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But i love the mirrors on your eyes
By: aylissa
Posted in: Phsycology, Philosophy
I've spent many rescources, much time, and tears over the compulsion to look for myself in the mirror's i see in people's eyes. The mirrors that i hate, that are like a clogged artery, but spit back twice as much. The mirrors that i look for, that i feel many look for to see what they look like on a given day. I believe that love is the absence of these mirrors. Freedom, is the abcece of the idea entirely. and power is the creating of a craving unlike any mirror i've ever looked in. Mirrors? tell me.....
i never look in mirrors really, maybe a couple times a year accidently
(last time might have been a year ago? maybe more?)
but this is a beautiful idea, to look at how you are reflected in the eyes of others
to see how they see you, not how you see yourself
for many mirrors lie to tyhem, they dont see an accurate reflection of themselves, but one twisted and distorted by thier perceptions ofthemselves, altered by thier past experienceds, by how they think about themselves
but looking for your reflectiin in the eyes of others you only see what is really thereto see
that photo is amazing

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History of PhrapathomWitthayalai School
PhrapathomWitthayalai School's earliest name was The Sample School of Nakhonchaisri DistrictPhrapathomWitthayalai was opened on 23rd.January 1909. In 1932, the name was changed to the School of Nakhonpathom Province PhrapathomWitthayalai and in 1956 to PhrapathomWitthayalai School until now.
PhrapathomWitthayalai School was awarded the royal prize for large school in 1980 and 1996 and the honorable diploma in 1994 and 1995.
PhrapathomWitthayalai School is a centre of academic development centres in the following fields:
1 .The Development Centre in TeachingScience and Technology.
2. Centre school under the Development and Promotion for Science and Technology Talents Project of Thailand.
3.English Resource and Instruction Centre.
School Vision
The education practice of PhrapathomWitthayalai school aims to encourage self-development of all students to fulfill the excellence beyond international standard based on morals, ethicsand economics sufficiency philosophy. Whereas encouraging the awareness of students to conserve natural resources, environment, culture and local resources. Lastly, the students are able to live happily in Thai ways of life.
School slogan : We will do our best.
School motto : Knowledge with Virtue.
School Philosophy : Have Discipline , Search for Knowledge ,Be happy.


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|b-fit Bodrum
21-09-2014 Update. Unfortunately this b-fit is no longer open in the centre of Bodrum. We are awaiting news of its new venue. There is a b-fit in Konacik.
|b-fit Bodrum
I haven't been to a gym since the ten year old was a baby. It's finding some time in the day to do it that's hard. Desperate times call for desperate measures though so you are giving me pause for thought. Five weeks you say...?ReplyDelete
It's a commitment but with 30 mins of exercise, 10 mins, stretching, and a shower, it only takes up an hour of the day and as I'm not working, I have no excuse not to do it.Delete
I admire anyone who can stick with a fitness programme, so well done you.
My waistline expands every winter but I give in to the elasticated waistbands I'm afraid. Roll on summer when my appetite diminishes a bit and it's back to normal size.
Unfortunately I eat in the summer too.Delete
My muscles are aching just thinking about it!ReplyDelete
Your knees wouldn't take it!Delete
You have touched a nerve! I am currently fighting an expanding waistline, which I have been trying to pass off as the shrinkage of my winter wardrobe in the wash. Sadly, I hate gyms with a passion, so I am truly in awe of your efforts and jealous of your success. I now have 72 hours to lose about 7 kilos before I appear in swimwear for my winter holiday. Yes, I've left it far too late....ReplyDelete
I haven't actually lost any weight, just turned fat into something less bulky.Delete
B to B, Congratulations! Really, winter is such a challenge to lose weight, especially when rain gets in the way of getting out to walk. I also see that age slows the metabolism and makes it harder to keep one up on the good food to be found here. So glad you found a solution!ReplyDelete
I walk even when it's raining but I think I needed to get my pulse pumping a bit more and speed up my whole cardio-vascular system.Delete
. . it's my knees - I would be there doing all that sweaty stuff otherwise - I would, honestly!ReplyDelete
I had a frozen shoulder but it's much better now after the exercise.Delete
Congratulations!!! That's good you are sticking to this program. I was actually thinking about joining this same type of program called "Curves" here. But my knees have been acting real bad lately so I always put it off (I know I always have an excuse).
But you are an inspiration so maybe I should re-join again, because I'd better have lots of energy coming this spring to walk for hours among the archaeological ruins in Turkey and most important the big city bazaars. :-).
Great job!!!!
You have to be ready to climb to the top of the theatre in Ephesus.Delete
Oh...I can't climb up there because I don't like heights. Usually my daughter and sister in law do the trek up there......but this time I just might. I'll tell something going up that mountain road to Virgin Mary's House kills me enough and that is in a car.....and usually I'm the bold driver between me and my husband. LOL.Delete
I think you are very brave.
I have never been to a gym. I think I am a bit afraid of them. I know there are Pilates classes here in Selçuk and I really should do that or yoga as my physiotherapist advised. But I seem to be doing OK with just the exercises she taught me.
I'm really lucky as I seem to do OK with just the walking (not to mention the falling over) and occasional swimming. And, despite the time to cook and the wonderful food, both of us have lost weight since moving to Turkey. We think it was the rushed lunches and meetings that included cakes and biscuits to take away the pain that did the damage (couldn't be the cake or the baklava we have here....).
You are very lucky - my husband is the same.Delete
You put me to shame, BtoB. I'm afraid that with advancing age I'm with Ayak in giving in to elasticated waistbands and I haven't set foot in a gym since I left school nearly 50 years ago. Perhaps it's time to change that.....ReplyDelete
This would be a good gym to start in - Very friendly and approachable.Delete
Wow, good on you for getting into that. My argument for not joining a gym here is we have the great outdoors to exercise in and lots of walks we can do...except it keeps raining so we've hardly left the house and I still can't get into lots of my clothes. ;) Good luck with the ballroom stuff...ReplyDelete
I had the same argument and still walk at least 2 hours a day even in the rain ... we should be super slim, shouldn't we.ReplyDelete
Love the name - Gym and Jam! Am I the only one to feel rather jealous that you've been doing this for five weeks and haven't said anything before now? I feel quite annoyed even that you didn't mention it before then I could have been doing something positive with you for the past five weeks - and now MY jeans would fit! Shame on you, Annie. Selfish, I call it....
Of course I am pleased for you (though you should see my face when I say it..!) Now I shall have to do something on my own.
This blog caught me at a bad and bulgy time. I may be more genuinely pleased for you later this week; if I don't eat much til then and brave the weather to take Darwin for longer walks.
I had this post prepared a while ago but couldn't find the photo of Betül. You know the feeling when you know where something is and can't believe that it isn't there? Three times I've gone through my albums and photos - it has disappeared. In the end I found the negative and reversed it - hence the fuzz. I've got plenty of weeks left for you to join in.ReplyDelete
Well done you, so inspiring :) loved the look b-fit and your daughter looks amazing at the gym bar : ) Gym has never attracted me - sweating is not my kind of thing :(- trying to convince myself that the school run is ample :) Love pilates though, and greatly admire your detemination - you can now enjoy food too, well deserved :)ReplyDelete
I think I should lay off the food for a while . Easier said than done.Delete
Have had the same problem - 10kg extra in a year!!! Came back from the UK with a Rosemary Conley FAB diet book (brilliant) and she tells us that exercise has to play an important part too and guides us in gently. I had to give in and buy a bigger bra yesterday (I would love to have been this size 20 years ago - why NOW with a matching waist line?)but its so wonderful to feel comfortable. 2 weeks into the diet and exercise and the results are showing already. Just walking up and down the mountain where I live once a day is a gentle enough start. I think starting is the hardest part. May join you at b-fit at a later date. It does look good.ReplyDelete
Sounds like you are on track Wildflower. I'll be at Bi-fit until the end of April, by which time I hope to have gone down a dress size.Delete
Hi Just read some of your blog and must say it is fantastic. I am going to take time to peruse over all the articles. Really congratulation. You have inspired me :)ReplyDelete
Thank you Westie. I am enjoying your blog too. Takes a great sense of humour to enjoy living here.Delete
You are one brave cookie, yikes.... I hate strenuous activity of any form - I only lost weight when the doctor threatened my with medication if I didn't get my cholesterol level down. Result: 7 kg down and severe cold turkey for my lost companions, the Salted Peanut family :-(ReplyDelete
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Hub scored these guys at the White Rock Local Market. HUGE. There really isn't anything to show the scale in this photo. But, that's a pound and a half of shrimp marinating for a little over an hour in peanut oil, lime juice, lemon juice, salt, pepper, crushed garlic and red pepper flakes. I cut each one down the back to remove the vein, but the shell stayed on. I questioned whether the marinade would flavor the shrimp because the only way into the meat was that slit down the back. It worked great. The shrimp was very delicately flavored.
Hub prepares the grill. The grating that he's using to grill on is supposed to keep smaller items from falling through onto the fire. There really wasn't any chance that these babies could have fallen through. They were too big. Hub likes to use this grated surface when he grills fish.
On they go!
Yes, a pound and a half of head-on shrimp equals 12 individuals. Hubbard had never grilled shrimp like this before. You sure couldn't tell when he was done. The shrimp was fabulous!
I was afraid the meat would be chewy because of their size. It was deliciously tender and reminded me a little of fluffy hunks of lobster. He should have bought 10 pounds of them!


