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The Last Supper
It was October 2005 when I received a call from Mr. John Smith. I hadn't spoken to the man in question since graduating high school, so it was quite surprising that his voice should happen to turn up on the other end of my phone. At the time of our conversation, I was approximately nineteen straight years and one-point-two-five gay years old. I had just returned to Winnipeg after coming out in Ottawa, and was fresh off the gay boat.
His voice was not how I remembered it, probably because I had barely spoken to him before. John Smith, a character who I shall provide you with few details other to say I knew him from Church, was a pear-shaped man in his mid to late fifties. Save a few brown hairs that clinged to the side of his head, John's most distinguishing feature was his running shoes. No matter what formal clothes he happened to be wearing (typically a brown suit with a robin's egg collar shirt and a thin red tie) he always sported the same pair of worn-out, stained-grey sneakers.
I knew John in high school only through the corner of my eye. I saw him every Sunday night at mass, and in passing at a smorgasbord of school events. Aside from awkward introductions and talk so small you could hardly knew it was there, I knew very little about him other than he wore a cross and had unforgivable fashion sense. Listening to him fumble on the phone, he told me that he heard I was back in town and got my number from a friend (well ex-friend) at mass.
It took him long enough, but he finally confessed to me that he was organizing a Church event and wanted me to be a part of it. Back in the closet, I would have jumped at the chance to further camouflage myself, but now that I was outside of it, I hadn't the slightest interest. I politely declined, but he would not take no for an answer. He turned out to be a natural salesman, because shortly after I agreed to meet him for coffee which then turned in to dinner.
"I will pick you up Tuesday night at eight," he hung-up.
When the evening in question finally arrived, I had no clue what I was getting myself in to. I suppose the writer in me has always been curious, like a Rugged Fox I am always poking my nose in somewhere it doesn't belong. Dressed in my big woolen sweater, I stood outside the front entrance to my apartment and watched the sun slip behind the trees. The leaves on the sidewalk were all kinds of yellow and orange. The bitter chill in the air forewarned frost. Moments later, a navy-blue Toyota Corolla stopped in front of me.
I did not notice the gigantic sty on his right eye when I first sat down in the passenger seat; I was too busy looking at his shoes. Once I confirmed his identity, I smiled hello and tried to hold back a high-pitched scream when I caught sight of his monstrous eye. I kid you not, but his right eye ball was not only bright red and swollen, it was oozing! In his left-hand was a crumpled piece of Kleenex that he kept dabbing against it.
Descended from a long-line of hypochondriacs, I was convinced that I was not going to get out his car uninfected. I kept my fingers interlocked in my lap and steadied my voice as if everything was normal. I don't remember exactly what we talked about in that car ride, except for that he was taking me to his favourite Italian restaurant. "It's a hidden gem... hands down the best calamari in the City... you are going to love it!"
The restaurant, like most places in Winnipeg, was still stuck in the early eighties. At the front door, a red bubble gum machine greeted guests instead of a hostess. "Get a black bubblegum and win a free piece of tiramisu!" it welcomed. The dining room did not fare much better. Each wall reflected the same pastel scene from Italy which repeated every time the wallpaper ran out. Hanging from the ceiling, black speakers strung the soundtrack to Moonstruck.
"Red or white?" he asked me, as the server walked up to the table. She looked at him with an air of familiarity and me with a touch of sympathy.
"White," I said. These were the days before I switched to red.
"The two of us will take a litre of your finest house bianco and of order of calamari to start."
The wine glasses on the table were miniature size, and then when waitress returned she filled them to the very top. He rose a glass to cheers me, and I clinked his glass hesitantly. I was afraid that somehow his sty would transfer from his glass to mine and I'd wake up looking like Quasimodo.
"So…" he said, "when I will see you on Sunday night again?"
"Oh, most likely not for some time," I ripped a piece of bread on the table and dipped it in oil. "I stopped going to Church once I moved to Ottawa. I just don't think it's really my thing anymore."
I wasn't sure how much I wanted to share with him, but I also couldn't stand to watch him struggle to put together another sentence.
"Did something happen?" He acted genuinely concerned, but for the first time that night, I suspected he knew a lot more about me than I did him.
"No." I still wasn't sure exactly what he wanted; but it certainly had nothing to do with me helping out at his event. Did he want to convert me back to Catholicism? Did he want to save me from a well-dressed life filled with grave sin and top-40 dance music? Was this an intervention – was this my opportunity for salvation?
The appetizer arrived and I took a small sip of wine while he refilled his entire glass. My appetite had shrunk, but I ordered an entrée anyways because I didn't know what else to do.
"I don't know if you know this," I started, "but I came out of the closet while I was away. I don't go to Church anymore because it is not fashionable."
My naïveté really began to shine through at this point, because I was totally unprepared for his reaction.
"I am gay too!" he burst out, so excited he dropped his knife and fork in his lap.
"Oh shit," I snapped.
It was at that moment that I realized what the server and everyone else in that dining room had known all along. All this time it was me he was after; how could I have been so clueless? There I was in a dark restaurant on a date with an over-weight, bald, alcoholic man who had puss dripping down from his right eye and I was the one who was half-blind! He didn't want to warn me about the Book of Revelations, he wanted to slip off his running shoes, drop trow and show me his favourite verse! The crazy part though, is that, that isn't even the part of this story that bothers me.
Fueled by cheap wine, he broke out in to a passionate religious rant that burned through my eggplant parmigiana and fizzled out half-way through dessert. Although, I can't remember word-for-word what he said, I was too shocked at the time, I can still hear the three names he began every sentence with: God, Jesus and the Lord.
"God created us this way for a reason, you see, he doesn't want us to marry and have kids because he doesn't want to distract us from doing his work."
"Jesus chose us to be his special ones. We are the disciples of this earth – the lone soldiers!"
"The Lord has not abandoned us, don't be mistaken. He has called us to a higher meaning."
By the end of the meal he had finished every drop of wine except for the three ounces in my glass. He paid the bill, got up and rushed to the washroom. I, on the other hand, was frozen in my seat. I felt like not only had I been hit by a truck, I was also dragged behind it. I couldn't process any other thought or emotion other than a childish want to go home. His cheeks were the same bloodshot colour as his eye when he returned. In the parking lot, the temperature had dropped below freezing outside, and without cab fare or a clue, I crawled back in to the seat beside him.
I began to pray that I would get home safe - but then for the first time it occurred to me that I had no one to pray to. Whatever residual spirituality I had left up to that night, this man with beat-up shoes had officially beaten out of me. Pulling up to my apartment he offered me a night-cap of Crown Royal from the bottle he had in his trunk. When I refused he offered me a toke. I leaned over to unbuckle my seat and that is when he kissed me.
A few years later, I told this story to one of my best friend's, over coffee, who was studying Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He had returned home for Christmas, and the two of us laughed at the men we had become. I was a high-profile homosexual while he was three vows away from becoming a priest. In a tear-dropping conversation, he told me that because of our friendship, he was on a mission to heal the deep wound between the Catholic Church and gay community. I was right there with him until I heard those words again. Every time he mentioned the words "God" or "Jesus" I returned right back to the deep-fried smell of calamari. I suggested afterwards, that if he wanted to change the past, he was going to have to do some basic editing first.
At 27 years old, I don't pray to God anymore, I pray to Meryl Streep. In the name of Kylie, Mariah and Celine Dion I am much more comfortable with faith these days, and Hallelujah for that.


