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In the complex world of environmental law, it is easy to lose perspective in the narrow technicalities of statutes and regulations. This chapter samples some of the important philosophical and political views that continue to shape environmental law. Students should consider not only the proper goals of environmental law but also how closely existing law achieves such aims.
The following excerpt from Aldo Leopold's posthumously published collection of essays is probably the most influential statement of ethics in the American environmental movement. In addition to his pioneering work at the U.S. Forest Service to preserve wild tracts of land and at the University of Wisconsin to establish the field of wildlife management, Leopold also helped found The Wilderness Society in 1935.
When God-like Odysseus returned from the wars in Troy, he hanged all on one rope a dozen slave-girls of his household whom he suspected of misbehavior during his absence. This hanging involved no question of propriety. The girls were property. The disposal of property was then, as now, a matter of expediency, not of right and wrong.
Concepts of right and wrong were not lacking from Odysseus' Greece: witness the fidelity of his wife through the long years before at last his black-prowed galleys clove the wine-dark seas for home. The ethical structure of that day covered wives, but had not yet been extended to human chattels. During the three thousand years which have since elapsed, ethical criteria have been extended to many fields of conduct, with corresponding shrinkages in those judged by expediency only.
The Ethical Sequence
This extension of ethics, so far studied only by philosophers, is actually a process in ecological evolution. Its sequences may be described in ecological as well as in philosophical terms. An ethic, ecologically, is a limitation on freedom of action in the struggle for existence. An ethic, philosophically, is a differentiation of social from anti-social conduct. These are two definitions of one thing. The thing has its origin in the tendency of interdependent individuals or groups to evolve modes of co-operation. The ecologist calls these symbioses. Politics and economics are advanced symbioses in which the original free -for-all competition has been replaced, in part, by co-operative mechanisms with an ethical content.
The complexity of co-operative mechanisms has increased with population density, and with the efficiency of tools. It was simpler, for example, to define the anti-social uses of sticks and stones in the days of the mastodons than of bullets and billboards in the age of motors.
The first ethics dealt with the relation between individuals; the Mosaic Decalogue (Ten Commandments) is an example. Later accretions dealt with the relation between the individual and society. The golden rule tries to integrate the individual to society; democracy to integrate social organization to the individual.
There is as yet no ethic dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it. Land, like Odysseus' slave-girls, is still property. The land-relation is still strictly economic, entailing privileges but not obligations.
The extension of ethics to this third element in human environment is, if I read the evidence correctly, an evolutionary possibility and an ecological necessity. It is the third step in a sequence. The first two have already been taken. Individual thinkers since the days of Ezekiel and Isaiah have asserted that the despoliation of land is not only inexpedient but wrong. Society, however, has not yet affirmed their belief. I regard the present conservation movement as the embryo of such an affirmation.
An ethic may be regarded as a mode of guidance for meeting ecological situations so new or intricate, or involving such deferred reactions, that the path of social expediency is not discernible to the average individual. Animal instincts are modes of guidance for the individual in meeting such situations. Ethics are possibly a kind of community instinct in-the--making.
The Community Concept
All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise; that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. His instincts prompt him to compete for his place in the community, but his ethics prompt him also to co-operate (perhaps in order that there may be a place to compete for).
The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.
This sounds simple: do we not already sing our love for and obligation to the land of the free and the home of the brave? Yes, but just what and whom do we love? Certainly not the soil, which we are sending helter-skelter downriver. Certainly not the waters, which we assume have no function except to turn turbines, float barges, and carry off sewage. Certainly not the plants, of which we exterminate whole communities without batting an eye. Certainly not the animals, of which we have already extirpated many of the largest and most beautiful species. A land ethic of course cannot prevent the alteration, management, and use of the "resources," but it does affirm their right to continued existence, and, at least in spots, their continued existence in a natural state.
In short, a land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it. It implies respect for his fellow-members, and also respect for the community as such.
In human history, we have learned (I hope) that the conqueror role is eventually self--defeating. Why? Because it is implicit in such a role that the conqueror knows, ex cathedra, just what makes the community clock tick, and just what and who is valuable, and what and who is worthless, in community life. It always turns out that he knows neither, and this is why his conquests eventually defeat themselves.
In the biotic community, a parallel situation exists. Abraham knew exactly what the land was for: it was to drip milk and honey into Abraham's mouth. At the present moment, the assurance with which we regard this assumption is inverse to the degree of our education.
To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided. It tends to ignore, and thus eventually to eliminate, many elements in the land: community that lack commercial value, but that are (so far as we know) essential to its healthy functioning. It assumes, falsely, I think, that the economic parts of the biotic clock will function without the uneconomic parts. It tends to relegate to government many functions eventually too large, too complex, or too widely dispersed to be performed by government. An ethical obligation on the part of the private owner is the only visible remedy for these situations.
The Land Pyramid
An ethic to supplement and guide the economic relation to land presupposes the existence of some mental image of land as a biotic mechanism. We can be ethical only in relation to something we can see, feel, understand, love, or otherwise have faith in. The image commonly employed in conservation education is "the balance of nature." For reasons too lengthy to detail here, this figure of speech fails to describe accurately what little we know about the land mechanism. A much truer image is the one employed in ecology: the biotic pyramid. I shall first sketch the pyramid as a symbol of land, and later develop some of its implications in terms of land-use. Plants absorb energy from the sun. This energy flows through a circuit called the biota, which may be represented by a pyramid consisting of layers. The bottom layer is the soil. A plant layer rests on the soil, an insect layer on the plants, a bird and rodent layer on the insects, and so on up through various animal groups to the apex layer, which consists of the larger carnivores.
The species of a layer are alike not in where they came from, or in what they look like, but rather in what they eat. Each successive layer depends on those below it for food and often for other services, and each in turn furnishes food and services to those above. Proceeding upward, each successive layer decreases in numerical abundance. Thus, for every carnivore there are hundreds of his prey, thousands of their prey, millions of insects, uncountable plants. The pyramidal form of the system reflects this numerical progression from apex to base. Man shares an intermediate layer with the bears, raccoons, and squirrels which eat both meat and vegetables.
Land, then, is not merely soil; it is a fountain of energy flowing through a c~rcuit of so~ls, plants, and animals. Food chains are the living channels which conduct energy upward; death and decay return it to the soil. The circuit is not closed; some energy is dissipated in decay, some is added by absorption from the air, some is stored in soils, peats, and long-lived forests; but it is a sustained circuit, like a slowly augmented revolving fund of life. There is always a net loss by downhill wash, but this is normally small and offset by the decay of rocks. It is deposited in the ocean and, in the course of geological time, raised to form new lands and new pyramids.
The process of altering the pyramid for human occupation releases stored energy, and often gives rise, during the pioneering period, to a deceptive exuberance of plant and an life, both wild and tame. These releases of biotic capital tend to becloud or postpone penalties of violence.
The Outlook
It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect and admiration for land, and a high regard for its value. By value, I of course mean something far broader than mere economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense.
Perhaps the most serious obstacle impeding the evolution of a land ethic is the factour educational and economic system is headed away from, rather than toward, an intense consciousness of land. Your true modern is separated from the land by many middlemen,by innumerable physical gadgets. He has no vital relation to it; to him it is the space between cities on which crops grow. Turn him loose for a day on the land, and if the spot does happen to be a golf links or a "scenic" area, he is bored stiff. If crops could be raised hydroponics instead of farming, it would suit him very well. Synthetic substitutes for wo leather, wool, and other natural land products suit him better than the originals. In short, Land is something he has "outgrown."
Almost equally serious as an obstacle to a land ethic is the attitude of the farmer whom the land is still an adversary, or a taskmaster that keeps him in slavery. Theoretical the mechanization of farming ought to cut the farmer's chains, but whether it really does debatable.
The case for a land ethic would appear hopeless out for the minority which is in obvia revolt against these "modern" trends.
The "key-log" which must be moved to release the evolutionary process for an ethic simply this: quit thinking about decent land-use as solely an economic problem. Examine ea question in terms of what is ethically and esthetically right, as well as what is economical expedient. A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of tl biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.
The mechanism of operation is the same for any ethic: social approbation for right actions: social disapproval for wrong actions.
By and large, our present problem is one of attitudes and implements. We are remodeling the Alhambra with a steam-shovel, and we are proud of our yardage. We shall hardly relinquish the shovel, which after all has many good points, but we are in need of gentler an more objective criteria for its successful use.
Question: Does Leopold's "land ethic" reflect a realistic goal for modern societies? Explain.


