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When God 'grabs hold of us' he takes us on a journey. He wants us to walk His road, the road of discipleship – growing and maturing as a follower of Jesus. The discipleship pathway that we offer here at St Stephens provides an opportunity to do just that - to keep walking this road that God has invited us onto.
This is about being Mission Minded and being intentional about incorporating new people into the life of the church, nurturing them in faith and commitment, and training them for God's work.
We have three courses tailored specifically for this - designed to be practical, engaging and relevant to life and faith today.
DNA St Stephens is a four week course that uses the Apostles Creed as a framework to consider what we believe as Christians and how that informs what we do here at St Stephens.
This course is about belonging to the body of Christ.
LIFE St Stephens is the continuation of DNA and looks at the Sermon on the Mount and what it means for our life in Christ now. It takes a practical look at how we can live out the teachings of Jesus. LIFE resources can be found here.
This course is about committing to living for Christ.
Equip: St Stephens is about considering God's call to all. It is made up of seven modules which aim to equip people to serve and lead in whatever God calls them to.
This course is about serving Christ.
Discipleship Pathway for Kids
ON TRACK: St Stephens is a course specifically designed to take kids further in their faith.
This course is about kids loving Jesus and loving others - for life.
Each of these courses are run regularly so if you would like to join one please contact us for more information.
Life Groups are an essential part of St Stephens. They provide both Intentional Discipleship (see above) as well as ongoing support and growth of faith. We want to become a church of life groups, not just a church with life groups, so we can all grow to maturity in Christ (Col 1:28)
In our regular Life Groups we've seen how people grow closer to each other and closer to God through them. It's a place where you can share the struggles and the joys of life, learn more about Jesus and His Word. All while enjoying good company and good food.
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Once again, I've been AWOL from my blog for a while. In this case, it was a combination of me having a lot of duties to perform at a recent UofPortland alumni choir concert (and a dinner cabaret the same weekend) where I did pretty much everything that could have been done in front of an audience - sing, accompany on piano, emcee, read program notes, and quite a bit of organization on the side as well.
Just when I thought it was safe to think I had a life again, along came the Fourth of July and my mother's mobility took a turn for the worse. My sister and I have spent the past week helping her any time she needed to move from point A to point B (including the bathroom, shower, everything), as well as getting her ready to move to assisted living (which happens tomorrow). My sister has done the heavy lifting, staying every night at my mother's apartment and getting her to the bathroom multiple times in the middle of the night. I would have been a wreck after three days, she's done it for nearly two weeks. And she's over 60.
Toss in a gig this Saturday (the day after we move Mom), complete with a different drummer as our drummer hurt his back as well as tearing the meniscus in his kick drum knee. That's showbiz, and we've had extra rehearsals to get the drummer who is sitting in (and doing a fine job of it, much better than I'd have done sitting in on keys). So I'm a crispy critter at this point.
The good news is that, assuming all goes well and it never does, that I have no big projects the rest of the year. I'll still have an increased role in Mom's life, as I'll be over there nearly every day, but I've decided to give up on the goal of biking down to Eugene in late August (just not even close to enough training time, between the crappy weather here and too many irons in the fire). Of course, something will explode. It always does. But for now, I can bask in at least the concept of once again having free time to do some gaming. I will have a lot of catching up to do...


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Leticia Ann Cline (October 1, 1978) is an American model. She is best known as a former interviewer for TNA Wrestling.
Early career
Cline began modeling at the age of 14. She went on to appear in a number of American magazines and spent a year modeling in Japan. She then focused on her education, earning degrees in psychology and finance from the University of Kentucky in 2000 and eventually became a certified public accountant. She also married and had a son, but the marriage broke up soon after.
On October 23, 2006, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling producer Jessie Ward recruited Cline to TNA as an interviewer, complementing Jeremy Borash. Cline made her television debut on the November 30, 2006 episode of TNA Impact!. She took a break from TNA in the beginning of fall 2007 to concentrate on other projects. Her final appearance with TNA was on their first ever two hour show. Cline was officially granted her release from TNA on November 25, 2007.
Cline was a Beauty on the 2008 season of the reality show Beauty and the Geek (Season 5). On week 5 of B&G, Matt Carter and Leticia won the Young and the Restless Soap Opera Challenge. They were eliminated in the series finale and got third place.
Cline appeared on the Howard Stern reality television show Bowling Beauties in 2008, but lost in the third episode.


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Welcome to my blog!
Here you will find some posts of my work as a Women's Health Physical Therapist and life as a mother! You'll find some tips that I have found useful throughout the years or that I have shared with my patients. I recently started a series called Inspiring Women Series where I'll feature an inspiring woman in our community on the blog. I hope you enjoy this content and please feel free to reach out to me with any questions/blog topics you might have in mind.
© 2017. Allison Oswald. All Rights Reserved.
*The information contained on the website/blog is not intended to be medical advice nor replace the care given by your health care provider.
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Bangalore, March 29,2014 – Dell, the global technology giant that recently went private, is all set to enter the IT healthcare market in India with a focus on mid-sized hospitals and other players in this segment. Dell, whose business spans across hardware, software and IT services, has targeted the healthcare market with a new cloud-based solution.
"We will target hospitals with 100 beds or above or if they are smaller, but part of a chain like Cloudnine, VisionCare etc. It will not be the Apollos and Fortis because they have solutions available," Sid Nair, vice-president and global general manager, healthcare and life sciences, told FE. Elaborating on their strategy, Nair said initially, it will be a three-year business plan for them in India. "We would monitor it for 18 months. If it works here, we will take it to China and Latin America," he added.
Dell sees untapped potential in India, China and Latin America. "Three years ago, 95% of our revenue was from the US. The largest US healthcare system has 20,000-25,000 beds, whereas Apollo and Fortis have 10,000-12,000 beds," said Nair. "The US has 5,000 hospitals. They can grow up to a certain level. We want to seed the Indian market right now because the government is paying attention. India currently spends 1.5% of GDP on healthcare. It's going to increase in the next two years," he said.The Indian healthcare industry is valued at $160 billion as against the US's $3 trillion. "While healthcare spending in the US is decreasing, it is growing in India by 15%," Nair said.
In a recent report, research firm Gartner had said healthcare providers in India are expected to spend $1.08 billion on IT products and services in 2014, an increase of 4% over 2013. Dell's cloud-based healthcare solution has finance, procurement, ERP, HR, all put together in one box. This can be accessed by end-users such as physicians, nurses and back office staff. This solution will be delivered under the Software-as-a-Service model and the user will only pay depending on the usage.
Dell is also partnering with Ubq Technologies and Ramco Systems to deliver an end-to-end proposition to providers. Ubq's hospital information system solution, medics, will serve as the front-end application for patient-centric activities and integrate with Ramco ERP on cloud to provide customers seamless enterprise-wide applications on cloud.


