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UPDATE 1/23/07 1:54pm PT: I received background comment on all of this from a Pelosi aide late yesterday afternoon who promised to send an official statement, their position, the Constitutionality issue (there is none), etc. Their official statement, seeming to close the door on this possibility, is now posted here along with some additional thoughts.
I've received extraordinarily positive responses to my call, as posted on Friday at both Huff Po and BRAD BLOG, calling on Congressional Democrats to allow Virginia's Sen. Jim Webb to deliver his Opposition Response to the State of the Union Address to the entire, full, joint session of Congress just after George W. Bush finishes his on Tuesday night.
That, instead of the usual limp response as performed in front of a single TV camera in some studio somewhere which can't hope to compete with the live "Presidential Performance" moments before to a packed house.
I've come to understand the tradition of such a response has been in play since 1966 --- a relic of the Reagan-dissolved 'Fairness Doctrine' --- and, like the President's televised speech before a full joint session of Congress, has no actual basis in the Constitution. Both are simply done that way largely by tradition. Even Presidents as recently as Jimmy Carter chose to deliver the State of the Union via a letter to Congress instead.
Nothing now keeps Congressional Democrats, in charge of both the House and Senate, from changing the Pres-Joint Session/Oppo-Basement Response tradition other than the courage and fortitude to do so. Buoyed by overwhelming support from the American people last November to take back power from a runaway Imperial Presidency, it's time for them to take the stage they deserve, and give Webb the podium to make their case before the entire joint session just after Dubya.
But, being Democrats, they may need your help to show that courage and fortitude.
My complete editorial originally making the case for giving Webb the platform we all deserve has, so far, far been posted in full at a number of websites, including TruthDig, RAW STORY, OpEd News, After Downing Street, Democratic Underground, Left in Aboite and NYTimes' About.com.
Off-the-record response to the idea, as received from various politicos inside the beltway, has been quite positive.
But it will still take a lot of noise and many citizens standing up to call for this in order for the Democrats to show the courage they'd need to make this bold and important change to the years-long tradition of relegating Opposition SOTU Responses to the dim recesses of some poorly lit makeshift TV studio somewhere.
In addition to passing the original editorial virally around the net and elsewhere, some specific calls and/or emails may be in order. To that end, I might suggest as many folks as possible contact the following offices as soon as they can to strongly advocate for this important, and if I say so myself, excellent idea.
Sen. Jim Webb
Phone: 202-224-4024Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Phone: (202) 225-4965
Email: email@example.com. Harry Reid
Phone: (202) 224-3542
Email: reid.senate.gov/contact/email_form.cfm
As usual, don't rely on others to take action here. It's your country. Take it back.
If you have other thoughts on how to help encourage Democrats to allow for the above, please post them in Comments below --- or just take action!
(NOTE TO REPUBLICANS: This idea would likely become a new tradition, and would thus be one that your party would similarly find beneficial if the Democrats are ever able to figure out how to get seated in the White House in the future.)
Copyright notice: Please feel free to copy the above article in full and distribute it far and wide with attribution to Brad Friedman and The BRAD BLOG (www.BradBlog.com)


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Child soldier trauma in Uganda shares similarities with Northern Ireland
Psychology students at Queen's University have discovered similarities between child soldier trauma in Uganda and those children caught up in Northern Ireland's Troubles.
Post-graduate students from the Doctoral Programme in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology at Queen's recently travelled to Uganda to a school for ex-child soldiers. Their study analysed the levels of post-traumatic stress among ex-soldiers, explained the symptoms of trauma to the children and offered psychological therapy to the most traumatised children.
The children in the school were former abductees of the Lord's Resistance Army, a group notorious for kidnapping children, brutalising them and forcing them to become soldiers and sex slaves. Over 35,000 children are estimated to have been abducted over the last twenty-four years.
Paul O'Callaghan, one of the students leading the study said: "We screened 205 children for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. We found that even four years after witnessing traumatic war events, rates of psychological distress were very high with 58 per cent of the children showing PTSD symptoms and 34 per cent having depression and anxiety.
"The study highlighted a large prevalence of 'traumatic bonding' – where children adopt an abuser's views, attitudes and behaviours. The study found that over time some of the children began to identify more and more with the values and attitudes of their captors and even began to blame the victims for the violence they were subjected to.
He added: "Most remarkably our research showed that the most disturbing thing for the child soldiers was not the murders, massacres, torture or atrocities that they witnessed, instead, it was the death of their mothers during the war. The trauma and psychological distress of those who had lost their mother was much greater than those who had not.
"Although this research among child soldiers in Uganda may seem far removed from the lives of children in Northern Ireland there are strong parallels in the shifting sense of identity that can occur with children here who may initially have been coerced into joining criminal or paramilitary organisations but then go on to internalise the values, justifications and methods of these organisations over time."
The multi-disciplinary research team at Queen's School of Psychology are continuing their work pioneering a group-based mental health intervention specifically designed to treat psychological distress among child soldiers the Democratic Republic of Congo this summer.
Their work is being released in advance of 'Red Hand Day', a worldwide annual commemoration day on 12 February to draw attention to the plight of the 250,000 children who are currently forced to serve as soldiers in wars and armed conflicts, and to remember the thousands who have lost their lives as a result.


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I have been meditating, unexpectedly, on Hebrews chapter 4
for a while, the second verse in particular. I was listening to it in The
Message when it first hit me.
"We received the same promises as those people in the
wilderness, but the promises didn't do them a bit of good because they didn't
receive the promises with faith." TMB
This is a topic that Father and I have been cogitating on
together for many months. Now, I know that The Message is not the most literal
translation of the scriptures, so I wanted to see if the same idea existed in a
more precise translation.
"For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to
them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with
faith in those who heard it." NKJV
The topic I have been working on for a while is this. That
God's promises are not the whole story. There's more to this story, than just
God declaring wonderful promises to us.
Clearly, there has to be. There are so many amazing
promises, in Scripture, in public prophetic words, and our daily devotions. If
God making the promise was all that was needed for that promise to be
fulfilled, we would be living in a Heavenly Utopia right now.
But we're not. Therefore, ipso facto, there must be more to
And this verse tells us what that "more" is. If we don't mix
the promises that he has given us with faith, then the promise goes
unfulfilled. The limitation is not his. It is ours.
Hebrews four declares that it has been this way for
thousands and thousands of years, since the journey to the promised land. This
is the reason that Israel did not inhabit some of the things that she was
And this is a reason that you and I have not experienced the
fullness of every one of our promises.
It is probably worth mentioning that the thing that is
holding us back is almost certainly not the thing that we *think* is holding us
back. It is almost certain that what we think is responding in faith to our
promises is not actually the same as what God thinks "mixing those promises
with faith" actually is.
We think we are responding to the promises with faith, but
either we are mistaken, or God is a liar. I know who I am going to believe in
this situation, and it's not me. I'm going to believe that God is not a liar.
So I clearly have missed it on this one.
It is beyond the scope of this brief missive to discuss what
actual faith really is, what really will empower all of our promises. But if it
was the thing that we call faith, that we have called faith all of our lives,
then we would not be living the life that we are currently living, would we?
For the record, it's pretty obvious that my own definitions
of mixing promises with faith have been inferior, or insufficient, also. I
suspect that this will be a topic of conversation between Father and myself for
quite some time. You are invited to join in this search with me.