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For those involved in a road accident in Bangladesh, the difference between life or death can mean the back of a rickshaw.
"Most of the road accident victims who reach us at the hospital have been brought here by a rickshaw driver who was at the scene, or loaded on to the back of a truck or, if they are lucky, their relatives might have a car and be able to get them here themselves," says Mohamed Abu Zaed, a doctor at the overcrowded Narsingdi district hospital in central Bangladesh.
Bangladesh has one of the worst road death rates in the world. The World Health Organisation estimates that 20,000 people die every year on the country's roads. In addition, hundreds of thousands are seriously injured. Road safety campaigners estimate that for every road death there are four or five reported serious injuries – such as spinal breaks and head trauma – and another 75 injuries that go unreported.
The rapid scale-up of road infrastructure, a largely privatised and unregulated transport system, and road safety laws that are rarely implemented mean the number of road casualties is beginning to overwhelm district health facilities such as Narsingdi.
Just outside the hospital is the N7, a high-speed highway connecting the capital, Dhaka, with the booming city of Sylhet, more than 200km away. On the highway, renovated in 2007 with the help of a £169m World Bank loan, accidents have increased by almost 50% in recent years – which means many more emergency cases coming through the hospital doors.
"The majority of the emergency patients we treat here have multiple traumas from being involved in road accidents," says Zaed. "Many of them have sustained even worse injuries on the journey from the scene of the accident to the hospital because they are loaded into vehicles with spinal injuries, head traumas or develop bad internal bleeding in transit."
Bangladesh has few emergency services, with just a small fleet of ambulances serving the whole country, the majority of which are based in Dhaka. There are private ambulance services, but these cost around £15 and require payment on delivery of the patient to the hospital door, an impossibility for many of the families of accident victims.
Many ambulances are little more than passenger-carriers – they don't carry any medical equipment and the drivers are rarely trained in more than basic first aid.
"The first treatment that many patients get is at the hospital, which is often too late," says Dr Mezharul Hoque, a professor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology's department of civil engineering and founding director of Bangladesh's accident research institute. "So many people are dying or being left paralysed or with debilitating injuries because they are not getting the assistance they need at the accident scene," he says.
Hoque and his colleagues are trying to change this. They want to launch a national first aid training scheme that increases the skills of those working close to many accident hotspots, such as highway police, petrol pump attendants and rickshaw drivers.
So far they have provided first aid training to around 5,000 new "first responders", who can now perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, treat and identify trauma injuries, and ensure that patients with possible neck or spinal injuries are stabilised before they are moved to hospital.
"It's not enough but it is a start," says Hoque. "For every person we train, potential lives are saved every day." Their plan is to try to secure government funding to roll the programme out on a much larger scale.
Back at Narsingdi district hospital, Zaed says any programme that aims to get road accident victims immediate help will make a huge difference to families' lives. "The vast majority of those who are injured on the roads here are poor," he says, gesturing around a packed hospital ward. He adds that more than half of all patients in the emergency ward are victims of road accidents.
"It is very difficult to imagine how hard it is for families who have lost a family member or who have suffered a serious injury, especially to the main breadwinner," he says. "Being disabled in Bangladesh is still a huge challenge to survive. We need to make sure that people have a chance of getting here alive and have at least the chance to recover."