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Union Minister of Steel & Mines Launches 'Operation Khanij Khoj' of GSI Targeting Deep Seated and Concealed Mineral Deposits
Union Minister of Steel & Mines Launches 'Operation Khanij Khoj' of GSI Targeting Deep Seated and Concealed Mineral Deposits
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Receives Comprehensive GSI Report of 100 Mineral Blocks for Regional Exploration on Behalf of Ministry Of Mines
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Receives Comprehensive GSI Report of 100 Mineral Blocks for Regional Exploration on Behalf of Ministry Of Mines
The Union Minister of Steel & Mines Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched 'Operation Khanij Khoj' of Geological Survey of India (GSI) and received GSI report of 100 mineral blocks for regional exploration during 55th Central Geological Programming Board meeting in New Delhi today.
While addressing the representatives from different states and institutions of the country in the meeting, Shri NS Tomar said, "Mineral exploration in India needs to be done in a proactive and time-bound manner. Government of India has taken several decisions to enable this, and to build exploration capacity in the country. Mineral exploration and mining are independent of each other. Former aims to build a comprehensive database of country's mineral resources, while mining of these resources can be done based on the requirement. Exploration by its very nature needs to be done well in advance and not when there is scarcity of minerals. The central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Modi has created a spirit of national pride and belongingness through programmes like Make in India, Skill India etc. All of us need to carve out a role for ourselves as individuals and organizations to be a part of this drive to make a better India." Shri Tomar congratulated GSI and CGPB for their initiative and contribution and exhorted them to take up more challenges and assured that Government will provide all possible support.
The Secretary, Mines, Shri Balvender Kumar in his address informed that in next few months, over 6600 geological exploration reports will be put in public domain by GSI in digitized format, the work on which is already on. Selection of consultant for aero-geophysical survey of the entire 8 lakh Sq. Kms. Area is also in advanced stage and is likely to be completed in this month, he added. Shri Balvender Kumar stated that the changes being brought in the Mining sector over the last one and a half years are going to revolutionize the mining sector in the coming 2-3 years.
Additional Secretary Shri R. Sridharan spoke on the status of exploration in India vis-à-vis international developments in exploration.
As mentioned, Geological Survey of India [GSI] has identified 100 such blocks which may be taken up by the private explorers for regional exploration. The Steel and Mines Minister today released the document in six volumes detailing these blocks. Ministry of Mines will take further action in this regard. The identified blocks includes total area of about 12,000 sq. km with prospects for minerals such as, basemetal, gold, iron, tin/tungsten, strategic minerals, etc.
The 'Operation Khanij Khoj' state-of-the-art project of GSI launched today in the 55th meeting of CGBP is to be implemented in two selected areas in the country. It is focused on probing for deep seated/concealed mineral deposits. Characterizing India's geological cover, investigating lithospheric architecture, resolving 4D geodynamic and metallogenic evolution, and detecting and characterizing the distal footprints of ore deposits, would be the main components of this initiative.
These programmes are also important action points of the draft National Mineral Exploration Policy (NMEP).
The 55th Central Geological Programming Board Meeting being held in New Delhi under the chairman Shri Balvender Kumar Secretary Mines has emphasized on judicial and sustainable utilization of natural resources. GSI under the Ministry of Mines will act as a torch bearer in coordinating with other stake holders through CGPB in the field of mineral exploration. Exploration of minerals and mining is crucial for the development of the country for increase in the GDP growth and employment generation.
The coordinated efforts of GSI, MECL and state governments were emphasized for accelerating the exploration activities in the country. The private investment in exploration will be stepped up after approval of the attractive options proposed in National Mineral Exploration Policy. The Policy is under finalisation and will be notified soon.
GSI has undertaken an important step for digitization of its over 6600 exploration reports for putting it in the public domain so that data is available to all the stake holders.
The 'Operation Khanij Khoj' project of GSI launched during the meeting is targeting concealed and deep seated mineral deposits. GSI has planned two projects in (i) Northern parts of Arravallies and Bundelkhand craton; (ii) Western and Eastern Dharwad cratons.
GSI has initially identified 100 blocks for reconnoitory survey. Once the NMEP is approved, these blocks will be put on e-auction for undertaking regional exploration by private companies.
Address by Shri R. Sridharan Additional Secretary Ministry of Mines at the 55th Central Geological Programming Board (CGPB) meeting of Geological Survey of India
Following is the text of the address by Shri R. Sridharan Additional Secretary Ministry of Mines at the 55th Central Geological Programming Board (CGPB) meeting of Geological Survey of India, Ministry of Mines being held on 17-18 Feb 2016 at AP Shinde Symposium Hall, Indian Council for Agricultural Research, NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi.
"We are now in the process of discussing and finalizing our National Mineral Exploration Policy (NMEP). The deliberations and decisions of the CGPB are intimately linked to the NMEP. I wish to, therefore, deal with some issues that will provide a backdrop to the NMEP and the deliberations here at the CGPB.
The Fraser Institute annually brings out the results of a survey conducted amongst Mining and Exploration Companies. The Survey ranks jurisdiction around the world on a comparative basis and is widely perceived to be an indicator of where a country stands. The survey attempts to assess the impact of 2 factors, namely, mineral endowments, and public policy factors (such as taxation and regulatory uncertainty) that affect exploration investment.
Two indices are constructed from the responses obtained. The first is what is known as the Best Practices Mineral Potential Index. This index rates a region's attractiveness based on the perceptions of mining company executives about a jurisdiction's geology. Respondents are asked to rate the pure mineral potential of each jurisdiction assuming that the policies are based on the best practices. The maximum score on this index is 1. For 2014, India scored 0.57 and was ranked 69th amongst 122 jurisdictions. The highest rank was that of the Yukon Province of Canada with a score of 0.87. Most provinces of Canada and United States and Australia scored higher than 0.6.
Though India is considered a part of original Gondwana land and therefore, of good geological potential, the score on the Best Practices Mineral Potential Index shows we are in the lower half of the jurisdictions surveyed. However, the silver lining seems to be that there has been some steady improvement in this perception. In 2013, India was ranked 82 out of 112 and was 70 out of 79 in 2010-11.
The second index is called the Policy Perception Index. The Fraser Institute terms this index a "report card" to Governments on the attractiveness of their mining policy. As the Fraser Institute Explains, the Policy Factors that are examined include uncertainty concerning the administration of the current regulations, environmental regulations, regulatory duplication, the legal system, the taxation regime, uncertainty concerning protected areas and disputed land claims, infrastructure, socio-economic and community development conditions, trade barriers, political stability, labour regulations, quality of the geological data base, security, and labour and skills availability.
The maximum score possible on the Policy Perception Index is 100.
Ireland was at the top with a score of 96. India's score was 47.45 and it ranked 63 amongst the 122 jurisdictions surveyed.
The country's position has steadily improved over the past 5 years as can be seen from the following table:
Combining these two indices, the Investment Attractiveness Index is computed. The maximum score here is also 100. Finland tops the list with a score of 83.8. India's score is 53.2 and the rank is 60 out of 122. Even here, there has been a steady improvement. In 2011, India was ranked 79 out of 79 jurisdictions, that is the very last.
As I mentioned earlier, Ireland scores the highest in the world in the Policy Perception Index with 96 out of a maximum possible 100. An interesting fact of Ireland's policy is that Prospecting License Areas are granted through a method of open competition. Ground available for application under competitions offered every three months through publication on 1st February, 1stMay, 1st August and 1st November. PL areas are open for application under equal competition. Interested parties have two months in which to apply for such areas, with all applications received during that period deemed to have been received at the same time. A technical evaluation team evaluates the applications on the basis of criteria such as Quality of Exploration, Programme, Availability of Funds, Applicant's Track Record, Quality of PL application etc., with definite weights being given for the same.
Of course, it goes without saying that huge amount of detailed preparatory work will have to be done before areas can be thrown open for competitive bidding in order to award PL.
On all above parameters assessed under Policy Factors, the responses are asked on continuum ranging from; (1) encourages investment, (2) not a to deterrent investment, (3) mild deterrent to investment, (4) strong deterrent to investment, (5) would not pursue investment due to these factors. As far as the quality of India's geological data-base is concerned, there is a zero per cent response under (1) which is encourages investment. 75% response is under (2), not a deterrent to investment, while 13% each fall under (3), mild deterrent to investment and (4) strong deterrent to investment. This would seem to indicate that we have quite some distance to go in meeting the quality of our geological database. On the quality of geological database, India's score, according to Fraser Institute's methodology, would be 0.38. The highest is that of Finland. Virtually all the provinces in Canada have very high values on this indicator. So is the case with Australia (Ranks 2 to 27) and even United States. India's rank in the quality of the geological database is 65th amongst 122 countries.
The Fraser Institute survey is conducted in the second half of the calendar year. We are likely to get the results for 2015 very soon (the 2014 survey was published on February, 24th, 2015).
While looking at this survey, we also need to keep in mind that India suffers from a perception handicap. It also appears as some of the respondents have replied on the basis of incorrect information.
One of the optional questions asked during 2014 survey was about how the time for permit approval has changed over the last 10 years. In the words of the Institute, the results are dramatic. Approximately, 65% of the respondents indicated that the time for permit approval has increased from 10 years ago. 39% indicated that the time has lengthened considerably, while 26% indicated that it has lengthened somewhat.
One of the best known geologists of Australia, Mark Creasy, who is reportedly credited with some of the country's biggest mineral discoveries, has recently warned that juniors face unprecedented hurdles to bring projects to markets due to excessive regulation and high start-up costs. In his words, "when I started prospecting in the late 1960s, I put pegs into the ground around the area I was interested in, then went and registered my claim and six weeks later, I had the application granted. It used to be instantaneous. We have now got very long delays and it is a hellishly expensive process."
The Chief Executive of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies of Australia has emphasized the need for a green field exploration increases (considering it takes between 7 years to 10 years from applying for an exploration license to get to a stage of extracting and selling a mineral).
The point in mentioning all this is to highlight the fact that the mining sector has become the object of intense public scrutiny and debate all over the world. Governments have been compelled to respond substantively to the concerns raised. The sources of public disquiet may be diverse across countries, but they cannot be ignored. Policy prescriptions that attempt to do so would be bound to fail.
Australia's is frequently cited as an example of a standard or even the best world practice. In 2010, the Exploration Investment and Geoscience Working Group of the Standing Council of Energy and Resources of Australia commissioned a paper on Levers to Improve Australia's Global Position for Attracting Resource Exploration Investment. This was published in April, 2012. The paper noted that Australia has experienced a poor discovery rate for the past 20 years and that discovery was becoming more harder and costly. It also noted that approximately 80% of Australia is covered by deep cover and has not been explored. The ratio of exploration expenditure on brown fields to green fields was reported to be 2:1. The paper noted that there is no doubt that Government funded pre-competitive geoscience stimulates exploration and that this has been benefited Australia immensely. It states that a strong commitment to pre-competitive Geoscience programme is arguably the most effective way for a jurisdiction to tell the world that it is open for exploration business. It adds that Government's continuing commitment to geological surveys and pre-competitive geoscience sends a loud message to industry that it is welcome to investment in this intrinsically high risk industry.
Based on this analysis, Australia has recently announced its National Mineral Exploration Strategy. This strategy focuses on 3 areas –
(i) the acquisition and delivery of pre-competitive geoscience information;
(ii) an applied geoscience research initiative to assist exploration undercover; and
(iii) Mineral Exploration Investment Attraction Plan.
The major initiatives of the National Mineral Exploration Strategy have been declared to include a renewed commitment to generation and delivery of government funded pre-competitive geoscience information from all jurisdictions.
The strategy also includes a national geo-science research initiative which will be a cross institutional research venture focused on delivering the applied geoscience needed for industry to better explore under the covered green field areas of Australia.
The strategy notes that the pre-competitive geoscience information and digital delivery systems have provided Australia with a substantial competitive advantage. Since future mineral discoveries must be made in green field areas, the strategy states that the provision of pre-competitive geoscience information is one of the fundamental activities that can demonstrate the potential of a green field area and provide a catalyst for action by industry. In a covered area, the strategy says, a critical source of information required to reduce the risk in exploration is drilling to confirm the nature of the bedrock geology.
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada had commissioned a study which was published in March, 2010 on "Government Geoscience to support Mineral Exploration: Public Policy Rationale and Impact". This study identified 3 important ways in which Government Geoscience mitigates the challenges faced in mineral exploration and development. First, it attracts exploration investment by allowing industry to identify areas of favourable mineral potential. Second, public geoscience increases exploration efficiency by making it unnecessary for individual companies to duplicate common information or to spend money on non prospective ground. Third, it increases exploration effectiveness by providing key information inputs to risk based decision making.
The study notes that there is ample evidence that government geoscience stimulate private sector exploration. It notes that while there can be no norm for level of government geoscience expenditure, the evidence suggests that the level of expenditure in Canada has been insufficient in recent years. As a result, it notes, mineral discovery rates have decreased over the past 3 decades and discovery costs have increased leading to declining production and reserves of several important metals.
Attracting the needed technology and investment into exploration is a long gestation process. It is akin more to a marathon than a sprint. Success will, therefore, be dependent on the clarity with which priorities are set, and the perseverance and determination to stay the course. There do not appear to be any shortcuts or quick fixed in this regard.
The CGPB performs a very important function of resource allocation. It is here that decisions have taken about how much money, manpower and equipment resources are to be allocated to the basic functions of pre-competitive geoscience generation, regional and detailed exploration as well as technology development. While making these decisions, it would be essential to keep some of the issues referred to by me in mind. I wish the deliberations of the CGPB all success.


