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Jlag interviewed Mr. Taleb Rifai, the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Mr. Taleb Rifai talked with us about the main challenges of Tourism Towards 2030 and the main strategies that the European Union should follow to make tourism a driver for growth in Europe.
– Tourism Towards 2030 shows that there is still a substantial potential for further expansion in coming decades. How can European destinations benefit from this trend? How can hidden gems reach this opportunity?
Tourism Towards 2030, UNWTO's recently released in-depth study into future tourism trends, shows that an average 43 million additional tourists will join the marketplace each year between now and 2030. By 2030, 1.8 billion tourists will be crossing international borders.
For Europe, this growth will translate into 13 million new travelers every year.
To benefit from this major opportunity, European destinations will need to continue to shape the conditions conducive to tourism growth. These include supportive national policies determining a tourism-friendly environment; a private sector at the forefront of technological developments and innovation; travel facilitation, including facilitating border crossings and visa procedures; investments in infrastructure and product development; and an eye trained on quality, marketing, human resources and market trends, as market knowledge will be key to "attracting" an ever more demanding customer.
Sustainable policies and practices are also critical, especially for Europe where coastlines and mountains play a significant role in the tourism supply. These areas are particularly fragile in terms of environmental sustainability and most susceptible to the effects of climate change. To continue enjoying the benefits of tourism over the next twenty years and beyond, these areas, and others, must be developed according to the principles of sustainability.
– Which European emerging destinations do you consider with high potentials of growth? Which strategies and practices should European policy makers follow to make tourism a concrete opportunity for social, economic and environmental growth?
In 2030, Southern and Mediterranean Europe will continue to lead in Europe in terms of tourist arrivals (264 million international tourist arrivals in 2030), followed by Western Europe (222 million in 2030), Central and Eastern Europe (176 million) and Northern Europe (82 million).
These figures represent a convergence in market share across European sub-regions, a trend also noticeable at the global level where the traditional concentration of arrivals in relatively few destinations will be reduced. Instead, future arrivals will be more evenly spread over destinations.
In terms of average annual growth, Central and Eastern Europe will be the fastest growing European sub-region of the next twenty years, growing at a rate of 3% a year. Less mature destinations within the sub-region will clearly benefit from this accelerated growth, so long as they put in place the necessary framework, based on the areas highlighted above.
– Which are the key elements to stimulate competitiveness and innovation in the European tourism sector?
Ranking first in terms of international tourist arrivals and international tourism receipts, Europe has enjoyed a long reign as the world's leading tourism destination. Nevertheless, Europe's market share is expected to decrease over the coming years, as emerging economy destinations grow at double the pace of advanced economy ones.
To remain competitive in this shifting marketplace, Europe will need to reinforce its image as a tourism destination characterized by high quality and sustainability. European destinations should forge strong working partnerships between the public and private sector. Europe would also benefit from joint promotion efforts, to strengthen its image and attract non-European travellers.
Advances in areas such as travel facilitation within the Schengen area, the extensive development of the European transport network and the single European currency have been key in strengthening the competitiveness of the destination "Europe" and should be further pursued.
In terms of innovation, public and private support must be given to those new concepts, products, technologies and even policies that allow tourism to respond to an ever-changing world. Tourism innovation is particularly important for ensuring that the sector remains sustainable, through energy-saving technologies and green tourism products.
– Which non-EU countries do you consider strategic for Europe to cooperate with in the tourism sector?
The large majority of tourism trips worldwide take place within one's own region, which demonstrates the importance of regional cooperation in this field. Immediate neighbors, therefore, along the South and to the East are of most relevance to Europe's tourism sector.
The Mediterranean, the most visited sub-region in the world, is an area of particular importance to Europe. A number of challenges face the sub-region which cannot be tackled alone, notably competition from other regions with similar products and the fragile environment on which much of the tourism offer is based. Only by partnering with neighbors on key competitive factors such as innovation, knowledge building and sustainable development can the competitiveness of tourism in the Mediterranean be assured.
There is also an immense opportunity to develop intra-Mediterranean travel through actions in areas such as travel facilitation, improved access (land and air transport systems and legislation), or exchange programmes for travellers and tourism professionals.
At the same time, it will be pivotal for Europe to cooperate in promoting itself in the fast growing long haul source markets of Asia and Latin America, such as China or Brazil.
– Under the Lisbon Treaty, tourism has become a specific competence of the EU. The Union will complement the action of the Member States in the tourism sector. What is your opinion about the new European political framework?
That the European Union now has the competence to support, coordinate, and supplement the actions of Member States in the area of tourism is an extremely important development. Not only does a European tourism policy allow all players involved in tourism to work more closely together, but it represents an explicit recognition of tourism's economic and social importance to Europe. Tourism is the third largest economic activity in the EU providing directly and indirectly as much as 10% of its GDP and employing 12% of the workforce. At a time of persistently high unemployment, the rate of job creation in the European tourism sector is higher than in the whole of the EU. Tourism can in fact be a driver in fostering economic growth in Europe in such challenging times.
With the first European tourism policy in the history of the EU, the European tourism sector is undoubtedly better prepared to face current and future challenges in the move towards a more competitive and sustainable European tourism sector.
– Which are your favorite European tourist routes, which are your main reasons for travelling?
As Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, much of my job involves travelling, whether to assist and advise national tourism administrations, hold meetings with heads of state on the importance of tourism or visiting UNWTO tourism initiatives on the ground. In a funny way, my main reason for travelling is to get more people travelling, and travelling sustainably.
On holiday, when I'm not in Jordan visiting family and friends, I do try to see as much as Europe as possible. UNWTO Headquarters are based in Madrid, Spain and having the rest of Europe on my doorstep is a luxury I enjoy making the most of.


