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Here's to Healing
I was interviewed this week by author G.G. Vandergriff. We visited about healing. Here are some of the highlights of that interview. I hope you enjoy them and that you'll share your comments.
You have told me that you are passionate about self-worth. I have recently passed through some miraculous healing experiences, that have erased years of "abuser voices" in my head. Finally I am beginning to feel self-worth. I can tell from your website that you are an expert in this field. Could you tell us about each of your websites and how they relate to this passion of yours?
You are too kind. I am no expert, but I love teaching and writing about self-worth. Life can be harsh. We are surrounded by negative messages which can damage or destroy our self-esteem. Teenage girls are hit especially hard. A lot of women and girls struggle with feelings of worthlessness. When your self-esteem is in the toilet it colors every part of your life.
Each of my sites has a different purpose. www.somesecretshurt.com was created when my first book was published. Some Secrets Hurt was written to prevent sexual abuse. It is an unusual book, because sexual abuse is a subject that no one wants to talk about. I think it's time we start talking about it. Too many children are being hurt, and too many adults have never healed. Sexual abuse is a devastating experience, which damages self-esteem in a deeply personal way. The website is an extension of my book. There is helpful information and tools for parents, along with articles about preventing sexual abuse.
I teach workshops on self-worth to women's groups and youth groups. It is really rewarding for me, because I know that I am making a difference. I teach women and girls that their worth is eternal and is not attached to their looks, their possessions, their popularity, or their money. Who doesn't need that kind of reminder?
Our worth never changes. It is eternal. We brought it with us. Our perception of worth, or our self-esteem does sometimes vary. When we base our value on external measurements, we sometimes make poor choices, that can be life altering. When we understand who we are, and our incredible worth, we can make better choices. I encourage women of all ages to look deeper and to stand in their truth.
YourTrueReflection is a place where I can write inspirational thoughts to support self-worth. I post a new thought every Tuesday and you can read them at http://YourTrueReflection.blogspot.com.
In addition I write weekly to a writer's blog called Paper and Parchment. Most of these posts are related to writing and you can read them at http://paperandparchment.blogspot.com, also on Tuesdays.
Every once in a while I write a religious piece, about something that touches my heart or strengthens my faith. I post these rather randomly to LDS Scrapbook. You're welcome to drop by and take a drink from my bucket of faith. You'll find that bucket at http://ldsscrapbook.blogspot.com.
Why is it important that we arrive at a mental/spiritual/emotional place on our own before the Lord can bless us?
We have to do some work on our own before we are open to healing. As long as we are blaming someone else for our pain, we are not open to healing. The Lord cannot bless us with healing, because we have closed our hearts to it.
We also need to let go of control. If we must have control, then healing cannot come because we are not open to Father's control. Any plea for help is short circuited because we want to be the master.
A number of years ago, I attended a piano workshop. The teacher was talking about the correct use of the body. She said, "Wherever you are hurting is where you are holding on."
She was speaking of tension in the body, but I knew I had just learned a truth that would be my teacher.
It was not my body that was hurting, it was my heart. Holding on to sadness, grief, blame, and control were indeed causing me pain. I did not know how to let go, but in that instant I knew that letting go was the path to healing. I didn't have to carry the burdens that I was holding on to. I have a Savior whose grace is sufficient.
I wanted to be in charge. If I was in charge, I didn't need a Savior. I was full of blame and anger. I had to let go of blame and anger, before He could heal me, because they had filled me with poison. I wanted control. Surrendering to Him was the answer, because He alone could heal me
How would you advise someone with very little self-worth to become motivated enough to take the path to mental/emotional/spiritual/ health?
I teach people that it's okay to love themselves. For some reason we seem to think otherwise. We seem to believe that it is conceited to feel good about yourself. We often feel that it is selfish to take care of ourselves and that a really good person will always take care of other first.
In truth, when we don't take care of ourselves, we can become seriously depleted. Empty. Food for the hungry cannot come from an empty shelf; money for the poor cannot come from an empty purse; and service cannot come from an empty heart.
It is not selfish to take care of ourselves. It is essential. We can do so much more when we are healthy. When Jesus asked us to love our neighbor as ourselves, he meant what he said. We can't love anyone until we love ourselves.
Is there any other vital advice that you have for us?
Here's to healing. I love everything about it. I love it when truth doesn't hurt any more.
Sometimes our perception clouds the truth. Painful experiences have taught us things that aren't really true. For me, it's like taking a truth out of my pocket, and looking at it with new eyes. What am I believing that is holding me back? What part is the truth and what part is the lie? What am I believing that isn't true?
These questions can be really freeing. George McDonald said "Questions are like hammers that break through the dirty window of our soul, to let the light in."
I also firmly believe that we need each other. When we despair, we need not feel alone. There are hands to hold. Hands that can lift us, if we can open our hearts and our arms. Reach out and you will find amazing help within your reach.
When we feel strong we can reach out to strengthen others. A hug, a smile, a phone call, a listening ear can be a life-line to someone who is in pain. We can "lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees."
We belong to a circle of strength. Sometimes we need to lift and sometimes we need to be lifted. It's a beautiful thing.
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November 6th, 2011
What a wonderful blog. I was struck by the comment, "Wherever you are hurting is where you are holding on." I also like what you said about examining what we beleive because it is the lie that is causing us pain. Our self-esteem is tied to our healing, and we've been hurt or abused or self-esteem suffers, but isn't it wonderful that God can show us the truth and deliver us, if we let go of control and give it to God. Thank you for posting this. You are motivational.
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When I became of Christian in 2009, one of the first words that the Lord revealed to me when reading the Bible was "Unity". Early in my faith I was confused as to what that meant in the western culture of religion. I noticed all the different denominations and the different ideas about what being a Christian was all about. It really saddened me and it convicted me to try and make a difference in bringing people together.
One of the ideas that was placed on my heart was to search for an organization or church that would have a community of people that donated items and those items would be distributed to people in need. For example, let's say I had a dresser that I no longer wanted. Instead of selling it at a rummage sale, I would give it to the organization. That organization would have a way of listing their donations and reaching out to the community to see who needed a dresser. Basically, they would be working as a conduit between people willing to give and people in need. Beautiful concept, right? Well, as I called different places and asked questions, I found out that a local church had done something like this, but the program fell apart. I even considered trying to start something like this in my own church and it never gained any legs. Now I am not sure if this kind of idea is going on currently in the area or not, but I sure like the idea of a Christian community joining together to help in an area that we are called to help.