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By Samuel Greengard
It's time to pull out the crystal ball and examine some of the tech trends likely to shape the enterprise in 2014. Here are six trends that CIOs should keep an eye on over the coming months:
Personal Clouds Roll Into the Picture. As adoption of mobile technology soars and the consumerization of IT accelerates, workers are embracing a spate of cloud-based applications, including Evernote, Google Apps, Dropbox and Microsoft Office 365, to name a few. As a result, data and content is increasingly available anywhere and at anytime, independent of the user's device.
The Industrial Internet Connects to the Enterprise. For a few years, there's been growing discussion about the Internet of things. Now we're seeing sensors appear in everything from heavy machinery and transportation systems to medical equipment and household devices. In fact, the Internet Business Solutions Group at Cisco predicts that the number of Internet of things-connected devices will hit 25 billion by 2015 and reach 50 billion by 2020. The resulting data is creating new business opportunities.
Social Collaboration Rewires the Corporation. Although most organizations have social listening systems in place and the majority interact with customers via social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter, many have dabbled but not fully developed social collaboration. Internal systems that allow unfettered communication—and knowledge sharing—are poised to take off in a big way.
The Digital Enterprise Takes Shape. Over the last few years, mobility, social media, cloud computing and big data have fundamentally changed the stakes. In addition, better software and tools have crumpled the inefficiencies of paper and put pixels into focus. Organizations are now finally embracing the digital enterprise. They're integrating channels and building an infrastructure to fully support anywhere, anytime communication, collaboration and interaction across all departments and out to customers.
The Consumerization of Everything Takes Place. The iPhone and iPad introduced consumer-centric devices to the workplace. Now, the consumerization trend extends to Website design and functionality across multiple browsers and devices. It also includes software and app design. In fact, responsive design and usability are at the center of the new IT.
Big Data Initiatives Start to Pay Off. BI and analytics tools are advancing rapidly, and IBM's Watson technology is opening new vistas for understanding complex relationships. In addition, organizations are beginning to connect the dots and understand big data and what it offers. McKinsey & Company reports that an organization's ability to put data to work—including social media feeds and the Internet of things—"will become a key basis of competition, underpinning new waves of productivity growth… and innovation."
Like its predecessor, 2014 is shaping up to be an exciting and challenging year for CIOs. Are you ready?
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Sports Birthdays for August 7 — Sidney Crosby and More
Here are some of the people in the sports world celebrating birthdays on August 7:
Don Larsen
Age: 83
Profession: Retired MLB Player
Best Known For: The Most Valuable Player of the 1956 World Series while playing for the New York Yankees, Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in Major League Baseball postseason and World Series history in Game 5 against the Brooklyn Dodgers. A journeyman starter for seven MLB teams from 1953 to 1967, Larsen finished his career with a record of 81-91.
Alan Page
Age: 67
Profession: Retired NFL Player
Best Known For: A nine-time Pro Bowl selection, Alan Page was a dominant defensive tackle with the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears from 1967 to 1981. Page was the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1971 and the NFC Defensive Player of the Year in 1970 and 1971. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988. Page is currently an associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Alberto Salazar
Age: 54
Profession: Retired Marathon Runner
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Edgar Renteria
Age: 37
Profession: Retired MLB Player
Best Known For: A five-time All-Star shortstop, Edgar Renteria played for the Florida Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds from 1996 to 2011. A three-time SIlver Slugger Award winner as the best offensive player at his position, Renteria also won two Gold Glove Awards for his defense. Renteria was a member of World Series championship teams with the Marlins in 1997, when he drove in the winning run in Game 7, and the Giants in 2010, when he was selected the Most Valuable Player of the World Series.
Shane Lechler
Age: 36
Profession: NFL Player
Best Known For: A nine-time All-Pro selection, Shane Lechler is the NFL's all-time leader in career punting average. Lechler has played for the Oakland Raiders since being selected in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He was selected to the NFL's 2000s All-Decade Team.
Sidney Crosby
Age: 25
Profession: NHL Player
Best Known For: A four-time All-Star center, Sidney Crosby is one of the best hockey players in the world. Having spent his entire professional career with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Crosby was selected to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 2006. In 2007, Crosby won the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer, the Lester B. Pearson Award as the peer-voted best player and the Hart Trophy as the NHL MVP. Crosby was a member of the Penguins' team that won the Stanley Cup in 2009. Crosby also led the Canadian Olympic hockey team to the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, scoring the game-winning goal against the USA in overtime of the championship game.
Beanie Wells
Age: 24
Profession: NFL Player
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Mike Trout
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'Labyrinth' Getting a Sequel From 'Doctor Strange' Director Scott Derrickson
The Jim Henson Company has had success in recent years bringing popular hits from the 1980s back to life. They've got a new version of Fraggle Rock on Apple TV+, and their recent revival of The Dark Crystal on Netflix garnered very positive reviews. The next property on their list appears to be Labyrinth, Henson's 1986 cult classic starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly, which will finally receive a sequel according to Deadline.
Their report says Scott Derrickson, the filmmaker behind Sinister and Doctor Strange, will helm the project:
He has been set by TriStar Pictures to direct the sequel to Jim Henson's Labyrinth. Maggie Levin, who wrote and directed Into the Dark, and My Valentine for Hulu, will write the script.
Derrickson confirmed the news on Twitter:
Derrickson was working on the sequel to Doctor Strange, but he left that project back in January over "creative differences" with Marvel. A Labyrinth reboot (or maybe a sequel?) was first announced back in 2016, with Guardians of the Galaxy's Nicole Perlman supposedly working on the screenplay. Nothing ever came of that project, but now a Labyrinth follow-up is in the works from Derrickson and Levin.
Labyrinth has long been one of the most belove blockbusters of its era, and it's previously spawned comic-book spinoffs and even an attempt at a stage production. No movie sequel has made it to the screen yet out of the labyrinth of Hollywood development, but perhaps Derrickson will be the guy to see it through.
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March 2001
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March 12, 2001
Remarks by the President to the Panama City Area Joint Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce Meeting
Marina Civic Center
Panama City, Florida
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Sit down, Governor. (Laughter.) Well, I'm glad I came. Thank you for the invitation.
AUDIENCE: We're glad to have you. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: It's one of these responsive meetings. (Laughter.) Governor, what a good man he is. (Applause.) The key to our success is pretty simple, we listen to our mother. (Applause.) And she is still telling us what to do. I'm listening about half the time.
I appreciate the two United States Congressmen who are here. Joe, thank you very much and Allen, thank you very much, as well. I'm honored to have you both here. (Applause.)
I've had some good visits with both of the members. Sometimes we agree, sometimes we don't agree. But the thing about these two men is that we're going to agree to be respectful to each other. And that's what this country wants. (Applause.) I want to thank the members of the Rotary. I want to thank the members of the Chamber. I want to thank the economic development folks who gave me an opportunity to come and talk about what's on my mind. Walking in, the man from the Rotary said, our slogan: is create awareness and take action. And that's exactly why I'm here. I want to create awareness about a common-sense budget, and ask you to take action to help me get it passed. (Applause.)
It's good to see the leaders of the Florida legislature, members elected to the state wide on the ticket here in Florida. I want to thank you all for coming. I know there's a lot of local officials here. I always believe the government closest to the people is that which governs best. (Applause.)
So I appreciate you all being here. It was my honor to go to Tyndall today, to see the good folks who wear the uniform of the United States military. (Applause.) To tell them how much I appreciate their service to the country. I'm reminded today of how dangerous service can be. We lost some servicemen today in Kuwait, on a training accident. I hope you'll join me in a moment of silence for those soldiers and their families.
(A moment of silence was observed.)
THE PRESIDENT: God bless.
