react in an adverse way, just like any other person would, child or adult. Or when I get an exit ticket and only 40% of them got the right answer, the next day, I'm like "all right, guys, you can take out your homework and throw it away. If only 40% of you got it right, you couldn't have done the homework right – and that's on me. So I'm going to try again." We're not afraid to make mistakes, and to make them out loud, because at the end of the day, you can get it right, or you can correct the mistakes and move on. It's no sweat.
On having a coach: I joined Teach for America because I had the heart to serve these types of kids, but my background is in psychology. Not having had the prep at the undergraduate level, it's been so important to me to have a coach. But whether you have the education background or not, you can see the benefit. My coach's wealth of knowledge is so broad. She knows how to teach any objective. Every teacher has things they were good at in school, things they do better than others. My coach has made me a more well-rounded teacher. Students deserve a teacher who knows how to teach everything, not just the stuff he's good at. She pushed me to use more visuals in my classroom. When I have them refer to the reference materials, I do less talking.
That was a big area of improvement: not being the sage on the stage. You have no idea how many little things you can do differently that will have a huge impact on the efficiency of your class, just because someone offers it as a suggestion. Small fixes, like: a coach can sit in your classroom and see that you spend two or three minutes collecting students' homework when you could have a homework box instead. It seems like such an obvious thing, but as a teacher, you can't see every little thing that would help. You need other eyes. And an extra one or two minutes – it can mean everything. It can be the difference between 60% mastery and 80% mastery. It can mean that a student walks out of class understanding a concept that he needs not only that day, but way down the line. That time is essential. Anything and everything your coach tells you, you can trust. Every time I heed those suggestions, it improves my teaching tremendously.


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The photos below are taken at the official site of the Empty Garden Tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem where thousands of tourists and pilgrims visit each year.
Although we cannot be certain that this is the actual site where Jesus the Messiah was buried, people of faith can be certain of the following as recorded in the Holy Scriptures:
- Jesus was the Passover Lamb who was slain before the foundation of the world, and who takes away the sin of all who place their trust in Him. Because of His sacrifice on our behalf, we can now, by faith, enter into the forgiveness of our sins and peace with Jehovah God, our heavenly Father.
- After being crucified on the cross, Jesus was buried in a tomb. A great rock was rolled over the entrance and guarded by soldiers so that no one could steal His body.
- As He had predicted, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day. Angels miraculously appeared and rolled away the massive rock from covering the entrance.
- When the disciples of Jesus showed up on the first day of the week (Sunday), they found the tomb empty. Angels appeared to them and reassured them that Jesus had indeed risen from the dead and would soon meet with them in Jerusalem.
- Afterward, Jesus appeared to them as the angels had said. He gave His disciples encouragement and instructions and miraculously ascended unto heaven to sit at the right hand of God the Father until He returns again.
– Luis Josephus
"On Sunday morning, the first day of the week, some of the women went to look at the tomb. They found it empty, with the stone rolled away. The guards had been frightened "and became like dead men."
Calling some of the disciples, the women returned to the tomb. Mary Magdalene stayed behind when the others went back to their homes. Looking inside the tomb, she: …saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, 'Woman, why are you crying?'
Never expecting to see Jesus again, Mary Magdalene responds:'They have taken my Lord away…and I don't know where they have put him.' At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize it was Jesus. Jesus asked her: Why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?
Thinking he was the gardener, she asked Him to tell her where the body was so she could retrieve it. Not until Jesus said, "Mary," did she realize who He was. Trying to touch Jesus, Mary Magdalene reached out for him. Jesus reproached her: Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." – JOHN 20:1-17


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1: My Favorite Poems By: Will Boyce
2: "The Analysis of Baseball" It's about the ball, the bat, and the mitt. Ball hits bat, or it hits mitt. Bat doesn't hit ball, bat meets it. Ball bounces off bat, flies air, or thuds ground (dud) or it fits mitt. | Bat waits for ball to mate. Ball hates to take bat's bait. Ball flirts, bat's late, don't keep the date. Ball goes in (thwack) to mitt, and goes out (thwack) back to mitt. Ball fits mitt, but not all the time. | Sometimes ball gets hit (pow) when bat meets it, and sails to a place where mitt has to quit in disgrace. That's about the bases loaded, about 40,000 fans exploded. It's about the ball, the bat, the mitt, the bases and the fans. It's done on a diamond, and for fun. It's about home, and it's about run.
3: I chose the poem "Analysis of Baseball" because it caught my eye when I was skimming through a poetry book. The poem is really simple and it describes baseball in most ways. The reason I really like this poem is because I play baseball sp it's a fun poem to read.