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The Missing Chapter
There is a chapter that was removed from "I'm God and You're Not" at God's personal request. He has subsequently agreed that it could be posted on the web site :
A Footnote to a Footnote
Just to clear up a possible issue in "I'm God and You're Not" that might be misinterpreted.
At the beginning of Chapter II-Creation, footnote 7 discusses what God actually finds an obscene word to be. In it, some derogatory terms used to describe certain ethnic groups are repeated for illustrative purposes. The author wishes to assure the reader that he purposely used three different groups that make up his own ancestry, as he felt it was wrong to use ethnic slurs used against others. On the whole, he agrees with God's take on this.
Who was Mary Magdalene?
My personal take is that Magdalene was a close confident to Jesus and important in the foundation of early Christianity. And I do not think she was ever a prostitute. In any case, this is an interesting article on the controversy.
Where Brothers have been Fighting for Thousands of Years
The burial site of the father of both remains a flashpoint between Jews and Muslims.
A Letter from God
This is Lucifer speaking. If you read God's last post, he's taking a little break and asked me to keep an eye on you humans while he's gone. You may also recall that I am to report back to him on your activities upon his return (and boy, do I have a lot to tell him already which is a bit frightening when you consider he's been gone less than a week!).
In the meantime, I thought you may be interested in reading a short letter I received via Paradise Post this morning from the Big Guy…
To: Lucifer
Washington, DC
Earth Date: July 16, 2018 4:13PM EST
Hiya, Luce:
Just hanging around watching a beautiful solar system set over the northern mountains here. You really should see the display of infinite colors reflected in the lake–definitely one of the best things we put together in those early Creation days. Of course, I won't tell you where I am. I really need these moments of privacy every thirty millennium or so or I think I'd go as batshit as some of the humans are.
Oh, speaking of humans…I thought over what you and I were discussing just before I left and I didn't want to leave you hanging any further.
I still don't understand what is going on in some areas of the Earth right now. It's like some madness has taken over and people are forgetting their basic humanity right now. I know many of them are frightened; they see their insolated patches of culture and tradition changing before them. It's that old story that every civilization has to deal with sooner or later. You know perfectly well that this irrational fear allows demagogues to manipulate the crowds for their own purposes: it is so easy to deflect people from their real enemy–which is most often the very persons doing the deflecting–to some innocent. You and I have watched this over and over again much too much in human history.
And always religious texts are manipulated and twisted to support the exact opposite of their intent. These charlatans are always selecting tiny isolated part of their scripture to justify breaking the first rule of all great religions. Do I have to repeat it yet again: Love each other.
I'm sickened at how families are being split apart as they seek a better life in a new land, babies, shrieking and wailing, taken from their mother's breast while rulers justify this by calling these family illegal and brazenly lying about them, saying that they bring nothing but crime and violence.
And there are so-called "good" Christian leaders who justify it by perverting what their founder preached. They take a letter from Paul, who as we know, had a number of serious issues–you know the rumors–and justify these atrocities by what he wrote in Romans 13:
"Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves… For the one in authority is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience. "
Well, you know what a load of crap that is! Certainly, Paul, being subject to the will of the Roman Emperor, that SOB Nero, and tried his best to prevent the persecution of Christians by imploring them to be good citizens of the empire. But, he didn't imply that such obedience was absolute. Just look at what immediately follows the above in the same epistle:
" The commandments,.. are summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law."
So what takes priority if the authorities asks their subjects to do something that is against the fulfillment of that law? Should the Germans in 1930s blindly have followed Hitler as so many of them did? If the authorities tell you to murder your neighbor, do you do it?
Where do you draw the moral line?
It's like I always say, "I gave you a brain, humanity. Now, use it!"
Well, it's getting late here and I really need to catch up on my rest. This sort of idiocy raises my blood pressure much too high. So I'll call it a night. Talk to you in a while.
Be good. You always are.
King David?
Ever notice how evangelists and other extreme "Christian" groups defend their support of Donald Trump by comparing him to the Jewish king David from the Old Testament. Their argument goes that King David was a fallable sinner, like Trump is, but God use David to advance His glory. What they always forget to mention that both he and the people of Israel were punished for his sins. Sorry, people, but I'm not too keen on getting a plague because of. Trump!


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I don't have any projects to share this weekend for two reasons; I have a post-grad assignment due Monday and have been completing some mending tasks I've been putting off for a while.
I think mending has become a forgotten task in today's world where everything is cheap and interchangeable.
I tend to spend a bit of extra money on fewer unique items, instead of many cheap trendy ones. So when something become worn and torn, I'll fix rather then toss it. It saves money in the long run and the environment, so even if you could replace that black T with another, why would you?
Mending I do includes: redying – expecally faded black, replacing buttons to brighten up old cardigans and dresses, tossing stretched items into a hot dryer, shaving 'pilling' sweaters, re-heeling or dying shoes, and good ol' stiching.


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Re:Design – Darwin & Asa Gray's correspondence
At this year's Cambridge Science Festival, Re:Design was a dramatisation of the correspondence between Charles Darwin and the Harvard Professor of Botany, Asa Gray.
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Terry Molloy, who plays Darwin, is my brother-in-law!


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- Application for Service. Each prospective Member desiring electric service may be required to sign Distributor's standard form and application for service or contract before service is supplied by the Distributor.
- Deposit. A deposit or suitable guarantee approximately equal to twice the average monthly bill may be required of any Member before electric service is supplied. Upon termination of service, deposit may be applied by Distributor against unpaid bills of Member, and if any balance remains after such application is made, said balance shall be refunded to Member. Additional information can be found in Policy No. 16.
- Point of Delivery. The point of delivery is the point, as designated by Distributor, on Member's premises where current is to be delivered to building or premises. All wiring and equipment beyond this point of delivery shall be provided and maintained by Member at no expense to Distributor.
- Member's Wiring-Standards. All wiring of Member must conform to Distributor's requirements and accepted modern standards, as exemplified by the requirements of the National Electric Safety Code and the National Electric Code.
- Inspections. Distributor shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to inspect any installation before electricity is introduced or at any later time, and reserves the right to reject any wiring or appliances not in accordance with Distributor's standards, but such inspection or failure to inspect or reject shall not render Distributor liable or responsible for any loss or damage resulting from defects in the installation, wiring, or appliances, or from violation of Distributor's rules, or from accidents which may occur upon Member's premises.
- Underground Service Lines. Members desiring underground service lines from Distributor's overhead system must bear the excess cost if the distance from the point of delivery, as determined by the Distributor, is exceeded by the Member. Specifications and terms for such construction will be furnished by Distributor on request.
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Bills paid on or before the final date of payment shall be payable at the net rates, but thereafter the gross rates which shall not exceed 5% of the unpaid portion of the bill shall apply, as provided in the Schedule of Rates and Charges. Should the final date for payment of the bill at the net rates fall on a Sunday or holiday, the business day next following the final date will be held as a day of grace for delivery of payment.
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Disney Princesses of Different Races
This Artist Created Beautiful Racebent Versions of Frozen's Elsa and Anna
This Artist Created Beautiful Racebent Versions of Frozen's Elsa and Anna
What would Disney princesses look like if they were more diverse? Disney fans have been calling for more representation of different races, and Tumblr user juliajm15 recently took matters into her own hands when she created racebent versions of the beloved Frozen princesses Anna and Elsa. The images emphasize the beauty of diversity and reiterate the importance of casting a wider net of inclusion when creating characters that children and adults alike know and love. The response on this Brazilian artist's Tumblr was overwhelmingly positive.
One commenter said, "Thank you so much for drawing black Elsa. As a black female, I kinda feel discouraged to cosplay due to my skin tone but seeing artists do things like that make me feel like ai [sic] can be confident and do it," while many others joined in to request more racebent versions of their favorite characters. We love this amazing trend and can't wait to see what more artists can come up with!