One cool event that took place for a few years was called Convoy of Hope. Several churches and lay people came together to serve the local community in a wonderful way. A one day event that served thousands of people in need by giving out food, diapers, family portraits, haircuts, and an assortment of other needed services. Great idea. Yet, it no longer exists.
As a community of believer's, we have this power that the Lord has given us, yet we don't seem to utilize it……at least not together. Sure, there are pockets of people doing wonderful things. There are even local churches doing great things in the community. However, together, we don't seem to play very well.
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When I think about what God thinks about all of this, I get the mental image that He is up in heaven shaking His head. Saying, "The don't get it." "My children simply don't understand the example that my Son gave." Matthew 20:28 tells us, "even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Jesus, our Savior, the founder and and perfecter of our faith, was the great example for us. Are we not to looking to Him and desiring to follow His example? Have we completely discarded the Word of God to have this infighting between so called Brothers and Sisters? Have we become just like the people in Judges where in Judges 17:6 it says, "In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes." Have we become "those" people?
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Dr Joanne Preston from the university's Institute of Marine Sciences added: "Successful restoration of the native oyster population and its habitat will have a far reaching impact across the Solent, benefiting both the local economy and the health of our coastal waters. The monitoring and data collected over the next three years will further our understanding of how to manage and protect this important, but vulnerable native species across the UK."
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Five reasons to restore oysters to the Solent:
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|Stormbringer RPG
Michael Moorcock was de rigeur reading amongst my fellow roleplayers and the Elric Saga particularly so. Elric was for most readers the first true anti-hero and introduced the concept of exploiting flawed and troubled character possibilities in roleplay.
The Novels
My fondest memories were of my school mates and I swapping the London Panther editions in the playground like kids do today with XBox games.
- Elric of Melniboné (1972) - Where Elric, the 428th Sorceror Emperor of Melniboné and he discovers the runeblade "Stormbringer" from which he derives power and vitality.
- The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (1976) - Forced to flee Melniboné, Elric journeys across the sea and learns his fate, to become the Eternal Champion.
- The Weird of the White Wolf (1977) - Where Elric returns to Melniboné with his companion Moonglum and confronts the usurper Yrkoon.
- The Vanishing Tower (1977) - Where Elric turns mercenary sorceror
- The Bane of the Black Sword (1977) - Introduces the love of Elric's life Zarozinia and sets up the events of Stormbringer
- Stormbringer (1965) - Elric must confront the Sorceror King of Pan Tang Jagren Lern who has allied himself with the Lords of Chaos in an epic final battle.
Elric is one of the many incarnations of The Eternal Champion, a hero who exists in all times, universes and dimensions who is charged by Fate to defend the cosmic balance between the gods of Law and Chaos.
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With all this rich source material and an established fan base it was an obvious move to publish an RPG based on the books, which Chaosium promptly did in 1981 with the release of Stormbringer. This then led to a small (in relative terms) collection of sourcebooks, modules and expansions.
The Miniatures
When Games Workshop began distributing Stormbringer for Chaosium one of the first things they did was to make a set of miniatures. The Eternal Champion range was quite extensive and, beyond the boxed set of hero characters, featured Melnibonéan infantry and cavalry and Pan Tangian infantry, and tiger handlers.
|(Top: L to R: Corum Jhaelen Irsei, Elric Kinslayer, Elric of Menibone, Erekose)
(Bottom: L to R: Jerry Cornelius, Moonglum, Count Ulrik Skarsol, Duke Dorian Hawkmoon)
The Music
- "Song of the Swords" (Dave Brock)
- "Shade Gate" (Harvey Bainbridge)
- "The Sea King" (Huw Lloyd-Langton)
- "The Pulsing Cavern" (Bainbridge, Alan Davey)
- "Elric the Enchanter" (Davey)
- "Needle Gun" (Brock)
- "Zarozinia" (Brock, Kris Tait)
- "The Demise" (Bainbridge, Brock)
- "Sleep of a Thousand Tears" (Brock, Michael Moorcock)
- "Chaos Army" (Bainbridge, Brock)
- "Horn of Destiny" (Brock)
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My headline asks the rhetorical question, "what could go wrong?" Quite a lot, actually. The Atlantic's Daniel Indiviglio provides several helpful non-rhetorical answers to relevant questions he poses on this very subject:
(1) Is [Unemployment Discrimination] Really A Problem? (No.)
For starters, we have little evidence that this sort of discrimination is playing a significant role in hiring. Yes, prolonged unemployment is a problem. But the reason for this is due to the lack of job openings paired with a skills mismatch. While there might be a handful of instances where employers are shunning the unemployed, no one is suggesting that discrimination is playing a major role in the U.S. unemployment problem.
(2) Will This Proposal Create Jobs? (No.)
But let's pretend, just for argument's sake, that discrimination against the unemployed really does occur with modest frequency. Let's say that one out of ten employers discriminates against the unemployed -- which is almost certainly a much higher percentage than the portion that really does. Let's think about how this might work.
So imagine that Joe is unemployed and applies for a job at XYZ Corp. It turns out XYZ likes to discriminate against the unemployed, so a current employee at ABC Corp, Sheila, is hired instead. Now for this to be legitimate discrimination, we must assume that Joe was at least equally qualified for the job that Sheila got. So they must have similar experience levels. Now that Sheila has left her job, ABC will need to hire someone. Joe will be a prime candidate for Sheila's old job, and it's statistically very unlikely that Sheila's previous employer is also a discriminator.
This story of labor market turnover shows that, even if this sort of discrimination does occur sometimes, it shouldn't cause unemployment to be higher or the duration of unemployment to be much longer than it would have been anyway. At worst, it causes slightly slower wage growth for unemployed Americans.
(3) Will This Proposal Kill Jobs? (Probably.)
Instead, the rule to ban discrimination against unemployed Americans could actually slow hiring. Imagine that you're an employer that is considering bringing on another employee. At this point, you figure you have the money to hire someone now, but you could probably wait six months or a year -- consumer demand in the short-term looks weak. But you hear of a new law that will forbid you to discriminate by not hiring unemployed people. You would never discriminate anyway, but now you worry about the get a huge influx of unemployed applicants you'll get -- after all, millions of Americans are unemployed. And there's definitely a chance that, if you don't hire one of them because a better already-employed candidate is out there, then you'll get sued.