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"French is hard!" is a common sentence heard from language learners. Though it might be stressful to listen to learners saying that, it shows that there is something deep happening: They have entered their uncomfortable learning zones!
These are four of some challenges faced by French learners. This list is not exhaustive, I just focused on the common ones I often hear from learners.
- The gender: How do you know a word is masculine or feminine? That's one of the first questions asked by a new French learner. I generally give two obvious answers to help the learners: Have a good bilingual dictionary and master your vocabulary while learning.
- Accents: é; à è û; ë ê ô. How do you master these accents? Two activities can help in this: Visual focus and phonetic activities. Take a time to make vocal rehearsals with words having an accent. Singing in French can be very good for that because it's funny and you learn in an informal way.
- Pronominal or Reflexive verbs: I can see the stress on the students' face when they try to translate the « Vous vous appelez comment? » in English. This is new for learners and they have to integrate it by just accepting that it's French. S'appeler, se laver, se brosser, se coucher, se promener, se fâcher, etc. are a category of verbs mostly used to communicate on emotion, one's body or location. They should not confuse these with verbs in English that are commonly used with reflexives pronouns.
- French and irregularities: After given a rule in grammar to French students, you can witness a smile on their faces because English also has many rules and some are similar to French. Suddenly, there are irregularities and you hear them complain again: "Banange[1]! That French!". If you accept that there are irregularities, your brain will also accept it as part of a new competence to develop.
All these uncomfortable situations are due to the fact that most learners still think in English while they are at the beginning (and even intermediate) level. Therefore, it's a very good sign if you start noticing differences between French and English (there are also some similarities!).It shows that you are starting to think in French, and it's an excellent process to develop new languages abilities. So move forward and don't be discouraged!
Dear Students and French Trainer, this article was introductive and I would like to hear your own experience on the challenges you encountered as a French Learner or a French Trainer.
Hervé-Boris NGATE, Psychologist / Language and Cross-Cultural Trainer.
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The Beekeeper and the Bee
Kate spent over two years shadowing Somerset beekeepers and producing a collection of drawings and paintings of beekeepers and bees. The project resulted in a touring exhibition and hard-back book. The book travels through the seasons describing the work of the beekeepers and bees. The paintings and drawings are accompanied by evocative words of the beekeepers collected by Kate in her conversations and interviews with them.
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"I grow mostly perennials – they get their feet down deep and do very well. I love the alliums, bees really work them, they love purple and yellows, the colours that are out at the beginning of the year when nectar's so important. They love herbs – thyme, comfrey, catmint, all the salvias, and sage family – and laburnum. They like simple flowers, open flowers. Often petals will have ultra-violet markings which we can't see but the bees can, they guide the bee into the centre of the flower."
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Screenshots of Ebay ContextAds on Shoemoney - Yes, I Am Running eBay Ads
Yes the ads on the right are eBay ads through commission junction. They are contextual looking but I opted to use the keyword version targeting, specifically "search engine seo" and not the contextual engine which would violate TOS with google/ypn if i wanted to use them. (similar to chitika)Treat blogging as a fun activity not an obligation - Blog Out [via Dina]
Many good bloggers keep a list of potential posting ideas handy at all times. When an idea for a column pops into their head, they write it down. Keep a pencil and notepad handy, as topics often appear as if by magic. You want to be prepared for those glorious moments of inspiration.SEO Tricks by Google Employee Matt Cutts [echoed by Mike Rundle] - Writing useful articles that readers will love
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The smaller deals often don't contribute significantly to the bottom line in the short run. But in some cases, their effects have been seen relatively quickly in Microsoft products. Windows Live Writer started inside Onfolio Inc., acquired by Microsoft in March.Jason Goldman, who has been associated with Blogger since it's Pyra Lab days has decided to move out of the Googleplex after releasing version 3.0 of his favorite baby - For the Love of the B
This release of Blogger will also be the last I work on as I am leaving Google at the end of next week. I'd been planning on leaving for a while but really wanted to see this version in the wild before I went.Good luck Jason for you new ventures. And thanks for giving us Blogger 3.0.


