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In May, angry mobs tore through the relatively peaceful streets of South African cities and villages, hunting down "foreigners." This outcry recalled the worst days of the anti-apartheid struggle that ended 14 years ago.
A New Yorker story described that violence as a stark reminder that about five million of the 50 million people who live in South Africa are themselves migrants from elsewhere on the continent. They came in the years since apartheid, looking for a home and better life – seeking political refuge, economic opportunity, or both (June 9, 16).
This question of finding a home in times of adversity isn't new, nor is it isolated to one part of the globe. It's a subject the Discoverer of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, contemplated. She was firm in her standpoint that not one of God's children can be outside the saving grace of His love. She wrote, "Our heavenly Father never destined mortals who seek for a better country to wander on the shores of time disappointed travellers, tossed to and fro by adverse circumstances, inevitably subject to sin, disease, and death." And she continued: "Divine Love waits and pleads to save mankind – and awaits with warrant and welcome, grace and glory, the earth-weary and heavy-laden who find and point the path to heaven" ("Message to The Mother Church for 1902," p. 11).
As the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's primary work, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," make clear, the spiritual sense of home is present within each of us. The Scriptures define home as secure in God, "our dwelling place in all generations" (Ps. 90:1). This place is the presence of God, who is infinite Spirit. God provides a home that cannot be diminished or destroyed, that isn't confined to walls and a roof. Everyone can say with assurance, "I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls" (Ezek. 38:11).
There is no room in this divine environment for menace, cowering fear, displacement, uncertainty. The "unwalled" place of God's kingdom is mental, not physical, and includes accommodations for all. You don't have to go anywhere to discover this heaven – a word Mrs. Eddy explained as "not a locality, but a divine state of Mind" (Science and Health, p. 291).
This is a concept worth grasping for anyone going through a "wilderness experience" in search of a better sense of identity, inner peace, stability – and home. Whether the wilderness is the uncertainty surrounding a decision to emigrate, or the challenges of finding a deeper sense of purpose, work, and home right where we live, the road forward requires spiritual discovery – that we are spiritual beings; that God is the Father-Mother of us all; and that the divine Parent cares for, sustains, and employs every idea in creation.
One's grasp of these facts breaks fear's hold and enables progress. Through prayerful self-discovery, we can come to an awakening similar to the one Jacob had after a night of sleeping in a stony place: "Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not" (Gen. 28:16).
However, to deepen one's appreciation of God's care for all, one needs to go beyond optimism or self-reliance to a deeper understanding of the source of fearlessness and hope. This standpoint restores calmness and hope – whether we're in a refugee camp; seeking asylum in a foreign (sometimes unwelcoming) land; or feeling like a stranger in our own community, home, family, or even church. Wherever we feel we don't belong, prayer can liberate us from any misconceptions about ourselves as limited material beings with limited prospects. Prayer can open the door to freedom, in the fullest sense.
Because God supplies courage, persistence, insight, and integrity, no one can ever be driven out of His kingdom by outraged citizens, hostile leaders, or forces of nature. But the initiative rests with us. Every day we are called upon to let God's life, and power, and spirit be our own. This enables us to reject the false concept, and accept the truth about our being that brings us home.
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DescriptionRafiki, Timon and Pumbaa from Disney's Lion King are the tutors in this typing game created for children ages 6 and up. The comedic meerkat and warthog team are "going off on an adventure to broaden their horizons", and wise old Rafiki advises them to bring along his keyboard. When they demur, Rafiki enjoins the player to assist them in their travels, and the typing tutorial begins.
The game employs standard practice routines, beginning with proper posture and placement of the fingers on the keys, followed by letter repetitions as each section of the keyboard is mastered. At first the exercises focus on accuracy, later working up to increasing the player's typing speed. Keyboard exercises are interspersed with mini typing games that become available as the player progresses:
- Smack-A-Bug - a simple adaptation of the arcade game Whac-A-Mole, typing the lettered bugs as they pop up causes Pumbaa to shoot them with his pea-shooter. Provides practice in finger placement and home row technique
- Savannah Water and Power - fill up a water tank for the thirsty pair by typing words as quickly as they appear in this Rube Goldberg-esque assembly. This exercise works on the player's accuracy
- Grub Getaway - help Timon and Pumbaa find bugs around the rocks by typing words nearby; this provides more practice in typing phrases with accuracy
- Carnivore Cave - type sentences to move Timon and Pumbaa through a maze ahead of hungry hyenas, practising speed and accuracy
- Traveler's Tales - type paragraphs and edit mistakes to help Timon and Pumbaa move along on their adventure
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- "Тимон и Пумба. Английский без ошибок" -- Russian spelling
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- Microsoft Outlook
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Outlook is the standard issue email client for most large companies. So I won't dwell on it too much at this point. I would advise the interested Project Manager to check out its task management features — most people I know make little or no use of the task management area.
GTD is a wonderful framework to manage your workflow in a very high traffic environment where you receive and process hundreds of email messages. As a methodology, it is more workflow management than time management, though most people use it for time management. Further information about the basic GTD framework can be had from the canonical book, Getting Things Done. The author of GTD also has a monograph on how to use it with Outlook that he sells as an eBook. I recommend that the interested GTD user purchase and utilize this — setting Outlook up is quite easy to use. Of special note is that GTD can be made compatible with PDAs and SmartPhones from either Palm or one of the many Microsoft models.
OneNote is the third leg of this efficiency stool. I have a OneNote book divided into multiple tabs. My tabs are as follows:
- Daily standup meetings
- Customer/User Notes
- Manager Notes
- Team Member Notes
- Issues
- Deployments
- Other
There are two features in OneNote that make it virtually indispensible to the project manager: the first feature is automatic saving. In other words, you don't lose the last half hour's work if you've forgotten to save, and your PC crashes during the middle of a meeting.
