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Today in 1928, Maya Angelou was born. Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Johnson, was one of the most popular and esteemed writers in modern American history. She is best remembered for her memoirs and poetry. Additionally, she was also a singer, a playwright, a screenwriter and a civil rights activist. She came to be known globally after the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, her first memoir, in 1969.
Angelou wore many hats in her youth, working as a short order cook, a dancer at a nightclub, and a sex worker. She also joined the cast of an opera, worked as a journalist in Egypt and Ghana and worked as a coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
She participated in the Civil Rights Movement, working with both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. She got her first academic position in 1982, when she was named the first ever Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Winston-Salem's Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Later, in the nineties, she became a touring lecturer. She continued her public speaking well into her old age.
In 1993, she recited a poem, "On the Pulse of Morning," during Bill Clinton's presidential inauguration. She was the first poet to read at an inauguration since Robert Frost in 1961.
Angelou's written work is still taught widely in schools. She also bore the distinction of being one of the most widely-banned authors in American schools, for the graphic content of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Maya Angelou passed away in 2014. She is remembered as an American literary great, and a respected advocate of black culture.


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"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," declared the existential philosopher, Popeye the Sailor Man.
The absurdist nature of our world is accelerating. It often feels like a Saturday morning cartoon landscape where an epic battle is being waged between the forces of good and evil.
Who can be believed and who can be trusted in such an environment? Where can you turn when Bluto the Bully and Alice the Goon are running the show?
Popeye, our hero, came to the transformational realization that the only way through such a life was to eat his vegetables and be himself.
Self-realization and a can of spinach fortified Popeye in his quest to be authentic - to act from his values and principles, and remain loyal to himself, his friends and community. Despite the odds against him, the Sailor Man prevailed.
This is a quest to which we can all relate. Time, then, to be like Popeye and sail home to the Authentic Self.
Who Am I Really?
"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."
- C.G. Jung
Summer is the season traditionally associated with authenticity. It is the time of year where we recognize the abundance and fullness of the natural world. The season also reminds us that there is a ripening taking place in the inner landscape of our lives and a harvest awaiting us when we return home.
The outer world, like a Looney Tunes studio boss, is always telling us what we should aspire to become - the model child, the valedictorian, the rising professional, the perfect spouse, or the billionaire.
Often, we adopt these disguises to win the acceptance and approval of our parents, peers and society. We come to believe we are our roles, and begin the search for an illusive state of happiness and peace of mind.
Eventually, many of us are overtaken by a dark night of the soul - nagging doubts, disquietude, and angst. We are haunted by questions:
- Who am I really?
- Who am I at the core of my being?
- What do I really want to do with my life?
- What will make me happy?
We grow frustrated and depressed when we cannot answer these questions. We've been so busy trying to live up to someone else's expectations that we have no idea who we are outside the grind of our daily obligations.
Psychologist Erich From wrote: "Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want."
Finding Our Way Home
Searching for the Authentic Self in the external world is fruitless. Running after "this" and chasing "that" is the work of the Ego, not the Authentic Self. Meditation, contemplation, and mindfulness are focused practices that help us encounter our true identity.
Cross-culturally, there are four kinds of meditation practice:
- Sitting Meditation - Sitting meditation teaches objectivity and detachment. Through stillness and silence, you have greater access to the directions of the heart. The heart is the home of the authentic self. Its messages can be heard and understood once you have unhooked yourself from the adrenaline drip of daily living.
- Lying Meditation - Lying on your back and opening the body fully is a practice in surrender and receptivity. Lying meditation helps you gain clarity about who and what you love. It is also associated with the ability to heal trauma and injuries that interfere with accessing and expressing authenticity.
- Walking Meditation - Movement in a slow, contemplative way can help us access creative-problem solving and understand the unique combination of inner resources we have at our disposal. By understanding the component gifts, talents, and character traits we begin to see our own originality.
- Standing Meditation - Standing meditation provides access to the personal powers of presence, communication and right placement. This meditation was originally practiced as part of martial arts training, and today is seen primarily in the military, where soldiers stand at attention for periods of time. Remaining focused, vigilant and in the moment are the benefits of this meditation form. We begin to see where our strengths lie and who and what we are committed to in our lives.
Like anything worth doing, meditation takes practice. Find one practice that feels right for you or use them in combination.
Start by focusing on the breath. Every time your mind wanders, simply bring your attention back to breathing in and breathing out.
Begin meditating for short periods of time, perhaps just five minutes. You can extend you practice day-by-day until you are comfortable meditating for twenty minutes or more.
Consistency builds stamina. Several minutes in the morning and several minutes in the evening help us feel grounded. We are more able to connect with what we are feeling, experiencing and needing in our life.
Remember what indigenous people say: "You are original medicine, nowhere else duplicated on the planet."
Now, eat your spinach.

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Rodan And Fields Dermatologists Overview
There are not a lot of testimonials on Rodan and Fields as a firm, but there are a handful of testimonials in regards to their goods. Nowadays I am going to inform you about the firm. Possibly you are searching to join them, possibly your spouse is, possibly you are questioning how they examine to other skincare providers. Let's get began…
The firm is founded by Dr. Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields. The physicians are also recognized as the creators of Proactiv Remedy — also, recognized as the quantity a single promoting, worldwide, acne option. Unless you have been living below a rock, you know they had good consumer final results with that item, which they at some point sold to Guthy Renker and went on to higher business enterprise ventures. So, right here we come to Rodan and Fields Dermatologists.
Rodan and Fields is pretty new in the direct sales business (also recognized as 'network marketing'). They have a really exclusive and fascinating firm story.
They began out in higher-finish division shops such as Nordstrom, Henry Bendel's, Macy's and Bloomingdales. They became the #1 promoting clinical skincare line in Nordstrom in 2007. Fairly impressive to say the least! Tends to make sense although, persons know them as creators of higher high quality, dermatology grade skincare goods that get final results, so why not run on more than to Nordstrom and get the most current to preserve you searching beautiful. persons just know they can count on the goods truly functioning, or, their income back
The physicians, getting brilliant business enterprise females, entrepreneurs, practicing dermatologists and item creators, did study from their purchasers and realized that persons had been obtaining their goods due to word of mouth about how good the goods had been, not the reality they had been in higher-finish retail shops.
So, they did their study into the direct sales business and in January of 2009 they pulled out of retail and launched their business enterprise into the network promoting business. Exciting and bold, suitable? Assume if Coach or Estee Lauder or some other huge brand named giant went from retail into direct sales – you would undoubtedly want a piece of that pie! There is immediate clientele, enormous worldwide brand equity and the item line is geared towards every person with aging skin.
Rodan and Fields Dermatologists, the firm, is a member of the Direct Promoting Association, which is an association that holds requirements for direct sales providers in regards to ethics, trust and self-assurance. And they have received a handful of awards from the DSA.
Assume about it, Drs. Rodan and Fields are a 'brand' in and of themselves. They would not jeopardize their reputation on what some may get in touch with the Multilevel marketing business as a 'scam or a pyramid scheme', but alternatively, they program on revolutionizing skincare via direct sales as effectively as the notion of huge brand names going into direct sales. What a good way to stimulate the economy, never you assume?
Becoming only two.five years into the direct sales channel, they are seeing stellar good results and so are their independent consultants. In 2010 the firm grew more than 800%. Their huge brand name, positioning in the business and exclusive item in the marketplace are attracting all diverse persons from diverse backgrounds and industries, which includes plastic surgeons and even celebrities and celebrity wives!
Their goods are consumable which keeps consumers getting, and they get good final results. You might have observed untouched ahead of and following consumer photographs going about the world-wide-web. Try to remember, Proactiv consumers got good final results, so it is only anticipated that this skincare line will do the identical. Preceding Proactiv consumers are also swiftly drawn to these goods, specially if they had good final results or know a person that did.
Rodan and Fields goods are gold typical, dermatology grade components and concentrate on anti-aging, reversing the indicators of sun harm, acne, and psoriasis, eczema and rosacea. They've got anything for every person and they offer you it with an empty bottle, 60-day income back assure.