In other words, new laws might seem to be nice, and fair, and "the right thing to do," but government action causes people -- including employers -- to alter their behavior. The liberal road to (fiscal) hell is paved with good intentions; reality is rife with unintended consequences. Click through to read Indiviglio's provocative final argument for why discriminating against jobless people might actually be justified.


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After 8 days off its time to get back on the grind. Starting off in Tulsa, OK. The heat is almost unbearable outside!
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Being a big McLaren fan and knowing Jenson's passion for triathlons also it did make sense he could be in for it.
Seeing the twitter feed pics of a swim in Athy, a Bike Fit on his Specialized Shiv Tri and general hanging around with the TI Elite squad suggested that yes, he was surely going to race.
So a nice novelty to start off, and let's get the standard photo shoot out of the way!
Thanks to Jenson for what must be pretty tough getting swamped everywhere for photo's here and there etc. A down to earth decent guy with a love for triathlons is how I'd describe him.
He was with a few of his friends - I recognised Mikey Muscles his trainer at McLaren and spoke to him after the race also - he did a PB of 2:27 and is obviously loving it.
He rides a McLaren Specialized Venge as his choice of weapon... NICE. I'm sure he got a company discount there...
Did a shorter than normal warm up and got the wetsuit on.
Weather was pretty much exact same as last year, so very similar conditions.
I was in Wave 5, with a few fish of the names Bjorn Ludick and Stephen Early (2 of the favourites), along with a few others I know from similar positions at previous races.
So some good markers, and attempts to draft for a short period anyway!
Swim: 22:29 - 25/541
Started off around 2nd line back from the fish hoping to get some draft at the start.
I started well, drafted in behind one faster swimmer and felt in control of my stroke.
A little snaking and I lost a little bit, but not much and obv being a river swim was easy to correct line etc.
Noticed fish had a gap from early on but kept plowing away.
Got a bit more draft here and there, but mainly on my own up to turnaround.
Around the buoy and there were 2 white caps ahead of me from my wave.
I made a push and got on their feet for more drafts, but they were snaking a little also.
I ended up passing these by a back marker from green hat wave and carried on at a decent pace.
Mainly on own downstream, but latched onto another white hat near the end and drafted him into the finish. Passed a couple more white hats here through his help
I got out of the water and saw 22:xx... ! Delighted. Exact same swim as last year, in what felt similar current conditions and I was over 8 mins faster.
I'll take that.
Wifey was down as photographer and though she didn't get me coming out of the water.... she did manage to get someone else.... ! :-)
Not much to report, I lose a little time removing my quick release garmin from wrist and mounting on bike, as well as feet were a little slow to get out of wetsuit (again).
Out and onto bike course.
Bike - 1:01:46 - 10/541
As I was running out, I copped my left tri shoe had unhooked itself from the elastic... Ok, just stay on the pedals please.
It was bumpy by the mount line but I carried on and attempted the flying mount....
It was here things went bad...
As I jumped on, my left foot missed the loose pedal and I lost balance and fell to my right.
My right leg jerked out to prevent fall, and bike went down but only on aerobars hitting ground and foot holding me up.
Can't wait to see the picture of this as there were plenty of camera's around!
Anyway, picking myself back up and the crowd are shouting your chain, your chain.
Look down and it's off the front derailleur...
Ok, marshal says calm down and I am just fixing it normally, get the chain back on and a slow start to head out.
I lost over 1 minute here, seen by others who were 1min down on my swim catching up straight away as I was still sorting my bike so hence I lost massive time at the start! Doh!
Thanks to the crowd for their shouts. I think I did try to get on and pedal before realising the chain was off and listening to them. Never mind!
Now, the bad part here was when my right leg jerked out to stop me falling my calf obv took some kinda shock and tightened up quite a bit.
First thing I noticed straight away but headed out anyway.
So, as if that wasn't enough I'm 100m out the road, and something is rubbing. Look down and my garmin cadence arm has been knocked onto disc cover.
Stop again and fix that before starting away.
My calf is tight, and I'm spinning a bit easier instead of hammering away.
I don't want to stress it further this early, and hope by starting easy I can keep it ok.
Thought crossed my mind that it may be hard to run, but I continue and will cross that bridge later!
So, start passing people, take a drink, and get the head down.
Still spinning easier for a while in light of calf which I can constantly feel.
Out to the 15k turnaround and I clock Bjorn and Stephen coming against me.
I take a note of the time and make it to the turnaround.
Double the time and oh dear, I'm 6 minutes down already!
That can't have been just swim, did I really lose that much extra on bike already? Maybe...
OK, head down and I start to put a bit more effort in now that legs warmed up. Calf still tight but not affecting my cycling really now in fairness.
I see Mr McCrystal and his Yellow Boots hammering it and try to gauge time gap. He started in swim wave behind so 10mins give or take.
I track and reckon he's 6 mins behind at most, so has made up unreal time already.
The man is a legend on the bike, and run for that matter and with my bike being my strength he's someone who's bike strength footsteps I'd like to follow shall we say!
I only noticed 1 or 2 drafters, but didn't bother saying anything. What's the point, if they want to race like that they can.
Around the 25k mark I take my first gel. I pass a guy in the process as didn't realise I was approaching him that quick. He repasses me straight away and no chance did he allow the 10m gap first.
Not to worry, I finish my gel and pass him again before the turnaround.
I did clock Bjorn again and timed it around 5-5.5mins ahead now.
Clocked BMC again and just put the head down as I didn't want to be caught by him!
It's an honest bike course, rolling, turns, drags, flats, country roads, nice normal roads. Pretty good in fairness and I liked it.
I saw Stephen around 1km plus out on the run as i was still approaching transition.
Into T2 for the business end.
I struggle to get my slightly numb feet into runners, but not the worst.
Out into Run course and got a shout out from Elvis. Cheers man
Run - 39:22 - 24/541
Headed out on the run with gel in hand and legs were good.
Calf didn't act up at all, and I was straight into target pace and running 3:40's.
KM 1 through in 3:42, followed by the incline KM2 in 3:49.
I pick up a panter behind me who latches on and provides company from here on in.
KM 3 in 3:46 followed by KM 4 in 3:48
I'm running fine, try to surge a couple times but it's hard to maintain momentum when passing traffic in the rough stuff.
Course is busy now and passing folk every 50m or so.
Still have my buddy for company.
KM 5 in 3:53, turnaround, and KM6 in 3:56.
I'm starting to fade here and really want to keep below 4min...
