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Mercury Free Fillings in Rotherham and Sheffield
I often get asked whether amalgam fillings are harmful to the patient because of their mercury content. The simple answer is that nobody knows for sure but they are banned in Sweden and Norway. They are currently allowed in the UK but it is probably 10 years since I placed any in my practice – I prefer tooth coloured alternatives.
Not only do composite tooth coloured fillings look better but these natural looking fillings strengthen the remaining tooth due to the chemical bond.
Below you can see before and after photos of a case completed earlier this week from on a patient from nearby City of Sheffield.
The tooth coloured composite filling looks better doesn't it?
The great news is that existing amalgam fillings can be easily replaced in a short appointment, and with the modern isolation and suction systems, there is no risk of mercury contamination during their removal.
Call the dental practice in Rotherham on 01709 364404 to discuss the replacement of your amalgam fillings with modern mercury-free tooth coloured composite fillings.


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Len Cuthbert Playwrite
Len Cuthbert's plays have appeared in festivals and on stage in Canada, US and the UK. He is the director of the NFP organization, Fridge Door Live Theatre Company. This play has recently been developed into a full length musical that he collaborated with his son who composed the music. It was staged in three local cities in June. Len lives with his wife and two children near London, Ontario, Canada.
Director- Wendy Skuse
Wendy is excited to be both directing and performing for the newest installment of staged readings from the Barrington Collective. This will be her third collaboration with BarCo since moving to NYC last year. Wendy holds an MA in Theatre Arts from Cal State Northridge as well as an MFA in Acting from East 15 Acting School in London.
A - Kim Hoffman
Kim Hoffman is an actress and director from Oak Park, California. Her favorite theatre credits include The Workroom (Arcola Theatre), Pericles (Shakespeare's Globe), and Triumvirette (Edinburgh Festival Fringe). Thanks to BarCo for the opportunity, and thanks to you for showing up. www.kim-hoffman.com
J - David Beckett
David grew up everywhere and nowhere in the United States, thanks to his father's military career. His aspirations of achieving financial stability were completely derailed when he attended the College of Charleston and earned his BA in Acting. After graduation and another great year of acting in Charleston, he decided to further his training and moved to London in 2013. David graduated from East 15 Acting school with his MFA in Acting in July of 2015. He is eternally grateful for the love and support of his friends and family around world. davidjamesbeckett.com

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SynchroShakti makes Reggae music a messenger of love
She is all of 25 but Kartika Nair, otherwise renowned as SynchroShakti, is giving the world what it needs the most today- positive influence. While there are many who work towards making the world a better place, Kartika has chosen the most soothing way to do just that, Music.
In her new video, SynchroShakti AKA Kartika helps spread positive energy using Reggae music making it a channel to spread message of love and unity. "There is always hope and love can bring us together in our personal struggles. The point of the video is to convey that when we work together as one race learning and growing in harmony we make the planet a better place", says the 25-year-old musician.
SynchroShakti's single was produced by speed high of Woolin'Box productions from Martinique islands. Kartika composed the melody as well as penned the lyrics and Mahesh Gowda from Honudi Productions directed the project.
SynchroShakti will be performing on India's official reggae festival called "Goa Sunsplash" in mid January of 2017, something that the team says is a must go for every Reggae lover.
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Podcast: South Carolina scouting report for Kentucky game
Popping into the AP Top 25 for the first time in over a decade, Kentucky takes on South Carolina at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Kroger Field. The SEC Network has the telecast.
I talked with Josh Kendall of The State newspaper in Columbia to get a scouting report on the Gamecocks. Josh talked about South Carolina's preseason expectations, its loss to Georgia and win over Vanderbilt. He examines the strengths and weaknesses of Will Muschamp's offense and defense as the Gamecocks are 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the SEC. He also talked about the Gamecocks' four-game losing streak to the Cats.
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Witness Reports 'Big' Winged Being in Chicago Suburb
Lon Strickler of Phantoms and Monsters was contacted on Monday, August 14th, by a witness who claimed to have seen a large flying creature in the Tinley Park suburb of Chicago. The sighting took place in March of 2017 at approximately midnight.
My name is OS and I believe I have seen the Mothman. My encounter took place back in March. It was in Tinley Park at the corner of 174th PL and 66th Ave.
I was walking my dog at around midnight and he suddenly stopped at the corner. As I looked down at him I saw him staring off. As I looked up I saw and heard something "swoooshhhh" overhead.
I didn't know what it was. I have heard of big birds coming down and taking small dogs (we have a Pomeranian) so naturally I looked around more for what it may have been and began walking toward a tree in front of a house.
As I got to the tree I noticed my dog looking across the street. So I tried to see where he was looking. And my eyes went up to the rooftop across the street and there is when I noticed something big on the top of the roofline. It was as if it was crouching. I didn't know what the heck it was, so I slowly moved toward it while fumbling to get my phone. As I turned the led light on on my phone, and aimed it at the roof (not a very bright light) I kept walking towards it. As I got about halfway in the street with my dog behind me, it seemed to have shot up and then it took a sharp downward turn down behind that house.
It was something big. As I have told people, as that thing was crouched on the rooftop, it was almost next to the chimney and it made the chimney look small.
I've attached a rough "map" of where we were and from what direction it swooped down and what rooftop it landed on.
I'm not sure if you'll believe me or not, but I'd like only my initials used if you plan on using this story.
My wife is the one who told me about these encounters. Her and my mother-in-law where the first ones I told as soon As I returned from walking our dog.
In a follow-up correspondence, the witness filled in some of the details.
It was March 16th, 2017 right after 12:00 a.m. Our dog liked taking late night walks. From what I saw when it flew above us it was not black in color, it was more of a dark brown. Because at the corner where we were standing are telephone poles and a streetlight at the end of the street where we were. This helped in showing the color a bit.
It was hard to get a specific description of it. I just know that it was big. The way it sat on the roofline and the lights behind it from the train station and bars in the downtown area, that back lighting helped in me seeing the crouched positioning it was in. The way it was crouching, it had bold shoulders. Odd, kind of the way a wide gargoyle would be perched. I can't say the eyes were red though. It was just a slight reflection cat/dog eye reflection if you know what I mean. All dark in color except for the reflections. That is the reason I was trying to get my phone out to try to shine more light at it. It was odd.
You'd figure that our dog would have been going nuts at it, but it wasn't. It seemed just as intrigued as I was.
When it did leave the roof it kind of shot up a couple feet and then shot straight down behind the house. And it was gone.
I carried a streamlight after that. But of course I didn't get to see it again.
It was just strange to come back from Saudi Arabia where I was working, to be back in time to see my son born...then to see this being a week later.
This sighting has none of the reported dread of previous sightings, and the description of the creature is decidedly vague. However, the loud sound of displaced air as it flies is consistent with other reports, such as the one just reported that took place in Indiana in the summer of 2000.
The recent flap of flying humanoid reports in Chicago began in early 2017, and since then sightings have spread to the surrounding suburbs. As the sightings continue to be reported, witnesses who have had similar experiences in the past are now coming forward; something that suggests this phenomenon may have a history previously unguessed.
The sightings generally take place in the evening or at night, often in or near a park and around water, and witnesses consistently describe a large, bat or bird-like creature with humanoid features; although in one case the creature was reportedly "insect-like."
To report a sighting, contact Lon Strickler at firstname.lastname@example.com or call him directly at 410-241-5974; fill out UFO Clearinghouse's contact form to get in touch with Manuel Navarette; or reach out to us directly at The Singular Fortean Society through our contact page.
You can view a timeline of the sightings so far here, and an interactive map here.


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US$16.93 (through Amazon)
More than half the businesses in New Zealand are substantially or solely family-owned, which means all of them, sooner or later, must face the issue of succession. But transitioning a company into the control of a new generation can cause major problems, both financial and emotional.
Statistics show only 40 per cent of businesses survive into their second generation, and 90 per cent will have failed by the third generation.
Werdiger is an Australian author and founder of a
telecommunications billing software company. His interest in family succession planning is personal, because he has recently worked with his family to manage the transition of his father's fabric trading business to the next generation.
In this book, he discusses the challenges and opportunities created by multiple generations being involved in the same family business.
As he points out, this is the first time in history that four generations of one family might be alive at the same time, and this leads to differences in attitudes and understanding.
Werdiger looks at the intergenerational issues which might arise, including the old adage that the first generation establishes a business, the second generation builds it, and the third generation sells it or loses it.
He believes this pattern is avoidable, if the people inheriting the enterprise are given the right tools, education, and guidance.
He dedicates a chapter to the fraught issue of raising children with wealth, to understand the value of money, and be financially literate, despite having access to generous resources.
Transition is a reasonably short book, but it covers some important issues which family business-owners and anyone who is able to pass on wealth need to consider.
It comes with a free-downloadable Transition Workbook (on davidwerdiger.com/transition-workbook). The workbook contains practical exercises to help business owners and families work through the issues involved in their own situation.