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....and MacnCheese Muffins from Julies Lifestyle...
My apologies for the late start and features. I have had a family crisis that needed my attention. That, I am afraid, had to take priority.
On with the party...
Dearest Mimi,
I'm so thankful to be hosted here today and how beautiful last week's features !
I hope that things go better very soon for you and your dears,
sending blessings of love and prayers
MacnCheese Muffins look so attractive not just like food, they feel like some strange musical instrument with these holes :)ReplyDelete
I hope things are going better for you, thank you for the party!!ReplyDelete
Happy Saturday, Mimi! Thanks for the party!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the feature!! What an honor!! I will be giving you a Shout Out in my next post and on Google+!!
Thanks again for hosting each week!!
Trust your family is well. Prayers for you all.
Dear Mimi
I see there were some interesting posts last week, I'll hop over and say hello to those first!
Sorry to hear you've had a crisis in the family and I hope all is well.
Family always comes first.
Many thankyous for hosting in the midst of it all.
Take care
Shane x
Dear Mimi. Thanks you for hosting this lovely blog party. A lot of great features. Have a good weekend.ReplyDelete
Aww thanks Mimi for featuring the mac and cheese muffins I made at your fun party! Hope you have a wonderful weekend and week.
Hugs, Julie
Ooo, lovely links! Reminded me that St Patrick's day is almost here.... I do hope your family crisis has been resolved. Hugs! TeresaReplyDelete
Dear Mimi
I do hope that all is ok with you and your family now. Family is the most important and always comes first.
I love the St Patricks tree from Debbie, I have never seen anything like it before.
Hope you have a wonderful week ahead
Aly xxx
family comes first Mimi, I hope things settle down soon for youReplyDelete
Hello lovely lady. I must apologise for my absence of late but I've been so busy around here lately, I don't know if I'm coming or going (or is that if I'm Arthur or Martha!). Anyway, have made it today. Hopefully things might slow down for all of us with Easter on it's way. Hope you have a fantastic week!
Anne xx
Dear Mimi,
Thanks for another great party. Wishing you a fantastic week! M.
There is definitely no shortage of spring inspiration here! Thanks for hosting and have a wonderful week.ReplyDelete

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American Thanksgiving produced another perfect example of advertising's innate ability to insert itself into the cultural conversation, particularly when it straddles the line between art and commerce.
Nearly four decades after stealing the hearts of moviegoers, E.T. made an unexpected appearance on TVs (during NBC's broadcast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade) and computer screens across North America on Thursday, reuniting with his old friend Elliott (Henry Thomas) in an ad for Comcast's Xfinity service that doesn't waste one iota of its four-minute, 18-second run time.
"The holidays are a special time for family and friends to reconnect," explained a Comcast release. "This year, we're sharing a holiday short story of connection by reuniting two beloved characters – E.T. and Elliott. Although the world has changed since they've last seen each other, their enduring friendship reminds all of us how important reconnecting is during the holiday season."
The ad was created by Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, while E.T. director Steven Spielberg is said to have personally overseen the script. Indeed, there's a legitimate argument to be made that, woefully anodyne title aside—"A holiday reunion"? Really?—this is actually a sequel to a story we thought was over when E.T. bid a tearful farewell to his friend 37 years ago. It's just that good.
And with more than 2.6 million YouTube views less than a day after appearing on YouTube, the public thinks so too.
On the surface, the ad is designed to show how telecommunications technology has changed since E.T. went home. Yet it also feels like a sorely needed throwback to a kinder, gentler, less cynical era. Even the fact that it's for a telecom company—not exactly the type of business that engenders the warm fuzzies—can't dampen our enthusiasm.
It's basically a love letter to the 1982 Steven Spielberg movie, and it's filled with references to the original—the instantly familiar music; E.T. bringing the droopy flowers back to life; the kids riding their bikes, silhouetted against an impossibly large moon. All that's missing is a well-placed "penis breath" rejoinder. Maybe in the 10-minute extended cut.


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Updated Personal Skills & "Hull is Burning" Preview
January 14, 2013 in Lunar Reckoning 69
In the works for some time, this Personal Skills update brings a storygaming touch to LR69's play pattern. This update will be in use at Game Summit, but more importantly, is free for all to read and use! This part of the system will always be freely available for use by anyone who wishes it, and for modification and redistribution at-will, under a Creative Commons licence.
This system also comes with a set of reference cards for printing, as an experiment in future character and weapon sheet concepts. If this concept proves popular, weapons, parts, and other mechanics may also be presented in a card-based format, perhaps even in anticipation of a print-based release.
In addition to the Personal Skills update, I have added an adventure preview of the Hull is Burning scenario, which will also be freely available; and Personal Skills sheets and bios for the five currently developed pregenerated characters.
- Personal Skills System
- Personal Skills System Quick Reference Cards
- Hull is Burning Adventure Preview
- Hull is Burning Character Bio Previews
- All PDFs in one .zip
As always, enjoy your time in the Lunar Reckoning, and look forward to combat-related content and the full adventure!