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Blake Woman - Beanie Major
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your life so far…
I grew up in the countryside but I consider London to be my home. I was born here but it wasn't until I finished art college in Edinburgh that I really got to know the city. Now I can't imagine myself anywhere else. I love the fast pace of life and everything London has to offer.
I loved to draw from a young age but at school there always had to be a concept behind a work of art and I couldn't ever find a concept I truly believed in. I discovered product design when I was 13 and it made sense to me. I loved that I could apply my drawing skills to something that had a function, so I decided to study jewellery design as part of my A level's and my degree.
Why jewellery?
It is the stories and sentimentality behind jewellery that I love. Jewellery is made to be treasured and passed down generations.
What made you decide to change direction from designing to consulting/blogging?
It happened organically. I started writing In Detail whilst I was designing for Shaun Leane. I was one of the first people to give fine jewellery exposure online and because of that the site got a lot of attention almost immediately. I decided to go full time on In Detail because I loved the access it gave me to so many wonderful brands.
What is the most important thing you have learned?
This year I have learnt it is important to know two things - why you do what you do and what your values are. It is ok for your goals to change but knowing these two things can help you with every decision you make.
Talk us through your daily routine.
I try to start the day with 15 minutes on The Business of Fashion or a TED talk. Then I do my emails. What happens after that is never really the same. It might be a day of appointments with brands or styling shoots for the website.
How would you describe your style?
Neutral. I like to buy clothes I can wear over and over again. I rarely wear anything bold or showy. I like simple, classic shapes.
5 jewellery brands/designers on your radar right now...
Dina Kamal
Anissa Kermiche
Fernando Jorge
Emma Franklin
With all the success so far, what is the long term goal?
I am passionate about connecting people with the best jewellery in the world. My aim is to continue to find the most innovative ways to achieve this goal.
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The lawyer for 31-year old writer Tristane Banon announced that on her behalf he had filed a formal complaint with prosecutors, asking them to open an investigation.
Banon claims that Strauss-Kahn attempted to rape her in his apartment in 2003, during an interview.
The writer said that she had described the incident in an autobiographic novel, "The Trapezist," which published in 2006.
Banon was reportedly dissuaded from reporting the incident by her mother, who feared for her career.
Strauss-Kahn has labeled Banon's account "imaginary" and warned that he would file a slander complaint against her, the Associated Press reported.
Strauss-Kahn was recently released from house arrest after a New York court announced a review of his case triggered by new revelations challenging the alleged victim's credibility.
Investigators say that the hotel maid who accused Strauss-Kahn of sexually attacking her on May 14 may have connections to organized crime and repeatedly lied to investigators.
Before his New York arrest, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was considered the leading Socialist candidate for the French presidential elections next year.
According to Robert Zaretsky, a French history professor at the University of Houston, the latest accusations against Strauss-Kahn are, contrary to popular belief, less political assassination than "political suicide."
"It is significant that Tristane Banon's mother, Anne Mansouret – who is a fairly important figure in the Socialist Party, and who urged her daughter back in 2003 not to say anything about the attack – has now come out of the closet and is insisting that Strauss-Kahn and his sexual habits have been long-known among Socialists, long lamented, but nobody has said anything about them," Zaretsky said.


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Big 12 commissioner has right idea on NCAA reforms
Like the old college wrestler that he is, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby knows a headlock when he feels one.
And make no mistake, the NCAA has its collective neck fully engaged of late, with judges, attorneys and players, past and present, all putting on the squeeze.
But Bowlsby was far from light-headed Sunday, as he sat in front of the media at the NCAA's annual Final Four news conference. Joined by other members of the association's steering committee — Nathan Hatch of Wake Forest; Michael Drake, soon to be president of Ohio State; Kirk Schulz of Kansas State; and Rita Cheng of Illinois-Carbondale — Bowlsby was there presumably to bolster the flanks of often-attacked NCAA president Mark Emmert.
Emmert inevitably provided the day's juiciest headline quote. Responding to a question about the National Labor Relations Board's recent ruling that a group of Northwestern football players are qualified to unionize, Emmert said, "To be perfectly frank, the notion of using a union employee model to address the challenges that do exist in intercollegiate athletics is something that strikes most people as a grossly inappropriate solution to the problems.
"To convert to a unionized employee model is essentially to throw away the entire collegiate model for athletics. You can't split that one in two. You're either a student at a university playing your sport, or you're an employee of that university."
A unionized NCAA "work force" would be fraught with nuances and complications. Does the average Division I football athlete realize, for example, that NFL players are taxed by other municipalities for road games?
How's a backup punter going to pay a tax bill from Starkville, Miss.?
Far from sabre-rattling, however, the unionization effort is "the first step in a process," Bowlsby suggested.
"There are some states that don't allow public employees to unionize, and there are some that don't allow you to strike even if you're in a union," he said. "We're a long ways from having unions."
What the NCAA can do now, though, is reform its governing procedures, and Bowlsby was both clear and quotable about that.
There are 65 schools in the so-called "Big 5" power conferences. There has to be a way — Bowlsby, Emmert and the others agreed — to address the needs of both the 65 and the 286 other institutions in the NCAA.
"By the time we take a legislative proposal through the system," Bowlsby said, "it doesn't look at all like the thoroughbred racehorse that we thought we were inventing. Instead, it turns out looking like a three-legged camel that really doesn't serve anybody's needs.
"We need to find a way where we can do better than that."
The answer is not, as many think, for the five power conferences to break from the NCAA and form a completely new association. Launching a new organization would be both complicated and costly.
But what the presidents and Bowlsby hinted at Sunday was an NCAA membership more willing to allow the 65 power conference schools to operate under rules that befit their sizes and revenue structures.
The steering committee frequently mentioned Sunday the idea of ensuring that a student-athlete's scholarship meets the "complete cost of attendance."
An annual $2,000 stipend had been proposed. The small schools argued that the stipend would cripple them. The power schools, meanwhile, would like to see the figure increased.
Bowlsby objected to the notion, however, that the power conference schools no longer have anything in common with the other 286.
"There are more points of commonality then there are differences," he said. "What we're saying is, 'Let us just have a little more ability to steer our own ship.' "
Surrounded by university presidents and one unpopular NCAA president Sunday, the Big 12's Bowlsby spoke both simply and eloquently. He sounded downright presidential, more than a few media members remarked.
These days, the NCAA needs a fighter to lead it through the gathering storm.
An old college wrestler would certainly do.