So, can a new consultant truly make income with Rodan and Fields? They have a Rapidly Commence system that shows new consultants how to make 'right now' income inside their 1st 30-45 days. They know if they make income and see return on investment, then they will preserve going and increasing. Their promoting model is geared mostly towards making use of offline strategies and BBL's (Large Business enterprise Launch Parties.) Ones in which consumers can use and knowledge the goods in addition to seeing a specialist presentation.
The compensation program can be identified on their web page and it is a single of the greatest in the business. Consultants get paid on their private volume, on their group volume and there are month-to-month bonuses. In brief, as lengthy as you recruit consultants that have a minimum private volume (created up from consumers and new consultants registrations) quantity of $600 just about every month and they recruit other folks that have that identical minimum private volume, you can swiftly climb the Rodan and Fields compensation program. When you get to a particular level, the firm presents a new shiny white pearl Lexus to their higher achievers.
At the time of this report, there are roughly only 12k consultants in the United States, Guam and Puerto Rico. They will open their operations to Canada in 2012.
So if you or a person you know is interested in network promoting, loves skincare and desires to be in the skincare business without having a lot of skincare competitors, Rodan and Fields tops the charts. There are other skincare providers in network promoting that have been about for a lengthy time. Rodan and Fields has a exclusive item as opposed to any other due to their enormous worldwide brand equity and the timing of the firm getting into the direct sales business.


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A ship is at best an opportunity and at worst a liability.
If you wanted to pick on one company to highlight how diminished expectations are of the offshore sector SDSD, down 66% for the year, would be a good candidate.
I think its great that if investors want a counter-cyclical investment vehicle they have one, but I just don't think there is any industrial strategy here at all, and it is really hard to see how this can ever make money without some sort of extraordinary market movement. Depreciating 2007 and 2008 built PSVs, some of which required upgrades to DP II, must be the ultimate "have faith in offshore" investment. Let's have a look at the SDSD strategy:
The thing is that Standard Drilling sold all the KFELs units prior to delivery, so maybe its been lost a little in the translation: but quite why buying assets in a booming market and selling them prior to delivery illustrates the success of buying minority shares in PSVs and putting them in lay-up in the worst downturn to hit the offshore vessel sector is beyond me? Just because I am good at rugby is unlikely to make me good at cricket (and the company isn't called Jeff Wilson Drilling). The logical error is I believe called affirming the consequent.
It doesn't mean you can't make make money from this: but you are taking not only asset risk, on the vessel prices, but market risk on the stock price as well. So it's not ideal (although you would think in this case they are highly correlated).
My broader point is that offshore supply is probably at the absolute nadir for demand. The PSVs working are supporting working operational infratsructure, or the few rigs working, and it probably cannot get any lower. But as Maersk Supply reported this week there remains an industry characterised by revenue at opex levels and huge oversupply. The SDSD are primarily older and/or in layup. The original plans to operate the vessels at cash break even, or above, and try and pay dividends. Even if one or two projects manage to achieve this there is no chance of this happening at a corporate level. Quoting historic vessel values I also think is a little absurd given the whole point of accepting the scale of the current downturn must mean they want revert to their previous implied value?
Look I don't have an issue with this: SDSD has allowed the public a show of the price discovery mechansim that is identical to how many distressed funds viewed these types of investments. The fact is at this time last year, when the world seemed a different place, people thought the market couldn't get any worse, and the plain fact is that it has. Substantially both at an asset value level and an operational level.
In specialty vessels Nor Offshore raised USD 15m almost to the day at this time last year. Now the reports are Fearnleys is basically trying to get them out completely as you can see from the SDSD share price graph that the cost of equity financing these vessels without visible backlog must have materially increased.
Longer term I don't really get though how European companies, burdened with bank debt that the banks are reluctant to write-off, are going to compete with the likes of Tidewater and Gulfmark? SolstadFarstad must be the most worried of all the European companies given their commodity tonnage exposure. Sitting on a bunch of Asian built AHTS and PSVs from DeepSea Supply with inflexible European banks and no Chap 11 possibility must seem like a Sisyphean challenge at this point in the cycle.
But in the Tidewater's case all the investors had an incentive to save the operational company to maximise value, whereas in the SDSD case the asset manager is paid regardless and isn't making the returns required to back the assets.
Bassoe noted this week that they expect nearly 340 rigs to leave the market permanently. If you assume that supply vessels now are serving the base load of work on production assets and maintenance associated with them, and that a meaningful part of the E&P rig fleet that drove demand will be scrapped, you need a real good story to explain a recovery play in offshore supply. There is more pain to come for investors before the market stabilises I feel.


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Randomized trial comparing albumin, dextran 70, and polygeline in cirrhotic patients with ascites.
Gines A, Fernandez-Esparrach G, Monescillo A, Vila C, Domenech E, Abecasis R, Angeli P, Ruiz-Del-Arbol L, Planas R, Sola R, Gines P, Terg R, Inglada L, Vaque P, Salerno F, Vargas V, Clemente G, Quer JC, Jimenez W, Arroyo V, Rodes J.
Gastroenterology, Oct.1996
Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Paracentesis associated with plasma expanders is widely used for the treatment of ascites in cirrhosis. This study investigated the clinical importance of paracentesis-induced-circulatory dysfunction and compared the efficacy of albumin, dextran 70, and polygeline in preventing this complication. METHODS: A total of 289 cirrhotic patients with ascites were randomized to treatment by total paracentesis plus intravenous albumin (97 patients), dextran 70 (93 patients), or polygeline (99 patients). Postparacentesis circulatory dysfunction was defined as an increase in plasma renin activity on the sixth day after paracentesis of more than 50% of the pretreatment value to a level > 4 ng.mL-1.h-1. RESULTS: Postparacentesis circulatory dysfunction occurred more frequently in patients treated with dextran 70 (34.4%; P = 0.018) or polygeline (37.8%; P = 0.004) than in those receiving albumin (18.5%). The plasma expander used and the volume of ascites removed were independent predictors of this complication. Postparacentesis circulatory dysfunction persisted during follow-up and was associated with a shorter time to first readmission (1.3 +/- 0.5 vs. 3.5 +/- 0.8 months, median +/- SEM; P = 0.03) and shorter survival (9.3 +/- 4.2 vs. 16.9 +/- 4.3 months; P = 0.01). Creatinine and sodium levels in serum, and Child-Pugh score at inclusion, and postparacentesis circulatory dysfunction were independent predictors of survival. CONCLUSIONS: Postparacentesis circulatory dysfunction is not spontaneously reversible and is associated with a shorter time to first readmission and shorter survival. Albumin is the best plasma expander to prevent this complication.
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On 12 June 2015, PT SMI again held a "SMI Berbagi" in the Special Needs School Insan Mandiri Depok, West Java. The PT SMI volunteers visited, entertained and made donation to the students of the school. The school managed by the Insan Mandiri Foundation had 57 students with various special need backgrounds, such as both deafness/ hearing loss and speech impaired, blindness/visual impairment as well as mental retardation.
After conducting site survey and discussions with the manager of the Foundation, PT SMI subsequently donated sports and music equipments, painting tools, makeup supplies, stationeries and other learning materials to support the activities in the Insan Mandiri Special School.
During the program, PT SMI volunteers happily played music and sang together with the students. In this occasion, it was also presented a cosmetology instructor to help sharpnening the students' soft skill. Noticing the sincerity and spirit of the students, some volunteers were so touched and that brought the tears to their eyes. We ended the program with joy and brought more lessons from the students of Insan Mandiri into our lives. We had learnt from them that none in this life should be mourned as our free mind and soul would overcome all those limitation.


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Rhem Family History
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Rhem Name Meaning
nickname for a brawny man, from Middle High German rem 'pillar', 'post', 'frame', a topographic name from the same word, or a habitational name from places named Rehm, Rehme, or Rehmen. metonymic occupational name for a strap maker, from Middle Low German reme 'strap'.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Riehm, Ramm, Rehm, Priem, Reef, Rhee, Rhen, Reek, Ree, Sem


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For your Corporate Event, Live Venue, Wedding or Casual Backyard Party - from a small Duo to a 5 piece band - The Secret Jazz Band performs a variety of jazz music in the style of such luminaries as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong and Diana Krall.