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is a small yellow post-it note that I received in 2005.
I clearly remember sitting on the floor of O'Hare airport at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday morning exhausted (having gone to bed at 3:00 and gotten up at 4:30), bored, and with a five-hour wait ahead of me, thinking that this was going to be my last Kalamazoo. I would focus on Tolkien, get my tenure in a couple years, and spend my energies on my 1-year-old daughter.
Then my whole intellectual world changed.
Here, finally, was what I had been looking for without knowing it: an approach to Anglo-Saxon texts that was scientifically rigorous, linked always to specific knowledge taken from texts rather than guesses or abstractions. Here were arguments the built upon one another with the same kind of logical beauty as those in math or physics. But what these arguments did was absolute romance: they brought the dead to life.
And Gretsch did this with Psalter glosses.
Psalter glosses! Possibly the most boring set of "texts"in the history of earth. But by sorting through layers of such glosses, categorizing them, understanding the ways that the medieval authors had tried to understand their Latin sources, the mistakes they made, even, perhaps, the puns that amused them, Gretsch had reconstructed the an "Aldhelm Seminar" at Glastonbury in the tenth century. Æthelwold and Dunstan had gathered their followers together and sweated out the difficulties of Aldhelms "dense wood of Latin." And then they had burst out to change English culture forever.
By the time my flight arrived, I had recaptured my love for Anglo-Saxon studies. I read Intellectual Foundations the way Richard Feynman said to read a physic textbook: read until you reach a point where you don't understand, then go back to the beginning and re-read, hopefully getting further the second time. When I finally understood each step of the argument, I was ready (and able) write my own book.
In the process I stumbled upon stylistic patterns in the Old English translation of the Rule of Chrodegang that allowed me to re-date that text and put it in its correct Benedictine Reform context. I tried to make that argument as logically rigorous as Mechthild's argument in Intellectual Foundations, and I guess, thanks to the influence of that model, I succeeded.
My post-it note from Mechthild reads, in part:
Dear Michael,
Thanks for your offprint.
I think you are right.
It is in part due to Mechthild's scholarly example and her achievement that "I think you are right" is a greater compliment than any effusive praise could be.
Thank you, Mechthild, for your inspirational scholarship, for your uncompromising intellectual toughness and for your blend of logical rigor and creativity. Thank you for being so kind and encouraging. I hope you are resting peacefully and that you now know the authors of the glosses and their purposes, that you've had a chat with Æthelwold and Dunstan and Wulfstan and Ælfric and that when they tell you,"I think you are right" it gives your spirit as much joy as your words gave mine.


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Updated: Google's Chrome Web browser lost market share for the first time ever thanks to upticks in July for both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple Safari.
Chrome had steadily grown over the last several months, topping 7.24 percent through June, but through July the young Web browser had slipped a tad to 7.16 percent, according to Net Applications' latest statistics.
Mozilla's Firefox also continued its fall, slipping to 22.71 percent through the month from 23.81 percent in June.
Conversely, Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser continued its upward climb, rising to 60.74 percent market share from 60.32 percent the previous month. Apple's Safari leapt over the 5 percent share line, up from 4.85 percent through June.
The trends, though early yet, show the incumbents are taking back some of the market share lost to the younger browser Turks.
Ryan Gavin, senior director of Internet Explorer business and marketing, attributed the IE gains to security and privacy protections in IE 8 accompanied by TV commercials touting these features.
Google, which said it has 70 million users for Chrome, took the numbers in stride. A spokesperson told eWEEK:
"Users' response to Google Chrome has been fantastic… we're happy that Chrome and other open source browser projects have continued to drive innovation and a better user experience in all browsers."
Despite the positive the shine, the news has to be somewhat unsettling to Google, whose Chrome Web browser appeared destined to crack the 10 percent mark just a few months ago.
Chrome, launched in September 2008, cracked the 7 percent mark in May after gaining several market percentage points over the last year.
While the impending launch of Chrome 6 and a faster development cycle bode well for Chrome, Microsoft's renewed ascension up the browser chart after falling below 60 percent the last few months is an ominous warning the browser incumbent is not going to let too much market share slip away.
Google is banking on a booster shot for Chrome from the launch of Chrome Operating System on netbooks from Dell, Acer, Lenovo and others this holiday season. Chrome will be the application palette for the speedy Chrome OS platform.


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By Sal Bommarito
The United States bears a great deal of responsibility for the emergence of ISIS and affiliated terrorist groups. George Bush authorized the invasion of Iraq, which in retrospect was a terrible choice that fueled insurgency and terrorism. Similarly, Barack Obama's decision to withdrawn troops from Iraq proved to be disastrous and beneficial to ISIS.
In the past, when America defeated an adversary, it assisted them in their reconstruction. Granted, Muslims throughout the Middle East have not been enthusiastic about American nation building, and often, Arab leaders have indicted that the U.S. should not occupy any states in the region. But shouldn't the U.S. lead a restoration of the region? If not, who else will assume this dangerous and costly enterprise?
A perfect storm has overwhelmed the Middle East. ISIS has been able to prosper and feed upon discontent because the U.S. and Arab nations have not aggressively confronted it. Some how, some way ISIS has absconded huge tracts of land that straddle Iraq and Syria. Additionally, it has stolen oil and antiquities and sold them to finance its military operations. And, ISIS has successfully recruited disenfranchised individuals from around the world that are now fighting against the U.S. coalition. All this has been accomplished in spite of despicable ISIS tactics that include genocide perpetrated against Shiites, Christians and other groups.
The question that hangs over many Americans is whether the U.S. has a moral obligation to deal with ISIS more directly and put our brave soldiers harm's way. This burden is based upon two considerations. One, should the U.S. take a major role in rebuilding Iraq because it contributed to its demise? Two, has ISIS become a significant threat to world peace to warrant an escalation of U.S. involvement? In other words, has ISIS risen to the status of Nazi Germany or imperialistic Japan? Keep in mind that hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis and Syrians have been slaughtered and five or six million people are now in mortal danger.
The U.S currently is engaged in a feeble effort to apply airpower to stem the tide of ISIS. This strategy, which dramatically decreases the risk of American casualties, has not been productive. For the most part, the enemy has embedded itself in populated places, so the chances of collateral damage are great.
Ground troops are needed to root out the insurgents and direct bombing attacks. Reliance on Iraqi forces to serve in these roles has not worked out favorably. According to Ashton Carter, the Defense Secretary, the Iraqis don't have the will to fight. Further, the involvement of Shiite militia affiliated with Iran has been vetoed by the Obama administration. And finally, Shiite fighters attacking ISIS in Sunni territory have fueled sectarian resentment. Peace between these two sects is a prerequisite to peace in the region, but it is light years from becoming a reality.
The U.S. is the only party that can turn the tide of the ISIS war.


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Ricardo Codorníu Visitor Centre, Sierra Espuña
Centro de Visitantes Ricardo Codorníu
A central information point for visitors to Sierra Espuña
It can almost be said that Sierra Espuña was created in 1889, the inspiration of one man, Ricardo Codorníu, a native of Cartagena who was born in 1846.
He was a passionate lover of nature, having gone to Madrid to study forestry engineering, and was responsible for the founding of many of the bodies which now control the natural spaces in the Region of Murcia today.
During his lifetime he achieved fame and recognition for his work, becoming known as the "Apóstol del Árbol" (the apostle of the trees), and in 1889 he visited the area of the Sierra Espuña and was horrified by the devastation left by the boom years of industrial activity in the Region, stimulated by the arrival of the railways in 1862.
During the latter half of the 19th century the Region was transformed as minerals were shipped across the world and the economy boomed, stripping vast tracts of land for wood, devastating forested areas.
Codorníu set about the task of rebuilding the Sierra Espuña, replanting 20,000 hectares with pine trees, his legacy becoming what is now the Sierra Espuña regional park, a protected leisure space which encompasses 25,000 hectares of forest and mountains.
The park is a maze of walks and routes, with recreation areas and restaurants provided for the visitors who flock to the park every weekend, and is extensively used as an educational facility to encourage young Murcians to enjoy the great outdoors.
The Visitor Centre is home to a permanent exhibition about the flora and fauna to be found in the park and has teaching and meeting facilities for the various activities which take place within it, as well as a centre for the vigilance patrols who care for the park (and toilets!).
The staff have a number of routes printed out which can be taken by visitors, although virtually all of the information is in Spanish. Alhama de Murcia Tourist Office down in the town of Alhama de Murcia below have a better selection printed out in English.
From the visitor centre you can drive back down to the road interchange and follow the signs to one of 2 recreational areas, both of which have restaurant facilities, La Perdiz or the more popular Fuente el Hilo, (and open public toilets) with public barbeque areas and paths leading from both.
The barbeque facilities and picnic tables are all for the use of the public, although the regional government announced in 2014 that it would be removing all barbeque units due to the risk of fire. Until this happens,the units can only be used at certain periods of the year, namely the winter months. The periods of use depend on the volume of rainfall, so it is worth phoning the visitor centre to check if planning to bring a meal which requires cooking, or indeed, check to see if the units are still there. Pic-nics are no problem.
How to get to the Centro de Visitantes Ricardo Codorníu
From Alhama de Murcia
Take the C3315 which leads from the main high street of Alhama, past the Town hall and up along a twisty, climbing road up into the Sierra Espuña.
At 6.8 km from Alhama, a low valley appears on the left hand side, planted with crops and vines, then just past this point the road turns a sharp left and the view on the right hand side stretches out across "the badlands" dry, earth formations with a characteristic formation .
Immediately past this corner is a left hand turn, signposted El Berro 7.5km. Turn left down this road.
For the next 5km the road continues to climb, winding up through the pine trees, the air cooling as the car gets higher.
At the next junction the signs will say El Berro to the right, 2.5km and then you´ll see Centro de Visitantes Richard Codorníu and the recreation area is signposted from there.
Centro de Visitantes Richard Codorníu
Tel 968 22 89 37
Opening Times:
Open Tuesday to Sunday including festival days:
From October to May from 9am to 2pm and 3pm to 5.30pm
June, July, August and September from 8.30am to 3.30pm
Contact Spanish News Today: Editorial 966 260 896 / Office 968 018 268