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To whom it may concern,
There is something weighing on my soul that's been hard to put into words...until now.
You see, I've been stuck, paralyzed, disheartened, transported back to a time when "We shall Overcome"…"No Justice, No peace…" and "I am a Man…" were the pleas of "non-humans."
A suppressed memory came back the other day. My father and I were walking on a downtown sidewalk. A white man came toward us and Sonny, my dad, stepped off the curb. No words were exchanged…but the look of shame in his eyes connected a son to the gut-wrenching story of a father born and broken in the Deep South.
I'm angry at you for bringing that back. I'm hurt that you've reminded me that skin color is the equation of life or death. I'm saddened that my children and grandchildren will be burdened by the scars of our ancestors. You see, you may not realize it, but your ignorant, stupid, callous, inhumane, fucked up actions and reactions have set US ALL back decades.
How could you not feel? While gun smoke blended with afternoon air; while the echo of bullets rang through apartment hallways; while a mother screamed and dark, red blood slithered down the street like a newborn snake; while credits rolled on a life yet lived…
How could you not see that it was not the time for slathering dogs, M-16's and red-faced orders to "BEHAVE?"
I write "to whom it may concern" because there's no one person to blame. Honestly, I can't say why an officer named Wilson decided to empty his gun into the body of an unarmed teen. And we will probably never know. A thick blue line of arrogance and brotherhood and superiority and hatred and FEAR blur and blunt the truth.
I do know that you had ONE, small, precious, irretrievable moment to make this almost right; to make the sting less agonizing; to leave dignity intact. You had an opening, an opportunity to say; "You are a mother; you are my neighbors, my friends…MY KIDS."
But, no, Chief Jackson, you let it blow away like dandelions in a gusty, August wind.
You and your comrades answered anger with armor; mourning with mounted weapons; tears with tear gas; swagger with SWAT teams; and fury with flash-bang grenades. You seized the occasion to show off your new government-issued toys and brandish your old government-endorsed biases. You showed this smart-ass, uppity, young generation that they will never bring new meaning to the word…"NIGGA!"
You have betrayed our kids. You may see them as specters of your stereotypes; as pants-saggin', hot-headed hoodlums; as pathetic piranhas devouring everything you deem "wholesome and dear"… but we made and molded them. We gave them poverty and Prada, Ghettos and Gucci; Hopelessness and HBO; We made the Walking Dead Expendable and told them to "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."
We have sold them a big, hot, steaming bag of Americanized, homogenized horseshit and now…THEY KNOW IT!
We told them they can be whatever they want to be in this Great Land of ours; We told them they have the Constitutional right to peaceful protest; to vent out loud; to speak against wrong; to stand against injustice. We told them to "Trust Officer Friendly."
We did not tell them that the boys we bred on the hot, dusty fields of Iraq and Afghanistan have returned with WAR seared into their psyches. We did not tell them that a bag of Skittles, a can of Arizona iced tea, a stolen pack of Cigarillos or simply walking on the sidewalk is the equivalent of bombs strapped to the bellies of the "ENEMY." We did not warn them that "BLACK" is the new code word for "TERRORIST" on American soil.
And don't you dare be so smug; don't let the darkness sooth you. For YOUR kids see YOU, too. Your kids have braved those lines. They've tasted your venom; witnessed your hypocrisy; been tased by your indifference and choked by your ambivalence.
They've awakened from their social media haze to see monsters from history books smiling, sitting, rationalizing in their very own living rooms. With finger to lip, they are shushed, dismissed, told: "Hush…we're listening to Rush."
"To whom it may concern" is apropos…'cause, really, I don't know. I speak not to one but many. I curse the addicted, the forgivers and enablers. I spit at an old evil…my father's evil. I write to a mindset, an institution, a SYSTEM that should be long dead.
I speak to RACISM, good ole "Uncle Ray." I see his diseased, gnarly fingers, covering a wicked, defiant, smile of broken, yellow, razor-rat teeth. A Southern pot belly stuffed with racial strife expands proudly, pushing red, white and blue suspenders beyond its elastic limit.
"Bring it!" "I will fucking kill you!"
"Write through it," Maya would say…
...but the feelings are too strong; the list is too long: It's the ugly and unkind, the Post and the posters and those who've lost their goddamn minds; it's the One-Percenters, the perpetrators, the Po-Po, the President and the press with its shitty lies; it's the apologists, the procrastinators and people who've taken their eyes off the PRIZE.
"Write through it," ghostly scribes say… there is still so much to learn…
So this is for you...
To whom it may concern....


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DUNKIRK stars Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, Harry Styles, Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan and Tom Glynn-Carney. When Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German army on the beaches of Dunkirk, France, in World War II, they wonder how and when help will arrive.


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Both the energy industry, with the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), and the tobacco industry with the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) have been subject to a host of regulatory requirements, which started internationally in multilateral forums hosted by international organizations, and now impact domestically in countries where those industries operate.
It is the role of governments to negotiate in intergovernmental multi-lateral forums, but it is important for business and industry to advocate their views on developing policy to government officials taking part. To ignore international policy development and not take part in the process is to leave the domestic outcomes to chance and to the views of those taking part.
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Eigo Note Lesson 5-4-3Labels: 5-4, lp 0 comments
Grade: 5
Lesson: 4 (3 of 4)
Target: Do you like apples? Yes, I do. No, I don't. I like bananas.
Materials: CD & player; Text; small papers for Ohajiki Game
Greeting- 2 minutes
Teacher to Students- Listen & Repeat (some or all)
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G'day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.
Ohajiki Game- vocabulary review- 1o minutes (hear the audio)
Textbook- page 25
Materials- cut papers that students can easily tear into 5 small coin-size pieces to cover pictures in the textbook.
- Do you like apples?
- Yes, I do. I like apples.
- No, I don't. I don't like apples.
- A) Do you like
- B1) Yes, I do. I like apples.
- B2) No, I don't. I don't like apples.
Janken 4's- Warm-Up/Review/Conversation Skills Practice
ALT/HRT: Janken and do the conversation first together, then with a few students to practice/demonstrate.
Students: Each student Janken and Converse with 3 others in groups of 4
- W) I like apples.
- L1) I like apples, too.
- L2) I don't like apples.
Let's Chant- Do you like dogs?
- Do you clap-clap X2 Do you like dogs? clap-clap
- Yes, I do! X2 I like dogs. clap-clap-clap
- (No, I don't! clap-clap X2 I don't like dogs. clap-clap-clap)
- -dogs/yes, cats/no, milk/yes, ice cream/no, soccer/yes, skiing/no-
Students- Listen to & Repeat after the ALT, then sing along with the teachers.
Activity 1- Interview
Textbook- page 28
- Do you like OO?
- Yes, I do. I like OO.
- No, I don't. I don't like OO.
Students- First draw 1 picture of THINGS YOU LIKE in each of the three spaces on page 28. Then, after watching the demonstration, Janken with your friends; winner can ask one question, then loser. Write your friends' names in the O or X space next to your pictures. When the names' spaces are full, sit down.
ALT/HRT- Demonstrate activity. Ask students to explain the activity in Japanese to check comprehension.
Find 3 People- if time (5-8 minutes)
- W) Do you like OO?
- L1) Yes, I do. I like OO. (A+1 Answer)
- L2) No, I don't. I don't like OO.(A+1 Answer)
Wrap-Up- 3 minutes
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) Or-
HRT to Students, in Japanese:
-What did we talk about today?
-Were there some words you already knew?
-Did you learn any new words?
-What was fun or interesting?
-What was difficult?
-How can we make that easier next time?
Closing- 1 minute
Students: 'Thank you! Good bye!'
Teachers: 'You're welcome! Good bye!'
copyright 2009 Elton Ersch www.eigonoto.com
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Nintendo will release a new 'side-scrolling action Super Mario in 2D' for the 3DS before April of next year, as a new equivalent to Xbox Live is announced.
The game was described as a ' totally new side-scrolling action Super Mario in 2D' by Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata, but unfortunately that's all he said. The surprise announcement was made as part of Nintendo's attempts to mollify investors over its not-as-bad-as-they-look financial results from yesterday .
Iwata described the game as a 'key title' for the 3DS and said that it will be out in the company's next financial year, which runs from March 2012 to April 2013. Which we imagine means it's set to be a big Christmas release – and will therefore be show at E3 in June, or possibly GDC (Game Developers Conference) in March.Although much of the action in last year's Super Mario 3D Land did take place only a 2D plane the last traditional 2D platformer on a portable was 2006's New Super Mario Bros. on DS. It sounds like this new game could be a sequel to that, although it's always best not to try and second guess Nintendo.
At the same time Iwata also revealed the new 'Nintendo Network' service, which sounds very much like the company's answer to Xbox Live. It will work across both the 3DS and Wii U and its initial focus will be on full game downloads and downloadable content.
It will also offer a personal account system for the Wii U, which sounds like a replacement for friend codes. Iwata indicated that Nintendo Network will be aimed firmly at third party publishers, as a means to allow them to offer the same online services as on Microsoft and Sony's consoles.
These revelations were all part of Iwata's attempt to prove that the 3DS would be able to maintain its current strong momentum, with the console now officially the fastest-selling console ever in Japan. He also hinted at, 'a number of titles unannounced from third party developers' and promised that 'we intend to release these various titles without any extreme interruptions'.Although current sales worldwide are strong the 3DS still has a lot to prove, but Iwata has insisted that its delayed success proves that dedicated games consoles have not been made obsolete by smartphones.'Last summer, when the sales pace of the Nintendo 3DS was slow, there were extreme remarks saying, 'With the penetration of smartphones, will there still be a market for handheld hardware?,' which was almost equal to 'Handheld hardware is not necessary anymore," he said to investors.'I believe we proved that such opinions are incorrect.'Thoughts? Email firstname.lastname@example.com or leave a comment below


