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"Of course, Afghanistan and Pakistan have always been closely related. From the day Pakistan became independent, they've had a bad relationship," US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard C. Holbrooke told PBS in an interview.
Holbrooke described Al Qaeda as the main US enemy lurking "across the border in the tribal areas of Pakistan," whereas "there are about five of our most dangerous bad guy groups all grouped in this area in Pakistan where the floods are going on now."
Besides Al Qaeda, the other bad boys he identified were the Afghan Taliban, the Pakistani Taliban and the infamous Haqqani group, The Nation reports.
"All based in Pakistan and they're all based in an area roughly the size of California in the tribal areas," Holbrooke said stressing the need "to retain the residual capability to strike at these groups while we build up the Afghan security forces" as the US draws down in Afghanistan.
He said Pakistan and other countries, particularly India and China, have legitimate security interests in Afghanistan.
Experts said that in the future, terror groups will prefer a sea-borne attack since it is the most difficult area to defend. They point out that terrorists will not use only boats to launch attacks. At least 90 per cent of world trade is sea-based and it is impossible to monitor all vessels, especially the smaller ones. Experts say that a large proportion of the funds sanctioned by the minister should be invested in equipment and intelligence gathering. High-tech equipment without proper intelligence is futile.
The security agencies believe that there are five terror groups who possess the capacity to carry out a sea-borne attack. Prior to their defeat, the LTTE [ Images ] led this pack, however their capabilities have been neutralised completely. The Lashkar-e-Tayiba [ Images ] leads the pack and is considered to have the most advanced of all the systems.
Al Qaeda [ Images ]: The Al Qaeda, which mastered the art of attacking ships with an underwater attack by suicide squad, depends more on the LeT for its equipment. Until recently the Qaeda used Indian sea routes to transport arms and ammunition, which was one of the reasons they did not want to launch any direct attacks on India.
Harkat-ul-Jihad-Islamiya: This off shoot of the LeT has specialists in sea borne operations. They are believed to have 6,000 sea specialists. The IB says that the reason why the HuJI has so many sea farers is because they smuggled arms and ammunition using the sea route for the LeT. In future sea-borne attacks, the LeT is most likely to use the operatives of this group.
Jemmah Islamiah: This Indonesian group was in the news when it tried to attack US vessels in Singapore in 2003. This group is notorious for having acquired speed boats which it termed as suicide boats.
Abu Sayaaf: Based in the Philippines, this group was responsible for the bombing of the Super Ferry in 2004 which killed over 100 people. This group has cadres who are very experienced at sea, but they continue to use wooden boats loaded with machine guns for their attacks.
The threat of maritime terrorism is highest in India's case. Experts say that there is a lot of work to be done to neutralise this threat. Apart from having state of the art equipment, there is a constant need to share intelligence and also have both manned and unmanned chopper aerial surveillance over the sea to pick up intercepts. In addition to this there is also a constant need to keep upgrading technology to keep pace with these groups.
India will also need to depend on neighbouring countries for intelligence to keep a tab on any activity so that it does not let these terror groups to dominate our naval space.
Srinagar, June 29: There is a debate going on in the west on the issue of a possible threat from Lashkar-e-Taiba – A Jihadi group fighting against Indian occupation of Kashmir and blamed for Mumbai attacks in 2008 – to the western interests. There is no doubt Lashkar hates United States for a number of reasons. Apart from the widespread anti-America resentment in almost all Islamic groups across the globe, the group has some of its own reasons to dislike US. US declared Lashkar-e-Taiba a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) a few months after 9/11 without any substantial reason. The group until then never attacked or planned any attack on US interests. Its focus was totally on Kashmir against Indian forces.
The group believes that by declaring it terrorist organization US wanted to please India and press Pakistan to back off from freedom struggle in Kashmir. Despite its anger the group refrained from attacking US interests in the region but US was not satisfied with its own measures by putting Lashkar on FTO list of the State Department and went to UN Security Council in 2005 for international sanctions against the group. Eventually UNSC put the group in the list of Al-Qaeda and Taliban affiliates and asked the member countries to freeze its assets and impose embargo on purchase of weapons while its members were banned from international travelling. These sanctions could not affect the group in Pakistan as technically it was not active in Pakistan anymore after January 12, 2002 when the then president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf banned the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammad, Sipa-e-Sahaba, and Tehreek-e-Jafria.
Although the group advocates revival of Khilfphah in the Muslim world but at the same time, it also believes in Pakistani nationalism from an Islamic context. For Lashkar, there are only two states on the world map based on ideology, which are Israel and Pakistan. Pakistan came into being exclusively on the base of Islam while Israel is Jewish state. Lashkar believes that protecting Pakistan is like protecting Islam. No transnational pan-Islamic Jihadi group honors geographical borders. For them these borders are un-Islamic and it is sinful to willingly accept these 'un-Islamic lines' drawn on the 'land of Allah'. On the other hand, Lashkar believes Pakistan is a 'gift of Allah'. Due to this pro-Pakistan ideology, the group naturally becomes closer to Pakistani security establishment. It thinks in the same line as Pakistani armed forces think –India is the number one enemy of Pakistan. It was quite rational for Pakistani security establishment to rely on Lashkar-e-Taiba for freedom of Kashmir. The group has successfully engaged Indian armed forces in Kashmir for almost 15 years along with other Jihadi groups fighting in Kashmir.
US also tried its best to put the name of Jamat-ud-Dawah – a charity and preaching Islamic organization accused of being a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba – in the same UNSC list. Nevertheless, China blocked these moves repeatedly until December 10, 2008 when china, on the request of Pakistan, withdrew its technical hold and Jamat-ud-Dawah and the names of its some prominent leaders were included in the list of banned entities. Jamat-ud-Dawah denies any links with Lashkar and interestingly it took US almost five years to conclude that Jamat-ud-Dawah is an alias of Lashkar-e-Taiba. Lashkar was declared FTO in 2001 while US included the name of Jamat-ud-Dawah in the lists of aliases of Lashkar-e-Taiba in 2005.
In short, Lashkar has obvious reasons to be an anti-American Jihadi group but we will have to see whether this so-called anti-Americanism is ever translated into a practical action or it is just rhetoric in the west on the provocation of some Indian lobbies active in the west – particularly in the United States.
There was tremendous pressure on the group after 9/11 to join Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan to fight against US and NATO forces but the group did not want to create problems for its sympathizers in Pakistani state institutions, therefore it openly declined this popular demand of fighting America. Instead of shifting its focus from Kashmir to Afghanistan, the group expanded its operations from Kashmir to inside India. India accuses Lashkar for attacking dozens of high value targets inside its border including attacks on Mumbai, Indian Military Academy, Red Fort, Akshardham Temple, nuclear institute in Bangalore, Mumbai train attacks in 2006 and others. With its high profile attacks on Indian interests, it appealed the young Indian Muslims who are annoyed by dominating Hindu extremists. Massacres of more than five thousand Muslims by Hindu extremists in Indian state of Gujarat poured oil on fire and provided Lashkar with a great opportunity to exploit the Indian Muslim youths. Pakistani security establishment had/has no problem with Lashkar's anti-India agenda because India is always suspected for its covet activities in FATA and Baluchistan.
Lashkar has 'sacrificed' more than five thousand 'mujahedeen' in Kashmir. For Lashkar, it will be betrayal to the souls of those five thousand plus martyrs if it leaves the 'mission Kashmir' uncompleted and indulges itself in a battle which is already saturated as far as the number of Jihadi groups are concerns. Lashkar believes that by attacking nations other than India will damage its Kashmir campaign.
Popularity graph of Lashkar in occupied Kashmir and Pakistan is on its peak. There was a time when Al-Qaeda was the mentor for all Jihadi groups and Osama bin Laden was one of the most beloved people in Pakistan. However, suicide attacks inside Pakistan became counterproductive and as result, Al-Qaeda and Taliban are deprived off their good reputation in Pakistan. However, this is not the case with Lashkar. It has an ideology that forbids attacking Muslim states. Therefore, Lashkar not only refrained from attacking Pakistani interests but it discouraged other groups too.
Due to its pro Pakistan ideology and policies, it has deep roots in Pakistani society. It is now able to work as a pressure political group in a number of areas in central and northern Punjab. Although it openly denounces democracy but covertly, it supports candidates of its choice. They can be from any political party. Lashkar knows very well that if it started a global Jihadi campaign it will no longer enjoy such a political advantage in Pakistan.
The group very well appreciates its weaknesses and strengths. It is not capable of challenging the whole west. Not only it will be fool enough to create more and more enemies but it will also invite the wrath of Pakistani security establishment, which is not tolerating Al-Qaeda at any cost, although it views Taliban from a different angle. For Pakistani security establishment Taliban are potential allies in the future but Al-Qaeda is 'an enemy'. The simplest definition of Al-Qaeda is 'anyone who attacks the west and has an Islamic origin'. Therefore, if Lashkar starts attacking western targets, Pakistan will obviously consider it Al-Qaeda.
Another reason that Lashkar cannot become 'Next Al-Qaeda' is that Al-Qaeda itself does not trust Lashkar. It blames Lashkar as a 'B' team of ISI. Due to Lashkar's reluctance in fighting against US, some of its member defected and tried to join Al-Qaeda but they were considered 'planted' people and could not win trust of seniors of Al-Qaeda leaders. One such fighter once told the author of this report, "We are never allowed to see the people of higher ups because they don't trust us due to our Lashkar background." While one cannot rule out Lashkar's support for Afghan Taliban, it seems unlikely that Lashkar and Al-Qaeda can cooperate with each other in current circumstances. Most of the experts in the west quote the example of arrest of Abu Zubaida –a senior leader of Al-Qaeda – from a safe house of Lashkar-e-Taiba but these experts ignore that this arrest was the end of a short love affair between the two groups started right after 9/11. Lashkar was reportedly trying to evacuate 'Muslim brethrens' from the war zone but Al-Qaeda members blamed it for betraying and 'selling' Abu Zubaida to ISI and US.
Some analysts present David Headley's case –an American citizen with alleged links with Lashkar as well as CIA –as a catalyst to prove that Lashkar has now global reach and next time a Mumbai style attack may occur 'not in India but in Manhattan'. A question arises that why these experts and analysts ignore the fact that David Headley was working with Lashkar-e-Taiba since 2003. It was very easy for Lashkar to use Headley and his contacts in US to plan and execute an attack on American soil. Headley's plea agreement clearly shows that an attack on US or other western countries was never even discussed. Headley only confessed to plan an attack on Danish newspaper. It is an exceptional case as the Danish newspaper committed a crime against the whole Ummah and anyone at anytime can go at any extreme in this cartoon-controversy.
There is a need to view Headley case from another perspective. While Al-Qaeda uses all its available human resource against western targets, Lashkar-e-Taiba succeeded in utilizing a western human resource against its prime enemy India. Think for a while that if David Headley was affiliated with Al-Qaeda what would have happened? A man with American passport, travelling freely across the world, having blessing of some US intelligence agencies –Al-Qaeda would have loved to use him against Pentagon or CIA headquarters or NATO headquarters in Brussels instead of asking him to scout Mumbai.
Virginia Jihad Network also proves that Lashkar is not interested in attacking US or the west. In this case, some American Muslims with Pakistani and Arab origins were allegedly involved in helping Lashkar-e-Taiba for its war against India. US had to enact an old law to convict them because they were not found guilty of harming US citizens. US government accused them that they were trying to harm a US ally. The sentencing of half dozen Muslims was highly criticized by human rights groups.
Pakistani experts on militancy also disagree with the hypothesis of a section of western press and US politicians that Lashkar-e-Taiba is a global threat. These Pakistani experts are not ready to buy the ideas that Al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba are one and same, and that 'Lashkar is next Al-Qaeda'. Hamid Mir, a leading Pakistani journalist who interviewed Osama Bin Laden more than twice, while commenting on the article of Newsweek magazine in which Lashkar is presented as Next Al-Qaeda, said, "The author of the Newsweek's article deliberately ignored certain facts to prove his point. Hafiz Muhammad publically condemns suicide bombings and killings of innocent non-Muslims while al-Qaeda does not condemn suicide bombings or killings of innocent people. Jamat-ud-Dawah works in rural Sindh province to help Christians and Hindus but the author of the article mentioned only its relief activities in Kashmir. Lashkar is not like Al-Qaeda."
Another leading Pakistani journalist and expert on militancy Amir Zia, who works with SAMA TV and News Line Magazine, while talking to the author of this article, said, "Lashkar always remained a Kashmir focused group. It fights against Indian atrocities in Kashmir and tries to attack only military targets. After Mumbai attacks this perception prevailed that this group may become a threat to the west but for me it agenda is limited to Kashmir and India"
Defense analyst and a professor at renowned Quad-e-Azam University Islamabad commented on the issue from a different angle and said "It will be premature to say that Lashkar is a bigger threat than Al-Qaeda. The situation is a bit complex. The group is in evolution process. It works in different forms. It also works in the name of Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation to focus on relief activities. There can be some nexus between some old members of the group but as a whole, the group is not focused on the west. It tries to adopt same line as that of the government of Pakistan. Hafiz Saeed now has started to take up political issues between the two countries."
Indeed Lashkar is a real threat to India and it is capable of bringing India and Pakistan to war. This indirectly may affect US interests in the region, as it wants Pakistan's total focus on its western border. Pakistan can use its influence to keep this group away from any Mumbai style attacks inside India but trying to crush this 'bunch of savages' as demanded by anti-Pakistan US senator Gary Ackerman may become counterproductive.
Lashkar is not occupying any specific territory just as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan did in Sawat and Waziristan. It is impossible to launch a military operation against the group in Pakistan. If India with its hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in Kashmir could not control a few thousand fighters of Lashkar, how can Pakistan control millions of its supporters across the country? The government of Pakistan can only take administrative measures which it has already taken by arresting 7 top commanders of Lashkar and trying them in an anti terror court.
During current strategic dialogue, US officials demanded actions against Lashkar and its leaders. US are very much concerned on the issue. Nevertheless, Pakistan will have to think of its own interests. While Pakistan cannot support a militant group but it also cannot create another Tehreek-e-Taliban in Pakistan. The strategy of crushing the militants is no longer working and the world is compelled to find ways to peruse Afghan Taliban for dialogue.
Although Pro India senator Gary Ackerman is trying to convince US policy makers that resolution of Kashmir issue will not satisfy Lashkar-e-Taiba but the reality is that Kashmir resolution will end the reasons for Lashkar and other groups fighting in Kashmir to take up arms. On January 17, 2009, Lashkar itself made it categorically clear that it will lay down arms if Kashmir issue is peacefully resolved. Its spokesperson Dr. Abdullah Ghaznavi had said "Our struggle is only confined to Kashmir and we have no relations or association with armed groups operating at international level. We have no global agenda. We just want freedom of Kashmir and if it comes peacefully we will welcome it. We don't see armed struggle as the only way to achieve our goal. If the world listens to our cries and play its role in resolving the Kashmir issue there would be no reason for is to fight." ( Kashmir Newspaper )
One can argue that it is just a political statement of Lashkar to mislead the world opinion. Of course, it can be a political statement but if Kashmir issue is resolved then groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba will no longer enjoy sympathies of Pakistan. If the west really wants to contain Lashkar, it should ask India to come out of the fear that if it gives up Kashmir the whole India will disintegrate. A nation of more than a billion citizens should not be fearful from giving people their due rights. Boiling Kashmir will spoil the Indian dreams of becoming a permanent member of UNSC. For its growth and prosperity, India must adopt a conflict free policy in the region. This will make the Indian market secure for the western investors. So the west in general, and US and UK in particular, should come forward and help India in resolving Kashmir issue instead of pressing Pakistan for no long-term benefits.