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Vikram Sharma
Vikram Sharma is founding director and CEO of QuintessenceLabs Inc. After realising the potential of quantum cryptography in the early 2000s in California, Dr. Sharma sought to commercialise the technology and returned to the Australian National University to work with the Quantum Optics Group in the Department of Physics. QuintessenceLabs emerged from the world-leading research conducted by the group.
Vikram brings with him 20 years experience in building and managing technology companies. Prior to QuintessenceLabs, he founded three successful start-up ventures in the information technology services and hardware spaces. He is a Sloan Fellow from Stanford University, California, and also holds an MSc in computer science and a PhD in quantum physics from the ANU.
Mark Crowley
Mark Crowley is President of QuintessenceLabs Inc., the US subsidiary of QuintessenceLabs Pty. He manages US market development including establishing the US supply chain, supporting staff and business partnering for sales and marketing to increase Federal, Defense and Commercial market penetration. He has global responsibility for business development and market strategy. Prior to QuintessenceLabs, Mark was Executive in Residence at New Enterprise Associates providing advice to CEOs. Before that, he was CEO of solar technology start-up SolFocus for 5 years. Mark led SolFocus from R&D phase to initial commercialization with revenues of $50M during the last five years. He managed the interface with manufacturing partners in Asia and developed 47 projects in 13 countries, partnering with construction firms around the world. Mark has 25 years' experience in the US Defense Industry, holding numerous Vice President roles in Engineering, Product Management and Air Force Programs with Lockheed Martin and General Electric. Mark managed large teams (up to 4000 employees) with technical responsibilities and functions including communications and remote sensing systems. Mark also had responsibilities for supply chain and manufacturing management of aerospace systems. Mark holds Engineering degrees from the University of Illinois and Drexel University, and the Stanford GSB Sloan Program.
John Leiseboer
John Leiseboer is founding CTO at QuintessenceLabs Pty Ltd, and is responsible for the research, design and development of key management, comsec and infosec products. He is a member of the OASIS KMIP and PKCS11 Technical Committees, and has contributed to the development of NIST, IETF, and IEEE standards, including SP 800-90B and C, and IEEE 802.6. John has worked in the fields of communications, and information security for over thirty-five years, designing and architecting commercial and military communications and information security hardware, software and systems. He has experience in applying conventional, classical cryptography as well as leading-edge quantum key distribution technology to innovative security product designs. Prior to joining QuintessenceLabs, John held senior positions in a number of technology companies working in commercial and military sectors, including RSA/EMC, Boeing, HP, and Plessey Defence Systems. John obtained his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Sydney in 1979, specialising in electronics, communications, and digital systems.
Scott Richardson
Scott is a high impact performance driven professional with more than 25 years' experience and expertise in all facets of accounting, financial management, forecasting, M&A, business strategy, capital raising and investor relations within high-profile and startup corporations across a multitude of industry sectors.
Scott's career demonstrates his versatility and spans numerous industry sectors since 1993, including mining, mining services, IT, engineering, manufacturing, construction, distribution, agribusiness, waste management, facilities management, not for profit, retail and automotive.
Scott has successfully managed finance operations from ASX listed entities to start-up private companies, and worked within multi-billion dollar organisations to owner operator businesses. This includes three years as CFO and Company Secretary of Austin Engineering Ltd, seven years as CFO of BGW Group and prior to that senior finance roles with Downer EDI Ltd, Brambles Ltd, Serco Group plc, Macarthur Coal Ltd, Nugan Group and MTAQ.
As a result of this experience Scott has expertise in raising capital, investor relations/roadshows, debt restructuring, finance department improvement, strategic/business planning, M&A, cash and working capital optimisation, corporate governance, strategy development, commercial analysis, risk management, international JVs and subsidiaries, cost reduction programs, capital expenditure analysis and funding, and ERP selection and implementation.
Scott holds a Bachelor of Business from QUT, is a Fellow of CPA Australia, a Graduate of the AICD program & holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.
Outside work Scott is a devoted father of three and enjoys golf, AFL, Cricket and Rugby.
Jane Melia
Jane Melia is the Vice President of Strategic Business Development at QuintessenceLabs, where she leads all market and product strategy activities. Prior to joining QuintessenceLabs, Jane held leadership roles in several Silicon Valley start-ups, including solar firm SolFocus, where she headed the Technical and Product Marketing team for 5 years. Jane's 20 years' experience in technology industries includes 8 years at HP, including as Senior Business Consultant in the Strategic Planning and Modelling group. Jane holds a degree in Engineering from Imperial College, London, and Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics from Cambridge University.
Andreas Baumhof
Andreas Baumhof is an internationally renowned cybersecurity expert and entrepreneur. As Vice President of Quantum Technologies, Andreas is responsible for the strategic technological direction of the company, complementing the world-class research in quantum cryptography efforts as well as the market-leading key and policy management suite. Andreas was cofounder and CTO of Microdasys Inc., where he developed the first ever SSL proxy, and later cofounder and CEO of TrustDefender until its 2011 acquisition by ThreatMetrix. He then served as CTO at ThreatMetrix responsible for all product development and strategic technological direction, leading it through its acquisition by LexisNexis in 2018.
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Vikram Sharma
Vikram Sharma is founding director and CEO of QuintessenceLabs Inc. After realising the potential of quantum cryptography in the early 2000s in California, Dr. Sharma sought to commercialise the technology and returned to the Australian National University to work with the Quantum Optics Group in the Department of Physics. QuintessenceLabs emerged from the world-leading research conducted by the group.
Vikram brings with him 20 years experience in building and managing technology companies. Prior to QuintessenceLabs, he founded three successful start-up ventures in the information technology services and hardware spaces. He is a Sloan Fellow from Stanford University, California, and also holds an MSc in computer science and a PhD in quantum physics from the ANU.
Jon Nicholson
Jon was the Chief Strategy Officer for the Westpac Banking Corporation for eight years, responsible for Strategy and M&A across the Westpac Group. He came to Westpac from Boston Consulting Group, where he was a senior partner for many years, responsible for the Asian and Pacific Financial Services practice. Earlier in his career Jon was the Senior private Secretary to the Prime Minister of Australia.
Jon is Chairman of the Westpac Foundation, which is the bank's major philantropic vehicle. He is also a Director of the Cape York Partnership and the Westpac Bicentennial Foundation.
Peeyush Gupta
Peeyush Gupta, a founding director and Chief Executive Officer of ipac Securities Limited, leads one of Australia's best wealth management firms. Over the past 25 years ipac has build a global financial planning business that has helped people maximise their financial resources to achieve the goals that matter most to them. In fact, ipac's credentials were recognised when the firm was awarded the top ranking for one of its financial plans in the 2003 ASIC/Choice survey on the quality of financial advice in Australia.
Peeyush commentates regularly to industry leaders and clients on the importance of lifestyle financial planning that is supported by a best practice business model. Peeyush holds a degree in Computer Science and an MBA in finance from the Australian Graduate School of Management.
David Walker
David was appointed General Manager (Chief Technology Officer) with Group Technology at Westpac Group in August 2019.
After staring his career as a software engineer in 1987, David founded a consultancy company specialising data science, which became the number one boutique data analytics company in Australia and South East Asia.
Following that, David has worked in large, complex organisations with executive roles in both Australia and Singapore. He was part of the leadership team who transformed DBS to be recognised as the Best Bank in the World and the Best Digital Bank in the World by leading global financial publication Euromoney.
Dave Curran
Dave was the Chief Information Officer of the Westpac Group from 2014 to 2018, where he was responsible for technology strategy and its implementation across the Group. Dave has over 30 years of global experience in IT and financial services. Before joining Westpac, Dave spent 10 years in senior roles at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and 16 years at Accenture.
Dave is passionate about the development of Australia's future leaders and is the Chairman of the Westpac Scholars Trust. He also has a deep commitment to cancer research and education and sits on the board of the Tour de Cure charity.