I'm here to talk about a budget. And there's a lot of talk in Washington about budgets. But here's what I believe. I believe the people who can best affect the budget are the people who pay the bills in the first place, the taxpayers of America. (Applause.)
Sometimes it seems like we tend to talk to ourselves in Washington. And that's why I like to travel around the country, talking to the people who have got most at stake in the budget negotiations that go on in the nation's capital.
First, let me tell you that good budgeting means setting priorities. And part of my travels around the country is to explain where I think our priorities are. It is a priority to make sure we pay the men and women who wear our uniform good wages. It's a priority in my budget to do so. (Applause.) It's a priority to make sure they're housed well. (Applause.)
But it's also a priority to make sure if we spend money, that we spend it wisely. That's why I've asked the Secretary of Defense to do a bottom-to-top review about missions and spending and research and development dollars, to come up with a strategic vision of our military, not only today, but what the military ought to look like tomorrow, to make sure that money is wisely spent when we spend your money on the military.
You see, I think we have a fantastic opportunity, not only to keep the peace today, but to redefine the terms of war, to use our new technologies to redefine how the battlefields are configured, so we have a better chance of keeping the peace. So we'll set priorities. The first priority is the people who wear the uniform. (Applause.)
The second priority is to make sure long-term objectives are clearly set, and as we spend money, to make sure we meet those objectives. But there's one priority of the Commander-in-Chief that requires no money, and that's to make it clear the mission of the military, to make clear the mission of those who wear our uniform, and it is this: to be well-trained, to be ready to fight and win war, and therefore prevent war from happening in the first place. (Applause.)
A second priority has been education. Now, we've increased the budget at the federal level but, Governor, don't be too nervous. I remember where I come from. I believe in local control of schools. I strongly believe we ought to pass power. (Applause.) I know your Secretary of Education is here. It's good to see you, Charlie. (Applause.)
The reason I mention Charlie is I believe that the people who care more about the education of the children who live in the Panhandle of Florida than anybody else are the citizens of this part of the state. I know the Governor understands that, I know Charlie understands that. (Applause.) And the people in Washington have got to understand that. And that's why I look forward to working with Congress to pass power out of Washington, to provide as much flexibility with federal money at the local level as needed, so that you all chart the path to excellence; so you figure out whether or not children are learning and, if not, make sure they do.
The temptation in Washington is to say, one-size-fits-all will work. But we know better than that. One size doesn't fit all when it comes to the education of our children. There needs to be local control of schools. There needs to be strong accountability measures. And when we find failure, we've got to free parents to make different choices for their children. (Applause.)
Social Security is a priority. I know there is a lot of talk, and there was during the campaign. I suspect there may be some, and for people who are trying to keep your money in Washington, they'll say, well, you can't have meaningful tax relief; otherwise the Social Security system will fail. You read these polls, they're saying, you know, do you want to take away somebody's Social Security check or do you want to have tax relief. But that's not the choice. That's not the choice that we have here, as we work on this budget.
Because we set aside every dime of payroll taxes for one thing, and that is to spend it on Social Security. All this business about threatening people's Social Security checks is just not real and it's not valid. The Congress and the White House agree that all the payroll taxes ought to be spent on only one thing, and that's the Social Security systems. (Applause.)
There's a lot of talk about health care and there should be. The budget I submitted to Congress doubles the Medicare budget, for example. The budget I submitted to Congress increases by two times the amount of people who will be taken care of in community health centers.
Now, we focus on health, and there is money in the budget to do so. And so we've set priorities. Education is a priority, keeping the peace is a priority, the health care of our citizens is a priority, retirement accounts are a priority. And there is still money left over.
But the difference between this administration and what happens in the past is that we grow discretionary spending by 4 percent. And I said, well, that seems like a reasonable number. But that's not what happened last time around. Last time, as the Congress was trying to get out of town, they had a bidding contest, and the discretionary spending increased by 8 percent. That's a huge amount of money. The baselines of the budget were that much higher, and we're adding on top of that.
And yet there are some saying, he doesn't want to meet basic needs. What we need in Washington is fiscal discipline; we need priorities. (Applause.) We need to set priorities and fund it, so our budget increases by 4 percent. And, by the way, just so you understand, the accounting talk there in the nation's capital, the definition of a budget cut is when numbers don't increase to expected levels.
So like, for example, if the baseline is one and the expected level is 1.5 and I propose 1.4, that's called a spending cut. It's the darnedest accounting system I've ever seen. (Laughter.) That's why I'm trying to bring some common sense into the budgeting of your money. (Applause.)
In the budget I submitted to the Congress, we pay down debt by $2 trillion. (Applause.) Over the next 10 years, we will reduce the amount of debt at the federal level by $2 trillion. But let me also remind you all, as we talk about numbers, remember there is a lot of debt around our society. There is debt at the federal level and we do a good job of paying down a lot. But there is also consumer debt, credit card debt, debt that burdens the working people.
So as we talk about budgets, I just want you all to also keep in mind the budgets of the families who live in your neighborhood, budgets of people struggling to get ahead. You bet we're going to pay down debt at the national level. But we need to be mindful of the debt that burdens those who are struggling to get ahead and get into the middle class, as well.
Then I set aside a trillion dollars for contingencies. That can mean money to help our farmers. And one of the things you'll find out about my administration is I respect and understand the importance of American agriculture, not only for our domestic consumption, but for international trade purposes as well. Farming is a very important part of our vision for the future. (Applause.)
And after setting priorities and growing the budget at what I believe is a reasonable rate of 4 percent and setting aside the payroll taxes, paying down debt and putting aside a trillion over 10 years for contingencies, there is still money left over. And that's the fundamental debate.
There's a lady in -- there's a lady in Iowa, western Iowa, a grandmother who stood up at an event I had. And she said, I've seen a lot of children and grandchildren go through my house. And every time I leave a plate of cookies on the table, they eat it. And that's how I view surpluses. That's what I'm afraid is going to happen if we don't have fiscal discipline, and are willing to say that the surplus is the people's money. It's not the government's money. (Applause.)
It's the people's money. And that's the important thing for the members of Congress and the Senate to keep in mind. It's not the government's money. It's your money to begin with. And oh, there are some priorities that need to be kept, and we're keeping them.
But there's another priority, as far as I'm concerned, and that is, how best to help American families to help themselves; how best to help people access the middle class. And there's another important priority. And that is, let people have money as quickly as possible, that otherwise would go to government, to provide a second wind to an economy that's slowing down. (Applause.)
One of the things that concerns me about tax relief is what they call targeted tax relief. That means federal officials get to decide who's targeted in, and who's targeted out. To me, that's not good public policy. I don't think we ought to try to pick winners and losers in Washington, D.C. I think everybody's a winner in America, and I think if you pay taxes, you ought to get tax relief. And so I submitted a plan that reduces all rates, on everybody who pays taxes. We simplified the code. (Applause.)
This tax code of ours is unfair. It is unfair to people who are struggling to get ahead. Incredibly enough, if somebody has -- a single mom, for example, raising two children, if she earns more money above $22,000, she pays a higher marginal rate on every additional dollar she earns than somebody who is successful. And she looses her earned income tax credit, goes into the 15 percent bracket for the first time, and pays payroll taxes. She's paying nearly 50 percent on every dollar. This is somebody struggling to get ahead. Somebody who's working the toughest job in America, by the way, and that's raising children on her own. (Applause.)
And yet, the tax code we have makes it unfair. And so we've reduced the bottom rate from 15 percent to 10 percent, and increased the child credit from $500 to $1,000, to make it easier for that person to realize her dreams. (Applause.) The message is, the harder you work, the more money you have in your pocket in America. The harder you work, the easier it is to get ahead, and not the other way around.