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I received a call from Steve Lasko from Lasko Design + Consulting in Reston, VA. Being a designer, Steve had very definite ideas of how he wanted his executive portraits to look. He wanted a number of portraits so that the images could be used, not only for his website, but for other articles and speaking engagements. So I tethered my camera to my laptop so Steve could see in real time what it is we were capturing. We had fun experimenting with a lot of different compositions and lighting. Within 30 minutes or so we had what we wanted!
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Herbs for Hard Times: Resources + Next steps
It was such an honor and a joy to be able to delve into this potent, important topic with all of you. It's important to us to keep the conversation and momentum going, both online and in-person! We've compiled a couple of resources and next steps for you... definitely let us know if you have questions or need more information on any of this by posting in PlantWitch Society.
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on this fresh morning
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Here's the replay for those of you who missed us live, or who simply want to catch the details you've missed! We go into motherwort, rose, hawthorn, and more...
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Work Lunches: Eat Angelos
Our "Work Lunches" series focuses on your non-traditional food establishments, the ones without brick and mortar locations. For nomenclature purposes, we'll call them Online Restaurants
Angelos Kitchen
FOLLY: This wasn't my first time having Angelos but Nosa never had it until recently.
NOSA: I heard about it at my old job, but I was getting paid NYSC pennies so it was waaaay out of my budget.
FOLLY: My old boss is OG Angelo's queen, I wonder if she still orders from them.
It's funny cause the day we decide to review them was my worst Angelo's experience ever. Like, what are the odds?
NOSA: The day we ordered them is the day I actually had to do work at the office so mine was a real late lunch.
FOLLY: I ordered the Barbecue Chicken Wrap and Nosa had the Chicken Fajita. Thanks to the fact that they took 3 hours to deliver my order, this time, my wrap came cold.
NOSA: Mine came super on time. I actually wished they'd come late.
What I loved about Angelo's all the other times I've ordered is that my toasted wrap still arrived warm.
NOSA: I'm a huge fan of their packaging
FOLLY: I warmed this up and it was okay. What I liked about it was that it didn't have too much barbecue sauce and there was more chicken than vegetables. However, I think I prefer their spicy chicken wrap.
NOSA: My fajita wrap could have done with more guacamole because fajitas, duh. And I totally dug the little bag of Doritos it came with. It was on brand-ish given what I ordered.
FOLLY: I also decided to try one of their juices, this time, the orange and pineapple and sadly that arrived warm too. I put it in the fridge and forgot about it until the next day sadly :(
NOSA: Got their juice once, but I made a mimosa with it so I can't tell you much about the quality of the juice. It was a great mimosa though.
FOLLY: Angelo's is a solid lunch option if you work in the VI and Lekki area because that's within their free delivery zone. They deliver as far as Marina and Ikoyi too but I think they charge. They even also deliver to the mainland, but then they throw in a minimum order quantity.
NOSA: If I had a job that paid me a liiiiiitle better, I'd probably do their sandwiches for lunch everyday like Folly's old boss. But alas, Nigeria.
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Regular Chicken Fajita Wrap - N2000
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Some people like slices of ham, with vegetables on the side. If you're looking to shake things up a bit, or to stretch a ham with the use of vegetables in a casserole, or if you need to have your vegetables mixed with meat and cheese in order for a small person to eat them, this recipe is for you.
Grease a 9×12-inch Pyrex dish with butter or olive oil spray. Fill the dish with: 2 pounds of ham, cut into 1-inch cubes, 1 pound of potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes, and 1 pound of this amazing cheese. Make sure the three ingredients are mixed together evenly. Bake for 90 minutes at 350 degrees. Use a meat thermometer to verify that the ham is completely cooked before serving. Some people like a little salt and pepper on this dish, but I'm happy to eat it plain.


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GSCE and A level marking is awful, say heads
Thousands of teenagers are awarded incorrect grades in GCSEs and A levels every year due to poor quality of marking, the head masters at Britain's top independent schools say.
Inaccurate and inconsistent marking of scripts is far more widespread than acknowledged and has worsened as the volume of exams for separate GCSE and A-level units has risen, they say.
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), representing the heads of 252 leading private schools, accused the exams regulator of failing to tackle the the problem.
They said Ofqual was too concerned with using statistical models to monitor overall results of exam boards to stop "grade inflation" and overlooked injustice to individual candidates.
Their concerns are set out in a detailed report drawing on complaints of grades…


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Troon, the world's largest golf management company, has promoted two top executives: Charlene (Lowry) Gallob has been promoted to senior vice president, procurement and Jeff Hansen has been promoted to senior vice president, associate general counsel.
Gallob, who joined Troon in 1999, has more than 25 years of experience in hospitality purchasing. Prior to joining Troon, she spent the previous seven years as director of purchasing for Promus/Doubletree Hotels. She has also held positions with Ramada and Choice Hotels. Her current responsibilities include negotiating and oversight of all national account programs with key vendor partners, as well as development of strategic marketing relationships.
Hansen has more than 20 years of legal experience in areas of commercial, litigation and employment law. He has spent the past seven years focused on golf, hospitality and employment related matters with Troon. Prior to joining Troon, Hansen practiced law with a small firm in Nebraska. He is now responsible for assisting the company's general counsel with all legal matters.
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Troon has the largest portfolio of managed golf courses in the world with 238 18-hole equivelent courses throughout 36 states and 26 countries outside of the United States.


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I highly recommend Sage for his outstanding web design and SEO services. He is very reliable, he has excellent customer service, he delivers what he promises and even more. Hiring him was a great decision and I'm looking forward to working with him in the future.
Sage is extremely hardworking and diligent in his pursuit of excellence when he takes on any project. His work was nothing but exceptional and I can truly tell he does his best to stay at the top of his game and bring the best SEO results to his clients. I will forever recommend him for his work!
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Every couple of years, journalists and pundits proclaim the death of the red-state/blue-state divide in American politics. In 2004, political expert Charlie Cook rejected the idea that cultural issues would influence the presidential election. Last year, E.J. Dionne, Jr. wrote that "the old red-state-blue-state maps are becoming obsolete." And this morning, Daniel has written that the hot moral issues that pulled "the pew voters into the Republican big tent are seeming to disappear in the face of the economic downturn."
Yet those comments have never jibed with my own interviews with voters. When I spent days knocking on doors in Western Pennsylvania, I would frequently get one of two responses: I could never vote for a candidate who supported gay marriage or abortion; or I could never support a candidate who opposed environmental protections. Fewer than a fifth of voters made such remarks, but there were enough of them to swing elections, usually in favor of a socially conservative candidate.
Barack Obama is often depicted the candidate of "purple America," the candidate who transcends the red-state/blue-state divide. Indeed, Obama conducted two interviews recently about his views of faith, religion, and politics. But all the interviews served to highlight was that journalists continue to proceed from a red-state/blue-state mindset.
Reporter and author Dan Gilgoff interviewed Obama for Beliefnet. Although Gilgoff wrote an acclaimed book about Dr. James Dobson, practically the religious leader of red-state America, his talk with Obama was less than rigorous. In fact, Gilgoff asked about Obama's well-known line that blue-staters actually are religious and received the following response:
Your 2004 Democratic National Convention speech introduced you to the nation. And perhaps the most repeated line from that speech was, simply, "We worship an awesome God in the blue states." Did you think that line would have as much resonance as it wound up having?
Yeah, I did. That's why I put it in there. I thought it was an important message to send to the country as a whole, but also to my fellow Democrats that nobody has a monopoly on religious belief.
No one of course has a monopoly on religious belief. But what types of beliefs are those? To my disappointment, Gilgoff seems to have failed to pin Obama down. The interview makes no mention of Obama's answers to the tmatt trio and makes no mention of Obama's views of controversial cultural issues. The absence of such responses might play well in blue states, but it doesn't in red states.
Case in point: Christianity Today's interview with Obama. Interviewers Sarah Pulliam and Ted Olsen asked Obama his views of abortion. Instead of pulling their punches, Pulliam and Olsen asked the culturally liberal candidate a tough question:
For many evangelicals, abortion is a key, if not the key factor in their vote. You voted against banning partial birth abortion and voted against notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. What role do you think the President should play in creating national abortion policies?
Obama's answer did not go beyond the usual Democratic talking points on the issue. Perhaps Pulliam and Olsen should have asked a follow-up question. But Obama's answer made clear that on this issue, he has not transcended the red-state/blue-state divide.
The CT interview also contained one more piece of news. If elected, Obama might scrap President Bush's faith-based initative:
So would you keep the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives open or restructure it?
You know, what I'd like to do is I'd like to see how it's been operating. One of the things that I think churches have to be mindful of is that if the federal government starts paying the piper, then they get to call the tune. It can, over the long term, be an encroachment on religious freedom. So, I want to see how moneys have been allocated through that office before I make a firm commitment in terms of sustaining practices that may not have worked as well as they should have.
While Gilgoff failed to ask Obama about his positions on cultural issues, Pulliam and Olsen failed to ask Obama about his positions on poverty or his health-care plan. I would like to have known whether Obama considered his stands as consistent with his Christian faith.
To his credit, Gilgoff asked about Obama's pastor, Jeremiah Wright, a black nationalist; and like Pulliam and Olsen, he asked whether Obama considered himself born-again. So the red-state/blue-state divide is not the second coming of the Berlin Wall.
Even so, reading both interviews, you can't help but think that journalists are as much part of the red-state/blue-state divide as voters.


