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As you develop the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 funding bill, the Campaign to Invest in America's Workforce (CIAW) urges you to include adequate investments in workforce and education to meet the needs of both businesses and workers. CIAW is a diverse coalition of national organizations that offer direct services, advocacy, research, and policy development to help people of all ages and conditions develop their skills, enter gainful employment, and enroll and succeed in postsecondary education.
Our coalition applauds the subcommittee's efforts to increase funding for many workforce and education programs in FY 2018 and to advocate for a better subcommittee allocation to increase funding for workforce and education programs without lowering support for other vital programs. Investments in our workforce and education systems are still below authorized and historic levels, however, and CIAW urges you to provide urgently needed increases in FY 2019.
Today, businesses in nearly every state are struggling to find workers with necessary skills. Middle skill jobs—those requiring more than a high school diploma, but not a four-year degree—make up 53 percent of today's labor market, but only 43 percent of U.S. workers are trained at this level. At the same time, there are millions more low-skill workers than low-skill jobs. With unemployment at just over four percent, and labor-force participation for young people and adults at historic lows, this means filling vacant middle-skill jobs will require training and upskilling workers across the country.
Providing this training and the economic opportunity that comes with it is a primary goal of the nation's workforce development system, but current funding levels make it impossible for programs to meet the vision outlined in the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. Proposed reauthorizations of the Higher Education Act and Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act will face the same challenges. Since 2001 WIOA funding has been cut by 40 percent, Career and Technical Education funding by 32 percent and Adult Basic Education funding by almost 20 percent.
WIOA programs successfully serve workers who need training to access vacant middle-skill jobs. Nearly three quarters of all WIOA participants have no post-secondary education and training and 43 percent are low-income. After receiving training under WIOA, workers are able to access jobs in industries desperate for workers including health care, manufacturing, transportation and construction.
We simply cannot meet the goals of U.S. business or workers and compete in a global economy if we continue cutting and eliminating effective workforce and education programs. CIAW urges you to make the following investments to prepare workers for jobs in the future as well as those U.S. businesses are trying desperately to fill today:
- Funding WIOA Title I employment and training programs at least at authorized levels of $3,293,978,000 so that states, local areas, and other partners can fully realize the bipartisan vision outlined by WIOA;
- Funding adult education and literacy programs under Title II of WIOA at least at authorized levels of $664,552,000 to ensure that the 36 million Americans with low basic skills can take advantage of existing and emerging economic opportunities;
- Restoring funding for Wagner-Peyser Employment Services (ES) activities under Title III of WIOA to FY 2017 levels of $671,413,000 to give states the additional resources they need to provide WIOA's intensive reemployment services;
- Funding the vocational rehabilitation program and other employment services authorized under WIOA Title IV for adults and students with disabilities at current year levels;
- Funding Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI) grants at $10 million to help states meet the performance requirements under WIOA, demonstrate how strategies like sector partnerships and career pathways help participants obtain employment and enable employers to meet their skilled workforce needs and to improve evidence-based policymaking and evaluation;
- Funding job training and employment services for older workers (Senior Community Service Employment Program) at the authorized level of $463,809,605 to ensure older adults with significant barriers to employment can access work-based community service training in their communities and maintain the proposed funding increase for employment services for at-risk veterans (Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program);
- Strong levels of funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service's programs like AmeriCorps;
- Maintaining or increasing the $145 million investment in apprenticeship programs in current-year funding to expand access to programs for a diverse pipeline of workers and businesses, including small- and medium-sized businesses and those in emerging industries;
- Funding strong investments in CTE state grants under the Carl D. Perkins Act to support programs that reduce high school drop-out rates, equip students with workforce-relevant skills and expand a talent pool that is responsive to the needs of employers.
- Increase the Pell Grant maximum award and protect the future fiscal stability of the program to enable its continuation as an essential resource for students in workforce-oriented programs.
Thank you for your attention to this important issue. We can't compete if we cut. If you have questions about this letter, please contact Katie Spiker at email@example.com.