But we also drop the top rate from 39.6 to 33 percent. And I know that's created a lot of howling in Washington, but I think you can help remind people over whom you've got some influence that the whole notion of dropping the top rate is to stimulate growth in the small business sector of America. There are hundreds of small business owners who are unincorporated, who are sole proprietors, who may be organized along Subchapter S lines, that pay that high marginal rate. And by dropping the rate, we're sending a clear message to America, the role of government is not to create wealth; the role of government is to create an environment in which a small business owner can flourish, in which the entrepreneur can realize their dream. (Applause.)
The small business owner is a job creator. The small business owner also represents the best of America, which says if you dream big and work hard, you can own your own business. And, by the way, when it comes time to pass that business on to your heir, we need to get rid of the death tax to make sure you can do so. (Applause.)
The House moved out our cut on marginal rates. I look forward to working with them on the rest of the package, including doing something about the marriage penalty and the -- we send the wrong signal. (Applause.) Our tax code ought to encourage marriage. We ought to encourage families. We ought not to penalize people who said "I do" at the altar. (Applause.)
So there is a lot of work to be done and I am here to ask for your help. Instead of sending people your check, why don't you send them your check and send them an e-mail while you're at it. Why don't you let your senators know that you think tax relief is not only good for the economy, but you think tax relief is good for working families here in the state of Florida.
And let me talk about two such people, Darrell Calhoun and Andrea Calhoun. They're here with their children. Raise your hand, Darrell. Darrell is a small business owner. He owns a fence company. Today in America, he pays $1,200 in federal income taxes. When this plan is fully enacted, he will pay zero in federal income taxes. (Applause.) He and Andrea are raising Garrett and Madison.
Oh, I know some will say, well, $1,200 isn't all that much. It's a lot to them. It's a lot to people who are paying high energy bills today in America. It's a lot to people who struggle with their own personal debt. I think it makes sense to set priorities. I think it makes sense to pay down debt at the national level. I think it makes sense to make sure the retirement systems work.
But I think instead of spending on bigger government, I think we ought to trust people with their own money. I'd rather have these good people spend the $1,200 than the people in Washington, D.C. (Applause.)
And that's the fundamental debate that's taking place, and I'm glad we're discussing it. It's really what democracy is about. It would be better if they did everything the President said. (Laughter.)
Sometimes it doesn't work that way. But they darn sure better listen to the people. And the people can have a large say as to whether or not we want fiscally responsible government in Washington, D.C., or whether we're going to continue those spending orgies that spend your money on bigger and bigger and bigger baselines of budgets.
It's time to have fiscal sanity in our nation's capital, and it's time to remember who pays the bills. It's the working people of America who pay the bills. (Applause.) It's so important for those of us who hold the high honor of representing you to trust the people. After all, that's the strength of America, the people. But the great strength of the country is not our governments. The great strength of the country are the people. The people who will help to make this country the -- fulfil its promise for everyone who's lucky to live here.
I say that because the common acts of decency and courtesy that take place neighborhood to neighborhood are really part of the strength of America. The fact that there are moms and dads who become Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Club leaders that take a child around the shoulders and say, somebody loves you, and somebody cares, that's the strength of America. (Applause.)
The fact that there are little centers of love that exist because somebody says, what can I do to help? What can I do to live that common call to love a neighbor like I'd like to be loved myself. Now that's the strength of America. The great strength of our country lie in the hearts and souls of the American citizens. My job is to lift the spirit of the country. I'll argue on your behalf, and I'm going to argue until I get a bill to sign. It's out of the House, come on out of the Senate, and I'll sign it. (Applause.) And I'll argue on your behalf.
We'll have our agreements, and we'll have our disagreements. But my pledge is to have those agreements and disagreements in a respectful way. But there's more to the job than just arguing on your behalf when it comes to fiscal sanity in Washington. The job really is to lift the spirit of the country, to call upon the best, to remind the moms and dads, your most important job is to love your children with all your heart and all your soul. To call upon the compassion of America, and by doing so, we as a nation can unite, and we as a nation can hold out that great beacon of hope we want it to be for every person who lives in our country.
What an honor it is to represent you all, and what an honor it is to be the President of the greatest country on the face of the earth. Write your Senators, let your Congressmen know, and God bless. Thank you all. (Applause.)


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Brain Teasers For The Pub
Man alive, I'm burnin' up on my brain.
She knows when I'm just teasin'
But it's not likely in the season
To open up a passenger train.
Complete change of scenery today. I haven't thought about puzzles for many years, but a recent post reminded me how much I like them. So I figured I'd dredge up a list I put together about 13 years ago and publish them here. You should be able to figure them all out over a beer without pen and paper. Seeing as I didn't invent any of these myself, you'll also probably be able to Google the answers if you're the lazy, low-down cheating type. I'm not going to include the Monty Hall Problem as it starts too many fights. Credit to all the people that created these. I can't remember where I found them all.
Problem #1: The Dangling Cube
Take a hollow glass cube, exactly half filled with a coloured liquid. If you place the cube flat on a table, the surface of the liquid, seen from above, makes a square. What two dimensional shape does the surface make if you dangle the cube from a piece of string attached to one of the corners?
Problem #2: The Mutilated Chess Board
You have an 8×8 square (say a chessboard), and 32 dominoes each exactly the same size as two squares. It is easy to cover the chessboard (64 squares) totally using the 32 dominoes. Now, you take away one domino, and cut off two opposite corners of the chessboard (a1 and h8 for the chessplayers). Now you have 31 dominoes and 62 squares. Is it still possible to cover the board. If so, how? If not, why not?
Problem #3: Fly on the Windshield
You have two trucks, 200km apart. Both trucks are heading towards each other at a constant speed of 50km/hour. On the windshield of one truck is a fly. He flys at a constant speed on 70km/hour from the windshield of one to the windshield of the other. When he hits a windshield, he turns instantly without slowing down. He continues to do this until the 2 trucks collide, squashing the poor fly. The question is, how far does the fly travel before getting squashed.
Problem #4: The Annoying Piles
You have 10 piles of 10 coins each. One pile consists of 10 counterfeit coins, while the other 9 piles consist of 10 real coins. A counterfeit coin weighs 11g, while a real coin weighs 10g. You have a scale (a normal kitchen scale, not a balance scale). What is the minimum number of weighings needed to determine which pile is counterfeit? You are, of course, extremely unlucky.
Problem #5: A Bridge Too Far
Four people want to cross a bridge. It is a very rickety bridge, so at most 2 people can cross at the same time. Unfortunately, it is also very dark, so in order to cross the bridge, the group must be holding a flashlight. The have only one. So, clearly 2 people must cross, 1 must come back, 2 go across etc. The four people take 1, 2, 5 and 10 minutes to cross the bridge. If 2 cross together, it takes the time of the slower to cross (if 2 and 5 crossed together, it would take 5 minutes). What is the minimum time needed for them all to cross.
I got asked this in interviews with Microsoft
Problem #6: Casanova's Conundrum
One night at a bar, you meet 3 beautiful girls (or guys). You really want to sleep with all 3, but you only have two condoms. Each of the four people involved suspects all the others may have some kind of infectious disease. The question is, how do you arrange to have sex with all three without anyone having any chance of catching a disease from any other? (I'm sure there is another less graphic way to state the problem, but I like this one).
Problem #7: Annoying Algebra
Simplify the following multiplication:
(x-a)(x-b)(x-c) .... (x-y)(x-z).