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Recently I posted an idea for start a wiki, or like repository, to collect information on railway track. I wanted a place to collect details like:
- Rail. Size in terms of weight (e.g. "25 pound rail") and also dimensions (e.g. 4″ from base to running surface)
- Ties. Were they rough-sawn logs? What size and how were they spaced?
- Roadbed. Was it graded with ditches or was the track just laid on graded ground?
- Ballast. Dirt, local shale, imported gravel?
- Track hardware. Did they use tie plates?
I thought I'd start at home with a copy of Allan Graham's book on railroading in Prince Edward Island. I'll expand this preliminary set of observations deeper by exploring further into my paper and photo collection on the PEIR but thought even this much might help frame out an example of how I see this repository could look.
I leafed through Allan's book concentrating only on images depicting the Prince Edward Island Railway during the narrow gauge period. From those photographs that showed track details and from this group I'll note:
- Page reference from the book to help remind me where the observation came from
- Location we might be able to corelate these into greater assumptions covering an entire subdivision or branch, during a particular period.
- List particular observations or dimensions that I can make out from what I can see in the photo
- On dimensions, knowing that the track gauge is forty-two inches, I will assume dimensions based on a ratio comparing what I can measure in the photo to the gauge (constant)
So, here's what I found:
|Tie Design
|Tie Length
|Tie Spacing
|Rail Height
|Tie Plates(Yes or No?)
|Rough sawn logs
|Rough sawn logs
|Can't discern
|"Turn of the century"
|Clean sawn logs
|Can't discern
|Can't discern
|Rough sawn logs
|Appears closer than 20"
|4x bridal rods on stub turnout
|Cape Traverse
|Before 1918
|Rough sawn logs
|Between 5 and 6 feet
|Appears closer than 20"
|Graded land no ditches
|Lake Verde
|Rough sawn logs
|Appears closer than 20"
|Graded land no ditches
|Murray Harbour
|Graded land no ditches
|Hunter River
|After 1907
|Can't discern
|Can't discern
|After 1907
|On dual gauge track
|Rough sawn logs
|On dual gauge track
In the notes in the first chapters of the book, the author quotes on the design of the first track built on the PEIR:
- 40lbs rail, 24′-0″ lengths
- 2,200 sleepers per mile
- 8′-0″ ballasted roadbed
If my calculations are correct, that tie spacing is wider than what I'm seeing in the photos though each case (above) several decades after construction started and it equates to a tie spacing of about 28″ which is wider than what I see in the photos. This spacing certainly speaks to a colonial design for the railway and an influence we'd see in those charming, in appearance but not in suitability, tank engines the railway would open operations with.
So what do I like about this approach?
I like that the photos were all taken around a similar period of time, within a few years of each other. This tight frame of reference feels like assumptions from one photo can be related to others in the set.
I like the variety in terms of location on the railway. Even on a railway as small as the PEIR each branch was different in terms of traffic, both in frequency and train weights, and also age. Given the tight time band it's interesting to note that in locations along the heavily trafficked western road (see Alberton, Coleman) we see the same rough-sawn logs for ties as we see on the short-lived Cape Traverse line and on the relatively new Murray Harbour branch (see Lake Verde and Murray Harbour).
Tie spacing seems consistent but tie lengths varied wildly. My estimated lengths are only that but comparing relative lengths within the same photo shows inconsistency in the tie lengths. In terms of translating this look onto a model railway, I'd worry that it would just look sloppy. Stephen Hatch has posted a really neat article on modelling this style of track on his website and his work looks terrific, compared to mine concerns so I'm really just worrying for nothing here. Here's a link out to Stephen's article:
I tried estimating the height of rails compared to a measurement of the track gauge. Each time I estimate a rail height between four and five inches. I'm pleased with the consistency in my outcomes compared to the shaky assumptions built into my methodology.
Though not noted in the above table, I wanted to touch on the roadbed and ballast in broader terms and based on what I saw when I concentrated on this detail and not the trains that were the actual subject of the photo. Ditching was not as consistent as I would have assumed. That said, I'm basing this first assumption on photos taken within stations and not on mainline track. Ballast on the PEIR was locally quaried. Though referred to as stone, there is very little actual rock on the Island and most of this would have been sandstone. It must have been lousy in terms of drainage. The ballast in most of these photos is not graded level with the top of the ties and typically reaches up only about half the depth of the tie leaving a pronounced air gap between the base of the rail and the top of the ballast profile.
So with what was little more than clay and dirt ballast, I expected grass but the more I looked into these photos the more I realised this bed of grass was everywhere. I equate a grassy right of way with the neglect that precedes abandonment but in these photos from what was a very busy railroad, there is grass growing everywhere. In that Cape Traverse photo referenced above the grass is nicely cut. I wonder how the railway kept the grass and weeds in check? Teams of section crews with scythes diligently clearing the line?
Finally on track hardware. Plain track was spiked with four spikes, two per rail, directly to the ties. In none of the photos did I see tie plates. Turnouts were granted more hardware. I realise I don't have as many clear photos showing detail at the turnouts as I'd like. Lots of photos showing the area around the frog but few at the points. I have a few photos of stub turnouts on the Island. I don't know the correct technical name for the switch stands but they are of a framed, rectangular design and not the "harp" style we typically see associated with nineteen and early twentieth century railroading. Some time ago I posted a drawing and some notes on these stands (see Switch Stand Design)
So this is my start. What do you think?
As for the backdrop I'm writing this against;
My pantry is filled with various glass jars filled with herbs, spices, teas, and coffees. I'm proud of the vista it provides when I look into it. I don't tend to label anything in there and rely on a pretty strong palate to guide my time in the kitchen. With this introduction, I am assuming that the particular jar of coffee I grabbed this morning contained beans from The Black Duck in Sackville. Regardless, I brewed some really nice espresso from that and am enjoying the last of it now.
I'm streaming music through Youtube in the background while typing this post. I'm picking a pretty self-indulgent list that includes some excerpts from things I like but haven't remembered in at least a year. So far, there's been a lot of Radiohead, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, and right now, Duran Duran. I'm really enjoying the list but must confess that I'm a bit shocked since I had Danko Jones on my mind when I started. [In the hour it took to write this post, I grew exhausted of Youtube's constant need to interupt videos with advert's so I went to real albums and finished this post playing Radiohead's The Bends and remembered why this album is so very much so a part of a collection of five I'd happily live in seclusion with] Why? Several weeks ago, my brother quietly assembled a fantastic evening with all of us Mears boys. It's been far too long since we last got together. I love those guys. We really never get together often enough. Over a wild variety of favourite beers we excitedly worked through an eclectic stack of favourite albums and I left the evening, very late the next morning, feeling compelled by a sense of needing to get back into full albums more often and actually listening to music again. Thanks Adrian.I thought I had a longer footer for this post but I don't. Those last words in the previous sentence are where this ended.Thanks Adrian, I love you.