4: "The Lawyer" THE LAWYERS, Bob, know too much. They are chums of the books of old John Marshall. They know it all, what a dead hand wrote, A stiff dead hand and its knuckles crumbling, The bones of the fingers a thin white ash. The lawyers know a dead man's thoughts too well. In the heels of the higgling lawyers, Bob, Too many slippery ifs and buts and howevers, Too much hereinbefore provided whereas, Too many doors to go in and out of. | When the lawyers are through What is there left, Bob? Can a mouse nibble at it And find enough to fasten a tooth in? Why is there always a secret singing When a lawyer cashes in? Why does a hearse horse snicker Hauling a lawyer away? The work of a bricklayer goes to the blue. The knack of a mason outlasts a moon. The hands of a plasterer hold a room together. The land of a farmer wishes him back again. Singers of songs and dreamers of plays Build a house no wind blows over. The lawyers—tell me why a hearse horse snickers hauling a lawyer's bones.
5: I chose this poem because I thought it was very interesting how the author of the poem expressed his opinion on how lawyers are and how they go over detail on everything. The author also uses a lot of creativity in his poem. In the poem he's talking to a person named Bob showing that he's having a conversation with someone.
6: "If I Fail" If in my quest 2 achieve my goals I stumble or crumble and lose my soul Those that knew me would easily co-sign There was never life as hard as mine No father-no money-no chance and no guide I only follow my voice inside if it guides me wrong and I do not win I'll learn from mistakes and try 2 achieve again.
7: I chose this poem because the poem says if you fail try and try again till you achieve your goals. It says to follow your voice inside and if it leads you wrong, learn from your mistakes and try again. I really like this poem because it's telling everyone no matter your situation you can achieve.
8: St. Louis Cardinals When I watch you At Busch stadium Watching you guys play Day or at night Or When I watch you At an opponents stadium In your grey jerseys Playing defense or playing offense I say When I watch you Play baseball the way It's supposed to be played Playing with all that you have I stand up For the St. Louis Cardinals I stand up
10: The Country I used to live in the country outside of town when I was little. I remember how it felt to run in the hot weather of summer. I loved to swim In the pond With all my Siblings behind my house.
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13: Works Cited Sandburg, Carl. "The Lawyer." Good Poems for Hard Times. Ed. Garrison Keillor. New York: Penguin Group, 2005. . Print. Shakur, Tupac. "If I Fail." The Rose that grew from concrete. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 27. Print. Swenson, May. "Analysis of Baseball." Good Poems for Hard Times. Ed. Garrison Keillor. New York: Penguin Group, 2005. 130-131. Print.


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A 20-year-old man who died after a freak lightning storm hit while he was in the water at Venice Beach was electrocuted, the Los Angeles County coroner said.
Nick Fagnano, of Los Angeles, was pronounced dead late Sunday afternoon, not long after he was pulled out of the water as thousands of beachgoers scattered for cover.
Los Angeles County coroner's officials said Wednesday that they had listed his cause of death as accidental electrocution.
The 15-minute thunderstorm struck as more than 20,000 people were visiting the southern portion of Venice Beach.
All told, officials said, firefighters responded to the medical complaints of 13 beachgoers, eight of whom were taken to hospitals. One of them, a Los Angeles County lifeguard who was off duty at the time of the lightning strike, was initially listed in critical condition.
UCLA hospital officials Tuesday upgraded his condition to fair. His name hasn't been released.
Friends and relatives of Fagnano gathered Tuesday evening in North Hollywood for a prayer vigil, remembering the former baseball player from Sherman Oaks who was preparing to attend USC.
"His smile was infectious; his personality was incomparable," friend Matt Cohen told KTLA-TV. "He's just the nicest person anybody will ever meet."
The vigil at St. Charles Borromeo was organized by two friends who were with Fagnano at the beach when the accident occurred.
"Nick just went in the water," friend Alex Zamora said. "Me and Brett were out by the volleyball courts and we hear this big loud bang."
The National Weather Service said Southern California saw more than 1,400 lightning strikes over the weekend as unstable air masses created thunderstorm cells that rarely make it as far west as the coastline. Of those, 28 were logged in Los Angeles County.
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Today we have an additional 5 Next Gen Market Research Meme's being submitted from two researchers. I'm glad to see that the NGMR meme competition has already sparked similar competitions elsewhere in our industry. Imitation is after all the highest form of compliment.