KM 7 in 3:58 and I through some water over the head.
I haven't had my gel as felt ok, but possibly should have.
KM8 in 4:08 and I'm fading here.
I get passed by Patrick Quinn and he's running strong. Try to hold on and up pace but not happening.
KM 9 in 4:08 and my buddy has also passed me now too.
KM 10 in 4:02, and final sprint of 120 m in :21 for a strong finish.
So, I finished strong and have a sprint in me, but suffered in back half of run and couldn't up tempo.
I feel I need to learn to suffer more at race pace, and perhaps even just psychological to push through that barrier and deliver a better run.
I'm happy with overall result. I swam well and my best yet, I biked well after my poor start, and I ran well at start but suffered near end, as did most from talking to them and that run course contributes to that.
I'm thinking ok, gotta be close to a Top 10 with that time...
Over to the timing tent and 13th... Really?
Ouch! Harsh!
I would have been 3rd in last years times and felt similar conditions.
Standards are really improving so much all round.
Looking at the results, 7th Place was just 1 minute 10 seconds ahead of me.
Yes, 6 places in just 1minute! My bike issues, Doh!
I enjoyed the day, headed onto my niece's birthday then and was late back to Dublin.
Calf is tight today, defo needs a proper massage.
So, recover, back to training and try sort my run race pace out.
Next up is Athlone in 4 weeks, my first A race and a course I love.
Swim should suit me, Bike the same and Run whilst plenty of turns it's same for us all and on roads so at least consistent.
I want to finish with a note on the top class event and standards of the race yesterday.
Basically the whole of Top 5 beat the winning time last year.
I don't think there was any wind last year so it's a reasonable comparison.
Russell White's times are top quality, as are all the Sub 2 guys and most of top 10. Obv his swim and run stands out as head and shoulders above others.
Assume we will be seeing him compete in ITU soon hopefully!
He's gotta be on course for Olympics in 4 years with that swim and run capability at his age! Fair play, that's top bombing.
Anyone that ran 37 or lower yesterday has really got to have a 35min 10k off the bike in them in my opinion on a nicer course.
BMC's bike split is sick to recover 4 minutes to leaders like that is just class. I can't wait for Athlone to try and be better than 5 minutes 46 seconds behind his bike split! And to follow with a sub 36 run, just a couple weeks after IM Lanza. Hoping he has some strong Pro races ahead it's great to see.
There was one bad thing from the day with my bike having cracked at the top tube from the fall when aerobars hit the ground. Didn't expect that but what can you do.
Centre of top tubes are the weakest parts of carbon frames apparently. And I know a club mate who had same bike and had his repaired a good while ago and said it's actually stronger now and no issues.
I have 2 options, repair and get the frame strengthened and cover up with a sticker or else upgrade anyway.
I had been toying with the idea of changing at the end of the season as I really like 1 or 2 of the new bikes and am spending enough time in triathlons to justify it in my mind anyway! I don't drink nor smoke obviously and this sport is my main luxury at the moment so it's easier to justify some spending here and there! Heck I even have wifey's approval...!
I haven't quite decided just yet, and am looking and researching a bit more to see fit and if I'm happy to spend the kinda cash for the bike I have in mind. Either way, I'll have repair or replacement sorted in the next couple weeks and ahead of next race in Athlone...
Watch this space....
Ridley Dean only a hairline crack forming but needs repair to be used again. May be for sale once done at a good price, or else back on the road for Athlone!


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Cantor Herschel Fox has shared his knowledge, talent, and Yiddishkeit with VBS for more than 20 years. Born in Europe and raised in Winnipeg, Canada among Holocaust survivors he spent his childhood in the dual world of Yiddish cultural life and European Orthodox Judaism, and became a cantor at the age of 13.
He was Cantor at Temple Shalom in Connecticut and performed in Yiddish theater and for Jewish organizations in the New York area. Cantor Fox teaches VBS classes in Mamaloshen, Yiddish culture/song, davening and the art of the cantor. He directs the VBS children's Chazzanut (cantorial) class which helps lead Shabbat morning services.


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About Artemisia de Vine
"Enlightenment is not about imagining figures of light but making darkness conscious" – Carl Jung
I am every inch a Goddess and a skilled player in the world of conscious kink, BDSM, bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism, dominance, submission, switching and fetish.
I engage in Kink from many perspectives… Sometimes as Mistress… sometimes as Switch… As Ritualist… Spanking Model… or Educator… or experience facilitator… Erotic Shadow Worker… Kinky Tantric Massage Therapist… As role player accessing the erotic archetypes… as Queen… Bitch… Mother… Innocent girl… Gender bender… Nurturer… Goddess… Healer… Shaman… Priestess… Slut… Monster of your nightmares… Seductress of your dreams… All are aspects of me I know how to tap into and draw out at will.
True to my triple Aquarian nature, nothing I do is bound by tradition but is innovative, creative and perceptive. A Goddess of Conscious Kink knows she does not have to be hard or "masculine" to be powerful and takes her pleasure as she pleases. She can be pampered and adored, satisfied or express her sadistic whims as takes her fancy. She is wickedly playful at times, intense and terrifying at times, nurturing and empathic at times… She accesses the full spectrum of archetypes consciously and can use any colour on the personality palette to weave her play scene or ritual in accordance with the intention agreed to together.
BDSM (Bondage, Discipline, Sadism, Masochism) has been an intimate part of my life for as long as I can remember. I was the little girl who tied up little boys, dressed them in frilly pretties and smeared their lips with smackings of ruby red lipstick. I was the little girl who made other little girls suck her toes and perform impossible, humiliating feats to please her and then had the tables turned on her with equal delight. Now I am a fully formed, curvaceous lady with more sophisticated, conscious tools and methods of playing the same games.
As an adult I continue to explore both the light and the dark aspects of the human mind and find that one cannot be in balance without the other. Darkness unexplored is unconscious and dangerous. It seeps out in uncontrolled and damaging ways. Darkness embraced, played with and consciously channelled in positive ways can liberate, exhilarate and facilitate the most exquisite moments of peace, oneness, erotic intensity.
I have studied BDSM, tantra, sexological bodywork and the arts of pleasure as well as perversion. I strongly believe in the risk aware and consensual mantra of conscious BDSM players and use safe words. I consider myself a Priestess of Pleasure and Perversion and creator of ritual journeys into the self. My personal passion and inner journey has turned into an opportunity to facilitate other people's exploration. Through conscious play we are each others mirror… we are being game to explore all that is worth experiencing… We are truly living.