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Sleep deprivation
Sleep deprivation can result in at least 50 or more serious sleep disorders.
The symptoms of sleep deprivation are many and varied. Serious and even fatal medical problems can be caused by lack of sleep.
A few of these symptoms can be aching muscles, clinical depression, decreased mental activity and concentration. Furthermore severe sleep deprivation can cause symptoms of
depersonalization, weakened immune system, hallucinations, hypertension, psychosis-like symptoms, slowed reaction time, slurred speech, symptoms similar to: Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and alcoholic intoxication.
Now, go back and read the above paragraph one more time and perhaps you can understand the seriousness of going without sleep.
With a mobile society and millions of cars and trucks on the road, the fact that sleep deprivation causes such profound affects on a person's reaction time and could be the most serious symptom. Why? — because you are not only affecting your life but you could be the cause of a fatal auto accident.
In a study that was published in 2000 in the British Medical Journal, research done in Australia and New Zealand showed that sleep deprivation could be as bad as being drunk. Those who drive after being awake for 17-19 hours perform tasks worse than other subjects with blood alcohol totals of .05 percent.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reported that around 100,000 traffic accidents during a year in the USA alone are directly caused by fatigue and drowsiness.
Another study done in 1996 at the University of Chicago Medical Center demonstrated that severely sleep deprivated people affects the body's ability to metabolize glucose leading to early-stage type 2 Diabetes.
A study done in 2001 linked sleep deprivation to several very serious diseases, among them heart disease, mental illnesses, bipolar disorder as well as psychosis.
Sleep deprivation is considered torture in most countries and has become the subject of debate in the United States. It is being used as an interrogation technique by coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. Interrogation subjects are kept awake for several days then are allowed to fall asleep. They are then suddenly awakened to be questioned. By this time a haze has formed in the mind of the prisoner. His spirit is wearied, his legs unsteady and he has only one desire and that is to sleep. Anyone who has experienced this desire knows that not even hunger and thirst can compare to it.


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Here in Danbury, CT, Halloween was postponed... and schools will be closed for the remainder of the week. We've been hauling huge branches from our yards, assessing damage to our homes and assisting neighbors and relatives with their storm-related issues.
Personally, I feel very fortunate; other than a flattened fence and some sheered off shingles, Sandy spared my sturdy centenarian mansion, and after several trips to the mulch yard my property is largely clear of fallen limbs.
And, I SO appreciate the emails, tweets, texts and phone calls I received from all over the world. Thank you so much for your concern, it means more than you can imagine.
Needless to say, our area golf courses have been impacted by Sandy; flooded fairways and washed out cart paths are unavoidable with a freak Frankenstorm like we saw earlier this week, and many courses remain unplayable. Some that have shut their doors for the remainder of the season.
The crazy/odd/implausible thing is that exactly a year ago, it was an ultra-rare October snowstorm that closed numerous courses across the northeast. Thus 2012 is... for some... the second year in a row that the golf season's been cut short.
What's truly remarkable however, is that so many courses are actually set to open tomorrow... or this weekend... despite being hit hard by Sandy. This has surely meant long hours and herculean efforts on the part of superintendents, greenskeepers and staff... and considering that many of them have substantial storm-related issues to deal with at their own homes... their dedication is beyond commendable.
We're hoping to get a round in sometime in the next few days because, as we said last year at this time as we dug out from the historic snowstorm, the golf season isn't over for us quite yet.


