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MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish department store El Corte Ingles, the country's largest privately held company, said on Monday it had reached a deal to refinance three quarters of its 5 billion euro ($6.7 billion) debt.
El Corte Ingles, one of Spain's largest employers and most venerable retailers, has been hit by austerity and falling sales and has cut prices to compete with cheaper retailers, particularly in the food sector.
The chain said in a statement it had agreed with lenders Santander (SAN.MC), BBVA (BBVA.MC), CaixaBank (CABK.MC), Sabadell (SABE.MC), Popular POP.MC and Bankia (BKIA.MC) to refinance 76 percent of its debt, or 3.8 billion euros. The new loans will mature in 2021.
El Corte Ingles also said assets worth 7.4 billion euros and annual revenues of around 15 billion euros would help it persuade other banks to refinance the remainder of its debt.
Reporting by Julien Toyer; Editing by David Cowell

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text: The ice on the trees looks pretty with sun hitting it. 🙂 All glittery and stuff. My sister has gone to Dixon Med's walk-in clinic to see about her body pain. Poor girl has had it for about 3 days now. I'm just drinking the last of the OJ and thinking about catching a few zzz… I'm really tired.


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The Pink Star, a rare and flawless diamond, sold for a record-breaking $71m (£57m) in Hong Kong yesterday.
The 59.60 karat oval-shaped stone was auctioned at Sotheby's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite sale.
Bidding started at $56 million (£45m) for the diamond which was found by De Beers at a mine in Africa in 1999.
According to the BBC, the rare-stone was bought by jewellery retailer Chow Tai Fook Jewellery in Hong Kong just five minutes after the bidding began.
The stone is considered to be the Largest Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Pink diamond ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America.
The rare-find was previously sold for $83m in Geneva in 2013 but the buyer later backed out.
"It's the largest pink diamond ever found in the history of humankind. It's an incredible colour to it," Alexander Breckner, head of diamonds at jewellers 77 Diamonds, told the BBC.
"And the sheer size of the stone already makes it so rare and so beautiful."
The record was previously held by the Oppenheimer Blue, which sold for $50m in May last year.
Coloured gemstones are more popular than ever as Millennials shun the traditional diamond in favour of rubies, sapphires and emeralds, due to ethical, financial and creative tastes.


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A giant elf mage. Journyman to Master Mayhemanti
A giant of an Elf Jormy stands at 7"1' and is built like a brick wall. With long black hair and piercing blue eyes his intimidating figure is softened by the slight grin he always seems to wear like he knows something no one else does.
Jormungandr, known to his friends as Jormy, is a Tamein elf who grew up wandering the world with his family. Having seen so much of the world the one thing that always impressed him more than anything was magic. Of course Jormy is an extremely large elf and due to his unusual size everyone always assumed he would be a natural warrior. Only his father really understood that he cared for learning not fighting. So when he turned 150 his father decided to send him to the magic university.
He came to Thark and quickly established himself as Mayhemanti's new favorite student
Three things the chr cares about
1) Learning
2) The Magic University
3) Becoming a Master Mage


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A Flower For Your Hair
Lately I have been seeing a lot of flowers for the hair. Today while we were being tourist around western Colorado I saw that to be true and I got a lot of ideas. The one pictured here has a rose as the center and two leaves to pull it all together. Stitched by hand to an elastic head band. Do you think these are just for the young or can adults wear them too?


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The Gems Of Spellings and Misspellings
I often in my haste have noticed a lot of typos in my blogs which I painstakingly correct these days after certain new meanings to the text I worte whihc was pointed out by some of my readers. In case you did not notice I spelt WHICH as WHIHC , but the point just illustrtes my case .
On a similar note I recently read an intersting article on a new english speaking breed who primarily mastered the language the way they heard it and that brings about some interesting words and phrased
Phrase ACTUAL Phrase
alot a lot
ignorance is blitz ignorance is bliss
no holes barred no holds barred
Read more of these interesting stuff at Slacker
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Ethics - The right to free speech #3
So why did we defend the BNP's right to be heard? Consider the difference between morals and ethics.
Morals are the ideas that you value in life like 'honesty', 'truth' and 'freedom'. Your moral sense is something rooted in your emotional life: the way in which you are brought up, the cultural and religious influences throughout your life which shape how you think and feel about things. Your moral sensitivity depends on the richness of your emotional lives, not only your capacity to acknowledge and express your feelings, but also to understand the feelings of others; in short, your capacity for sympathy and empathy.
Your morals are deeply affected by proximity - the distance and nearness of your relationships - and this defines your sense of moral limits: you're more likely to involve yourselves in someone's problems if you're close to them, whereas you may step back when confronted by a stranger's problems. The classic moral dilemma is: what would you do if you saw person X being attacked in the street? Consider the similarities and differences of your answer when you replace 'person X' by a) your best friend and b) Anonymous Stranger.
With all this in mind, your morals drive you to an emotive response to moral problems. You express your personal, subjective, often biased, opinions which are usually shaped by your parents' views and those emerging from your particular cultural background. So when I said the words 'asylum seekers' in a class today, there were howls from students and someone cried out: 'My mum said that they take all the good jobs so there's nothing left for us - I think they should all be made to give them up...' Much too often, your moral sense reflects passively received beliefs; ideas that you have not thought through and regurgitate with a good layer of emotion but without much effort.
Having said this, the emotions attached to your moral sense have an important role to play - another TOK Team teacher has called it 'the residual survival value' of emotion - remember? Emotion allows us to by-pass the reasoning stage in the decision-making process in critical moments. When a hungry lion appears in front of you, you don't have time to stop and think and reason: should I really climb up the tree or should I wait to see if I look tasty? We just scarper up that trunk and get safe. Emotion often involves the element of self-preservation and this also shapes our moral limits, so in a moral situation, like what to do about asylum seekers, our need to protect ourselves (our livelihoods) takes over and drives us to push asylum seekers out. Compare: when the referee makes an offside decision against your team, you scream a number of choice expletives at him in anger, because the decision could cost your team a win and losing is as bad as dying a death: this emotive barracking of the ref represents your way both of defending your team's very existence and of delivering your moral judgment.
So - morals = personal = emotive = subjective opinion.
Ethics are a code of principles created to guide us how to behave in the right way, such as the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the Olympic Code of Ethics and the World Anti-Doping Code. These days, it seems that every field of work has its own related ethical code of practice. These codes are usually embodied in a framework agreed upon by human beings in a moment of - it is hoped - lucid, rational detachment. There is no emotion involved, but emotion might have driven these people to the discussion table so as to work out what really matters when it comes to social behaviour. The question that is at the heart of this process of debate and discussion is: can we all agree what counts as an ethical principle that everyone could refer to in situations of moral crisis? Of course, the criteria required to decide what makes a good ethical principle is fraught with difficulty in itself and many great minds have faltered over the problem.
We may end up disagreeing frantically about the nature of Human Rights, for example, and whether those who abuse human rights should have access to them in the first place. Here's a classic argument:
P1: The BNP do not allow ethnic minorities to join their party.
P2: (Usually the hidden premise) Democracy entails that all people of eligible age and status can belong to a political party of their own choice.
Conclusion 1: Therefore, the BNP are not truly democratic.
Conclusion 2: Therefore, the BNP have no right to be heard.
We can change P1 with various other propositions and reach the same two conclusions - some might argue, however, that we need to look more closely at P2 and perhaps re-define our definition and vision of democracy.
But who decides which people are to have rights and which are to be denied them? Surely there are certain inalienable rights to which we all have access irrespective of what we think, believe and do or do we need to earn the right to human rights? Lots of unanswered questions (like many of your TOK essays!)
The point is this: ethics are objective, the result of intense rational thought and discussion. They are an external reference point for us to turn to when we find ourselves in moral difficulties. This doesn't mean that any code of ethics is fixed and absolute. NO - we can be wrong and may need to re-discuss and re-think our ethical principles and make future amendments. Our ethics evolve as our minds and experiences develop.
A code of ethics may not always help, but it may reassure us, give us a direction, guide us to make an informed decision without being sheep-like and repeating the beliefs of others. Ethical integrity is your capacity to speak for yourself and to voice your beliefs, however awkward and controversial they may be, even if you are the only person in the world proclaiming those beliefs. Remember: ethical integrity is also based on your ability to inform your moral sense with rational thought and discussion and to put those beliefs up to be challenged and tested.