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Register your child for Pre-K for 2019-2020Community, Dragon's Corner February 15, 2019
ALL After School Activities will be Held as Scheduled TodayCommunity, Dragon's Corner December 10, 2018
Jasper, Georgia — All after-school activities and extracurricular activities planned for today, December 10,
2018, will be held as scheduled.
Information will be posted on the Pickens County School District website at www.pickenscountyschools.org,
social media sites, and sent to local media.
Pickens BOE Called MeetingCommunity, Dragon's Corner August 30, 2018
The Monthly Pickens ReportBusiness, Community, Dragon's Corner June 12, 2018
Another busy month has passed for Pickens County with lots in store for the Summer. On May 22nd voters across the county went to the polls to vote on a variety of elections and ballot questions. The overall voter turnout of registered voters was 25.56 percent with a total of 5,101 votes cast. One local race (District One Commissioner) resulted in a runoff election that will take place on July 24th. Early voting for the runoff will be weekdays July 2-20 (excluding the July 4th holiday) at the Board of Elections. Additionally, the Chamber of Commerce helped to orchestrate a successful partnership for the BRAG (Bicycle Ride Across Georgia) that passed through town in early June. This event brought an increase of customers shopping at local establishments.
During the month of May, the Pickens Animal Shelter brought in 110 animals, and 94 animals went out through various forms of adoption. Animal Control responded to 29 cases. The Department of Planning and Development issued 43 new building permits. The Water Department installed six new meters. The 911 Operations Center received 1,865 total calls, 726 were medical responses and fire related. The Recreation Department pool is now open, and several camps are ongoing throughout the Summer. To keep up to date on PCRD activities follow them on Facebook and Twitter and check out their website: pickrec.com. The Road Department is preparing to begin tar and graveling several roads across the county. They are also continuing to perform routine road maintenance. Subcontractor crews through LMIG (Local Maintenance Improvement Grant) and SPLOST (Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax) funding are currently paving county-maintained roads within Hunters Ridge. After the crews resurface those roads, they will begin paving the remainder of the 62 roads set to be paved through LMIG. Pickens County government departments continue to stay busy working hard for the citizens of Pickens County. The Pickens County Board of Commissioners continues to do a great job of leading these efforts. As work progresses, and projects continue, I will do my best to keep you informed of these developments.
Until the next time, stay safe, and shop local!
By: Tucker Green – Pickens County Board of Education Post Three
Fun at the Shamrock Stroll!Business, Community March 14, 2018
Pickens County Schools announces make-up daysDragon's Corner, News January 24, 2018
JASPER, Ga. – Pickens County Schools Superintendent Dr. Carlton Wilson announced in a press release on the school system's website Saturday, Jan. 20, three scheduled make-up dates in February for missed school days as a result of recent winter weather.
We are very concerned with the academic time our students have missed during this very difficult winter. Our 2017-2018 school calendar includes three weather make-up days during Winter Break in February.
After much consideration, we have made the decision to make up three of of the 12 days our students have missed. The make-up dates are as follows:
- Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018
- Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018
- Friday, Feb. 23, 2018
If we continue to miss school days for inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances, we will have to consider the option to make up days during our 2018 Spring Break.
As always, our first priority is the safety and best interest of our students.
According to the Pickens County Schools website, the Pickens County Schools 2018 spring break mentioned in Wilson's statement occurs Monday, April 2, through Friday, April 6.
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Turn around in Andalusia as Vox bursts in with twelve MPs and holds the key to give a right-wing majority in the Andalusian parliament. PSOE wins the election but falls to 33 seats and might lose its most prized region as PP, with seven representatives less, and Ciudadanos, who double their result, position themselves to preside the Junta.
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Gravesend town centre was brought to a standstill on Friday evening as hundreds of school children, teachers, parents and members of the public were involved in the Festival of Light parade, organised by Cohesion Plus. Under the Christmas lights were loads of street entertainment, with performers on stilts, Bhangra drummers and of course Bloco Fogo.
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Red Christmas Gingerbread Pancakes
These RED CHRISTMAS Gingerbread Pancakes are fun for the holidays! This recipe is easy to make for a family! Serve them with a powdered sugar frosting tree on top! Perfect for Christmas morning breakfast!
One of my favorite parts of the holidays is Christmas morning. As a kid my parents had a rule that I had to stay upstairs until they went downstairs first and put on the tree lights. When Santa came on Christmas Eve came he would decorate our tree, so the first time I would see it all lit up and decorated is Christmas Morning. Mom and Dad had a good idea here, don't let the kids involved in tree decorating. Instead, lie to them and tell them they better not decorate because it's Santa's job and Santa will be angry if he doesn't have a tree to decorate. It's not like Santa doesn't have millions of other plans that night, right?
Christmas Breakfast recipe
Now we decorate our tree weeks in advance, but Christmas morning is still special. Why? Because it's one of the most delicious breakfast meals of the year! There's always bacon sizzling, bread toasting, eggs however you want and the big plate of pancakes. Oh yes, would it be a holiday morning without the sweet smell of maple syrup poured over moist and delicious pancakes?


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Be sure to do your ten minutes of pre-class dynamic flexibility work. Mael and Strongarm
1. Technique review: the Russian and American kettlebell swings, which is appropriate for you? Positions of the Russian swing, overhead test, positions of the American swing, overhead stationary holds, the American swing.
2. "Helen Thomas" AMRAP 20 Run 400m 21 Kettlebell swings 12 Pull-ups
LIII: 53/35lbs kettlebell swung American-style LII: 35/25 lbs 'bell swung American or Russian-style, pull-ups scaled as appropriate (bands are okay, but NO KIPPING ON BANDS. Also, single-band rule is in effect). LI: Three rounds not for time of run 400m, 10 Russian swings, 10 ring rows.
3. Study, as a group, the mobilizations for September T-spine smash (pg 232 in "Becoming a Supple Leorpard." What?! You don't have a copy yet? Get a copy here) Oblique side smash (pg 291) Roller calf smash (pg 377) Couch stretch (pg 331)
DON'T FORGET! Information meeting tonight re: PVCF's Fall Paleo Challenge!


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The Mahna Mahna Cocktail event that was exclusive without snobbery. Allow me to explain--I was excited to venture off to this event because I was still on a euphoric high from the William Okpo show. Upon entering the showroom, I was warmly greeted by staff that signed me in, asked for my business info, and directed me to coat check. After checking in my coat, I immediately walked straight for the shoes... And when I say shoes... I mean shoe heaven!!! This place is for anyone who is on a budget and lusts for the luxury items that you see on TV, magazines, or even Instagram (this is 2014). Mahna Mahna allows you to rent the luxury!! Yes, rent the luxury.
I know this is not first and probably not the last luxury brand rental showroom, but this place has all of the high-end without the drama. I use high-end and drama in the same sentence because men and women all over the United States are breaking their bank accounts and tearing down their credit scores for the feel of luxury. Not only are people tearing up their credit scores, if you don't have a certain look when you decide to waltz into a Barney's or Saks to buy or visit luxury, you are subject to being profiled (something I have zero-toleration for), but at Mahna Mahna they welcome you and your money with open arms!
Mahna Mahna Nyc is primarily for stylists who are pulling for shoots, productions, etcetera, but I do think if you need something special of a day or a week, because of events or you are working on looks for your blog, this definitely a showroom that you should keep a rapport with!
Go get your luxury on!
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One of NSW's most prestigious female Catholic schools has suspended at least 10 students after the discovery of alcohol stashed in lockers.
Staff at Loreto Normanhurst discovered the alcohol being horded in preparation for a large party, the Daily Telegraph reports.
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Principal Barbara Watkins said staff attempted to stop the Year 11 girls from attending the party hosted by parents but were met with a backlash from students via social media threatening the school and those who opposed the event.
"Via social media, the school and certain individuals were singled out and threatened for taking a stand in favour of safety," Ms Watkins said in a letter to parents.
"This is an extremely serious matter which will be thoroughly investigated by the school in the coming week.
"Many students were involved in the planning of the event and purchasing alcohol as well as disturbing and intimidating behaviour towards other students and the school."
Ms Watkins said the alcohol was discovered after a thorough investigation of student's lockers during afternoon periods. The principal rebuked the use of intimidating tactics via social media citing a breach in school rules.
"The school is clear in its response to underage drinking through its policies, guidelines and procedural documents," she said.