Proving Cool Researchers don't have to be male, and that in the near future statisticians may be the coolest profession, Kathrin Maas submits the NGMR Memes above and explains:
My first meme is an answer to Tom's World's Coolest Market Researcher named Mister NGMR. OK, I do get that NGMR - NG Mr - NG Mister world play. But come on, the world's coolest market researcher has to be female! So here you get some cool female market researcher pictures.
But I did not only want to put up a female to compete with Mr. NGMR.
Last year, Hal Varian of Google claimed "I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians".
And this year, Tom De Ruyck, a winner of the AMA Marketing Research Emerging Leader Award called us to action "We have to become sexier"
Since my pet peeves is bad data visualization, why not become a cool market researcher by presenting statistical data in a sexy way? Here we go!
I hope you like it
Continuing with two more submissions in the ever popular Internet Genre - Cute Kitty/lolcats Kathrin explains:
Who doesn´t know the lol cats, probably the most popular and well-known internet meme of all?
So I thought it was about time to get a cat doing some statistics. Since complex multi variate procedures are a bit far-fetched for such a feline, I thought we´d start with some basic descriptive charting techniques.
The hero of my lol cat pictures is Izi, my devon rex cat.
Yes, I know, she does look a bit weird. But her personality is great.
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It's Been A LONG Month
I just had a look and the last time I posted here was back on Dec 11th 2008. It feels to me like it was a lifetime ago on another world. Shortly after writing that post my wife had to be admitted to the hospital to get treatment for cellulitis, a truly nasty bugger if ever there was one.
I went with her. Not only to keep her company but also to help out in whatever ways that I could. Being in the hospital is bad enough without having to do it alone. I stayed with her until late Dec. when I had to go home for a while. That was the last time I saw her. I'm not going to repeat all the details here, that link will go to a post that I wrote on one of her blogs to tell the story.
The long and short of it is that, in addition to having to deal with the terrible news, I've also been trying to pull myself together enough to get on with the business of beefing up my income to make up for the fact that we were totally un-prepared for this. Oh, we'd talked about it but we hadn't ever come up with any kind of plan for what to do "in the event of". Take it from one who knows. If there is ANY way that you can make some kind of plans for this nasty possibility, including setting aside finances for the survivor, then I strongly advise you to do so. This is NOT the time to have to scramble to make up for a lost income and no savings!
Therefore I'm turning my efforts to something I've been learning about for several years now, only now it's time to jump in for all it's worth and squeeze 'til it bursts. I've actually got several projects in the works, one of which is an SEO friendly web directory. Inclusion is actually free for those who agree to placing a reciprocal link on their site. It also offers featured listings that are exempt from the reciprocal requirement and are displayed more prominently for 90 days for only $5.99. (btw- I've seen a LOT of directories like this and MOST of them charge $10.00 or more for the featured listings!)
I've also been re-evaluating money making efforts that I've been trying out. The Widgetbucks thing in the sidebar has been removed because since I put it in last fall it's made a little over a dollar. The Bidvertiser blocks have also been removed because of only making less than a quarter in all the time they've been running. Other efforts with Google Adsense have shown me a bit over $50.00 which, while it's nothing to write home about, there's at least a chance that it could get a lot better. Therefore Adsense is now in the sidebar and I'll probably be adding a few more blocks over time.
What's really fun is trying to get all that and a bunch more I haven't mentioned worked on at the same time and at as close to breakneck speed as I can manage. All things considered, the next few months are going to be interesting to say the least.
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That stinging pain in Danica Auna's neck and head meant nothing compared to closing things out the right way.
The Kahuku senior team captain captured the 120-pound girls title over Kalani's Megan Yamaguchi with a pin in yesterday's Chevron/HHSAA State Wrestling Championships at the Blaisdell Arena despite suffering what was diagnosed by team trainers as a concussion early in the match.
Auna earned her second title in two years after triumphing in the 125-pound division as a junior, and willingly dropped her weight class by a notch this year to create the best situation for her team. She and teammate Amanda Soliai (155 pounds) won titles in leading the Red Raiders to the team championship.
A swift reversal to the ground earned Auna four quick points for a 12-5 lead midway through the final round, and Yamaguchi hit her head hard on the mat in the process, flaring up a recurrence of a concussion of her own suffered in the morning semifinals.
The Kalani coaching staff quickly pulled her from the match, and both players headed to the training room in a daze.
"You could never tell (they were concussed)," Kahuku coach Reggie Torres said. "They went out there with so much adrenaline and heart. You couldn't tell either was injured. That's what the sport does -- it creates tough kids."