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Association of Community College Trustees
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
Augustus F. Hawkins Foundation
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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Heartland Alliance
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National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
National Association of Counties
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National Coalition for Literacy
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National Fund for Workforce Solutions
National League of Cities
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In focus groups, gamers told us that simply taking a life in a game had become boring. But in Legacy of Kain, you don't just kill your opponents, you feed off their souls. We crossed that idea with stories from the Darwin Awards. Dark creative for a dark game by Eidos.
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For Chris, helping people has always been a driving force in her life. She has continually done whatever she can to lend an extra hand or be supportive to others. Being behind the scenes, making things happen has always been extremely gratifying for Chris. Her past experiences have built upon one another and now, she believes, she finds herself at her Mount Everest.
Chris shares of her experience, "In so many ways, The Ability Center is such a perfect match for me. I wanted a position that utilized all of my past work experience along with my passion to help people. I was born and raised in Toledo and married and raised a family in West Toledo. I am proud to be working at a center that is homegrown. There are many diamonds in Toledo and I believe that ACT is one, still being polished."
Her role at The Ability Center is being the first voice or face to greet consumers in need of support. Chris says, "While continuing to learn exactly what we can do, I am expanding my knowledge, completing my degree in Business Administration. Each day is a learning experience for me in many ways, and it is my hope that I can make a difference to someone each and every day."


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Explore the new business models, unrecognized opportunities, and complex challenges that bitcoin—and the blockchain behind it—are creating. This complete video compilation captures every moment of Bitcoin & the Blockchain, the first in a series of O'Reilly Radar Summits. You'll get a front-row seat to all 18 quick-paced sessions at this one-day event.
Organized by Kieren James-Lubin, founding director of the Cryptocurrency Research Group, and Lorne Lantz, bitcoin entrepreneur and educator, the Summit brought the brightest minds in bitcoin and the blockchain together to share their expertise, unveil their secrets, and offer a glimpse of the future.
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Dried and cracked hands can have many causes. In the cold season, cold and wind can dry the skin from your hands, leaving it rough and sensitive to touch. It is important to moisturise your hand properly and in this article you will find some great natural remedies for dried and cracked hands.
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- Prepare a paste with 1/2 of avocado, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and one tablespoon of apple vinegar. Mix all the ingredients very well and apply the obtained paste on your hands. Leave it to act 15 minutes and then rinse it with warm water. You will notice that your skin is soft.
- Pour in a recipient water and apple vinegar and soak your hands in this mixture. Leave your hand to dry naturally. Apple vinegar helps in calming dry and cracked hands.
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text: New research from France shows oxytocin can improve feeding and social skills in infants with Prader-Willi syndrome. These results are based on 18 infants (under 6 months old) and use well-established tests of sucking and swallowing, and behavioural measures including parent-infant interactions. A useful summary written by Dr Theresa Strong is available from The Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (USA) here.


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50% of luxury market owned by this group by 2025
It used to be sales that were seasonal, now it is consumer studies, and now is very much the time for them. This one is about the luxury market, which like most things to do with loyalty, is going to be radically transformed by 2025.
The reason for the overhaul is that millennials and Generation Z people are different from previous generation.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Gold stocks had a nice run up this week, while networking, airline and even some oil stocks lost out.
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The Amex Networking Index $NWX fell nearly 3 percent this week after the Nasdaq Composite $COMPQ dipped and amid a U.S. probe of Nortel Networks' financials. See full story.
Airline stocks lost out as fuel prices reached record highs, eroding the carriers' bottom line. The Amex Airline Index ($XAL) was down 1.4 percent this week.