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The Taegeuk Cipher
Paperback, 244 Pages
Price: $25.82
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An analysis of the Taegeuk patterns of Kukki Taekwondo, discussing the context of their creation, realistic applications for practical self-defence including grappling and close-range striking, and the development of a pattern-based self-defence syllabus.
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Oct 15, 2009This book is mainly concerned with the practical application of the 8 Taegeuk forms It opens with a very well written and in my belief the most accurate Taekwondo history available. In many respects it is also the taekwondonised "Shotokans secret" written by Bruce Clayton as the author also presents his case of why there is possible more in the patterns than the kick, punch, block interpretations we normally see. He also makes his case of why the practical applications is not taught openly. The book also contains a section on how to analyse forms for yourself. I personaly feel that this section could be a lot longer, and that it could contain more specific concepts like in Iain Abernethys "Bunkai Jutsu", preferably with examples from the poomsae itself, but then again the fokus in this book is to show the reader that there is more in the forms than what meets the eye using the authors own applications rather than a textbook on how to analyse forms like "Bunaki jutsu" is. A very... More > good explanation of what self defence actually is when compared to fighting, combat, and duelling follows the interpretation section. This is something that is lacking in many martial arts books and is one thing that sets this book apart from the vast majorety of Taekwondobooks out there (except the fact that it is the only book explaining the WTF patterns in a realistic way on the market). Many people get the terms mixed up and practise duelling while thinking that they are practising self defence.. This section is sure to open a few eyes out there (and we have not even come to the applications yet). Then at last what we have been waiting for: The applications themselves. This is the big bulk of the book. The author divides the patterns in 3 groups. "The Preliminary stage" (where the fight usually starts at talking distance), "The infighting and clinching" (when the preemptive strike, and the striking has failed and grips come into place) and "advanced self-defence". Before each group of patterns there is an explenation of that stage of the fight and what the strategy of that stage should be. Then the patterns in that group follows. Each pattern is opened with a sumary of the movements, and a sumary of the key concepts and principles the poomsae/form is trying to teach the student. This gives a very good overview of each pattern and what you can expect to learn from it. The big draw back in the applications section is that the pictures are very small, and sometimes unclear. The illustrations could also have had some arrows to show the direction of the movements to help the reader. That being said, any serious student of martial arts should be able to understand the applications with a close look at the text and the pictures. The applications are mostly simple and highly effective The book also contains sections on pattern performance, some drills to help putting the applications into practise, and a very interesting section on designing a syllabus (for self defence, pattern applications). This book is absoloutly worth every penny.. I personally feel that the history section alone was worth the cost. It was so good to finally read a history of Taekwondo grounded in reality and not coloured by any political bias.. It seems very well researched and unlike most Taekwondo books it does not just repeat everything that has allready been written, but contributes with new (and interesting) facts. The applications are like I allready wrote simple and effective, with the only draw back being the small pictures. They are easily the best applications to the Taegeuk poomsae I have ever seen in a book.< Less
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- Sim on John O'Neill (Standard Copyright License)
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OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have developed an electronic accountability system they say can save millions of dollars and ensure total worker accountability.
The system, developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, uses radio frequency technology to tag and identify people and equipment. A pilot test was so successful at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency's Washington Navy Yard site that ORNL was asked to install a system at the agency's St. Louis facility.
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"In any federal or state building that houses hundreds or thousands of employees, knowing where people are is a tremendous concern," Steimer added. "In the event of a drill or actual emergency, our system lets responders know quickly who is still in the building."
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In this article I will try to convince you that churches that do not sing Psalms—perhaps yours—should do so. Sadly, those I seek to persuade include almost all modern Evangelical Churches. We will start somewhat far afield with the book of Judges, but just stick with it.
Anarchy in Worship
If you know anything about the book of Judges, you know that it chronicles a time when there was "no king in Israel, and everyone did what was right in his own eyes," usually pretty awful stuff. The narrator of Judges tells us this four times in the space of five chapters (17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25). These closing chapters are an epilogue to the book. And by this point in the story, the attentive reader wonders what the priests and Levites are up to, since they have not been mentioned yet. Those priests and Levites who are supposed to be teaching the Law to the people and administering the worship of God—where have they been? Why have the twelve tribes been embracing idolatry so eagerly and repeatedly?
Our curiosity is answered in chapters 17–21, where we are given two stories about two different Levites. The first of these is a Levite who has put his priestly services up for sale to any rube with an idolatrous household shrine. A man named Micah from the highlands of Ephraim takes him up on this (Judges 17–18). The second is a Levite who gives his concubine up to death by gang rape, in what is perhaps the most disturbing domestic incident in all the Bible (Judges 19–21). The piety of these two, it seems, could fit in a thimble and leave most of the thimble still empty.
Since the reigning sin of Israel in Judges is idolatry, and since the two-part epilogue gives us tales of Levites with all the virtue of hyenas, I take it that everyone "doing what was right in his own eyes" is not just statement about general wickedness, but primarily a statement about corrupt worship. In fact, the phrase probably comes from Deuteronomy 12:8, where "doing what is right in your own eyes" specifically describes anarchy in worship.
The Psalmist King
Furthermore, Judges suggests that there was corrupt worship, liturgical anarchy, because there was no king. This then implies that one of the primary functions of the king of Israel was to ensure that the worship was done properly. This is exactly what we find to be the assumption as the Old Testament progresses. David, the founder of Israel's monarchy, was the "Psalmist of Israel" and the one who organized what would become temple worship (1 Chronicles 22–29) before Solomon built and dedicated the temple.
Subsequently, the kings of Israel and Judah regularly have their careers judged with reference to idolatry and whether or not they tore down the high places (1 Kings 16:13, 26; 2 Kings 12:3; 15:35; etc.). The reforms put in place by the good kings Hezekiah and Josiah were very much reforms in the area of worship (2 Chronicles 29:20ff; 2 Chronicles 35:1-19).
It seems to have been an expectation, at least among the Samaritans, that the messianic king would be a new David in this regard—he would teach about worship. When the Samaritan woman spoke to Jesus about worship, she said, "I know that the Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will tell us all things" (John 4:25). This is in response to Jesus' famous statement that the hour was now here when true worshipers would worship the Father in Spirit and Truth.
Among other things, Jesus is alluding to the fact that worship involves coming into the presence of God, and with the coming of Christ (the Truth or substance, cf. John 1:17) and the gift of the Spirit, worship can now be done "in Spirit and Truth" instead of by the mediation of animal sacrifice and a priest in Jerusalem. We can enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the way that he opened for us (Hebrews 10:19-22). Jesus is the true worshiper, the High Priest who enters into the presence of God, and we enter with and in him.
That is what worshiping in Spirit and Truth refers to. In line with this, Hebrews 2:12 quotes from Psalm 22:22, identifying Jesus as the speaker of the psalm, and he speaks there as leader of the corporate praise of God's people: "I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation [ἐκκλησίᾳ, ekklesia, i.e., church] I will sing your praise."
Jesus Leads Us in Psalms of Worship
So let us put this together, remembering that I am trying to build a case that we should sing Psalms.
First, the king of God's people has the duty of instituting and protecting true worship.
Second, King Jesus fulfills this role by instituting the worship of the New Covenant, which is worship in Spirit and Truth, by uniting us with himself through the Spirit and bringing us with him into the presence of the Father.
Third, the New Testament recognizes that Christ himself sings God's praise in the midst of the church. He is the worship leader.
So now, we might ask, what is the substance of the praise that Jesus sings? Well, perhaps it is more, but it is certainly nothing less, than the Psalms. Clearly he is the singer of Psalm 22, already referenced, but it is not only Psalm 22 of which the New Testament makes Jesus the first-person speaker (see Acts 2:25-28; Romans 15:3; etc.). Even during his earthly life, Jesus would have joined with his fellow Israelites in the synagogue and at the festivals, regularly singing all of the Psalms.
As the true representative of God's people, Jesus would be singing them more truly than anyone else ever could. Take for example the "hymn" Jesus sang with the Twelve after the Last Supper (Mark 14:26). Most scholars agree that this was the Hallel, the Passover hymn of Psalm 113–118. Read Psalm 118 especially, and you will have a profound window into the mind of Christ on the night in which he was betrayed. To sum this point up, Peter tells us that the Psalmists were moved to write what they wrote by the Spirit of Christ in them (1 Peter 1:11)—their words are really his words.
The Command to Sing Psalms
An excellent and necessary way for the church to express this reality is to sing the Psalms in its corporate worship. Historically, this is what churches everywhere did until relatively recently. In the 18th and 19th century English-speaking world, the Psalms got shoved aside in favor of hymns, and then hymns got shoved aside in the later 20th century in favor of simpler praise songs. Now we debate whether to use Chris Tomlin and the Gettys ("contemporary"), or Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley ("traditional").
David has fallen out of the picture entirely. But it only makes sense that in union with King Jesus who structures the worship of his people and leads them in praise to the Father, the substance of our praise would be the King's own words of worship.
In fact, I would suggest that the church's ability to engage and confront the culture, to speak prophetically to the world, our ability to sustain any coherent or truly biblical relationship to politics, and our understanding of emotion and its proper expression, have all suffered as a result of our losing the Psalms.
If none of the above moves you or is convincing at all, we have simple commands, which should be enough:
but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart (Ephesians 5:18-19).
Let the word of Christ dwell among you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God (Colossians 3:16).
Let the "word of Christ dwell among you richly"? What richer way for the words of Christ to dwell in his people than for them to sing his own words every week? It would not be long before we would have many of them memorized, so that like the psalmist also said, "I have stored your word in my heart that I might not sin against you" (Psalm 119:11).
Those interested in purchasing a psalter for worship should consider the Trinity Psalter Hymnal (2018).