The second feature is the ability to create tables very easily. Unlike Word, you don't need to pick a menu button to create a table. An easy way to create a table with three columns is to type the title for column 1, followed by a tab, followed by the title for column 2, then followed by a tab, finally followed by the last time. An enter begins a new row.
The key to success with this framework is for the project manager to take their laptop with them to every meeting, and be prepared to take notes on the fly.


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HELL IS UPON US: D-Day in the Pacific--Saipan to Guam, June-August 1944. by Victor Brooks.
June 14, 1944, just nine days after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, another mighty fleet steamed towards its own D-Day landing. A huge U.S. flotilla of 800 ships carrying 162,000 men was about to attempt to smash into the outer defenses of the Japanese Empire. Their target was the Marianas Island group, which included Saipan, home to an important Japanese base and a large population of Japanese civilians, and Guam, the first American territory captured in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor.
During the next eight weeks, tens of thousands of men, hundreds of airplanes, and dozens of major warships were locked in mortal combat. When it was over, 60,000 Japanese ground troops and most of the carrier air power of the Imperial Navy were annihilated; Japan's leader, Tojo, was thrown out of office in disgrace; and the newly captured enemy airfields were being transformed into launching bases for the B-29s that would carry the conventional and, later, atomic bombs to Japan, turning the land of the Rising Sun into a charred cinder. After the U.S. victory in the Marianas campaign, the road to Tokyo was clearly in sight.
Also reviews lessons learned and the battles for Aleutians, Betio Island, Tarawa, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands, New Guinea, Philippines Sea, Saipan, Tinian, Guam and much more. 415 pages. Photographs, maps and illustrations.
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Retirement Plan for Over 50: How to Catch Up on Retirement Saving
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By Bill Gordon, AIF® It's the New Year again, and that means it's time to make goals for 2018. Chances
What will the near-term impact be? On December 20, Congress passed the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, sending the final
Slight increases have been made due to mild inflation. You will able to put a little more into your workplace
Breaking down the basics & what each part covers. Whether your 65th birthday is on the horizon or decades away,
Sometimes planning for retirement isn't entirely about money. How many words have been written about retirement? It's a preoccupation for
How to help your family avoid scams and other fraud. We are becoming more familiar with the notion of financial
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The Suitcase Junket
Between two full-length, solo rock albums of 2017 and 2019, The Suitcase Junket [solo multi-instrumentalist Matt Lorenz] releases a surprise May'18 EP, entitled Live With Others. The EP consists of six tracks recorded live in concert with special guests from the New England music scene, including Boston string band Twisted Pine, bluesman Tim Gearan, Kate Lorenz of Kate Lorenz and The Constellations, James Rohr and Mike Castellana of the Blue Ribbons, Isa Burke of Lula Wiles, and wildcard Barry Rothman who plays turntables and musical toys. "Without any doubt you expect to hear the skeleton" are the first words to hit your ears and it's a wild ride from there into the spaced-out, psychedelic slow jam of "Sandman," which was improvised on the spot when performed, like most of the tracks on the EP, at Atwoods Tavern in Cambridge, MA. A fierce and punchy punk tune cranks up in the irreverent "New Undertaker," which tells of a corpse falling in love with its mortician. Matt Lorenz, the human behind The Suitcase Junket, alleges that the chorus of this song was heard in a dream and woke him up laughing. "In My Name" was recorded at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY, and is the only track without other musicians sitting in, though Lorenz credits the crowd at Lena's in the album notes, and they do shout out here and there between the growling slide guitar lines. "Once I had folks up on stage for the song we had decided to do together," says Lorenz, "I usually tried to keep them there to see what would happen. Being a one-man-band, I get pretty pumped on the energy of playing with other people, and the spontaneity of it made for some pretty interesting moments." Tim Gearan brings his formidable blues chops to bear on the song "She Got" and it all wraps up with a spooky, laid-back version of "Spell on You" by Jay Hawkins, featuring Matt's sister Kate Lorenz on vocals. "I've been playing more with other people lately and I wanted to get a little snapshot of these collaborations out into the world without a lot of fuss and fanfare. So here it is."


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Yoga and Sound Healing Retreat at Carthew Farm, Cornwall
Carthew Farm, Cornwall | 26th - 30th October 2016
We can only create change in the world if we start with our own individual healing.
For a sunny and autumnal week in October 2016 Advaya Initiative held a magical Vinyasa Krama Yoga & Sound Healing Retreat taught by Christabel Reed and Archie Brun. Set in the beautiful surroundings of Carthew Farm in Cornwall, the retreat worked to provide you with the space and support to unwind, de-stress and begin or evolve a yoga practice.
Every day started and ended with a nurturing and uplifting yoga practice, which involved asana (postures), pranayama (breath work), chanting and meditation. The evening practice ended with a healing sound journey from Archie. Using the gong, didgeridoo and more, the soundscapes allow you to enter deep states of relaxation, enabling the release of stress and negative emotions.
For those who felt drawn to work more closely with sound healing or a specific instrument, one-to-one sessions were offered throughout the week, and Archie also offered one-to-one bodywork sessions. These full body massages combined Ayurvedic Yoga Massage, Chinese meridian massage and Reiki to release both physical and emotional tension, and perfectly complimented our yoga practice, allowing us to sink more deeply into poses, ease tight muscles and relax.
Bountiful vegan meals with fresh vegetables and wholesome grains were cooked and prepared each day to ensure we made the most of our healing time and had lots of energy to seize every moment of the day.
In between yoga, sound healing and 1-2-1s, we had the opportunity to relax in the beautiful converted barns, go on walks in the surrounding, magical forests, or drive to the stunning beaches and moors. Some of us went cold water swimming every day, using simple meditation techniques to help us to withstand the cold temperatures to feel refreshed and revived.