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New Year Resolution Runner's Injury Pains
Is one of your New Year Resolutions to start running, lose weight and get fit? Are you active runner? or friend of a runner? If so, then read-on!
To a non runner, the very idea of pounding pavements for hours on end in driving rain, winds, freezing temperatures and darkness sounds ridiculous. However, more and more people are taking to the roads, and falling in love with the sport of running.
Running is accessible, cheap and can be undertaken at any time. It just takes a pair of decent shoes, and a big dollop of motivation. For those who continue after a couple of runs, something wonderful awaits, the runners high. Some say running is like meditation, they think of nothing but enjoy the euphoria of being at one with a repetitive movement.
Running now becomes a habit, and with the increased miles something magical things happens. You get quicker, much quicker, you lose weight, you feel better and you run further. The positive circle propels itself until the millage increases to a point that unfortunately causes INJURY. We all know what to do if an injury happens, ask any runner, they will tell you.
- Rest – don't continue, as doing so will cause further injury
- Ice – cool the injured area with ice, indirectly to the injured area to reduce inflammation
- Compression – bandage and support the injury
- Elevate the site of injury
However, as many runners will quietly admit, what really happens is this…
You take a day off, apply ice, do a Google search on symptoms, self diagnose, read research on barefoot running, do some stretches, consider a new pair of running shoes and go for a test run the next day!!!
The injury gets a little worse, and is usually followed by the same routine again of taking a day off, more Googling etc.. followed by another trial run!!!
This circle of behaviour can go on for weeks, until finally a runner may admit, it's not a niggle, "I'm injured and I need to rest for a reasonable period and get some help". Admitting injury is akin to removing the label of runner for some, which is a huge part of a runner's identity, and is often one of the most pleasurable things in their daily routine.
If you are an injured runner, go easy on yourself, especially if you do the wrong things with your injury, get professional advice. It may be that a postural or bio-mechanical issue that is causing or exacerbating the problem. It could be repetitive impact on the foot causing Plantar Fasciitis. If you do have a foot, ankle or lower limb injury, visit We Fix Feet for professional advice from our Podiatrists. A Biomechanical Assessment and Custom Made Orthotic Insoles may be something worth considering if there is a limb-length discrepancy or there are alignment problems with your arches, ankles, knees, hips or back.


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For a while at least, photography enthusiasts who wanted to make a little money from their photos, had it easy. Or at least they had it easier than they used to have it. Not only had the prices of professional-quality digital cameras fallen to an affordable level but at the same time, photo-sharing sites made showing those images easy, websites created a whole new demand and microstock sites popped up to deliver those images to buyers. Suddenly anyone who knew their aperture from their elbow had an opportunity to shoot pictures that made money. But Flickr is now nearly ten years old and iStock, the first microstock site, will soon enter its fifteenth year. Both are now owned by large parent companies and the ease with which either could be used to make money has fallen significantly. While there is still demand for images, the methods used to sell them and promote them has changed—and they continue to change.
For most microstock contributors, sales and profits are harder to come by. Once, contributors like Shutterstock founder Jon Oringer could get away with images as poor and as cheap to produce as these. Today, they're more likely to be professionally shot in a studio, using paid models and high expenses. But they're also less likely to win the sales necessary to cover the costs of producing them. With nearly 80,000 contributors on iStockPhoto and just under half that number on Shutterstock, keywords are saturated and the number of sales generated by each image has fallen. Even Yuri Arcurs, the market's leading producer, has now signed an exclusive deal with iStockPhoto ensuring that he receives the higher rates offered by exclusivity—and the premium he would have negotiated.
That's likely to continue. While top contributors take up exclusivity, more occasional shooters can expect to see falling revenues that only produce profits if they disregard costs.
Single-Use Licenses For Microstock
But there may be an alternative route for contributors. One of the big stories of 2013 was Getty's decision to ban Sean Locke for criticizing the company's decision to license images for free use on Google Drive. Canva, a new graphic design tool that now employs Lee Torrens of Microstock Diaries, takes a similar approach but with a significant difference. Like Google, Canva allows producers—in this case designers—to access microstock imagery at the point of use. But while Google has paid a small amount in advance for the images so that users can access them for free, Canva charges a fee for each use.
Users of Canva pay a dollar to use the image once and Canva pays the photographer a commission of 35 percent. While those are still small amounts, they're higher than the commissions received by many microstock photographers for a much less restricted license.
It's possible that as WYSIWYG editors like Wix for website owners increase, we'll see a rise in single-use licenses bought at point of use. Canva launched with a million photos. Whether that will mean better deals for part-time photographers looking for sales remains to be seen.
While microstock battles to stay relevant to small producers, other opportunities are rising. The growth of social media initially meant better marketing for event photographers on Facebook and better networking with other photographers on Twitter. Instagram, though, has changed all that. Build up a large following on the mobile photo-sharing site and photographers can find that they're being approached by brands who want to put pictures of their products in their timelines.
Klouts Perks have brought the same opportunities to users of Twitter and Facebook. Companies can identify key influencers based on their Klout score and expertise, and offer them benefits in return for their ability to reach large numbers of followers. Perks have included a shooting trip to Vail and two new Sony cameras.
It's not something you can depend on. But for photographers who are active on social media and who manage to build up large followings, the chances that they'll receive attention and rewards from large firms has increased.
Chances Go Mobile
And photographers who like to shoot on their mobile phones have also seen new opportunities. When Bruce Livingstone launched iStockPhoto, smartphones with strong lenses were still a glint in Steve Jobs' eye. The iPhone didn't launch until 2007 and even then it only had a 2 megapixel camera set to f/2.8. Now apps like Scoopshot send announcements of wanted images directly to phones and sell shots of news, accidents and extreme weather uploaded by its users. Those sorts of photos might not be the artistic, beautiful photography enthusiasts like to produce but they still require some photographic skill—and they're opportunities that weren't available previously.
And for photographers who are more artistic, an old opportunity may be returning, doubled. Flickr has been refurbished and still has an agreement with Getty which provides an easy way for buyers to license the images they find on the site. Its younger rival 500px pushes fine art photography prints—with help from the photographers who produce it.
For both the sites, the number of contributors have grown as well as the number of images they offer but because Facebook has siphoned off many of the social images which use to crowd Flickr (and for which the site was originally intended) the quality of the images left behind has also improved.
The bottom line for photography enthusiasts trying to sell images today is that the market continues to change. Microstock has got tighter but may open up again in new and different ways. Social media now offers a way to reward popularity directly as well as market and network. Mobile technology has opened markets for occasional photojournalists, and photo-sharing platforms that specialize in fine art photography continue to grow and develop.
The photography business has always changed, and it will continue to do so. The opportunities available five years ago are not the same as the opportunities available now. But if you can take great photos and are willing to put the effort into matching them to buyers, opportunities are still there.