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Hello everyone! I am so happy to be guest designing for The Stamps of Life this month. For those of you that don't know, it was because of The Stamps of Life that I first got into card making a few years ago. I had stumbled across their gorgeous Candles4birthday Stamp Set while looking for ideas for my sister-in-law's first baby shower. I had never even seen a set of clear stamps prior to that and from that moment on, I was hooked!
I have a fun card to share with you today featuring the new and gorgeous wreath2stamp set. I absolutely love this wreath!
This set is just so beautiful and versatile. To start, I first stamped this wreath twice in two separate colors. Once with Color Box Blue Jay Ink and the second wreath with Color Box Seaglass Ink. I then used the coordinating die set to cut them out.
I then used a sheet of Gingersnap Card Stock and trimmed it to 5.5″ x 3.75″. I used a Circle Die to cut a hole in the top center of the card and then added a piece of fencing into the center of the circle from the Sizzix Flowers & Fence Stamps & Dies. I adhered this entire panel to a sheet of patterned paper from the Big Hugs Patterned Paper Pad.
I then colored some birds from the Birdcage2stamp Set with Copic Markers (BG0000, BG000, BG11, BG45, BG18). I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. For my sentiment, I cut a strip of Powdered Sugar Card Stock and stamped my sentiment with Seaglass Ink.
I added my wreaths in separate layers. I glued the lighter one to the outer edge of the circle window on my card panel. I then added a few leaves that I cut using the Wreath2stamp Die Set from both Blue Jay and Seaglass Card Stock and added my top wreath with some 3D Foam Adhesive to give it more dimension.
I then diecut some white flowers using the same wreath die set and used some more foam adhesive squares to add them to my top wreath. To finish my card, I then added a drop of Sea Breeze Nuvo Jewel Drops to the center of each flower.
I hope you enjoyed my card today! You can check out the rest of the beautiful stamps and dies offered from The Stamps of Life HERE.
Thank you for stopping by! If you liked this card and want some more crafty inspiration, don't forget to check out my INSTAGRAM feed!
Wishing you a lovely day and Happy Cardmaking!
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Revised Analysis and Mapping Procedures for Non-Accredited Levees, 78015-78016 [2011-32128]Download as PDF
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 241 (Thursday, December 15, 2011)] [Notices] [Pages 78015-78016] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2011-32128] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Docket ID FEMA-2011-0025] Revised Analysis and Mapping Procedures for Non-Accredited Levees AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting comments on the proposed solution for Revised Analysis and Mapping Procedures for Non-Accredited Levees. This document proposes a revised procedure for the analysis and mapping of non-accredited levees on FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Maps. FEMA seeks input on this policy in terms of its feasibility, flexibility, and collaborative nature. DATES: Comments must be received by January 30, 2012. ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by docket ID FEMA-2011-0025 and may be submitted by one of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Please note that this proposed policy is not a rulemaking and the Federal Rulemaking Portal is being utilized only as a mechanism for receiving comments. Mail: Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Room 835, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472-3100. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Levees Comment Web site: https://www.NFIP-levees.com. Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the Web site. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Blanton, Levee Analysis and Mapping Approach Public Review, 1800 South Bell Street, Room 601, Arlington, VA 20598-3015. Phone: (202) 646-3151. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Public Participation Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and docket ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or [[Page 78016]] material, all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act notice, which can be viewed by clicking on the ``Privacy Notice'' link in the footer of https://www.regulations.gov. You may submit your comments and material by the methods specified in the ADDRESSES section. Please submit your comments and any supporting material by only one means to avoid the receipt and review of duplicate submissions. Docket: The proposed solution document is available in docket ID FEMA-2011-0025. Additionally, the document can be found at https://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/lv_lamp.shtm. For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov and search for the docket ID. Submitted comments may also be inspected at FEMA, Office of Chief Counsel, Room 835, 500 C St. SW., Washington, DC, 20472. II. Public Online Forum FEMA will hold three public online forums to present the approach. The first public forum will be held on December 21, 2011 from 1:30 p.m. EST to 3 p.m. EST. The second online forum will be held on January 3, 2012, from 1:30 p.m. EST to 3 p.m. EST. The third online forum will be held on January 10, 2012 from 1:30 p.m. EST to 3 p.m. EST. All meetings will take place through an online webinar. If you are interested in participating in the online forum, please email firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve a slot for the forum and receive further instructions for logging in and participating. III. Background FEMA maps flood hazards on Flood Insurance Rate Maps, a tool used to support the National Flood Insurance Program. These maps identify areas that are flood prone for a variety of reasons. One unique category of flood hazards is the areas behind levees. Levees can be recognized as providing protection on FEMA's flood maps if they meet all requirements of 44 CFR 65.10, the regulations that define the design, maintenance and operation standards specifically for this purpose. Levees meeting all aspects of 44 CFR 65.10 are considered eligible to be accredited. Those that cannot meet all of these standards cannot be accredited. The current approach for analyzing and mapping flood hazards associated with non-accredited levees is a singular approach where one technical procedure applies to all non-accredited levees. The feedback on this one-size-all approach is that it does not take the unique conditions of each levee into consideration. Many stakeholders also believe this approach does not adequately reflect the ability of these levees to provide some level of flood hazard reduction. FEMA is listening to this stakeholder feedback that this current approach used to map flood hazards associated with non-accredited levees is too coarse to represent the variety of situations associated with levees. In response, FEMA has worked to revise the mapping procedures for non-accredited levees. This approach works within the confines of existing federal regulations, yet is more flexible, collaborative and feasible. FEMA is replacing the former, singular approach with a suite of procedures that are technically sound, understandable to stakeholders, and cost effective. This suite of procedures will better meet the needs of the public and provide more precise results, while at the same time recognizing that uncertainty will remain. While these procedures allow for more detailed modeling and mapping of flood hazards for non- accredited levee systems, the risk of flooding in levee-impacted areas remains. Therefore, levee system owners and communities still need to remain engaged in flood risk management and communication activities. IV. Request for Comments FEMA welcomes your comments, questions, and concerns regarding the proposed approach's technical clarity, potential local impact, and feasibility for community participation. FEMA also welcomes any suggestions for improvement to the proposed approach. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4001, 44 CFR part 65. Sandra Knight, Deputy Associate Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. 2011-32128 Filed 12-14-11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-12-P
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Persecution Post
"In another filmed massacre, 11 Nigerian Christians were executed by the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) over the Christmas holiday.
Wearing the orange jumpsuits made familiar by similar executions of Egyptian and Ethiopian Christians in Libya, the first Nigerian victim was shot in the head by the black-clad terrorists who then slit the throats of the remaining ten. It is understood to be the largest group killed by ISWAP, a Boko Haram splinter group, so far"
"This message is to the Christians in the world," stated the 56-second propaganda video, released December 26, in both Arabic and Hausa, according to The New York Times.
"Those who you see in front of us are Christians…"
A Report in "Christianity Today".
The Measure of a Man
These are people with whom many of us might not fellowship over here given our current state of division and lukewarmness; their doctrine may not line up with ours. Yet they stood true to their confession of Christ unto the end. May God work into us the common love of Christ which unites all who are true in heart and spirit. I pray that His grace would bring the power of a Love which unites all who are His into ONE HEART.
It is easy to love and feel empathy for someone we have not met, but unless His Love produces the deeds (1 John 3:18) of love where we live, we know little of the Love of God in Christ.
"We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death"
1 John 3:14
It is clear that God's estimation of our walk with Him is measured by the Love we hold for our brothers (not our little segregated group or "church") and not according to our "knowledge" or our confession. John goes on to say:
"He that loveth not knoweth not God;
for God is love"
1 John 4:8
There is a growing cry within my heart to know this deep and pure love of God; to Love Him and His people and to hate the sin and the selfishness within myself.
It is high time that we begin to measure our walk with God by our obedience, victory over sin and the authentic love of God in our hearts for His people. This love will be the matrix for the true ministry of one member unto another whereby we will see the ONE BODY of Christ arise in purity and truth. It will not be by compromise but by the vey fire of God welding us together!
God has sent His Spirit into the earth for this very purpose. The cause of divisions are the teachings of men; people growing in a knowledge which "puffs up" the carnal heart unto separation and division. True Love brings an "edifying" of the Body of Christ unto Him.
"Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth"
1 Corinthians 8:1
When people cannot edify and build up the Body of Christ it is a revelation of the lack of the Love of God within them. The reason for our lack of power and glory is the same as it was for the Church AT Ephesus: they had "left" their first love. This is the Day and the Hour when God's Spirit is moving upon the hearts of those who are truly His to hear what He is saying. Many will refuse to hear the call of God and cling to their isolated little groups and churches and miss what God is doing.
"Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth"
1 Corinthians 2:13
Those who are taught of God must come to the liberating power of the Love of God in all truth and holiness. It cannot be otherwise! The absence of Love reveals a poverty in our knowing of Him.
"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God"
1 John 4:7
To measure our life in God by any other standard is deception.
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Important Components Of Computer
Save on the ideal computer hardware – tablets, laptops & desktops, as well as need to have computer accessories, parts and wireless networking devices. Also, I saw on a lot of forums/threads that even even though Apple items are great they aren't recommended for engineering students since they can not run all the application. Computer is an advanced electronic device that takes raw information as input from the user and processes these information under the control of set of guidelines (known as plan) and provides the outcome (output) and saves output for the future use. All the 3D, realtime, totally free-range-of-movement, camera-controlling goodness of FFXI was brought to bear in this the most visually complex of the Final Fantasy games on Playstation 2: Final Fantasy XII.
As element of the Higher Functionality Computing Infrastructure Initiative led by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technologies (MEXT), the K computer will be used to resolve the power, sustainability, healthcare, climate change, industrial and space challenges facing society these days. It is only when you are playing graphics-intensive games and computer software for a extended time that ANY laptop will heat (not just Lenovo).
Qualcomm will collaborate with Virginia Tech to create a Thinkabit Lab — component Maker Space, lab, and classroom — on its campus, with the objective of supporting computer science education for middle college students in the region. The only worth I see in gut feelings in science is that they can offer the motivation and the direction to make advances. It really is showing a profile of the newly crowned Turing Tournament champion, the Computer With Human Legs. The specs are highly compatible for running engineering and simulation computer software like SolidWorks and SolidEdge with excellent graphics rendering.
Lets say we lived in a nation with no bill of rights, and the government was allowed to scan your private computer for illegal files. A tiny all-in-one computer can expand offered the correct ports, such as USB or HDMI, for connecting to external devices. Because most of my customers contact themselves computer illiterate I recommend to stay away from registry editing or comparable DIY options. We are strengthening that commitment nowadays by announcing an added investment of $ten million towards computer science education for 2017, along with the $23.5 million that we have allocated for 2016. Computer scientists create algorithms into application packages that make the information simpler for analysts to use. Some years ago, I gave a lecture to the Computer Science Division at the University of Leeds in England. They are managers, users of the systems and computer programmers who implement systems.
The Function Atmosphere tab contains the quantity of jobs held in the occupation and describes the workplace, the level of physical activity anticipated, and typical hours worked. Speed The computer can procedure data really rapidly, at the rate of millions of instructions per second. Maybe requesters with lengthy operating jobs develop their own workforce (eg utilizing UpWork).