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about DGC - biography
Dan Gerstein is a versatile, perceptive, battle-tested communications strategist and nationally-recognized political commentator with a successful solo consulting practice based in New York City.
Following a distinguished 11-year stint working in national politics, Gerstein formed Dan Gerstein Consulting (DGC) in 2004. DGC specializes in helping organizations, businesses, and the occasional politician win public arguments. Clients range from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools to Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions to Kirsten Gillibrand's winning campaign for Congress in New York.
In the fall of 2006, Gerstein helped engineer Joe Lieberman's historic re-election in the nationally-watched U.S. Senate race in Connecticut. He served as communications director and a lead strategist for Lieberman's general election campaign, which was honored by National Journal as the political "Comeback of the Year" for 2006.
In addition to his work as a communications consultant, Gerstein, 42, is a multi-platformed political pundit and analyst. He has appeared frequently on national and local television and radio news programs -- including on Fox News, MSNBC, and NY1 -- to discuss national political news and trends. He has also written several op-eds for publications such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. In early 2006 Gerstein branched out online with his own blog, Dangerous Thoughts. And in 2007, Gerstein became a regular columnist for The Politico.
Prior to moving to New York, Gerstein spent 10 years working for Senator Lieberman in a variety of senior positions, including as a strategist for Lieberman's 2004 presidential campaign. Gerstein orchestrated the initial public launch of Lieberman's pathbreaking candidacy for president in Connecticut. He then went on to serve as the campaign's deputy communications director, where he coordinated the strategic planning process, directed the policy and speechwriting operations and led daily briefings of the candidate.
Gerstein also served as chief national spokesman for Lieberman's vice-presidential campaign in 2000, managing relations with national and local reporters, assisting in development of communications strategy and rapid response efforts, and writing statements and select speeches. One of the speeches Gerstein worked with Lieberman on was a widely-praised address on the role of religion in public life at the University of Notre Dame.
When not on the campaign trail, Gerstein served as communications director in Lieberman's Senate office from 1999-2004, acting as chief message strategist, spokesman and speechwriter, as well as a senior policy advisor. Gerstein began his tenure in Lieberman's office in 1995 as a legislative aide, specializing in education, communication, and cultural issues.
Gerstein made his mark on Capitol Hill in several ways. He collaborated with Lieberman on his renowned floor statement regarding the impeachment of President Clinton. He was the chief architect of Lieberman's high-profile values agenda, helping to craft the V-chip law and initiating an FTC investigation into the marketing of adult-rated entertainment products to children. He was a leading strategist behind the passage of the groundbreaking No Child Left Behind education reform bill. And he drafted legislation to expand the federal charter school program that became law in 1998.
Gerstein is a native of West Hartford, Connecticut, and a graduate of Harvard College, with a B.A. in History. His first professional experience was a four-year run as a staff reporter for the Hartford Courant, where he covered local sports, community affairs, and politics.
Gerstein currently resides in Manhattan, where he is active in local politics and civic life. He is the co-founder of Food for Thought, a monthly discussion group that brings together accomplished young professionals from across the city's political spectrum to chew on new, thought-provoking ideas. He is also a member of the New York Public Library's Young Lions organization, the New York Film Forum, the Lincoln Center Film Society, and the Public Theater.


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R O L Radio are a Belgian non-profit web radio with live broadcasts 24 heures par jour.
The choice of music you expect from us a bit in the style of "free radio" in the past. With many songs interspersed with a sound rich mix of english, german, instrumental music and French chanson during the weekend.
During the week you can enjoy our nonstop oldies. Through the "Bienvenue" button, you can follow what music is played with us. During live broadcast, this function is more extensive.
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At Cutler, we celebrate the spirit of individuality. It's the cornerstone of our culture, the very essence of who we are and the basis for all that we have to offer. From our ever-growing presence at Fashion Week, to the pages of Vogue and to the primetime airwaves, Cutler has stayed on the pulse of the beauty and fashion world since our start over ten years ago, and we only keep thriving. With three bustling locations, 57th Street and SoHo in New York City, and our newest destination in South Beach Miami, the unique spaces and slick, minimalist designs have become showcases for a talented and inimitable team of hairdressers and colorists. With a distinctive staff of over a hundred, along with a team of editorial stylists to cater to our celebrity and high-fashion clientele, Cutler Salon is truly making its mark globally. You can even take a bit of our style home by the bottle, with our full line of hair products to keep your hair looking vibrant, sexy and healthy far after that last cut or color.
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Small animated Christmas flash card for Rigterink Logistik GmbH & Co. company based in Nordhorn, Germany
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Animated Christmas e-card for company Hirschmann (a Belden brand) – company is engaged in mobile machine control
Heimann Card
Heimann software helps elves to deliver presents to the earth. Christmas e-card for company Heimann Engineering – software
Eisbär Xmas Card
Polar bear after ocean swimming hurry to Christmas celebration with their friends. Christmas e-card for company Eisbär
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Give your smile for Haiti – this is small video-slideshow for a company that provides charitable medical care to affected
Gluco-test vector presentation — device for measuring the amount of sugar in the blood. Made with 3DS Max, Illustrate plugin, Flash.
Online game design and animation for chocolate candy store. Imagine yourself the owner of the candy shop. The purpose of
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Little presentation explaining what is Suggy and how it works. Made with Illustrator and Flash.
Offline exhibition 3D presentations for company specializing in mobile refrigeration, power supply systems and
Waeco Card 2010
Santa's reindeer refuse to go to work and hold a strike without the mobile conditioning systems from Waeco. This is second
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For company Digital Print Group was created transformer consisting of a printing machine parts — paper roll, broaching
CePlus Card 2010
Fly over the city and throwing gifts in chimneys of houses can be very dangerous if you do not use Ceplus anti-sway system.