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SAN JOSE, February 25, 2014 – The month of February, designated as Black History Month, will soon come to a close. Before that happens, it is appropriate to recognize Frederick Douglass, one of the most important Americans in the nation's history. His value to the formation of the United States of America is critical, as Frederick Douglass was perhaps one of the most important leaders of the abolitionist movement in the years prior to the American Civil War, and a dedicated women's rights advocate afterwards. It is particularly important that younger Americans of all races have a deeper perspective on the significance of Frederick Douglass' legacy in the fight for freedom, especially since the Constitution has increasingly come under attack via the current administration.
Frederick Douglass believed (he wasn't sure) that he was born in February of 1818. He was born into slavery in Maryland, at the time a slave state, although north of the U.S. capitol in Washington, D.C. He was originally given the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, but changed it numerous times to avoid being captured and brought back to chains. He allowed Nathan Johnson, who had provided for his welfare after fleeing from Maryland, to give him a new last name, but to leave intact his first name of Frederick. He stated in his first autobiography that he wanted to hold on to that to preserve his own sense of identity. Johnson, who had been reading Lady of the Lake, gave him the last name of Douglass, which he kept the rest of his life.
At around the age of 21, after two previous unsuccessful attempts, Douglass escaped across the Mason-Dixon line into free Pennsylvania, and became the first slave to declare publicly that he was a fugitive. After obtaining refuge and relative freedom in the North, Frederick Douglass eventually became one of the best-known abolitionists of his time. He shocked the populace in the North with his eloquence when he spoke about his personal ordeals as a slave. Because he was a former slave, Douglass served as a prime witness against the evils of slavery, and definitively impacted the knowledge-base of the northern citizens who read his books or came to hear him speak on his life experiences that he had as a slave, or speak out against slavery as an institution.
Frederick Douglass became one of the most famous individuals in American history due to his bold support for the abolition of slavery. After living in relative freedom in the North, Douglass attended an anti-slavery convention on NantucketIsland in Massachusetts In 1841. It was as much a critical turning point in his life as his escape to freedom because at the convention, he became impressed with William Lloyd Garrison, who at the time was publishing The Liberator newspaper, one of the most potent abolitionist newspapers in the nation. Douglass became a colleague of Garrison, who became a sort of mentor to Douglass. The two gradually developed a symbiotic relationship, and became two of the most outspoken abolitionists in the country.
Douglass ultimately joined with the American Anti-Slavery Society as a public speaker, and they sent him out on a lecture circuit. Additionally, he wrote articles and books on his life as a former slave. Douglass went on to become one of the most articulate public speakers advocating the abolition of slavery in the U.S. during the period prior to the Civil War. However, because he had been influenced by the views of William Lloyd Garrison, among others regarding the Constitution of the United States, Douglass also viewed the document with serious misgivings. Garrison, as an ardent abolitionist, also possessed a strong antipathy toward the U.S. Constitution as he believed it sanctioned slavery and he even went so far as to publicly burn copies of the document.
Douglass was also profoundly impacted when Garrison generated a public resolution that denounced the U.S. Constitution as a document sanctioning the criminal activity of slavery. On January 27, 1843, Mr. Garrison specifically charged that "The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell." The resolution was adopted by the American Anti-Slavery Society.
However, as Frederick Douglass matured in his political views, he evolved in his personal position regarding the Law of the Land. In fact, Douglass made one of the most dramatic changes in position regarding the value of the U.S. Constitution in the years leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War.
As Douglass read and studied more, and became more aware of other abolitionists, he began to pull away from Garrison's orbit of persuasion. On December 3, 1847, after Douglass came back from a tour of England and Ireland, he used funds entrusted to him to start his own weekly abolitionist newspaper that he called The North Star. This initiated a substantial break with his previous supporter. Garrison felt largely responsible for the rise in prominence of the former slave, but ironically opposed the move to establish a separate abolitionist news organization. He may have regarded it as some needless competition for his own newspaper. Nonetheless in The North Star, Douglass replicated Garrisonian views that the Constitution was intentionally pro-slavery.
Frederick Douglass had even publically debated with Lysander Spooner and Gerrit Smith who were abolitionists that supported the Constitution. In 1846, Spooner, an ardent abolitionist, had written a book titled The Unconstitutionality of Slavery which proposed the opposite perspective of Garrison, in which Spooner expressed that the Founders had not deliberately legalized slavery. Eventually, Frederick Douglass made public a dramatic change of opinion about the Constitution in his newspaper, and later in a public speech, he proclaimed it as "a glorious liberty document." Such a dramatic personal shift in opinion reflected a larger split within the abolition movement in general due to perceptions regarding the Constitution and the proper way for the nation to deal with the institution of slavery.
If anyone still doubted the new position Douglass had adopted, he made his views crystal clear in a speech he gave on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York. James Colaiaco, in his book Frederick Douglass and the Fourth of July, makes the point that this speech given to the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society is arguably the most powerful abolition speech of the time. Colaiaco examines this shift in the thinking of Douglass regarding the Constitution, and he dissects the speech in which Douglass made a serious challenge to America to resolve the seeming contradiction between slavery and the country's founding documents. This speech was powerful and has been dramatically revived and publically presented in recent years.
Frederick Douglass cut into the very heart of the matter of slavery within the Land of the Free. Rev. Martin Luther King's powerful "I Have A Dream" speech echoed the sentiments of Frederick Douglass when King demanded, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, that America live up to the Founding Father's promise when he said: "…we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Even over 150 years ago, as America fought with itself over its own identity as a nation, the Constitution was essentially at the heart of the struggle. It was at the core of the crisis within the nation that led to the Civil War, which essentially ripped the nation apart. Nevertheless, incredible men and women, people like Frederick Douglass, rose to the challenge in the time of great national crisis, and recognized the weight, substance and power of the Founding Father's words, and remembered the true identity of the United States of America. Then, they truly fought to carry the promise of the Land of the Free on into the future. Just as the Constitution comes under attack today, incredible men and women, will rise to the challenge in this time of great national crisis.


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Emilie is a full time artist. She creates her work out of her studio in Wellington New Zealand where she constructs surreal collages based on the principles of beauty, truth, and freedom. Emilie draws inspiration from society, culture and human relationships; her work is rooted in counselling theory; social construction, positioning theory, and empowerment theory. Through her work Emilie aims to highlight and challenge societal norms and discourse that may otherwise be invisible to us; questioning our perceived realities and inviting us to see new possibilities. Emilie's collage work is vibrant and full of life and colour. Surreal scenes grow out of everyday familiar objects and figures that have been reorganised to create something new. Awards Curators Award, Art Week Otago University, 2011 Midlands Photography Award (U.K), 2004 Top Art Student, Binswood Hall (U.K), 2005 Top Art Student, Binswood Hall (U.K), 2004 www.emilietruscott.co.nz www.facebook.com/EmilieTruscott


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"Even Stephen"
TECSPOT Ima Lookin Good x A-KERR'S La Paloma
I knew I would keep Stephen the moment I saw him as a newborn! His pattern flow and heavy rosetting was evident even then and he did not let me down as he developed with a lovely head and absolutely precious personality. This line has consistently produced sweet temperaments, his mother La Paloma has always been very dear to me and was shown alongside IW SGC A-Kerr's Regal Splendor of Medusa in 2011. His great grandmother Conga, is our house cat and loves our small children and crazy dogs. Stephen himself lived inside the house for his first year and proved himself to be a superior ambassador for the breed! Stephen has been shown in both TICA and CFA, but enjoys the home life better!
About Stephen:
- Size: large and lovable!
- Personality: raised in our home, by my son, Chase. Easy to handle and passes himself off as a a bundle of purring fur! Has decided he does not like the shows unless I am right there holding him! Even so, he is now a champion in TICA and was presented in CFA!
- Coloring is cool, background a rich brown. Huge black circles of rosettes. Clear coated with lots of glitter.
- Rosetting: distinct rosettes going to the skin, giving great contrast
- Underside: comes from a line of whited undersides
- Pattern flow: very horizontal and spaced wide apart, maximizing look
- Carries for: melanistic A/a.
- One of my most favorite cats ever! He is sweet, kind, but has an aversion to feathers therefore will not play with you if you get a feather toy!
- Health: see below
"Stephen" is genetically negative as both parents DNA tested N/N for:
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Young women and mothers considering self employment in the Chichester region could benefit from a campaign to support them into work.
The 'Discover Your Future' scheme from Chichester Community Development Trust (CCDT) will encourage women to use its new state-of-the-art co-working space at Graylingwell Park's Water Tower to receive mentoring and professional skills training free of charge.
Clare de Bathe, director of CCDT said: "Many women can feel intimidated by workplaces, and that is an unacceptable situation.
"This can result in some not considering self-employment, in spite of a desire to do so, and others not to follow ambitious paths they are capable of, as the support is not there to assist and guide them. We hope to change that."
The programme, funded by the National Lottery and West Sussex County Council among other organisations, will aim to support 20 women each year, identified with the help of Chichester District Council.
Mentoring will cover fields from administration and design to marketing. CCDT is looking for additional in-kind support from local businesses with expertise in finance, marketing, confidence building, web development and business start-up skills to provide advice and mentoring.
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The Texas Scouts Association was the brainchild of some North Texas area scouts who met for lunch once a week in the Fall of 1994. The group of scouts included Bob Laurie (Marlins), Mark Batchko (Yankees), Dar Cox (Rockies), Ray Crone, Sr. (Orioles), Ray Crone, Jr. (Red Sox), Paul Robinson (Angels), Paul Provas (White Sox), and Jim Hughes (Blue Jays). The idea was batted around (excuse the pun) until it came to a head at a Fall scrimmage. The concept was relayed to a group of South Texas area scouts that included Randy Taylor (Rangers), Tommy Korenek (Giants), and Ben Galante (Mets). Bob Laurie (Marlins) stood on top of a dugout at the fall scrimmage and addressed the group of area scouts to discuss the idea.
On January 1st, 1995, the Texas Scouts Association was officially formed as an organization to promote professional baseball within the communities of Texas and Oklahoma, with a secondary mission being to operate as a charitable entity for those connected to baseball.
Since its inception, the Texas Scouts Association has become a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, elected officers every two years, formed a Hall of Fame, started a yearly Texas Scouts Showcase, and established a Fallen Scout Fundraiser to help with charitable causes related to the baseball community.
The Texas Scouts Association has 100% membership of every area scout in the state of Texas, from all 30 Major League Baseball clubs. TSA continues to thrive as an organization and has become one of the best scouts associations in the country.