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Discover Cornwall
Cornwall has long been one of the most popular UK holiday destinations. As a result there is a flourishing tourism industry providing a host of accommodation options. Cornwall has some of the best camping and caravan sites in the UK. Padstow Touring Park is one of only a few caravan and camping sites to be awarded Five Stars and Five Pennants, as such we are leading the way forward in raising the standards for all caravan and camping sites around the UK. North Cornwall is well suited to camping, caravans and motorhomes with easy access from the A30, great walking, beaches, restaurants, picture perfect harbour towns and great family days out.
Cornwall Summer – A Time Lapse Journey from Mattia Bicchi Photography on Vimeo.
Camping in Cornwall this year then see our top tips for Camping in Cornwall
So what brings people back to holiday in Cornwall time and again.
Well, the climate is definitely the mildest within the United Kingdom however our summers aren't the hottest! Therefore it must be a renaissance in arts and food in Cornwall alongside the natural beauty of the beaches, cliffs, coves, gardens, dunes, moors and heathlands and the man-made attractions providing great family days out regardless of the weather.
Cornwall's Beaches
Cornwall's beaches are unrivalled elsewhere in Britain for their beauty and variety. In my opinion the most picturesque are the sheltered tiny coves that dot the coastline like Trevone, Treyarnon and Porthcothan. Padstow has more than its fair share of fantastic beaches the area is known as seven bays for seven days as you can visit a different beach every day for seven days within only a few miles of Padstow.
Day 1. Trevone Bay
Day 2. Harlyn Bay
Day 3. Booby's Bay
Day 4. Constantine Bay
Day 5. Mother Iveys Bay
Day 6. Treyarnon Bay
Day 7. Porthcothan Bay
Cornish Mining Heritage
In 2006 selected mining landscapes across Cornwall and west Devon were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, placing Cornish mining heritage on a par with international treasures like Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China.
Ten separate Areas make up the World Heritage Site each has its own character and opportunities for adventure. The largest World Heritage Site in the UK, with over 20,000 hectares spread across Cornwall and west Devon, it offers myriad experiences to explore our world-changing mining culture.
The mining story is set against one of the most spectacular backdrops imaginable – a strikingly beautiful coastline, rugged moors, idyllic countryside, lush river valleys, and bustling towns and harbours.
To explore the stories of Cornish mining in the area, visit the mining attractions or simply plan a day trip within one of the World Heritage Site areas, please use the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site widget within this website.
Towns and Villages
Cornwall has the most enchanting fishing villages and harbours; Padstow, Looe, Portloe, Boscastle, Mevagissey, Cadgwith, Zennor and Mousehole are but a few.
It's not simply the villages that have something to offer the holidaymaker, the towns and the city of Truro are a wealth of history and attractions of their own. Take Padstow with its picturesque harbour, Paul Ainsworth and Rick Stein dishing up some of the best food the UK has to offer and the many perfect sandy beaches. Falmouth is a working port and charming looking town. Truro, the sole city in Cornwall where the cathedral still dominates the skyline. For its industrial heritage Redruth is the place to visit. Once at the centre of the industrial revolution and also the mining industry, Redruth and Camborne have spent a few years in decline, however they are finally bouncing back. Penzance is one of the largest towns in Cornwall and has plenty to offer. Starting with the sub-tropical Morrab Gardens to the active fishing port of Newlyn you ought to find something of interest. It's additionally here that you are able to take on a daily basis, trips to the Isles of Scilly, it is also within walking distance of Marazion and St Michael's Mount.
Gardens in Cornwall
If you are bored of the towns or fancy a change from the beach why not try the stately homes and gardens of Cornwall. The National Trust is very active in Cornwall and along with a host of independently owned tourist attractions you should find plenty to see and do.
Gardens deserving a mention include; The Eden Project (St Austell), The Lost Gardens of Heligan (Pentewan), Trebah (Falmouth) and Trelissick (Truro). Stately homes including; Prideaux Place (Padstow), Lanhydrock House (Bodmin) and Pencarrow (Bodmin).
Another distinctive draw of Cornwall is its ancient past. The rural moorland of West Cornwall and Bodmin Moor are peppered with megalithic monuments such as stone circles, barrows and standing stones. More recent ruins that are plentiful in Cornwall are the leftovers of the mining industry.


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|Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey
On the Welsh bank of the River Wye, Tintern Abbey, founded in 1131, soars to the sky nearly six hundreds years after the last monks departed. It survived the Edwardian Wars, the Bubonic plague, even the destruction of the monasteries--roofless, yes, and crumbling in many places, but far more intact than most other medieval abbeys. Tintern has proved a potent force of inspiration for writers, painters, and musicians, ranging from poet William Wordsworth to metal band Iron Maiden--not to mention Alan Ginsberg!
THE FOUNDING: Walter de Clare, lord of Chepstow and a relation of the Bishop of Winchester, founded Tintern Abbey. The De Clares were a vigorous, often violent Norman family that jostled for power from the time of William the Conqueror up to the early 14th century. When Walter, abbey founder, died childless, his nephew Gilbert De Clare assumed control of his lands, becoming the first Earl of Pembroke while earning the nickname Strongbow for his soldiering, mostly on behalf of King Stephen during the war over succession with his cousin, Queen Mathilda.
|A view of the abbey church
THE ORDER: The Cistercians, also known as the White Monks, were formed with the goal of reform. They were very popular--by the year 1200 there were more than 500 Cistercian abbeys in Europe.
THE GLORY: The beauty of Tintern was a source of great pride to the surrounding countryside. Because its location was somewhat isolated, the abbey did not suffer any attacks during King Edward I's brutal conquest of Wales in 1282. Other monasteries thought to be sheltering Welsh leaders were damaged.
|Gilbert De Clare
After the battles in Wales were over, Tintern's renown grew. In 1326 Edward II, the son of the Red Earl's patron-turned-punisher, spent two nights there.
It was not a king or a nobleman but a disease that dealt Tintern its most serious blow. In 1348 or 1349 the Bubonic Plague reached Wales, killing one-third of the population. Wrote Welsh poet Jean Geuthin:
Monasteries were hit the hardest of all, with their enclosed populations. Once the disease entered, it was likely to annihilate one and all. Tintern needed a great many monks to maintain it because of its size, and between the plague and a gradual decline in vocations, it was never the same thriving abbey after the year 1400.