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I recently became aware of Joan's amazing work due to a posting of hers on the Origami-L mailing list. She has a wonderful portfolio of art, crossing many genres and materials, including sculpture, textiles, paper and more. I highly recommend taking at look at her collections online, or in person if you have a chance. She'll be doing a two-day workshop in early March 2006 in San Francisco, and also a Paper Arts course in Door County, Wisconsin in late July. (a little closer than SF to me, although any excuse to go to SF is a good one in my book.)
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Female boxing, at least in Asia, seems to have been very slow to kick off after the new year with next to no really notable bouts having taken to place. That's not to say that we've had no bouts but in terms of big bouts, we've sadly had nothing. No world title bouts, no OPBF title bouts and no really interesting contender style bouts. It's been disappointing.
Thankfully on February 9th things change as unbeaten fighters collide in the first Asian female title bout of the 2014.
In one corner will be the defending WBO Minimumweight champion Su-Yun Hong (9-0, 5), who will be seeking the 3rd defense of the title belt she claimed back in June 2012. In the other corner will Japan's unbeatn Mako Yamada (6-0, 2) who will be taking part in her first title bout of any variety.
On paper this should be an easy contest for Hong. Not only is she fighting at home in South Korea but she's also the more experienced, more tested, more powerful and so far more impressive. She really should be a clear favourite, though Yamada certainly won't be a push over.
Despite being the favourite the 26 year old southpaw, defending her belt against a second successive Japanese challenger, will know that she needs to be at the top of her game. Fighters with unbeaten records don't fight like they want to give up their "0" but will instead do all they can to remain unbeaten, and if they are fighting in a title bout they will do all they can to win the belt as well. This was exactly what Hong did when she was 6-0 herself and went on to beat Teeraporn Pannimit for the title.
Since winning the title Hong hasn't been the most active with just 2 defenses, a 5th round TKO over Buangern OnesongchaiGym and a split decision over Mari Ando. Those 15 rounds haven't been a lot considering she won the title well over 18 months ago, and she may well be suffering from some ring rust if she's not stayed active in the gym.
Aged 19 Yamada is the young and fast rising jewel of Japanese female boxing. She turned professional back in 2012 aged just 17, and defeated an unbeaten fighter on debut. Since then she has gone from strength to strength scoring a notable 81 second blow out over Yinglek Sithsaithong and an impressive decision over Mika Iwakawa.
Yamada's most recent performance, an 8 round decision over Chamagorn Sithsaithong, was arguably her best as she went 8 rounds and controlled the bout whilst acquiring much needed experience over a longer distance. Prior to that bout she had had just 18 rounds experience and really needed to get rounds under her belt. Despite having so few fights however she will feel her activity, 6 fights in less than 2 years, will have served her very well and may active as a very valuable advantage for the challenger.
The reason why Yamada has effectively been fast tracked to a world title fight isn't her boxing experience but in fact her kick boxing experience. As a kick boxer the youngster ran up an incredible record in the amateurs. She continued in to the pros though appears to be set on making a name for herself as a professional boxer and a victory over Hong would certainly allow her to do that.
If anything will be testing to Hong it's the "non-boxing" experience of Yamada who was very accomplished in other combats sports. She knows how to look after herself, she knows how to fight and she knows what it feels like to be hit. She isn't a "19 year old novice" despite what some may think. If Hong mistakes Yamada for a young novice it will bite her.
We however expect Hong to know all about Yamada's past and know she's in with a very good rival. If she does show the right respect to Yamada we think Hong will see out some issues in the early rounds, using her straight accurate shots and movement before taking over the bout late on as she moves through the gears and makes Yamada pay for her lack of late round experience. We don't think the champion will stop the challenger, who is tough, but we do expect the decision to be a clear, though hard fought one.
Had Yamada managed to get a few more 8 rounders under her belt we think that could have made things a lot more interesting though we assume she'll learn more here, win or lose, than almost any other bout could have taught her.
Here we preview the key female title bouts involving an Asian fighter.
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October 26, 2019
Weekend Getaway Looks
Weekend Getaway Looks
Fall weekends are so beautiful on Long Island. The weather is still changeable so we have to be ready for the warm and cool weather sometimes in the same day. The key is to layer your wardrobe. Cardigan sweaters are the answer. You can layer long sleeve tanks or tops underneath and throw on a cozy cardi. Mint has the best knit cardis this Fall from designers like Metric, In Cashmere and LA Made Sweaters.
Metric is one of our best knit designers and this Fall they bring us the coziest and softest cardigans in animal print patterns. The super soft Leopard Cardi has two front pockets and is a combo of gorgeous Fall colors like tan, rust and black. This is the cardi you will layer over a black long sleeve bodysuit and jeans. Look chic and stylish while you stroll through Southampton's Main Street and Jobs Lane to enjoy lunch and visit our newest Mint store location.
Sometimes the softness of 100% Cashmere is the luxurious feeling you want against your skin. In Cashmere brings a variety of styles and colors to Mint. This pretty open front cardi in Chambray Blue layers well with your new Fall blue jeans. Keep the holidays in mind as this knit is a perfect gift for those of you who like to get your holiday shopping done early.
Fall is a great time to enjoy dining waterfront. Take in those last warm days and enjoy lunch or dinner and a great view at Oaklands in Hampton Bays. The Ventana Hooded Cardi by LA Made Sweaters looks so cozy layered over a cute top and vegan leather leggings. The duster length and hood make this cardigan super chic.
Wherever your Fall weekends take you, stop into one of our Mint locations in Locust Valley, Stony Brook, Mattituck, Westhampton and Southampton. You can also shop at Mint anytime online at shopmint.com. Enjoy your weekend!