Auna avenged her only loss of the season, a 6-5 upset by Yamaguchi in the Oahu Interscholastic Association championships that gave the Falcon the top seed in the division over Auna, a two-time OIA champion. Just moments into the match, though, Auna smacked into the mat face-first when Yamaguchi spun her down from a standing position with nothing to brace her fall, making it feel as though "I had broke my neck."
Her coaches asked her questions during a timeout and Torres intended to pull her out, but Auna seemed aware enough to keep wrestling. There was no question she wanted to continue facing off against the one opponent who bested her, and she rallied to earn her fourth pin in four matches since Friday.
"I was in a trance," said Auna. "I lost to her by one point. I wanted to beat her with all I got. No regrets."
Yamaguchi, a sophomore who started wrestling this season, is also the defending state judo champion at 115 pounds, and gave Auna trouble with her unorthodox style in their last meeting. Auna's loss to her may have been a blessing in disguise, as the Red Raider rededicated herself to training before states and broadened her repertoire of moves. She described it as "a really humbling experience."
"I know she can throw me, so that's kind of scary, She kept tripping my lead leg (in OIAs), I kept falling and she kept getting points," Auna said. "I felt like I didn't give it all I got that time. I was hoping I could (face her) again, because I was really motivated to win this year. (The loss) kind of helped me. Now, you're beating somebody who beat you, you have to do the same to them."
Torres said Auna would only go at her opponent's head much of the season, and Auna did that to control the match easily in her first two meetings with Yamaguchi. But the Falcon sophomore's interruption of her perfect record forced her to get back to basics.
"She went away from her total offense," Torres said. "The Kalani coach scouted her well, and (Yamaguchi) did a great job defending it, and was getting counters. This week (Auna) worked on it. If she backs away from the head attack, then she's got to go for the legs."
Auna repeatedly did that early, but the two grappled to a draw at 4-4 at the end of the first round. As she started mixing things up the Red Raider captain got a takedown to earn an 8-5 lead near the end of the second. Then, in the final round, she broke a stalemate with a final move to take Yamaguchi to the mat. She wasn't even sure what it was called, but Yamaguchi took the worst of it.
Asked about her head afterward, Auna grinned. Apparently, winning had dulled most of the pain.
"I feel a little tired, but I'm fine now," she said.
Championship match
Def. No. 1 Renee Michell (Konawaena) 8-2
In a rematch of last year's final, Ibera's quickness and strength were factors from the start.
Def. No. 1 Renee Michell (Konawaena) 8-2
She nearly pinned the defending champ with 35 seconds left in the opening period, but she escaped after struggling for several seconds. Midway through the second period, Ibera had a 5-0 lead.
"I wanted to rough her up early. Last year, she played with my head," Ibera said of a slow start in the '07 final.
"She gave up points early," Farrington coach Darren Reyes said of the 2007 loss. "She ended up chasing."
Ibera, a junior, finished the season 24-0 and is 99-6 overall. "I listened to my coaches and played smart," she said.
Championship match
Def. Macy Yonamine (Kamehameha) 4-2
Akamine captured her second straight championship at 103 pounds by outlasting Yonamine in a defensive struggle. It was a valiant effort by the Warrior, who returned from an injury just one week before the Interscholastic League of Honolulu finals.
Def. Macy Yonamine (Kamehameha) 4-2
Then, as it was last night, Akamine had to be patient. "I had a hard time getting my shots against her. She has really good balance," the junior said. Yonamine spent a good deal of energy trying to pull away while Akamine had a hold on her legs and feet.
The second year as a champion wasn't quite the same. "I'm relieved. This time there was a lot more pressure. Last year, I had something to prove," Akamine said. "This year, I had something to defend."
Championship match
Def. No. 1 Kala'e Johnson (Kahuku), 5-1
Rozet used her length and strength to control Johnson in a battle of dominant wrestlers. Rozet, who suffered a dislocated elbow last year at midseason, came back and went 28-0 this year.
Def. No. 1 Kala'e Johnson (Kahuku), 5-1
"I tried to take what's given. I didn't want to force anything," Rozet said. "I just tried to see the openings."
It was a matter of sheer physical combat. Rozet had no scouting report, no prior experience against Johnson.
The Warrior senior hopes to wrestle at Pacific (Ore.) next season.
Rozet's dominance didn't change at states. She defeated Zoey Spear-Takakua of Hawaii Prep by pin, blanked Tani Mashima of Kamehameha 13-0, and beat Tehani Ibarra of St. Anthony by pin.
Championship match
Def. No. 2 Megan Morisada (Iolani) 3-2
Chow rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the final period and fought off the unseeded Raider for the win.