Ethical risk works both ways: you take the risk to voice your beliefs and others take the risk to hear you, but you both work with the mutual goal of subjecting those beliefs to rational scrutiny.
You might argue, however, historically speaking, too many people took the risk to hear Mussolini and look what happened. One counter to this is: many more people stood by and watched without speaking up against him...
So: ethics = impersonal = rational = objective.
Moral and ethical perspectives
Now it's the easiest thing in the world to take the moral high ground on an issue: we are quick to judge and often pre-judge situations and people without really looking more closely at them. Why? Perhaps because we get a real sense of superiority and power. We feel like we are in control of our lives and thoughts and feelings and can extend this control over others (usually more vulnerable people). However, emotion works like that; it's very capricious, but then that's what makes us human.
In order for them to work, ethical dicsussions must take place on a level ground: no-one is trying to be better than someone else or to assert his beliefs and claims as being superior. Each party brings his views equally to be subject to rigorous rational scrutiny. Knowledge claims, however absurd or reprehensible, are tested against rationally determined principles and then accepted or rejected accordingly. This process can be intensely serious and frightening; it can be playful and light-hearted or even ironic; it can make for great entertainment. The process involves, ultimately, a common need for decent discussion and a will to resolve moral dilemmas.
Let's ask the question again: why did we defend the BNP's right to be heard.
Answer: there is no contradiction in feeling morally outraged at the BNP's politics and wanting them removed from the face of this earth and at the same time in knowing that they have as true a claim to free speech as anyone else living on this planet.
We are, perhaps, expressing the paradox of democracy without giving in completely to moral relativism.
You can work out yourselves the costs and benefits of our perspective as well as other perspectives, but remember, democracy is frail and vulnerable and not without fundamental flaws...
Monday, June 15, 2009
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Very pretty! Job well done! Which japanese book is this from? I would love to make one for my girl... I probably will reread your blog post to avoid the york problem. Thanks!ReplyDelete
It is so cute! What a lucky young lady.ReplyDelete
Lovely little dress - lucky little girl to have a mummy who can do that!ReplyDelete
Thanks for visiting my blog - in answer to your question re the loos at Forde Abbey the ones in my post on toilets were in fact at Forde Abbey!
That reminds me of a dress my mum made for me when I was about 5 - I love it. What gorgeous fabric.ReplyDelete
It's absolutely beautiful and the little ruffley sleeves are so girly. I love it.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for letting me know that you'd just made something from that book too - it's so nice to have some extra information before starting work...or not, as I'm now feeling slightly afraid with oddly sized yokes and poor instructions. The illustrations are normally so clear in Japanese books - I wonder what went wrong for them here. So pleased that it turned out well for you in the end though.
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Very pretty. And clever you for working out all those difficulties - I wouldn't know where to start. Nevr mind if your little girl hankers after shiny lace - it could be worse. Bratz t-shirt perhaps?ReplyDelete
its really pretty! fliss xxReplyDelete
Fantastic dress! Great modelling too especially for raisens and more telly, i would have insisted on chocy buttons too :-)ReplyDelete
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I know I don't read lots and lots of books so I have challenged myself to a urrrm challenge I guess!!!
I am going to read the whole of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe in ONE week!
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe is a great film that is why I decided to read the book.
It is a book of 175 pages and 17 Chapters..... This challenge is really going to be a challenging challenge for me because sometimes challenges like this are really challenging!!!!
Anyway I do know that this book is a very long book but I am going to do it so I know that I can try and keep that promise and read as much as I can.
I will start to read this book as soon as I wake up in the morning. I will then I will stop reading on the 27th of November 2011.
I've decided to have a twist to this challenge... the twist is YOU are also going to have a challenge!
YOU have to vote if YOU think I will do it or if I won't do it. I am sorry you won't get any price it is just a bit of fun!!!
I am also gonna do another one of these on the 27th.
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Happy New Year, Everyone!!
Adios, 2007!!
The World of the University of Texas at El Paso as the Academic Equivalent of an Enron of Texas-style Continuing Criminal Enterprise.
Three Christmass Masses combined attendance = 410 for 2007 !!
Three Deacon Communion Services = 280 - 300 Combined Total Attendance.
Krazy Chickens' Ms. Natasha Smith home for the holidays!
"Brackett High's Jerry DeHoyos, Jr., Rings Church Bells!!"
"Mandy Lee Harris, former student at Brackett ISD"
President Plutarco es parco Elias Calles' whimsical legacy:
Online headlines re Benazir Bhutto's Death are indeed grim...
Brackettville old timers Mr. Clay Hunt and Mr. Jeffrey Glen Tipps among those returning for Holidays!
"Colonia ministry changing lives one at a time"
"Cazan y matan a tres militares en Torreón"
Former Society of Mary priest blows it all off!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Marine FMF units deployed to any and all war zones!!
Colonel Edward Danowitz, USMC, Ret., still going strong!!
"La derogación de los votos secretos de los Legionarios"
Key witness compelled to go missing in developing Brackettville case??!!
San Antonio's Fr. David Garcia loses!
"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to:
"Hats off to cancer patient, Andres Peña, age 18"
"Sleep becomes concern during finals"
"6th grader chosen for Region 20 Christmas card"
San Antonio EXPRESS - NEWS Cary Clack:
"Missing retired Archbishop Flores found safe in Ozona"
Denver's Archbishop Chaput:
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"YEAGER!" This book Rocks...!!
"...se lo llevaron para Ojinaga... ¿se lo llevaron para Acuña?"
"Any similarity between Uvalde's Padre Luna case, and El Paso's Padre Fabian case??"
"So why did the Cathedral's Vicar Disappear??"
"Season of Lights celebrates 16 years"
"Eran los mejores tiempos, eran los peores tiempos..."
"Site change sought for attorney's trial"


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This article appears in the March edition of the Financial Post Magazine. Visit the iTunes store to download the iPad edition of this month's issue.
Take one: Too many startups don't make it past five years, and neither will your investment
New rules for equity crowdfunding in Canada permit ordinary people to diversify their portfolios and buy a stake in fledgling startups. But spotting the next Shopify Inc. or Kik Interactive Inc. early in their life cycles — way before they're worth billions of dollars — is like finding a tiny needle in a tall, messy haystack.
Most small businesses fizzle and die within their first few years. Quantifying the exact rate of failure is no easy task. An Industry Canada report published in 2010 says the failure rate for Canadian companies after five years is in the 50-per-cent range. In a handful of years, will any startup be dead or alive? Flip a coin. Then, consider how well you know the company, how it generates revenue — if it even does — and what has to happen for you to make your money back and then some. But wait, how confident are you in that evaluation?
Another concern will be about the quality, veracity, depth and frequency of disclosure so that an average investor can assess a company's financial health, progress, strategy and potential. Without that knowledge, you can't possibly calculate a company's value.
What if after you invest, you lose your job and need the money? Who will buy the shares you want to sell? Yes, it is still early days for equity crowdfunding, but you can't log on to your online brokerage account, click a few buttons and sell your shares in a matter of seconds, like you would with shares of BCE Inc. or Royal Bank of Canada. Even if you can resell the shares, there's much less liquidity in these investments than with one of those blue chips.
If the amount you plan to invest through equity crowdfunding is so insignificant that you wouldn't flinch at all if it was wiped out, then you can stomach this high-risk asset class. But, if you're relying on a return or steady income to fund your retirement or your children's education, or in case of a rainy day, invest at your own peril. — Christina Pellegrini
Take two: New rules finally open up an alternative asset class for retail investors to access
For a long time, private equity in Canada was reserved for the wealthiest of investors — either institutional investors or accredited investors. Unfortunately, those designations are beyond the reach of the overwhelming majority of investors. In Ontario, an accredited investor must have financial assets (either alone or with a spouse) worth more than $1 million before taxes but net of liabilities, or have net assets of at least $5 million (again, alone or with a spouse).
Historically, these rules were designed to protect retail investors. That's a good thing, but it also means that most Canadians have almost zero access to the private-equity market, which is detrimental. Private equity falls into the alternative assets category, has a low correlation to the broader market and is another form of diversification. And, as any fund manager will tell you, diversification is a good thing. The rules also mean that if a business wants to raise funds from the public, they have to do an IPO and meet a whole host of (often expensive) regulatory requirements — again, not ideal.