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Centre for gender studies
Centre for gender studies aims to visualise and strengthen the competence in gender studies at Linnaeus University. Gender studies is an interdisciplinary field with broad societal relevance.
Through the establishment of the centre, a more clear platform is created for the large number of researchers from different departments and faculties at Linnaeus University who work with gender perspectives.
This will make it possible to take advantage of the interdisciplinary character of gender studies to an even larger extent through common seminars and collaborations. In this way, the centre will work for a living gender studies environment and innovative thinking within research and collaboration as well as education - something that will be beneficial for the entire university. The idea is to link the gender studies environment at Linnaeus University with similar environments nationally and internationally.
The board of the centre is made up of Sofie Thornhill (manager) and Aylin Akpinar, senior lecturers in gender studies at the department of social studies; Dagmar Brunow, senior lecturer in film studies at the department of film and literature; and substitute Gunilla Byrman, professor of the Swedish language at the department of Swedish.
Two professors are affiliated with the centre: Ulla Manns, professor of gender studies at the school of culture and education at Södertörn University and Maria Tamboukou, professor of women's studies at University of East London.


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Relaxing into Transitions
Where do the months go? Summer is transitioning to melt into Autumn. There is always an interesting blend of feelings and influences at this time as the changes start to appear with the end of somethings and new beginnings of others.
I have had a wonderful summer, full of sunshine and quality family time to really refill my well of happiness. Taking this time to slow down and enjoy simply being, I realised it was a well needed rest.
I have really enjoyed teaching more restorative and yoga nidra classes and more and more my own practice has a lot of restorative influences. While I was away I took a wonderful 'mini retreat' and we discussed the various ways that there is often a lot of prejudice in our culture around attending to fatigue and tiredness. Theanalogy which really resonated with me was of attending to thirst. You wouldn't tend to thirst with a bowl of peanuts, and this is often what our culture encourages us to do when we feel tired – reach for sugar, coffee, or go to another meeting or activity. It is not uncommon to develop a habit of 'pushing through' or suppressing waves of fatigue instead of listening to our bodies and honoring the natural urge to stop and rest.
My yoga practice consistently inspires me to slow down on many different levels, and to integrate regular organic rest into my life while nurturing creativity and joyfulness. Senior Restorative Yoga Teacher Judith Lasater reminds us, our lives are too fast, too busy and too intense to wait for holidays to truly rest. We must learn how to incorporate and experience compressed 'mini' holidays throughout our daily lives and listen to when we need to rest and renew.
I have a number of wonderful restorative workshops coming up this Autumn as well as a day retreat to help cultivate this mini retreat experience into your life.
After teaching at Bishop Grosseteste Uni. for four years with each year a rental increase, I am now having to increase class changes from October with drop in's at £6 and new series pass £30.
Namaste Grace
This is a wonderful poem by Danna Faulds from her book Go In and In: Poems from the Heart of Yoga. On the theme of transitions she invites us like many wise sages do to relax into our life as it unfolds and possibly when we move towards this we find contentment.
It's enough to offer love,
no matter how imperfectly
received or given. It's
enough to try and fail at
a difficult task; enough
to fall and rise, stumble,
fall again, sigh, and start
to walk, however slowly,
in the direction the soul
points. It's enough to
seek peace and find pain,
to gain nothing but a
vision of truth, and take
the long route home.
It's enough to feel
temptation, the dance
of the senses, the hot
pull of desire; enough
to call on God, walk
through fire, sleep and
cry and fear or welcome
dying. It's enough to be
and breathe, to feel the
touch of wind on the skin.
It's enough to take the
day as it comes, to watch
the ripples on the lake as
the rock sinks to the
bottom, to see the wild
reflection of the surface
calm into a mirror once
again. It's enough to
hear the voice of fear
and hide—or seek it out
and face the same
or shadows. It's enough
to set out to tame demons
and watch them multiply
instead. It's enough to
be buffetted by the winds
of change and not blown
over. I and you and all
of us, more than enough.
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Hi, I'm Kev and live in Lincoln. I work as Joiner and have a small joinery workshop. I have been practicing yoga for about a year now along with my wife Kath. in the past we have both been involved in a number of sports, Kath, tennis, aerobics and trail running, myself, Squash, Weight Training and Martial Arts until a car accident in the mid nineties left me with three partially prolapsed discs in my neck. This put an end to me doing any high impact sport. Ten years ago I took up Tai Chi which allowed me to study a martial art without aggravating my neck. Then, a few years ago we took up fell walking which lead to summer then winter mountaineering and rock climbing. It's the rock climbing that really sparked the revival of interest in yoga.
I had practiced yoga for a time it in my early twenties and it is highly recommended for climbing to help promote flexibility and core strength. So, I started browsing the local yoga teachers via Google, found Grace, and went along very nervously (knowing I would probably be one of very few males in the class). I loved it from the first day although I do have to take care with certain poses and maybe miss out on others but over all it has improved my neck condition. For years I have had some muscle wastage to my left trapezium but after a few months of practice you can hardly tell the difference also my core strength, balance and flexibility has improved but what I didn't expect was how much breathing would help in my climbing, unusually for a climber I'm nervous of heights but I found by concentrating on the breath I can calm myself and make the next move.
At work I run my own business, which can be very stressful. Since I have been practicing yoga I have found I'm calmer and don't get so stressed at work. I have found the classes really good with Grace being an inspirational teacher that allows you to go at your own pace but will encourage you to advance and push as hard as you want to go and not to have to compete with anyone else.


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The Theoretical, Make Pretend Heroism of Donald Trump
Oh sure, Donald Trump might seem like the most unpredictable, mercurial and dangerously volatile president of all time, including that Millard Fillmore sonofabitch. But you can generally predict Trump's response to something by asking yourself, "How would an emotionally stunted, temper tantrum-prone six year old with no understanding or appreciation of the complexities and ambiguities of the adult world react?"
Trump has been putting on a more disgraceful display of child-like magical thinking than usual (that's setting the bar awfully high or low depending on your perspective) in the aftermath of the Parkland school shooting. In a depressingly predictable move, the Baby-Man-in-Chief insisted that the answer to gun violence in schools is not less guns but more guns, specifically in the hands of teachers whom Trump feels we must arm in order to combat the scourge of school shootings.
Trump has proposed big old raises for these teachers/warriors in order to make bringing deadly weapons to school with you each day an even more appealing prospect. As the husband of a preschool teacher, it disgusts me to think that while other teachers are famously overworked and underpaid, these combo Mr. Chips/Charlie Bronson-in-Death Wish "Good guys with guns" would race to the top of the pay scale not due to excellent work but rather due to their willingness to stay strapped in case some shit goes down.
In an even more insulting act of tone-deaf vulgarity and macho posturing, Trump followed up his "Let's militarize teachers!" proposal by bragging tastelessly that if he were there at Parkland when the bullets started flying he would have rushed inside and confronted the shooter, even if he did not have a gun, unlike the armed guards who did nothing while the massacre was happening other than draw their weapons and stay out of the building.
Everybody likes to imagine that they would behave honorably and even heroically if the situation called for it. We'd all like to think that we'd inevitably be on the right side of history, that we'd be part of the Underground Railroad or The French Resistance or the Abolitionist movement, and, if tested the way the guards at Parkland were tested, we wouldn't hesitate to run into a building where children were being murdered and bullets were flying regardless of the danger.
Make-pretend, theoretical courage and heroism, like the kind Trump displayed when he insisted that, as an out-of-shape seventy year-old with the attention span of a flea on cocaine, he would have stormed into the school building and confronted the shooter, is worthless. No, wait, it's much worse than that.
Trump's bold, crass display of tough-guy posturing is a grievous insult to everybody whose heroism is real rather than make-pretend and theoretical. By bragging about what he might have done, he's spitting in the face of people who genuinely put their lives on the line everyday, whether they're soldiers or police officers or first responders.