Def. No. 2 Megan Morisada (Iolani) 3-2
Morisada was unseeded, but was also the defending champion at 114. She won the 108 title in '06.
Chow was superb, however, and is only a freshman. "I'm happy because some of the other (Punahou) girls didn't get to the finals. This is for them," Chow said.
She pointed out that a reversal move gave her the lead in the final period. Then it was a matter of hanging on for dear life. "She's really strong and has really good technique," she said.
Chow kept a lock around Morisada's head for most of the final 2 minutes. "I was just trying my best," said Chow, the younger sister of Daniel Chow.
Championship match
Def. No. 1 Megan Yamaguchi (Kalani), pin
Auna, who won the 120 title last year, faced another epic battle with Yamaguchi, who eliminated Auna at the Oahu Interscholastic Association tournament last week. This time, the match was tied at 4-all after one period. By then, Auna had already suffered a possible concussion.
Def. No. 1 Megan Yamaguchi (Kalani), pin
"She was gonna throw me when I came in for a shot," Auna said. "It was shocking, but I didn't want to show I was hurt."
Auna took command, however, and was ahead 8-5 midway through the third period when she attempted to pin Yamaguchi.
"I took more shots. Last time, she head-tied me all the time. I switched techniques. That's the first time I ever did that," Auna said.
Championship match
Def. Cianah Hee (Kahuku) 12-3
The top seed, Ader, became a three-time state champion in three different weight classes by overpowering Hee -- quite a feat considering the Governor has injuries to both shoulders and missed much of the regular season.
Def. Cianah Hee (Kahuku) 12-3
"I try not to, but I tend to use what I got -- my muscles," Ader said. "(Hee) used to always wait for me to shoot. She gave me hard rubs."
Ader finished the season 10-0, including this second win over Hee. The senior closed out her career at 152-5.
Ader's right shoulder gave out after the preseason officials tournament, and when she came back, she injured her left shoulder.
Her previous championships came at 114 in '06 and 120 last season.
Championship match
Def. Anela Santiago (Kahuku) 6-4
An amazing finish came the hard way for Mishima, a junior who finished second in the ILH. Perseverance paid off late in the match with Santiago. With the score tied at 4, Santiago was warned for stalling while executing a parallel ride. By rule, she needed to attempt to improve her position.
Def. Anela Santiago (Kahuku) 6-4
However, she didn't make the attempt, and was issued a stalling warning. That gave Mishima a point with 51 seconds left. Because Santiago allowed Mishima a chance to escape, Mishima was awarded another point for a 6-4 lead.
"I'm not sure what happened," Mishima said. "I just had to keep my lead."
Mishima had won her previous three state matches by decision, but two of those were by majority decision.
Championship match
Def. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (Punahou) 3-0
Badayos, the OIA champion, ended the title hopes of the unseeded Buffanblu senior in a close battle. The match was 1-0 until the final 53 seconds, when Badayos tacked on two more points.
Def. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (Punahou) 3-0
"I was going for the double, but I had to use a tilt," said Badayos, seeded second.
Badayos and Macfarlane had met in the preseason officials tournament.
"She wrestled really different today. She was moving more and stuck to basics. I had to readjust," Badayos said. "I left everything on the mat."
Badayos won her first two tourney matches by pin before getting past Kamehameha's Taisha-Ann Santiago in the semifinals, 3-0.
Championship match
Def. Melody Aoki (St. Francis), pin
Soliai, the top seed, needed mere seconds to end the final in shocking fashion. She attacked Aoki immediately and had her pinned almost instantly.
Def. Melody Aoki (St. Francis), pin
"I always go for the takedown first. I go for the snapdown first. Then I'll go for the chancery -- get over the head, under the arm and turn her over," Soliai said.
It was a strong finish for the OIA champ against the No. 4 seed. "I was kind of nervous at the beginning. After I saw the way my girls wrestle, I had to get it done and do it for the team," she said.
Soliai was dominant, to say the least. She won her first two matches by pin, and blanked her semifinal foe, Kacie Davis of Kamehameha-Hawaii, 15-0.
Aoki also won her first two state matches by pin before winning 11-7 in the semifinals.
Championship match
Def. Justina Luafalemana (Molokai), pin
The two old rivals from the Maui Interscholastic League went to a chess match of sorts early on.
Def. Justina Luafalemana (Molokai), pin
"We wrestled a lot since my sophomore year and she's beaten me a couple of times," said Andrade, a 6-foot-3 senior. "I couldn't break down her base, so I tried my best to keep her down."
By the start of the second period, top-seeded Andrade used an arm bar -- basically, a head lock -- to pin the junior.