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|Numbers 13:17-14:10 (Part of the misc. series).
|Preached by Edwin Mwathe on Sunday, June 17, 2018 (Sunday Morning).
|Numbers 14:1-12 (Part of the Heroes & Heroines series).
|Preached by Stephen Seamer on Monday, July 23, 2012 (Sunday Morning).
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Sun., July 14, 2019
Book review: Hanford is horrific for Millie in 'The Cassandra'
An acquaintance who studied electrical engineering received a plum job offer from a military contractor after graduation. He turned the offer down. Unlike poor Mildred "Millie" Groves in this novel, …
Wed., May 15, 2019
Nicole Chung finds new territory in adoption stories told through her own eyes as the adoptee
Nicole Chung asked her adoptive mother an important question when she was a child: "Mama, am I real Korean?"
Sat., Feb. 2, 2019
'I'm Still Here' author Austin Channing Brown to speak at Whitworth
Delia Owens reading at the library postponed until March.
UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 3, 2018
John Blanchette: Time to read up on your Kennel Club history
John Blanchette: Whatever grand aspirations get attached to the authoring of history books, they all start with the same premise. Correcting memories that are faulty, or worse. Too much history, …
Wed., Sept. 12, 2018
Booming sales for Woodward's 'Fear,' Trump presidency book
Bob Woodward's "Fear" is spreading quickly.
Mon., Sept. 10, 2018
Trump promises a 'real book' on his White House
President Donald Trump said Monday that he will write a "real book" about his time in the White House, as he continued to seek to discredit other efforts to chronicle …
UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 5, 2018
Trump insists he's 'exact opposite' of Woodward's portrayal
President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that he's "the exact opposite" of Bob Woodward's portrayal of him in a new book that has set off a firestorm in the White House …
Tue., Sept. 4, 2018
Tell-all book by Watergate reporter roils Trump White House
An incendiary tell-all book by a reporter who helped bring down President Richard Nixon is roiling the White House as current and former aides of President Donald Trump are quoted …
UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 14, 2018
WH insists Trump's no racist as he vilifies another minority
President Donald Trump unloaded on former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Tuesday, calling her a "crazed, crying lowlife" and "that dog," as a clash rooted in the reality star's accusations …
UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 12, 2018
Trump allies, security experts alarmed by Omarosa recordings
Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman is drawing fire from President Donald Trump's allies and national security experts for secret recordings she made at the White House, including her firing …
Sun., Aug. 5, 2018
Book review: Princess Margaret's beauty and arrogance are on parade in 'Ninety-Nine Glimpses'
Craig Brown's delectable "Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret" is not a novel, though its subject seems like a sublime work of fiction, too imperious to be true.
UPDATED: Mon., July 2, 2018
Under presssure, afraid to take bathroom breaks? Inside Amazon's fast-paced warehouse world
Amazon warehouse workers afraid to go to the bathroom or take a sick day. Unattainable productivity targets. Constant surveillance. How accurate is author James Bloodworth's portrayal? A tour in Kent …
Sat., June 9, 2018
Jason Colby's 'Orca' offers personal and historical perspectives on orca captures
Jason Colby has more than a historian's perspective on the era when orca whales were trapped and sold for profit and entertainment all over the world: His father used to …
Tue., May 29, 2018
Going inside the disappearance and murder of a Nampa Police drug informant
Thirty-one years after a Nampa Police drug informant was kidnapped and murdered, Rick Wiley, an investigator on the case, says he finally has some closure. Beginning in January 2017, Wiley …
Sun., May 20, 2018
Northwest Passages Book Club welcomes Neal Thompson
In addition to "Kickflip Boys," Thompson is the author "A Curious Man" and "Driving with the Devil." He lives in Seattle with his family.
Sat., May 12, 2018
Adventure mystery 'Skyjack' soars
"Skyjack" soars with a powerful plot, realistic characters and action that is, at times, over the top but always believable.
Tue., April 17, 2018
Comey: Trump's call to put him in jail isn't 'normal'
Former FBI Director James Comey says it's "not OK" or "not normal" for the president to call for private citizens to be jailed.
Mon., April 16, 2018
Comey speculates Russians may have damaging info on Trump
In his scathing appraisal of the man who fired him as FBI chief, James Comey cited "some evidence of obstruction of justice" in President Donald Trump's actions and speculated that …
Thu., April 12, 2018
In new book, Comey says Trump 'untethered to truth'
Former FBI Director James Comey blasts President Donald Trump as unethical and "untethered to truth" and calls his leadership of the country "ego driven and about personal loyalty" in a …
Mon., March 19, 2018
John Oliver spoofs Pence picture book about bunny
John Oliver's spoof of a new picture book by the wife and daughter of Vice President Mike Pence was No. 1 on Amazon.com and out of stock as of midday …
UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 25, 2018
Michelle Obama to release memoir in November
Michelle Obama's memoir, one of the most highly anticipated books in recent years, is coming out Nov. 13.
Fri., Feb. 23, 2018
Finalists announced for Lukas Book Prize
The $10,000 award honors nonfiction books of both literary quality and social impact, and nominees include Nate Blakeslee, whose "American Wolf" was the December book of the Northwest Passages Book …
Sun., Jan. 21, 2018
The end of the road: Washington poet laureate Tod Marshall looks back on two years of words, inspiration, and road trips
As Washington poet laureate Tod Marshall sprints to the finish line of his two-year tenure, he looks back at the work accomplished, and thinks about what the road ahead will …
Sat., Jan. 20, 2018
The end of the road: Washington poet laureate Tod Marshall looks back on two years of words, inspiration, and road trips
Two years ago, award-winning Spokane poet and Gongaza University professor Tod Marshall embarked on a new journey – as Washington's poet laureate. The laureate program, sponsored by Humanities Washington and …
Sun., Jan. 14, 2018
Northwest Passages Book Club: Nancy Pearl's lust for words encourages reading near and far
The only librarian with her own action figure makes cranking out her first novel sound almost easy.
UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 7, 2018
Bannon tries to make amends as aides defend Trump's fitness
Steve Bannon is trying to make amends. Faced with a growing backlash, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist released a statement Sunday reaffirming his support for the commander in chief …
UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 4, 2018
New book leaves Trump 'furious,' 'disgusted' with Bannon
President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on former top adviser Steve Bannon, responding to a new book that portrays Trump as an undisciplined man-child who didn't actually want to …
UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 3, 2018
Trump blasts Bannon over book, says ex-aide 'lost his mind'
President Donald Trump is blasting his former chief strategist ahead of the release of a new, unflattering book.
Thu., Dec. 14, 2017
Spokane Authors and Self-Publishers release first anthology
Founded in 1998, by Chuck O'Connor, Elmer Freeman, Joe Meiners and Dan Volmer, Spokane Authors and Self-Publishers' goal is for members to share experience, expertise and resources for mutual benefit.
Sat., Dec. 2, 2017
Trump's campaign: Big Macs, screaming fits and constant rivalries
The forthcoming book, "Let Trump Be Trump," paints a portrait of a campaign with an untested candidate and staff rocketing from crisis to crisis, in which the authors and a …