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La science a découvert depuis longtemps que les cellules humaines, sont sensibles à la lumière du soleil :
- Thnaks to UV from the sun our cells produce vitamin D.
- The white light stimulate the phtosensitivity of the skin and helps to have a better circadian rythm as well as a better sleep.
- The near infrared light (From 0,75 to1,5 microns) which is heating, stimulate mitochondria that produce more energy (AdEnosine triphosphate or ATP). Infrared lamps are used in sports notably for recovery and to help the muscle to relax.
The last researches on the light brought the scientists to specifically focus on the far-infrared light. They discovered that this light doesn't heat and was favorable to the ddevlopment of all the living beings. Each organism emits its own far-infrared radiation (FIR) in wavelength included between 4 et 14 microns.


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If you are like most surfers and SUPers you have probably spent a lot of your time looking at your fins. It has been said that fins are inch for inch the most critical performance feature on your board. Fins have always interested me and after thirty years of surfing I still have not totally figured them out. Fins may seem perplexing, yet when it comes to surfboard fins, the basics are quite simple.
The Basics- Rake, Height and Base Length
Base Length
The base of the fin is simply what it implies. That is, the distance from the tip of the front of the fin-base to the tip of the back of the fin-base. For the basis of this article we shall simplify things. As a good rule of thumb the wider base will usually create a looser feel to the board while a narrow base will sometimes be create a tighter, stable board. As an example of this, a Liz Twin Fin (a type of loose board small wave board) will have an extremely wide base length to heighten its pivoting and maneuverability characteristics. On the other hand a traditional California Noserider will have a narrower based fin which will help stabilize and stiffen the board during critical noserides.
Fin Rake and Height
Fin rake is the distance from the tip of the rear base to the tip of the extreme top end of the fin measured at a 90 degree right angle. This sounds complex but it is easy to measure. To find your rake, take a ruler to the tip of the top of your fin (the closet point possible to the tail). At a right angle to the fin base follow the ruler down to the bottom of the board. Mark this point with an x with an erasable pen. Measure the distance from the bottom rear tip of your fin to this point. It is usually just a few inches yet this design feature has large ramifications in the performance of your board. A fin which has a longer rake is more "swept". These fins are great for larger, hollow waves as their swept aspect holds the tail in the wave in critical sections. Swept fins with high rake are used also on noseriders as this type of tail is less likely to spin out in high and critical noserides. Despite this, swept fins can make a board to tight and sluggish in small mushy waves. For these types of waves a less swept or more "upright" fin with a wider base is more feasible. They help you pivot in tighter arcs and have more release (the ability to quickly re-set the trajectory of your board).
Fin height is also very important. Obviously a 9 inch high fin will sit deeper in the water and have more holding power. The deeper fin has less chance of spinning out in bowling sections as it holds the tail of the board down. The disadvantage to this is you will have a little more drag and fin to deal with. This is great if you want to noseride but if you are a hot-dogger a high fin may hamper your style. On the other hand a fin with lower height (4.5 + inches) may be looser. Many small wave short boards have smaller up right fins to maximize their maneuverability and shorten their turning arc. Shorter fins may also have more release than deep higher fins. Despite this when the waves get big and hollow a shorter fin may "pop" out of the water and cease to hold your tail in the water. This is called a spin out
Avoid Dogmatism
The above rules are only very broad generalizations. Many surfers have their theories which they will die by. Keep in mind that creativity is part of the fun of our sport. Anything may work therefore don't be narrow minded. Mark Richards rode virtually horizontal twin fins at Hawaiian 10' foot sunset and won numerous times. They were not supposed to work but he made them work. Kelly Slater gets away with riding small wave fins at gigantic Margret River Australia. It is truly amazing at how fin performance stereotypes can be completely incorrect.
I have ridden the stupidest looking fins and they worked wonderfully for reasons that I cannot really fathom. My favorite fins are what you call runners. Ben Aipa gave me a pair to try. They were literally 1 inch high and have an extremely long base length and no rake whatsoever. People laughed at me at the beach when they saw the fins. For some reason they worked admirably. I have also used curved fins extensively. If you look at the fin" head on" they are actually curved inward in a semicircle. Again, they were one of the best set of fins that I ever had.
In the end, fins are a-lot of fun and an integral part to our sport whether it be surf SUPing or surfing itself. It is important to keep fooling around with fins to find a system that suits your surfing. My next article, which will be out in about a week on this post, will deal with fin configurations. Do you ride a quad, tri-fin, single or a twin? You could write a whole book on this yet the basics are fairly simple. Until then, have fun with your fins!
Len Barrow, July 2011.