That is, the are 26 terms in the multiplication. It does simplify considerably.
I got asked this in the South African Mathematics Olympiad where you had 30 mins per question.
Problem #8: The Mad Hatter
There are three black hats and two white hats. Three people, each with one hat, line up in a row like so: A B C. C can see both A and B, B can only see A, but A can't see the other two. They can all hear each other. When person C is asked what colour hat he is wearing, he says he doesn't know. When person B is asked what colour hat he is wearing, he doesn't know either. When person A is asked, he knows and says it correctly. What colour hat is each person wearing?
Problem #9: The Mystery of the Missing Dollar
You and two friends decide to spend a night at a hotel. Rooms are 10 dollars per night per person. You each take 10 dollars (30 in total) and give it to the bellboy to go and order your rooms. When the bellboy gets to the reception,
he sees that there is a 3 for 25 dollars special. He pays with the 30 dollars, so gets 5 dollars change. As 5 dollars cannot easily be divied amoung 3 people, he give each person back 1 dollar, and keeps 2 for himself. Now, each person has paid 9 dollars (10 paid, 1 change), so they paid 27 dollars between them. The bellboy has 2 dollars. But 27+2=29, not 30. Where is the missing dollar?
Problem #10: The Gender Mind Bender
There is a town in a remote part of the world with a large population, and some strange habits. They all believe that one boy per family is enough. So, each couple continues to have children until they have their first boy. After this, they have no more children. Assuming that there is a 50 percent chance of each child being a boy, what will the ratio of boys to girls settle at after 20 generations? Why?


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One Mukhi Rudraksha is considered as the eventual blessing of Lord Shiva himself and is hence treated as the most sacred bead amongst all the Rudraksha beads. It rectifies all types of sins committed by a person, fulfils all desires and attracts prosperity, luck, fortune and bestows worldly pleasures as well as salvation (Nirvana) to the one who wears it. A person wearing One Mukhi Rudraksha is benefited by all the materialistic comforts and at the same time remains isolated from them. This is the most sought after Rudraksha also famous as "Divine Bead ". A round one Mukhi Rudraksha is very scarce and therefore the "One Mukhi Rudraksha" is normally referred as a Kaju Shaped one also known as "Half Moon Shaped One Mukhi Rudraksha" because of its crescent shape. Blessings of Goddess Maha Lakshmi shower on the house where a One Mukhi Rudraksha is worshipped. Lord Shiva himself is pleased with the wearer of this Rudraksha and any obstacles in his path are removed thereby enabling him to lead a Rich and Powerful Life.
According to the Hindu Mythology, Lord Shiva is considered as the most powerful amongst all Lords and hence he is called "Mahadev" which means Lord of Lords. He is the creator of Language, Music, Dance and Ayurveda and also regulates the cycle of Birth and Death. As per Ancient Vedic scripts, One Mukhi Rudraksha not only gives all the worldly pleasures to the wearer but it also imparts salvation and hence, it has a unique position among all the other Rudrakshas. Those people who take leadership responsibilities or are leading any big organizations can also derive great benefits by wearing 1 Mukhi Rudraksha as not only it induces leadership qualities but also helps a person to fight unfavourable conditions. It has also been documented that a One Mukhi Rudraksha is strongly recommended for the person who wants to get rid of bad habits like smoking, drinking, tobacco chewing or drug habits.
This 1 Mukhi Rudraksha is without any Cap / Pendant, it can be kept in the place of worship


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(geb. Reizes)
(née Reizes)
born 30 March 1882 in Vienna
died 22 September 1960 in London
Austrian–English psychoanalyst, "Mother of Psychoanalysis"
60th anniversary of death 22 September 2010
Biography • Quotes • Weblinks • Literature & Sources
Psychoanalysis could be described in the first half of the 20th century as relating to the founder of the discipline, Sigmund Freud, as if he were an authoritarian father. At least he was seen that way by many, although this is undoubtedly a caricature. However, the second half of the 20th confirmed Melanie Klein as the psychoanalyst whose impact on both the theoretical framework of psychoanalysis, as well as its clinical practice, remarkably has been as great as that of the 'father' of psychoanalysis. Should we then think of her as the 'mother' of psychoanalysis?
It was Klein's extraordinary ability to enter into the world of very young children that brought us the whole new concept of the existence of an internal world.
Born in Vienna of Jewish parentage, she was the youngest child of four. In 1910 she married and moved to Budapest where she went into an analysis with Sandor Ferenczi, becoming a psychoanalyst herself in her 30's. She had wanted to do a medical training but her father's early death prevented this. At the age of 38, separated from her husband and on her own with small children, an asylum seeker from the anti-Semitism in Budapest, she moved to Berlin, the most exciting psychoanalytic centre of the time. She had little money and few friends but believed that her interest in child psychoanalysis would be welcomed. In her unpublished autobiography she said, 'My interest in children's minds goes back a very long way. I remember that even as a child of eight or nine I was interested in watching younger children. I was wildly keen on knowledge, and deeply ambitious.' She persuaded (pleaded with) Karl Abraham to take her into analysis and, impressed by her work with children, he was soon proclaiming: 'The future of psychoanalysis rests with child analysis.'
In a sense, Kleinian thinking began in Berlin. There she began the series of analyses of children that were to become the basis of her newly found method on which she built her psychoanalytic thinking. The children were as young as 2 , and her reports of these analyses met with much hostility, especially in Berlin, but also stimulated great interest, particularly in England. After Abraham's sudden death in 1925, she felt isolated and unsupported in Berlin and by the end of 1926 she had emigrated to London where she spent the rest of her life.
All agreed she was a formidable presence. Very beautiful when young, Hanna Segal reports she was known as 'The black beauty'. Alix Strachey who befriended Klein in Berlin and was immensely impressed by her psychoanalytic creativity, described her as "hearty, very direct and surprisingly 'naïve' for someone with such subtle analytic understanding."
According to Hanna Segal, her close friend and follower in London, Klein was passionate about discovering human nature. That insatiable interest led to her interest in literature. She was irresistibly drawn to the classics, Russian, French and English. She was also fond of theatre and of music. She played the piano and attended concerts whenever possible, classical music being her favourite. She liked a good laugh, she liked wine. She even once won a wine tasting competition in the South of France—-a rare achievement for a woman. Although her image was of someone quite dour, she was extremely sociable, enjoying a good party and was even quite flirtatious until her very old age.
On the other hand, Melanie Klein experienced a lot of tragedy throughout her life. When she was 4 her 8 year old sister, said to be mother's favourite, died. 'I have the feeling that I never entirely got over the feeling of grief for her death.' And indeed Klein suffered from episodes of depression throughout her life. In her 20's, the brother to whom she was extremely close died. And she experienced the sudden loss of her second analyst, Abraham, when he died soon after she started analysis with him. She also lost a son, possibly through suicide, and eventually her daughter turned against her in the most publicly violent way. As well as having to uproot from her homeland, she had much to contend with in her professional life with all the rivalries and intense hostility towards her ideas.
Klein was something of an iconoclast within a profession dominated by medically trained men. Her early collaborators were women and the contribution of women analysts to this school has remained important to the present day. As Michael Rustin points out, there are few theoretical advances in the social sciences, apart from feminism itself, of which this can be said. (1991) Kleinian theory does give enormous emphasis to the mothering role—about which the Women's Movement sometimes had ambivalent feelings.