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The SAT is an admission test accepted by all U.S. colleges. It has recently been redesigned to better meet the needs of students, according to the College Board, who design and administer the test.
According to The College Board, the SAT's mission is to help develop skills and knowledge that help people solve problems, communicate clearly, and understand complex relationships. There are SAT testing centers in major cities around the world.
SAT Centers administer the test around the world, although any students may apply to take the test if they plan to apply to an American college.
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text: It was extremely premature, but when Calvin Harris dropped off "Slide" a few months back I asked if he was going to give us the album of the summer. He then followed up with "Heatstroke", "Rollin" and now "Feels" featuring Katy Perry, Pharell and Big Sean. So, to answer my own question, yes. Yes, Calvin


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Alex Cameron is an Australian indie pop/rock singer and "Forced Witness" is his second album.
On "Forced Witness", Alex Cameron delves into sexual depravity and pornography. The lyrics are in your face and hard to turn away from as they come from the point of view of homophobic macho men, online predators, and just the lowest of the low in today's society. The lyrics throughout the album are vivid and interesting and definitely a highlight. While the themes of the album lyrically are dark and lonely, the music is upbeat and funky, creating an excellent dichotomy.
Musically, "Forced Witness" is a rich experience with a lot of fun guitar leads and added instrumentation that all create a lavish and full sound. The melodies on the album are infectious and have a great quality that only improves on repeated listens. A lot of the pop sensibilities on the album did not catch me right away, but after giving "Forced Witness" a second listen things really started to click.
I am really glad that I gave "Forced Witness" a proper chance. This is without a doubt one of the most lyrically interesting albums I have heard in a while and the music ain't bad either! I can definitely see this album continually to grow on me, but for right now I can say without hesitation that it is indeed great. If you are in the mood for something weird and catchy, do yourself a favor and check this out.
Favorite songs: "Country Figs", "True Lies", "Studmuffin96", "Marlon Brando"
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Thank you for visiting. I am first and foremost, a single mum to a beautiful daughter. The other hat I wear is an author who loves to travel and learn, inspiring others along the way. As a parent, I am driven to inspire my daughter through the world around us. I am very aware that life is short and I don't want to find myself looking at Lola at 16, thinking "wow, where did the time go!"
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It's time for me to take a step back and practice what I preach, a social media detox is something I desperately need.
I've written on numerous occasions about the impact Social Media can have on our lives as well as the difficulty in balancing earning a living with family. As a single mum I have chosen not to work in paid employment but to be self-employed and with this comes stress – a lot of it.
But I still choose to settle for an irregular income because it allows me to spend time with Lola.
At times I feel like chucking it in and seeking full time employment, but that would bring another set of problems. I went down that road a couple of years ago and whilst I had money in the bank I had a miserable four year old child who told me just before Christmas…
"I don't want any presents mummy, I just want to be with you at home."
Getting home at 6pm, having Lola fall asleep before I'd even managed to get food ready – those are compromises I don't want to make.
I have just achieved a major goal in publishing my book but rather than feeling elated I am experiencing an urge to step back, to take advantage of the crossroads I have reached and to give a life with minimal online interaction a go. That's hard when your business relies heavily on the internet so I am planning to design a strict schedule for myself, take care of things around the house and most importantly, spend a little time improving my own eating and exercise habits.
Can I do it? A 21 Day Social Media Detox? We'll see, but I have to picture the life I desire which means time with real people in the real world. I must take steps to live my vision and the only way I'll know whether it fits is if I try it on.
I will allow myself fifteen minutes a day to check messages and post on my pages, then I will switch off and tune in to my real life. If it works, I'll share it with you, and perhaps if overwhelm from Social Media is something you'd like to conquer you'll join me?
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We believe a child's foundational years are the most important. This is the time they build habits and routines which serve them their whole lives. We strive to create an unshakable bedrock from which they can launch and blossom into their future.
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We believe all children have vast potential and start life with great interest in learning, and that difficulties in school are primarily a result of a poor or flawed educational approach. If one has a purpose for the subjects being learned, along with the proper tools for recognizing barriers to learning and how to remedy them, they can be in the driver's seat of their own education. This study expertise and the ability to think with and use the knowledge is how someone can improve their lives and the lives of those around them.
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Class size matters. Our classrooms are capped at a 1:10 teacher to student ratio because we believe small class sizes are at the core of an excellent education. We want to empower students by giving them tools to resolve their own barriers or limitations; lasting success is not measured by how much you know, but by how well you can learn to adapt and overcome.
Our students graduate with the skills they need to research and discover information for their use, not just parrot back facts for an exam. We cultivate a love of learning to help build the next generation of curious, thoughtful leaders.
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In our close-knit community, students are treated as individuals and are given highly personal attention, a tailored academic program, and a focus on demonstrated proficiency. Each student is regularly assessed and their program adjusted accordingly based on their strengths and weaknesses, always working toward 100% mastery.
In the 2nd grade and above, one of the tools used to enable a child to progress individually (so they are not held back or forced ahead before having true understanding) is a "checklist." A checklist consists of a set of assignments, both theory and practical, that a student carries out in order to learn and apply information on a specific topic. The use of a checklist ensures each student progresses with mastery so that no crucial elements of a subject are omitted due to "lack of time" as is usual in a lecture-style classroom.
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Our teachers do not operate in a solitary environment. They constantly collaborate and inspire each other. As a result, our students benefit from the continual partnership of their teaching team.
In fact, this team extends to your family. We develop strong bonds with our students and their families because education is a collaborative effort and we are aware of the trust and partnership that this implies. Your active participation with the school in your child's education is more than important—we view it as essential.
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'Margaret Thatcher is my inspiration': Designer Anya Hindmarch reveals admiration for Iron lady as she is crowned businesswoman of the year
14:24 GMT, 19 April 2012
British handbag designer Anya Hindmarch has been named Veuve Clicquot's businesswoman of the year.
Hindmarch, who cites Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher as her inspiration, saw off competition from City heavyweight Helena Morrissey, chief executive of Newton Investment Management.
And the accolade certainly proves the growing importance of luxury British brands to the UK economy.
In the bag: Anya Hindmarch has been crowned Veuve Clicquot businesswoman of the year
'Hopefully women will sit up and realise it's really exciting starting a business,' Anya enthused.
Anya Hindmarch bags can fetch up to 2,895 and also offers a bespoke service where fans can choose their own leathers onto which their initials can be embossed.
Hindmarch counts celebrities including Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Angelina Jolie and The Duchess of Cambridge among her fans.
The 43 year old designer became the
award's 40th winner this week when she was presented with the honour by
home secretary Theresa May at Claridge's hotel in London.
Previous winners of the award include Dame Anita Roddick at The Body Shop.
exhibited an entrepreneurial spirit from a young age. During her gap
year in Italy she spotted a bag she liked, found a factory and started
producing the design.
Royal seal of approval: The Duchess of Cambridge toted Anya Hindmarch's Maud clutch when she met Michelle Obama last year
She sold her first bags through the
classified ad pages in Harper's & Queen magazine and went onto open
her first boutique in 1993. Since then her business has grown from one
London shop to 57 outlets, with stores in New York and Tokyo.
was honoured with an MBE in 2009 and last year was made a UK Trade
Ambassador by David Cameron alongside Jimmy Choo founder Tamara Mellon.
year, alongside Net-a-Porter founder, Natalie Massenet, Hindmarch is
also pledging her support for embryo entrepreneurs by partnering the
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The Malabe Private Medical College Parents' Forum says that they will too support the struggle that Government university students are engaged in, for achieving justice for the children's future.
The Chairman of the Forum Gemunu Wijeratna disclosed their stand during a media conference in Colombo yesterday (01).
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July 24, 2013
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June 2, 2012
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Christine Thomas
Fox Professor and Vice Chair, Graduate Studies
3109 Newman & Wolfrom Laboratory
100 W 18th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210
Areas of Expertise
- Inorganic