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Seventeen of 20 non-profit organizations that applied for municipal grants got good news on Monday night.
Council approved more than $183,000 in grants as part of the Community Enrichment Program, formerly the municipal grants-in-aid program.
In the application process each charity had to outline how their request fell in line with the Comprehensive Sustainability Plan.
The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) was awarded $17,000, which is $3,000 shy of their request. Still, that was welcome news to AWARE spokesperson Eckhard Zeidler.
The money will go towards working with local governments and independent power producers to come up with a region-wide IPP strategy.
"I'm really glad that the RMOW has recognized that people up and down this corridor are really concerned about IPPs moving ahead without a regional strategy," said Zeidler. "We can't have 35 different sets of power lines running all over the place. It has to be co-ordinated."
In addition AWARE will follow up on previous work done in the Sea to Sky Land and Resource Management Plan, in which the organization was instrumental in pushing for a series of wildland protected areas.
"It could be a year where we need to be vigilant and work with the forest district and licensees in the region to see that the wildland zones are respected and kept free from road building and harvesting activities, at least until such time as the LRMP becomes law," said Zeidler.
Other big grants went to the Whistler Off Road Cycling Association (WORCA) with $24,400 for trail maintenance, among other things. The Dandelion Daycare was awarded $35,000 to build recycling sheds and to buy a washer/dryer to convert from plastic to cloth diapers.
The Whistler Community Services Society got its full request for two grants. The grant of $17,000 will allow the WCSS to pay for an interim fall shelter which will house clients in October/November a time when many young people come to Whistler completely unprepared for the housing challenges awaiting them here.
The second grant of $6,540 will buy more durable covers for the community greenhouses, which in turn will expand the growing season by an extra two months.
The other approvals are as follows:
Get Bear Smart Society $10,000
Alta Lake School Society $5,000
Sea to Sky Community Services $11,000
Whistler Health Care Foundation $1,800
Zero Ceiling Society of Canada $12,067
Whistler Secondary School Scholarship $2,000
Whistler Adaptive Ski Program $12,000
Whistler Skating Club $13,860
Whistler Youth Soccer $5,700
Whistler Children's Chorus $2,000
Whistler Farmer's Market $5,000
Whistler Secondary School Drama $2,800
Three organizations did not get grants this year. They are the Whistler Public Library, Whistler Reads and Whistler Profile (Community Television).
The 2005 draft budget provides $245,000 for the Community Enrichment Program.
Other Whistler non-profits, such as WAG, the Whistler Arts Council and MY Millennium Place, will be considered for funding separately.