After having written a number of articles on her work, in 1932 Klein published The Psychoanalysis of Children, which was almost immediately recognized as one of the most original psychoanalytic contributions to date. Where Freud proposed a model of the mind with clearly differentiated structures and stages of development, Klein presented a much more dynamic set of processes in which a number of emotions and developmental levels operated simultaneously and with tumultuous intensity—'a mosaic of turbulence' (Grosskurth). Early in her work she began to use small toys and came to consider the play of children equivalent to free association of adults. In the child's play she witnessed violent phantasies which were accompanied by acute anxiety.
It was Melanie Klein's thinking about and imagining what was happening inside her child patients that transformed our understanding of human experience and gave a reality to the idea of an internal world. She almost immediately began to hear things from these children about spaces and particularly about a very special space that was inside themselves in their bodies in a very concrete way and inside their mothers' bodies in particular. By listening to her child patients she discovered that in our minds we live in an internal as well as an external world and that the internal world, from which our dreams are created, is as real and alive as the external one. The idea that we were relating to internal objects that were alive in our minds, rather than merely relics from the past, changed dramatically our understanding of states of mind and our view of major psychoanalytic concepts.
As Donald Meltzer described it, if Freud had been able to develop the concept of an inner world he could have leapt forward the way Melanie Klein's work leapt forward the moment she discovered that children were preoccupied with the inside of their mothers' bodies and that it was really a place, a world in which life was going on. It took somebody like Mrs Klein, listening to little children talking about the inside of the mother's body with absolute conviction as if it were Budapest or Vienna as an absolutely geographical place, to realise that there really is an inner world and that it is not just allegorical or metaphorical, but has a concrete existence—in the life of the mind. (1978)
Her emphasis on the experience of ambivalence, on the contradictory feelings of the child, the love and the hate felt toward the mother, led to a whole new understanding of the development of the mind and the importance of the mother/infant dynamic.
Kleinian theory also offers a distinctively uncompromising view of human destructiveness, and the continuing and unavoidable problem in human lives of coping with this. The omnipresence of envy is perhaps one distinguishing emphasis of Kleinian understanding of human experience. Klein's developmental theory, in which attaining maturity means reaching what she calls the 'depressive position', is of huge importance in the external world where polarization and discrimination abound. The 'depressive position' arises from the recognition of the pain suffered by, or inflicted on, the other. Individuality is shown to be not the starting point but rather the emergent result of a prolonged and delicate process of dependency. Similarly, concern for the well-being of the other is seen as the result of a struggle with a state of mind in which the other is alien. (Klein came to call this the paranoid-schizoid position.) As the depressive position is reached (though never finally achieved), there are experiences of guilt and remorse for attacks on one's objects (the others) in the paranoid-schizoid position.
Despite the ongoing controversies which her theories provoked, she continued to work, surrounded by devoted colleagues, until she died at 78. She was, even in her 70's, a handsome woman, fond of big hats and dressing well. She lived alone with a maid and a visiting secretary and her cat in a fair sized first floor flat in Hampstead, on a hill with views. According to Hanna Segal, she was extremely vigorous with a remarkable memory. Right to the end she never missed a meeting. She had lots of friends but she did feel lonely and quite often depressed. Her last paper was in fact on loneliness as a lifelong reality, but also the special plight of old age. However, she delighted in having grandchildren, the children of her son Erich, and she was working to the end.
Author: Mary Adams
Sie ist ein bisschen übergeschnappt, das ist alles. Es gibt aber keinen Zweifel daran, dass ihr Geist übersprudelt von sehr, sehr interessanten Dingen. (Alix Strachey, Übersetzerin von Psychoanalyse des Kindes, gefunden hier)
The Melanie Klein Trust. Enthält u.a. biografische Informationen, Fotos und Bibliografie. (Link aufrufen)
Berlin.de (2008): Gedenktafel für Melanie Klein. (Link aufrufen)
Goddemeier, Christof: 50. Todestag von Melanie Klein: Pionierin der Kinderanalyse. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 10.09.2010. (Link aufrufen)
Gondek, Hans-Dieter (2002): Streit um die Phantasie. Die Kontroverse Anna Freud – Melanie Klein. Buchbesprechung. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 3. Januar 2002. (Link aufrufen)
Google-Buchsuche: Melanie Klein. (Link aufrufen)
Kuhl, Walter (1999): Das Frauenbild in der Psychoanalyse – Melanie Klein. Manuskript einer Sendung auf Radio Darmstadt am 22. März 1999. (Link aufrufen)
Psychoanalytikerinnen. Biografisches Lexikon. Melanie Klein geb. Reizes (1882-1960). Biografie und Auswahlbibliografie. Bitte Eintrag über das Register auswählen. (Link aufrufen)
Voos, Dunja: Melanie Klein und die »Kleinianer«. Kurze Darstellung der Kleinianischen Theorien. medizin-im-text. (Link aufrufen)
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The collected Writings of Melanie Klein, London: Hogarth Press. Volume 1 - Love, Guilt and Reparation: And Other Works 1921-1945 Volume 2 -The Psychoanalysis of Children Volume 3 -Envy and Gratitude Volume 4 -Narrative of a Child Analysis, Claudia Frank, Melanie Klein in Berlin: her first psychoanalyses of children, tr. Sophie Leighton and Sue Young, Routledge New Library of Psychoanalysis 2009 Phyllis Grosskurth, Melanie Klein: Her World and Her Work, Alfred A Knopf, Inc. 1986 Robert Hinshelwood, A Dictionary of Kleinian Thought, Free Association Books 1989 Robert Hinshelwood, Clinical Klein, Free Association Books 1993 Mary L Jacobus, The Poetics of Psychoanalysis: In the Wake of Klein, Oxford University Press, 2006 Julia Kristeva, Melanie Klein, tr. Ross Guberman, Columbia University Press, 2001 Meira Likierman, Melanie Klein: Her Work in Context, Continuum, 2001 Monique Lauret et Jean-Philippe Raynaud, Melanie Klein, une pensée vivante, Presses Universitaires de France, 2008 Donald Meltzer, The Kleinian Development, Karnac Books, 1978 Jacqueline Rose, Why War?—Psychoanalysis, Politics, and the Return to Melanie Klein, Blackwell Publishers, 1993 Michael Rustin, The Good Society and the Inner World, Verso, 1991 Janet Sayers, Mothering Psychoanalysis: Helene Deutsch, Karen Horney, Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, London; Hamish Hamilton, 1991 Hanna Segal, Klein, Karnac Books, 1989 Julia Segal: (1992). Melanie Klein. London: Sage. Elizabeth Spillius, ed. Melanie Klein Today Vol I & II Developments in Theory and Practice Routledge, 1988
Melanie Klein was the subject of a 1988 play by Nicholas Wright, entitled Mrs. Klein. Set in London in 1934, the play involves the conflict between Melanie Klein and her daughter Melitta Schmideberg, after the death of Melanie's son Hans Klein. The play was broadcasted on the British radio station BBC 4 in 2008 and revived at the Almeida Theatre in London in October 2009.
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Frequently Asked Questions.
When does the course start and when will I get the schedule?
Please refer to the invoice sent to your email. The detailed schedule of the course will be sent to your email three days before the course start date.
What do I need to bring for the YTTC class?
Please bring the course manual with you and also wear your yoga outfit for all the classes.
My office finishes a bit late. Can I come 15 – 20 mins late for the class?
We strongly recommend you come to the class on time. However, the first 15 – 20 mins will include a recap of what was covered in the previous class and if it a practical module the class will start with a 15 – 20 mins warm up sequence.
Apart from the YTTC class what classes do I need to attend?