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Is this the very best America can do? Elect a pair of flailing socialist, far left banshee, like Tlaib and Cortez, who seem to state the craziest things?
While they pepper a smelly, socialist stew with approved profanity—and are praised, hailed, worshipped, and featured as "the New Americans" by a lost, mad-dog, Leftist media?
Is this the Flower of Womanhood?
I mean—if they want to use the spice of profanity, shouldn't they take it back to the kitchen? Or, "shit-hole" country? Or, hut? Hovel? Or whatever?
Because these two look to me like "New American Heroes" the infected, drugged, rapist, USA media has had wet-dreams about, for just forever and ever.
Because these two screaming banshee "exemplify" the insane, "Progressive," death- wish of a solidly Marxist media for One Communist World, ruled by—in their minds—ruled by them.
Because these two radicals have set back whatever remained of the discredited "Women's Movement." I was there in the 1960's when the first bras were burned in protest. And then the "glass ceiling." It seemed to have a sexual connotation. Because female "victims" discovered their power. What they could do for, and to, men—their former rulers.
A male draft-card burner and protestor from the Viet Nam War Era was sure to get laid. Any man talking like a woman or behaving like one in a march knew he could have all the socialist pussy he wanted.
I will not be artificially "polite." A mere, "civil" chronicler. The time for polite chit-chat died with the election of Bill Clinton, in 1993.
I can say, "pussy," because it's one of those words sanctified by media high priests like Mahr, Tapper, Lemon, Behar, or even Señor Rachel. They all say it. So, ignoring the barriers imposed against us Conservatives, but not against Liberals, I think I'll say it too.
"Pussy." There. I said it. I feel like Lenny Bruce in the 1950s.
I heard Donald Trump is accused of saying something (baaaad) about how men should "grab pussy" or something. That this peeves women in the suburbs. Help me out here, but most women seem to like having their pussy "grabbed." Am I wrong?
No? Yes? They want it grabbed? They don't want it grabbed—what?
So, with the Lurching Leftist Entirety: all media, all celebs, entertainers, singers, dancers, "artists," provocateurs, and "experts," all extolling the New America, and the Tlaib-Cortez-Propaganda troika, what's next?
"Kill Trump," will be the headline? Or, "Kill Trump's Entire Family?" Or "KILL ALL CONSERVATIVES?"
Or how about, "KILL EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T AGREE WITH PROGRESSIVES?"
Do you think you will really be allowed to pursue a quiet life if you just keep your head down? If you're quiet? If you don't push back? Oh? Ask the dead Jews of Auschwitz about that.
Or those innocent dead from the extermination camps of Bełżec, Sobibór and Treblinka. The "death factories."
Because these One-World, No-Borders, No Countries, No Nothing communist/ Marxist/socialists—once they took power—they had never let anything stand in their way. Nothing. Not anything. They will kill you if they can.
* AS FAR AS I KNOW, SEARCH ENGINES DON'T READ WHAT IMAGES SAY, so I am not "guilty" of saying what Rashida The Muslima said about impeaching Trump.
I'm not scared to say it. I don't want to maybe "offend" some search engine, Twitter boss, Zuckerbook, or something.
Oh, wait. I had better change that….
And since Bill Mahr already used this word, and was hailed by the Leftist media, I can say it too, right?
Yes, I can:
BECAUSE, she who lives by insanity shall reap insanity.
With Rashida now all sworn in to Congress on a Koran while wearing Palestinian clothing, and ranting on the topic—now we are all Palestinians.
Wrong. Rashida Tlaib and her Democrat ilk—in my opinion—are a bunch of lunatic, hysteric, uncouth, disinformational Liberals. She hasn't hurt her Palestinian relations too much more, because they were already crazy as far as I could tell. But she certainly is garnering some truly, whacko headlines and lead stories from her enablers and enforcers in the Leftist media.
I mean—they cannot seem to say Enough about this moron—she and her "Socialist," unicorn-fart-sniffing cohort, Alexandria. For me, Neither of them will be setting an apparent "new tone" of the FUSA. The Former USA.
Neither Rashida nor her alter-ego, "Alexandria Occasional Cortex."
You had better watch out, vato. Watch out that none of this slips up on you quietly on little pussy feet.
Be prepared.
Everything I needed to know, I learned in Cub Scouts.
Before it went LBGT, or whatever….
(Oh…can I get Twittered or Facebooked for using this symbol? Is it, "hate speech?")