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Projections for the first quarter of 2018 were lowered, as demand for the device is being labeled as lackluster around the end of the holiday shopping season.
Zhang Bin, analyst for Sinolink Securities Co. said in a report that the forecasted 45 million handset shipments for the period could suffer a setback of as many as 10 million units less shipped than originally predicted. "After the first wave of demand has been fulfilled, the market now worries that the high price of the iPhone X may weaken demand in the first quarter," Zhang wrote.
Analyst firm JL Warren Capital LLC said that Q1 2018 will see a drop to 25 million units from the 30 million units shipped in Q4 2017, basing the projection on the fact that Apple reduced orders at some of its suppliers. The firm cited "weak demand because of the iPhone X's high price point and a lack of interesting innovations," in a note to clients.
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On February 25, the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) recognized Rhodes Perry Consulting, LLC as an official LGBT Business Enterprise® (LGBTBE) through the NGLCC Supplier Diversity Initiative (SDI). The SDI was established in 2004 to enhance the economic empowerment of LGBT entrepreneurs by cultivating relationships between LGBT owned businesses and some of the nation's largest corporations and government agencies with the end goal of increasing procurement opportunities.
The NGLCC is the exclusive third party certification body that verifies eligible businesses for the designation, and has certified 794 businesses over the past decade. The organization verifies that a certified LGBTBE is majority-owned by LGBT people, exercises independence from any non-LGBT business enterprise, is located in the US, and is in good legal and financial standing. Once a business gathers all of the necessary paperwork, certification typically takes around four to six weeks.
LGBTBE certification offers important economic empowerment opportunities given that states like California and Massachusetts, counties like Essex County, NJ and municipalities like Cleveland, OH now require a certain percentage of government spending to be awarded to LGBT diverse suppliers. These requirements help level the playing field for traditionally under-utilized businesses by eliminating unnecessary barriers to participation. Taking this action empowers more business enterprises, including those owned by LGBT people, to fairly compete amongst their peers.
These changes offer federal, state, and local governments an important framework to promote the strategic inclusion of certified LGBT Business Enterprises into their procurement and contracting requirements. Following California's LGBT supplier diversity mandate, the NGLCC saw a 200 percent increase in LGBTBE certifications. As more states and localities continue to expand procurement opportunities for diverse suppliers, more LGBT entrepreneurs will have the ability to share their talent, services and products with businesses that can benefit from them.
For over three decades, corporations have known what government agencies are just now realizing – hiring diverse suppliers is good for the bottom line. In fact, a 2006 study confirmed that corporations prioritizing supplier diversity realized a 133 percent return on procurement investments compared to competitors that did not utilize them. Businesses that prioritize supplier diversity often turn their commitment into a strategic business advantage through promoting them. These companies market their commitment to supplier diversity because they believe it is something their employees and customers care about. Companies have also directly attributed supplier diversity programs to gains in new markets, such as LGBT consumers.
Clearly, supplier diversity initiatives are a win-win for both the LGBT entrepreneur seeking greater exposure along with corporations looking to increase the bottom line. LGBTBE certified diverse suppliers like RPC offer a source of innovation and cultural input into the design and delivery of products and services, which enable organizations to better address consumer needs and stay ahead of their competition. Supplier diversity efforts stimulate consumer loyalty, as many prospective customers prefer to utilize services and products from companies that share values similar to their own. To learn more about RPC, and supplier diversity, please visit: http://www.rhodesperry.com/supplier-diversity/.