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Concrete has been traditionally used as massive and rough construction material. Today people more and more discover that concrete is practical, expressive, and aesthetic all at once. From a primal and formless slurry, you can transform it into virtually any shape that becomes a solid mass. The possibilities for creative expression are endless. You can grind, polish, stamp, or stain it. Concrete feels natural and earthy and depending on stain and finishing it fits perfect in both traditional and modern design. It assumes forms that irrevocably touch our daily lives-bridges, highways, floors, walls...but not only, even countertops, wall and floor tiles, shower cabins, baths, sinks, fireplaces, lightings, heating batteries, trays, vases is just short list of concrete usage possibilities. Concrete is an ideal medium to express relationships between art and craft, between architecture and contracting. Concrete has no restriction to use and form ... just use your imagination!
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Waterfall Mansion & Gallery is honored to announce the exhibition, "BE STILL", in which we have invited three internationally acclaimed artists whose works are rooted in stories of silence. In bringing this theme of silence to NYC's contemporary art scene, this exhibition ex- plores the tension between the process driven "slow art" movement and the speed at which art and information are propagated. The se- lected artists embrace the idea of discovery in silence, which allowsthem to find truth, beauty, and rest. Widely recognized as a peaceful oasis in the bustling NYC area, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery is a fitting place to be still and reflect on your own internal power and fullness.
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Creating the perfect picture isn't just about pointing the camera and shooting. Take a peak at Maura Wayman Photography in action.Read More
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Question: iron level dropped from 8.2 to 5.9 in 3months
|harry1967 - Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:25 pm
My Grandmother is 84 years old and has been anemaic for several years. She is a diebetic who takes insulin.
Over the last 12 months she has several had a UTI (6months ago), Vertigo, chest infections.
Her last blood test showed a haemoglobin level of 8.2 3 months ago but this has dropped to 5.9. I thought giving her a liquid iron would help her anemia but obviously hasn't. She is now on 3 Ferrous Sulphate a day. She seems to have developed an UTI this week to for which she is on Cefelaxin 250mg. I tested her urine at home with a dipstick and there a high concentrate of blood in the urine 50 and the Specific Gravity is 1.030. There is a presence of Leucocytes too at 125++. Can any one explain why her haemoglobin would have dropped so quickly? I forgot to mention her staple diet is 1 weetabix for breakfast, 2 chappatis at lunch and 2 at dinner. (chappatis are small flat breads made of just wheat and water).
|Dr. Chan Lowe - Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:42 pm
A hemaglobin level of 5 is significantly low. I suspect that your grandmother's doctor will want to follow this up.
There are several causes of a falling hemoglobin levels:
-Iron deficiency leading to difficulty making new red blood cells.
-Ongoing bleeding can also cause this. If bleeding is faster than production, the hemoglobin level drops. I would be a little concerned about this in your case.
-Aditionally, chronic illness can lead to decreased production of red blood cells.
A few tests can be helpful to sort this out. First, I would suggest looking for any sources of bleeding, such as blood in the stool via a guaiac test. Also, blood in the urine can be unseen but tested for with a urinalysis.
A reticulocyte count can help to determine if the bone marrow is producing new blood cells or not. This will help narrow the causes. Also, looking at various red cell indicators such as mean corpustular volume (MCV) can help. If iron deficiency is possible, iron studies can be done to measure iron stores.
I would most definitely recommend that this be followed and evaluated. Keep us updated.
Hope this helps.
|harry1967 - Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:39 pm
Hi firstly thanks for your response.
A week after posting a senior hospital physicain visited Gran and said we should stop the mild Asprin she was taking and that he did not want to admit her for a transfusion as there were rsiks involved at her age.
He said we should continue with three ferrous sulphate and repeat the blood tests.
This we have done and the Hb level has now risen to 8.6 (within 3 weeks after first test when it was 5.2). Unfortunately Gran has just got another UTI (2nd one this year). She is on Cefalaxin 500mg this time.
Her other blood results are
Wbcs 17.0
Rbcs 3.95
Hct 0.280
Plt 740
Neuthrophils 15.21
Lymphocytes 0.96
Ferritin 46
RU Creatine 10.9
RU MALbumin 27
RU MAlb/Creat 2.5
I know most of these are low or high figures andwas wondering if they so extreme that they should be a worry to me?