Equity crowdfunding solves both of those issues. An equity crowdfunding exemption was introduced in January by six provincial securities commissions to bring private equity to the masses, with a set of rules and regulations that helps protect them at the same time. The provinces adopted a harmonized set of equity crowdfunding rules, which will allow companies, using registered online portals, to raise money from all investors. Accredited investors can invest up to $25,000 per company, up to a total of $50,000 yearly. For retail investors, the maximum will be $2,500 per investment. Other provinces have different rules, with British Columbia restricting individual investments to $1,500 and Ontario having a total cap for all equity crowdfunding investments of $10,000.
But the big takeaway is the new rule helps close the gap in choices that average retail investors have compared to their richer brethren. And that's always a good thing. — John Shmuel


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The Total Quality Method (TQM) adopted by the'Shop Top' for the management of its suppliers all around the world, could be considered as a best approach in today's competitive world. Under this method, the quality of the products are improved and maintained with the help of the joint collaboration of the management, employees, materials used for production, processes adopted, suppliers and the equipments. The approach towards TQM simultaneously results in the generation of quality product and services in accordance with the requirements of the customers. Moreover, under this method, the focus is made on the production of such quality goods that could be offered to the customers at a price easily affordable by them.'Shop Top' has been practicing the awareness of the quality among its employees and suppliers that would ultimately result in the success of the company (Rawlins 2008).
In order to be competitive and maintenance of relationship with the'Shop Top', the company should work closely with the designers in order to produce products in accordance with the present fashion trends. The company should first identify the potential customers and then should develop a product responsive to the needs of the customers. Further, the optimization of the features of the product should meet the requirements of the company as well as the product. In addition, development of such processes should be focused that could efficiently produce resulting in the low production cost (Slack et al. 2008).
For a detailed discussion on the adoption of new techniques resulting in low prices and superior quality products in accordance with the customer's requirement, a meeting is required for making a proper plan in order to be competitive in the market. Hire the best assignment writer by Get Writer Help
According to Pertz (2007), the stakeholders of IBM are divided into several groups. These groups could be categorized as the employees group, customers group, community group, stockholders and overseas stakeholders group. With this, efficient grouping of stakeholders, IBM illustrates that by concentrating simply on the shareholder is not enough rather a clear communication among the entire stakeholder groups is necessary.
Considering the objectives of the employees within IBM, they would surely require an effective payback system. They would look to the management for the motivation and job appraisal resulting from their tasks. Likewise, the customers of the company generally look for quality products according to the modern requirements. The customers group is highly cost sensitive requiring excellent products. It is observed that the customers of IBM are willing to pay high prices due to the brand recognition. Moreover, the objectives of the stockholders are mostly associated with the financial aspects of the business. They are mostly interested in the increased revenue, decrease costs, profits and dividend declaration by the company.
Concerning the community group, they require the company to fulfill its corporate social responsibility. Their objectives are to make possible actions for saving the energy cost and playing their part in the improvement of global climate. In addition, the overseas stakeholder requires an efficient connection of the relationships of the subsidiaries of the company as no one could prosper without integrating with the other. These stakeholders require a careful planning form the company's strategic management for execution of their services (Pertz 2007).
It has been observed that many international companies are striving towards the use of outsourcing, supply chain management and global outsourcing for the development of durable products. These companies found the integration of global network of suppliers as a very effective tool for the production of high quality durable goods. The primary reason behind these strategies includes the reduction of operating costs, reduction in capital investments, and concentration on the core business. According to (Li 2007), the outsourcing is adopted to increase the capacity building through working with others for making better durable goods.
On the other hand, supply chain management is very effective in the overall integration of information system. The suppliers are considered as significant part of a business that supports in the innovative development of products. Durable goods are most costly as they are useable for the period of approximately three years. Therefore, the costs of production of these goods are very high. According to (Hagel& Brown 2005), the excellence of the global sourcing, supply chain management and the outsourcing of durable goods has become a key driving force for the companies. This ultimately resulted in the integration of activities from inception to the on time delivery of goods to the customers. The technique is used by many of the global organizations to have competitive edge in the consumer durable good market (Slack et al. 2008).
The five theoretical principles that should be considered by the supermarket in maintaining cost-leadership includes the supermarket considerations regarding the efficient manufacturing processes, efficient distribution channels, technological improvements, and availability of sufficient capital to be invested in the plants and equipments used for production. Moreover, supermarket should also focus on the narrow market segments rather than concentrating on large markets as the large market share. It could be viewed from the example of two big supermarkets of Europe naming Sainsbury's and Tesco as they are practicing cost leadership through providing low cost products to capture different market segments. The supermarkets could also achieve low cost benefits through sourcing their goods.
Moreover, supermarkets could have a strong influence on a large customer segments through the encouragement of employees and its customers to perform their social responsibility. For the purpose of this, they have to incorporate the concepts of business ethics and social responsibility in the operational management of the company. It could be viewed form the case study of Tesco that it has been successful in capturing the large portion of market through the encouragement of social responsibility among them. They are promoting effective health behaviors among their customers resulting in the global recognition of the supermarket. It has been viewed that customers are more attracted toward those companies that are fulfilling the obligations of CSR and engaged in the activities that makes their contribution in the welfare and interests of society (Daft& M. 2010).
The poor customer-performance is largely related to the inaccurate customers' predictions, large number of changes in the original order of customers, and lack of appropriate account management, leading to poor on-time delivery of suppliers and purchasing time (Slack et al., 2008). It all leads to excessive inventory due to which organization has to experience inventory write-offs and high cost of product with lower profit margins (Toomey, 2000). Therefore, in order to overcome the high cost of production and lower profit margin, it is significant to hold the inventory with different means such as accurate forecasting for the sale of the products and minor possibility for the error in the predictions. Moreover, holding inventory can benefit the organizations through the capacity of machines that are required to build the products as it can be used for other operational activity. However, inventory should not be built unless it is required, holding the inventory by the organizations can benefit as less space is required and it cannot be used earlier.
There are different views on why inventory should and should not be held, the best practice inventory management emphasizes on the least errors in the forecasting, because larger possibility of forecast error leads to higher desired customer level services and it is further required to have more inventory that can cost high to the organization. Such costs of the organization due to high inventory are often hidden cost of the organizational production contributing to increased revenue for the organization but decreased profit.
Benchmarking that refers to systematic process of comparing the organization's business performance metrics to the best practice business process and performance in the industry is widely used to improve the performance (Slack et al., 2008). In this systematic process of comparing the performance, the quality, time and cost are measured as dimension and by identifying the best organization in the industry, the performance of the organization can be compared with the core purpose to improve the performance (Damelio, 1995). Adopting this systematic process of measuring the metrics of performance, organizations can learn how good the target performs and why that firm is successful in achieving its goals (Slack et al., 2008). However, benchmarking is not only a process of performance evaluation, but also provides opportunity to plan and implement the process for consistent flow of business to be achieved at the best level of the performance. Thus, benchmarking can be helpful in improving the access to business information and performance data in order to determine the business goals and to improve the process of business (Damelio, 1995).
As far as the potential problems and limitations of the benchmarking is concerned, the most significant problem associated with the benchmarking is the excessive consumption of time, and intense labor process involved such as skills and knowledge. The limitations associated with the benchmarking are the issues regarding the confidentiality about sharing of the information, as organizations can show the concern when it comes to comparison with other organizations. Moreover, benchmarking is effective and useful if organizations are willing to take the initiatives to introduce changes based on the results and findings of the evaluation (Damelio, 1995).
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Artist Trust is a not-for-profit organization whose sole mission is to support and encourage individual artists working in all disciplines in order to enrich community life throughout Washington State.
Shunpike helps all kinds of small and mid-sized arts groups better manage the business aspects of art through three programs:
Washington Lawyers for the Arts (WLA) is a nonprofit service organization dedicated to supporting the arts in Washington state by creating alliances and making legal resources accessible to artists and arts organizations of all disciplines.
Below you will find handouts on a variety of arts-related topics from past workshops. Documents are in PDF format unless otherwise noted.