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5 Ways to Make Quality Time Count with Your Kids
By Elisabeth Grant (Washington, D.C.)
A recent University of Maryland study, cited in this Washington Post article, finds that moms today are spending more time with their kids (an average of 14.1 hours a week) than they did 40 years ago (10.2 hours a week). But despite reports that moms are doing better balancing their time at home, many working moms still worry about spending quality time with their kids.
Alleviate the concern by focusing on the time you have together, and aiming for quality over quantity. Read on for five ways to spend time with your children and make it count.
1. Eat.
Eating is, of course, a necessity, but eating with your kids can have more benefits than just relieving hunger. Research has found that meal time together as a family can have numerous positive effects. For instance, Purdue University's Center for Families says shared family meal times can contribute to "improving dietary quality, preventing obesity, enhancing language acquisition and academic performance, improving social skills and family unity, and reducing risk-taking behaviors."
Meal time is an opportunity to reconnect and learn about what's going on in each member of your family's lives. Sarah Hill, president of graphic design and publishing company Drewry Hill LLC, has two sons, aged 7 and 10. "Sometimes during dinner we take turns saying 3 good things that happened to us that day and if we want, 3 bad things that happened," says Hill. "I can find out a lot about their school day this way and has potential to open up interesting conversations!"
Julie, a program analyst at a federal agency, has a 10 year old son and an 8 year old daughter, and has a trick for maximizing the time they spend together for dinner. She says, "I purchase pre-made frozen meals from a company called "Let's Dish" and use those for dinners on nights that we are short of time. It saves planning, shopping, and preparation time and we get to experience different flavors."
If you have time to cook a meal, maybe even just occasionally, include kids too. They may learn some skills in the kitchen, but more importantly, they'll also just enjoy spending time with you.
Food Network has videos, recipes, safety tips, nutrition information, and more for kids online. Check out the For Kids and Cooking for Kids sections of the web site. There are lots of other kid's cooking sites online, with recipes and ideas. For one example check out this section from Home & Family Networks' site and the Cooking with Kids web site. And of course there's always the library or the bookstore for Kids' Cookbooks.
2. Listen.
While meal time is a great time to talk, there are other times throughout the day when it's possible to stop, listen, and connect with your kids. Whether you're in the car sitting in traffic, standing in line at the store waiting to check out, or just hanging around the house, take advantage of unscheduled moments to talk to each other. "My 10 year old, Allen, loves to be outside," says Hill, "When it rains we take chairs out on the porch and talk and watch the rain. In those moments it seems like he really opens up and will talk about anything."
3. Play.
Make having fun together part of your routine. Schedule a night once a week, or once a month, when you and your kids can all take part in an activity you all enjoy. You can have a reoccurring board game night, or a Friday night popcorn and a movie night, or friendly round of putt-putt. If your kids are old enough, include them on deciding what you'll do. Let them take turns being the one to pick the game, the movie, or the outdoor activity.
4. Exercise.
Exercise relieves stress, improves sleep, controls weight, and contributes to a positive self image. But this is not only true for adults who exercise, but for children who exercise as well. Since exercise is important for both you and your kids, why not do it together? Get more flexible by trying out a yoga class together. Yoga studios around the country have classes for children of any age; check the class offerings of a local place near you.
Build your stamina while you burn off their energy by going for a run. Check out the Runner's World Kids' Running Guide for tips on what your kids should and shouldn't be doing to become little runners. Or, create your own exercise program together. This video from the Livestrong YouTube channel gives some quick tips on how to exercise with kids.
Exercise is also more fun when it's in game form. Play soccer in the backyard or at a local field. Or stay inside and play Dance Dance Revolution. You'll be breaking a sweat super quick. Don't have a game console? Turn up some music and dance the old fashioned way. Teach your kids some moves or see what crazy wiggles they come up with.
5. Unplug.
Cell phones, video games, TV, Internet. There seem to be a million digital strings pulling at us all the time, distracting us from the people around us, including our families. Turn them off and pay attention to each other. Have a pretend power outage and an unplugged evening. "Last winter when we had a power outage due to all of the snow I realized how fun it was without any electricity," says Hill. "We lit candles, got under blankets and told scary stories. One of us would start the story and the next person would have to add to the story. We laughed so much doing this and it is something I never would have planned!"
Don't wait for the next storm to put the lights. Turn off the TV and the computer, and why not, even the lights, and focus on something fun and unplugged.
It's About Quality.
Your kids don't always need elaborate activities and long segments of time with you. They just need you to spend the time you do have with them as well as you can. But, while you use these tips to increase quality time with your kids, don't forget to work in time for yourself and your partner as well. "Children benefit from a break from their parents," says Julie. "They also benefit from seeing their parents enjoy each other, and it serves as a good model for them when they become parents."


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Well, looks like Billy talked me into this, it's for an amazing cause, we all know someone who is suffering from some form of Blood cancer or worse!
i feel fortunate that I am fit and healthy enough (well, Healthy!) to actually do something about it.
first few rides are under my belt and you never know, by September I might be able to see the belt!!
this is really really going to hurt so please! Donate something, however small
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Semitruck drivers have to pay keen attention to the roadway. These large trucks are very heavy and are akin to projectile weapons when they are moving along. Distracted truckers can cause crashes that kill or injure innocent people on the roads. Consider these important points if you are sharing the road with semitruck drivers who might be driving distracted.
The top 5 distractions that can kill you while you drive
Everyone knows that distracted driving is a big no-no, but how many people actually think that they will wind up dead because they took a bite out of a burger or switched the radio station while driving? Most people don't consider those actions to be life-threatening. But the truth is, that momentary distraction can indeed be deadly.
3 things to know about distracted driving
You never saw the pickup truck veering into your lane. All you know is that your minivan was hit and now you have to worry about how you are going to help your children recover from their injuries while you are trying to recover from your own injuries. As you get out of your vehicle, you notice that the other driver has a burger in one hand and a phone in the other. Now you wonder if that had anything to do with him coming over into your lane.
4 ways to spot a distracted driver this winter
Texting, talking on the phone, reading behind the wheel, and even eating are things you've seen other divers in the lane next to you do at one time or another.
Traveling for Thanksgiving? Read these safety tips
Millions of Americans will be traveling near and far this week to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends. Unfortunately, motor vehicle accidents will put a damper on some people's holiday celebrations, as more cars on the roads means a greater chance for accidents.
Distracted drivers are No. 1 concern on U.S. roadways
Texting while driving is illegal in Florida, but it still poses a huge problem in the state and everyone knows it. In fact, according to a recent poll by Kelly Blue Book, 97 percent of U.S. drivers surveyed said they consider distracted drivers to be their No. 1 concern on the roads. Distracted drivers were cited as more of a concern than drunk drivers, drivers with road rage and even poor weather conditions.


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Welcome to the Outlook 2007 MAPI Reference
This content is outdated and is no longer being maintained. It is provided as a courtesy for individuals who are still using these technologies. This page may contain URLs that were valid when originally published, but now link to sites or pages that no longer exist.
Welcome to the Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Messaging API (MAPI) Reference, which provides the messaging architecture for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. MAPI for Outlook 2007 provides a set of classes, interfaces, functions, and other data types to facilitate the development of Outlook 2007 messaging applications. Applications and transports use MAPI to manipulate e-mail data, to create e-mail messages and the folders to store them in, and to support notifications of changes to existing MAPI-related data.
Publish date of this reference: December 2008 (version 2007)
In This Section
Getting Started with the Outlook 2007 MAPI Reference
Provides information about the various reference and conceptual resources in the Outlook 2007 MAPI Reference.
MAPI Samples
Provides sample applications.
MAPI Concepts
Provides a guide to understanding and programming with MAPI.
MAPI Reference
Provides references to MAPI programming elements.
See Also
Outlook 2007 MAPI Reference Overview
Outlook 2007 Messaging API (MAPI) Reference Copyright Notice
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As most of you know, I had to get a new barn this summer when we moved from the mountains of NC to the piedmont.
We had snow recently and it's been sitting on the barn and on our deck, not really melting. Well, that's not exactly right, we discovered it IS melting- and leaking through the roof to hit the floor in the rabbitry!
I am extremely not happy with this. Thankfully I *believe* it missed most of the rabbit cages, though I suspect that two cages did get hit with dropping water.
We have a work order in to have it fixed, but hooray, I have how many cages full of rabbits in there? I really need someone to be banging around to fix a problem that shouldn't have happened.
Grrr!! It's always something!
Keep's Rabbitry
Thursday, December 9, 2010
2 comments:
- April said...
Any way that you can load the rabbits into carriers and/or bring them in the house? I know you have a lot of rabbits so that probably isn't feasible, but I imagine someone working on the barn roof would be stressful.
- December 9, 2010 at 5:18 PM
- Keep said...
I suggested that to Tim as well. It depends on when they come out- I don't think I have enough carriers for everyone, but I might be able to get the biggest part out. Of course, I have does due on the 14th and the 18th, so I am just SOHAPPY I'll have to be moving them around.
I am still livid about this. I spent too much on that building for it to LEAK 5 months later.
- December 10, 2010 at 10:03 AM
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Women, Money, Children, Ghosts. Chapbook of poems. 56 pages. Sixth Finch. 2016.
Splendor. Book of poems. 104 pages. H_NGM_N Books. 2015.
Extraordinary Power. Chapbook of poems. 21 pages. Factory Hollow Press. 2014.
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We the Parent Council at Tredway-Woodsworth Public School, are here to extend ourselves in serving our community by establishing meaningful relationship, building trust and working together to create a healthier environment for our children. We celebrate & accept our cultural diversity and together, our goal is to integrate and to focus on academics.
This year, Parent Council is working with the needs of parents/guardians & teachers to better allocate the funds raised by the Parent Council, by implementing an "Election Action Plan". We would love to hear your thoughts, so come out to our meetings to give feedback as we stand united.
We would like to introduce to you our Parent Council for the 2018/2019 school year.
Chair - Sabrina Persaud-Murape
Co-Chair - Rebecca Mosios
Treasure - Binal Gohel
Fundraising Coordinator - Kathryn Allen
Fundraising Co-Coordinator - Pruvin Patel
Communications Coordinator- Sandy Gobin
Secretary - Renee Massop & Samantha Anthony
Please reach out to us at:
Parent Council email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Chair email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you,
Sabrina Persaud-Murape
Upcoming events will be posted on this page, newsletter & on the sign in front of the school.
THURSDAY JUNE 20TH, 2019 is our 2nd Annual Fun Fair. We will need lots of volunteers, sponsors and suggestions to make this a great event.