Regards Harry.
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Straight out of the Korova Milkbar stroll the Droogettes, with impeccable white attire that is accessorised by bowlers, DMs, and braces a look immortalised by Clockwork Orange. The Droogettes vision was clear from their earliest conception, to provide the Punk, and Oi! movement with an all-female alternative to a scene that is mostly dominated by males. Formed in 2012 by Rachel Starlett, Frankie, and Jen Reiling as well as drummer Tina Klein, they have made themselves known on both sides of the water recently. Delivering their first self-titled mini Album took the band to another level with the track "We Don't Love You" also getting the video treatment, giving a clear message that girls can do it too.
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There is plenty of influence jumping out of the Droogettes sound from Punk and Oi!s legendary acts, but with their own songs and image they portray something just a little different in a dystopian society. Their intention of providing a voice for a females outlook and perception seems to be making as much of an impact as Alex DeLarge's boot did in the cult 70s film.
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text: Walt's would like to send out a special thanks to all of our great customers this holiday season. We had an awesome turnout at our customer appreciation night and hope that everyone had a good time! We'd also like to thank Trek, Salsa, Camelbak and Shimano for donating all the great prizes for our raffle. Be sure to check out some photos taken by Walt's Ambassador, Derek Fox here.


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Tsaatan means 'reindeer people,' and this series is about them. The Tsaatan are a slowly disappearing tribe living in one of the most inhospitable places on that planet – far in the mountainous taiga and tundra of northern Mongolia. Let's have a quick look into their life, a life of beautiful people where the reindeer is the most sacred creature of all.
The series is comprised of 14 black and white photographs taken between 2011 and 2014 in northern Mongolia. All images were taken on 35mm film and self-developed.
About the Artist
Przemek Strzelecki vel Bawgaj (born in 1977 in Poland) is a photographer currently based in the UK. Przemek is an avid traveler, having visited more than 50 countries, always on the road, always with camera and always with some spare rolls of film in his pocket. An artist, in love with empty spaces, hats and horses.
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As you know, one of our pillars of performance is Service. Over the next twelve weeks I will be sharing a weekly Service Behavior that I would like for all of you to focus on that week. Please use these reminders as ways to improve our level of customer service across the hospital.
Week 1 – Making a Personal Connection
Here at Coliseum Northside Hospital, we know the positive impact making a personal connection has on building trust in the care provided at our hospital.
Think about times in your life when you received a service where things turned out like you expected, but something was missing in the experience you had. It might have been a time when you had your car serviced or repaired. Maybe as you were paying for the completed auto work, the cashier never made eye contact or thanked you. You might not choose to return. Why? Because you didn't feel like the cashier cared. They missed the opportunity to connect with you in a meaningful way.
In healthcare, our patients are afraid, nervous, anxious, and vulnerable. Every interaction is an opportunity to let our patients know we will not only care for them but about them. Our Mission is to be there for our patients, providing care and improving lives. What better way to live our Mission than to build a personal connection with those we serve!
I'm asking all of you to take an opportunity this week to CONNECT with patients, visitors, and team members. Ask connecting questions such as:
- "Tell me something about you that has absolutely nothing to do with your hospital stay."
- "When you're not in the hospital, what do you like to do?
- "What hobbies do you have?"
- "Tell me about your family."
I'm asking each department leader to identify ways you and your staff can visibly share how you have made personal connections with patients, visitors, and team members this week. Discuss it in your huddles, post your examples in break areas and share broadly with your colleagues. Let's focus on living our Mission this week and make those personal connections.
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Brandefy Take-Over: Sister, Friend, and Smart-Shopping Mother
Meet Gray. She's a sister of team Brandefy, mom to a sweet three year old boy (biased, here, he's the best), and the chief purchasing officer for her household. Like all of us, Gray cares about quality products, but she wouldn't mind saving some money along the way. She's tried some products based on Brandefy's recommendations, and she's willing to test some more for us. See what she has to say.