"I've used a half-nelson on her before," she said. "Justina's awesome."
Andrade finished the season unbeaten, but has no plans to wrestle in college.
"I'm done wrestling. I'm joining the Marines," she said.
Championship match
Def. Brayanne Moe (Radford), pin
Top-seeded Fatongia was once the unheralded young grappler battling the older ace. Yesterday, the Iolani junior became the state champion for the first time.
Def. Brayanne Moe (Radford), pin
She pinned Moe, who is only a freshman, with 1:48 left in the second period. "I saw a MySpace video of her tearing up a girl. She pinned that girl. I knew she likes the head and arms," Fatongia said. "She's really good on the bottom.
"My plan was to use the half and the ankle," she added.
Fatongia spent her first two seasons battling Kamehameha's longtime state champ, Hoku Nohara, before Nohara graduated.
"I paid my dues. I'm glad I worked hard. Always thank the Lord first, and thank my family," Fatongia said.


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Introducing Julie Ostrow
Julie Ostrow is today's guest on the Join Up Dots podcast.
She is a lady who believes that there is nothing better in life than a good laugh.
And although many of us do this, when a close relative falls over, or some other unexpected rib tickler occurs not many of us ever think of bringing this merriment into our business lives.
You don't go to work to enjoy yourself, appears to be the mantra that so many people live their lives by after all.
But when you consider the health benefits that chuckling can bring to you, such as a huge boost to the immune System by releasing endorphins, protecting the heart by improving the function of blood vessels, and helping to bring about better sleep then its simply not something to laugh about.
How The Dots Joined Up For Julie Ostrow
We should all be doing it more, and certainly making sure we do it whilst at work too.
And so our guest over the last fifteen years has taken this approach into the corporate world where, she coaches individuals and teams to reconnect, communicate, and be more productive…through humor, laughter, and improvisation.
She wants us to find the childlike side of our characters and bring it once more to the fore.
Be the person we were before life became serious and paying the bills became our number one focus.
And with the honour of being crowned the American Laughing Champion of 2013, where she fought her way to the top prize by demonstrating such high class cackling as best maniacal laugh, best multiplex laugh and the best laughing fit, there is no doubt she has the credentials to educate, and inspire whilst entertaining too.
So when did she find that there was a need to bring this kind of thinking into the corporate arena?
And what the hell is the best multiplex laugh?
Well lets find out as we bring onto the show, to start joining up dots, the one and only Julie Ostrow.
Show Highlights
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How she believes in corporate land we all play a part or role as we believe its what is expected of us.
How many times she has tried things and they didn't work at first, but she knew there was something in it to work at making it better.
Why negative stores and gossip is so prevalent in the world and people thrive on that negativity.
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I haven't had much time for crafting the last couple of weeks too much other stuff going on!!
One of my work buddies was having trouble finding a card for his Foster Mum so commissioned something pink, glitzy with Flowers and Butterfly's
- Rosie Dee's ~ All Creatures Great & Small.
- Cute Card Thursday ~ Texting Crazy.
- Creative Inspirations, Dutch Dare & Paper Play ~ Anything goes.
- One Stop ~ Patterns.
Next is a gift for one of James' work colleauges and his wife, thier Baby boy Jack was born on Tuesday.
- Creative Inspirations, Dutch Dare & Paper Play ~ Anything Goes.
- Practical Scrappers ~ 7 or more Items.( CS, Acetate, Ribbon Mulberry Paper Flowers, Gingham Teddy Bears, Brown teddy, Cotton & Fabric flower trimming.)
- Stamp with Fun ~ For a boy(ok so he's a baby!!!)
- Wild Orchids ~ Lovely Lace.
- My Time To Craft ~ Checks.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Assam Violence: The Dynamics Of Continuity!
6 comments:
- Thess Enriquez said...
This is sad, I hope government will intervene and help the people and put an end to violence.
- Thursday, July 26, 2012
- Deli said...
I hope that even NGOs and other private groups could work hand in hand with the government to find working solutions for Assam.
- Thursday, July 26, 2012
- Farida said...
I pray that things will look brighter in the coming days.
- Thursday, July 26, 2012
- Bee said...
This is just so sad, I pray that the people of Assam get help soon!
- Friday, July 27, 2012
- Unknown said...
This has happened just because dirty vote bank politics of congress party.
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Working through an agency
What do I do first?
What will I have to provide when joining an agency?
- evidence of your identity
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What are the advantages of being an agency worker?
- You have the freedom to work when you want to without feeling tied down to one job.