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Learning to embody your POV (point of view) character is critical to writing impactful scenes, especially action scenes. By action, I don't mean fist fights and car chases, though they certainly count. I mean any scene in which your POV character is acting.
That's every scene, isn't it?
Not quite. Let's look at it in terms of physical action on the page, action that engages the senses and the body. Descriptions, narrative exposition, rumination, dreaming, and possibly some other things would not necessarily require that you embody your character. When you want your character's bodily existence, her physicality, to impact the reader, however, it becomes critical that you get inside your character's skin.
The reader wants to experience the story through the POV character. If you don't embody your character, you'll diminish that pleasurable effect of reading. If you do embody your character, you'll heighten it. Really, that's what story craft is all about.
Embodying your POV character will engage your reader in the richest experience of your story possible.
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I love taking pictures of inanimate objects. When I deal with picture of artificial objects, my ideas are very different. I deal with fellow creators and their designs. It's that paradox of structure in a free-flowing universe that fascinates and motivates me. I want to see a brilliant engineering feat.
I investigate the way man has tried to copy nature to manipulate the environment around him. I want to capture not only his success of angles, glass and light, but also the monsters of machinery, the decay of forgotten days and failures we made in the hopes of out doing our surroundings.
Then I want to take that perfection or failure, that mathematical formulation of color, contrast, shape and form and place its picture on a wall. Let the magic of the design dominate the room or blend in with the trappings of humanity that people find in their houses. When you pick an industrial or historical decor for your room or office, it only makes sense to work with art that highlights that aspect.
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White Apple Tree have a hit single in Germany. The electro-rock project's track "Snowflakes" appeared this year on the soundtrack of Kokowaah, a German comedy starring and directed by Til Schweiger of Inglourious Basterds fame, and the track has been on Germany's Nielsen Media Control airplay charts since March, peaking at No. 74, according to the band's label, 37 Records. On iTunes, the song peaked at No. 10 for general sales and No. 1 for soundtrack sales. The song also appeared on the Swiss and Austrian charts.
"I don't really know what to feel," says Ryan Marshall Lawhon, the project's 22-year-old leader. "Especially being that it's in Europe, I haven't really felt the effects of it."
White Apple Tree gained popularity on MySpace in 2008 and have since had songs appear on TV shows like Gossip Girl.
"It's been a work in progress; it wasn't necessarily an overnight thing," Lawhon says of the band's European success.
Their new single, "Circles," will come out on Tuesday, May 17, and 37 Records will digitally release their new full-length album, Smooth Jaws, this summer and a longer version on CD and vinyl in September.
Keep an eye out for Hot Nerds, a new band featuring keyboardist Alia Jyawook (Tiny Telephones, Kata, Christwaves) and drummer Nathan Joyner (All Leather, Leg Lifters). Using equipment they've found in the trash or gotten from friends, they play music that Jyawook, described in an email simply as "popless." She adds cryptically: "We like Pop-Tarts, not pop music." They've recorded six songs to release on a 7-inch, and they'll play their debut show at Whistle Stop Bar on Thursday, May 19.
Death-metal outfit Diabolical Slaughter will play a farewell show at SOMA on Saturday, May 14. Ruines Ov Abaddon, Fury Never Fades, Perdition, Helsott and Mad World also perform.
Rockers Bangladesh will celebrate the release of their new, selftitled EP at Soda Bar on Wednesday, May 11. Warring States of Mind and Sticky Funk open.
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Edmond Halley's contemporaries would have recognized him not for his work in space, but his work at sea. Halley commanded three ships on the Atlantic Ocean to measure magnetic variations, and even sent fish from his voyages back to the Royal Society. Today, Halley is known as the namesake of Halley's comet, which the astronomer predicted would return to view every 76 years. But his prediction wasn't proven true until 16 years after his 1742 death. The year after the comet was observed, it was named in Halley's honor. Isaac Newton was the one who theorized that comets could travel in orbit, but at the time, he couldn't explain it. Halley, a friend of Newton's, showed how Newton's theories could work.
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Recapping on the recent "The Hard Graft" presentation by The A.C.F (Art Comes First) Revolving Collective sees a blend of vintage, workwear and sartorial menswear on display. Stemming from the method DJs use to mix beats, the project had a number of designers hybridize and blend different menswear influences to harmonious results. The event consisted of live demonstrations and an exhibition, and will continue on its tour throughout August at CIFF in Copenhagen (August 8-11) and Liberty Fair in Las Vegas (August 19-21).
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Federal transport minister Anthony Albanese says the government is on track to delivering the nation's shipping reforms within the next three months.
"We are now preparing the necessary legislation," Mr Albanese told Lloyd's List DCN.
"We intend to complete that process by the end of the year."
Mr Albanese announced the shipping reforms on August 9.
Its four key items are: tax reform; a three-tier licensing framework for participation in the coastal trade; an Australian International Shipping Register; and a Maritime Workforce Development Forum.
"A lot of work has been done by going through a very consultative process," Mr Albanese said. "We have identified and already resolved many of the issues that have been raised."
Mr Albanese also acknowledged that the reforms may not satisfy everyone but said it is a "huge step in the right direction".
"I don't expect that everyone will say we've got it perfect, that can't be the case because there's conflicting views.
"You can't come out with something in which accords with everyone's views but I have no doubt that the package that we indicated we'll introduce will lead to a revitalisation of the Australian shipping industry - which is the aim."
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Quotes I Thought Were From the Bible 'til an Embarrassing Age
12 comments:
- Suniverse said...
I love this. I'm always wondering if something came from Shakespeare or just the back of the cereal box. Glad I'm not alone.
- 12 January, 2011
- Mike said...
You're not going to tell me that "Life is like a box of chocolates" isn't from the bible, are you?
- 12 January, 2011
- Kate said...
Definitely thought Romeo & Juliet was a bible story when I was a child.
- 12 January, 2011
- magnolia said...
i have the opposite problem - i roll in a crew full of atheists, and yet i'm southern, so i've been exposed to bible quotes my whole life. when i say things like "if there's a balm in gilead," i then have to explain that. 'course, i also had to explain "blessed be the peacemakers," so it's not a particularly biblically-literate crowd...
- 12 January, 2011
- nikki said...
Raised by an atheist father and a skeptically Christian mother, I had virtually no religious upbringing. So my bible knowledge comes largely from Jeopardy and being married to a man who went to a Baptist High School. You could tell me anything's a quote from the bible and I'd pretty much believe you. After I found out that Leviticus really does condone slavery, there's nothing I won't believe that's in there.
Also, I will always point out the grammatical incorrectness of the phrase "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Get it right, bible-writers.
- 12 January, 2011
- That Kind Of Girl said...
@nikki: I've heard it quoted as "He that has no sin among you, let him cast the first stone," which has neater pronouns, but MAN does the who/that swap clang in my ears and peel back my skin. Ugh. It actually physically upsets me.
- 12 January, 2011
- Sadako said...
I *wish* "Keep your friends close..." was in the Bible! Great post, btw.
- 17 January, 2011
- gem said...
Love this. Also love that I knew the what the legend quote was actually from. (Okay, I had to look it up, but I could picture the scene in my head perfectly.)
- 17 January, 2011
- Anonymous said...
'Keep your friends close'... is even from the Godfather, it's by chinese philosopher Sun Tzu (who wrote The Art of War)
- 17 January, 2011
- naomi said...
This isn't a misattribution, but it's vaguely related to Christianity and is a pretty solid misquote: "In the meadow we can build a snowman / and pretend that he is sparse and brown!"
- 19 January, 2011
- Anonymous said...
This is amazing. One of the greatest radio contests I ever heard while driving was called "Creed or Bible Verse?" I didn't get one answer right.
- 19 January, 2011
- V. Furnas said...
I am new here and am in love your blogname...being a fellow list addict!
This post cracked me up! I was so with you on the "Do or Don't there is no try." Yoda...who would have thought it.
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A Bloomberg report from Sep. 13 on an increase in coal use by Japanese power providers:
By Tsuyoshi Inajima, Tokyo — Japan's regional utilities consumed a record volume of coal while cutting their use of higher-priced fuel oil and crude, according to the Federation of Electric Power Cos.
Japan's utilities used about 5.7 million metric tons of coal in August, up 21 percent from a year earlier, data from the industry group show today. That's the most coal consumed since the federation started compiling figures from the 10 companies in 1972, according to its spokesman. Fuel oil and crude demand fell by 28 percent and 4.7 percent, respectively.
Coal burning by the utilities has been increasing year on year as Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) began test operations at two plants in April while Tohoku Electric (9506) Power Co. in March resumed commercial operations at a unit shut by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Japan, where nuclear power provided about 30 percent of electricity prior to the disaster, will shut its only operating reactor on Sept. 15 for maintenance. The country hasn't announced a schedule for restarting any of its atomic facilities.
The following table shows Japanese utilities' consumption and purchases of fuel oil, crude, liquefied natural gas and coal in August, based on FEPC data. Fuel oil and crude volumes are in kiloliters, while those for LNG and coal are in tons.
August 2013 Change on Year
Coal 5,695,890 20.6%
Fuel oil 1,130,339 -27.9%
Crude oil 1,133,600 -4.7%
Coal 4,973,403 10.8%
Fuel oil 1,114,462 -22.0%
Crude oil 1,008,334 -9.1%
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Here is my card for today for the Operation Write Home's Mid Week Challenge.
I was in such a hurry this morning that I forgot it was to be a Birthday card, so I will put a birthday sentiment on the inside of the card. The paper is some I picked up the last time I was at Disney World. The print is big but I did manage to cut it so you could see some of Mickey's ears. Have a nice day and thanks for popping over today. See you soon.
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Donna, this is just the cutest card. The "hello" is just perfect for the Mickey image. Cute ric rac design, too.ReplyDelete
I do love me some Mickey!! So cute and love the sentiment. It goes great with him holding the little envelopes! Really like that ric rac you added.ReplyDelete
Donna, this is just too, cute! Mickey is always a crowd pleaser! I think the Hello is perfect for this image!ReplyDelete
Have a great day!
Such a cute card Donna and your Mickey Mouse is fabulous xxReplyDelete
I adore everything Micky Mouse so you know I love this, Donna! Great job with the rick rack trim and wonderful color combo.ReplyDelete
Oh Wow! I love Mickey! This is a fun and oh so cute card. I love it!ReplyDelete
I love your Mickey Mouse card!! You can never go wrong with Mickey Mouse!! So cute!ReplyDelete
This is a fabulous card Donna, such a wonderful Micky image and gorgeous bright colours.ReplyDelete
Cute card, Donna! Mickey looks like he can't get to the party soon enough! :)ReplyDelete
Adorable card, love the red and black, gold. Very striking! I can just hear Mickey's squeaky voice saying the "hello" Thanks for playing and sharingReplyDelete
Adorable card, I love Mickey he is too cute! HugsReplyDelete
Awww, Mickey looks so excited carrying his letter!! This card is beyond cute with those bright colors and ric-rac trim! I love it - it just makes me happy all over :)ReplyDelete
Hi Donna, this is such a fun card, love the little Mickey..who wouldn't? Hugs Carole Z XReplyDelete
Love that image of Mickey carrying the envelope! Also like the extra pop of color with the ric-rac trim. Some child is going to be so excited to receive that in the mail!ReplyDelete
Great job cutting the background paper to see Mickeys ears and the zig zags are a fun touch ! Such a happy card =)ReplyDelete
Oh goodness, Donna, who does not love M-i-c-k-e-y!ReplyDelete
Adorable card, and bright fun colors.
Enjoy your dinner with friends. I haven't had Easter in a few years, but my daughter was on vaca this past week and they just returned home, so planned it for my house.
Happy Easter to you and yours.
Cute image and paper! I laughed when I read about you forgetting it was a birthday card - I do that all the time. Hugz!ReplyDelete