"We see death coming into our midst like black smoke, a plague which cuts off the young, a rootless phantom which has no mercy or fair countenance. Woe is me of the shilling in the arm-pit; it is seething, terrible, wherever it may come, a head that gives pain and causes a loud cry, a burden carried under the arms, a painful angry knob, a white lump. It is of the form of an apple, like the head of an onion, a small boil that spares no-one. Great is its seething, like a burning cinder, a grievous thing of an ashy colour. It is an ugly eruption that comes with unseemly haste. It is a grievous ornament that breaks out in a rash. The early ornaments of black death.'
A plague doctor
THE DISSOLUTION: When Henry VIII broke with Rome and set loose the laws that dissolved the monasteries, some of the abbots and priors, monks and friars, resisted and incurred the wrath of the king. Tintern was not one of them. On Sept. 3, 1536, Abbot Wyche surrendered the abbey and all of its lands. If a monastery was in or near London, it was likely to be transformed into a home for a nobleman close to the king. But no one took Tintern as a home. All valuables were taken and the roofs were stripped for their lead.
THE LEGACY: Few visited Tintern and no one much cared about its history until the Romantic movement, keen for picturesque ruins, discovered the abbey. Just about the time Turner painted the monastery, William Wordsworth in 1798 wrote the much-admired "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey":
|William Wordsworth
Through a long absence, have not been to me
As is a landscape to a blind man's eye:
But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din
Of towns and cities, I have owed to them
In hours of weariness, sensations sweet,
Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart;
And passing even into my purer mind,
With tranquil restoration: -- feelings too
Of unremembered pleasure: such, perhaps,
As have no slight or trivial influence
On that best portion of a good man's life..."
Tintern Abbey became a popular destination, inspiring other poets, novelists, painters, and scholars. Parties especially liked to go at night to see the torchlight dance off the soaring walls.
|Painting by J.M.W. Turner
But of all the dedications to Tintern, perhaps the one least predictable by its medieval monks and lords was the band Iron Maiden, in its video for the song "Can I Play with Madness." It makes excellent use of the ruins site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocFxQjPeyiY
To learn more about visiting Tintern Abbey, now owned by Cadw, go here.
"In lone magnificence a ruin stands" is contained in The Ruins of Netley Abbey, by 18th century poet George Keate.
Nancy Bilyeau is writing a thriller trilogy set in 16th century England during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The first novel, The Crown, published by Simon&Schuster in North America and Orion in the United Kingdom, was on the short list of the Crime Writers' Association's Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award in 2012. The second novel, The Chalice, won Best Historical Mystery from the RT Reviews.


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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel 14-Minute Low Gravity Gameplay Reveal
Gearbox Software, 2K Games and 2K Australia; who brought us the unique FPS action RPG series of Borderlands are at it once again with Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. This epic tale is due to hit shelves on October 14th in North America and October 17th in the International market. It'll be available on PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.
This latest 14-minute gameplay trailer demonstrates the awesome fun to be had in low gravity when playing amongst friends in the multiplayer co-op. Imagine high jumps, bad guys floating off into space, methane ruptures, and humorous challenge phrases that come along with your kills. It's everything we've come to expect from the Borderlands series.
The story will focus on Handsome Jack and his attempt to escape his exile from the Hyperion moonbase, and capture it for himself. The main characters of the game (the player characters) will begin as his henchmen. Like the previous games, you once again play as one of four playable characters of various classes:
- Athena "The Gladiator" - a rogue assassin of the Atlas Corporation
- Wilhelm "The Enforcer" - who can become increasingly augmented with technology and weaponry over the course of the game
- Nisha "The Lawbringer" - a Lynchwood Sheriff
- Claptrap "The Fragtrap" - the last remaining of its kind...FINALLY!!
I'm so excited for this next installment into this epic series. I fell in love with the humor and smart comments of our beloved Claptrap. Now finally getting the chance to play as a Claptrap is a dream come true. Thank you, 2K!
For all your Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel news and tips, keep it tuned to GameSkinny.
Source pcgamer.com
gabfranJuly 10, 2014, 11:01 pmI can't wait for this game to come out!!! Too excited!
Venisia GonzalezJuly 10, 2014, 11:40 pmFeatured ColumnistSame here. Mine is already pre-ordered :)
zoLo567July 8, 2014, 8:42 pmSenior InternI'm really excited for this game as well. I love Borderlands, and I am glad we can finally play as Claptrap. I am looking forward to this
Venisia GonzalezJuly 8, 2014, 9:02 pmFeatured ColumnistI can't wait myself! :)


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The solution has already been successfully tested on animals under critical lung failure. When the doctors injected this liquid into the patient's veins, it restored oxygen in their blood to near-normal levels, granting them those precious additional minutes of life.
Particles of fat and oxygen The particles are composed of oxygen gas pocketed in a layer of lipids, a natural molecule that usually stores energy or serves as a component to cell membranes. Lipids can be waxes, some vitamins, monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, phospholipids, or—as in this case—fats.
These fatty oxygen particles are about two to four micrometers in size. They are suspended in a liquid solution that can be easily carried and used by paramedics, emergency crews and intensive care personnel. This seemingly magic elixir carries "three to four times the oxygen content of our own red blood cells."
Similar solutions have failed in the past because they caused gas embolism, rather than oxygenating the cells. According to John Kheir, MD at the Department of Cardiology at Boston Children's Hospital, they solved the problem by using deformable particles, rather than bubbles:
We have engineered around this problem by packaging the gas into small, deformable particles. They dramatically increase the surface area for gas exchange and are able to squeeze through capillaries where free gas would get stuck.
Kheir had the idea of an injected oxygen solution started after he had to treat a little girl in 2006. Because of a lung hemorrhage caused by pneumonia, the girl sustained severe brain injuries which, ultimately, lead to her death before the medical team could place her in a heart-lung machine.
Soon after, Kheir assembled a team of chemical engineers, particle scientists, and medical doctors to work on this idea, which had promising results from the very beginning:
Some of the most convincing experiments were the early ones. We drew each other's blood, mixed it in a test tube with the microparticles, and watched blue blood turn immediately red, right before our eyes.
It sounds like magic, but it was just the start of what, after years of investigation, became this real life-giving liquid in a bottle.