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Emotional Intelligence and Ten Tips to Start Improving Yours
This week we dig even deeper into what makes us tick by exploring emotional intelligence and our Emotional Quotient (EQ) scores. Emotional intelligence is a topic that, I think, is frequently misunderstood. Many people I have talked to explain it simply as being able to understand our emotions and why things make us feel a certain way. It is actually much more than that! If broken down separately into the two words from which the concept arises it becomes clearer.
Emotional Response
Emotion results from an impulse to act. Throughout biological evolution, we have been primed for action with good reason. For thousands of years emotions were a primal experience. Emotions meant a here and now prospect of survival. Fear resulted from the impending fight with a large animal, while excitement meant we had defeated that animal. For eons our emotions served as a guide to our survival. Emotion led to taking direct action.
Intelligent Response
Intelligence, on the other hand, implies the idea of thoughtfulness. Of taking the time to think things through, understand them, and act upon them based on what we understand. Intelligence can be book smarts, street smarts, and directed at specific knowledge. You can see how the evolutionary notion of emotion and immediate action run somewhat counter to the idea of intelligence. Emotional intelligence is, therefore, understanding our emotions and applying the appropriate actions based on that understanding.
There is an additional component to emotional intelligence that is often overlooked, which is understanding the emotions of others and how our emotions have the ability to impact their emotions. If you have ever walked into a meeting that you expected to be about a common topic and felt some tension before anyone even spoke, you have experienced the influence of other's emotions. There have been plenty of studies to show that while showing certain facial expressions as we speak, other people's levels of stress hormones increase . Part of emotional intelligence is understanding the nature of these emotions and how to control the situation appropriately. Some of you have an almost innate talent for understanding how this works. Others of us may have difficulty in understanding our emotions or how we influence the emotions of others. Read More…
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Change Management: Is It Time To Upset Your Apple Cart?
It's almost always been true: change is a good thing.
Especially when you initiate it for yourself, your department or your company and have the change tied to a big initiative or strategic objective.
It can be a huge motivator for you, your staff and those who benefit from your product or service to embark on a new voyage. Especially when you can involve the key players around you as part of the change process. Read More…
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If you fly into Alberta, you have the following options:
-Daily flights are the norm, but can be reasonably expensive and additional costs of meat and antlers as cargo
-Rental vehicles available at the International Airport can be had for low weekly rates, and include unlimited Km's. Hunter traveling together will save a bundle compared to regional flights, and will have greater control of their schedule.
Drive times from Edmonton are approximately:
-Manning (Wolf and Bear) = 6 hours
-High Level (Moose and Buffalo) = 8 hours
Crossing the Border into Canada
This is not a difficult process, but good to have your "ducks in a row" prior to departure. When packing for your hunting trip, you'll want these items with you:
Hunter Requirements
Sportsmen hunting with Moose Country Outfitting will find that most of their needs will be provided by the Outfitter. The Hunter is required to bring the following:
An appropriate equipment list will be provided to help you pack accordingly for you hunting adventure.