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Buenos amigo Pablo! Short motion test with rigged character for eBidy — unusual online auction in which the lowest unique bid wins.
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Multi-agency Policies & Procedures
Brent LSCB Policies and Procedures
Page Updated 13/02/2018
Brent has signed up to the London Child Protection Procedures which are updated every 6 months.
The Brent LSCB Policies and Procedures Sub-Group is responsible for producing and reviewing all Brent LSCB Policies, Procedures and Guidance.
It has agreed that Brent LSCB will not produce separate local procedures which are included within the London Child Protection Procedures.
Where Brent LSCB have developed supplementary protocols or procedures additional to those agreed for London these will be published below and reviewed every 3 years
Brent LSCB Guidance
A number of Brent LSCB policies and procedures were scheduled for review in April 2017.
The LSCB Policies and Procedures Sub-Group agreed that due to the inclusion in the London Child Protection Procedures the following Brent LSCB policies were archived as of April 2017.
· Safeguarding Children Policy for Licensed Premises
The London policy is located in Chapter 13 of Part B3: Safeguarding Children Practice Guidance.
Guidance on Brent Health Economy Participation in Strategy Discussions and Meetings
This guidance document has been developed to ensure health partners are compliant with Working Together 2015 arrangements for partnership working.
The guidance was reviewed and signed off by the LSCB Policies and Procedures Subgroup in February 2017.
Guidance on Paediatric Assessments in Brent
This guidance document has been developed to provide guidance on paediatric assessments and how they support the child protection process in Brent.


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- Reports: After blasting critics over skepticism, U.S. officials admit Iran sanctions relief more than double public estimates
- Politico: "rare display of House unity" in rejecting Kerry assurances on Iran
- Hamas official declares ties with Iran have "resumed" after Syria-driven chill
- Congress looks to derail Turkey's plan to purchase, integrate Chinese missile systems
What we're watching today:
- Israel's left-leaning Haaretz revealed this evening that U.S. officials have privately conceded to Israeli counterparts that the Obama administration "greatly underestimated the economic benefits Tehran would reap" from the recently signed Geneva accord between the P5+1 global powers and Iran, and that the Islamic republic stands to receive a windfall totaling roughly $20 billion from international concessions, rather than the $6 to $7 billion that administration officials had repeatedly quoted to lawmakers, allies, and journalists. Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), had pegged Geneva concessions as totaling roughly $20 billion even before the deal was announced. Dubowitz and Jonathan Schanzer, the latter being FDD's vice president for research, more recently outlined how the White House had failed to take into account the "the total impact" that suspending automobile sanctions would have on the Iranian economy, and that U.S. officials had specifically neglected the value of "cars produced for the domestic market, wages paid, and other economic activity." Israeli assessments had similarly far exceeded the administration's public estimates. White House figures and their supporters had belittled such concerns, declaring that the assessments of U.S. analysts and Israeli diplomats were based on incomplete knowledge, and at one point going so far as to tell senators to ignore Israeli estimations. It is not yet clear to what degree the dual dynamic - admitting that sanctions relief will come in at over twice their estimates, after having blasted critics who predicted as much for grossly exaggerating - will erodge the credibility of administration assurances regarding Iran.
- Politico reports that testimony given today by Secretary of State John Kerry to the House Foreign Affairs Committee fell far short of convincing lawmakers to adopt the administration's perspective on Iran, with Kerry not only stumbling in answering questions regarding the consistency of the White House's read on Iranian calculations - administration officials have sought to simultaneously insist that sanctions coerced Iran into coming to the table and that new sanctions will push Tehran away - but failing more broadly to convince lawmakers that Iran's nuclear program can be checked with the leverage that the U.S. currently has at its disposal. The outlet described "a rare display of House unity" with "all the members of the committee who questioned Kerry essentially [telling] him no." A string of administration officials have recently been dispatched to the Hill as part of a campaign to persuade lawmakers to forgo passing new sanctions legislation. Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, this week threatened that any new sanctions legislation - up to and especially the type being considered in the Senate, which would impose new financial pressure only if the six months of upcoming negotiations failed - would cause Iran to abandon talks. Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), assessed today that Zarif is essentially bluffing, and that "Tehran needs relief from the toughest U.S. financial and energy sanctions" lest it face "continued stagnation or a renewed recession."
- Reuters today reported on declarations from a top Hamas figure asserting that the Palestinian terror group had "resumed" its relations with Iran, after several months in which the organization was estranged from its long-time sponsor in Tehran due to sectarian tensions generated by the almost three-year Syrian conflict. The statements, made by Mahmud al-Zahar, included the assertion that there had never been a complete "cut" in ties between Iran and Hamas. Zahar has long been prominent as a key figure in efforts to keep Hamas within Iran's camp, and his statements have been read by some analysts as designed to facilitate the reestablishment of ties rather than as actually assessing that those ties had been reestablished. Nonetheless, Zahar's declarations align with multiple similar indications in recent months. In August Iranian diplomats leaked that Hamas was seeking rapprochement, and in September top Hamas officials announced that they had reestablished an "axis of resistance" with Iran and its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah.
- Foreign Policy Magazine's The Complex today outlined legislative efforts, written by Congress into the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), to respond to Turkey's controversial decision to purchase missile defense assets from a Chinese company blacklisted by Washington. A top NATO official had in October described the Turkish move - which would require linking the Chinese system to existing NATO assets already stationed in Turkey - as one which would functionally implant a "virus" into NATO's command and control infrastructure. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to criticism over the deal - which came not only from the U.S. and its NATO allies but also from Turkey's opposition - by lashing out and accusing critics of infringing on Turkish "independence." The Complex reported on a range of measures in the NDAA "clearly aimed at short-circuiting Turkey's plan," including a flat ban on "the use of U.S. funding to integrate Chinese missile defense systems with U.S. or NATO systems." The upshot is that it would be "effectively... impossible" for Turkey to link the Chinese assets with U.S. and NATO systems. Murad Bayar, head of Turkey's Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry, confirmed late last week that Turkey is still leaning toward making its purchase from China.