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It is these shortcomings, and many more, that necessitated the introduction of containerization. This entails the use of standard cuboid containers for the sake of handling and transporting cargo. These containers are mainly made of tough metal.
Our goal in the proceeding discussions shall be highlighting and discussing the benefits of these containers in international shipping:
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These containers were generally facilitating the loading of cargo into the ships, trailers, and trains. In light of this, the containers are easy to handle and operate on the whole.
They, therefore, take a comparatively shorter duration of time to load and make ready for some long-distance travels. This translates to reduced backlog during the loading period and also enhances the preparation of those containers for further use.
This again further sees to it that there is no serious backlog of containers at the point of entry. In addition to that, the containers also take less duration of time to bring about the attendant benefits as their traditional counterparts did. This again is great for profitability.
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By being compact in size, the containers expedite the process of cargo transportation a great deal. They do not at all impose additional strain on the road neither do they demand extra space to transport. This means that the available infrastructure is not at all overwhelmed or severely damaged.
Closely related to the above is the fact that they do not require the transfer of the contents from one packaging to another. The same container is used throughout regardless of the exact kind of vehicle that is used.
These contemplations ought not to discourage you from building a container home. They are modest, proficient, and earth neighborly structures that can make one of a kind home. Yet, as in every single real task, it's critical to consider the majority of the tangles that could come to your direction. By preparing, you can ensure that your freight container home project is completed right.
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It has been a significant theme on what number of individuals would need to have these steel boxes for homes. In any case, with the amazing points they give when fabricated and the wonderful structures they have, they not only ensure fabulous living stages, but also durable spaces.
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The Bone Collector (1999)
Rhyme: There are five basic contaminants in a crime scene. I'll skip to the worse one. Other cops.
Lincoln Rhyme: Destiny is what we make it
Captain Howard Cheney: You got a smart mouth, and it's gonna get you in trouble someday.
Thelma: Yeah, and it also may bite your ass if you don't stop tryin' to aggravate my patient!
Amelia: What, you think that because of your condition you have the right to boss people around? I'm sorry, but that is truly pathetic.
Rhyme: Truly?
Amelia: Damn right, truly.
Rhyme: Do you know who I am?
Amelia: I read your manual at the academy.
Rhyme: Yeah? What did you think of it?
Amelia: I'm not a book critic, sir.
Paulie: If you were any more wound up you'd be a timex.
Richard Thompson: Do you know what happens to a cop in prison? You are brutalised every single day over and over... you become a human toilet.
Eddie Ortiz: It's everyone's worst nightmare; you get into a cab and there's some psycho from Jersey behind the wheel.
Rhyme: [Amelia caresses a sleeping Rhyme's hand] There are laws against molesting the handicapped, you know.
[he awakens]
Amelia: Yeah?
Lincoln Rhyme: How is your mother?
Eddie Ortiz: Oh, God, she's 76, and she's schtupping some guy named Morris. Can you believe it?
Lincoln Rhyme: God bless her.
Eddie Ortiz: It's Morris I'm worried about. He's 76, with a tricky ticker and an active pecker.
Thelma: Just give it a few seconds to work. Come on, breathe with me. Breathe with me, Rhyme. Rhyme! Come on, now... Hang on, Rhyme. Hang on, man.
Amelia: Is he gonna make it?
Thelma: If he does, he won't be happy.
Amelia: What are you talking about?
Thelma: He's already finalized arrangements to self-terminate... He's got some doctor friend to help with his "final transition" as he calls it.
Amelia: But suicide? I mean...
Thelma: It's the seizures. Any one of them could put him into a vegetative state. That's what he fears more than anything.
Richard Thompson: [ranting] I gave you so many clues and you failed... you fucking failed.
Lincoln Rhyme: All right, this is what I want you to do. We're gonna need those handcuffs really. It's probably our best chance for good prints.
Amelia: The M.E. can remove them when they get here.
Lincoln Rhyme: The M.E. is all thumbs really. They'll mess up the prints. Look in the suitcase. There's a small saw.
Amelia: [finds the saw] Okay.
Lincoln Rhyme: I want you to saw her hands off at the wrist line. We gotta have those cuffs for prints.
Amelia: [pause] I can't.
Lincoln Rhyme: Cut her hands off. We need the handcuffs.
Amelia: I can't. No.
Lincoln Rhyme: Saw off her hands, take off the cuffs.
Amelia: I can't.
Lincoln Rhyme: Listen to me. Saw off her h... We need those cuffs.
Amelia: I can't!
Lincoln Rhyme: Amelia, we need...
Amelia: No, fuck you!
Detective Kenny Solomon: You were a model.
Amelia: Yeah, when I was a kid.
Detective Kenny Solomon: Kid model to street cop... there's a leap.
Detective Kenny Solomon: For whatever it's worth... I thought what you did today was pretty damn terrific.
Lincoln Rhyme: Whatever happened to your father doesn't mean it's gonna happen to you. You're a great cop. You'd make a terrific detective. It's a gift. Don't throw it away.
Lincoln Rhyme: Two things. First, you did a hell of a job locating the evidence. There's no question the perp knows forensics.
Lincoln Rhyme: Now, as for the other thing... the... you know, the victim's hands, well, maybe, uh... maybe it was too much to handle, so we'll just forget it.
Amelia: Is that your version of an apology?
Lincoln Rhyme: An apology? Is that why you came over here?
Amelia: You really are a piece of work.
Lincoln Rhyme: Well, aren't we a pair?... I think you're terrific.
Amelia: Thelma told me about your plans for your "final transition."
Lincoln Rhyme: Cop to cop, that subject's not open to discussion. Why?... Would you miss me?
Amelia: Well, destiny's what we make it, right?
Lincoln Rhyme: Touche.
Amelia: Now, you seem to have your reasons for checking out. I just... I would have expected more from someone like you.
Lincoln Rhyme: Well, I might surprise you and... live forever.
Amelia: Nothing you could do would surprise me, Rhyme.
Amelia: Excuse me, but the victim was already dead when we arrived.
Captain Howard Cheney: And you, half-assed patrolman working a crime scene... those days are over. I'll take that evidence bag now, thank you.
Amelia: You can take it with a chain of custody voucher, sir.
Captain Howard Cheney: Are you out of your mind? Hmmm? Let's go. You're coming with us.
Amelia: What? Are you arresting me?
Captain Howard Cheney: You just get in the car, and keep your mouth shut to the press.
Lincoln Rhyme: Nitrogen rich, explosive carbons, where do you find those in New York City?
Paulie: Bomb sites, shooting ranges.
Amelia: Maybe an old fort or an armory?
Eddie Ortiz: Let's not forget the shit factor, guys.
Lincoln Rhyme: The what?
Eddie Ortiz: Manure becomes a nitrate when it's aged.
Lincoln Rhyme: That's true. And you got cow bones, huh? Old cow bones, old manure. Turn of the century. Cows, farms... pastures, rats... dead cows. Where do you find... In stockyards... slaughterhouses, that's what we want to look for.
Amelia: Smells like manure down here. Ortiz knows his shit!
Lincoln Rhyme: Pull up a chair. I want you to tell me everything you know about the crime scene.
Amelia: Basically, you saw my report.
Lincoln Rhyme: I read your report. I wanna know what you felt. What you feel... in the deepest recesses of your senses.
Amelia: You are in love with the sound of your own voice, aren't you?
Lincoln Rhyme: No, it's your voice I yearn to hear. Pull up a chair. I won't bite you.
Paulie: [Amelia drives the car screeching from lane to lane] Jesus Christ! I'd like to get there in one piece, if possible.
Amelia: I can't do this.
Lincoln Rhyme: You can do it. Yes, you can. Yesterday you stopped a train. You can do anything you want when you put your mind to it.
Amelia: Don't work me, Rhyme... Just tell me what to do next.
Lincoln Rhyme: Very slowly... walk the grid... one foot in front of the other. I want you to look around you now. Remember... crime scenes are three-dimensional... floors, walls and ceilings.
Amelia: Shit! Cheney's here.
[puts the evidences into her pocket]
Captain Howard Cheney: You talking to Rhyme on that thing? Give me the radio. Now, listen, Linc. This is Cheney, man. What the hell do you think you're doing? Stealing evidence is a goddamn felony. You know that.
Lincoln Rhyme: To my understanding, there's no chain of evidence voucher.
Captain Howard Cheney: Oh, yeah? Well, I got some news for you. You are not a cop anymore. You understand that? What you are is a fucking meddling cripple. Now, I'm gonna place your little gofer here under arrest. You don't mind that, do ya? Lock her up.
[looks back and finds Amelia gone]
Paulie: Where'd she go?
Richard Thompson: You wanna play?
Richard Thompson: Shall we cut out your tongue, Mr, Rhyme? How 'bout your eye? Your eye... we'll just pop it right out of there. No. Let's leave that for now. You can watch me. You can watch me while I get you open, right down the middle.
[Rhyme mutters something]
Richard Thompson: What?... What?... What?
Captain Howard Cheney: You the one who stopped the train?
Amelia: Yes, sir. I thought it would disturb physical evidence.
Captain Howard Cheney: So, why not shut down Grand Central while you're at it, hmm, Patrolman Donahue? Is that right?
Amelia: Donaghy.
Captain Howard Cheney: A rookie, I take it?
Amelia: No, sir.
Captain Howard Cheney: Pretty dumb.
Lincoln Rhyme: I want you to work the case with us.
Amelia: It's not my area.
Lincoln Rhyme: Are you being modest or are you... a little uneasy about doing some real police work?
Lincoln Rhyme: Just trust me. Just follow those instincts you were born with. I'll be with you... every step of the way.
Lincoln Rhyme: Maybe... maybe he's trying to share the responsibility of these murders with us. If we don't figure out the clues in time, the blood's on our hands. If we don't find the victim in time, we're as responsible for the murders as he is.
Lincoln Rhyme: Sounds like you're starting to enjoy this work.
Amelia: [shows evidence bags] Maybe this'll help.
Lincoln Rhyme: Cheney will have your badge for that.
Amelia: Well, he wouldn't give me a chain of custody voucher, so what could I do?
Lincoln Rhyme: You could bring it back to him.
Amelia: The man is a living monument to ineptitude.
Lincoln Rhyme: True. Let's take a look.
Lincoln Rhyme: [operating PC with his voice to see the unsolved homicide photos] Zoom. Same mark. Right. Zoom. Zoom. Zoom... Same messages. It's him... The perp was trying to make contact even then.
Amelia: But Cheney never put it together.
Richard Thompson: Some people win... some people lose... the game is over.