Trump loves talking about first responders, just as he loves talking about cops and border guards and "his" generals. He's perpetually trying to piggy-back onto their actual heroism, using them as props in his big, vulgar displays of strongman might. But gushing about generals does not make you a general. Giving mad props to first responders does not make you a first responder. And talking about how you would have been a hero in a particular scenario does not make you a hero. It makes you a tone-deaf, insufferable braggart.
Trump's faux-fearlessness is even more appalling considering that when Trump was a young man, he had a golden opportunity to put his words into action by getting a gun and fighting the people our government considered the bad guys by volunteering to fight in Viet Nam. This wasn't a narrow window, by any stretch. The war infamously dragged on and on, giving Trump, who as a military school graduate was even more qualified to fight than most, plenty of time to transform his theoretical heroism into the real thing.
Yet Trump stayed on the sidelines due to bone spurs and college. It's crazy to think that not having a gun wouldn't keep a geriatric, portly Trump from being a hero and doing his patriotic duty, but having a sore foot and going to business school to learn how to better fuck over employees and contractors did.
The closest to Nam Trump came was either avoiding STDs while sleeping his way through college and insulting John McCain for getting captured by the enemy, something that would obviously never happen to the theoretical hero Trump fancies himself to be.
In one of the many things that should have single-handedly ended Trump's career as a politician but did not, Trump famously "quipped" of McCain, "(McCain) is not a war hero. He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured."
By that same logic, he must like the Parkland students who were not murdered rather than the cowards who allowed themselves to get killed like some real butthurt Libtard snowflakes whining about needing a "Safe Space" where they won't get slaughtered en masse. Actually that's probably not true because those are also the kids who are speaking up and loudly advocating for vital, life-saving changes in our laws and our culture.
In the end, it's not Trump's make-pretend heroism that matters, and defines him, but rather his very real cowardice.
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So at least there are some joys when writing analytical pieces like these. Mostly things like getting to brag when games like the following 4 roll on to my doorstep. And the following are a smoking slice of proof, that 3 is in fact not the lucky number…it's been 4 all along.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
I decided to move on to something that I could actually be happy to write about and that is Call of Duty. For me, I've had a deep love for the Call of Duty series for a long, long time. However, I share the same love for the Medal of Honour series. I'm sorry. I just love blowing away Nazi's with my M1 Garand, then hearing that click as the cartridge is empty and the metal pin pops out. Love it! And then, along came Modern Warfare, and people were very, very weary of it. They weren't used to this. Where was their trusted Panzerfaust and Browning machine gun? Where were there authentic WW2 battles and WW2 vehicles? No! They wanted them back! Away with you Infinity Ward and your crazy ideas they called! These ludicrous concepts are not what we want!
Or so they thought. Because what the boys at IW slapped down on the table hit them with a force that they were, not only not used to, but not ready for at all. Enter Modern Warfare. Hands down one of the best, if not the best, FPS I have played to date. With awe inspiring graphics, a deeply immersive storyline and an arsenal that would scare Osama out of his cave in two seconds. Besides from the multitude of other brilliant features that COD4 had (which I could boast over for hours) it also had an online experience that was pure gold, wrapped in diamonds and then squeezed into a piece of jewellery using Scarlett Johansson's rear end. This was one for the record books, and I am already biting my fingertips off in excitement at the next instalment in the series.
Bravo Infinity Ward! Bravo!
Metal Gear Solid 4
Solid Snake…he's future warfare's undercover golden child and the bad ass of badasses! This guy could not only drop you with a single bullet from a mile away, he could do it while clutching a smoke in between his parsed lips and simultaneously breaking an enemy's neck using only his pinkie. Yes, he's that badass! This guy could put a mutated super-soldier made up of Chuck Norris, Steven Seagull and Werner Koekemoer to shame. Mr. Koekemoer, if you're reading this, which I highly doubt that you are. Not that I'm saying you can't read. Just. Um. Um. Please don't beat me up and burn down my house! Sooooo, now that the apologies are out of the way, on to the real fun…praising this spectacular game. Yes, this game had a lot of hype surrounding it. A lot of gaming sites were calling it the reason to buy a PS3.
Others called it the Playstation's claim to fame. And was it? Yes it was, and then some more! If you still don't own a PS3, this game could just well be the sole reason for getting one. Featuring a perfect aiming system, inventory system and stealth system not seen in such glorious sparkle since the first Metal Gear. Take away all of these things, and the game is still an 8 out of 10 if not more. Beautiful score, brilliant graphics, knee-shattering action sequences and a story line that makes Hollywood writers tremble in fear of losing their jobs to the boys from Kojima.
That's what Metal Gear is all about! The only thing that gets me even more sweaty in the drawers than the thought of another Metal Gear is the thought of a game based on Raiden from Metal Gear. A deadly ninja like cyborg assassin with crazy acrobatic skills? Yes please! Hideo Kojima, stop teasing us and tell us the rumours are true already!
If any of you began your reign of terror on society with the good-old top down view GTA then by the time GTA 3 came along you were ready to be all that you can be…in a drug crippled, goon ridden, kill-anyone-you-want society. I know I was. But when I saw the screens for GTA 4, to be honest, I wasn't that impressed. Mostly because they kept throwing teaser trailer, after teaser trailer, after…sigh. I was screaming at my poor monitor: Show me the damn game already!
Thankfully they didn't, because maybe I was one of the few that wasn't SO excited for GTA 4, so when I popped it into my shiny black box, it caused me to lose my voice, sight and hearing for about 3 days. Yes, Grand Theft Auto left me deaf, dumb and blind it was so awesome.
I think I must have spent the first 7 hours playing the game, doing nothing more than using my elbow to bust open car windows and without notice or warning, yanking said unsuspecting vehicle owner out of his newly purchased caddy. The events that followed between me and his car are better left censored (mostly I just drove it really fast off any raised object I could find, to sit back and watch the sun glisten over the hood of my car. All in slow mo.) Dukes of Hazard…eat your heart, liver, lungs, any organ you can get, out.
One thing that made GTA 4 so great for gamers (besides the awesome graphics and ragdoll physics) was the new cover, aim and shoot system. Bullets would ricochet off brick walls as you hid behind them as your rival, gun-toting thug fired round after round at you. Look, this is another game that I could go on about endlessly. I could talk about the AWESOME mini-games, the ability to fly a chopper or one of my favourite perks…being able to get drunk, stumble out of a bar and then go and pick up a hooker. That's freedom. The only thing I would like to know, is how could they possibly make the next instalment (GTA 5…not any other piece of DLC) any better than it's predecessor? How? Actually, if you guys comment on this, please, tell me how! I'd like to know! Rockstar, you guys…well…rock!
Devil May Cry 4
Another series of games that rained down awesomeness upon the gaming world when it was first released by Capcom in 2001, was the Devil May Cry games. Since then, it's had its highs and lows (one low in particular being the sequel – DMC 2) but still it managed to hold its own and finally came out on top in blazing glory.
DMC 4 does have a few minor points that caused irritation under fanboys of the series. Like the original protagonist, Dante, now being substituted for a younger version of the gun-wielding, sword toting half demon. And this little, white haired boy is called Nero. But make no mistake…Nero aint no boy. O no, he is one mean, mean, actually, really mean son-of-a-gun.
With the help of his demon infused arm, The Devilbringer and his trusty BIG ASS revolver, The Blue Rose, this man could take down the demon world all by himself. And he does. Slaughtering one after another after another, all in the desperate pursuit of his beloved. O, I almost forgot, he has a big ass broadsword to help you get through the slaying as well and this puppy is as hungry as a fat man at a buffet.
Bad points put aside, DMC4 made up by having a stack of good points in spades, diamonds, clubs and any face card imaginable. See what I was doing there? I was trying to say that it had it all. It was like the perfect shooter, meets the perfect hack-and-slash, meets the perfect RPG.
Okay, maybe I'm giving it a bit too much credit, but I could not put it down after I started playing. With its challenging Boss Fights and fast paced, chain-together-kills Combo System it brought back fond memories for me. Ones that I had last felt when I first delved into the epic story of Dante. And I'll give it to Capcom, for me, Nero did a pretty good job of living up to his relatives bloodthirsty legacy. Hooray's are in order! Hooray Capcom! Hooray! And Capcom, just so you know, I already have my piggy bank ready to get busted open for your next 2 titles: Dark Void and Bionic Commando. Bring it on baby!