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Hi. This posting got lost in the recent transition from the former phrase forum.
Can anyone tell me what the meaning of the phrase "raven's blood"
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Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris saw his decades in the spotlight end in disgrace today as he was found guilty of indecent assault.
The 84-year-old, once a much-loved artist and musician, was convicted at Southwark Crown Court of 12 sex charges involving four women.
Harris lived in Sydenham during the 1960s and 1970s when some of the crimes took place. He was also an early member of the Sydenham Society when he lived in Border Road.
His army of supporters, including suited security guards and representatives from PR giant Bell Pottinger who attended every day of the trial, could do nothing to change the verdict of the jury of six men and six women.
Once seen by a UK audience as a national treasure, Harris had enjoyed years of success, netting him a multi-million pound fortune and the chance to paint the Queen.
But the downfall of an entertainer who was part of millions of British childhoods came today, as Harris became the biggest scalp claimed by detectives from high profile sex crime investigation Operation Yewtree.
Dozens more alleged victims have come forward during the trial, including several in Australia, and Scotland Yard has been in touch with their counterparts in the Australian police, but it is not yet clear whether they are pursuing any investigation in Harris's home country.
The NSPCC said it has received 28 calls relating to Harris to date, involving 13 people who claim they fell prey to the performer.
Harris remained impassive as the forewoman delivered the unanimous verdicts.
His daughter Bindi held hands with a fellow supporter, and wife Alwen and niece Jenny also watched from the public gallery as his fate was sealed.
Speaking outside Southwark Crown Court today, DCI Michael Orchard, said: "Rolf Harris has habitually denied any wrong doing forcing his victims to recount their ordeal in public.
"He committed many offences in plain sight of people as he thought his celebrity status placed him above the law.
"I want to thank the women who came forward for their bravery, I hope today's guilty verdict will give them closure and help them to begin to move on with their lives.
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Koller, Veronika (2002) "A shotgun wedding":co-occurrence of war and marriage metaphors in mergers and acquisitions discourse. Metaphor and Symbol, 17 (3). pp. 179-203. ISSN 1092-6488Full text not available from this repository.
Starting from the notion of a structural relation between war and rape in patriarchal systems, this article aims at pointing out how this relation is reflected in the co-occurrence of war and marriage metaphors in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) discourse. Critical Discourse Analysis is combined with cognitive metaphor theory to show how metaphors of marriage and romance ("MERGERS ARE MARRIAGES") tend to co-occur with war and various derived metaphors ("M&As ARE BATTLES FOR TERRITORY"). The significance of these co-occurrences is illustrated through corpus data from genres such as newspaper reports and journal articles. Results of additional qualitative analysis are drawn upon to investigate whether the well-established marriage metaphor functions as an ideologically invested euphemism for rape metaphors. Because the latter are more often than not conspicuously absent, the notion of metaphor gaps is introduced and discussed briefly.
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Located inside the expanded Alefort tent, a 180-foot behemoth that runs up 12th Street from Grove Street to Main Street, Foodfort Tastes will boast a rotating lineup of 10 local chefs serving small plates that you can purchase for one or two tokens. Options include everything from heirloom polenta and lamb sugo from The Modern Hotel, served Friday, March 25 from 4-8 p.m.; to beer-braised duck on polenta with heirloom tomato jam from Richard's Café Vicino, served Saturday, March 26 from Noon to 4 p.m.; to pork belly, mushrooms and sunchokes from State & Lemp, served Saturday, March 26 from 4-8 p.m.
At the north end of the tent, past a breezeway with picnic tables and a lounge, you'll find The Hideout stage, where food-focused discussions will take place. (Full disclosure: I organized these panels.) Dubbed Foodfort Talks, the presentations are free, all-ages and open to the public, so no wristbands required. Panels include: The Future of Idaho Wine with Telaya, Split Rail and Sawtooth on Friday, March 25 from 4:30-5 p.m., with a free wine tasting; Defining Local with Peaceful Belly, Bittercreek Ale House, Idaho Preferred and Agri Beef Co. on Saturday, March 26 from 2:30-3:30 p.m.; and The Rising Tide of Third Wave Coffee with Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters, Neckar Coffee and The District Coffee House on Sunday, March 27 from 12:15-12:45 p.m., which also includes free samples.
Before the Foodfort Talks coffee panel begins on Sunday, you can fill up on eggy fare at the Food Truck Brunch, which runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Grove Street. Food trucks like B-Town Bistro, Boise Fry Company and The Funky Taco will offer special breakfast-themed dishes to soak up the previous night's debauchery.
Speaking of brunch, Bittercreek Ale House is hosting its third annual Treefort Brunch Friday, March 25 through Sunday, March 27 with live music and an assortment of special dishes, including breakfast tacos, breakfast poutine, breakfast pizza and specialty cocktails. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with bands like Jonathan Warren, Motel Radio and Sheep Bridge Jumpers performing.
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Next-Generation Research Centers Unveiled
The Department of Education unveiled plans this month to provide up to $10 million over the next five years to create four national research centers in education.
Addressing subjects such as rural education and low student achievement, the centers are among the first building blocks giving shape to the department's new Institute of Education Sciences. That agency, which functions as the department's main research arm, was formed two years ago to replace the oft-criticized office of educational research and improvement.