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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
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Oh Tammy, I love this and the colours are just perfect. Cinderella just looks adorable. Love the colours you have used. :)ReplyDelete
Great choice...such a lovely card!ReplyDelete
What a sweet image! I love the coloring you've done, Tammy!ReplyDelete
I love your choice, Tammmy, and your card:-)! The image is fantastic and the colours are wonderful! I love the touches of colour for your background too! Have a lovely day! Hugs Delphine xxReplyDelete
Love those colors - it looks like dust really is flying all over the place. Fun challenge too.ReplyDelete
Great card for a newbie:)ReplyDelete
It's adorable, Tammy!! Cute little image and even as a newbie, it was PERFECT!!! Glad you playing along at SRU!ReplyDelete
How precious!! Awesome coloring on this delightful image, Tammy!ReplyDelete
This is so sweet Tammy and your colours and colouring are fabulous. I'm having a cinderella moment at the moment cos I could use a Fairy Godmother about now to some of my housework done so I can do some crafting......lol.ReplyDelete
Hey, you did pretty well as a beginner, too! I knew you had natural talent!ReplyDelete
Tammy, Cinderella is a real cutie. I love the colours and your colouring is spectacular.ReplyDelete
- ColletteAugust 10, 2011 at 11:14 PM
Love this, Tammy. Certainly worthy of an Encore! Thanks for sharing with us at Stamps R Us.ReplyDelete
Great coloring on this one. I can see the dust flying!ReplyDelete
Really precious, Tammy! Such a fun image and great coloring. Wasn't it fun looking back through earlier cards? Some of them gave me a cringe or two, though! :-) Love the sponging you did on this one.ReplyDelete
Oh, she's a doll!! Great image!ReplyDelete
That sad little girl! :(ReplyDelete
I'd be sad too, if i had to sweep.
:) Nice smudging of dirt on the cart. That looks great!
Awww, this is soo Adorable! Love your Sweet image. And your coloring is just Wonderful.ReplyDelete


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Start Your Yard With Clean Hops
Lab-Grown in Central New York From Independently Tested Stock Plants
Pioneer Plant-Tech is committed to the production and sale of clean hops plants to support the needs of hops farmers and commercial growers throughout New York State, the Northeast, and Eastern Canada. We rely on the process of micro-propagation or 'tissue culture' to grow uniform batches of second-generation offspring from stock plants obtained through the National Clean Plant Network and independently tested on a regular basis for freedom from viruses and viroids that can impact harvest volumes and even destroy hops. Our laboratory and greenhouse facilities employ state of the art air filtration and insect exclusion equipment, strict personnel protocols, and a regular schedule of testing via third-party laboratories to ensure that neither stock plants nor offspring risk contamination. The purpose? To provide farmers with a clean start and position them for long term success with healthy and productive hop yards.
We are also a New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Research Partner within the Industrial Hemp Agricultural Research Program, and are currently conducting research on the application of tissue culture technology to commercial-scale production of hemp. Cannabis sativa and humulus lupus (common hops) are closely related members of the Cannabinaceae family, and we are excited by the opportunity to apply our existing knowledge of hops micropropagation to use with regard to hemp.
The Importance Of Starting Clean
Hops are susceptible to a variety of viral, fungal, and other conditions that can impact not only harvest yield but even cause significant plant loss. Given the time and capital required to create a hop-yard, the importance of starting your hop yard with clean, virus-free planting stock cannot be overstated.
How To Order
Field ready plants for farmers and rooted plugs for experienced commercial greenhouse growers are available for sale. Pricing is based on order size, with discounts available for large orders. We encourage pick-up at our facilities, but shipping can be arranged.
Why Our Hops Are Different
Our reliance on 'tissue culture' cultivation in a sterile laboratory setting offers the only true option for quickly producing large quantities of pathogen-free plants. Traditional methods of propagating hops plants (like rhizomes) can easily spread disease, and even well-run commercial greenhouses lack the ability to provide the special attention that this species needs to remain healthy.
NYS Industrial Hemp Research Partner
We have received a New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets permit to participate as a Research Partner in the Industrial Hemp Agricultural Research Pilot Program, for purposes of researching and developing tissue culture protocol for hemp-grade cannabis sativa. Please contact us if you'd like to know more.
Available Hops Varieties
We have close to twenty hops varieties available for sale, including many of the most commercially desirable. We are also always willing to investigate the possibility of obtaining other varieties from the National Clean Plant Network to assist customers with specific needs, so don't hesitate to ask.
About Us
We are a family owned business located in the Adirondack foothills of Central New York, just north of Utica. Our principals and staff have long experience in various aspects of horticulture and other useful fields including commercial greenhouses and nurseries, irrigation, landscaping and engineering.


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Geeks have long made lists of the most bad ass women in Sci-Fi, Horror, Comics, and any other general geeky genre. But, never has the attempt been made to list out the Geek women that elicit pure lust from us basement dwelling Geeks… Until now!
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Better the Second Time Around
Ugh, it's around 1:30 in the afternoon and I've only been up about 30 minutes. Anyone who knows me understands that this is a big deal. But, it was RPG time last night (and this morning) and so sleep was not attempted until a few hours ago. Plus, the friggen daylight saving times! Who can I blame for THAT idea… Great when you are a wee Geek wanting to ride bikes longer into the night, but not so much when you are a resting DM trying to stay out of the sun's rays! As I look back at my previous ramblings I can see that EVERY second Sunday has a poor (and even non-existent) entry. Well, that will probably be the cast from now until eternity… Oh well, at least I acknowledge it. As I sit here and recover from last nights slaying I find myself looking at my movie collection and noticed that I have some films that many folks believe are brainless boring crap! As I looked at them through heavy eyelids I realized that I like these movies more with each new viewing…
What'cha Gonna Do When They Come For You?
There is this great little fan film called Troops made by Kevin Rubio. It's been available for many years now and I'm sure that the bulk of you have seen it. Well, at least those of you who scour the Internet for every little nugget of Star Wars love you can find. I KNOW you people; we can smell our own you know! Just in case you haven't seen it, go…now…watch it…come back to my rambling later… What are you still doing here? GO! WATCH THE DAMN THING!
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Jersey Girl
Well crap, I've only been at this thing for a couple of months now and I've already broken my rule of adding new crap every 48 hours. Give me a break people, your friendly neighborhood Geek was feeling a tad under the weather. While recovering I decided I needed some fresh air. I left my basement, went outside, and headed for the theater. Hey, to a Geek like me the scent of stale popcorn and musty seats IS fresh air. What to see, what to see? Well, I had my choice of Jesus, zombies, a little girl, a CGI dog, and Tom Hanks. Always wanting to support my own on opening weekend I put down my $8.50 and sat down to watch me some Jersey Girl…
So Many Geeks Babes, So Little Time!
I promised you fine readers that I would tackle the different types of Geek women. I tried to avoid it by writing a small review of Dawn of the Dead. But why would I avoid a subject dealing with the hottest of hot women? Simple, this is proving to be more difficult then I had imagined it would be. I try not to give disclaimers to my writing, but this time I feel like I must. This list WILL be biased and probably wrong. It will be purely based on my own geeky observations. Also, this list will only cover pop-culture geeks. As my tech knowledge is relatively limited… But stayed tuned, I do intend to tackle that topic at a later date… With a little help.