Christine Thomas received her B.S. in chemistry from Lafayette College (Easton, PA) in 2001, where she worked on the synthesis and electrochemistry of inorganic compounds with Professor Chip Nataro. She received her Ph.D. inorganic chemistry in 2006 at the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) under the direction of Professor Jonas C. Peters. Her graduate research focused on a wide range of synthetic projects related to inorganic and organometallic chemistry, including the examination of C-H activation by platinum complexes, the design of new ligands, the examination of the reactivity of coordinatively unsaturated tris(phosphino)borate iron complexes towards small molecule activation, and the synthesis of the first well-defined and structurally characterized Fe(IV) imido complex. Christine went on to pursue postdoctoral work under the direction of Professors Marcetta Y. Darensbourg and Michael B. Hall at Texas A&M University (College Station, TX), where her postdoctoral research concentrated on the experimental and theoretical investigation of small molecule models of the dinuclear active site of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase, an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible production of hydrogen from protons. In 2008, Christine began her career as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Brandeis University (Waltham, MA). Christine was selected for DOE's Early Career Research Program in 2011, was named a 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, and received an NSF CAREER award in 2012. She was selected as a 2012 Organometallics Fellow, was named a 2013/2014 Chemical Communications Emerging Investigator, was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2014, and was selected for the 2015 Dalton Transactions Lectureship. Christine's dedication to teaching has also been recognized by the 2012 Michael L. Walzer '56 Award for Excellence in Teaching at Brandeis University. At Brandeis University, Christine was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in May 2013 and to full Professor in July 2016. She has been on the Editorial Advisory Board of Chemical Communications since 2012, is on the Board of Directors of Inorganic Syntheses, and has been serving as an Associate Editor of Dalton Transactions since 2014. Christine will join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in January 2018.
Research Overview
At the heart of sustainable, renewable, and "green" fuel production lies the activation of naturally abundant small molecules and their transformation to useful chemical feedstocks. Whether it be the splitting of H2O into H2 and O2, the conversion of CO2 into a useful C1 feedstock, or the conversion of CH4 and other saturated hydrocarbons into useful energy-rich value-added products, the future of the global energy economy is dependent upon the development of new technologies to maximize efficiency and drive the world towards a more sustainable future. The science behind such technological developments is reliant on the fundamental design of homogeneous and/or heterogeneous catalysts (or those that lie at the interface of the two) capable of activating the σ and π bonds in small molecule substrates such as CO2, H2, carbonyl compounds and hydrocarbons. In many cases these transformations are thermodynamically unfavorable, and typically involve multielectron redox processes. The so-called "noble" or "precious" metals of the late 2nd and 3rd row transition metal series (e.g. Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir) are the most well-studied for such multielectron redox processes, as they are known to commonly undergo Mn/Mn+2 redox cycling. Unfortunately, these metals are also among the least abundant elements on the periodic table, and therefore cost prohibitive. The most economical catalysts, however, would involve far less expensive and more Earth-abundant metals such as those in the first row transition series (e.g. Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) or early transition metals such as Ti, Zr, Nb, or Mo. These metals, however, are often relatively redox inert and/or favor one-electron transformations, which are often difficult to control or predict. Research within the Thomas laboratory focuses on addressing these challenges by exploring cooperation between different components of bifunctional catalysts. Specifically, the Thomas group is interested in fundamental catalysts design principles involving (1) two metal centers in bimetallic frameworks and (2) metal centers and non-innocent ligands, and the unique effects that such cooperation can have on the reactivity of these species. All projects in the Thomas group entail the synthesis of new ligands and transition metal complexes. Although the primary focus of our research is synthesis, the research pursued the Thomas lab also entails a large variety of characterization techniques including single crystal X-ray diffraction, multinuclear NMR, IR, UV-Vis, Mössbauer and EPR spectroscopies, as well as magnetic and electrochemical measurements using SQUID magnetometer and cyclic voltammetry. In addition, theoretical investigations into the electronic structure and reactivity of particularly interesting transition metal complexes synthesized in the lab are studied using density functional theory (DFT) calculations using computational software including Gaussian and ORCA. Some specific research projects are discussed below:
Heterobimetallic Complexes
As a method to address the fundamental challenge of designing catalysts for multielectron redox transformations, our group has been investigating well-defined bimetallic systems to learn more about the fundamental interactions between these two metals and how such interactions might be used to promote multielectron redox chemistry and determine the mechanism by which small molecules might interact with the two metal sites to facilitate the cleavage of s and p bonds. While we are primarily interested in investigating homogeneous catalyst design strategies, our ultimate goal is to provide insight into some of the interactions and mechanistic pathways that might also be at play in heterogeneous catalysis where multiple metal sites are certainly present and involved in catalysis. Ongoing research involves the synthesis of new homo- and heterobimetallic complexes featuring metal-metal interactions, spectroscopic and computational studies into the electronic structure and metal-metal bonding in these complexes, and the exploration of the reactivity of these new heterobimetallic platforms towards unusual bond activation processes and catalytic transformations.
Multidentate Ligands Featuring a Central Phosphenium/Phosphido Donor
Research in the Thomas lab also focuses on the synthesis and coordination chemistry of new class of bis- and tri-dentate ligands incorporating a central N-heterocyclic phosphenium (NHP+) unit. While catalytic applications of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands have been explored extensively, their phosphorus analogues NHP+s have not been evaluated in transition metal catalysis, and far less is known about their coordination chemistry. Prof. Thomas and coworkers have designed a NHP+-containing ligands with one or two phosphine sidearms as a method to impart stability and enforce transition metal coordination to allow more extensive studies into the transition metal chemistry of NHP+ ligands. The Thomas group has shown that NHP ligands can adopt two coordination modes: planar, indicative of an NHP+ phosphenium description, and pyramidal, indicative of an NHP- phosphido description. Similar to nitrosyl ligands, the two NHP coordination geometries correspond to metal formal oxidation states that differ by two electrons. Thus, NHP ligands have the potential to serve as non-innocent ligands, participating in redox transformations via switching coordination geometry. Researchers in the Thomas lab are investigating the coordination chemistry of the new NHP-diphosphine ligands with a variety of transition metals to evaluate the factors that dictate the preferences for planar vs. pyramidal geometries. DFT and NBO calculations are used to better understand the metal-ligand interactions in these complexes. In addition, we assess the redox activity of transition metal NHP complexes using cyclic voltammetry to explore the possibility of ligand-based redox activity. The group has also recently found that, in addition to redox-noninnocence, the NHP ligands are active participants in metal-ligand cooperative reactions.
Recent Publications
Culcu, G.; Iovan, D. A.; Krogman, J. P.; Wilding, M. J. T.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "Heterobimetallic Complexes Comprised of Nb and Fe: Isolation of a Coordinatively Unsaturated NbIII/Fe0 Bimetallic Complex Featuring a NbºFe Triple Bond." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9627-9636.
Bezpalko, M. W.; Poitras, A. M.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "Cobalt N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Complexes Stabilized by a Chelating Framework: Synthesis and Redox Properties." Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 503-510.
Evers-McGregor, D. A.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "Exploring the Coordination Chemistry of N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium/Phosphido Ligands Using Nickelocene as a Synthon." Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2017, 460, 17-21.
Wu, B.; Wilding, M. J. T.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "Exploring Trends in Metal-Metal Bonding, Spectroscopic Properties, and Conformational Flexibility in a Series of Heterobimetallic Ti/M and V/M Complexes (M = Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu)." Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 12137-12148.
Krogman, J. P.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "Multi-Electron Redox Processes at a Zr(IV) Center Facilitated by an Appended Redox-Active Cobalt-Containing Metalloligand." Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 11182-11190.
Saper, N. I.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "Synthesis of Chiral Heterobimetallic Tris(Phosphinoamide) Zr/Co Complexes." Polyhedron, 2016, 114, 88-95.
Evers-McGregor, D. A.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M.* "N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium and Phosphido Nickel Complexes Supported by a Pincer Ligand Framework." Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 1918-1929.
Wu, B.; Gramigna, K.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "Heterobimetallic Ti/Co Complexes That Promote Catalytic N-N Bond Cleavage." Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 10909-10917.
Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "Use of Bidentate Ligand Featuring an N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Cation (NHP+) to Systematically Explore the Bonding of NHP+ Ligands with Nickel." Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 8717-8726.
Krogman, J. P.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "Formation and Subsequent Reactivity of a N2-Stabilized Cobalt Hydride Complex." Organometallics 2015, 34, 3159-3166.
Wu, B.; Bezpalko, M. W.; Foxman, B. M.; Thomas, C. M. "A Heterobimetallic Complex Featuring a Ti-Co Multiple Bond and Its Application to the Reductive Coupling of Ketones to Alkenes." Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 2044-2049.
Krogman, J. P.; Thomas, C. M. "Metal-Metal Multiple Bonding in C3-Symmetric Bimetallic Complexes of the First Row Transition Metals." Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 5115-5127.