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The Gospel According to Andy, Leaf, Roger and Bill
When I had the mushroom-inspired vision of The Cult of the Novel way back in 1979 – written about at the finale of The Mad Artist – I knew that although it was highly organised it was also fanciful and solipsistic and I could only hope that somehow it would filter into the outside world and connect with like-minded individuals. It didn't much at the time and history was against me, with hippydom and psychedelia on the wane and Thatcherite values about to engulf most everything. Cut to thirty-plus years later and people are talking about a psychedelic renaissance, with the old and new coming together and the golden era of 1960s-'70s psychedelia being re-evaluated.
I've often asked myself why it took so long for me to finally formulate and write The Mad Artist, and perhaps it was because I wasn't ready before or perhaps the world wasn't ready. When I did publish it in 2010, I looked around for similar contemporary books and couldn't find any; though Albion Dreaming by Andy Roberts, a history of LSD use in Britain, was on a most similar wavelength. Then shortly afterwards along came Bill Booker, whose Trippers, a personal memoir of LSD and the '70s scene, is very like The Mad Artist and also had a long gestation period. And then Leaf Fielding leaped into the frame with his To Live Outside the Law, a much more wide-reaching and influential memoir about the same zeitgeist, with the added spice of the inside story of the Operation Julie bust.
The four of us liaised and chatted extensively about our shared literary involvement, and it was Bill's idea to form the Facebook page The Semi-Secret Fellowship of Freaks, named after the original fellowship in Trippers. We were joined by Rob Dickins, a Freak of a newer generation, not even born in 1979, but very much tuned to the same vibes, as demonstrated by his site PsypressUK and subsequently his recently published novella Erin. The page provided one of several focuses for interaction, discussion and more speculation about this psychedelic renaissance we are undergoing. Something of a 'novel cult' was getting together. Read more…
Tripped in the Woods
This seven-minute film is the first in a projected series of 'trippy' films, which in various ways will celebrate aspects of the psychedelic experience. Actually it came about as a happy accident, an afterthought. The footage was shot as part of a more extensive project—an illustration of a reading of the first trip sequence in The Mad Artist—which would also involve some night shooting in other locations. I was unable to complete the night shooting in my available window, and now the trees have come into leaf, so it might all have to wait till next winter, as the trip takes place in December.
However, in playing about with the shot footage, I experimented with various visual effects and an idea sparked: to make a trippy film in its own right, independent of the text of the book, though guided by the experiences it describes. So 'Tripped in the Woods' evolved as a notional, subjective point-of-view trip film, involving no people and no words, only the wood itself, progressively metamorphosing by means of trippy visual effects and complementary sound design.
Trippy videos abound on YouTube, and in the main they feature randomly generated wormhole and fractal patterning, fast cutting of anything and everything weird, strobe and flash effects, and tend to be light on original content. The better ones are impressive, but this type of video can get boring and when compared to the fabulous, polymorphous sophistication of the actual trippy inscape, they come nowhere near. With 'Tripped in the Woods' I eschewed the oversubscribed inner world of tripping and concentrated instead on the outer dimension—how acid transforms the look, feel and sound of one's environment, which is especially relevant if that setting is already 'pretty', as the Plymbridge Woods undoubtedly is. And that area has a special significance in being the real setting for my first acid trip, described at length in the opening chapters of The Mad Artist.
As a big fan of the surrealist photographer Man Ray, master of the solarization, I've been dabbling in creating such effects since college days. Back then it all had to be done in the darkroom, with the results hard to predict in advance, and little did we dream that one day computers would take over the task. With Final Cut Pro, I used many different solarization effects, including double and sandwiched solarizations, alongside other image manipulations and stylisations, such as saturation, motion blurring and posterization, to gradually rack up the impression of consolidating trippiness. In Final Cut Pro one can apply posterization to the red, green and blue channels independently, so the range of combination effects is almost endless. Soundtrack Pro also has an extensive library of effects and atmosphere/musical beds, and again used in combination the sometimes melodic, sometimes eerie and sometimes frenetic moods of a trip can be evoked.
More info about my first acid trip as described in The Mad Artist: 'The Alphabet Wood'
'A Session at Ebury Lodge': Mad Artist Sample Chapter
Still by prenza420 on Flickr, courtesy of Creative Commons Licensing
In 1977 I moved into Ebury Lodge student hall of residence in Bournemouth and lived there for more than two years, till I left the art college. That period encompasses the majority of the 'psychonautic adventures' described in The Mad Artist; and Ebury itself, as a community of wayward, madcap art student dopers, came to exist for me as almost a separate reality, hermetically sealed from regular life, complete with its own dream logic.
This sample chapter depicts the events of an afternoon and evening at Ebury—a marathon start-of-term dope session that set the tone for the remainder of the autumn! It introduces many of the colourful characters who appear throughout The Mad Artist, and also gives a good flavour of the approach and style of the book, concentrating on detail, atmosphere and in-depth subjective psychodrama regarding drug effect.
At the prescribed hour, I knocked on Sam's door, and it was opened very cautiously by Big Jim, who gave a big chuckle when he saw it was me. Inside the whole gang were assembled, bright and eager like animals about to be fed. Sam was sat on the sofa, unwrapping the gear on a black lacquered coffee table. Next to him was Eric, a smoking mate from outside the house, who was busy assembling a set of collapsible brass scales that came in an indigo velvet-lined box. Race, Fiona and Sonya were languishing on a pile of cushions and beanbags over by the bay window, looking very decadent and bohemian. Gordon was sat cross-legged on the floor on the other side of the coffee table, a meditative expression on his face. Jim returned to his armchair on the right-hand side of the room, and I picked up a spare big cushion and sat next to him.
Jim and I chatted about our new rooms, with him especially pleased by the coup he'd pulled off in securing the big one next door. Meanwhile Sam was halving the slim oblong ounce of Leb with a serrated knife. He put a half in each pan of the scales, found one slightly heavier, so he broke off a corner, transferred it and found they matched. Then he split one of the halves into two quarters, which matched exactly at the first attempt. Sam was obviously a real expert at this trade. The two quarters became four eighths, two of which were passed to Race and Gordon respectively, and the other two further divided into sixteenths for Fiona, Sonya and Jim. The other half ounce was split into a quarter for Eric, an eighth for me, and the rest went into Sam's tin.
Read the full chapter as a PDF on Slideshare.
To read another extract of The Mad Artist see previous post.
Read 'The Alphabet Wood': Roger and Henry's First Acid Trip
devotes its five opening chapters, 16,400 words, to that life-changing event that triggered the 'psychonautic adventures'—the quest for metaphysical answers and spiritual truth which makes up the book. Underwent on a winter's night, in the rural setting of the Plym Woods and neighbouring villages, the trip was poorly planned, chaotic, crazy—an object lesson in how to get it completely wrong regarding set and setting. But precisely because of the ensuing chaos, the adrenalin rush powered the trip into extreme realms, giving rise to the geometric progression effect that became a motif for the future…
Suddenly the trip jumped in intensity, and the visual effects burst through a quantum barrier into something totally unprecedented. The whole wood around me was reborn in another form: it was no longer a wood composed of trees, branches and leaves, but one composed of…letters. Letters of the alphabet. They were wrought in diamond-encrusted platinum and silver, and interconnected with their own vascular system of luminous, throbbing primary coloured energy. All the various geometric permutations of leaf cluster, twig and branch were resolved into letters in a crystalline fractal method — letters within letters down to the limits of vision, perfectly mirroring the scale and detail of what was being transformed according to the terms of some higher surreal logic. I watched as the wood pulsed, light and dark, light and dark — later, I would realise, in sync with my own heartbeat — each time breaking out into new symbolic foliage of impossible intricacy. It was utterly transcendentally fabulous, but I was too scared to derive any enjoyment.
Now the full five chapters can be read as a Book Preview on Lulu. Click on 'Preview' below the book cover image.
The same section can also be read as a free sample Kindle download from the Amazon Kindle Stores.


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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Fate of a character...[URGENT].
I love J&H, but I'm rather stumped with an essay question we were given:
"Choose a novel of which a main character is important in conveying a writer's theme.
Explain what you consider the theme to be, and how effective the fate of a character conveys it. (25 marks)".
I got that the theme is duality...but I just don't understand what it means by "how effective the fate of a character" conveys Duality. Jekyll's fate? I can't be Hyde as he's pure evil...do you know what I could write? :S


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As if the hottest day of the year wasn't hot enough, firefighters were called in to deal with a cooker fire caused by unattended pan in Shenley Brook End, yesterday.
Crews from Bletchley and Broughton attended the incident.
Their services were also needed to cool a propane cylinder in Stoke Goldington. Firefighters used a hose reel jet to cool the cylinder and provided advice to the owner of the cylinder.