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I have connected an old Wacom Original graphire 4x5 to Osculator
It is recognised and the proximity button and pressure seem to be working fine.
However the x and y are only changing a couple of hundredths across the axis i.e.0.04-0.06 across the whole width of the screen and 0.97-0.99 on the y axis.
The lock mouse cursor doesn't seem to do anything either. The pen is fully active and will click in open applications and the mouse moves all over the screen.
I have the latest driver, but this is a legacy driver from 2007.
Is this tablet now obsolete?
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Thick Skin is an interview series featuring authors talking about negative reviews, from critics and (anonymous) readers alike
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Episode XVIII: "An elephant, however good, is not a good warthog"
Published 3/30/17
In this installment, I speak with Sigrid Nunez. Topics include problems with form, Sontag's advice to her, Messud's review and honesty, elephants not being good warthogs & more.
Today I'm with Sigrid Nunez, the author of six novels and a memoir, SEMPRE SUSAN: A MEMOIR OF SUSAN SONTAG—how I first came across her name. She's received the Whiting Award, been in four volumes of the Pushcart Prize, and contributed to The New York Times, Harper's, Tin House and more. Her newest novel, THE FRIEND, will come out in February, 2018 (Riverhead).
She's agreed to talk about her career through the least kind lens, that of her most negative reviewers. Let me start by asking if you consider yourself thick-skinned?
I've never been good at taking criticism of any sort, but over the years I've gotten better at least. Still, I'd be dishonest if I described myself as thick-skinned, about anything.
When you think back, can you recall any especially notable negative reviews (by critics) of you work? Do you read reader reviews on sites like Amazon and Goodreads?
I remember one review that ended with a line that says it all: "Nunez doesn't even manage that." I can't remember anything else, though, including the name of the critic, but it was a review of my novel FOR ROUENNA.
I don't pay that much attention to reader reviews because those reviews tend to treat books as if they're just another consumer product, like an appliance or a pair of shoes, rather than as an experience, an encounter with another consciousness. Also, there's the matter of subjectivity. Most online reviewers are the kind of reader who looks into a book wanting to find his or her own opinions and beliefs and a protagonist with whom they strongly identify. If they don't find these so-called relatable things, they blame the book's author and don't think anything of panning the book, very often hyperbolically, and with unseemly relish.
That's an eloquent way to say what many writers on this series have been trying to. When a given reviewer—whether that be critic or reader—doesn't like your work, what do you think is the reason why? In other words, what might be the average of all of your critiques?
Often the reader has a problem with the form, which isn't straightforward enough. Or they feel my writing is too elliptical; I don't explain enough. Or they don't like the fact that they aren't sure whether they're reading fiction or memoir and can't accept that there might be elements of both. Or they hate the first-person narrator, whom they identify as the author, I think sometimes because they have an idea that, in writing the book, I "used" other people.
That last line brings my mind to SEMPRE SUSAN, as well as the reference to elliptical writing. You mention in that book that Sontag gave you the advice to write more elliptically, and some of your critics have observed you took this to heart—and then some.
From The New York Times: "In one remarkable sequence, Nunez says first that Sontag carried a lifelong wound from her mother's persistent neglect and selfishness. Then she says that Sontag had an asthma attack at age 5, after which her family moved from New York to Tucson for her health. Then she says that as a child, Susan drank a glass of blood every day, which her mother brought home from the butcher's. I like an elliptical style as well as the next hard-core modernist, but surely a touch of elaboration would not have been overly Victorian here."
Of course it's impossible to appease everyone, and when you try to do that, writing becomes rounded or ovular, flat and even. As far as your own writerly growth is concerned, whose feedback do you alchemize and whose do you discard? When is advice to be used as a polestar, and when is it only the underside of having a well-wrought style, so to speak?
Sontag didn't exactly advise me to write more elliptically. She cautioned me against being too explicit; in other words, don't assume the reader isn't as intelligent as you are. This was very sound advice. I think the problem the critic you quote had wasn't with my being too elliptical. Her problem was with the collage form of the memoir. Here she makes it sound as if I just thoughtlessly slapped down these details about Sontag, one after the other. In fact, there is no such "sequence" in the book, "remarkable" or otherwise. Also, I don't believe this critic likes an elliptical style, or that she's any kind of "hard-core modernist."
As for feedback, at this point I pay attention mostly to other writers, by which I mean not the persons themselves but their works. Everything I learn about writing now comes from what I read.
We'll get back to more concrete criticism of your work in a moment (you're not off the hook yet), but I am curious—what writing has been most influential in yours?
I find that hard to answer, because there's no one writer or group of writers I can point to as influences without leaving so many others out. When I was younger, writers like Dickens and Woolf meant a lot to me, they made me want to be a writer, but my own writing isn't anything like theirs. I do think, though, that my writing is influenced at least to some extent by every good writer I read.
Then to give you an even more unfair question, what makes writing 'good' in your eyes? Even if it's just by route of your own experience, why is one writer first-rate and another not?
The style, for one thing. How the writer uses language. The shape of the sentences, and precision in the choice of words. Also what kind of vision the writer has. How well does he or she perceive the world and human experience, and how successful are they at translating this into something the reader can understand and be truly affected by. And of course there's the quality of imagination, inventiveness. Is the writer a good storyteller, the kind who knows how to cast a spell?
In your opinion, which of your books scores highest on that rubric?
I guess this is a way of asking me which of my books I consider my best one, and I think I would say FOR ROUENNA.
I'm trying and failing to find the interview you referenced earlier ("Nunez doesn't even manage that.") To be honest, in regards to FOR ROUENNA, I could hardly find a bad review, and the rest are not only glowing but inspired—that is, the writing of the review itself.
You followed FOR ROUENNA with, perhaps, your most read novel, THE LAST OF HER KIND, which I could find a bit more negative feedback for. For instance, NPR said, "It's turbulent technicolor storyline…dumbs down the book, and Nunez's technique of summoning up multiple narrators seems more distracting than enlightening." This doesn't seem to fit within your categories of why someone might dislike your writing—in fact, it seems to be the exception that proves the rule.
I think the bad review of FOR ROUENNA was in a Baltimore paper. And the reviewer was definitely a woman as I now recall.
I'm very confused by the NPR review. There aren't multiple narrators, for one thing. There's a single narrator, a first-person narrator named George (though she's a woman). Late in the book we hear another voice, a woman serving time in prison, who writes a memoir essay that she submits to a journal. Her written text forms one chapter of the novel. How is this "multiple"? Why was this "distracting"?
Anyway, while this critic found the book somehow "dumbed down," I recall another one referring to the prose as "almost scholarly." Can they both be right?
No, and they both can't be wrong either—they are just voices representing a certain number of readers. This leads me to invoke a reader I found on Goodreads who, writing about THE LAST OF HER KIND, said: "Over the course of the last couple of years, several different people have recommended this book to me. Perhaps they figured that my own story as a scholarship girl in the Ivy League/Seven Sisters and/or my own political involvement would make me identify with the narrator. But, I didn't; and quite simply it was because of one thing: I never got a real sense of the narrator at all. Instead of being a compelling central figure, George, the narrator, is simply the conveyor of facts and details about the stories of those around her; namely, her mentally ill sister and her former college roommate. Neither of whom I found particularly interesting, individually, and who, as a whole, never quite came together in a synthesize story."
I don't expect you to 'agree' with this reader in any sense of the word, but I do wonder if you understand her perspective?
I do understand it, because once again here is someone who, as she explicitly states, was disappointed not to find a character with whom she could identify. If that's how she feels, so be it. This was not the book she wanted it to be, and she wished to share that piece of information with the world.
You seem to contain an unshakable objectivity—were you always this way? Or is this what a writer looks like in the third decade of her career?
Do you recall such level-headedness when you published your debut, A FEATHER ON THE BREATH OF GOD?
I do think time, experience, and growing older matter a lot in this regard. I don't respond to anything having to do with being published now as I did when my first book came out. But as far as responding to criticism, I'd like to say this. Claire Messud gave THE LAST OF HER KIND a less than glowing review in The New York Review of Books, and when later we met for the first time at some literary event there was not a hint of awkwardness between us. Why? Because she's an intelligent, serious, responsible critic and because she treated my novel with respect, writing about it in such a way that, even though I was disappointed (very much so!), I never doubted her honesty. I had nothing to be angry or resentful about, and she had nothing to be guilty about.
Yes, that review stands in stark relief to some of the reader reviews I browsed before this interview. It's impossible to take anything personally when the words are so well propped up and, as you say, honest.
In this interview series, I've heard a few anecdotes where a writer later meets a critic who once downpoured on their work. It's usually a happy story—the critic later revised their opinion, or the two were able to render the disagreement into humor. (Funny enough, I think of Messud's husband, James Wood, and his review of Sheila Heti, which Sheila and I discussed in the first interview I did for this series.) But at the end of the day two intelligent people can come from two different points and any bridge between simply won't hold.
This is as good a spot to end as any, I think, but before I let you go, I'm curious how you read reviews of books you didn't write. That is, how often do you take the reviewer at their word, and how much does the reviewer's name (or the publication's) effect the weight to which you allow its opinion?
I try not to read reviews of books that I know I'm going to want to read, for the obvious reasons. But when I do read reviews I try not to be too influenced by the reviewer, even when it's someone whose criticism I admire, for example, since you mention him, James Wood. In fact, when the critic is a good one, what I'm really interested in is the piece itself. He or she could be, in my opinion, totally wrong about the book under review, but I can admire the critic's style, the play of ideas, the elegance of an argument for or against the work being discussed wholly for its own sake.
Let me leave you with one of my favorite quotes, by Ford Maddox Ford: It's an easy job to say that an elephant, however good, is not a good warthog; for most criticism comes to that.
Thanks for your time and words Sigrid, this was a pleasure.
I enjoyed it, Andrew. Many thanks.