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Art & Culture
Once again on music, politics, culture, and life in New York. But also on the Sanremo Festival—for decades the platform for main- stream music in Italy. Pagani is directing it for the second year in a row, and we want to know why. "As we used to say, the quality of everything one does is political, so music is always political in that it has a political effect. An ugly song is a 'carrier' of subculture whereas a good song is the opposite, so the only way to be positive in music is to produce beautiful songs."


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Bad product + good profits; short-term myopia. Bad for you.
Good product + bad profits (or none); Silicon Valley myopia. Bad for you.
In both cases you might won't stay in the game for too long.
What you should seek is having a good product with good profits—so you can play the long-term.
If you betray one of those two points, you won't be invited again.
It's your job to make a good product profitable. You should know how and when you're going to make money before investment—with no other reason than being able to keep playing. So you can do it again.
It's your job to make that happen.
Good products with good profits
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They also have a recycling program for their customers. Old Kamik rain boots can be turned in at participating retailers, and the company will turn those old rain boots into new products.
They produce many of their products in North America as well. Although, the Kamik Men's Nationplus boot is imported.
Great Features
Removable Liner – The liner can be removed to dry in case some water sloshes over the tops of the boots.
Speed-Lacing Eyelets – These come with lace locks that will hold the lower laces in place for a tight fit.
Low weight – At 1 pound 13 ounces per boot in size 11, these aren't going to be heavy boots that drag you down.
How Warm is the Kamik Men's Nationplus Boot?
There are 200 grams of Thinsulate inside this boot, which doesn't seem like a lot of warmth, but the insulation in this boot isn't sequestered behind lining.
The thick, rubber sole will keep the foot away from the cold concrete, as well as frozen ice or soil.
Another increase to the R-Value is the metallic lining that is sewn into the boot liner.
The comfort rating on this boot is -40 degrees.
Waterproof or Water Resistant?
There's a difference between waterproof and water resistant, and Kamik Men's Nationplus boots are waterproof to a certain extent.
From the sides of the boot, there won't be any water allowed to enter the material.
The sole and outsole are one piece of molded rubber with a waterproofing material, along the stitching that meets the other materials.
There's a gusseted tongue, but only to a certain level of the boot.
How Did it Fit?
While part of the lower tongue is gusseted to keep the boot waterproofed, the upper section of the tongue is not.
This will actually allow you to slip your feet in and out of the boots pretty easily. The boot is someplace in the middle of a slip-on boot and a lace-up boot.
The Kamik Men's Nationplus boot is pretty true to size as far as fit goes.
You can wear the boot with a thick pair of socks without having to go up a size.
If you plan on wearing more than one pair of socks, you might want to pick a half size higher to be safe.
Comfort Level
The boots can be completely laced or left partly laced for a comfort level that fits your activity.
For example, I kept these boots near the door during the winter, so I could clear off the cars after a dusting of snow.
I didn't need to make a big production out of lacing up the boots, and they still provided my feet with comfortable protection.
I did notice that standing around on the hard concrete meant I could feel the hardness of the sole. I added an insole, and had no problem at all after that.
How was the Traction on Snow and Ice?
The grip pattern is large, square rubber that will give you confidence on slippery surfaces. The grip doesn't do as well in deep snow or mud, but on a snow-covered driveway, they were perfectly adequate.
For the times that I'm heading out onto the lake for some ice fishing, I'll end up wearing a different pair of boots. These were great near the back door, for trips to the wood pile, and taking the dogs for a walk.
Considerations Before Purchase
While the height of the boot is 11 inches from the sole to the top of the shaft, the tongue makes the puddle depth only 6.5 inches. This is still half a foot of protection from puddles, and perfectly adequate for snow shoveling.
The Kamik Men's Nationplus boots have served me very well.
While I might choose a heartier boot for serious hiking in the woods where I might run into large puddles of slush, for everyday use during the winter, it's a terrific choice.


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Impact of Prior State Drug Convictions on Federal Sentences
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently tackled a complicated issue involving the application of New York state drug laws to the federal sentencing guidelines for a defendant convicted of possessing Xanax with the intent to distribute and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. In United States v. Townsend, the Second Circuit took a critical step forward in not penalizing federal criminal defendants as harshly just because they have a prior state criminal drug conviction.
Defendant Tyrek Townsend had a prior conviction in a New York state case involving the sale of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG), a pregnancy hormone, as a dieting aid. He was convicted under New York Penal Law § 220.31 for fifth degree criminal distribution of a controlled substance, which specifically incorporates by reference the list of controlled substances published by New York state law. In light of this prior conviction for a crime involving a controlled substance, the federal district court imposed an enhanced sentence of seven years for Townsend's possession conviction. What made this case particularly interesting is that although HCG is considered a controlled substance under New York state law, it is not one of the listed controlled substances on the federal level. Thus, the Second Circuit was left to resolve the discrepancy in sentence length that the federal criminal sentencing guidelines would impose by looking to prior convictions under state law.
The Second Circuit ultimately reasoned that it did not make sense that one defendant with a prior criminal drug conviction in a state with harsher or more inclusive controlled substance lists should receive a tougher federal criminal sentence than a defendant in a state without such guidelines. While it is certainly possible that the federal controlled substance list could be amended at a later date to include even more banned substances, until that happens, federal criminal defendants will not be subjected to harsher criminal sentences based on their own states' laws that include more banned substances than would be considered at the federal level. The goal in this decision was more uniformity and fairness in the application of state laws covering prior drug convictions in federal sentencing decisions.
The Impact of United States v. Townsend on Federal Criminal Sentencing
The outcome of United States v. Townsend is a positive development for those convicted of or facing sentencing for a federal crime with a prior state law drug conviction on their record. The Second Circuit will not factor in a prior state law conviction involving a substance that is not also listed on the federal list of controlled substances for purposes of sentencing. This means that federal defendants will not be overly penalized for prior state convictions involving a controlled substance that is not banned on the federal level.
It is important to bear in mind that this case is fairly recent and may not be top of mind for federal judges deciding subsequent sentencing issues. As such, it is vital to retain the services of a proactive federal criminal defense attorney when challenging a conviction or sentencing issue. This will ensure that you are able to take advantage of similar positive developments in major appellate criminal cases that might otherwise get overlooked during sentencing hearings.
Analyzing Prior Drug Convictions as an Aspect of Your Federal Sentencing Appeal
Challenging a federal criminal charge with a prior drug conviction on your record is a complex endeavor. The best way to make sure that you or a loved one are not wrongly subjected to a tougher federal criminal sentence is to retain the services of an experienced and knowledgeable federal criminal defense advocate, such as Brandon Sample, Esq.
Attorney Brandon Sample has litigated many federal appeals cases, written extensively on this topic and served as a consultant on many issues involving federal sentencing guidelines, including for crimes involving drug charges and for clients with prior drug convictions. Call Brandon Sample right away at 802-444-HELP to get started on crafting a proactive legal defense in your criminal case.


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Price Fluctuations of Gasoline
We are all familiar with fluctuating prices of gasoline at the pump. Why does this happen? Research the recent history of gasoline pricing in your area, and attempt to relate any fluctuations you observe to documented supply and demand factors, as outlined in our book. Be sure to cite any references used. Why do the gasoline


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Samsung Unveils 4TB 850EVO SSD
The 2.5-in. SSD is 7mm thick, which is small enough to fit into ultra-slim notebooks. Previously, Samsung's 2TB EVO SSD was its highest capacity flash drive.
The drive also sports native AES-256-bit encryption of Samsung's TurboWrite technology, which creates a high-performance write buffer to which new data is first written.
The new SSD has up to 4GB of LPDDRC DRAM cache memory and uses the 6Gbps SATA interface. The 850 EVO has a top sequential read/write speed of 540 MBps and 520 MBps, respectively, and a top random read/write speed of 40,000 and 98,000 I/Os per second (IOPS) when TurboWrite is initiated.
Teh drive has a 1.5 million meantime between failures (MTBF) rating and comes with a five-year limited warranty.