- You can get inside knowledge of the company you work for. Very often when a 'permanent' job is advertised, an agency worker that has been covering it has an advantage because they have a good understanding of the job.
- You can work for a number of organisations giving you the chance to try different types of work. This could make you more employable.
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Today marks the start of the second week of blogging 101. Day Six's assignment is to make an irresistible about page. I already had an About Page that I like. I did tweak it slightly. I added how people could contact me if they wish and how they could find me on Facebook and Twitter. I also made sure that I highlighted that I am not a professional because all I am is an advocate for those who have a mental illness as well as their peer to show those who struggle that recovery is possible. I am also just a "lay educator" in educating those who do not have a mental illness. I don't think my About Page is irresistible but it that is okay with me. My about page tell you the reader about me and my blog and if it catches someone's eye then cool.
Now that I am done with today's assignment, I encourage you to look at my About Page. I now have to finish getting ready for work. Have a good Monday and work week. Peace Out!!!


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During my trip I was forced to listen to a lot of Midwestern radio -- the rental car had a CD player but now that I carry all my music on my iRiver, that was no help for me. So I spent a lot of time in Illinois and Indiana hitting the "seek" button.
Today's Christian pop music has become very skilled at the chameleon effect -- I'd hear something and think "ok, this is Sheryl Crow-ish" and listen for a minute before realizing it was about Jesus. And then there was Christian death metal music, standard guitar rock, etc. I have not yet heard Christian house music but I'm sure it's out there. (not that it'd be played on Midwestern radio -- I was astonished by the lack of any music with a decent beat).
There was a very weird timewarp effect. I kept hearing songs that I thought had long since fallen out of rotation. And these weren't retro stations, either. Among the memorable ones: "Ebony and Ivory," "Aqualung," and "Freebird." I am not kidding.
Unbelievable but true.
I'm really glad to be home.
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OPI Muppets Collection
In honor of the Muppet Movie...OPI released 12 polishes known as the Muppet Collection for winter 2011. I have 6 of the colors today. Edit: I bought the polish Rainbow Connection and have added images of it at the end of the post :)
Left to right: Meep-Meep-Meep, Excuse Moi!, Gettin' Miss Piggy With It!, Gone Gonzo!, Warm and Fozzie, Designer, De Better!
(lots of exclamation marks in these names)
Left to right: Meep-Meep-Meep, Excuse Moi!, Gettin' Miss Piggy With It!
Left to right: Gone Gonzo!, Warm and Fozzie, Designer, De Better!
Rainbow Connection
First up we have Designer, De Better!
This is my favorite color. It is a silver polish with flecks of copper and gold in it. This was two coats.
I liked it so much and it screamed Christmas that I decided to nail stamp over it so I used my favorite bundlemonster image plate BM20 and OPI meep-meep-meep to make candy cane nails.
Next is Warm and Fozzie. Warm and Fozzie took 3 coats, it is a duochrome brown/ gold polish that I would describe as glass flecked. It is a gorgeous color... I cannot think of a dupe for it.
Next we have my next favorite polish from the collection Excuse Moi!
This was 3 coats. This is a pink based polish with tiny silver, green, blue, yellow, red, and pink glitter suspended in it.
Next we have meep-meep-meep
this is a red glass flecked polish. The glass flecks in this polish gives it a slight gold sheen that can been seen at certain angles.
This was 3 coats.
On top of meep-meep-meep I layered on Getting Miss Piggy with it! This is a clear red glitter polish with larger red and silver hexagonal glitter suspended in it.
Next we have Gone Gonzo! I layered it on top of OPI suzi says feng shui, you can see it by itself on my bottom finger. It is a clear polish with small blue glitter and large silver hexagonal glitter suspended in it. This was 2 coats.
Edit: One more addition...we have Rainbow Connection.
I came across this polish at the store the other day and I had to have it even though there are a few dupes out there. I layered this over OPI parlez vous francais. This is 2 coats.
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A short indictment of the lean approach to management from the perspective of an unidentified employee at an unidentified company that is two years into the lean transformation.