Well guys, that's that for this feature. I do realize, all throughout this trilogy of writing, that I have left out a lot of great sequels and horrible sequels. You have to understand however that there simply are too many for me to cover in this article. I could have rambled on for hours about how great some of these games are, and how there are other games that deserved a sequel but never received it. I know this. But just hold on for Part 3 of my epic saga and hear what I have to say about games that have received the sequel call and ended…leaving us anxiously awaiting the next instalment. Thanks for reading guys and keep on gaming!
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RED Episode #21: The "Mebisode" with Meb Keflezighi
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Last weekend, we participated in the Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic. One of the biggest highlights of the weekend was being able to interview Meb Keflezighi, who is an inspiration to us. He is the only man to win a silver medal in the Olympics (Athens 2004), win NYC Marathon (2009), and win the Boston Marathon (2014). Watching his success was inspiring to us, but even more than that, his humility and the way he lives his life with faith, family, and education as top priorities is a key reason he inspires those around him. He also has a foundation and through it helps support and encourage people with goals in much the same way he was supported by his family, his faith, and the community around him. We interviewed him at the Expo and wanted to bring you that interview in its entirety.
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Cape May Fireworks 2015 July 4
Date(s) – 04/07/2015
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Convention Hall Cape May NJ
See Fireworks in Cape May for the Independence Day Holiday
Cape May Convention Hall
Come to Cape May and see fireworks for the Holiday weekend. You can also get tickets aboard the Cape May Whale Watcher for a unique experience with an ocean side view,
Cape May, NJ 08204
Cape May
Does Cape May have Fireworks displays on July 4th and July 5th for the Independence Day July 4th Celebration Celebration?
Independence Day Fireworks View Fire works from the Beach Fireworks – Beachfront Saturday, July 04, 2015 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Cost: FREE
What are the best places see in Fireworks in Cape May for the July 4th celebration for 2015?
Head to the beach early before dusk to get your seat before the crowds starts. We particularity like the Congress Hall Lawn area and beachfront for the best view. You can also get tickets from the Cape May Whale Watcher and see fireworks from the Ocean side.
Dates Playing : 7/3/2015 – 7/4/2015
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last chance @M.A.D.E today!
turns out it's virtually impossible to take pictures of my pieces – i'd need to do some kind of hdr stitch job – so they lack the impact that i really feel they have in person. luckily we had a professional photographer on hand, he should do a better job 🙂
i think i've pulled off the play on scale i wanted to show – the works change as you view them at different distances – from the bold stripes of the blanket to the lupes with the small pieces that take you right *into* the fiche itself.
speaking with a textile artist friend at the opening, and she saw the textile influences in the work, so that's cool 🙂
it's brilliant to see the pieces hung as i'd envisaged, with no visible wiring. josh at MADE did a great job of installation. by comparison the fiches are a little clumsier than i'd hoped, but again at least i found a battery regime that, while fiddly, keeps them on permanently.
inc at M.A.D.E
still time to see the show, runs until sept 10th 🙂
new toy
99p on ebay 😀
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A Stranger in America Buffalo Wild Wings : Pick and Roll
By : Hatem Dhwibi a.k.a CoOL'Burn
When I was a kid, I was taught not to eat pork or ham due to our religious beliefs, except in some perplexing side cases like when you are starving and have nothing to eat except it, or when you eat unintentionally is forgiven…etc. That reason was not enough convincing to me because I believe that everything in this life has a logical biological explanation, plus, I am the type of people who do exactly what they are told not to do unless they are convinced that they should not. I made a small research and I found out the reasons why I should not eat it, as it contains a non-cured virus because pigs eat everything, even a corpse of an animal or a human being, I even went back in history to the reason why pigs were first created in the ship of Noah, and now I have my own personal reasons for not eating pork or ham, my own.
Why am I speaking about pork? I am not trying to offend anyone's life style, I just want to clarify that as I will speak about American food, and I noticed that pork or ham is a loving main meal and people keep asking me over and over why I do not eat pork. Many would consider that ridiculous but each one has his own doctrine.
The routine of getting your food is almost the same in every food place, first you get something to drink, then you choose what to eat and the sides that you want with it, ends with the dessert if you would like to. I really didn't face difficulties getting used to the food here.
- The Buffalo Wild Wings House Sampler : collection of ultimate nachos, beer-battered onion rings, gooey mozzarella sticks and boneless wings spun in your favorite sauce or dry seasoning. Served with marinara sauce, southwestern ranch dressing, and your choice of blue cheese or ranch dressing.
- The All-Star Sampler : collection of fried pickles, spinach and artichoke dip with warm tortilla chips, chili cheese fries and a choice of crispy or naked tenders. Served with southwestern ranch and your favorite sauce for dipping.
- Buffalo Chicken Salad : crispy buffalo chicken placed on top of fresh greens, tomatoes, diced red onion, blue cheese crumbled and croutons. Served with a side of buffalo blue cheese dressing and garlic toast.
- Santa Fe Salad : hickory-smoked pulled pork or grilled chicken breast seasoned with Desert Heat, served on top of fresh greens, pico de gallo, a savory blend of roasted corn and jalapenos, cheddar jack cheese, avocado and crunchy tortilla strips. Served with cilantro lime ranch dressing and soft tortillas.
- Garden Chicken Salad : grilled, crispy or blackened chicken served over a bed of fresh greens with tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, red peppers, house-pickled red onions, shaved parmesan and croutons. Served with a side of lemon vinaigrette and garlic toast.
And the list in the Buffalo Wild Wings menu continue, pepper jack steak wrap, bayou po'boy, boneless wings…etc. I stay long reading the menu and trying to choose what to eat, usually I pick the food that I don't know what it is. One good thing I noticed about food places is that each one has its own criteria, own specials.
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Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, June 26, 2017 – B-Hive is a collaborative innovation platform in which 13 major financial players (banks, insurers and market infrastructure players – including SWIFT) and the Belgian government work together on common innovation challenges and build bridges to the global startup and scale-up community.
SWIFT has played a significant role in supporting both the creation of Eggsplore in 2016 and its successor B-Hive in early 2017. Fabian Vandenreydt, Head of Innotribe at SWIFT, has been a guiding hand as its Chairman of the Board and will soon move on to his new role as Executive Chairman.
B-Hive, with its headquarters in the Brussels area, has been growing quickly and is now developing at both a European and a global level, with two new offices recently opened in London and Tel Aviv. Other satellite offices are planned in New York and Singapore. To broaden its network even further, B-Hive is currently participating in Money20/20 Europe. Its main goal is to build a European ecosystem that helps organizations deal with the impact of digital technology on the financial system by bringing the expertise and knowledge of different partners together.
Following B-Hive's evolution, Fabian Vandenreydt will interrupt his current career at SWIFT to make a full-time commitment to B-Hive by becoming its Executive Chairman.
"I'm really excited about my new role in which I'll drive a strategic vision for B-Hive and help to grow its membership, stakeholder relationships and its reputation," said Fabian Vandenreydt.
"Born, raised and educated in Belgium, I always wanted to help reinforce the visibility of my country and of continental Europe as well as promote its talent and expertise at a global level. I'm looking forward to combining this with my passion for technology and innovation."
Fabian has helped cement Innotribe's mission, supporting the fintech and banking communities to understand each other and acting as a cultural translator for the digital disruption age. Such understanding has become even more critical over the last few years as fintech, together with banking and insurance, have started to think more in terms of partnership.
The recognition of Innotribe's collaborative efforts - by both the Institutional Investor and Financial News - has contributed to position Fabian as a great innovator within the fintech ecosystem and has allowed SWIFT to be positioned as an important player in the push for innovation within the financial services industry.
"First and foremost I am grateful to the SWIFT Executive in helping to make this move possible. I would not have been selected for this position without the exceptional work of the Innotribe team, who have been fantastic in their efforts the last few years – building our reputation as a true tribe of innovators," concludes Fabian.