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Miss Ginger's FABULOUS Things!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Queen Ginger Loves Her Job.....
There's only one problem with it: Christmas Music! I know, call her Scrooge- but really, try listing to that shit 8+ hours a day, every day, for 2 solid months! It's enough to make a sane person crazy... and Queen G is already half gone! There just aren't that many Christmas songs, so the loops are short, and the repetition is frequent!
And hence the problem: Queen Ginger has an extreme sensitivity to Earworms! Give her a catchy jingle and lilting melody and she'll hum the motherfucker all day long! And EVERY Christmas song has a catchy jungle and a lilting melody! Gahhhhhhhhhhh! Make it STOP!!!
Years past have had some doozies! She's been haunted by the likes of Natalie Cole, Ella Fitgerald, even Kay Star!
This year's worm is particularly noxious- and she CAN'T stop singing it! Really, what's not to love about DORIS DAY?!!
7 comments:
- mistress maddie said...
I'm sorry to hear that tootes! We have it good over at the b way. This year we kept our music a regular mix of pop, jazz and lounge music with christmas songs being played like every third or fourth song then back to regular again. We may hear three christmas songs in a row if lucky. It must get on your nerves and can't help with your problem right now either!!!!
- December 13, 2011 at 10:55 PM
- Bob said...
I love Christmas music....just not all day every day. And don't start playing it November 1st, which is what one of our stations has done!@
- December 14, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- Sam said...
Oh the weather outside is frightful.
Seriously that is all your fault.
It's almost over Miss Ginger. You can then start your spring cleaning and gardening.
- December 14, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- David Dust said...
It's the same way here at the restaurant. If I hear "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" one more time, my head is gonna explode.
- December 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- Miss Ginger Grant said...
Oye, David- at least we don't have that one!!
- December 14, 2011 at 6:45 PM
- Bucko (a.k.a., Ken) said...
I cannot begin to fathom that, I think I would crack!
- December 18, 2011 at 3:46 PM
- Beth said...
There was a rule--MY rule--in the lab. Do NOT play Alvin and the Chipmunks in my presence. I must have looked dead serious and slightly stabby when I said it, because no one ever tried to play it around me.
I didn't play any Christmas music this year at all, and I even have some good stuff like Brian Setzer, and I still love the Rat Pack. But I just wasn't in the mood to hear it. :P Well, it's over till next year!
- December 29, 2011 at 5:15 PM


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We are happy to announce that our very own Steve Mundin and Paul Littlewood have seats on the Sheffield City Region music industry board.
Isn't it great to be based in a region where the music industry is valued as highly (as it deserves to be) by policy makers?
UK Music will also be on side to guide the board's development and this initiative has been pullled together by the Sheffield City Region Mayor, MP Dan Jarvis
Steve and Paul, are looking forward to the first meeting and the work to follow, and we are proud to be able to represent Doncaster and bring our many years of wider music industry experience as an organisation to help support the growth of our region's music industry.
Mayor announces new music board to drive creativity in Sheffield City Region


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Free two-hour schools workshops for 15-19 year olds
When: Jan/Feb/Mar 2017 - flexible in response to school timetable
Where: in schools
Four FREE two hour schools workshops for 15-19 year olds are offered by Camden People's Theatre and Kings' College London. These workshops will offer an introduction to contemporary theatre making techniques, with a focus on exploring the science behind air pollution in London.
The workshops will be led by Brian Logan, artistic director of Camden People's Theatre, and participants may be invited to become performers in Fog Everywhere, a professional production about air pollution to be performed at CPT later in 2017.
How to book
Contact firstname.lastname@example.com | 020 7419 4841 | www.cptheatre.co.uk


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Making it as a Makeup Artist (MUA) in Southern California
Picture living your dreams and doing what you want for a living – earning a high-paying salary while using your creative makeup artistry skills in order to make your clients look and feel great! Welcome to the world of makeup artistry and working as a Makeup Artist (MUA) in Southern California! You're probably wondering where to start if you want to become a makeup artist in Southern California. Here are some of the basics that we like to cover with our makeup artist students at Colleen O'Hara's Beauty Academy.
Makeup Artists Can Make a Difference
When it comes to the world of cosmetics and makeup, there are very few careers out there that offer so many core benefits to you right away. As a MUA in SoCal, you will have the satisfaction of knowing you are making a person feel great and even boost their confidence and self-esteem, which brings positivity into people's lives. A makeup artist could also be involved in one of the most vital and biggest events of peoples' lives, such as weddings, engagements, graduations, anniversary parties, and more. Since we're located in Santa Ana, local makeup artists may even work for big award shows and television programs in Hollywood. A good makeup artist in Orange County & LA has the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with celebrities such as actors, newscasters, politicians, athletes, and musicians.
If you're a MUA in Orange County or Los Angeles, you have the opportunity to build a very rewarding lifestyle and beauty career that provides you with steady pay, fun projects with people you admire and enjoy working with, as well as flexible hours. You could even freelance as a makeup artist, giving you the freedom of being your own boss and working out in the field, not always in a spa or salon. It's not a secret that a upper-tier MUAs in LA could make quite a successful living with their skills.
Taking it Up a Notch
Colleen O'Hara's Beauty Academy (COBA) graduates have reported perks like getting invitations to Hollywood parties, entry to exclusive restaurants & A-List clubs, as well as getting referrals and introductions to other Hollywood and film industry clients searching for a great Makeup Artist. Nowadays, professional MUAs are in-demand more than ever with literally hundreds of possibilities for employment, depending on what you want to do with your career as a licensed cosmetologist and Makeup Artist in Orange County & Los Angeles.
Opportunities for Makeup Artists Can Include:
- Makeup for Advertisements
- Doing Makeup for Magazines
- Applying Makeup on Models at Modeling Agencies
- Applying Makeup for Hollywood Movies
- Special Effects Makeup for Film & Print
- Makeup for Music videos
- Makeup for Models at Runway shows
- Makeup at High-End Salons & Spas
- Doing Makeup for TV and News
- Makeup for Theater & Drama
As a makeup artist in Orange County or Los Angeles, if you think you would do well working hands-on and one-on-one with individuals, then your clients might be people wanting to look their best for a special occasion such as a wedding, photo shoot, awards dinner, pageant, high school dance, or reunion. If you want to further develop your skills working with people who could really use a hand, you may also want to look into helping burn victims or cancer survivors to look and feel better. Creating confidence in others with your abilities is where makeup artistry can truly shine.
The COBA Difference
At Colleen O'Hara's Beauty Academy, we believe that as long as you have the will to work hard you could become a professional makeup artist! Our programs cover the basics of beauty and could get you started on the right foot because we specialize in cosmetology and beauty trends seen right here in California. Our school offers schedules to match your busy hours and lifestyle.
You'll learn how to gain vital job experience as a MUA through seeking local makeup apprenticeships, solidifying your first makeup job, and landing that position you want the most. Students also learn how to create a striking makeup portfolio and utilizing customer service skills to ensure that your resume and cover letter stand out amidst other applicants and potential hires in the area.
We know that a licensed makeup artist could have more opportunities and attract a wide-range of clients than without a license to practice. These might include working with Hollywood celebrities, wedding photography shoots, gaining employment in well-known salons and spas in Orange County and Los Angeles.
Things You Can Learn in Our Program
At Colleen O'Hara's Beauty Academy, we cover a wide array of material that could help you become a professional makeup artist. We want to give you the confidence to to go after the kind of career you want, to find the best job to match your skill set as a makeup artist in SoCal. Here are some of the basics we'll cover:
- Developing a solid foundation for your skills as a professional makeup artist
- Developing a good eye for cosmetics and makeup artistry
- Respecting your client's needs & wants
- Applying makeup like with time-tested techniques
- Evaluating your client's skin type, face shape, and features
- Prepping the face for makeup
- Makeup application
- The basics of foundation, eyeshadow, eyeliner, blush, lip color, and more
- Pulling the entire look together
- Makeup for photography
- Theatrical Makeup
- Film & TV makeup
- Basic Special Effects
At Colleen O'Hara's Beauty Academy, you'll also get a good working knowledge for different brands of makeup and which one might work well for one person and not another. We also address what to have in your makeup kit, including the right tools to help you keep up with the latest makeup trends and please your clients while working out in the field as a freelance makeup artist.
Don't Wait One More Day!
Colleen O'Hara's Beauty Academy specializes in helping give our Makeup Artistry Program students the fundamentals they need in order to hopefully become successful freelance makeup artists. We'd love to hear from you if you'd like to learn more about our cosmetology and makeup programs. Call us at 833-841-4201 and find out how you can get your start as a freelance makeup artist today!