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A red outfit two ways and defusing anger when it strikes.
Keep. Your. Temper.
This year, I've had a lot of crazy realisations. Thanks Kylie…
The first of which relates to attitude. Like I mentioned in a previous post on how to be girl boss, I grew up being pretty spoilt. You can imagine how this would result in me losing my temper when things didn't go my way.
This year I've really been focusing on being more mindful. Mindful of how my actions affect the others, mindful of how my habits may impact upon the environment, mindful of what goes on my plate (ok, so this one has been a little more difficult for me) and more mindful of my own emotions and attitude.
Anger Management
Anger is a natural response to a perceived provocation. It's a protective mechanism, which can cover up emotions and vulnerability. It can serve as a catalyst for change and it can be helpful in making fast decisions. It's not the most pleasant of emotions but helpful and necessary in understanding some aspects of life and your self.
While it serves a purpose in certain situations, it doesn't help to harbour feelings of anger and resentment for any longer than necessary. Identify the problem and move on. Observe it but don't let it take over.
All is easier said than done though right?
How exactly do you move past feelings of anger?
Cool, Calm & Collected
Walk it off or punch it out. For the most part, I am a pretty chill, low maintenance person. I am also one of those people that sits there and marinates in all of their emotions until something makes me snap. And if you're the straw that breaks this camel's back, then you'd better have some heavy armour on because I when I see red, no phone or car is too expensive for me to smash. Now though, I've found better ways to channel my anger. Having a punching bag or something else I can smash without doing damage is one way. Going for long solo walks and listening to podcasts is another. I think most of us can connect any song to our emotions and parts of our lives, so finding an interesting or funny podcast is a good way to keep your mind busy from creating even more rage-laden thoughts. A more therapeutic way is to clean. I like putting things away and cleaning up so cleaning when I'm angry is kind of relaxing. Does anyone else do this too?
Take a few deep breaths. It sounds boring, and quite frankly useless, but working on your breathing can work miracles on all sorts of emotional issues like anger, anxiety and hopelessness. Take a deep breath in and remember that you're here in this present moment and that nothing else (even that test coming up you haven't studied for) matters right now. Collect all your thoughts then work it from there. Because you really can't work out anything when you're huffing and puffing fire out through your nostrils. You need to give the monkey in your mind something to do. But because my monkey brain is too hyper, I like to do some yoga to expend some of my energy at the same time.
Sleep it off. Some of us just need a good nights rest to set everything right. I personally do not sleep a lot but when tiredness begins to strike, I can become incredibly grumpy. My friends liken it to a sooky child who stayed up late at a family party who and has to be carried into bed from the car. But once I'm rested, all is well again in the land of Shannon. I don't like to hold on to emotions that don't serve me, so try getting some shut eye and seeing how you feel afterwards can sometimes work just as easily as the reset button on your wifi.
Let it go. Never seen Frozen but I can agree with this sentence. This one takes a bit of practice though. It's definitely not easy to do if you haven't trained yourself in doing so. Holding on to resentment towards yourself or anger towards another person does nothing but hurt you own self. It does nothing but hurt your own self. Just think about how difficult it is to change things about yourself. Now think about trying to change other people. You just can't do it and you can't change the past. You can create the future though and if you're mad at someone, either let them know what they did (if they'll listen) or cut them out. If you're mad at yourself, work out what went wrong and set little goals on making sure it doesn't happen again.
The Other Side
What if you're on the other side of anger though? How do you talk to someone who wants to take your head off and kick it halfway around the world?
It's not easy to make someone see sense or your point of view when they're about to explode. Even when you've taken on a calm nature. Never mind whether you're wrong or right. The other person is only going to see what they want to see. The best way is to accept that people only perceive from their own level of consciousness. Ever heard the saying, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink?
If someone is really uncooperative, simply leave them be. They'll either come around and you'll be able to sort things out later on or they won't and you'll know in your heart if this is someone you'll really want in your life.
It can be a difficult situation to handle, but anger can arouse changes that may be necessary and help you learn to accept that the only thing we can really control is ourself.
What are your tips in managing anger from both yourself and others? Leave them in the comments so we can all learn something from each other.