As a part of your teacher training program, you can attend the recommended group classes (40 classes) and also the Andiappan Yoga classes (30 classes). Although Attending Andiappan Yoga class is optional but strongly recommended. These classes are a great way to keep a regular yoga practice and also interact with all the teachers teaching the training.
How long do I have to complete these additional classes?
Students may start taking these classes upon registration of YTTC and have until 1 month after the course to finish these classes. No extension will be given for these classes so we strongly recommend you attend as many classes as possible. This will enable you to interact with the teachers and discuss any doubts about your practice.
How can I book the group classes? I cannot book online sometimes, as it gets full. What other options do we have?
Students can book a class over the phone, in person and through an online system. For Teacher Training students, recommended group classes can be booked up to 4 days in advance over the phone and in person. There is no priority booking for morning Andiappan Yoga classes. Students may also walk-in and wait before the class for popular classes. There are also Andiappan Yoga classes exclusively scheduled for current Teacher Training students.
What is the late cancellation policy?
Cancellation of classes must be made 3 hours prior to the start time. Otherwise, it will be considered as a late cancellation. For the Teacher Training classes, this is for our record to know if the student comes in for the class or not. Please ensure that you check in at the reception before heading to the studio to make sure your attendance is marked.
If I late cancel or did not show up for a class. Can I get back the class hour?
As per the studio policy, late cancellation and no show are counted as if you came for the class. Students must cancel classes 3 hours prior. It can be done over the phone, in person and through our online booking system.
What if I miss one or two classes during the YTTC, how can I cover it?
We call the last two Sundays of the course, Revision Week. During Revision Week, students who have missed classes or who have questions may request to go over those topics once again by sending us the date and the topics you have missed through email one week before the Revision Week.
All communications in regards to missed classes/modules should be sent to email@example.com
What If I miss the whole module, how do I retake the module? What is the procedure to retake a module?
If you have missed more than three classes you can retake these classes during the upcoming YTTC. However, these makeup classes must be taken within the next 6 months of your batch and its subject to availability and payment of an admin fee of HKD$500 for each module.
All communications in regards to missed classes/modules should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com
What other things should I be aware of before/during and after the YTT?
Please make sure that your contact details are updated in our system and you have submitted your photo to us. Write the student ID mentioned in the email at the back side of your photo. Any queries about the classes/schedule/teachers please email to email@example.com
Where can I get the recommended reading materials for the course?
We also have suggested reading materials at a special rate for Teacher Training students which you can purchase it online and pick up at the studio. Click here to purchase the Suggested Reading Materials for the course.
What If I miss the practical assessment class of the YTT? Can I get my certificate?
Unfortunately, practical assessment is one of the important process of this course to get the certificate. If a student had to miss this, they must retake it in the next available course.
How does the assignment submission process work?
You will receive the assignment topics by email during the course and you can start writing the assignments and submit it online with the given login details together with your self-practice sheet and course feedback. After reviewing your assignment, you will receive the certificate.
What If I cannot finish the Andiappan Yoga – self-practice and the recommended additional class hours how much time do I have?
Although attending Andiappan Yoga class is optional, it's strongly recommended. Students may start taking these classes upon registration of YTTC and have until 1 month after the course to finish these classes. No extension will be given for these classes.
What If I cannot complete the recommended group class hours within the YTTC course date? How long do I have?
Students can start taking these classes upon registration and have until 1 month after the course to finish these classes. No extension will be given for these classes.
When will I get my certificate?
Certificates will be given to students who have completed the practical assessment and have submitted all necessary requirements (assignments, recommended group classes hours sheet) and have no pending module. You will be notified by email once you have uploaded the assignment documents.
How to join the Andiappan Yoga Community (www.yogacommunity.org )?
All students those who successfully complete the course will be invited to AYC with the login details of the website sent to your email. You will also be given additional information during the last week of the course and after the practical assessment. You can become a teaching volunteer and join our community projects.
How can I register with Yoga Alliance? Do you provide any guidance?
Upon completion of the course, we can assist you with the process of registration with Yoga Alliance, USA. We will send you an email with further details after the certification.
How can I register with International Yoga Academy's Yoga Teacher Directory?
As a graduate of our yoga teacher training program, we give you a life time free listing of your profile on the school's website https://iya-asia.com/teacher-directory/ . Listing your profile on the school's website will enhance your credibility when you apply for a teaching job. You will receive an email with the login details and information on how to register your teacher's profile.


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This year is halfway done, and we are already looking toward the future of web design. What new trends will pop up? Which ones will finally be laid to rest? One can only predict, but we have some strong tell-tale signs of what we will be seeing in the year 2016.
Overall Prediction: More Unique Experiences
With Responsive Web Design becoming even more ubiquitous, laying out webpages has fallen into the same predictable patterns. A 3-up stack of boxes to point out sales features here, a 9×9 grid format on a photo gallery there, we've reached a point where the majority of "pretty websites" all look the same.
"We've reached a point where the majority of "pretty websites" all look the same" (CLICK TO TWEET)
Next year, I predict we will see more well-thought out and unique user experiences. To achieve this, designers can integrate personal touches for a more unique feel, such as custom-created illustration work, hand-drawn artwork, a new way to incorporate a grid, or even an unconventional way of storytelling to their users.
Prediction 1: Unique Way of Using the Grid
Curious Space's website is a great example of adding a pinch of organic freedom to an ordered grid layout.
You'll quickly notice the photos of this website stacked on top of each other. Stacking them isn't a problem, as when a user rolls over on an image, the Z-index of the selected image shifts, so it is pushed to the top of the pile of photos.
Upon scroll, the haphazard arrangement of their logo falls into place to spell out their company name.
Prediction 2: Custom-Drawn Illustrations
We've all thought it – "Why should I draw another [name of object] icon, when I can just grab it off an already existing vector pack from the web?" This line of thinking does save time and budget constraints, but how about integrating custom-made illustrations, or other artwork into the project budget in the first place?
Sites like Creative Freedom Guide, For Better Coffee, DConstruct Conference, or Ice & Sky all integrate custom-made / hand-drawn illustration work that greatly aid in telling their story and leaving a memorable experience for their users.
Prediction 3: Better / More Access to Great Typefaces
We should all be thanking Google for its free font collection. Because of the company's library, utilizing a great looking typeface on a limited budget can be achieved. With varying styles, weights, families, and the like, there is sure to be quite a few typefaces that are suitable for any website.
Prediction 4: Cinemagraphs
Did that picture just….move? I love cinemagraphs because like videos and photography, it enhances the desired mood for a website and gives it an additional layer of wonder, mystique, and elegance. Unlike videos, it won't eat as much bandwidth, and unlike photos, it provides "something more" than a simple still shot. This technology has been around for a while already (since 2011), and I hope to see it integrated into more websites in the future.
Prediction 5: Websites Through the Use of Storytelling
Storytelling through means of a website can be quite a complex endeavor. Nike and Lidyana did a great job with this website.
Best viewed on a high-speed internet connection, the website takes you through the morning workout routines of a young woman. The opening sequence is of her waking up in the morning. After she gets settled into her routine, the user has a choice of seeing her do different types of exercise activities, such as yoga, running, weight training, and the like. If the user clicks on one of the activities, they are then presented with the young woman performing said activity.
The user is then presented with hot spots on the body of the young woman while she is working out, with links to Nike products she is wearing during her routines. This is a great way to showcase the product in-use, as well as providing the user with direct access to view the product details. If the user clicks on a hot-spot, the products she is wearing load in from the side, while pausing the video.