Creative Community Conversations
January 24, 2018 Creative Community Conversation discussion summary
Tacoma Creates FAQ sheet
Artist Residencies and Internships
Getting Art Contracts
Beyond the Elevator Speech: Writing and Talking About Your Work
The Creative Maker: Time Management for Artists
Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Times
Exhibition Resources for Artists
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A recording and a-muse-ment of my virtual trials and travails in the metaverse.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
New Social Media site!
Miso: If people want my attention-currency in this social-media thing, they should provide links to information, not links to their G+ pages...
... which are only another link to the real info (if I'm lucky) or another link to their FB, which has another link to...
... another link-farm. Quit the round-robin link-circle-jerk.
Vaneeesa: I joined Miso+ ask me how!
Miso: Link-nesting for hits is BULLSHIT!
Vaneeesa: Shout it loud sistah! #linkNestingIsBullshit #Miso+
Wizard: How did you join Miso+?
Miso: I'm so glad people are being trained to use the internet just like advertisers! What a triumph of innovation!
Vaneeesa: New Media must be destroyed if possible, or tamed at minimum. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK! #eatYourYoung
Miso: Hey, thanks for the RT about the linkback to your blog which links to your tweet about Miso+! *links from G+ page*
Vaneesa: @Wizard hahaha, uh, yes, how DID I join Miso+ umm, there's a website for that... let me find it!
Miso: @Wizard you need an invitation.
Miso: You mean "let me create it!"
Miso: You forgot our Plurk, Empire Avenue, Klout, G+ and Pinterest stuff!
Vaneeesa: Zuckerberg's now blocking G+ links2 Miso+ FASCIST! But Ucan Pinterest it. Anyway her K is through the roof. #whoNeedsMark
Miso: @vaneeesa's Klout is THROUGH THE ROOF! Ask her how she did it using VaneeesaBook!
Vaneeesa: OMG "Vaneeesabook.com" is what the website should have been called -- I'm such a dolt! :P
Miso: I was thinking maybe combining our Miso+ and VaneeesaBook pages into a new site called "InformationWhorez.com" - opinion?
Vaneeesa: Vaneeesabook will always be free. We care about your privacy.
Miso: Same with Miso+ - we will never ask you for your personal information; we only ask that you click these links...
You know, we need a Kickstarter for this project...
"FYI (Find Your Information)" - a new SOCIAL MEDIA site based on the "treasure hunt" model, where you click your way through...
... social media sites, discovering clues that eventually might lead you to ACTUAL INFORMATION! You can earn INFO-POINTS!
Tags/keywords: social media, information, Twitter, Plurk, Pinterest, G+, Facebook, shopping, words, politics, women, men, kittens, science.
9 comments:
- Wizzy Gynoid said...
you left out:
wizardgynoid: @vaneeesa *taps foot* waiting.
- April 21, 2012 at 4:49 PM
- Vaneeesa said...
oopsy Wizzy... didn't you see Miso's tweet, "you mean 'let me create it'"?
And, uh, I'm slow!
Also, can you help pay for more servers?
Vaneeesabook can NEVER be down!!!
- April 21, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- Vaneeesa said...
Yes Miso!! I've been wanting to do something on Kickstarter for a while now. What a great idea. Kickstarter is performance art in itself.
AND since you can get "real" (hahaha, that word always cracks me up) ca$h from Kickstarter, I'd say Kickstarter is the "real" +K, not that lame-o site that just wastes tweets!
- April 21, 2012 at 4:57 PM
- Mera said...
/me waiting impatiently for the invite to Miso+ ....
- April 22, 2012 at 12:56 AM
- Cecil Hirvi said...
I suppose if "vomiting-in-one's-own-mouth" could be described in text, this post would be it.
Hilarious once again!
- April 22, 2012 at 8:45 AM
- Apmel said...
You have TIME for all of this?!
- April 23, 2012 at 10:20 AM
- Miso Susanowa said...
omg I HAZ READERZ! *faints*
@Wizzy - pls see Vaneeesa's tweet
@Vaneeesa - first we have to make a proposal to shop to angel investors.
@Mera - it's in the mail!
@Cecil - TY but I do not see what's "hilarious" about this killer business plan.
@Apmel - Social Media demands it!!! It's an INVESTMENT!
- April 23, 2012 at 1:21 PM
- Cecil Hirvi said...
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- April 23, 2012 at 3:03 PM
- Cecil Hirvi said...
"The Emperor has no Clothes" has really become "The People have no Clothes, the Emperor just Laughs".
- April 23, 2012 at 3:04 PM


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A Zen student came to Bankei and said: "Master, I have an ungovernable temper. How can I cure it?"
"Show me this temper," said Bankei, "it sounds fascinating."
"I haven't got it right now," said the student, "so I can't show it to you."
"well then," said Bankei, "bring it to me when you have it."
"But I can't bring it just when I happen to have it," protested the student. "It arises unexpectedly, and I would surely lose it before I got it to you."
"In that case," said Bankei, "it cannot be part of your true nature. If it were, you could show it to me at any time. When you were born you did not have it, and your parents did not give it to you -- so it must come into you from the outside. I suggest that whenever it gets into you, you beat yourself with a stick until the temper can't stand it, and runs away."
Next time you feel angry go and run around the house seven times, and after it sit under a tree and watch where the anger has gone. You have not repressed it, you have not controlled it, you have not thrown it on somebody else ...
Anger is just a mental vomit ... There is no need to throw anger on anybody ... Do a little jogging and you will feel it is released, or take a pillow and beat the pillow, fight with the pillow, and bite the pillow until your hands and teeth are relaxed.
In transformation you never control, you simply become more aware. Anger is happening: you have to be aware that anger is happening -- watch it! It is a beautiful phenomenon -- energy moving within you, becoming hot! It is just like electricity in the clouds ...
Even while anger is happening, if you suddenly become conscious it drops. Try it. Just in the middle, when you are feeling very hot and would like to commit murder, suddenly become aware, and you will feel something has changed: a gear inside -- you can feel the click. Something has changed, now it is no more the same thing. Your inner being has relaxed. It may take time for your outer layer to relax, but the inner being has already relaxed. The cooperation is broken; now you are not identified ... The body will take a little time to cool down, but deep at the center, there everything is cool ...
When you are cool you can enjoy the whole world. When you are hot you cannot enjoy it, because you get so much into it; you are lost, you get identified. You become so messed up in it, how can you enjoy it?
This may sound paradoxical, but I tell you: only a buddha enjoys this world. Then everything sounds fascinating.
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So last week I took part in the hour code to teach computer science basics to every student, CSEdWeek is a an event which runs from December 9 to 15.
Code.org, a new non-profit organization, initiated one of CSEdWeek's prime events: the "Hour of Code." The event aimed to introduce 10 million students of all ages to computer science ideas and tools.
This year my focus was building games and apps using Touchdevelop.com and the excellent resources from UK Microsoft Partners In Learning Teachers
Simon Johnson @clcsimon http://touchdevelop.weebly.com/
David Renton @drenton72 http://drenton72.wordpress.com
Ray Chambers @Lanky_Boi_Ray http://raychambers.wordpress.com
We held a number events with students of all ages teaching them coding for one hour by using TouchDevelop. Touchdevelop is as ideal as it a web based product so works on any device and is FREE.
I hope our effort into the The Hour of Code helped demonstrate to parents, teachers, and students how accessible coding can be and, at a deeper level, we hope it will drive demand for expanded computer science courses and activities in secondary schools.
Read more from Microsoft Research Hour of Code Activities…
Learn more about exciting teaching tools.
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Transmitting and Gathering Streaming Data in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks within Expected Network Lifetime (Springer Science, 2008)Using multimedia sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can significantly enhance the capability of WSNs for event description. Different kinds of holes can easily appear in WSNs. How to efficiently transmit ...
Understanding the Maturity of Sustainable ICT (Springer, 2012)Sustainable ICT (SICT) can develop solutions that offer benefits both internally in IT and across the extended enterprise. However, because the field is new and evolving, few guidelines and best practices are available. ...
Web Services: Quo Vadis? (2003)
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Originally established in 2008 to bring cutting edge vocal training to singers and speakers in Portland, Oregon, Waking Voice is where Daniel Weiskopf (bio below) has raised the bar with hundreds of voices in Portland, as well as around the world via Skype. The voice is not as elusive as most instructors make it, nor is it reserved for some mythically gifted subpopulation that are "born with it." Everyone is LITERALLY born with a voice ready to sing. Daniel has a talent for breaking down vocal concepts into practical cause-and-effect relationships people can discover, explore, and master. Through scientifically proven exercises, any voice can be taken from "zero to hero." Singing is not a talent, it is a learned muscular coordination.