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COUNCIL leaders have axed a £1 million investment aimed at restoring the Georgian grandeur of Charlotte Square amid a disagreement over funding with a developer.
Plans were unveiled in 2012 which would have seen the council working with Corran Properties on a bid to transform the landmark through pavement expansion, reduced traffic flows, revamped lighting and the introduction of cycle areas.
The council agreed to put up £1m of the estimated development cost on the understanding that the remaining funds would be provided by Corran, which is acting for Bermuda-based property investor Fordell Estates.
But it has emerged the cash has been withdrawn as city leaders admitted there was "no immediate prospect of the project proceeding", adding that they had yet to receive confirmation of Corran's share and when it would be released.
They will instead redirect the sum towards providing memorials for families affected by the Mortonhall baby ashes scandal, funding a major revamp of Saughton Park and building a new bridge at Niddrie Burn.
However, Corran bosses insisted that there had never been a finalised agreement on how much they and the council would pay, and said they hoped to be able to progress the plans in future.
Opposition figures voiced disappointment at news that the improvements had stalled.
Councillor Joanna Mowat, Conservative member for the city centre, said: "The whole point was to let the Georgian architecture sing as one of Europe's most perfect Georgian squares and it's disappointing that, at this time, it appears it will not go forward."
The 2012 proposals initially won the backing of a string of local property owners and businesses. Former Rangers owner Sir David Murray was among supporters, with Edinburgh International Book Festival organisers saying the plans would provide them with "new opportunities" to grow.
And Corran bosses said the blueprints would reverse the increase in vehicle use around the square since the 1960s, which they argued had been "detrimental" to pedestrians.
It was not expected that the plans would affect the gardens in Charlotte Square, which would remain closed off to the public throughout the year, apart from during the book festival.
A spokeswoman for Corran said: "Whilst we understand the council's position, we are disappointed plans for the improvement to the public realm within Charlotte Square will not proceed at this time.
"However, this project remains a long-term ambition for us and we will continue to work with the council to look at how the significant investment required can be found.
"It is four years since the proposals and costs were first devised and put forward, and it is still everyone's hope that proposals can be revisited and reinstated in the future."
City leaders said they remained committed to achieving improvements at the square and stressed that reallocating the £1m would help them accelerate other schemes.
A council spokeswoman said: "Significant funding has been locked up in the Charlotte Square project, while at the same time a number of higher priority projects do not have the funding to progress.
"However, the council is likely to invest in roads and footways at Charlotte Square in the future, and would be keen to work with developers on any further improvements."


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I don't know how I do it but I do manage to multitask every so often just like most of the women. Like earlier, I was blogging, playing tetris battle in facebook and watching a concert show in my husband's cellfone which is so tiny. Now if it's in a big flat screen tv, mounted with one of those sophisticated mounting brackets it could have been easier.
And as I have said, I do manage and I'm glad I can do that. In the office, I multitask a lot, I answer phone calls and do emails at the same time. I can also be talking to you and listening to other conversations at the same time.
But it's entirely different with my husband and I wonder why? if he is doing something and then watch tv at the same time he'll sure forget the other one and get lost with the tv watching. He is always so focus, most of the time, I have to call him thrice or pat him just to get his attention.
A friend said her husband is also like that.
Now, is that a prof that men can't really multitask? and that men are incapable of doing more than one thing at once? Is there a scientific explanation on this? Is it proven?
I wouldn't really know why except that maybe because they are more focus which is also a good trait
but then, I do hope my dear husband will learn to multitask someday to maximize the time :D


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Kansas City to host French champs Montpellier in July
An already jam-packed schedule for Sporting Kansas City got a little more crowded Friday when the club announced a friendly against French Ligue 1 champions Montpellier HSC.
The game against Montpellier — which will be making its U.S. debut led by French national team players Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and Olivier Giroud, who scored 21 goals with nine assists in league play last season — is set for 7:30 p.m. July 24 at Livestrong Sporting Park.
"For the first time in its history, our club, Montpellier Herault SC, will play a match on American soil, and it will be a very exciting moment," Montpellier deputy president Laurent Nicollin said in a release from Sporting KC. "I am very happy and proud that we have the opportunity to play against Sporting Kansas City. The match will be a very good test for us."
Four days later, Montpellier will open the French season with a battle against Coupe de France winner Lyon in the Trophée Des Champions on July 28 at Red Bull Arena.
Sporting KC, 8-3-1, which sits third in the Eastern Conference with 25 points, already had 13 games on the slate between tonight's match against Toronto FC and a road battle Aug. 4 at the New England Revolution.
Now, manager Peter Vermes' club has 14 game days in the next 49 days — a number that could rise again if Sporting KC survives its Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal June 26 against the Dayton Dutch Lions.
Tickets for the game start at $20 and are on sale through Ticketmaster.com or at the Livestrong box offices.
Besler to sign autographs before Toronto gameDefender Matt Besler, who will sit out Saturday night's match against Toronto FC after an emergency appendectomy eight days ago, will sign autographs at the Time Warner Cable/ESPN Fan Zone at Livestrong Sporting Park's Sprint Plaza.
Besler will sign autographs from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Fans also will have a chance to register for a prize giveaway that includes at Xbox 360 and iPod touch in addition to learning about the WatchESPN application, which allows streaming of ESPN broadcasts to mobile devices.
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I think that picture makes the rest of this blog redundant, doesn't it?!
Having said that, there are of course mistakes on page 10 – unusually, though, they're not mostly about commas. In fact, none of the 10 commas on this page is technically incorrect, which is a delightful surprise. It comes at the cost of more clunky, short sentences, inevitably enough – and for the purist, there is one missing comma.
Missing commas don't suffer as much as commas in the wrong place, though, so we'll not focus on that.
[What, you want to know where there's a comma missing, Julian? No, no dice, we've done more than enough proofreading for the inevitable second edition of Boggled Clips (which I suppose will have to be a self-published limited edition, judging from the pic up at the top there!). But look, if you can find it, and comment to let us know, we'll let you do a guest post on this blog…;-)].
The most entertaining hiccup on this page is one which, in another writer, we'd put down as a typo. With Julian, though, you just never can be sure.
He's indulging in dialogue (bad idea, Julian, it's not one of your strengths). He's showing that Bronwyn has a Welsh accent by the clever insertion of an apostrophe instead of the letter H – you know, 'ave, 'im, 'alf, 'imself, that sort of inventive stuff. But just when you're on the verge of death by tedium, he builds to a memorable crescendo:
Couple of weeks back he lost a coffin' with the corpse still in it!
I love the way that the 'he' in there escaped the proofreader (What's that you tell me? Julian doesn't have a proofreader? Fie, for shame, that cannot be!) – but coffin gets the apostrophe instead.
That's short for coffinh, I presume.
Or perhaps coffing.
I know, I know, it's small beer by Julian's standards. It pleased the monkeys, though, and that's what really matters. If we ever get around to page 11, there's some sillier stuff ready and waiting…