Wim De Waele, CEO of B-Hive, said, "The strengths of B-Hive are the joined forces and partnerships that lead to innovative solutions. Coming from SWIFT, one of our key shareholders, Fabian has been a driving force behind B-Hive from the start. In his new role as our Executive Chairman, Fabian will be able to work even more closely with us to help our platform grow and develop even further."
About B-Hive
B-Hive - successor of Eggsplore founded by Jurgen Ingels and Wim De Waele - is a Belgian collaborative innovation platform in which 13 major financial players (banks, insurers and market infrastructure players) work together on common innovation challenges and build bridges to the global start-up and scale-up community to:
● Increase the competitiveness and leverage the opportunities offered by the digital
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What an amazing year in Real estate it has been, I can't believe how many homes we listed and sold in Sumner this year. When I say we I am including my self and all other very hard working agents out there.
Take a look at the chart below and the amazing number for this last year and I say that with knowledge of our market over the past decade. The prices have always been a bit higher in the Sumner area, because of the quick location of freeways and shopping. But over the last two years, we have seen rise after rise in home prices. We were expecting a dip, but Amazon brought in two large warehouses to the Pierce and South King County area's which brought over 30,000 people into WA. Pierce County is a bit less expensive than King. Sumner's inventory has never been high, but we can hardly keep a well priced home on the market for more than a few day.
We are looking for more listings every day. We are still working with a lot of buyers looking for "the one".
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Cisco UCCX10 Roadshow in Boston, MA Sponsored by 2Ring
With the goal of promoting the brand new release of Cisco Unified Contact Center Express version 10, Cisco has decided to organize five Cisco Express Customer Collaboration – Technical Partner Summits between January and May, 2014. These roadshows are technical, hands-on, highly interactive events, focusing on the best technical contact center practices.
The first UCCX10 roadshow is scheduled for January 22-24, 2014, in Boxborough, MA – in the Cisco contact center capital. 2Ring, a strong player in the development of GADGETS for Cisco Finesse, was invited to sponsor the event and present its products in two sessions. On Day 1, 2Ring will cover 2Ring GADGETS for Cisco Finesse and 2Ring COMPACT AGENT for Cisco Jabber and DX650, and on Day 3, 2Ring DASHBOARDS&WALLBOARDS and 2Ring SCRIPTS&FORMS.
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Planting an all-electric powertrain inside a classic Jaguar E-type may seem unholy. But the result is arguably the most beautiful electric car in the world. Well done, Jag.
If you're into classic car conversions, Aston Martin also announced they're recreating and making available 007's DB5 from Goldfinger.
The E-type Zero concept first debuted last year; now, Jaguar Classic puts this gorgeous vehicle into production mode, offering it for sale where the public can get up and close at the US debut at California's Monterey Car Week. Customer deliveries begin mid 2020.
What spawned all this was the Jaguar E-type Reborn Program where the British automaker made 10 units available of these Series 1 E-Type models.
Already own an E-type? No worries, Jaguar Classic will do a full conversion for you if you're looking for a zero-emissions vintage roadster.
The full electric conversion transforms the E-type into a quick accelerating model compared to the original Series 1 E-type, offering a range in excess of 170 miles via a 40kWh battery which will charge in under 8 hours.
A new propshaft sends power to a carry-over differential and final drive where the electric motor lies just behind the battery pack in place of the E-type's gearbox. The result is a clean, well-integrated look – not a sloppy engine replacement.
Inside, this old Jaguar's cabin retains that vintage look – aside from the optional modified instrumentation and fascia with touchscreen infotainment which works well with the design without looking too out of place.
So, how many E-type owners would go ahead with this zero-emissions conversion? Who knows, but we'd be all over it. Hand over the keys, Gramps.


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Monday, 8 March 2010
Yorkshire Evening Post, Tha Needs Playing Pop Wi'.
This article you've written, it's a pile of rubbish. You've been duped. You are being used to propagate anti home education propaganda at a politically sensitive time.
I'm rather ashamed, I really did expect better of a Yorkshire publication; I had this romantic notion that Yorkshire folks were a bit more canny than this.
You can view the figures that gave rise to your article here[opens PDF].
I don't have anything to say about those figures, others can and have done a better job than I, such as one commenter on the YEP article who said:
"FOIs show Leeds to have 140 home educated children, 6 with no education, 5 not suitable, 14 not co-operating, 20 not yet assessed and 34 not "full-time" which is a bit of a red herring as in the official guidance it states EHE is assumed to be full time.... I can't find any way of making 6+5 = 25% of 140....can you? I can't even get it by adding in the 14 not co-operating!"
What I will say though is that I wouldn't trust Leeds as far as I could throw them. They are not a great LA, I know people who have had problems with them. I also know that they don't like EHE parents being informed about the law, they went as far as to admit this in a consultation document a few years ago. The particular quote I was thinking of is:
"Like other LEAs, we have no idea how many parents in total are educating their children at home. We do know of 150 in Leeds. We are successful in arranging home visits with 98% of these parents largely because they see us as being helpful but also partly because a number of them are not aware that they need not agree to meet us!"
This may be irrelevant to this issue, but I do think it is important that people realise that LAs behave badly where home education is concerned. If LAs truly believe that they have HE'd children who are not receiving an education suitable to their age, apptitude, ability and any SEN, then they should be issuing SAOs. Are they doing that? I think not. If you take Plymouth LA they say that 100% of their EHE children are NOT receiving a suitable and full time education! Really? I find that a staggering *fact* quite frankly, and I'm more inclined to think that it has more to do with issues that the LA has with the idea of EHE in general, than the failings of EHE parents in the area.
What you might like to do, YEP, is have a look at this expose of the figures and then you might like to have a read of my previous blog post and think about how you have just fallen into the trap laid by government. You will see that the TES did exactly the same thing as you have, which goes to show the shoddy standard of journalism today. Shame we no longer use newspapers as chip wrappers, as it least then your article would have a use. As it stands it is neither use nor ornament.
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Well said, Tech.ReplyDelete
The Home Education Database:ReplyDelete
The government has databases to keep track of us, so here at last is one for us to keep track of them!
It's almost surprising how the apparently old, debunked stuff seems to get churned up now and then, which is why it needs to be repeatedly debunked!ReplyDelete
The link on 'consultation document' needs an 'http://', BTW.
Ah thanks for that, have corrected :)ReplyDelete
have you sent this to them? It is disgusting failure to actually think or report and makes me very glad I am no longer wasting money on buying papers.ReplyDelete
I've tweeted it to them, and am currently awaiting email to enable me to comment on the article.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8 March 2010 at 16:50
It is such a shame when readers have to do their work for them.ReplyDelete
Great post Tech
Do you know the link to the article gives a "sorry article not available" ?ReplyDelete


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Fleetwood Town boss Graham Alexander has moved swiftly to make Minsterman Matty Blair his first summer capture.
The 22-year-old midfielder arrives as a free agent, on a two year deal.
And Alexander hopes he'll bring a strong work ethic, as well as a superb goalscoring record, to Highbury.
He said: "Matty has quality, pace and scores goals.
"He can play in several different positions across the midfield.
"He's got boundless energy and a good work ethic.
"He also knows his strengths and weaknesses and plays to them, which is an important thing for a footballer.
"All in all he's an excellent addition to the squad."
Full story in Tuesday's Gazette


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Celebrating the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games
The 2015 Headwaters Horse Country Stable Tour will take place during the weeks of the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games!
The 8th Annual Headwaters Horse Country Stable Tour will see equine facilities from the Town of Caledon, Dufferin County, Town of Erin and King Township open their doors to the public. From breeding farms, coaching and training facilities to riding schools, boarding stables and ranches, visitors will experience the gamut of equine activity with a rare "behind the scenes" perspective.
The tour is self-guided and admission is free (Some locations may offer lunch items for sale)
Locations & Maps by Date: Please note mapping should be used as a planning tool only. Locations may not be exact.