This is what Waking Voice is about; discovery. Discovering the unknown potential of our vocal biology is how the voice starts to wake up, whether you sing professionally or feel you can't carry a tune. The path to vocal mastery is about vocal knowledge and one's relationship with their voice, which is often distorted by beliefs, emotions, and a lack of informed mechanical practice. Many people also carry voice lesson trauma from previously working with uninformed, insensitive, or sham voice teachers.
The Waking Voice Experience
Waking Voice is centered in Universal Vocal Technique, a knowledgable practice in voice as nature designed it. Learning the biological laws and sensations of natural vocal production will advance any style or goal. First, you will sing a scale that helps diagnose what your vocal habits are–we all have habits. Then, through carefully ordered vocal exercises you begin coordinating your vocal muscles in the most efficient way possible (this is universal because we all have the same muscles with the same physical laws).
While healthy vocal technique is universal, the process getting there is not. Every singer is coming at optimal vocal coordination from different angles, therefore you will receive custom tailored exercises each lesson to your voice's unique needs. Over time, you uncover and begin to achieve that universal vocal balance. As this balance starts to gel, you have expanded range (2.5-3+ octaves), lose all breaks/flips in the voice, and develop power, vocal health, and confidence. You will uncover the most effortless, enjoyable sound unique to your voice!
Usually after you have had a lesson or two, we begin applying the things you are learning to songs you are interested in singing. We only "drill" songs that students are preparing to perform or record. Speaking of recording, your lessons are recorded as an MP3 and emailed to you so you don't have to take notes, and can practice any time!
You can take your vocal development as far as you want. While there will be clear improvement in a couple lessons, typically, there is a 6 month period for the things you are working on to gel into muscle memory, bringing you to the next stage of your vocal development. However, since vocal balance can be endlessly refined, you could stop when you get to "okay," "good,' "great," or keep going. The length of study is unique to your pace of learning, how often you practice, and how far you want to take it. Some people come in with deeply ingrained vocal habits that will take time to undo, and some are already doing things mostly right.
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- Too many vocalists use less than one-third of their range and ability, because of the false prevailing belief that singing is a talent not a skill..
- Every voice–singer or speaker–is equipped to have up to 3+ usable octaves with *no* flips, cracks, or breaks!
- Vocal training is not just for singers. Public speakers and actors should be training their full vocal range as much as singers do. It is simply a matter of vocal health. Singing is nothing more than sustained speech; if you speak you are a singer, and if you sing you are a speaker.
Lesson Rates:
- 30 minutes ~ $40.00 USD [Skype]*
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Group workshops available upon request
*Any Cancellation must take place 48 hours before scheduled appointment to not be charged in full. Please be mindful of your availability and state of health!
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Daniel's path to vocal awakening was arduous. After more than a decade of navigating the conventional paths of "classical" vocal training and numerous choirs leading up to and through college, Daniel left McGill University's Marvin Duchow School of Music hating his own voice. Conventional lessons had made his relationship with his voice deteriorate. Thinking perhaps the problem was that his voice was too "proper" for most styles, he tried bad habits like forcing unnatural colors, but that just led to damage and more limitations. What he did not like about his voice was the over-compressed sound quality that comes from "conventional training" which over-emphasizes the diaphragm in singing.
After many years of frustration, Daniel discovered there was another approach to vocal training that all his favorite vocalists used, from Michael Jackson, to Stevie Wonder, and found it was everything he had ever dreamed a voice lesson could be; instant and REAL results! Cause and Effect vocal training exists, and one does not have to wait months or years for improvement, but rather a handful of lessons. Conventional modes of vocal training aren't "proper" they are just plain misinformed. Science backed vocal knowledge is surprisingly uncommon in the field of singing. Daniel's own voice became everything he always knew it could be, but could not figure out on his own. Daniel became certified to teach this technique and share its gift, training in the same rooms that M.J., Stevie, Bette Midler, Aretha Franklin, and many others had trained in with the same teacher. Bridgetown Vocal was born.
Several years later, Daniel wanted to discover more and went on a hiatus to explore his own voice more deeply. He started focusing on the more emotional, and energetic aspects of the voice as well as the production of atypical vocal sounds used in various cultures (sometimes called "throat singing"). He has taken the knowledge from his former network of science based voice teachers and boiled it down even further to produce accelerated vocal advancement in his students. He is very empathetic towards the psychological wounds we carry, specifically surrounding our voices, and firmly believes (and proves) that ANYONE can sing well. He fluidly develops voices that felt they were "tone-deaf," as well as guides seasoned or professional vocalists to the next level. He wants true vocal knowledge to be taught to the general population, because everyone deserves a real relationship with their voice. Not everyone needs to be a performing singer, but everyone is vocalist by birth who should learn to use their instrument!
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Daniel teaches voice lessons in person in the greater Portland/Vancouver region (Oregon/Washington), at your home which he travels to in a ZERO-emissions, all-electric vehicle. Otherwise, he teaches lessons over Skype. Who knew voice lessons could be more environmentally friendly? Leave it to a Portland resident to find a way!


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At least seven people have lost their lives in the northwestern Iranian province of Ardabil after an accident in which a teenager making homemade fireworks for a festival ahead of the Persian New Year (Norooz) blew up his home.
The massive explosion occurred in a residential building in in the city of
Ardabil on Friday evening, a few days before Chaharshanbe Suri (the Festival of
Fire), the chief prosecutor of Ardabil Province, Nasser Atabati, told Tasnim
news agency on Saturday.
He said that the blast killed the teenager and six other members of his family, adding that four others were injured, with one in critical condition.
He said rescue teams and police were present at the site of the incident, adding that some materials used for the production of handmade explosives had been found from under the rubble.
Atabati stressed that the explosion had taken place due to the teenager's ignorance of warnings on handmade fireworks and his attempts to make explosives inside the residential building.
Chaharshanbe Suri is an Iranian festival celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday before Norooz. During the Chaharshanbe Suri celebrations, Iranians traditionally jump over bonfires and set off fireworks. Iranian officials constantly warn about the production and use of illegal fireworks.
This year's Norooz falls on March 21.
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Overview of the Annual Pass for Active Duty Military and Their Dependents
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- Available to active duty military personnel and dependents with proper identification (CAC Card or DD Form 1173)
- Obtained in person at Federal recreation sites that charge entrance or standard amenity fees.
- Covers entrance to Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service sites that charge Entrance Fees, and Standard Amenity Fees at Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation sites.
- Admits the pass owners and any accompanying passengers in a private non-commercial vehicle at per vehicle fee areas, or the pass owner and up to additional 3 adults at sites that charge per person.
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- What are the benefits for the Annual Pass - Military?
Free admission at sites that charge entrance or standard amenity fees for one full year from the month obtained (through last day of that month).
Allows pass owner and accompanying passengers in a single, private, non-commercial vehicle to enter federally operated recreation sites across the country.
Covers the pass owner and three (3) accompanying adults age 16 and older at sites where per person entrance fees are charged. No entry fee charged for children 15 and under.
The pass does not cover or provide a discount on expanded amenity fees such as camping, boat launch or interpretive fees.
- Who qualifies for the Annual Pass - Military?
Active military personnel and their dependents qualify for this benefit. Military members must present their Common Access Card (CAC) and dependents must present a Dependent ID Card (Form 1173) when requesting their pass.
- Are there any benefits for veterans?
There is not a pass specifically for veterans; however, many veterans qualify for one of the other discount passes offered as part of our pass program.
If you are 62 or older you qualify for a Senior Pass. You can buy a Senior Pass in person from a participating Federal recreation site or office or by mail.
If you have a permanent disability you may qualify for an Access Pass. This is a free lifetime pass that you may obtain in person from a participating Federal recreation site or office or by mail.
- Where can I use my pass?
Please contact a site directly if you have a question about pass acceptance and fees. The Forest Service, the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Reclamation honor the Annual Pass at sites where Entrance or Standard Amenity Fee(s) are charged.