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"I never decided to become a singer. Singing was just something I always did. From the time I could make noise come out of my mouth, I was singing. I made up songs in the car when I was three or four years old. My mother always told me I used to make up songs about the scenery we were passing by. And I'd sit in the back seat and sing."
Quote taken from a Q & A with Juliana Hatfield posted today on magnetmagazine.com, which Juliana is guest editing this week.


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Are your expectations limiting you?/
I recently started training with a personal trainer again. I love it. I need the accountability. I like the encouraging messages to keep me going and the fact that I have someone else to answer to if I don't follow-through. I like the variety and the push so I can just dive in and trust that someone else is keeping a finger on the pulse of whether or not I'm on track with my goals so that I can just show up.
This morning's workout as usual involved a number of strength exercises as well as a series of three 500 m rowing sets at a "brisk pace". This meant, not quite a sprint but more than a leisurely row. Last week I had completed a 500 m "test" to see how long it took to row at my max. Based on my sprint pace, my trainer set a goal to pace myself to complete the 500 m in 2:15-2:25.
The first set felt good. I watched the clock intently to gauge the pace I was needing to maintain. I didn't want to go too fast and burn out in one set but I didn't want to go too slow and miss the mark that had been set. Knowing I had two more sets to complete after this, I tried not to give my all on this first set. I finished at 2:19.8. Sweet. I was happy, and in my head it gave me leeway to slow down if I couldn't maintain the speed and still remain in the prescribed time range.
The second set felt surpisingly good too. It was easier to set and keep the pace, probably because I had a recent set to reference. Set two was faster coming in at 2:16.4.
On the third set (leading up to the entire point of this blog), I hit the wrong button on the rower, so the screen showed my distance but it didn't show me my time or pace. No problem. I set out and found a good rhythm, pushed but didn't feel I was maxing out by any means. If anything, I felt like I may be slower but tuned into myself and knew I wasn't at my max yet was still giving consistent effort. Once I finished, I pushed buttons on the screen until I found the time that was tracked and I was shocked. 2:14.9. Five whole seconds faster than set one.
So what is my point? Well there are a couple "aha" moments in this for me:
1 - If I have a goal in the back of my mind it helps to frame my level of intensity. This can work for or against me. This is great if my goals are just out of my comfort zone and will push me harder than I would otherwise. If my goals are too low though, perhaps I'm not realizing my full potential. Perhaps I won't see the need to push myself harder to surpass the moderate and challenge myself further. As with anything, how we show up in physical challenge is how we show up in other challenges.
2 - When I wasn't watching intently at my progress, I actually did better. This doesn't negate the benefit of tracking and checking in with goals, as I did have an opportunity to touch base once I finished. In this case though, I set the goal, went after it and then checked in later. Obviously to some degree, seeing the time caused me to pace myself slower and limit my potential. I find this relatable to what I often discuss with patients regarding their progress also. Everything takes time. Sometimes checking in too frequently or expecting instant feedback can be to our demise. We may miss out on the long-term potential and more importantly our ability to be in-tune to self assess where we are. When someone is losing weight for instance, looking at the scale multiple times a day will not give you valuable feedback. If anything, this may discourage you in feeling that nothing is changing. Over the course of weeks or months though, the minor inevitable fluctuations balance out and you can see the trend of direction you are going in.
3- There is so much value in tuning into your own body. To trust your own gauge of how much you need to push it without the distraction of details. The more we are able to rely on our inborn wisdom to guide us, be it intuition in making a decision or knowing when our choice to not workout is due to needed rest versus laziness, the less we will need to rely on objective measures to change course when needed and we will be able to find that surge from within. With this in mind though, pay attention if you are playing too small. Even the fact that I scaled my pace in the first round was based on the expectation that I wouldn't be able to sustain that. What if I could though? And in fact I improved my time each time. I've noticed this during road or cycling races as well and through the years have realized how much I have scaled my start to have a fast finish. If I had that much reserve though at the end of a race, tells me more that I didn't push as hard as I could at the beginning.
Much of the above is more self reflection, but perhaps those reading this can see where any of these observations may show up in your own life also. Are your goals big enough? Are your expectations limiting your true potential? Are you gauging your success in whatever you are focused on (work, finances, fitness) on a micro rather than a macro scale? We don't know our boundaries or max output unless we challenge those limits and it is with challenge that we improve and grow.


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Maggi Cookie | How to make Maggi Cookie
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About Maggi Cookie Recipe
An innovative combination of maggi with cookies. Easy bhi taste bhi.
Maggi Cookie is one dish which makes its accompaniments tastier. With the right mix of flavours, Maggi Cookie has always been everyone's favourite. This recipe by Akansha Khanna is the perfect one to try at home for your family. The Maggi Cookie recipe is very simple and can be made in restaurant style using these ingredients. The time taken while preparing Maggi Cookie is 2 minutes and the time taken for cooking is 5 minutes. This is recipe of Maggi Cookie is perfect to serve 4 people. Maggi Cookie is just the appropriate option to prepare when you have a get together or party at home. Be it kids or grownups, everyone just absolutely love Maggi Cookie. So do try it next time and share your experience of cooking Maggi Cookie by commenting on this page below!
Ingredients to make Maggi Cookie
- maida 1 cup
- powdered sugar 1/2 cup
- Unsalted butter 1/2 cup
- Milk 2 tsp
- Vanilla extract 2 tsp
- Baking powder 1 1/2 tsp
- Pinch salt
- Maggi noodles few pieces
How to make Maggi Cookie
My Tip:If the mixture is bit sticky either add more maida or keep it in refrigerator for few minutes.


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About Colour Envy Painting of Edmonton
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Greetings Patrons!
Welcome to another episode of The Bard's Tavern. I must inform you all about how sorry we all are here about the lack of episodes being released on time. We had our old pc die on us and lost majority of recorded episodes. But now we are back on it and better than ever!
In this week's episode we dive into a review of the conventions of 2018 (so far) with a review of Silicon Valley Comic Con 2018 and most recently Fanimecon 2018. We also update you guys on other cons we will be attending. So take a seat and grab a drink and relax as we jump into this week's episode!


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David Lynch hosts a festival every year in Los Angeles called the Festival of Disruption. Today Rolling Stone reports the L.A. festival has been officially announced. The announcement includes appearances from esteemed director of The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola will be hosting a special screening, followed by a Q&A session regarding — no, not The Godfather — one of his most critically panned films Jack, which starred Robin Williams.
Also scheduled to appear is RZA, a founding member of the legendary hip-hop outfit The Wu-Tang Clan. Producer and rapper RZA aka Bobby Digital will be performing a live score, according to Festival Of Disruption's official site, called "Live From The 36th Chamber."
Other notable performers and hosts include actor Jeff Goldblum, Amber Tamblyn, Grace Jones, and Barry Gifford. Faith No More and Fantomas frontman Mike Patton will perform with DJ Cubert, and of course the entire event will culminate with a coffee and donuts Q&A session with filmmaker David Lynch himself. Festival of Disruption is an arts festival which showcases visual art, film, and music, hand-picked by David Lynch, the creative force behind Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, and Mulholland Drive, to name a few.
Tickets go on sale June 20, 2018 and will run a hefty amount for those wishing to attend. Tickets in the least expensive bracket have a face value of $199, with orchestra level seating costing $399, and VIP access going for $999 a piece. Although this may seem steep, the festival's official site does state that all net proceeds will go to benefit The David Lynch Foundation, a charity designed to heal traumatic stress for veterans, abused women, children, and many others, by way of transcendental meditation.
Last month David Lynch held a separate Festival of Disruption for the first time ever on the East Coast, in New York City. The New York festival featured performances by Au Revoir Simone, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, and Flying Lotus.
Musical performers from previous years have included Moby, Reggie Watts, The Kills, TV on The Radio, Sky Ferreira, Bon Iver, and Sharon Von Etten, while other noteworthy movie industry appearances have included Kyle MacLachlan, Mel Brooks, Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, and John Malkovich.
Lynch's Showtime limited-series event Twin Peaks: The Return aired last summer and is currently being campaigned by Showtime for Emmy consideration. In 1990 David Lynch was nominated for a directing Emmy for Twin Peaks. While the director has won the coveted Palme d'Or from the Cannes Film Festival, to date he has never won an Oscar or an Emmy for his directing career, which spans five decades.