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Sleep problems are very common among children. In fact, MOST children aren't getting proper sleep at night. And every parent knows that when children are sleep deprived, they are likely to have a hard time controlling their emotions. This can lead to potential problems at home and at school, and can be exhausting for mom and dad.
Incorporating yoga into your child's bedtime routine, provides the perfect sleep solution for your child by helping shift her minds' focus from being preoccupied with daily stressors to focusing her attention to yoga postures, relaxation techniques and breath work, with the ultimate goal being a restful sleep.
The benefits of establishing a bedtime yoga routine for your child:
• The combination of breath work, guided imagery, and soothing yoga postures helps release excess energy, tension and stress while calming your child and helping her move towards stillness.
• Helps cultivate a relaxed state of body and mind and provides tools for stress management.
• Develops the ability to center and calm themselves all situations.
• Empowers children to be less reactive and more at peace with themselves.
• Lays the foundation for a lifetime of health and well-being.
• Enables kids to fall asleep faster and achieve a higher quality of sleep.
• Helps reduce irritability, crankiness and hyperactivity.
• Encourages parents to interact and bond with their kids in a positive and healthy way that everyone will enjoy.
• Parents can get their kids to sleep with greater ease.
• Parents are likely to can enjoy a higher quality of sleep if their kids are sleeping soundly.
The following sequence has been carefully designed and will help a children establish a bedtime routine that is proven to work:
Calming breath exercise. Make sure your child doesn't hold his/her breath.
1) Take deep breaths in through your nose to the count of two; and
2) Breathe out through your nose to the count of two
3) Repeat 3-5 times
Also known as happy baby, this pose relieves stress and calms the mind.
1) Lie on your back
2) Grab the outside edges of your feet with your hands
3) Open your knees as wide apart as your torso
4) Draw your knees down toward your armpits
5) Move slowly from side to side to massage your lower back
6) Hold this pose for at least 5 full deep breaths
This is a simple pose that soothes digestion and helps relieve stress in the body.
1) Lay flat on your back
2) Spread your arms out to each side, like a "T"
3) Bring your knees to your chest and slowly drop them over to one side
4) Slowly bring your knees back up to your chest and again gently drop them to the other side
5) Encourage holding for 5 breaths on each side
This meditative exercise helps you move closer towards stillness by saying good night to each body part.
1) Start with your toes and move all the way up to your head
2) Say good night to your toes, then each foot, your shins, knees, thighs, then hips
3) Continue with your pelvis, behind, stomach, ribs, chest, then entire torso
4) Next is your fingers, hands, forearms, elbows, upper arms, your shoulders, neck and your face
5) Then relax your face and say good night to your entire body.
Is a meditation exercise designed to prepare the mind for sleep. It clears away stressful thoughts and shifts your mind's focus to something calming and positive.
1) Lay flat on your back, arms at your sides
2) Relax your body
3) Close your eyes
4) Imagine a star and it's starlight shining in you. Make a wish.
5) Allow enough time to explore this image
Kids of all ages will be stretching and twisting and breathing their way into dreamland!
If you are looking for ways beyond yoga to help your baby or toddler sleep, please be sure to pick up your FREE copy of 5 (tear-free) Ways to Help Your Child Sleep Through the Night, our e-Book with tear-free tips to help your baby sleep better. For those persistent nighttime struggles, check out The 3-Step System to Help Your Baby Sleep (babies) or The 5-Step System to Better Toddler Sleep (toddlers). Using a unique approach and practical tools for success, our e-books help you and your baby sleep through the night and nap better. For those looking for a more customized solution for your unique situation with support along the way, please consider one-on-one baby and toddler sleep consultations, where you will receive a Personalized Sleep Plan™ you can feel good about! Sometimes it's not that you can't make a plan. Sometimes you're just too tired to.
Have You Done Yoga With Your Baby or Toddler?
Laurie Jordan is the author of YAWNING YOGA: A GOODNIGHT BOOK FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP and the creator of Little Sprouts Yoga for Kaia Yoga Wellness Centers. She shares her expertise on all things kids yoga as a contributing writer for Elephant Journal. She has a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University School of Social Work and is a certified yoga instructor for children and adults.
Laurie created this bedtime book based on her successful bedtime yoga series, Yawning Yoga. She developed her unique "Yawning Yoga" sequence while working as a school social worker in an effort to help over-stimulated, over-stressed children enjoy a good night's sleep and ultimately, greater school success. The combination of yoga and social work has given Laurie a unique expertise that provides insight and special solutions to growing children and families.


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By Kevin Hutto
Before you go to a golf course, it's important that you are in the mood to play the game. Even if you're already physically prepared to play a round, but aren't up to it mentally, you're going to make a lot of errors in your shots that will inevitably result to higher scores. Besides the frustration you're going to feel, you're going to miss out the whole purpose of a game, that is, you play it for enjoyment and relaxation. How do you prep yourself up for a golf game?
First of all, you have to get rid of all the negative energies that you may have before you set out to a golf course. What are these negative vibes? Anger, worry and fear are just some examples. It's understandable that many people play golf as a form of stress-relief. However, being stressed and having a depressed outlook about it are two entirely different things. When you set out to play golf, make certain that you are going to forget everything else and simply concentrate on the game. You'll be surprised at how your perspective changes by simply allowing yourself to forget everything else for just four hours and think of nothing but golf.
Secondly, you have to keep a positive attitude before, during, and after the game. A dose of positivism just does wonders to your strokes. It adds a lot of power and accuracy to your swing. Positivism makes you laugh off bad shots and allows you to continue on with the game. It adds a full measure of enjoyment to your golfing as well, preventing club-throwing tantrums and debilitating hooks and splices that ruin the pleasure of playing a round. When you're positive, you can genuinely celebrate with friends at the 19th hole no matter the outcome of the game.
Finally, you have to prepare yourself mentally to simply just have fun. Far too many times you tend to approach the game too seriously even if you are just a recreational golfer. You always make sure that your form and technique are just perfect. You run a checklist through your head to ensure that your swings are done with just the right angle and arc. More often than not, this results in you being too self-conscious that you immediately stiffen up and conveniently forget the fact that golf is supposed to be fun! Certainly, you do need to ensure that your stance is right, that you are gripping the shaft correctly and that you are following-through on your swing, but all these need not hinder you from truly enjoying the game. Forgive yourself when you commit any errors and simply strive to do better in the next hole.
Get rid of the negatives, focus on the positives, have fun- and you'll soon realize that you're playing better golf than you ever did before.
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Formula one's sole tyre supplier Pirelli has come under renewed criticism over their product following four dramatic tyre blowouts that plagued the British Grand Prix at the weekend.
The trouble at the iconic Silverstone circuit is the latest controversy to hit the Milan based manufacturer.
Teams have raised concerns over the fast degradation of Pirelli's tyres which are leading to races being disrupted by too many pit stops.
Lewis Hamilton was leading the British Grand Prix on Sunday when his rear left tyre exploded.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa, McLaren's Sergio Perez and Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne also suffered dangerous blowouts leaving debris all over the circuit.
The sport's Governing body the FIA, who recently reprimanded Pirelli and Mercedes for illegal in-season tyre testing – have summoned the Italian company to a meeting on Wednesday to address the issues ahead of this weekend's German Grand Prix.


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The Federal Reserve's two-day meeting on interest rates, inflation and the economy started Wednesday. Is the Fed overly concerned with inflation? Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist at LaSalle Bank, and Paul Kasriel, senior vice president and director of economic research at Northern Trust Company, offered their insights on "Morning Call."
Tannenbaum believes that this is not a time to be relaxed, citing a long list of existing inflation risks.
"We have a tight labor market, we have productivity growth that seems to be moderating, and we have import prices that are going up, so certainly it's no time to discard the vigilance that they [the Fed] have expressed in their statements over the last few months," Tannenbaum told CNBC's Mark Haines.
But Kasriel believes that, if anything, there will be more concern about recession than inflation by late October.
"Right now everything is moving according to the Fed's forecasts and that is how they're basing their policy, so I do not expect to see any major change," said Kasriel.