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Options for parametric_plot. My wikispaces page: http://sagemath.wikispaces.com/parametric_plot
This command does both 2d and 3d plots and both curves and surfaces. Click and drag the 3d graphs to rotate!
parametric_plot( vector-parametric function , (t,tmin,tmax) ) for curve in 2D or 3D
parametric_plot( vector-parametric function , (u,umin,umax), (v,vmin,vmax ) for surface in 3D
Special Options for Curves: thickness
Usual Options: color, opacity, figsize, aspect_ratio, frame, mesh, dots, plot_points, axes, adaptive (see also: plot3d - OPTIONS)
Reference: http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/sage/plot/plot3d/parametric_plot3d.html
Here is a simple 2d parametric plot using a vector function r with 1 parameter t (curve) and 2 components (2D).
Notice that parametric_plot is 2d or 3d depending on what it is plotting. (No separate command for 3d plot.)
The thickness of curves depends on the plot size and type. You may need to experiment.
Here is a plot of the basic helix; it is a curve in 3d so a parametric plot of a vector function with 3 components in 1 variable.
Here is a parametric plot of a surface by parametric function with 2 parameters, (vector function with 3 components in 2 variables).
Notice the 2 ranges of the variables. (This is a piece of the paraboloid: $x^2+y^2=2z$ where $1 \le z \le 2$.)
One problem with parametric plots is you cannot "see" the direction of parameters (as you can see e.g. the positive x-axis).
I often split my plots, coloring them from blue (min) to red (max). Increase/decrease num for more or less splits.
When I am lazy I simply break the interval into several separate plots (first 2 plots below); when I am ambitious I use the sum function (next 2).
To plot a 2d curve in 3d (with z==0), you can add a component or add a plot of an actual 3d curve with opacity=0.
You can combine plot types as long as you obey the rules of each plot.
Click and drag to rotate this to see that we have projected the helix onto the circle.
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Brad Farnsworth
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Vice President
Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement
Strategic planning for internationalization, international business education, curriculum internationalization, China
Brad Farnsworth is vice president of ACE's Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement. He is responsible for several programs, including the Internationalization Collaborative, the Institute for Leading Internationalization, and engagement with the Washington-based diplomatic community. He is also responsible for implementing the Center's fundraising strategy.
From 1991 until joining ACE in early 2012, Farnsworth was director of the Center for International Business Education in the Ross Business School at the University of Michigan. The center's programs included faculty research projects, foreign language courses, education abroad, executive development programs, and student internships. The Michigan CIBE was known for its strong ties to the liberal arts; Farnsworth helped to establish the program in international studies, serving as its director while developing and teaching one of its core courses. He also taught courses on international management, the world economy, and business in China to MBAs, undergraduates and executives.
From 1982 to 1991, Farnsworth was associate director of the Yale-China Association, an educational organization based at Yale University that was established in the early 20th century. During that time he developed one of the first management training programs with foreign cooperation in mainland China. He has focused on China throughout his career, visiting the country frequently and serving as a faculty associate in the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan.
Farnsworth holds master's degrees in business and Chinese studies from Washington University in St. Louis, both awarded in 1981.