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Digital Champions help people in Highlands get online
A new, collaborative programme which will train hundreds of Digital Champions to help thousands of people across the UK get online has been officially launched.
At a time when the UK is moving to 'digital by default' and yet over 12 million people lack basic digital skills¹, One Digital is a unique collaboration between six diverse organisations to create a sustainable and far reaching digital inclusion solution. Age UK, the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations, Citizens Online and Digital Unite with its partners Affinity Sutton and AbilityNet have joined forces to develop the One Digital programme which will recruit, train and support 1,400 Digital Champions nationwide.
One Digital is funded by £2 million from the Big Lottery Fund and will help around 9,500 people develop basic digital skills.
Each One Digital Partner will deliver individual and bespoke projects but all of the Digital Champions within the One Digital programme will access one single training and support network that provides structured courses, extensive resources and dedicated mentor support.
As part of the One Digital Programme, Citizens Online is working with Digital Highland, a local partnership of The Highland Council, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, SCVO and many local organisations. The partnership will recruit, train and support "digital champions" to help people in the Highlands develop their digital skills. The Highland team will focus on supporting people living in rural communities, older people and people living in low income households.
Vicki Nairn, Head of Digital Transformation, The
Highland Council said: "We are aware that many people in the Highlands still need
help using the Internet. This project will enable people living in rural
communities to become familiar with the internet and access services online.
This project will also build additional digital capacity by working together across
key partnerships".
Leader of the Council, Cllr Margaret Davidson added: "Central to our Council's Programme, "Highland First" is to improve connectivity especially broadband and mobile coverage, across the Highlands. The Council is committed to realising the full potential of our communities and enabling them to take full advantage of that digital connectivity. This is fundamental to healthy, vibrant connected communities and the growth of business and tourism opportunities."
As a new One Digital Infographic demonstrates, Digital Champions are an effective tool in today's digital inclusion landscape where those who aren't online are now becoming harder to engage and need personal long-term support. Indeed 77% of those offline cite lack of interest as their main barrier² and 26% of computer beginners do not use their new digital skills without ongoing help³.
Shona Munro, Highlands Digital Champion Manager said: "Being a Digital Champion is about helping other people to see how they can find information about bus timetables, register for school meals or order their shopping online. Our project will support volunteers and community organisations who want to help others benefit from being online."
Digital Highland is currently looking for new volunteers to support their work in the area. We are looking for friendly and enthusiastic people to help local learners to learn about the Internet and how to get online. Digital Champions don't need to be IT experts, just have the enthusiasm to support others to learn. Full training and support will be provided.
If you are interested in volunteering for Digital Highland please contact:
Shona Munro, Digital Champion Manager - Email: email@example.com Tel: 07827 240452


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Bollywood celebs hail 'The Sky Is Pink'
Farhan - Shibani at The Sky Is Pink screening
Deepika Padukone on #MeToo movement
Here's why Deepika opened up about depression
Movie Review: The Sky Is Pink - 3.5/5
Pics: Kangana stuns once again in a white sari
Ileana looks pretty in this no-mascara look!
Deepika credits her success to hubby Ranveer!
Ananya looks beautiful in a black outfit


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A fresh spring salad that's even better the second day. This Orange Poppy Seed Chopped Salad is sure to delight!
Plain Greek yogurt – ¼ c.
Orange Juice – ¼ cup – freshly squeezed
Mustard – 1 tsp
Paprika – pinch
Poppy seed – 2 tsp
Honey – 1 tbsp
Salt – ¼ tsp
Pepper – ¼ tsp
Brocholi – or califlour
Red onion
Sugar snap peas – or beans of choice
Red pepper
Green pepper
First let's make the dressing for this chopped salad. Combine yogurt, orange juice, mustard, paprika, poppy seed, honey, salt and pepper and blend in food processor, in blender or with an immersion blender.
Prepare cold water bath with ice. Steam broccoli for 4 minutes or until broccoli just turns bright green. Immediately submerge broccoli in cold water bath to retain the bright green color then drain.
Chop onion, peppers and snap peas.
Combine all vegetables in large bowl and toss with dressing. Enjoy or cover and let rest – seems to be best the next day!