Hi Mommas,
I used to be footloose and fancy free. My budget consisted of working towards travel, and my biggest decision every day was what skirt to wear to work. Then, everything changed. Enter kids. There is now SO. MUCH. TO. BUY. so budgeting and finding ways to save is huge. The other thing that is huge? Keeping my sanity! When I buy a generic, there is some level of concern that my kid won't eat it or use it. And nobody's got time for that. Even worse? Have you ever had to call the doctor in the middle of the night because your little one had splotches all over his body after switching to a new body wash? Certainly no one has time for that kind of stress.
I feel like I'm constantly straddling the line between saving and spending whatever it takes to keep my toddler (and let's be honest, me) from full meltdown mode. Thankfully, Brandefy lets me know when to buy name brand and when to buy generic. My cereal-loving kiddo has made the transition from Kellogg's Rice Krispies to Millville Crispy Rice Cereal, and was completely unaware that it's a different brand cereal. While this was rated highly in the Brandefy app, we passed on the Fruit & Grain Soft Baked Bars based on Brandefy's low score. Sticking to the Nutrigrain bars reduces snack time issues.
Now I need you! What products are you dying to have another mom compare? How can Brandefy help moms know when to save some bucks and when to use them for the name brand products? Should I check out more snacks? Diapers? Kids' body washes? Comment below and let me know what to test. Happy shopping and happy saving!


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Bridge Day 101: Everything You Need to Know
Every October, for one Saturday, the New River Gorge Bridge is transformed into the site of West Virginia's largest single day festival. For those of you Bridge Day first-timers, here's the skinny on this wonderful fall event. What is Bridge Day?
Bridge Day celebrates the New River Gorge Bridge, the area, and the fall season. Its humble beginnings were actually just a dedication ceremony for the Bridge on October 22, 1977. The public was allowed to walk on and view this magnificent structure and its beautiful surroundings. The turnout for the opening ceremony was much greater than anticipated. So a couple of years later, the first Bridge Day was born.
That year, 1980, 5,500 certificates were given to folks walking all the way across the Bridge. An estimated crowd of close to 40,000 people let the organizers know that this event could grow into something great. The rest, they say, is history.
When is Bridge Day?
Bridge Day happens every year on the third Saturday in October. The date was chosen to take advantage of the beauty of autumn in southern WV. The Bridge is constructed from Cor-Ten steel; it is designed to form a layer of rust as a protective barrier. This rust gives the Bridge a dark reddish-orange color that blends in wonderfully with the colors of the fall foliage.
What Is There To Do on Bridge Day?
Bridge Day celebrates its 33rd birthday this year, and it's been evolving since the very beginning. There are plenty of things to see and do during Bridge Day. The only hard part may be deciding how you want to spend yours.
Bridge Day 2012 Happenings:
- WOAY Taste of Bridge Day - This event takes place at Adventures On The Gorge the Friday before Bridge Day. It showcases cuisine from WV restaurants. Diners receive tickets that are good for 'sampling' plates from the many restaurants dishing up their specialties. The event is put on by local Rotary clubs and the proceeds benefit local charities.
- Tandem jumps are available to a few qualified individuals willing to pay for the experience.
- High Line - A 700-foot slide down a rope from the Bridge to the side of the Gorge. Sound like fun? Trust us, it is. If you're the adventurous type that wants to be one of the daredevils of Bridge Day, consider the High Line.
- Rappelling - Another Bridge Day activity that is a crowd pleaser. Teams of 12-16 people can register to rappel the Bridge on Bridge Day. Registration records show that 1/3 of participants are first time rappellers. What a way to start your rappelling career!
- And don't forget about vendors on the Bridge selling food, crafts, and other items. We recommend the funnel cake.
For a different perspective, consider going down into the Gorge and watching the action from under the Bridge. There are two ways to get there: on foot or by shuttle.