Employee X sets the stage for his critique with a chapter called "Voice from the Factory Floor" and an epigraph, taken from The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields," about the ease of living in a state of intentional ignorance and misunderstanding. He applies that mindset to those involved with lean—a business methodology based on methods developed at Toyota Production System, a Toyota factory—which, quoting a consultancy group, X describes as a method that "enables a process or business to realize its true performance potential through the fundamental use and application of various tools to see waste and eliminate waste." For two decades, lean has been making headway in business circles, but X calls into question that direction for a variety of reasons. First, he references its supposed company dropout rate of "more than 90%." X assesses the chances that his company will complete the implementation at less than 50%—though he later says that the implementation has been indefinitely suspended—and states that his aim, in addition to providing feedback to the lean community, is to warn others who may be considering the move. Each of the following nine chapters uses a quotation from a famous children's story or movie—"Hansel and Gretel," The Wizard of Oz, Cinderella (the Disney movie), "Jack and the Beanstalk," etc.—to criticize the slated five-year implementation of lean at his company, which he refers to as Woodcutter Enterprises, by consultants, whom he refers to as Witches and Tyrants Federated. The childish nicknames and acronyms undercut the authority of the commentary, even though some of his criticisms—such as employees referring to lean using words such as "cult," "brainwashing," and "Gestapo tactics"—are damning. Nonetheless, his admissions that he doesn't have all the facts and has not had access to all "relevant materials" or attended all meetings make him appear to be aboveboard and honest about his level of knowledge and involvement.
Shrewd and perceptive, though the leap from describing a poor implementation of lean to an out-and-out condemnation of it may not be justified.


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Archive for October, 2016
Nurses file for collective action over lunchbreak dispute
Nurses at Methodist Health claim that the hospital docks lunch pay for breaks they aren't able to take.
Robert Straka, a nurse at Methodist Health in Dallas, filed a collective action lawsuit in August against his employer. The issue in question is the hospital policy that dictates that nurses should be allotted 30 minutes every shift to take an uninterrupted break. He argues that nurses are still expected to care for patients during their break, and would often get pulled away to perform duties. Straka filed on behalf of almost one thousand nurses across Methodist's five facilities.
Meanwhile, Methodist argues that this is not the case, and questioned the plaintiff's interpretation of the rules. They've requested that the charges be dropped in a response sent last week. The judge in the case has mandated that each party meet and produce a report next month, that would outline settlement options and hopefully come to a resolution.
Do you get a dedicated lunch break in your hospital? Send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll share the results (anonymous, of course) with your colleagues.
Read more here.
Allina and nurses agree to end strike
The Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) and Allina Health have reached an agreement after months of negotiations and weeks of striking.
Last week, we reported that Allina nurses were about to enter their second month on strike after another round of failed negotiations. This week, the two sides finally reached a tentative resolution that should end the nurse's strike.
Health care coverage had been a sticking point in negotiations; Allina wanted to transfer nurses away from their nurse-only insurance policy onto the more cost-effective corporate plan. The new agreement states that nurses will be moved off their current insurance by 2018, but the company has agreed to make additional contributions to HRA/HAS accounts in the next four years. The MNA representatives believe that this will protect nurses from any future benefit reductions.
Although the rank-and-file nurses still need to vote on the proposed terms, this deal is backed with the unanimous endorsement of the MNA, unlike the previous deal.
Allina nurses go back on strike
Allina nurses enter their second month of striking after voting "No" the most recent contract proposal.
The nurses at Allina Health hospitals in Minnesota began contract discussions in February, and eight months later, Allina and the nurses have yet to settle on an offer. Allina Health's 4000 nurses walked out for a week in June to start negotiations, and have been striking since Labor Day.
The dispute started when Allina wanted to eliminate the nurses' union-backed health plans, with high premiums but low deductibles, and replace them with their corporate plan, saving the company $10 million per year. Both sides have agreed to move all nurses by 2020, but the nurses want input on the plans to ensure they get quality healthcare.
Allina made a new contract offer on Monday, and the nurses voted to reject this latest offer and continue the strike. The Minnesota Nurses Association reports that the offer was largely the same that they rejected in August, while Allina insists that their offer was fair and addressed many of the concerns raised by the unions.
This is set to become the longest strike in state history, and the Star Tribune reports that the strikes have cost Allina more than $40 million dollars so far.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
SPOTTED: Bobby C
Pictured here taking a camera shot of guests at his patio table, former Mannequins bartender Bobby C was spotted at Kouzzina, the new Cat Cora restaurant at Disney's Boardwalk Resort. When PI closed Bobby transferred to Spoodles which ultimately closed and was remodeled into Kouzzina. It's become a very popular restaurant featuring Greek/Mediterranean/American cuisine. Reservations are needed if you want to get in. Tell them you want Bobby C!
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- zulemara said...
There is also a bartender from motion/mannequins who was our server at citricos on wed night! She is from quebec. I can't remember her name, but we started talking and she mentioned pleasure island and then the flood gates opened! I'll try to get her name
- March 20, 2010 at 1:32 AM
Bobby was the BEST!
- March 20, 2010 at 12:49 PM
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