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Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. Senate committee Tuesday heard testimony on ways to simply the application process for federal college student aid.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is examining proposals to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form.
This year, an estimated $2.3 billion in federal financial aid grants wasn't claimed because eligible graduates failed to complete and submit the FAFSA.
Justin Draeger, president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, testified at Tuesday's hearing. NASFAA represents financial aid administrators at 2,800 U.S. colleges and universities.
"Over the years, the federal government has grappled with the simplification versus accuracy tradeoff, sometimes adding questions to the FAFSA to try to achieve more specificity about a family's circumstances, and in other years taking away questions that were so complex they were deterring some students and families from even completing the form," Draeger said in prepared testimony. "Today, the average completion time is approximately 31 minutes... a vast improvement from the time it took to fill out the form when it was first developed. Even with such improvements, we can still do better."
The federal government provides $40 billion in need-based aid every year, including $27 billion in Pell Grants, according to the College Board. College institutions awarded $59 billion in aid.
"The challenge before us is to put together an application that is as simple as possible but yet allows us to distinguish the truly needy from those who are not," Draeger said.
"With today's technology we no longer need to make the tradeoff between simplification and accuracy, as we've had to do in the past. By relying on timing and technology, NASFAA believes Congress can dramatically reduce the number of questions for all applicants, but most of all for low-income students.
He added that the government should rely on existing databases where applicants have already gone through certain federal-means tested benefit application processes. Information already comes from the Internal Revenue Service's Data Retrieval Tool.
On Nov. 16, U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., introduced the Simple FAFSA Act of 2017.
"For many students, obtaining a college education or post-graduate certification is their ticket to a fulfilling career and a good paying job, but for students seeking federal financial aid, Free Application for Federal Student Aid imposes burdensome requirements that too often create a barrier to entry for federal grants and loans, not a window of opportunity," she said in a statement.
In her legislation, the Department of Education would be required to provide the form in at least 11 foreign languages and in a format accessible to students with disabilities.
One provision reduces the number of questions by placing a student on one of three pathways, depending on the student or their parent's finances, in a process backed by the NASFAA. The paths are low-income students, uncomplicated financials based on previous year's tax forms and those with parents who filed a 1040. In the later category, information from federal databases would be used.
The legislation also eliminates drug questions on the application because they disproportionately affect low-income students and students of color, the lawmakers say. And the bill also will open federal financial aid to Dreamers, immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, speaking at a conference of student aid professionals in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday pledged to make the aid proceed "process modern, streamlined, more accessible and simply easier for students - and you."
That includes rolling out a mobile app, she said.
'Students should be able to complete their FAFSA easily on their phones and in one sitting," she said in prepared remarks. "They should receive expert, tailored advice about their options. It's called 'student aid,' after all."


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Episode 22: Doctor Who's "Closing Time," Terra Nova, Inspector Spacetime and MORE!
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Huge show this week! Huge! Not only do Liz and Rudy cover the penultimate episode of Doctor Who season 6, "Closing Time," but a lot of other stuff happens! For one thing, there was news about the premiere of Who season 7! And Liz asked Warren Ellis what he would do with Doctor Who, and he replied! Unexpected!
And Community's A-plus Who parody, Inspector Spacetime, has become a bonafide meme, one we take more than a few moments to celebrate!
Oh, and if you like poorly rendered CGI dinosaurs and potential time travel malarkey, Terra Nova is the show for you! At least, that's what Liz tries to make Rudy believe. We'll find out how successful she was next week, probably.
And we really do discuss "Closing Time"! How did the return of James Corden to the show pan out? How cute is it that the Doctor speaks baby? How exciting was that cliffhanger, huh?
And what did you guys think about it? You used your Internet powers to tell us! That was great! You should do that again! Please share your thoughts via Twitter, Facebook, email or right here in the comments! And seriously, thanks for subscribing and listening.