This is what the future is about. And it's a beautiful one indeed, one that is arriving earlier than we ever could have expected. I wonder if this would find its way to other uses. I can see it as an emergency injection in a spaceship, for example. But what about getting a shot for diving? [ScienceDaily]


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Welcome to the Construction Labor Resume Samples and Tips page. Here, you will find example resumes and writing tips that will help you craft a resume that will nab that next construction job.
Or, if you don't have the time to sit down and write your resume, try our easy-to-use resume builder.
Table of Contents
- Construction Resume Sample (Image)
- Related Cover Letters & Resumes
- Construction Resume Sample (Text Format)
- How to Write a Construction Resume
1. Construction Resume Sample
Not the industry you're looking for? View all resume samples.
If this template doesn't suit you, we have several other resume templates that you can download for free.
2. Related Cover Letters & Resumes
Need more help? Peruse our expansive collection of cover letter example for the tips you need to craft a truly exceptional cover letter.
3. Construction Resume (Text Format)
Text Format
1010 South Street,
New York, NY 10003
(212) 204-5645
Construction worker with 8+ years of experience in the construction, maintenance, repair of multi-million dollar municipal projects. Aspiring to apply my deep knowledge of construction equipment, techniques, and safety guidelines to successfully serve as an assistant project manager on your team. Possess a CDL license and an OSHA Certification.
Professional Experience
Considine & Murphy LLC, Boston, MA
Construction Worker, September 2010 – Present
- Performed a variety of journey-level construction duties involved in the maintenance of $2 million+ municipal projects, including residential roads, highways, and public parks
- Strictly adhere to the company's safety rules, regulations, and procedures, thereby ensuring the safety of my coworkers
- Submit all jobsite and timesheet records on time and fully complainant with company standards
Johnson Brothers Construction, Boston, MA
Manual Laborer, September 2007 – August 2010
- Operated 30+ kinds of light equipment associated with department projects, including (but not limited to), tractors, mowers, trimmers, chippers, concrete saws, tillers, sod cutter, asphalt lutes, and marking machines
- Assisted craft workers with the placing, vibrating, and patching of concrete using floats, trowels, screeds, and groovers
- Accurately read and interpreted print, maps, sketches, pipeline and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), and as-built schematics
REALNARC HIGH SCHOOL, Chicago, IL
Diploma, May 2007
Additional Skills & Certifications
- Ability to use a variety of power tools and equipment: air hammers, cement mixers, hoists, cement grinders, and blow torches
- Licensed to operate a crane and lift truck
- Able to lift 150lbs+
- Conversant in Spanish
- OSHA Certification
4. How to Write a Construction Resume
In general, the job growth outlook for construction workers is good. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in the next 10 years, employment of construction laborers is expected to grow 21%. This means that your job competition is not fierce. Entry-level candidates can expect to pick up a job quickly, and professional candidates will have a higher chance of being promoted. This, of course, is heavily dependent on the state of your local economy.
The median wage for all construction occupations is $33,840/yr. Not bad for an industry that you can join with no education! The key is to be active in your workplace and avoid being passive at all costs.
Here are some quick facts you should know about construction resumes before you start writing yours.
1. Construction resumes can be longer than three pages.
The construction industry is one of the few that breaks resume rules, due to the fact that construction is a heavily skill-based and experience-based industry. Project superintendents looking to hire a new worker will want to know the small details of your past experience, so that they can understand whether you'd be a good fit.
We recommend creating a profile on Monster, Indeed, Careerbuilder, TheLadders, and most importantly, LinkedIn.
2. You should have an online presence to get construction job offers more quickly.
Online recruiters are constantly searching the web for competent construction employees. There are several job related websites on the Internet that allow you to upload your worker profile and your resume. We recommend creating a profile on Monster, Indeed, Careerbuilder, TheLadders, and most importantly, LinkedIn.
3. Your resume needs to be "keyword optimized."
If you put your resume online, and it is not keyword optimized, recruiters will not be able to find your profile. Therefore, we highly recommend that you read this post about how to make a keyword rich ats resume. It gives extremely specific examples from many different construction trades – so it's likely that you'll find your own.
Construction resumes should generally use the following format, as laid out in our full resume writing guide.
Below, we'll explain what to write in the different sections of your construction resume.
1. Contact Details:
First, Last Name | Permanent Address | Phone Numbers | E-Mail | LinkedIn Account
2. Construction Resume Objective:
After the contact information, the resume objective (or career objective) is the next thing that employers will read, so try to start out on the right foot with a really positive opener.
If you already have skills in construction, consider adding in the following:
- Years as a professional (this will qualify you as a worthy applicant.)
- Area of expertise (houses, roads, industrial, etc. you will want to focus your resume to the particular sub-industry in which you specialize)
- # of people you've managed (quantifying numerically whenever possible really strengthens your resume as numbers stand out for easy identification)
- Highest quality of project you've worked on (consider this your masterpiece, something a hiring manager can judge you by)
- Types of machinery you can operate (these were probably listed as requirements in the job description, so make sure you get them down right away)
- Complicated tools you've mastered (same as above, these are probably expected, so don't forget to include them!)
The number one mistake many job applicants make is writing just one generic resume for all types of jobs being applied to.
This section really shouldn't be longer than two sentences. Choose the most relevant qualifications and skills to show off in the beginning. This is where you want to "hook" your reader, so putting in irrelevant qualifications will only turn them off. Think "clear" and "concise" when writing your career objective.
This means that you should always have different versions of your resume if you are applying to different kinds of jobs. The number one mistake many job applicants make is writing just one generic resume for all types of jobs being applied to. By writing a generic resume that can be applied to anything you're essentially making a resume that doesn't fit anything perfectly, hurting your chances of getting an interview.
3. Professional Experience:
For a construction resume, the professional experience section needs to list the projects that you worked on in reverse-chronological order (newest to oldest.) If you are a laborer, your trade skills should be reflected in your bullet points. You should emphasize your speed, accuracy, and the size of the project that you worked on. If you are a project manager, you should emphasize the number of people that you managed and trained, the sizes of the budgets that you worked with, whether you saved money, and if you complete projects in a timely and efficient manner. Here are some examples of bullet points that could go on a construction resume:
- Performed regular load checks by measuring amp load on live circuits on open panel boards.
- Took over a failing $4M residential project, solving every major problem left by the previous project managers, and led the project to completion by passing all inspections.
- Trained and managed a team of 6 workers to complete a roofing project for a $2M residential project using thermoplastic materials.