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Friday, February 19th: The Moon begins the day in family oriented Cancer, but she does turn void-of-course, at 8:36 AM.
The Moon sextiles Jupiter, at 2:48 AM: If you are awake, this is a relaxing time for reading, blogging, or watching one of your favorite movies. Otherwise, most of us will sleep peacefully.
The Moon trines Mars, at 8:36 AM: We feel positive and do have a surplus amount of energy as we start our morning. Some physical activities such as jogging or walking would be especially beneficial this morning.
The Moon is now void-of-course in Cancer, at 8:36 AM, until she enters determined Leo, at 8:17 PM (almost 12-hours). Since the Moon is void-of-course throughout most of the daylight hours, it may be better to plan your more important activities, before 8:36 AM, or in the evening, after 8:17 PM.
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Opposition BJP staged a protest at Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha premises and asked Chief Minister to apologies for their reported remarks against them and clarifies his position over the graft charges levelled against him.
All BJP legislatures including Leader of Opposition Prem Kumar Dhumal sit on dharna on the gate of Vidhan Sabha gate and raised slogan against government and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.
Later speaking to the media, Leader of opposition Prem Kumar Dhumal said that Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has used unparliamentarily language for opposition members and even didn't feel appropriate to regret over his action. He stated that the Govt even hasn't taken any initiative to break the deadlock.
Dhumal slammed Congress and Chief Minister for misleading people by issuing vague statements. He said that BJP don't want boycott the house, but it was Govt's persistence, which keeping opposition away from the session.
Responding to the media query of gathering in Narender Modi 'Parivartan Rally' at Sujanpur, Dhumal said that BJP need no certificate from Congress Party. He termed the 'Parivartan Rally' unprecedented and even crore of people witnesses it on TV. He, however, also accused some police personnel for creating unnecessary chaos at the rally.


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As mentioned before, this is a new cruise line for us which also means a new ship layout as well. Some differences have been revealed before but others have yet to be fully appreciated. For instance…the Martini Bar.
There are quite a few seats in the immediate area, the big comfy kind you find often in a traditional lounge. But, let's face it, the real treasure spots are right around the bar proper. After all that's where the magic happens. The bartenders are well versed in dexterity and mixology with flashes of showmanship that burst out into the open from time to time.
The drinks themselves are noteworthy and, purely in the best interests of our dear readers, we thought it best to research in-depth. Two of the more 'formal' martini's were up first – the Fresca Martini (Grey Goose vodka, watermelon juice, mint, lime juice and simple syrup – note lack of Fresca proper) and the Tropitini (Grey Goose vodka, Bacardi Limon flavored rum, blue curaçao, pineapple juice). We actually managed to make them last for more than just a few minutes. Not because we didn't like them, but rather we thought prudence might be warranted.
The second two were of the 'dessert' variety. Please help me give a Warm Welcome to – the Banana Split Martini (Bacardi 8 rum, muddled strawberries, banana schnapps, whipped cream) and the Black Forest Martini (Grey Goose Cherry Noir flavored vodka, Godiva Chocolate liqueur, maraschino cherry juice, chocolate syrup, whipped cream).
In the interests of safety, courtesy and decorum, these should not be served. It is because of drinks like these that this bar becomes Party Central regardless of age, gender or I.Q. The area opens promptly at 4:00 P.M. and before that every seat around the bar is taken. Most of the time there are also others standing with drink in hand, hoping for a seat before the floor becomes the de facto choice. You may THINK you don't really like martini's – I'd be willing to bet that You would be willing to change your opinion. 🙂 Just be wary.
Dinner tonight at Blu, the restaurant solely for Aqua Class guests. The premise is a little more heart-healthy but the offsetting argument is always how heart healthy is anything when it is offered in an as-much-as-you-can-eat fashion? Certainly individual portions are somewhat smaller. However, with starters, salads, soups, mains and dessert, each having 5-8 different selections, eating becomes a challenge. Couple that with the fact you can have as many of each as you wish…well, you begin to see the problem.
Doing the suggested 10,000 steps per day while on a cruise is really no longer just a suggestion.
Unless you are adamant about getting a totally new wardrobe after you get home. 😉


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In aiming for widespread knowledge of our services and programs, we strive to provide maximum benefit to our community. Our Street Outreach Worker provides services to individuals experiencing homelessness in downtown New Orleans. The outreach ensures that individuals who are homeless in the area are aware of how to access services, from food and shower resources to permanent housing, employment training, and counseling. In addition to providing these referrals to services, the outreach specialist also manages a caseload of highly vulnerable individuals who are homeless in the downtown area and who cannot access these services on their own for any reason, such as being mobility impaired or living with severe mental illness or substance abuse disorders. For these individuals, the outreach specialist provides direct case management in the streets, completing all necessary applications and appointments with the client wherever necessary to ensure the individual is housed as quickly as possible.
The Crisis Intervention Counseling Program offers immediate emergency assistance and crisis counseling on a walk-in basis. Anyone who is homeless or displaced is eligible for services. The program also provides extensive case management services, focused on long-term needs for transitional or permanent housing, food stamps, Medicaid/Medicare, employment, and additional resources that promote stability and independence.
Support services may include:
In our Coordinated Entry system, Housing Navigators identify individuals in need of housing and services and work to establish a scaled appropriate response. Housing Navigators assess and prioritize chronically homeless individuals and assist those individuals with gathering documentation needed to refer them to UNITY. UNITY will refer eligible clients to programs where they can access permanent housing, rapid rehousing, or external housing programs with our partner agencies. The purpose of this system is to increase the efficiency of our local crisis response system and improve access to resources.
Our Permanent Supportive Housing Program provides stable, subsidized housing for qualifying individuals. Participating individuals are referred by UNITY, from the coordinated entry system, where their needs have been identified and criteria has been established for participating. This program operates on a Housing First, premise and helps support, long-term self-reliance and stability with counseling, substance abuse treatment, job training, etc. This program offers a long-term comprehensive solution to the problem of homelessness.
Travelers Aid provides case management for households in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish for participants in the LERAP Homeless Prevention Program. Case managers assist households to maintain housing stability, increase access to mainstream resources and increase income to prevent the household from becoming homeless. Case Managers assist individuals with identifying barriers to housing stability and engage in goal planning that aims to link individuals to the resources and skills that they need to achieve long-term housing stability.
The Travelers Aid Self-Help Employment Program (SHEP) was started in 1985 as a result of the large number of clients requesting assistance in finding employment. This program is for individuals seeking full-time permanent employment.
This unique program was designed to meet the overall needs of homeless individuals seeking full-time employment.
Any homeless person can walk-in to inquire about how to enroll in the program.
Support services may include:
Travelers Aid Society of Greater New Orleans is housed in the Community Resource and Referral Center. In our facility, we are able to offer Day Shelter. As a place of Day Shelter, individuals may come to be indoors, make use of showers, telephone, laundry services, bathroom facilities, basic necessities that many of us might take for granted. We provide a safe place of respite for individuals to simply sit, or watch television, a space where there is no threat of arrest for loitering.