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Rachel Charlupski, the babysitting- savvy visionary at the helm of The Babysitting Company, operates her network of more than 1,200 sitters to provide world-renowned services to loyal clients and families. Her extensive team of highly professional, personally screened, certified, and exceptional babysitters, nannies, and caregivers are recognized for unparalleled professionalism, friendly flexibility, certifications and loving creativity. www.thebabysittingcompany.com
Can you tell our readers about your background?
I grew up in Detroit, Michigan and went to Arizona State University where I started the business, first as a hobby and then as a business in 2006. I always babysat when I was in middle school and high school and thought it would be a great idea to work as a babysitter in college and make money when I had extra time. Because I did not know anyone locally I went to the hotels.
What inspired you to start your business?
I did not want to work in retail or at a nightclub and I always worked as a babysitter growing up in my hometown. It sounded fun and flexible, perfect for in between classes and studying.
Where is your business based?
The business has several offices. We are in most major cities with our busiest being LA, South Florida, Orlando and New York City. I travel to each office often.
How did you start your business? What were the first steps you took?
The business was running before it was actually started. I was working as a babysitter in hotels and getting a lot of clients and referrals as well as referring babysitters to clients. When I realized that my hobby was more of a business I contacted a lawyer and filled out all of the necessary paperwork and got insurance.
What has been the most effective way of raising awareness for your business?
Making sure that every client and sitter is happy with the services and that any issues are addressed quickly and with priority. When our sitters are happy, they are going to a great job. When they know that their opinions and feelings and happiness are important to us they are going to take pride in their work. When clients and our hotel/ event partners are happy with our services they are going to rebook and tell their friends about us.
What have been your biggest challenges and how did you overcome them?
The biggest challenges are always having enough sitters for our requests. We are so selective and have such a high standard for our team; we hire less than 10 percent of the nannies that apply. We also get very last minute requests from people who booked with another company and need to make a last minute change.
How do you stay focused?
We stay focused by knowing that being unfocused will not support our company, business or families. I love what I do. I love working and I love the great feedback, if we are slacking then everyone suffers.
How do you differentiate your business from the competition?
In my opinion, we do not have competition. There is not another company that you can call 24/7 in any major US city and have a babysitter in less than an hour. Our sitters are all personally interviewed and trained, have a clear background check and 10-panel drug test, speak fluent English and have a valid CPR certification from an IN person class. Sitters that come to us that work for other companies have CPR's from online classes and background checks that are $5 and not sufficient for us.
What has been your most effective marketing strategy to grow your business?
The most effective marketing strategy for growing our business is making sure every single client is taken care of so that they refer us to their families and friends, and book with us again.
What's your best piece of advice for aspiring and new entrepreneurs?
To be patient. There are days that are not glamorous and days that you are in the field. There is no job that is below you. I have done everything from meet our clients who are royalty to run to a job to help a babysitter clean vomit.
What's your favorite app, blog, and book? Why?
My favorite APP is Wunderlist. It keeps our whole office organized.
My favorite books are any nonfiction books relating to business and management. I always want to learn and share what I learn with others.
What's your favorite business tool or resource? Why?
My favorite business tool and resource is our sitters and clients! We have over 1200 sitters in different fields with different backgrounds and personalities. They are in the field every day and are very helpful with feedback. Our clients are helpful because on a daily basis they work with high-end companies and are serviced by the best of the best hotels and organizations. We always want to learn from their experiences and we take their feedback very seriously.
Who is your business role model? Why?
My business role model is my father. He exemplifies the importance of creating a relationship and valuing that over the initial dollar.
What do you have planned for the next six months?
The next six months are going to be very exciting! The holidays are always jam-packed and busy for us. We are launching our new website this month and we have been working with an amazing creative director, Danielle Becker of Lefty's Right Mind. She has been fabulous! We can not wait for everyone to see her work!
How can our readers connect with you?
Twitter: babysittingco
Instagram: thebabysittingcompany
Facebook: thebabysittingcompany


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A basic diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyper-Activity Disorder (ADHD) by your pediatrician, psychiatrist or counselor often requires a much more detailed explanation to truly understand the diagnosis and how it affects your student. ADHD is a behavioral disorder, and is one of the most common childhood disorders. Symptoms can most definitely follow a student into adulthood, causing maladaptive behaviors if not treated. Children with ADHD are often creative, adaptive, energetic, quick thinkers. They also commonly have some areas of challenge – for example; distractions are hard to ignore, difficulty maintaining attention, difficulty staying organized and struggles waiting for their turn, are common.
When it comes to assessing for ADHD, my goal is to gather information on a student to create an extensive profile of their strengths and struggles, allowing me to create an individualized, well-rounded support plan. In addition to information gathered during counseling sessions, assessment tools like the AMEN ADHD Scale may be utilized to measure intensity of reported ADHD symptoms and break them into seven categories. I like using the AMEN scale as an assessment tool, but also as a way to explain and describe ADHD to parents, teachers and even the student being assessed. Many people think of ADHD as a hyperactive disorder. They think of kids who can't sit still, who are constantly on the move. The AMEN scale helps me as a therapist describe how ADHD can affect several areas of behavior, and how these behaviors can tie into struggles in the classroom. The AMEN scale identifies 7 categories of ADHD, dividing symptomology into organized, easy to understand categories.
While I use multiple assessment tools and observation to develop an idea of whether or not a student's behaviors warrant an ADHD diagnosis, I find that when we can discuss behaviors specific to each category, it helps students really see where their strengths are, and where we can implement some strategies to support their area's of struggle.
I've broken up the categories here:
Type 1: Classic ADD/ADHD: While the term Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is no longer widely used in the mental health community due to the diagnostic criteria being incorporated into the diagnostic criteria for ADHD in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, the AMEN scale uses this term to describe primary symptoms of ADHD; inattention, distractibility and disorganization. This subtype includes hyperactive behaviors, restlessness and impulsive actions.
Type 2: Inattentive: This type, includes AMENs primary symptoms, inattentiveness, distractibility and disorganization and adds low energy, motivation, spacey demeanor or attitude.
Type 3: Over-Focused: In addition to the primary symptoms, behaviors under this subcategory include: inflexibility, trouble changing from one task to another, persistently negative thought pattern, excessive worries especially about things that are not controllable, and a strong need for routines.
Type 4: Temporal Lobe: This subtype includes a heavy focus on the temporal lobe of our brain, which is heavily involved in turning delivered sensory input into meaningful information to then be stored via visual memory, comprehension of language and association with emotions. Basically, the temporal lobe is like a secretary, or assistant, who files things in the correct places, makes sense of short hand written messages and making sure that needed information gets into a place where it will not be lost. Deficits in this area include periods of anxiety, dark thoughts, memory problems, often quick to anger and struggles with reading.
Type 5: Limbic: The limbic system supports a variety of functions in our brain, including emotional control, behavior, motivation, long term memory and our sense of smell. Symptomology associated with elevated scores on the limbic scale of this assessment include mild sadness, a negative outlook, low energy, low self-esteem, irritability, social problems and perhaps isolation and irregular sleep patterns.
Type 6: Ring of Fire: The Ring of Fire is a term unique to the AMEN rating scale, it describes the intense ring of over activity often observed in the EEG of an individual with ADHD. Usually the intensity of activity is greatly worsened by stimulant medications. Symptoms under this subtype include moodiness, anger outbursts, rapid thought patterns, excessive talking, and sensitivity to sound and light.
Type 7: Anxious: Primary symptoms of ADHD are present in this subtype. In addition, nervousness, social anxiety, muscle tension and anxiety during test taking situation are also present. Physical stress symptoms may also occur; headaches, and stomach problems.
Amen, D. (2014, February 10). ADD / ADHD – Amen Clinics. Retrieved February 4, 2015, from http://www.amenclinics.com/conditions/adhd-add/