4. Education Section:
If your education has been construction related, this section will certainly be a boon. However, even if you have studied an unrelated field like English or communications, this section still demonstrates that you are an intelligent person capable of critical thinking and problem solving. So definitely include any educational experiences you've had, even if they not are directly relatable to the specific job position you are applying to at the moment.
Include this information:
Extracurricular activities are also good to include, as they prove that you're an active person and are well-rounded, however, keep it brief, as companies only care so much about non-related activities.
- School Name
- School Location
- Date of Graduation
- Major / Program / Degree
- GPA (if at or above 3.0)
Extracurricular activities are also good to include, as they prove that you're an active person and are well-rounded, however, keep it brief, as companies only care so much about non-related activities. Finding the right balance means maybe just one or two bullet points detailing a useful extracurricular activity.
5. Construction Resume Skills:
The skills you put on your resume should be relevant to construction. Firstly, include the tools that you can use, and the construction processes that you've mastered. Depending on your trade, this section could be very large. Also include:
- How much weight you can lift
- Your ability to work in a team
- Your communication skills, including bilingual ability
Remember that bilingual ability in Spanish and English is a huge boon for working on a construction site in the United States. It increase your flexibility, ability to communicate with others, and potentially manage – all traits that are attractive to hiring managers.
Best of luck finding the job, and be sure to read our post on the 5 traits of successful job seekers.


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Last week our dinner topic was "Jesus: The Man, The Myth, the Legend." Since I am the person who often chooses the topics for our meetings I have to admit that I'm rarely caught off-guard by the direction a discussion goes but that Tuesday was different.
It was meant to be a discussion of Jesus across different faiths. In attendance that night we had Jewish students, Christian students, Muslim students, non-religious students and a Hare Krishna student. Even I was a bit surprised to learn that everyone had something to say about Jesus. And that something was uniformly positive.
I was shocked to discover that in the Quran, baby Jesus (pbuh) speaks to defend his mother's chastity, announce his future importance and predict his resurrection. In the Christian tradition Mary's chastity is announced and protected by the angel Gabriel whose message is then spread by her fiancé, Joseph. It seemed almost feminist to have the child whose legitimacy was in question defend his mother's honor as opposed to her husband.
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And of course I got to provide insight I had from my bible studies and Christianity classes as to the Jesus I try to emulate in my life – the stories of the Sermon on the Mount (which many of the Muslims had never heard told before) and the story of Jesus' insistence on pacifism even at the time of his arrest. While I don't believe in Jesus' divinity I do my best to live my life by his example in many ways. These stories are some of the big reasons I do interfaith work so it was nice to share them with the people I do that work with.
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The PMO is the Project Management Office department of an organization that establishes the standards that the rest of the staff is to follow in their daily business practices. This allows your organization can follow the accepted paths that will permit their deliverables to be accepted by their target customer base.
The typical PMO has a set of standards it follows that are now for the international and global market. This will include Pronce2, PMBOK and ISO9000. Each one is separate, but their goals are similar. This is to follow a set of standards on specific issues that are acceptable so a business or organization can attain a particular level of performance and be judged if they have met the criteria.
For most organizations, the PMO department is created from scratch. The personnel might be from other departments, but the tasks and roles of this new department are new to the organization so a new set of procedures are necessary to be documented and implemented.
The PMO will identify problems within their organization and find solutions for these problems typically using online project management assessment tools. They will then offer several different solutions the other departments can take in solving or overcoming the problems that have been identified.
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The core activities of the PMO department are to organize the company thru self assessments and look for ways to improve each process. By standardizing the processes of an organization, less time is used in integrating the changes since the staff will be familiar with it from other instances where it is used.
The PMO department is the new and best way to get your company organized so redundancies can be eliminated in an effeicent manner. This allows for a more effeicent use of time and resources when undertaking several projects at once for a business.


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The mystery of Jason Hammel and other Rox news 'n' notes
PHOENIX — How can Jason Hammel be 2-9 since winning three of his first four starts in April?
The sound bite from last week's loss to Atlanta still hangs in their air: "It's the mystery Jason Hammel.''
That was Hammel's description of himself after losing to the Braves. If anything, the mystery deepened tonight in a 12-3 loss to the Diamondbacks.
Hammel allowed the first six hitters to reach base and was trailing 7-1 after two innings. Which would be borderline understandable if not for this: He thought he was going to dominate the Snakes.
"It's almost comical to me because that was the best I've felt all year,'' said Hammel. "I don't know if they had a camera on me, but I was smiling all night. I was laughing at some of the things that were happening.''
Hammel on his pregame bullpen session: "Fastball command … throwing everything for strikes … using both sides of the plate with the fastball. The changeup was even there, so I didn't need to use my slider. I was thinking no-hit stuff.''
As opposed to no-hope stuff. Hammel (5-10, 4.75) officially is an enigma at a time when the Rockies need him to be a difference maker.
"We're down 7-1 and we haven't even gotten to the bottom third of our order,'' said Rockies manager Jim Tracy. "That's not how you go about winning games in this league.''
Enough already with talk about the Rockies taking the next step. They've had to dial down their goals, and they have little to do with making a run at the first-place Giants. Instead, they need to get back to .500, no small feat since Monday will be the one-month mark since the last time they stood there.
"You can't be staring at that first-place situation,'' said Tracy. "You have to have incremental modes you go through from day to day. … First and foremost, we need to get back to shore. We're under .500. I guarantee you you're not going anywhere if you don't win more than you lose.''
Other news 'n' notes from another day on the Rox beat:
- Second baseman Mark extended to six his season-high hitting streak. Ellis, who banged out eight hits in his first 15 at-bats as a Rockie, including two home runs and dour doubles, wasn't about to stay that hot. But he's been very steady since arriving from Oakland on July 1. Since his arrival, he leads the team in doubles (8) and runs (16).
- The Rockies are 1-1 on the road since the all-star break. Last season, they finished 13-27 away from Coors Field after the break.
- Dexter Fowler, who had been on fire _ 9-for-16, three doubles and three triples _ since adopting a leg kick at the plate, went hitless in three at-bats.
- The Rockies will try to win the three-game series Sunday afternoon with Ubaldo Jimenez in search of his fourth victory in a span of four starts. The Rox also will be out to end one of the ugliest streaks in the industry. They've lost 13 straight games on Sunday since winning their first two in April.
- Having two opponents match their career highs in RBIs in the same game is never a good thing. It happened tonight as Justin Upton drove in six and Miguel Montero five. Upton hit his second career grand slam in the seventh off Eric Stults.