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Suarez pulls strings in Villa demolition
JUST before kick-off, those two Scottish warriors, Kenny Dalglish and Alex McLeish, embraced and the Liverpool manager flashed his counterpart an assassin's smile. By the time a quarter of an hour had passed, Aston Villa's throat had been cut.
The only question thereafter was how many Liverpool would score and the surprise was that the answer was only two.
In everything bar the scoreline, this was a massacre. This was Liverpool's fifth away win and most have come in English football's grand stadia -- the Emirates, Stamford Bridge and Goodison Park.
Villa Park fits comfortably in that list, although the fact that the Holte End had emptied long before the final whistle demonstrated the grim fact that Aston Villa's personnel do not match their surroundings.
A year ago, Liverpool had lost at home to a side from the West Midlands, Wolves, and become convulsed by the spasms that ended in Dalglish's return and the rebirth of a club.
Had they not dropped points at Anfield against Sunderland, Norwich and Swansea -- and had they not struck the frame of the goal 15 times already this season before yesterday's match -- Liverpool might be doing rather more than merely window shopping on the fringes of the Champions League places.
It was hit twice more by Luis Suarez, who had spent three days in a hotel answering charges of racism laid by Manchester United's Patrice Evra. That he was able to play at all says something; that the Uruguayan was able to play so beautifully was exceptional.
There were two supreme moments of skill that ought, with any natural justice, to have been rewarded with something better than what used to be called the sound of leather on woodwork.
First, he was fed by Craig Bellamy and accelerated away only to be intercepted by Richard Dunne, who then lost the ball in his own area. Suarez turned James Collins, picked his spot and curled his shot against the underside of the crossbar. By now he would have known instinctively it would not be going in.
Moments later, Suarez deceived Brad Guzan with a fabulous chip that struck the inside of an upright.
"He is perpetual motion," said McLeish when asked to sum up Liverpool's striker. "He is a player who makes a big, big difference."
A training-ground injury ensured that Darren Bent, the one Aston Villa player who might have made a big, big difference, was absent and, with Gabriel Agbonlahor suspended, McLeish had no option but to turn to his old warhorse, Emile Heskey, whose cavalry charges are long behind him.
Charles N'Zogbia tried manfully to fill the gap but, after the interval, Villa's passing became sloppier and Liverpool ever more dominant.
"Sometimes determination and will can overcome skill, which Liverpool had in abundance, but they had too much nous for us," said McLeish. "We should not be making these mistakes and sometimes you have to believe in yourself."
The only thing anyone involved at Villa did with any conviction was to howl down Stewart Downing, although the winger's decision to abandon the Midlands for Merseyside has been entirely justified by events.
"You must have led a sheltered life if you thought that was bad," Dalglish smiled. "But I think the Villa fans would have been better off giving support to their own side."
Frankly, after 15 minutes, it would have been of precious little use. McLeish's sides do not as a rule over-indulge in goals and they do not recover from two-goal deficits.
After a 4-1 defeat at Manchester City in October, McLeish reflected that their weakness at defending set-pieces was one that could be overcome relatively easily on the training ground. The fact that both Liverpool goals came from corners suggests there is plenty of work left to do.
The first was delivered by Downing. Jonjo Shelvey -- who but for the injuries to Lucas Leiva and Steven Gerrard would still be on loan at Blackpool -- back-heeled it towards goal; Suarez did the same with the rebound and Bellamy finished it off.
Four minutes later and Villa themselves were finished. This time their downfall was even more straightforward; a routine corner that Martin Skrtel met before Alan Hutton and headed in off the post.
Seventy-five minutes stretched ahead in which the home side somehow avoided further punishment, while the advertising boards promoted Wednesday night's chance to "see Arsenal under the floodlights".
If that is the only electricity on the pitch, Villa will be taken apart. (© Independent News Service)
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We need to stop approvals of any new development that can impact any public facilities. The post-measures redistricting open/close chart is basically a green-light for additional development. We need to incorporate the lessons learned from the current redistricting experience in the new APFO.


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Growth and Child Games
Opportunities present themselves and provide growth. Growth is knowledge, experience, self-discovery, and eye, heart, and mind opening. Occasionally that opportunity thing requires a late night or two, maybe even three… and often those extended evenings begin as a before the sunrise morning start. Moving in a forward direction is a powerful motivator.
Six years ago today, I began my career at Virginia Commonwealth University. It was an opportunity for me to welcome and explore all of those things above and more. Since that day in 2008, I've expanded my skills, my list of influential life changing people, my patience, my love for common everyday moments, and my passion to continually absorb knowledge while graduating with two Master's degrees from VCU.
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Friday, October 21, 2016 – 7:30am EST
Last week, the National Association of Landscape Professionals hosted their annual Landscapes 2016 Expo in Louisville, KY. PES had the opportunity to sponsor the 'Breakfast with Champions'. This breakfast gave hundreds of NALP members, across the landscape spectrum, an opportunity to discuss different topics that pertain to landscaping. Each table had a "Champion" who hosted a specific topic and opened the door to discussions about tactics, management, and other useful tools that gave attendees some inside knowledge to bring back to their company.
The elegant breakfast had an enormous turnout and guests were smiling ear-to-ear, despite it being the crack of dawn. Paul Mendelsohn, along with PES' own Patrick Wilson, took the stage and greeted the guests. After a short introduction from Paul, Patrick proceeded to give a brief speech outlining the benefits of the H-2B program and PES. Proceeding this, a few of our brief H-2B/Landscape videos were played on the two projectors that occupied the sides of the stage. Guests showed their support by giving a prolonged round of applause and proceeded to partake in their discussion.
The entire event was very well planned and a lot of fun. Anytime PES partners with the NALP it is always a huge success. The expo had hundreds of sponsors with booths set up that ranged from educational and informative, to fun games (like leaf blower basketball), and even a chainsaw wood carver. There was even an NALP PAC reception held at the Muhammad Ali Center, which was incredible. Overall, the entire event was loads of fun and quite memorable. We had the chance to reunite with some familiar faces and even made some new friends!
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Bontempi has changed the way homeowners view bookcases. The Bontempi bookcases are unique and eye-catching. They will surely steal everyone's attention. The bookcases in the Italian brand's line are stylish and modern. The bookcases made of metal take on odd shapes that make them look beautiful and enigmatic. Since its inception in 1963, this Italian brand takes premium in beauty and functionality. What more, the brand continues to innovate to make sure that it only makes gorgeous furniture with practical concepts.


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The female only Strength and Conditioning session will be about more than lifting weights – it will encompasses the entire development of yourself and what is needed to improve your physical performance. This includes plyometrics, speed and agility, endurance and core stability with strength training being just one piece of the jigsaw.
Nina is currently working her way through her UKSCA (UK Strength & Conditioning Association) accreditation… you will be her guinea pigs! These sessions will start Sunday 8th March due to the Michaela seminar in the 22nd February and the open day on the 1st March.
Please note these classes will only run if we get people attending so if you want these sessions, make sure you come alog to make sure they stay. Myself, Nina and Ben will work on a three week rota taking alternate classes.