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Liquorice & Liquorice Sweets
Find your favourite liquorice available as pick n mix sweets or in jars and tubs. We have liquorice from Amarelli, Lions, Taveners, Haribo and specialist Gourmet Liquorice selections. You will find a wide selection of your favourite liquorice in fruit flavours, mint and even toffee. Many customers love our range of liquorice sticks from the Abruzzo region of Italy, Catherine wheels and of course everyone's fav classic liquorice allsorts!
Liquorice is a hugely popular sweet which is flavoured from liquorice plant extract. For those who are looking for the perfect liquorice gift you should check out our liquorice favourite's jar which is 1 litre of liquorice heaven presented in a traditional jar complete with ribbon. This includes some of your all time liquorice favourites which you can also buy separately below.
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Being Busy Was Just An Excuse - How to motivate yourself to do the important things in life/
Being Busy Was Just An Excuse
How to motivate yourself to do the important things in life.
I worked a little over 2 years managing two multidisciplinary clinics in Singapore. I had awfully long working hours, a ton of stress and deadlines to meet. My relationship with the patients and the monthly pay checks were probably the only two things that kept my sanity in check. I had no real life outside of work, work was my life and I was too busy for anything else. I started to blame my work commitments and the perceived lack of time as an excuse to ignore my personal goals and the things that really mattered in life. I wanted to explore the world, build an online e-commerce platform for passive income, I wanted to read and write more but I had no time.
"It's not how much you spend but how you spend your life that matters",
They say a truly successful life begins when you start living on your own terms. You decide what to do with your own time. Your life, your rules. After many months of soul-searching, I decided to quit my job and try live a life without obligations or time-constraints to see how my life unfolds.
As I was handing in my resignation, I thought to myself,
"I would be so productive!"
"I will work on my online business, start a new website, exercise more often, read more, attend seminars, and explore Singapore and the world…"
"I will be living my life on my own terms..."
I was finally going to be "that guy" you read about on the internet. Someone that works on whatever he's interested in, makes good money for it and at the same time have the freedom of time. Unfortunately it's been exactly seven days since I became unemployed and nothing much has changed. I haven't been exercising, my e-commerce website is still offline and by the looks of it, it was going to stay that way. More time didn't mean more productivity or more results.
(2018 March: This article was written about 2 years ago from the date of this review. I've been exercising three-four times a week for the past 6 months, read 34 books in 2017, travelled to three different countries in the past three months, all the while managing a clinic in Clementi, Singapore! As I re-read what I've wrote here 2 years ago, I would like to further add that asking the right questions and having a strong WHY to everything you do will lead to much improved productivity and results. Knowing how you want to live your life and why needs to come first, the time and the resources will naturally follow.)
Why Being Busy Is Just An Excuse
I always had the habit of managing time when I should have been managing my attention. Being busy was the easy way out for me. Because I was busy, I didn't have to make the tough decisions in life. I told myself that I was too busy to build an e-commerce website. I was too busy to exercise. I was too busy to read.
I had so many small things to do, never had any time for the bigger things and I still felt productive. Because I was so busy, I appeared hardworking. When in reality, my busy-ness was a just a form of procrastination that stopped me from doing things that actually mattered the most.
By being busy, I lived a life of reaction. I answered emails, showed up for work, went to meetings and still had piles of things to check off on my to do lists. By being busy, I avoided making the tougher decisions in life. Ignored the things that mattered the most. I was too busy to do anything of real value because I had no control over my life.
The first step to freedom and true productivity/motivation is to accept that busyness is an addiction! It's cool to look busy and showcase your appointment filled calendar. It's nice to feel productive when in reality, you are not adding any more value to your life and your goals. Why would you want to work 9-to-5 for someone else's dreams and procrastinate on yours? You're not busy, you're procrastinating.
Set Your Goals The Right Way
I always had clear goals outside of work. For each goals, I would recite affirmations and even build vision boards. But none of them ever came to fruition because I was too busy. I would blame my schedule and lament, "only if I had the time to...X, Y and Z!"
My busyness wasn't the problem. I was just using it as an excuse to blow off my incompetency. I had goals but I didn't know how to achieve them. Big goals without specific direction were just too audacious for me and naturally, I pushed them away and focused on the easier things in life. Showing up for work that I have been doing for the past 2 years was far easier than starting an online business from scratch.
Big audacious goals (such as setting up a new online business) are important to spark ambition, inspire and engage us to visualise a bigger picture. But without proper support, these goals can also crush your morale. As goals become stale and remain unrealised for some time, I started to blame my external circumstances.
"I don't have enough money."
"I'm too busy."
Don't get caught up with the Law of Attraction fad. There are no short cuts to success. This is where SMART goals come in (Don't get me wrong! LoA work when done right but proper planning and execution is part of LoA).
What Are SMART Goals?
SMART goals are used to break big goals down into concrete plans and bring structure.
- SPECIFIC: Who, What, Where, When, Why, Which. Define the goal as much as possible, with no ambiguous language.
- MEASURABLE: From and To. Can you track the progress and measure the outcome? How much? How many?
- ATTAINABLE: How? Is the goal reasonable enough to be accomplished? How so?
- RELEVANT: Is the goal worthwhile and will it meet your needs? Is the goal consistent with your long term plans?
- TIMELY: When! Establish a sense of urgency by putting a time limit. Prompts you to have better time amangement.
The purpose of SMART goals is to be more specific with your big audacious goals and break them down into smaller, actionable steps. The key here is to be as specific as possible, down to the finer details - where, when, what and with whom? The chances of you executing an action is more likely if they are specific, simple and actionable. Don't worry if your broken down SMART goals are too simple! "A journey of a thousands miles begins with a single step".
If you want to learn more about setting SMART goals, I highly recommend that you read this article from YourCoach.
Now that you've accepted being busy as just an excuse and broke down your BHAG into smaller, actionable SMART goals, what's next? The final step is to build resilience and persistence.
Know How To Self-Motivate
I've always been a goal-oriented person but only when there were pressure and deadlines to meet. Myself in workplace is perfect example. With each deadlines to meet, I forced myself to perform and maybe that's why I excelled at work but never really in my personal endeavours. Such a foolish thing to say but the lack of pressure from above (employer) and the absence of a deadline in my personal goals made me lazy.
Studies cited from the book "Smarter Faster Better" by Charles Duhigg, suggests that "people who know how to self-motivate earn more money than their peers, report higher levels of happiness, and say they are more satisfied with their families, jobs and lives." Then how can we master self-motivation?
According to researchers, the best way to self-motivate is to give ourselves control and authority over our actions, surroundings and lives. In other words, to motivate ourselves, we must feel like we are in control (have an internal locus of control) and be responsible.
Instead of having an "Internal locus", I was living my life on "external locus of control." I was, or at least assumed, that my life was dictated by external factors and my surroundings. I wasn't responsible for my own life, too busy blaming my external circumstances for my shortcomings.
Related Reading: How Tony Robbins Helped Me Shape My Destiny
Are we really that busy? To honest truth is NO.
We are busy because we fail to prioritise.
Because we are not asking the tougher questions in life.
Because we are afraid to take responsibility.
There is a list of single mom entrepreneurs who get more things done than most of us! It's time to accept that no matter what we do, we always have enough time to work on our dreams/goals. It's a choice and it all begins by accepting responsibility for your own life.


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Meet Holly - helping women build the careers they deserve through coaching and support. She is also the founder of Vancouver meetup, Women in Male Dominated Industries (WIMDI).
I first met Holly at a networking group she had taken over in mid 2016 just after I had moved to Vancouver.
It didn't take long for me to click with her. Given we both have kitties, and if you let me talk your ear off about cats, I'm pretty much going to like you forever. Also now I know her secret about spreadsheets. I feel like we are almost the same person.
She also has some kick arse business cards…
I'm a leadership coach for women in male-dominated industries. I work one-on-one with ambitious women to help them lead, get promoted, and create the careers they actually want in industries they love.
I spent the first ten years of my career working as a mining engineer in one of the most male-dominated spaces — just 17% female. I use the unique perspective I gained as a woman in mining, alongside my obsessive nerdiness for all things feminism and career to help women create the working world they deserve while they wait for the rest of society to catch up.
After ten years in the mining industry, I got tired of seeing myself and all of my female friends and colleagues hit up against the same things again and again. It's exhausting.
I've heard it described as death by a thousand paper cuts, and that's definitely how it felt to me. So I couldn't just sit back and hope that it would change one day — I had to do something to change it myself.
There are two different approaches to helping women succeed at work -- a 'change the system' approach, and a 'change the woman' approach.
The 'change the woman' approach says that women just need to learn how to navigate the working world as it exists — learn to communicate differently, apply to jobs more aggressively, etc. Effectively this approach says that women just need to adapt to the existing predominantly male blueprint of leadership.
This approach feels a bit condescending and leaves a lot to be desired, and I think misses the unique opportunity we have to redefine leadership to something that works better for both genders.
The 'change the system' approach says that women are fine just the way that they are, and that we need to work on the conditions, processes, and biases that make it more difficult for women to succeed in the working world. Obviously, I'm very pro-'change the system', and to work on that, I consult with companies to help them retain their female staff.
But — and this is a big but — changing the system isn't enough.
Large-scale cultural change, like we need to make equitable workplaces, takes a long time.
Remember, I used to work in these industries. I'm damn sure that I probably would have cried if you told me, "Holly, I know the system sucks now, but don't worry, we're working on it, and in 10-15 years, you can have that awesome career you've always wanted".
Changing the system is vital work, but it's not enough for ambitious women who are watching their talent go unrecognized now.
So I coach women to find ways to change the system, but also to adapt when it's not quite there yet. I want a working world where women don't feel the kind of unrequited love I felt in my career.
I also asked what keeps Holly inpired in her business;
I run a local meetup — Women in Male-Dominated Industries (WIMDI) — and last year we did talks on how to successfully navigate your performance review and negotiate.
A woman came to an event a few months after that, and happened to sit next to someone who had attended the performance review talk.
She mentioned that she had a review coming up, and her new buddy excitedly proceeded to teach her everything she learned at the talk I organized.
That woman later went and just killed it at her review — and successfully negotiated a huge promotion & title increase that was well beyond her years.
I love this story because it shows off the power of my favourite things about WIMDI –– solid career and leadership advice, and connecting with other women.
I spoke at Women in Tech Week last year about the three pillars of success for women in male-dominated industries. A woman I really admire — a strong leader and advocate in the women in tech community in Vancouver — came up to me afterwards and told me she loved the talk because it was the first time she realized that she was allowed to be upset about how incredibly unjust these industries can be for women.
My talk gave her permission to grieve for the career she couldn't have, and the career that so many other women can't. Grieving sounds counter-intuitive, but it can be a huge weight lifted to just have a good old fashioned pity party because the reality of fighting for women in these industries is that you won't win every time, even if you do everything you can.
Even as you work to create the world you want, you can still be a real human being with feelings, and I'd argue that you actually have to if you want to survive.
Fun stuff about Holly
You can find Holly by clicking on the icons below, or visiting her website hollyburton.ca or the WIMDI website wimdi.com


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The Road to Healing/
I was visiting with a neighbor of mine not too long ago and we got talking about our parents. I quickly learned quickly that her mom had died suddenly in the years following her high school graduation. I briefly shared about my dad's illness and how he'd passed on 3 years ago. She looked at me somewhat surprised and said, "You can talk about it? It hasn't been that long." I thought for a moment about why that is. It's not because I'm some strong person. It's not because it wasn't hard or painful. It's because God is a healer.Read More