- Bureau of Land Management http://www.blm.gov
- Bureau of Reclamation http://www.usbr.gov
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US Army Corps of Engineers will not be issuing this pass, however they may honor it for free access at some sites. For more information contact your local US Army Corps of Engineers.
- How do I get my pass?
You can receive your pass by presenting your military ID at most Federal lands that charge an entrance fee. A list of sites that sell pass is available. Sites that issue the Annual Pass will generally also issue the free military version as well. Please contact the Federal Land you will be visiting in advance to ensure that they have the pass available.
- Can I loan my pass to a friend to use?
No. The pass owner must be present when the pass is used and it is not transferrable.
- Who can sign the Pass?
One pass covers everyone in a non-commercial vehicle at sites that charge "per vehicle."
The Pass has two signature lines. The pass is not valid until it is signed, so the active military member or dependent must sign the pass with first and last name when the pass is issued. The second signature line is optional, but may only be signed by another active military member or dependent. One of the signers must be present when using the pass.
- If I have more than four people in my car, how many passes do I need?
One pass covers the vehicle at sites that charge "per vehicle." At "per person" sites, the applicable fee will be charged for each additional person.
- My family is traveling in two vehicles; will one pass let all of us into the site?
No. Only the vehicle with the pass owner is covered. The second vehicle is subject to an entrance fee, or must have (or purchase) a second pass.
- What about motorcycle drivers who obtain this Pass?
The pass permits entrance for the two individuals that sign the Pass on two separate motorcycles. Identification must match the signatures of the pass owner(s). If only one pass owner is present the pass will admit only one motorcycle.
- I ride my bicycle into a Federal recreation site that charges an entry fee. Can my friends come in with me with my pass?
Yes, generally the pass owner and up to 3 other bicyclists can enter for free. Be sure to check with the recreation site you plan to visit before leaving because there can be differences in the way a pass is honored at different sites.
- What is NOT covered by the Pass?
The Pass does not cover Expanded Amenity fees such as camping, boat launching, parking, special tours, special permits or ferries.
Also, some facilities and activities on Federal recreation lands (including those mentioned above) are managed by private concessionaires. The concessionaires charge for their services as any private company does and the Pass is not valid for their services.
- Can lost or stolen passes be replaced? Is there a way that the serial numbers can be tracked?
No. Due to privacy and logistical considerations, passes cannot be replaced if lost or stolen; a new Pass may be obtained.
- How do I show my pass at a site that doesn't have an entrance station? At Federal recreation sites that don't have entrance stations you need to display your pass or show proof of pass ownership to compliance officers via one of the two following methods:
A pass can either be displayed on your rearview mirror using a free hangtag or on your dashboard with the signature side showing. Remember, the hangtag itself is only a way to display your Pass, and is not valid for entry unless it holds a valid Pass.
If you own an open-topped vehicle (jeep, motorcycle, etc.) you may obtain a free decal to attach to your vehicle that will serve as proof of payment at sites that don't have a staffed entrance station.
- If I forget to bring my pass to a site and pay the entrance or use fee, can I mail in the receipt and a photocopy of my pass and get a refund?
Refunds are not issued.
- If I purchased an $80 Annual Pass earlier in the year can I return the pass and get a refund?
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Discover the wonders of north-west Australia's glittering coastline
With its majestic mountains, cascading waterfalls and diverse wildlife, the unspoilt Kimberley region in the north of Western Australia is a spectacular destination for an unforgettable adventure. This 10-night cruise takes you to some of the area's most fascinating sites, travelling on board Coral Discovery or Coral Expeditions, which features comfortable cabins and staterooms, a spa pool and specialist crew whose insider knowledge will help you make the most of your trip.
You'll board Coral Expeditions early this morning and set sail straight away, crossing Cambridge Gulf and sailing into Western Australian waters. This afternoon you'll join your expedition staff for an introduction to the Kimberley, before getting to know your fellow travellers and crew over welcome cocktails.
Today you'll explore the mighty King George river. You'll board Explorer, a specially designed excursion vessel, to admire the scenic gorges, then change to inflatable Zodiacs to cruise close to the base of the magnificent King George Falls, which, at 80 metres high, are the tallest waterfalls in Western Australia. Later, you'll visit Tranquil Bay for a beach stroll.
Today you'll join your expedition leader on a walk across the salt flats of Vansittart Bay to view the wreckage of a US Air Force DC3 which crash-landed here during WWII. You'll then continue to Jar Island to admire the outstanding rock art gallery. Here, your guest lecturers will point out fine examples of the Kimberley's 20,000-year-old Bradshaw Paintings (Gwion).
After anchoring in Winyalken Bay this morning you'll travel ashore aboard Explorer to explore the maze of natural sandstone caves known as Hathaway's Hideaway. Later, you may like to take an optional scenic helicopter flight over the Mitchell Plateau to admire the views of the spectacular four-tiered Mitchell Falls. This evening, you can savour a gourmet Aussie beach barbecue as you enjoy the spectacular Indian Ocean sunset.
Today you'll admire the rock art gallery on Bigge Island, which features fine examples of both Wandjina and Bradshaw art. You'll then explore Careening Bay, named by Phillip Parker King after his ship HMC Mermaid was careened, or turned on one side for repairs, here during his second voyage of discovery in the Kimberley. You'll be taken to see a large boab tree on which the inscription "HMC Mermaid - 1820" is still clearly visible almost 200 years later.
Today you'll cruise Prince Regent River aboard Explorer to reach the breathtaking King Cascades, a waterfall cascading over terraced rock formations. You'll enjoy a picnic lunch at beautiful Camp Creek, where you'll have time for a leisurely swim in the freshwater pools.
Today you'll witness the unforgettable sight of Montgomery Reef appearing to rise out of the ocean as the tide ebbs. You'll board Explorer and the Zodiacs to experience this natural phenomenon up close, as well as to see the reef's diverse marine life, which includes turtles, manta rays and reef sharks. Later, you'll cruise through scenic Doubtful Bay.
Today you'll cruise through Kuri Bay, home to the South Sea pearl industry, then travel ashore at Raft Point to visit a fascinating Aboriginal rock art gallery filled with Wandjina art and Bradshaw Paintings. Later, you'll explore Red Cone Creek and enjoy a cooling dip at Ruby Falls.
This morning you'll cruise through the Buccaneer Archipelago, made up of over 800 islands. In Talbot Bay, you'll board the Zodiacs for an exhilarating ride through the unique Horizontal Falls, described by David Attenborough as "one the greatest natural wonders in the world". Later, you'll explore Silica Beach on Hidden Island, with its stunning white sands and crystal-clear waters.
Today you'll cruise through Pender Bay and, weather and tides permitting, visit the Lacepede Islands. This nature reserve has been designated by Bird Life International as an Important Bird Area, as it supports up to 18,000 breeding pairs of brown boobies and roseate terns, possibly the largest such population in the world. You'll board the Zodiacs and explore the island's lagoon, keeping an eye out for marine birdlife including Australian pelicans, frigatebirds, egrets, gulls and terns. These islands are also Western Australia's most significant breeding grounds for the green turtle. This evening you'll enjoy farewell cocktails with your fellow guests and crew.
Your unforgettable trip comes to an end as you disembark in Broome this morning.