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A Different View: Don't You Think We've Hit Rock-Bottom?/
I realize immigration (ask any Native American) always has been and always will be a conundrum that I don't pretend to have a solution for. BUT, I know one thing…that I am quite certain about: the solution is not to separate children from their parents. I can't even imagine that. Can you? I realize the strategy of our leader and his 'true believers' is borrowing a strategy out of Hitler's playbook: dehumanize people you fear and hate.
I mean, come on! The leader of our country calling a black woman "A dog!?" Referring to Mexicans as "infesting" our country!? Holy shit. All to give license to his followers to think that these people are less than human and it's OK to break maybe the most sacred tenet of humanity – the family – that it's OK to take their children away?
I've come to realize a portion of our country's population are un-willfully ignorant (i.e., lacking (decent) education and knowledge, unaware, uninformed) and thus may lack critical thinking skills. Ignorance leads to fear, fear to anger, to hate. I'm sorry, I know I have some relatives and friends who remain Republican and even support some of Trumps beliefs and they have every right to believe what they like and I certainly don't want to offend them…but people prancing around with swastikas — under the guise of being American — while resurrecting Nazis tactics is not acceptable to me and I really don't understand how it can be to any informed American. I cannot stomach it…the tearing of children from their parents. It makes me sick to the soul that this happened in my country. THINK: how could you live with an 'official' of a government taking your children away?
I don't know how anyone can rationalize that this is OK. Personally, I just don't want that mindset running my country. We apparently need to reassess the purpose of government, retreat back to how our founders envisioned it: like "all men are created equal," a government for the PEOPLE… not for a stock market bloated by buy-backs and blood money.
In a retirement letter written by Lindsey Wahlen, she thanked her parents for teaching her and her brothers and sisters to be "…humble, hardworking, honest and loyal." Are these "old-fashioned," traits gone with modern times? Or are these still the attributes you admire in people? You want in your children? Your friends? That should exist in our children's (and our) role models? If so then how in the hell did a president get elected that is the absolute antithesis of every one of these things we admire? Humble — hardly. Hardworking — he seems to golf and tweet a lot. Honest — you can't believe a frickin word he says. Loyal — if he'll throw his son under the bus, who wouldn't he betray? Back-stab?
Tru-th is necessary for tru-st. Dishonesty and #Me First doesn't work in any relationship. Not in family, in a friendship, in running a company…much less in running a country. Really…don't you think we've hit rock-bottom? Don't you think we need a change?


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Microsoft creates #MicrosoftEDULab, a space with six zones with different activities that seek to integrate the technology and educational concepts of the 21st century.
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Microsoft has created a laboratory of educational experiences called: Microsoft Edu Labs. This space seeks to create awareness about how to integrate 21st-century learning concepts, such as technology, to reform education.
The project aims to promote collaborative and flexible learning spaces with new educational methodologies; inspiration for the educational community, redesign the classrooms, be a reference in educational innovation for its structure and architecture and create a flexible and inclusive space.
This space is designed to develop the students' skills by making it the center of attention. This change fosters interaction, experimentation, and creativity between the teacher and the student. #MicrosoftEDULab has six zones with different purposes and activities, which is where the teacher uses technology to promote interactivity and participation among students.
The creative space where students can record, produce and edit as a team; the present zone where students can present their projects, a research space where, thanks to the flexibility of the area, children change from being passive listeners to active.
A corner is designed to build; here students can develop solutions to communication problems and present it to the classroom. Finally, it has an area that promotes self-reflection and informal learning. These spaces also have configurable furniture which allows the student and teacher to adapt it to their needs and activities. You can even move elements such as light to adjust to the type of learning.
In addition to this, seeks to integrate the entire educational community with training sessions, workshops, courses for teachers, counselors, students, businesses and families. Microsoft makes all of these efforts with the objective of being a different technological and educational environment.