The Feb. 4 announcement on the proposed research centers came on top of earlier news that the institute was setting aside up to $50 million in grants over two years to train budding education researchers. ("Grant Program Unveiled for Researcher Training," News in Brief, Feb. 11, 2004.)
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|Read the accompanying table, "Research Centers at a Glance."
In all, federal officials plan to establish eight research centers over the next two years. They will replace the 10 larger national research centers that once formed the backbone of the department's old research offices. Contracts for five of those centers have already ended; the rest will expire by 2006.
But national research groups contended last week that the new awards, ranging from $1 million to $2 million a year for each center, would be too small to finance a strong national program of studies in their issue areas.
"These are less than half the average of what the research and development centers were getting before," said James W. Kohlmoos, the president of the National Education Knowledge Industry Association, a Washington-based group representing many of the clearinghouses, research laboratories, and centers the department supports.
For instance, the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk, the largest of the last generation of federal research centers, was initially underwritten in 1996 with a five-year award of $27.8 million. The idea at the time was to give the centers the resources to carry out large, long-term studies that could provide more definitive answers on educational issues.
"We've tried 'mini- centers' before and found them totally unsatisfying," said Gerald R. Sroufe, the government-relations director for the American Educational Research Association, also based in Washington.
But Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, the director of the Institute of Education Sciences, disagreed. He called the $10 million slated for the centers "a substantial investment and one that's sufficient to obtain the goals" that federal officials have outlined for them.
Expected to be up and running by the fall, the new centers will address educational problems in two other areas besides rural education and improving low-achieving schools. They are educational innovation and postsecondary education and training.
Methods and Problems
Mr. Whitehurst said that proposals for running the centers would be judged primarily on the programs of studies the plans outlined. "Rather than leaving it to the centers to decide on that once they're funded," he said, "we want there to be proposed, specific research projects ahead of time."
In its formal request for center proposals, the institute also suggests some investigations that researchers could undertake, such as studies of school choice efforts, differential-pay plans for teachers, or alternative programs of teacher certification, that mesh with the department's ongoing interest in those issues.
The guidelines also reiterate the Bush administration's preference for specific kinds of research methods, such as randomized controlled studies, in which the experimental and control groups are randomly assigned, or quasi-experimental studies involving closely matched comparison groups.
Fast becoming boilerplate language on all the research requests the department puts out, those specifications have irked education researchers who favor a wider range of study methods.
"I'm delighted the institute is getting back into that field," said the AERA's Mr. Sroufe. "But this language seems to suggest that, instead of picking the methodology to solve the problem, you almost have to pick the problem to fit the methodology that you have."
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Research groups were less critical of the department's plans to pay for up to 10 interdisciplinary doctoral programs for would-be education researchers at colleges and universities. Department officials say the new programs could eventually yield 20 to 25 new researchers a year who could produce the "scientifically based research" called for in the No Child Left Behind Act and other federal education laws.
Mr. Sroufe noted, though, that the model outlined, which calls for forging interdisciplinary links between a wide range of university academic departments and even among different universities, ignores some innovative work education schools are already doing to generate good researchers.
The department's Mr. Whitehurst said, however, that most educational problems are inherently interdisciplinary.
"The problems in education are incredibly complex," he added. "And solutions are going to have to emerge from a variety of disciplines."
Scholars interested in applying for a center grant must submit a letter of intent by March 4. The deadline for submitting such letters for the researcher-training grants is March 11.
Vol. 23, Issue 23, Pages 36, 40Published in Print: February 18, 2004, as Next-Generation Research Centers Unveiled
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One of the children was named Anita. At 7 years old she had the appearance of a 5 year old because of malnutrition. Her mom worked hard to provide for the four kids at home but she also had to take care of her husband who is confined to a wheelchair. Anita's mom is also mentally handicapped and was limited to cleaning houses and washing clothes. This work gave her a monthly income of less than $100. When little Anita began coming to FR she would barely say a word. It was a struggle to get her to eat her lunch. At home she mostly only ate beans and rice, so we had to encourage her to expand her palate to other nutritious foods like chicken and meat.
A few months into the program Anita's 11 year old brother Stalin won an outing with my husband and I as a prize for good behavior. I would give the kids choices about where they would like to go on their outing, for example to the movies, out for ice cream, or to the park. Stalin chose ice cream, and very politely asked if his siblings could come with us. Of course I couldn't deny his request. We loaded the two girls and two boys into the taxi, and headed to the center of town.
It wasn't long before I realized that the kids had rarely, if ever, left their neighborhood. I specifically remember driving by a store where you could see the escalator through the front doors. All of the kids stared in awe as we drove by. We made sure to go back so they could all go up and down at least once. The rest of the outing was very memorable for me and I hope it was just as memorable for them. We ate our ice creams and walked to a big park nearby where the kids played for awhile before heading home.
I visited them in April of 2012. Anita, her sister Sandy, and brother Stalin continue to faithfully make their way down the big hill for lunch and homework help. Anita's hair had grown in much thicker than I had remembered, she had put on a few pounds and grown a couple of inches. As nice as it was to see that, what really stuck out was the big smile she flashed the whole time she was there laughing and playing with the other kids.
I want to thank those of you who pray for and financially support The Foundation for Hope and Grace. With help from many of you, Anita and her family are getting some of their most basic needs met. I know if Anita's mom had the chance to, she would want to say "Gracias!" with a big hug and kiss!
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The Firkin on Yonge holds all the charm and coziness of a British pub, but manages to avoid the cramped inaccessibility that can often accompany such a venue. Many flat-screens, a wide drink selection, and a menu full of comfort food to sweeten the deal.
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There are many different seating options on the first floor, from bar tables to booths. However, there are several tables with removable chairs that would be easy to pull up to in a wheelchair. The second floor seems to be the best option for accessibility, though. There are wide passageways, and nearly all tables have removable chairs. Don't worry - there are plenty of TV screens upstairs as well.