Register Your Facility for the Stable Tour
The Headwaters Equine Leadership Group invites equine facility owners in the Headwaters Region (Town of Caledon, Dufferin County, Town of Erin and King Township) to participate in the 8th Annual Headwaters Horse Country Stable Tour. Participating facilities will select the date(s) that they will participate (July 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 & 26) and the hours (minimum of 3 consecutive hours). This is a unique opportunity to open your doors to the public and showcase your facility and operations. The world will be at our doorstep for the equestrian events of the 2015 Pan Am Games. There is no cost to participate and the event will be promoted as part of Equine Canada's Horse Experience 2015 program.
Click here for more information and to complete an application form.
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I've rearranged my blogroll (once again) and added a poll asking a simple question. I've moved the ELCE blogs up on my blogroll for the simple fact that we are in altar and pulpit fellowship and WELS isn't.
If you fell on my blogroll, it's simply because you are not posting enough! Post and you shall rise!
In the grand tradition of what happens when I place blogs on my blogroll, IntollerantElle has not posted anything since being added to my blogroll.
Brian deep-sixed his blog, and Tentatio's blog has just vanished into thin air. Bummer.


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Welcome! I am Dr. Denise Styer - a women's empowerment and leadership coach, an eating disorder coach, consultant, author, international speaker, and psychotherapist.
I received my doctorate of clinical psychology in 2001 from the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. In August 2016, I became a certified Gaia Leadership Coach under the mentorship of Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin.
For the past 25 years my passion has focused on working with individuals (90% female, 10% male) who were struggling with eating disorders, nonsuicidal self-injury, trauma, suicide, and the empowerment of adults and teens.
My current areas of specialty include Women's Empowerment, Leadership Coaching, Mental Wellness, Divorce Coaching, and Consultation of Eating Disorders and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury. I am also available to provide presentations on these topics.
My work is now focusing on empowering individuals to overcome their limitations, use their voice, increase their self-worth, and be at peace with themselves. I provide private coaching, consulting, and individual or group sessions. I am located in the Chicagoland area, and am available for in-person or virtual coaching sessions through the use of Zoom Teleconferencing..
Thank you for visiting my website. If at any time you have questions, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or (312) 554-5245. I look forward to working with you!
I am happy to share with you an introduction to self care! I hope you enjoy it
Thank you!
Merriam-Webster announced that the word of 2017 is "feminism". Is it any wonder with the rise of women using their voices?
Merriam-Webster defines feminism as "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes" and "organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests."
In many ways, 2017 was the year of women and it was just the beginning. Women have stood up and used their voices. They have demonstrated, they have advocated for their rights, they are running for offices, building companies, and speaking out against sexual harassment and sexual abuse. Are we done? No way - we have just begun! However, it is important to note -- women are uniting and using their voices!
Has any of this hit a chord with you? Have you wondered how to use your own voice to advocate for yourself, your children, your loved ones, friends, or others? Have you been sexually harassed or sexually abused? Have you thought to yourself that things must change? That the "same old same" is no longer acceptable? That to go along with what has always been because that is the way it is, is in some ways "complicit"? (Dictionary.com chose "complicit" to be their word for 2017) That the #metoo movement makes sense? Have you had enough?
If so, contact me to learn more about how to increase your self-worth, believing in yourself, and using your voice. Contact me at email@example.com or (312) 554-5245 to discuss the details.
I am looking forward to working with you and hearing what you have to say!
For the past 25+ years I have been working in the behavioral health field. While I have worked primarily with women/girls, I have worked with many men/boys. My expertise has been in the field of eating disorders, self-injury, trauma, and suicide risk and prevention.
During my time working in the behavioral health field, I have made it my goal and passion to work with individuals to assist in learning to use their voice to advocate for themselves; learn and understand their own self-worth and value; and look at how their behaviors impact their goals.
In 2015, I discovered the work of Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin. Her teachings resonated within me and I immediately signed up for her Gaia Project for Women's Leadership. Since then, I have participated in Elizabeth's Women's Leadership Coaching Certification (2016) and Advanced Women's Leadership Coaching Certification (2017).
Elizabeth's teachings have coincided with my belief system and how I work with my patients/clients in the behavioral health field. During my training with Elizabeth I realized I can also aid and assist those in the workplace to:
*use their voice
*find a balance with their daily demands
*set boundaries
*learn how to advocate for themselves and grow as leaders
*uncover and manage their limiting beliefs
*improve time management skills
*manage stressors
*manage work and health issues
*transition jobs
*know their own worth
*be a leader
*connect their work, life, and values
*work through the imposter complex
If you have realized that you are impeding your own growth and advancement, struggle to juggle your responsibilities and feel depleted, struggle with your leadership skills in the workplace, wonder if this is the time to transition to another position, or any of the above topics, then private coaching sessions can assist you to improve your skill set and management.
I provide a complimentary phone session so we can learn more about each other before we agree to work together.
Coaching Packages
Coaching Packages are available in 3-month or 6-month programs. Each package includes a weekly 50-minute session (live or virtual), customized exercises to work on area(s) of focus, and a feedback session.
Each coaching package begins with a 90-minute breakthrough session where we review the intake form you complete and design an individual customized coaching plan that will be used during our time working together.
Contact me at email@example.com or (312) 554-5245 so we can schedule a phone call to discuss the investment details.
I look forward to working with you!
Please note this is not a therapy website. If needed, I am happy to assist in providing mental health resources.
Mental Wellness is as important as physical wellness. However, our mental health is often neglected due to stigma or not knowing where to begin. My Mental Wellness Coaching packages will:
· Increase mindfulness and focus
· Increase overall functioning
· Increase emotion regulation
· Decrease feeling overwhelmed
· Decrease anxiety
· Increase self-confidence
The Mental Wellness Coaching Packages will focus on
· Discovering/recognizing positive attributes about yourself
· Exploring your limiting beliefs that may be sabotaging achieving your goals
· Identifying your limiting beliefs and distorted thinking
· Challenging your limiting beliefs and distorted thinking
· Goal Setting
· Steps to take to achieve your goals
· Exploring your values
· Assessing if your values, behaviors and goals are aligned
Coaching Packages are available in 3-month or 6-month packages. Each package includes weekly 50-minute sessions (live or virtual), customized exercises to work on area(s) of focus, and a feedback session.
Each coaching package begins with a 90-minute needs assessment session where we review your intake form and design an individual customized coaching plan that will be used during our time working together.
Contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com or (312) 554-5245 and we can schedule a phone consultation to discuss the investment details and any questions you may have.
Eating disorders are a pervasive and frustrating illness for the individual and their families. One cannot look at eating disorders in a logical fashion; they are not logical. It does not make sense that someone would personally restrict their nutritional food intake, purposely rid themselves of their food intake, or consume large amounts of food. Yet, eating disorders are powerful and take over one's life. However, there is hope and there is recovery from an eating disorder.
I have been working in some capacity with eating disorders since the late 1980's. I have worked in all levels of care with eating disorders and understand the dynamics and difficulty for treatment and recovery.
What is an Eating Disorder Coach?
I work in collaboration with your treatment team
I provide you extra support and possibly exposures
The work we do is individualized and may include: menu planning,
grocery shopping, restaurant eating, clothes shopping, body image issues,
boundaries, skills review and relapse prevention
Eating Disorder Coaching
The Details…
●I use phone or Zoom video conferencing for our sessions. Must have a cell phone/tablet
●Initial complimentary 20-minute phone call to assess our compatibility and answer questions
●If agreed to work together, I email the coaching contract, client information form, and releases of information to complete and sign prior to our first session
●1st session can last up to 90 minutes (depending on how much you wish to share/talk)
●Sessions 2-12 are each one hour in length. Outings are discussed and planned.
●I reach out to the treatment team between the first 2 sessions and as needed thereafter. If you are actively involved in treatment, it is required that there is a full release for your treatment team. If you are under 18, I must have a release for your parents
●I collect outcome data at the first and last session. I will share this information with the you and your treatment team
●Session 12 is a summary of our work done during the 12 weeks
●This is not a substitute or replacement for therapy.