Cabin - Expedition fr £4116pp
Stateroom - Expedition fr £4712pp
Main Deck B- Discovery fr £5109pp
BridgeDeck - Discovery fr £6385pp
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Here is a list of links and names that could be downloaded as an app or learning/skill website that can be accessed on iPads, Chromebooks or MacBooks. Click on the names and a link will appear to take you directly the sites or search in the App Store.
www.splashmath.com Splash Math--(FREE - Common Core aligned)
www.teachyourmonstertoread.com - Teach Your Monster to Read--this is FREE and AWESOME...especially for kids at the K-1 level or for strategic learners. It is skill based and kids progress based on performance.
https://www.frontrowed.com - An app for math and ELA practice. It's broken up into smaller content areas within each. It gives a pre-assessment and then self-levels as the kids progress.
https://xtramath.org/#/home/index - An app for math fact practice. It can be set to various skill levels (add-subtract-multiply-divide).
www.brainpop.com - We use this mostly for math for kids to watch videos and take quizzes.
www.ixl.com - amazing skill based practice ($ for subscription but well worth the cost -- common core aligned math and literacy...get for differentiation and allowing kids to work on the skills needed individually. You can also have kids work on targets at grade levels above and below!)
www.popplet.com - helps students think and learn visually
Professional Resources for iPads and other:
http://www.idoceo.net/index.php/en (Kara LaRochelle--record keeping)
www.symbaloo.com (Renee Carbone--quick links to frequently visited sites for kids and/or personally/professionally)
www.signupgenius.com (FREE--Kerry & Kristen)
www.gonoodle.com (FREE--gross motor breaks, calming, yoga, inspiration, etc.)
www.khanacademy.com (FREE--Amanda Butcher--instructional videos & practice activities for various content areas/skills)
https://www.sumdog.com (FREE--Math Common Core Aligned)
http://www.readingrockets.org (FREE)
https://quizlet.com (FREE)
https://learnzillion.com (FREE)
www.padlet.com (FREE--Jenna Quimby)
www.googleclassroom.com (Vanessa Churchill)
www.classdojo.com (Vanessa Churchill--social/emotional app)
www.safesharetv.com (Renee Carbone--way to take all links, especially from YouTube, and make them safe with no adds, etc.
http://www.qr-code-generator.com/ QR Codes (Kerry & Kristen--endless uses but found to be motivating for reading/writing workshop celebrations)
https://www.edmodo.com (Bianca Winship)
http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards/best/websites (Best Websites for Teaching and Learning)
http://www.showme.com/ - Flip Classroom Resource


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Diaper Drive
We will be collecting diapers and wipes throughout the month of November at our shop to donate to New Beginnings Pregnancy Center.
Throughout the month of November any customer who donates a pack of un-opened, un-used disposable diapers and wipes by bringing them into the shop will receive 20% off any jewelry purchase. At the end of the month we will drop off all the donations to the New Beginnings Pregnancy Center in Brenham to help those in need in our community.
Other new baby items are welcome and greatly appreciated.
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|Swamps, sea coasts
|Solitary or hunting groups
|Activity Cycle:
|Low (5-7)
|Neutral evil
|No. Appearing:
|1 or 1d4
|Armor Class:
|Fl 15 (A), Sw 12
|Hit Dice:
|No. of Attacks:
|1d4 ×2
|Special Attacks:
|Poison, blood drain
|Special Defenses:
|Spell immunities
|Magic Resistance:
|L (see below)
|Elite (13-14)
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The xantravar, or stinging horror, is a silent, deadly predator that inhabits swamps, salt marshes, and remote seacoasts with tidal caverns. A xantravar's body is actually two wine-red to gray mottled, teardrop-shaped, rubbery bulbs, 6 to 7 feet long, elating in strong, corded muscles that can drive home the two hollow bone stings at the base of each bulb with great force. Above the stings, eight eyes (90-foot infravision and normal vision to human range) ring each stalk. The bulbs are of the same size, linked by a curious glowing energy field that varies in length from a 2-foot norm to a maximum vertical separation of up to 12 feet and horizontal separation of up to 20 feet.
Combat: A xantravar's two stingers look identical, but only one injects a paralyzing venom as it strikes. A stinging horror can inject this once per round and four times in a turn; if the venom is exhausted, two turns are required for the monster's body to replace it. The poison stinger inflicts 1d4 damage, and the victim must successfully save vs. poison or suffer 15 additional points of damage. The saving throw is made with a penalty of -3 for man-sized or smaller victims, and with a penalty of -1 for larger targets. A being who successfully saves against the venom of a xantravar is forever immune to the venom of that particular xantravar. They themselves are immune to all known toxins.
The horror's other stinger also strikes for 1d4 damage, but with each blow it sucks 1d6+3 hp-worth of blood.
Above its eyes, a xantravar has indentations circling each body-bulb – these are iris valves that emit ventral steering jets of gas from the creature's interior. The gas is air taken in and mixed with vapors caused by the creature's digestion, and it is highly flammable. Contact between a steering jet and an open flame (such as a torch) causes the jet to become a gout of flame, leaping 10 feet outward from the xantravar. This jet inflicts 1d3 points of damage upon all beings in its path, while the xantravar suffers 1d2 damage before it involuntarily closes off the gas jet.
Above the jets, in the large head of each bulb, a xantravar has floatation chambers of gas. The taking in of gas is done in some mysterious manner by the glowing energy field that joins the two bulbs of a xantravar's body. The length of the field can vary, but its existence is constant. It is unaffected by dispel magic spells and will disrupt other fields of force that contact it; it can be destroyed only by slaying the xantravar. Spells involving heat, electrical energy, and magical energy discharges (such as magic missile) augment this field; treat damage from these as hit points gained by the xantravar. The spells that help the field still inflict their normal damage upon the bulbs of an xantravar's body.
In any serious fight, a xantravar separates its body bulbs by at least 10 feet for protection. A xantravar can be destroyed by any attack – such as a flaming arrow – that punctures a floatation chamber and introduces an open flame into it on the same round or the round immediately after (the leak is sealed off by the third round). A successful flaming attack into a ruptured gas chamber causes the xantravar to expire in a violent 20-foot-radius, 4d6-damage fireball.
Habitat/Society: Xantravars prey upon any living thing they can reach with their stingers. They prefer to hunt at night or in heavy fog, keeping to deep, flooded caverns or shallow shoreline depths by day. They co-exist peacefully with their own kind, but mate very seldom. Xantravars as bisexual.
Ecology: Xantravars don't interact with other creatures except to prey upon them (or be preyed upon when wounded or already dead). Their formidable powers normally keep all but the largest octopi, fish, and birds of prey at bay.
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I've seen lots of blog posts and articles advocating podcasting your church's homilies. Unfortunately, unless your quite geeky, this can prove to be a daunting task. Its actually rather simple, If you know the technologies pieces and how they go together. I ran across this article from the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento describing in technical detail how do just that. If you've ever thought about trying to podcast some homilies, read this article to get started.
It's written by Carson Weber from the Sacramento Diocese who has one of the the coolest titles a Catholic techie could possible hope for, Associate Director for New Media Evangelization. I've often maintained that the church will get to the place we need to be with technology and social media when every church has its own Internet Ministry. We're not there yet, but Carson in his role is putting us one step closer. Well done!
Carson's article will provide you the mechanics of how to get started with podcasting and I'll add a little bit of advice. Signing up to do this weekly may prove overwhelming. Unfortunately, the Internet is filled with half-completed and abondoned projects of well-intentioned, passionate volunteers. Remember, at the same time, you're trying to get this technical routine down, you have the task of building awareness and listenership (is that a word?) to your podcasts. Start recording them every week for practice, but only publish a few. Let's say the 'best of' if your willing to make that judgement. Infrequent but stellar content will draw a larger audience than frequent but less-than-steller content. You're in the this for long haul, don't let the spark die by working too hard trying to keep up. Best of luck and God bless!


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Keywords: feminism, development, culture, narratives, Eurasia-Pacific
This term paper tries to contribute to the development of feminist theories suggesting two main points. The first point concerns such called 'development theories' itself, which lack understanding of cultural differences among peoples in the world. It is argued here that exactly such defect of development theories is the main reason why developing programs are not successful. The second point concerns feminist theories development: it is suggested here to refocus from the pure feminist issue to the issue of inter-gender relations. In the paper it is assumed that such refocusing will contribute to both genders development in contemporary societies in purpose to construct gender-egalitarian society in the future. To achieve the goal of gender-egalitarian society construction it is reasonable to study inter-gender relationships in different societies in the world.
The anthropological approach is a reasonable method to conduct such a study. Among other important gender related data the anthropology provides examples of the phenomenon of gender-egalitarianism. As soon as the main target of feminist criticism is 'patriarchy,' the study of gender-egalitarian ethnic groups seems to be an important approach. However, even focusing on gender-egalitarian societies examples it is impossible do not address such logical opposition of 'patriarchy,' as idea of 'matriarchy' and the issues of inter-gender confrontation and cooperation as well. To understand these cultural phenomena the conceptualization is a necessary stage. As soon as some ethnic groups in the world enjoy gender-egalitarianism at present, this paper illustrates it on examples of several matrilocal and gender-egalitarian societies in Eurasia-Pacific area. Time limitation is a reason to describe only several of them: Minangkabau people of Indonesia (Sumatra); two ethnic groups in Taiwan – Puyuma and Amis; the Batak of the Philippines; and the Batek of Malaysia.