Both the mens' and womens' washrooms have accessible stalls with a 35 inch wide doorway. There are two grab bars surrounding the toilet, and toilet paper is easily accessible. In the main part of the washroom, sinks have 28 inches of space in which to pull up under. Accessing the soap dispenser may be the only issue as it seems a bit high over the counter.
Queen and Dundas stations - both accessible - are your closest options if you're taking TTC. No street parking out front, however paid parking is located directly across the street in the Eaton Centre.


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5,100 (2010 census). Ethnic population: 15,900 (2010 census).
Chukotka autonomous district, Kamchatka krai, and Sakha (Yakutia) republic.
6b (Threatened).
Uellanskij, Pevekskij, Enmylinskij, Nunligranskij, Xatyrskij, Chaun, Enurmin, Yanrakinot. Closely related to Alutor [alr], Kerek [krk] and Koryak [kpy]. Itelmen [itl] is more distantly related. Chukchi may be mutually intelligible with some varieties of Koryak (1988 B. Comrie). Literary dialect and gender dialects also exist. Gender differences largely phonological. Women's dialect largely ignored in language development.
SOV/SVO; postpositions; no articles; case-marking (8 cases); verb affixes mark person, number, object; ergativity; 14 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes; non-tonal; vowel harmony.
60% of the population. Few domains but extensive use in reindeer herding brigades. Some young people, all adults. Very few children speak it (Salminen 2007). Positive attitudes. Also use Even [eve], Northern Yukaghir [ykg], Yakut [sah]. Also use Russian [rus]. Less than 50 speakers of Russian with varying proficiency, but nomadic groups resist Russian language and culture. Used as L2 by Northern Yukaghir [ykg].
Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 2004.
Cyrillic script [Cyrl].
School at Anadyr. Chukchi in Magadan area are nomadic. Traditional religion.


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AmeriCorps Corner with Jake/
Beating the heat with some cool friends!
Recently, I was fortunate enough to have some great friends from college fly out, visit, and explore northern California. I've never driven so much in a week's time, but we went to some really neat places and it was all worth it!
Our first outing was making the classic rounds of waterfalls and hiking around Lassen. While Burney Falls is always a great stop, but going off the beaten path to Potem Falls is what really took the cake. It was especially nice having the whole place to ourselves to relax and explore.
After some refreshing dips in the cold waterfall waters, we hiked to the top of Cinder Cone in Lassen. Man, was that a rough, yet, awesome hike! Hiking on those cinders was like taking two steps forward, one step back, but the views up top were definitely rewarding.
Our next big adventure was to the lava fields and tubes of Lava Beds National Monument. I am so glad we made the trek up there. I really enjoyed hiking up to a lookout station and learning more about how rangers spot and track fires. Also, getting to climb through caves covered in glitter-like bacteria, ice floors, and almost getting lost was definitely an experience! I need to remember to bring better flashlights next time…
After some hiking at Whiskeytown and spending time in San Francisco, it was unfortunately time for them to go. It is always a good time to hang out with old friends and I'm so glad they made it out here!
Definitely looking ahead to more adventures like this one!
Until next time,


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Seminar Final Project
By Shae Rocco
Addendum is a series of iconic household objects that contain quotes from highly visible artists. These objects primarily represented women's role and value in society, based on an associated era--as spouse, mother, and caretaker. The slow progress juxtaposes the progressive words, broadening our concept of what it means to be equal and the process to achieve equality. The intention of this project is to instigate a conversation around the difficulties of unlearning deep-rooted societal discrimination. With the use of deliberate and weighted quotes written on these iconic objects, there is an addendum of past strength and continued growth. By re-purposing powerful iconic objects of the past with powerful word of the current future, this body of work demonstrates a continuous need to question ourselves and deepen our understanding of inequality.
The collection of white monochromatic work is to be displayed on podiums in vitrines and also be free standings.
P70 is a site specific art installation. The piece is constructed out of aluminum squares, woven together with wire twin. The mosaic of images were each printed with a high saturated level to coincide with the vivid colors that were seen at the high noon daytime hour.
The piece represents movement and intrigue and by it's nature the tiles can be stirred by the slightest of movement including the heat vent adjacent to where it hangs now.
Looming Clouds was constructed out of solid wood panels, photography and epoxy resin coating.
The photograph was taken from a childhood location on the Eastern Shore. While back spending time with my grandmother, I was continually astonished by the presence of these beautiful clouds.
This image is from a series of photographs I took while I was taking care of my grandmother who I spent every summer with growing up. It was during a time when I was loosing her and I couldn't figure out which way was up.
The clouds gave me peace and serenity during a time that was uncertain.
Uncompleted piece.
This piece capitalizes on a drenched Mint Plaza. By using a large photographic print and placing at an angel, a textured piece of acrylic, it brings to life the feeling of looking through a wet and rainy window.
This project was part of a larger group show based on one question, "What is the Future of Soul?" Our focus was based around the food deserts of West Oakland.
I photographically covered the areas in West Oakland having community gardens, agricultural programs and visiting inspired leaders that are providing community access, education and tools to a healthier way of life.
I then designed and constructed a sculpture piece of 20 box on a rotating 5 piece structure that would engage an audience of all ages. By having to turn and uncover a multi-sided piece the object was to stir curiosity.
One side showed the many portraits of the gardens, kids, leaders and volunteers of the programs. A photoethnography tale of what it looks like when the community gets involved and motivates around health. Another side had a black and white mosaic map of the area we covered in Oakland. The third side displayed quotes that were words of inspiration and the cornerstone for the work to be done. The last side was a white board in which viewers could write what ever they experience with the piece or in relaitonship to food and how it's power to nourish the soul is powerful.