This is a 12-week package completed by phone or Zoom. Not insurance reimbursable. Investment can be paid in full or with 3 monthly installments
Contact Information
I can be reached at (312) 554-5245 or by email, email@example.com. Let me know if you have any questions.
You've been told that your child has an eating disorder and needs treatment. You take your child in for an assessment and are told s/he needs inpatient, partial, intensive outpatient, residential, or individual therapy. Then you might be told your child needs a dietitian and/or a medical doctor that is trained in eating disorders.
Many parents report confusion as they are given these directives and sometimes the professionals recommendations contradict the other recommendation received. Parents are wanting to do the best for their child, but not always sure what it is.
And, then we have the child - whatever age s/he may be. They might not want treatment. They might beg and plead with their parents to give them just one more change to try to do this on their own. What is a parent to do?
I can help! I thoroughly know the different levels of treatment recommendations. I understand the individual being hesitant about treatment. I also understand a parent not wanting to make their child upset, but wanting her/him to receive help. I know the seriousness of eating disorders.
*I work with the parent(s) to understand the levels of care for treatment and why a particular level has been recommended
*I can assist with referrals if needed to find a therapist/dietitian that works with eating disorders
*I know the various treatment centers and can work to coordinate assessments
*I can work with the parent(s) to get their child to agree to treatment
Let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to speaking with you! I can be reached at email@example.com or (312) 554-5245.
I have been working in the field of nonsuicidal self-injury since 2000. I have designed and developed a specialized day hospital program to deal specifically with the underlying components and management of self-injury.
I have conducted and participated in research to further understand the dynamics of self-injury.
I am an international speaker on the topic of self-injury and co-authored the book "Self-Injury: Simple Answers to Complex Questions"
What is Non-suicidal Self-injury?
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the deliberate self-inflicted destruction of body tissue without suicidal intent and for purposes not socially sanctioned. This is the definition developed by the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury (ISSS). I have been an active member and board member of ISSS since 2007.
While the definition states "for purposes not socially sanctioned", I have worked with individuals who do use tattoos and piercings for the purposes of self-injury even though these behaviors are socially sanctioned in our culture. It is the function of the behavior that determines if the behavior is self-injury.
If you would like to learn more about nonsuicidal self-injury (also known as "cutting", "burning", "self-harm"), I offer individual consultations or group presentations. Please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com to inquire about details and fees.
Presentation Topics Include
*Understanding non-suicidal self-injury
*Self-injury trends in adolescents
*Managing self-injury within the school setting
Co-Author Book: Self-Injury: Simple Answers to Complex Questions
Co-Author Chapter: Eating Disorders and Non-suicidal Self-Injury: From Primary Care to Inpatient Hospitalization. In L. Claes, L. & J. J. Muehlenkamp (Eds.), Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Eating Disorders: Advancements in Etiology and Treatment
Co-Author Chapter: Treating Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Clinician Response. In S Walfish & L. Grossman (Eds.), Translating Research into Practice: A Desk Reference for Practicing Mental Health Professionals
These books are all available at www.amazon.com (sorry, I am having technical difficulties with direct links)
Victor, S., Styer, D.M., Washburn, J.J. (2016). Functions of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI): Cross-sectional associations with NSSI duration and longitudinal changes over time and following treatment. Psychiatry Research, doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.083
Victor, S.E., Styer, D., & Washburn, J.J. (2015). Characteristics of nonsuicidal self-injury associated with suicidal ideation: Evidence from a clinical sample of youth. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. doi: 10.1186/s13034-015-0053-8. HYPERLINK: http://www.capmh.com/content/9/1/20
Klonsky, E.D., Glenn, C.R., Styer, D.M., Olino, T.M., Washburn, J.J. (2015). The functions of nonsuicidal self-injury: Converging evidence for a two-factor structure. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 9(1): 44. Doi: 10.1186/s13034-015-0073-4.
Washburn, J.J, *Potthoff, L., Juzwin, K.R., & Styer, D. (2014). Assessing DSM-5 Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder in a Clinical Sample. Psychological Assessment, 27(1). doi: 10.1037/pas0000021. HYPERLINK: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25265415
Washburn, J.J., Styer, D. M., Gebhardt, M., & Aldridge, D. (2014). Eating disorders and non-suicidal self-injury: From primary care to inpatient hospitalization. In J. Muehlenkamp & L. Claes (Eds.), Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Eating Disorders (pp. 319-340). New York, NY: Springer. HYPERLINK: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-40107-7_18
Washburn, J.J., Gebhardt, M., Styer, D.M., Juzwin, K.R., & Gottlieb, L. (2012). Co-Occurring disorders in the treatment of non-suicidal self-injury: An Evidence-Informed Approach. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 26(4), 348-364. doi:10.1891/0889-8318.104.22.1688
Washburn, J.J., Richardt, S., Styer, D.M., Gebhardt, M., Juzwin, K.R., Yourek, A., & Aldridge, A. (2012). Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 6. doi:10.1186/1753-2000-6-14
Washburn, J.J., Juzwin, K.R., Styer, D.M., & Aldridge, D (2010). Measuring the urge to self-injure: preliminary data from a clinical sample. Psychiatry Research, 178(3), 540-544. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2010.05.018.
Styer, D. M. (2006). An Understanding of Self-Injury and Suicide. The Prevention Researcher, 13 (sup), 10-12.


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Thursday 6th and Friday 7th April see us holding interviews for the Director of Studies in Church History and Doctrine.
As many of you will be aware, Revd Dr John Bradbury has accepted a call to be the new minister at Emmanuel, Duxford and Whittlesford URC. He has served at Westminster College and the Cambridge Theological Federation for almost 10 years and will be sorely missed when he vacates his position here at Westminster later in the summer.
We are therefore seeking a new member of teaching staff to fill his role as and the Director of Studies in Church History and Doctrine. The candidates arrived yesterday afternoon and have joined with the community here until later today.
Please hold John, the candidates, and the interview panel in your thoughts and prayers as we seek to discern Gods will.


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#MCM Style Inspiration - Trey Gaines
How would you describe your style?
I think that I have a very simple style. I love wearing cool band/artist tees and anytime I'm at a show I pick one up.
What are your staple items? Is there something that you couldn't live without?
Probably my Doc Martins because I can wear them to work or when I go out. They are super comfortable and match almost everything I own.
When you wake up in the morning, how do you decide what you're going to wear?
Its always a ten-minute-long process of me going through my laundry hampers trying to figure out what is clean. Haha this is my day to day routine but if it's a special event I normally plan ahead of time what I'm going to wear.
Are there any inspirations for your style?
I really like Rebel 8, their clothing line always has really interesting designs. As a design student, that is something I look for when I'm shopping. I would say that my style is very similar to what you see other show-goers wearing, such as band tees, flannels, and lace-up boots.
What do you feel most comfortable wearing?
I'm honestly most comfortable when I'm dad-ing it up. Give me a soft t-shirt, a pair of shorts, and some flip-flops and I'm good.
What are your favorite brands/stores?
My jeans are always Levis because they last forever, each pair I purchase seriously lasts me at least three years before I have to throw them out. I also buy a lot of my stuff from online stores like Jack Threads because the clothes are cheap and pretty well made. I don't shop by brands too much though, I am really just shopping for quality, price, and aesthetic.
What accessories do you always seem to pair with your outfits? (watches, etc.)
With Summer coming up, I'm always going to have a pair of sunglasses on me. I don't wear many other accessories expect for a watch whenever I'm dressing up.
What advice do you have for other guys that would like to achieve a similar style?
Wear whatever the fuck you want. Besides cargo shorts. Never cargo shorts.
Is there a favorite color that you always end up incorporating into your outfit? (i.e. you always end up wearing a lot of black or blue)
I always go for pretty simple colors: black, white, or something neutral. Bright colors don't really match my personality.
If we could go through your family photos and see a photo documentary of your style phases, which style phase would be the most embarrassing? We've all had them!
I use to be really into Ecko and Southpole, really anything that I could find at TJ Maxx. I also use to rock a silver chain around my neck because I wasn't playing no games. I use to own those pants that you could zip off in order to turn them in to shorts. I was obviously on the cutting edge of early 2000 fashion.