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I Might Have a Superpower
Teleportation would be my wish.
Strong arguments can be made for mind control, super speed (or time manipulation), and telekinesis. But if I could only wish for one superpower, it would be teleportation. I could live anywhere I wanted. I'd make a ton of money off worldwide instant delivery. I could develop my own unbeatable fighting style. (After all, you can't hurt someone you can't hit). I could even help with disaster relief in remote places. The benefits of teleportation are pretty compelling to me.
Heroes v. Villains
I have always loved stories with superpowered characters. I imagine myself as the protagonist, realizing or gaining my powers. In every story, my superpowers also give me purpose: fighting evil and protecting the innocent.
It's always easy to separate villains from heroes; just watch how they treat other people. Villains sacrifice others (metaphorically and literally) to accomplish their goals. Heroes choose personal sacrifice to preserve life and freedom for the people around them. It's impossible for evil to truly trust others, because it's focused on benefiting itself first. Evil is always characterized by fear and selfishness. Good, on the other hand, values others just as much as self.
Superheroes never actually save us.
For most of my life I daydreamed about having superpowers. But a couple years ago I started to notice something was wrong in every story I read and movie I watched. Despite their awesome powers, superheroes never actually save us. They only delay the inevitable recurrence of evil.
I realized that superheroes are more like doctors. When they fight evil, they cut out a tumor so it doesn't spread and hurt others. They bring bad guys to justice so that the rest of us can live our lives in peace for a while longer. But they cannot prevent that tumor in the first place. They can't stop evil before it starts. Heroes are doing a good thing when they protect others. But superpowers, by their very nature, are external; they are unable to change our nature.
You & I Don't Measure Up
Our real problem as a species has never truly been our lurid examples of self-serving evil. It's easy to condemn murder and sexual abuse. But I would argue that those actions are merely inevitable symptoms of the selfishness living in all of us. Evil is just a matter of scale: how and in what ways we sacrifice others on our behalf.
Don't believe me? Consider: In your entire life have you ever chosen to serve self at the expense of others? That's evil. "But Joel" you tell me, "it's impossible to be perfectly selfless." I agree; selflessness is not in my nature. But that doesn't make selflessness any less an aspect of goodness. It just means that you and I don't measure up.
I am determining who I become
with every choice I make.
Maybe you disagree with my argument of scale: "Are you saying that murder is the same as gossip?" I grant that the physical effect on the victim is certainly different. But my motivation is the same in both cases. I am still choosing to sacrifice someone else (even if they don't know it) to benefit myself. I am determining who I become with every choice I make. My selfish choices have the same negative effect on me, regardless of the precise ways I act them out.
"What about all the good I've done with my life? Doesn't that balance out my selfishness?"
Let's think of it in superhero terms: What if Batman carefully placed some secretive Bat Cameras around for his own private peep show? Measured against all the lives he saved by locking up super villains, violating someone's privacy sounds like a small enough thing. If those cameras were never found, no one would even know they'd been harmed. And yet I would be outraged if those cameras were pointed at me. In spite of all the good that he had accomplished, I would not feel like that violation of my privacy was justified. I would not hesitate to call that act wrong.
In the same way, my evil cannot be balanced out by accomplishing any amount of good. Unfortunately, trying to do good or be good is still the best answer most of us have.
The Role I Played
I grew up in church. I knew every story, every answer, every hymn. I knew I was expected to be selfless, and so that's the role that I played. But inside I was exhausted. I assumed that if I maintained the appearance long enough, it would stick; one day I'd feel genuinely fulfilled by this hollow performance. In the meantime I spent my private life pursuing my own comfort and pleasure, because that actually gave me fleeting glimmers of happiness. It wasn't a perfect solution, but it was the best compromise I had between who I believed I should be, and who I felt I was inside.
No superhero wakes up and says, "Today is the day." Their new identity always comes by surprise. It was definitely a surprise when it happened to me.
I was out camping in the woods. Emotionally, I was finally ready to give up. Up to that point I had built my whole life around immediate gratification. My job was chosen for its simplicity, so that I could spend all my free time gaming. I hated any activity, like shopping or cooking, that interrupted my pursuit of happiness. I had almost completely wrecked my marriage; turns out you shouldn't treat your spouse like she is just an accessory to your enjoyment of life. Standing there in the woods, I realized I was tired of the disconnect between my beliefs and my feelings.
I finally gave up
trying to be good on my own.
I didn't experience a blinding vision or find an alien artifact imbued with power. I just accepted prayer from a friend and said to God: "I will obey anything you say to me." I finally gave up trying to be good on my own. I accepted that I had been ruled by my selfishness. I felt empowered to recognize and reject the evil in me instead of trying to hide it.
Now I am learning how to imitate Jesus, genuinely valuing others in the same way that I value myself. Instead of mimicking selfless actions, I am acting out of my transformed inner desires. It has been a process; I don't always choose to access the power of the Spirit. But just as every selfish act of evil formed my hollow future, so too my engagement with Jesus is forming me into the best version of myself.
Changing Where It Counts
Superheroes cannot ultimately save the world, because they cannot empower us to live unselfishly. They can only punish the visible symptoms of evil. We are all the problem. We cloak our selfishness, even from ourselves, by trying to act better.
I used to live like that, desperately imitating good while inwardly serving myself. Today I am being empowered to genuinely choose sacrificial love. It's not flashy, like teleportation. It's not quick, like super speed. But by choosing to access and accept this power of the Spirit, I am changing where it counts. And that change is rippling out into the world around me.
It's not the one I wished for, but I think I might have a superpower.
posted on February 16, 2018
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Joel Jackson is currently pursuing faithfulness, wisdom, and peace in Michigan. He enjoys reading, writing, listening to music, and playing Magic: the Gathering. You can find out more about him and his ongoing projects at www.joeljackson.us and on Twitter: @inexplicably8
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Pan falls short at being either an imaginative origin story for Peter Pan and/or a satisfying standalone big-budget fantasy adventure.
Pan introduces us to Peter (Levi Miller), a twelve-year old boy - living in WWII era London - whose mother (Amanda Seyfried) mysteriously left him at an all-boys orphanage when he was still an infant. Peter and his best friend Nibs (Lewis MacDougall) come to realize that boys at the orphanage have been vanishing without a trace, but cannot figure out who is responsible - until one night, when Peter and several of his fellow orphans are kidnapped by a band of pirates (armed with a flying ship), who then whisk the children away to a distant magical place known as Neverland. There, Peter is forced into slave labor by the pirates and their leader, Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman).
However, when Peter inadvertently foils his own execution (in a most extraordinary way), Blackbeard comes to the conclusion that Peter is the boy who is prophesied to bring about his downfall. Peter then escapes before Blackbeard can kill him and sets out with the hope of finding his mother - though, with help from one James Hook (Garrett Hedlund) and Neverland native princess Tiger Lily (Rooney Mara), Peter might end up fulfilling a destiny that he never expected.
Pan, as written by Jason Fuchs (Ice Age: Continental Drift), is a re-imagining of the Peter Pan mythos that serves as a prequel to J.M. Barrie's classic play/novel "Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up", as well as an origin story for the eponymous character. Unfortunately, the film does so by crafting a messiah or "chosen one" narrative that unfolds in a very formulaic manner, offering a derivative spin on many tropes while at the same time cribbing elements that've been used to greater effect in similar fantasy stories (Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, etc.). Pan also banks heavily on filmgoers being familiar with the original Peter Pan story - frequently repurposing famous lines from the book/play and foreshadowing events that are only distantly relevant to what is happening in the movie - yet fails to offer fresh insight on the themes and ideas that are raised in Barrie's original fairy tale.
The Pan mythology, as presented on the big screen, in turn feels incomplete as a standalone mythology and winds up mostly convoluting the history of Peter Pan and Neverland, rather than expanding upon them. Fuchs' scipt, to be fair, neither attempts to give explanations for the more fantastical elements of the Peter Pan story, nor does it (generally) go out of its way to directly setup events in its predecessor - something that allows the film to better retain the playfulness of Barrie's work without suffering from too strong a case of "prequel-itis", as a result. There are even a handful of plot elements that suggest an earlier draft of the Pan script might've stood better on its own (a la the Peter Pan prequel book/play, "Peter and the Starcatchers") than the final version that ended up on screen.
From a directorial perspective, Pan does benefit from having Joe Wright at the helm in certain respects. Wright's movies rarely fail to impress in terms of their visuals (see Atonement, Anna Karenina, and so on) and Pan likewise boasts some creative, if hodgepodge, costumes and practical production design in general by Aline Bonetto (Amélie). Unfortunately, the CGI elements of the film don't always meld that well with the non-digital components - giving rise to a number of sequences that have a distinct "green screen" look - and the practical components are overwhelmed by the big-budget CGI spectacle; itself, frequently derivative of the CGI from such tentpoles as Avatar and - sorry to say - The Last Airbender. Neverland, in turn, comes off as less of a living and breathing place and more a collection of expensive set pieces (unlike the fairy tale-inspired setting of Wright's film Hanna).
Pan cinematographers Seamus McGarvey (Wright's frequent collaborator) and John Mathieson (X-Men: First Class, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) shot the film in such a fashion that certain imagery does benefit from viewing in 3D - either taking advantage of the depth of field that is afforded by 3D (during scenes set atop flying pirate ships) or providing pop-out screen effects. Nevertheless, the 3D aspect of the film pales in comparison to recent movies that have also featured action sequences that unfold from great heights (see Everest and The Walk). Similarly, a number of scenes from Pan feature either a darker or relatively muted color palette that isn't enhanced by 3D - meaning that while 3D doesn't hurt the Pan viewing experience, it's not a necessity either.
Newcomer Levi Miller is perfectly serviceable in the role of young Peter in Pan, though the way the character is written - a cross between a youthful free-spirit and a reluctant hero archetype - results in what feels like a watered-down version of how Peter Pan is typically portrayed. Garrett Hedlund (TRON: Legacy) also gives a good natured performance as the young James Hook, though the character is little more than the typical wise-cracking, self-concerned, sidekick type. By comparison, Adeel Akhtar as Mr. Sam 'Smee' Smiegel - who, like Hook, is not yet a pirate in the film - delivers more of an over the top performance (for better and worse), much like the other noteworthy character actors in the cast - such as Nono Anozie (Cinderella), playing Blackbeard's second in command, Bishop.
Speaking of Blackbeard: the character is essentially a tweaked version of the Captain Hook character in Pan, and Hugh Jackman very much chews the scenery while he's playing the role - sometimes for the better, sometimes not - but ultimately, the Blackbeard character fails to add anything new to the Peter Pan mythology that the (older) Hook before him didn't (sidenote: Blackbeard also gets an exceptionally weird introduction in the film). Similarly, the decision to make the natives of Neverland a multi-ethnic group, rather than literal Native Americans, helps to distinguish Pan from Peter Pan adaptations past - but only on a surface level. The same goes for the decision to play up the warrior aspect of Tiger Lilly's personality, yet not give Rooney Mara much else to work with.
Pan falls short at being either an imaginative origin story for Peter Pan and/or a satisfying standalone big-budget fantasy adventure, when all is said and done. Director Joe Wright's usual inventiveness as a cinematic storyteller gets lost amidst the CGI malaise of the film, while the movie's attempt to craft a more complicated mythology out of the relatively simple Peter Pan story might've worked - but would have required a far less conventional and run of the mill approach, in order to do so.
With that is mind, Pan is a family-friendly offering (if a hollow one) and serves up enough stylish eye candy - while also keeping the proceedings light - that it could be more pleasing to some moviegoers, especially those of a younger age. However, as far as Peter Pan movies go, there have been far better renditions - be they traditional live-action adaptations (see, for example, P.J. Hogan's 2003 Peter Pan) or continuations of the original story by J.M. Barrie (see Steven Spielberg's Hook).
Pan is now playing in 2D and 3D U.S. theaters. It is 111 minutes long and is Rated PG for fantasy action violence, language and some thematic material.
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