Through this type of interaction, the user can quickly run through all of the activities with the young lady, while browsing the products she is wearing, without even knowing they are shopping!
Earlier mentioned websites such as For Better Coffee or Ice & Sky also do a great job of integrating storytelling on their websites. Something as simple as teaching a user how to make the perfect brew, or being educated on the history of Antarctica can be fun, interactive, and a great learning experience!
Prediction 6: Semi-flat design
Flat design has slowly morphed over the past few years to semi-flat design. After Windows launched its Metro style, the design world became inundated with this trend. Unfortunately, this style did come with its usability pitfalls. This trend has slowly morphed into semi-flat design, largely in part due to both Android's and Apple's releases using this type of style. By integrating depth and dimension through the use of subtle shadows, card / tile concepts, and well-thought out transitions to help guide and orient users, semi-flat design aims to eliminate the problems that flat design had created.
Continuation of Earlier Trends
Prediction 7: RWD
Let's face it, after the implementation of RWD, there was no turning back. There will only be more devices sold on the market, so embracing and integrating responsive practices on websites will make the web sphere a better place for all.
Prediction 8: Parallax
A couple of the websites mentioned earlier already utilize parallax on their websites. As mentioned in a previous GRAYBOX article, parallax is a type of effect applied to the speed and movement of background imagery. The background of the website moves at a different speed than the rest of the page, thereby mimicking layers of depth on the page. As computers and related technology get better at handling such effects on the web, access to viewing these unique animations will only increase. Scroll For Your Health is a great example of a fun, interactive, and educational way to present information on different fruits, while employing parallax.
Prediction 9: Lazy Loading
On websites that feed content continuously, Lazy Loading aids in viewing immediate website content without waiting for the entire page to load.
This is especially helpful for websites that are highly visual, such as Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest. In a society where information is constantly being fed into our lives, lazy loading helps to simplify viewing of said content by loading only small chunks at a time.
We're excited to see what new trends, styles, and stories next year will bring for us, and what trends and movements will fade out within the next year and beyond!


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We've successfully steered thousands of single people into happy relationships and while we want this journey to be fun for you, we cannot ignore your safety. We continuously put a lot of effort into creating a secure space where you can find exactly what you're looking for. All you need to do is follow these simple, common-sense tips to get the most out of DatingBuzz Mauritius.
Safety tips that work online... and off
We moderate all profiles and photos, keep your personal details private and safe, and allow you to send and receive messages without having to divulge your true identity. But safe dating requires some work from you too.
1. Choose a username that doesn't give the game away
We'll change your username for you if it's too close to your real name (check out our privacy policy here). Remember also that overtly sexual, provocative or controversial usernames could attract the wrong kind of attention.
2. Be a little mysterious...
Don't give up all your personal details in the first few mails. Reveal your first name, but not your last name; tell a potential match about the industry in which you work, but don't part with the company name.
Don't give out Twitter handles or friend potential matches on Facebook too soon and if you decide to move the conversation to email, consider creating an email address that doesn't reveal your full name.
3. Take control
One of the best things about online dating is that you get to dictate the pace at which you move. Don't feel pressurised into chatting on the phone, meeting, or even revealing personal details like your full name, phone number, email address or place of work. Just because someone gives you theirs, doesn't mean you have to part with yours.
4. Use the "Block" feature
Part of the control on DatingBuzz Mauritius is the "Block" button. If you want to stop someone from contacting you on DatingBuzz Mauritius, just click on the "Block Him/Her" link at the bottom of their profile, and they'll be out of your hair.
5. NEVER EVER send money to anyone
You wouldn't give your cash to someone you'd just met in a bar or at a bookshop, would you? Well, the same rules apply online. If you are asked for money, something is wrong. If this happens, please contact us immediately.
6. Someone on the site being abusive? Report them.
If another member's behavior is giving you cause for concern, or if someone's being downright abusive, please let our Support Team know. It's as easy as clicking on the "Report Abuse" link at the bottom of their profile. All complaints are treated in the strictest confidence and could result in, amongst other things, the suspension or deletion of the offending member's profile.
7. Trust your gut
The cardinal rule of online (and offline) dating is really quite simple - listen to your inner voice. If something seems wrong or you suddenly feel uncomfortable or threatened, remove yourself from the situation. Trust your gut.
Lose your heart, NOT your cash
Most members of DatingBuzz Mauritius are just like you - they're hoping to find someone special, and make a real connection, but just like any other facet of life, there's an occasional rotten apple lurking in the barrel, just waiting for a kind-hearted person to scam. The team at DatingBuzz Mauritius go to great effort to find, remove and make it difficult for them to join again. Scammers are professional criminals and can be very adept at hiding their tracks. They will often suggest to rather communicate on a social network app (e.g. Snapchat, Instagram, etc.) very early in the conversation, but you'll know you're dealing with a scammer when they employ one of the following two methods to extract cash out of you:
1. The travel scam
Your online match has professed undying love (usually with undue haste), now all that lies between the two of you and enduring happiness is a couple of borders. "Wouldn't it be great to meet, test this new found love?" says the scammer. But alas, he or she just doesn't have the spare cash for a ticket/visa/pet sitter. That's where you come in - love does, after all, conquer all - even temporary cash flow problems. Only thing is, once the money transfer is done, the scammer will disappear like morning mist.
2. The sob story
This has more twists and turns than a soap opera - it's drama all the way, and very detailed. A little too detailed perhaps. Sometimes it's a sick parent or child who desperately needs an operation, but more often the sob story goes around disappointed hopes. A job offer that mysteriously fell through, leaving them stranded and penniless, with a large hotel bill to take care of. There's always some reason they need the money in cash.
Please contact us immediately to report any suspicious behavior! We will take a deeper look into that member's activity and advise you accordingly.
First Dates: the do's and don'ts
First dates can be amazing - all the anticipation, butterflies and excitement of meeting someone with whom you've sparked on DatingBuzz Mauritius. As much fun as it can be to take the next step, remember to keep your wits about you, and don't throw caution to the wind.
1. Meet in public
Making a three-course gourmet meal from scratch at home might score you a few points, but it's better to have an audience the first time you meet. Arrange your first face-to-face encounter in a public place.
2. Keep it short and sweet, with the option to extend
Try to keep the first date on the short side. That way if you find the spark just isn't there in person, you can bow out gracefully.
A coffee date or lunch is a good call and hey, if you hit it off, you can always let the date run on to supper or a movie.
3. Phone a friend
Make sure at least one person knows where you're going, who you're meeting, and how long you expect to spend with them.
Get a friend or family member to give you a "rescue call" timed for mid-date. You can use the call as an excuse to cut the date short if things go badly.
4. Be independent
Make sure you have your own transport for the first date. Don't be dependent on your potential match for a lift to or from the venue.
5. Guard your full identity
Even though you're face to face for the first time, try holding back full details about your life and identity. There'll be plenty of time to get to know each other if the date goes well.
6. Don't leave home without your mobile phone
Make sure you have your phone with you, make sure it's charged and that you know your network's emergency number... just in case.
7. Keep a beady eye on your stuff
Don't leave your drink unattended, and keep your personal belongings with you at all times - even when you go to the bathroom.
8. Going the distance
If you are meeting far away from home, make sure to arrange your own accommodation, preferably with a friend or relative. Keep the location to yourself. If you can't organize accommodation, rather postpone the first date or have your potential match travel to your part of the world.
9. It's OK to be cautious
In fact, it's just plain wise. It's your right to feel safe and secure in any social situation you choose, so don't be pressured into anything that makes you feel vulnerable or uncomfortable.


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