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The financial therapists helping wealthy people cope with change 9/2020
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Sunday, April 19, 2015
thin places
A delightful weekend away in what for me is a bit of thin place. I love the quiet solitude and rich abundance of the Clare Valley. Back in 2008, as my 10 week time as Visiting Scholar at what was then Parkin-Wesley College ended, I took three days of spiritual retreat. I headed for the Clare Valley and walked parts of the Riesling Trail. I contemplated ten life questions, over ten hours between ten different wineries.
Movement and outdoors help me connect with God and the time was a rich time of renewal and reflection. The images of wine-making – of seasons of growing, of the celebration in harvesting, the press-ing complexity of wine-making, the hospitality of wine-tasting – provided a rich set of metaphors by which I considered my unfolding sense of call. (For more, see The Spirituality of Wine). I realised more clearly what gave me joy.
I wondered if I would have the courage to keep saying yes to the journey of leadership that God was calling me into. At the time, this has no precise shape. But within a year, I would be called to be the inaugural Director of Missiology, at Uniting College. Then, two years later, to be Principal.
It was fascinating to return this weekend, some seven years later. Amid the autumn leaves, I considered the seasonal changes I am now experiencing.
I am in the last months of a summer of rich harvest as Principal, Uniting College for Leadership and Theology. I am six months away from another season, as Principal of Knox College for Ministry and Leadership, (yes with a much colder Winter clime!).
It was a joy to be back in the place that was so rich seven years ago. It was rich to re-engage the metaphors. As one season ends and another begins, will I say yes to areas of growth that I've been keen to skip over? Such are the joys, yet challenges, of growth. Such are the blessings of thin places, as we encounter and re-encounter the God who speaks.
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Get up, lace up your running shoes, get out, and run.
When you break down running in your head like this, it sounds like there's really not much to it. And there is a truth to that, and at the same time, more to it than it actually seems, as I'm sure any running enthusiast will vehemently agree to.
There are runners that, for the love of the sport know that to train the mind is just as important as training the body, and so they search for new knowledge on how to better improve on what they love doing the most.
Running is one thing to many, and many things to some, and a few could care enough to romanticize the act of it. There are running athletes, running coaches, sports scientists who specialize in running, and believe it or not, there are running writers.
To talk about literature on running, off the bat, the registry in my brain would immediately turn up with the utterly boring answer of: articles. Majority of which will be how-to's, a number of tips and tricks, and a good handful of what we like to call 'success stories.' And to say that there is actually a book on running, would have quite frankly solicited from me an 'oh, really?'
Yes, as avid of a reader as I am, I have not come across books on running as much as I would like to say. And even more surprising for me, is that when I did happen to chance upon a book on running, it had actually been written by one of my favorite novelists: Haruki Murakami, who also happens to be—yes, you guessed it—a runner. [Learn more on Murakami as a runner here]
And a fairly hardcore long-distance runner at that, for having run the route where marathons originated at Marathon, Greece, and has finished countless of marathons, including the New York City Marathon over.
To those unfamiliar with his writing, to give you an idea, Haruki Murakami a contemporary novelist who is widely known for thought-provoking novels such as Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, and Sputnik Sweetheart. Of course, those are just a few of his many contemplative works [for more of his works, check out his website], and not really the point of the matter.
The book he'd written on running and the one that lead to this article's existence, entitled What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, is one that talks about his reflections as both runner and writer as he trained for the New York City Marathon in the year of 2005.
And if you're a runner, I highly recommend you to read it and discover how running has been contributory not just to physical well-being but in the strengthening of one's character. And I guess, to nudge you further into the direction of reading it, here are a few his meditations on running that I hope you find you can relate to as much as I did:
1. "No matter how mundane some action might appear, keep at it long enough and it becomes a contemplative, even meditative act."
2. "For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level I elevate myself."
3. "In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be."
4. "Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person's heart and dissolve it… It protects me, but at the same time steadily cuts away at me from the inside."
5. "If I have a frustrating experience, I use it to improve myself… I quietly absorb the things I'm able to, releasing them later, and in as changed a form, as possible."
6. "You really need to prioritize in life, figuring out in what order you should divide up your time and energy. If you don't get that sort of system set by a certain age, you'll lack focus and your life will be out of balance."
7. "Until the feeling that I've done a good job in a race returns, I'm going to keep running marathons, and not let it get me down."
8. "Even when I grow old and feeble, when people warn me it's about time to throw in the towel, I won't care. As long as my body allows, I'll keep on running."
9. "I didn't start [running] because somebody asked me to become a runner. Just like I didn't become a novelist because someone asked me to. One day, out of the blue, I wanted to write a novel. And one day, out of the blue, I started to run—simply because I wanted to."
10. "One by one, I'll face the tasks before me and complete them as best I can. Focusing on each stride forward, but at the same time taking a long-range view, scanning the scenery as far ahead as I can. I am, after all, a long-distance runner."
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Figure Fundamentals Volume 3
Drawing the Female Head with Van Arno
Five minute poses at various angles review
Head drawing is tricky for both beginning and experienced figurative artists. This is because we have preconceived notions about how features should look, and this undermines our ability to let observation of the model drive our composition. As in all figure drawing, striving to make things look how we think they should look interferes with our ability to draw what we see. This difficulty is multiplied when we draw the head due to our many misconceptions about its structure. In this lecture, Van Arno focuses on head proportions and the understanding that the cranium and jaw respond differently in perspective. This allows us to render accurately at progressively more ambitious angles. Van then expands this knowledge with short poses of facial expressions and longer poses that focus on tone and likeness. As usual, students are encouraged to draw along with the instructor to solidify the concepts discussed.
Duration: 205 minutes
Format: HD 1920x1080
Chapter List
- 00. Preview
- 01. Introduction to the proportions of the head
- 02. Five minute poses at various angles
- 03. Five minute poses at various angles review
- 04. Twelve minute poses that establish lights and darks
- 05. Two minute expression poses
- 06. Evaluating the poses
- 07. Five minute poses of a contrasting facial type
- 08. Twenty minute pose using toned paper
- 09. Five minute poses in perspective
- 10. Two minute expression poses in perspective
- 11. Twenty minute long pose using toned paper


text: What do you think of the season finale? . . . . . . . . . . I think Vance is either in on something with Eli David (He's lied many times and remember the first thing he did as director was to replace a page in his own file and shred the original) or was lied to by the Mossad director. Here are some things that bugged me: 1) The Israeli's could not have missed the laptop when they cut the lines, meaning they either already had/took the info on the laptop (location of the base in Africa) or left it to be "found" (ala Ziva's emails to Rivkin). 2) Vance suddenly claims to have knowledge that Ziva was sent to kill Ari and get on Gibb's good side. There wasn't even a hint of this until now, and the only thing that makes sense is that Eli told him on this last trip. So how would Mossad suddenly know? Ziva likely told Rifvin this when they were sleeping together. 3) Eli said that everything his agents do, are expressely ordered. While Rivkin was tracking down the enemy cell, he was also killing all of them as he went, and was acting as a ghost op (and an unwelcomed one at that) in an official NCIS investigation. 4) Eli wanted Ziva to remain to "finish" what Rivkin started, and it's hinted that Rifkin was trying to get her to go back with him. 5) The Star of David she was wearing at episode end. I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that Mossad do not wear those while on an op/undercover cause... they're sort of a give-a-way. 6) Why was Rivkin so drunk when Tony showed up? So my own theory? That Mossad Director David is playing at a much larger game here, one that requires focusing the terrorist cell's anger at NCIS. This is what Rivkin was doing when he first showed up, and that his relationship with Ziva started out as being ordered. However, as time went by it started to bother him, especially with Ziva, and so he screwed up (by choice or accident?) and killed that one American agent. His continued deteration led her to call on Mossad to extract him, but Tony accidently gave Eli the perfect excuse to get Ziva back in Israel instead. So why did Eli want her back? To give her over to the terrorists so she can provide info for them about NCIS. She'd know a lot about Mossad, yes, but he could have ordered codes, routines, etc. changed already, while she was out of the loop. Remember, this is the guy who got a Palestinian lady pregnant so he could have the perfect double agent.


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