In the second part it is made a historical overview of several issues of inter-gender relationships which left traces in mythologies and early literature. The high importance of the issue is reflected in the fact that mythologies of many different peoples in the world preserve several stable motifs of inter-gender relations topic. Among such motifs most popular and most widely spread are following: (1) inter-gender dispute; (2) from inter-gender combat to wedding; (3) transvestism in shamanist cults; (4) prostitution; (5) incest; (6) weak-willed father & wicked stepmother. The traces of these long live motifs could be found in the early Greek literature, mostly in plays. Thus Euripides is known primarily for having reshaped the formal structure of Athenian tragedy by portraying strong female characters. Sophocles tragedies are famous until present because of their focusing on incest issue, those concerning Oedipus and Antigone which are often known as the Theban plays. Sophocles' plays influenced the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud who used the name the Oedipus complex to explain the origin of certain neuroses in childhood. However, due to the time limitations only three stable mythological motifs (inter-gender dispute; from inter-gender duel to wedding; and incest) are illustrated here on examples of early Greek plays; heroic narrative poems of Kievan Rus; and one of Taiwan indigenous peoples' (the Puyuma) myth of origin.
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Magnificent Monday!
I'm excited to tell you that Oak Pond Creations is sponsoring The Sunshine Mail Challenge Blog
Sunshine mail is a dedicated organization that provides greeting cards for sick children. They are hosting a card drive challenge and are offering an excellent prize package. Just click on their logo to be transported to the challenge were you can read the rules and join in. Their design team has created some super cute cards for inspiration. If you decide to make a card for this drive and use an image from the Oak Pond Studio, make sure to link up your card here as well
for a chance to win the Oak Pond Birthday Bash Candy. Come join in on the fun.
Just in case your feeling like Evan's Yeti, and it's NOT a magnificent Monday...
I'm thinking of you and sending happy thoughts your way!
Have a terrific week. Hugs and happy crafting! -Kim


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It's Thursday so here's this week's BTT:
Since school is out for the summer (in most places, at least), here's a school-themed question for the week:
1. Do you have any old school books? Did you keep yours from college? Old textbooks from garage sales? Old workbooks from classes gone by?
Well I was an English major in college a million years ago so I kept some anthologies and also some books from a class I took in children's literature. Now that I'm getting my masters degree (I hope, just finished my first semester so maybe that's a bit premature) and there's a culminating project it's been advised to keep the textbooks, so for now, that's what I'm doing.
2. How about your old notes, exams, papers? Do you save them? Or have they long since gone to the great Locker-in-the-sky?
You've got to be kidding! No old notes, exams, anything. I've got enough clutter as it is! LOL. I barely keep my kids' school stuff anymore, just odds and ends. And today, so much is done on the computer so it's saved for prosperity - unless the computer crashes (God forbid!)


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Monday, July 21, 2008
Race Results- Sequoia 20K
Well, here are the results for the Sequoia 20K. It's strange though, because a couple of years ago, I was placing much higher in these races... hopefully it's because more (fast) people have started running these races, too... that's what I'm going to tell myself, at any rate.
5 comments:
- Kevin said...
Hey, thanks for the encouragement. and you still look pretty fast. your result puts you in the top 28 percent of all finishers for the 20k.
- July 21, 2008 at 12:21 PM
- Derek said...
Very good race and nice time. There must be a lot of fast trail runners in your area, because I would be very proud of your time. Ya'll must have some nice weather out there on the West Coast!! ;)
- July 21, 2008 at 4:11 PM
- beckyjsacto said...
Well done! It was great seeing you out there & getting to hang out, if only for a little bit!
- July 21, 2008 at 7:27 PM
- Jo Lynn said...
It was great to meet you. It sounds like you enjoyed the day. I hope to see you again at one of the PCTR events.
~Jo Lynn
- July 21, 2008 at 7:31 PM
- 209Mike said...
Congrats on the great race. I think I'll be out there at Skyline to the Sea with you (running/walking/hobbling).
- July 22, 2008 at 1:12 PM
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SINGLE REVIEW: 'Wonderful' by The Happy Future
Ever get annoyed when you're in your element enjoying a tranquil dream…only for it to slip into the shadows of slumber as you're dragged into the day kicking and screaming by your obnoxiously loud alarm? That's how I felt when The Happy Future's new single 'Wonderful' came to an end when I first gave it a listen.
The new euphonious gem from the folk-pop, alternative-rocky four piece, who hail from Manchester, is slow to build up and immediately draws you in, hooking you like only a dream can. The mellow track opens with peaceful strumming and the gentle sway of drums, mirroring the potential and infinite possibilities of a dream, only to burst into the exhilaration and excitement of a fantasy as the drums liven up when the chorus hits, echoing the delight of a dream.
Wonderful is laced with lyrics that speak directly to anyone: "dreaming of falling this air rushing by," "you could be somewhere else" and "tonight you forget you are falling." "All that matters is the kiss of the morning sun" and mentions of similar abstract qualities that we all fantasize about really make this song, as we let our minds wander free and wistfully indulge ourselves in optimistic musings and reverie, as we go about our daily business- at work, on the school run, doing the housework.
Closing perfectly, like a dream ebbing away, the unique single captures the magic of a dreamy trance and embodies the wonder and whirlwind of a dream, making it more than an aptly named track, but the perfect backing melody to a sensational dream!
Signed to Earliest Records, the folky outfit comprises of Frederick Apps, Karl Markham, Philip Johns and Karl P T Walsh, who was once signed to Factory Records with To Hell With Burgandy, leading him to support the likes of Bob Geldof, Barclay James Harvest and Graham Parker, touring all over the globe.
The group are debuting their new single at a launch gig at The Eagle Inn, Salford on Friday 8th April. To make the single launch truly unique, the singles will be sold in hemispheres- a special art concept casing memorabilia from the band such as snippets of lyrics, photographs and personal possessions. Each hemisphere will signed by all four band members for that personal touch.


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Last week I invited one of my best friends, Macie Berlin, to do a guest blog and share some stories about me.
If you haven't read last week's blog, aka Part one of "The Inside Scoop on Jesse Brisendine" you are going to want to read that first before you read today's. Click here to read it.
Before I get to part 2, can I first say how much I love Macie's writing. Over the course of our friendship I have gotten to read a lot of Macie's writings and each time I am amazed by the talent she has for it. She has a way of capturing moments/memories and putting the emotion and feelings right back into them.
Anyways, I know you are eagerly waiting for part two, before I get to that just a quick reminder that beginning tomorrow, Monday January 26th, enrollment will open up for the Six Weeks to Your Greatest You program. I'll only be taking 20 people for this one of a kind experience. Claim your spot quick because this program will sell out. I will be sending an email out on Monday as well as posting it to Facebook on the 1 Year 1000 Challenge page.
Ok, onto Maice:
Next week's blog: Jesse's weird habits, Haiti, more grief, and who he is today
Macie's Bio:
Macie is your average Feminist Studies and Exercise and Sports Science major from UCSB. By average, she means she's a walking contradiction. She loves all things sports and competition, and she is also a passionate philanthropist and activist. Most important, she is a nerd at heart. Macie coaches and runs character development programs from high school girls soccer players, and she continuously pursues her favorite activity - writing. Macie's various, but important passions include her non-profit organization, H.E.E.A.L. (Hope through Exercise, Energy, and Art for Life), which serves to fund other organizations who promote and provide exercise and art outlets (www.heealsb.org). They also include her podcast, Dropping the F Bomb (www.droppingthefbomb.org), which delves into modern-day feminism with a little bit of an attitude, and her blog, Lifestyle of the Torn and Triad, which follows her journey through her 3rd knee surgery in her 20s (http://lifestyleofthetornandtriad.weebly.com/blog). Macie will also be starting as a contributor for Elite Daily (www.elitedaily.com).
Jesse Here:
There is something both scary and freeing about having someone so close to you write about you. I don't think I would let anyone do this other than Macie. I trust her and I am thankful for that trust as allowing her to do this has been a trip down memory lane for me. It has allowed me to relive some amazing memories and process experiences in the past from the present perspective. I hope you all are enjoying Macie's stories as much as I am.
I have attached a few more photos of Macie and I.
Enjoy the photos,
Carpe Diem,