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Bonjour, Aurélie. I have a question.
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Bonjour, Aurélie. I have a question.
Why is it "tu as minci depuis l'année dernière" and not "tu mincis.."? In another lesson, it says that when using depuis the must be in the present tense. Merci beaucoup pour vos leçons. ^^
This question relates to:
French lesson "Conjugate regular -ir verbs (+ avoir) in Le Passé Composé (conversational past)"
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Bonjour Melvin, Here you use Le Passé Composé as the action of losing weight is completely over by the time the speaker notices it. In English, you'd say "You lost weight since last year.". If I said "Tu mincis depuis l'année dernière.", it would sound as if she's still losing weight as we speak, in a weird way (i.e. You've been losing weight since last year.)... Le Présent is used to translate the Present Perfect (have + -ED). I hope that's helpful! À bientôt !
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Je l'ai comprenu. Merci de votre réponse. ^^
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Our mission
Adam Teva V'Din has come a long way in 24 years.
In 1991, we were a typical Israeli start-up venture: A small and idealist crew of U.S. immigrants with a modest budget of $12,000 and the ardent belief that environmental advocacy is the foundation for environmental protection.
In 2014, Adam Teva V'Din is a household name, acknowledged by government officials, lawmakers, municipalities, business stakeholders, philanthropic partners and the Israeli public as a legislative innovator, a reliable scientific resource, and the force behind most of Israel's environmental milestones.
And our mission remains the same: To use the power of law, science and advocacy to protect Israel's environment and public health.
To fulfill our mission, our team of experienced attorneys, scientists and urban planners work across numerous platforms:
Israel's environment, economy and political climate have all changed greatly since our start-up days: New environmental stresses emerge daily and long-standing inadequacies in environmental legislation must be corrected and updated.
What hasn't changed is Adam Teva V'Din's dedication to using the law, science and advocacy to protect Israel's environment and public health.
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(Welcome to Movies for the Resistance, a weekly column intended to showcase films with particular pertinence for 2017. One of the fundamental purposes of art in general, and movies in particular, is to serve as a spiritual armory: bringing hope, timely lessons and shared experiences when times are dark. They can move us to positive political action, lend insight to the inexplicable, and sometimes just give us a moment to remember that we're not alone. I'm hoping to embrace as many genres and subjects as possible here: nothing is out of bounds and the plan is to vary the content as much as I can from week to week. But all of them are chosen for the same basic purpose: to support, comfort and inspire as we enter a troubling new phase in our nation's history. We'll showcase a new film every Tuesday.)
During an interview for Iron Man 3 (and if you've seen that movie you can understand the context), Sir Ben Kingsley talked about how he studied Hitler and Stalin as much as Mahatma Gandhi in preparation for the high water mark of his amazing career. Dictators, he said, always claimed to be men of the people… but you never saw them down among the masses. They stood on podiums surrounded by microphones and yes-men, throwing up barriers and standing high above the crowds. Gandhi didn't. He walked among his people, lived in their poverty, shared their pain, and felt their hardscrabble path with his own sandaled feet.
That insight proved at least part of why Kingsley's performance held such power, and revisiting it in the era of Trump can be an overwhelming experience. The film itself easily serves as a whipping boy for the Oscars: stodgy and respectful in a year full of amazing movies that never had a shot at the Academy Awards. But watching it again for the first time in over a decade, I was struck by how little varnishing it needed. With a superb script from John Briley and a strong visual eye conveying the grandeur of India, director Richard Attenborough had all he needed to convey the singular leader's extraordinary ethos with elegance and dignity.
Of course, the film mostly serves as a fulcrum for Kingsley, whose is-it-live-or-is-it-Memorex turn is arguably the greatest ever put on film. It's remarkable not only for its evocation of the real man, but for its understanding of his vision. He saw right and wrong with absolute distinction, armed with a lawyer's understanding of how to codify it and insight into human nature that approached the messianic. His will – his sheer unbreakable desire to do right – found the perfect time and place to manifest, and in so doing showed us what one man of conviction could accomplish.
Gandhi's commitment to nonviolence is justly celebrated, but the movie goes beyond that to demonstrate how he induced an entire nation to embrace his approach. He didn't suppress his anger at the injustice and suffering around him. He wasn't blind to the savagery at humanity's core. He simply channeled it all into a tool of breathtaking moral force, then used it to bring the greatest empire in history to its knees.
The fact that he did it without firing a shot was more than a garnish: it was his secret weapon that made the whole thing work. He demonstrated to his foes not only that they couldn't beat him or his followers, but that he held the unquestionable moral high ground the entire time. The backbone it took to be hit over and over again and not hit back – the strength that neither broke nor yielded, but literally wore the enemy down through the patience of a mountain – still defies belief. And yet he did it. Not once or twice but again and again until his foes finally cried "uncle."
The movie aims primarily to demonstrate how such a man could accomplish so much, but also how monumental his task was and how it ultimately claimed his life. For while he sent the British packing, he couldn't bridge the gap between Hindu and Muslim, in a conflict that continues to this day. The violence that claimed him came in complete opposition to his ethos, but it remains a failing of the larger world, not his.
And through Kingsley's singular portrayal, he reminds us that death is preferable to cowardice in the face of tangible wrongdoing. He knew there would be a cost and he was ready to pay it. When asked if non-violence could succeed against the likes of Hitler, he responded "Not without defeats, and great pain. But are there no defeats in war? No pain? What you cannot do is accept injustice. From Hitler or anyone. You must make the injustice visible, and be prepared to die like a soldier to do so."
The film doesn't shy from the price of that stance, both in personal terms and in the wounded nation he helped free from subjugation. But it also reminds us that inaction carries even more risks: enabling the very injustice that one seeks to avoid. Gandhi held his beliefs as the equal of his very life, and that in and of itself was extraordinary. But as the movie demonstrates, he knew where and when to deploy that strength, and in so doing drew a map for others to follow his example.
This column will feature a number of fictitious figures who display similar courage: whose moral stance is similarly rooted in clear views of right and wrong. But Gandhi was no fabrication, no mythical embodiment of the ideals we all strive for. He lived and died in the real world, and the miracles he worked continue to be felt today. Attenborough achieved so much with this film simply because he knew better than to gild the lily. He simply showed us the man at his best, and encouraged us to listen to the wisdom he embodied.
As a result, Gandhi may be the most heartening film you can watch right now: a beautiful guide to keeping your ethical bearings in the face of adversity and a source of inspiration for anyone feeling the weight of this burned we all carry. Take an evening in the new few weeks and give it another look. (You can rent it or buy it on Amazon.) It will do you a world of good.


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I wanted to take a minute and thank everyone who left a comment to let me know you're thinking of me and keeping me and my family in your prayers. If you don't know already, my father - who was only 56 - passed away suddenly last Saturday morning of an acute heart attack.
We were very close and I did not handle his passing well at all. I spent the majority of this past week in Pennsylvania, where my family is from, helping with everything and just being there for everyone - especially my mom. Below is a photo of my dad and I when I was little; it's one of the only photos I have with him, as he was not a man to be in photos.
I am now back in Virginia and will be getting back on track. I have a ton of blog posts lined up for you all, but it may take me a few days to a week or so to get back on track.
Thank you again to everyone; your support and kind words at this difficult time are greatly appreciated!


text: Distributor Woman of Distinction - Barb Wells Meet Her Now! Jul 17, 2013 – by Joan Chaykin Tweet >>More Counselor Awards Barb Wells, senior vice president of marketing for Staples Promotional Products (asi/120601), hopes her two daughters have great mentors like she did throughout her long, successful career. "I had people who challenged me and created an environment for growth," says Wells, who oversees the marketing effort for Staples, the largest distributor firm in the industry, sitting at number one on the Counselor Top 40 with estimated sales of more than $400 million annually. "When you have that kind of environment, it makes you so much stronger and so much better." Indeed, as the first intern at Lee Jeans and later the youngest vice president, Wells says she was fortunate that one of her early mentors, Jack Weinrich, took a chance on her when he hired her freshly graduated from Kansas State University. She was promoted at age 28 while working in youth wear and men's wear. She wound up leading Lee's women's wear merchandising, which she grew to over $400 million, and "ultimately we owned over 40% of the women's jeans market at that time," she says. Wells credits SVP Howard Vandervort as her most influential mentor at Lee, where she remained for 17 years. During that time Wells had her children, and she heralds her parents and husband (whom she's been married to for 34 years) for giving her the support she needed to remain in such a highly competitive career, plainly stating, "I couldn't have done it without them." Thinking she would always work in the fashion business, Wells decided to make a change. Having just set up one of the first shops within a retail store for Lee, she saw a similar challenge at Swingster, a Kansas-based distributor firm. Wells already knew folks at Swingster, which later changed its name to American Identity and was acquired by Staples in 2007. Former Staples Promotional Products CEO Roger Henry was another mentor for Wells. While Wells was still at Lee, she said the company started a relationship with the Olympics. "We still had some business with licensing agreements that Swingster was working on, so there were a lot of opportunities for me moving to Swingster, and Roger had a huge influence on that," she says. "I was totally surprised by the degree of opportunity in the industry. We started the evolution of the promotional products business, where we started managing programs and building e-stores and catalogs for individual companies." In the 20 years that Wells has been at Staples, she has witnessed some positive changes in the market. "What was transforming is how promotional products have become such an important part of marketing for all companies in terms of customer engagement, brand immersion, brand recognition, and how people are using them today to create that positive customer awareness about their brand," she says. "It continues to amaze me how passionate people are about their products. Certainly, for us, we have evolved into a company that now is not just coming up with a product, but literally coming up with how that product ties to how they want to execute their brand. So as we say, we help build strong brands." In addition to Henry, Staples general manager Rich Witaszak has been influential for Wells. "I have so much respect for Rich as a leader," she says. "He's a financial wiz and we have continued to grow this business. We have shown tremendous growth over our acquisition with Staples, and Staples views us as a key portion of developing categories that are important to businesses today. Instead of just office supplies, it's beyond office supplies." – JC