A collaboration with Forest City to show context of community, culture and use of space.
China town in San Francisco is an amazing place filled with characters and intrigue. Just spend a day watching the produce and poultry arrive by the truck fulls. It brings everyone out of there apartment to co-exist in such a harmonious way, it often makes me suspect of the way we westerners live our lives.


text: I had the wonderful opportunity to capture Amy with her stunning horse Max. I had the best day working alongside Marina at Occasional Hair & Make up who did an amazing job, we've since worked together on a styled photoshoot and its fair to say we rock as a team! Amy wore a beautiful long gown with pretty little purple flowers in her hair. Max was so striking and absolutely loved the camera - the little poser! What I loved more about this shoot was that I had my youngest son with me he is nearly 2 he doesn't often come to work with me but Amy being an old friend was happy he tagged along, I managed to document a beautiful moment between my son and this giant creature - well certainly giant in his my boys eyes! It was so endearing and so gentle, a truly beautiful moment.


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I'm having a heck of a time giving a good gosh darn about any of her characters.
Austen wrote about what she knew, I guess. But what she knew is just so boring. Didn't she desire to know more? Like her servant's names?
She also seems to lack anything close to empathy for anyone other that a young woman looking for a boyfriend. Most of the supporting cast of characters seem like cartoons. Many – especially the middle aged married couples – are unlikeable. But I'd like to get some insight into their lives. She must have known them?
Anyway, done. On to the last novel of Austen that I'll be reading….Northanger Abbey.


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Site 7c: Kayak Launch & The Fiddler Crab
"My Lord, this is a fond and desperate creature,
whom sometime I have laughed with."
William Shakespeare - All's Well That Ends Well
The muddy shore adjacent to the dock serves as the kayak launch. When tide recedes, small holes in the mud revel the burrows of Fiddler Crabs. The males are most easily recognizable by their characteristics (and humorously) large claw.
Land of Fires - Site 7c


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Braised Oxtail & Wild Mushroom Pappardelle with Roasted Butternut Squash, Tomatoes & Arugula/
A Rich, Luscious Pasta Takes Center Stage
By Chef Jason Miller, Corporate Chef of Balducci's. From "What's In Season" in our Winter Holiday 2015 Issue. Sponsored by Balducci's.
2 to 3 dinner portions or 4 to 6 appetizer portions Rich, savory, lavish—this pasta dish by Balducci Corporate Chef Jason Miller is beyond hearty. There are several steps, but most things can be done ahead for easy assembly before a dinner party. Oxtail needs a lot of time slow cooking to unleash its wonders. Truly a stunning pasta dish, your guests will thank you.
Step One: Preparing the Oxtails 2 tablespoons Balducci's extra-virgin olive oil 2 pounds oxtails sliced 2 inches thick (ask your butcher) 1 cup large-diced mirepoix* 1 cup Balducci's Private Label Malbec 1 quart beef or veal stock Salt and pepper
Prep time: 4 hours. Cook time: 10 minutes. Season oxtails on all sides with salt and pepper. Heat heavy-bottom sauté pan over high heat, and sear oxtails on all sides until brown. Remove oxtails, add your diced mirepoix and sauté until caramelized, about 3 minutes. Deglaze pan with the red wine and bring to a simmer. Add veal stock and bring to a simmer. Add oxtails and braising liquid into a CrockPot or Dutch oven and cook on low (CrockPot) or 325° (Dutch oven), for about 4 hours, until meat falls off the bone.
When finished, remove oxtail meat from bone and reserve for pasta dish, and strain the braising liquid and reserve for pasta dish.
To Assemble the Pasta Dish 2 tablespoons Balducci's extra-virgin olive oil 1 cup small-diced mirepoix* 3 cloves garlic diced 2 cups mixed fresh mushrooms 1 cup butternut squash, medium diced, roasted 1 cup roasted tomatoes 1 pound braised oxtail meat (above) 1 cup braising liquid (above) 3 tablespoons chopped parsley 2 tablespoons butter (cold) 2 ounces baby arugula Salt and pepper, to taste 1 pack Balducci's Private Label Fresh Lasagna Sheets, cut into pappardelle about ½ inch wide 1 ounce shaved Balducci's Parmesan
Put heavy-bottom pot or pasta cooker on stove over high heat to cook pasta; be sure to season the water heavily with salt.
Heat large sauté pan over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and sauté the mirepoix and garlic for 1 minute, then add mixed mushrooms and ½ the cold butter and sauté for roughly 2 minutes, being careful not to burn or overcook the mushrooms.
Add the tomatoes, roasted butternut squash, braised oxtail meat and braising liquid and bring to a quick boil. Remove from heat and add the fresh parsley, arugula and the remaining cold butter. Toss gently, seasoning with salt and pepper, reserve warm. To cook pasta: Add pasta to boiling salted water, cook about 2 minutes or until desired tenderness, remove from water and add to oxtail mixture in the sauté pan, toss gently and serve in a pasta bowl, garnishing with Parmesan cheese.
NOTE: To roast butternut squash: In mixing bowl, toss squash with a dash of extra-virgin olive oil, salt and pepper. Lay out on roasting pan and cook in oven at 350° for about 10–12 minutes, until tender but not mush.
* Mirepoix is a chopped vegetable mixture of onions, carrots and celery. Traditionally it is 2 parts onions, 1 part carrots and 1 part celery.
Chef Jason got his start in the kitchen at 13 working as a dishwasher. His rapid rise through the ranks to line cook were signs of more good things to come. Today, as Balducci's Corporate Executive Chef, he oversees culinary operations for the brand, including: menu development, food safety, research and development and product sourcing. When he's not cooking, you're likely to find him hunting, fishing, kayaking or otherwise enjoying the great outdoors.