The Town of Fayetteville also gets into the act, hosting a car show, street music, cornhole competition, Chili Cook-Off and other activities. Fayetteville is just a short distance from the Bridge.
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I've been studying and thinking critically about music and what it means for most of my life. Even before I became a full time music journalist in 2000, I was a player and a super-fan who relentlessly asked the question: "What do we listen to and why?" What forces in culture and commerce hand us our choices, and what choices do we make? What are the rewards of being an informed, active listener? I've pursued these questions as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal's arts page and NPR, a staff writer for The Tennessean, and a radio producer for WMOT. I've been a student of Nashville's exceptional history as an entertainment town, culminating in my book Air Castle of The South: WSM and the Making of Music City.
Now I am passionate about sharing my discoveries with audiences of all kinds. Reach me at email@example.com.
Nashville is a great American story, full of remarkable and peculiar characters who took risks. How did a southern river and railroad town obsessed with education and religion turn into one of the entertainment centers of the nation? Who were the architects of this explosion and how did they do it? Why has Nashville held on to its creative fire and uniqueness through decades of rapid change? These are among the subjects I tailor to share with business executives, non-profit groups, cultural organizations and curious Nashville tourists or new residents.
Here's an informal talk for an audience of Nashville music pros who gather regularly for the Nashville event known as WHO KNEW?, where I'm the in-house historian.
STRING THEORY is a unique one-man performance and monologue dedicated in equal parts to explaining some of music's inner workings and to urging people to listen more actively and with more insight. String Theory is about the problems and pathologies created by the 30-year reign of the musical-industrial complex and how we can reclaim our culture's connection with the aural arts. In a noisy world overflowing with four-minute songs and endlessly recycled hits from yesteryear, new instrumental music – composed and improvised – is only beginning to recover as the industrial model of music collapses and is rebuilt. String Theory offers a roadmap to that recovery.
At the same time, the show is a memoir of a hobbyist musician and a fan of all kinds of music. In String Theory, I talk about my exposure to classical and jazz as I came of age in a world increasingly dominated by format radio, music videos and music as fashion/lifestyle accessory. I do my best to bring the musician's insider knowledge about the game of music to the mainstream.
Speaking of games, one of the themes of the show is that instrumental music is in long-term decline because no media outlets inform and educate the public about the rudiments of listening or the art of composing. Our national conversation about music has been denatured and stripped of musical insight. Here, I show a clip from ESPN and ask why we do so much better explaining sports than music.
One key element of learning how to listen to music is a keen awareness of how the individual parts relate to the emotionally satisfying whole. Here, I share a personal anecdote about the teacher who helped me make that breakthrough.
Audiences who saw the first run of String Theory offered the following testimonials:
"Craig has always had his finger on Nashville's music pulse; active as a celebrated participant and supportive as a brilliant wordsmith. Smart and insightful as he is, the child-like gleam in his eye when he speaks about music is what I remember most." – Annie Sellick
"I came away from your performance changed in that good way that happens when I encounter someone who is being authentic….I walked home after String Theory the other night asking myself the question, "When you listen to music, what are you listening for?" – Kendall Hinote
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Hearing The Difference: A TEDx Talk
Below is the 17-minute talk I delivered at TEDx Nashville in 2012. It was the basis for the much longer and involved String Theory show I'm doing now. It documents a series of epiphanies about listening and music that helped shape my life. The best stuff came from the most unexpected places...
Nashville: Then and Now
A talk delivered to the Nashville Rotary in March 2010. Still quite relevant today I think.


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I plan to commit to writing in the near future, since my freelancing career gone under. I can't really say I'm miss it though. It was hard with almost no pay out. I'd make $5 for an hour of work or more. Obviously, undervalued. Add in the pain caused by my CTS. I did it because it was pocket money. I'm grateful for every cent I've made. The reality is, I was hoping I'd make connections. I wanted a few clients I could work for that would keep me occupied and give me that and financial security. I may come out with those connections. I intend to reach out to those few clients once I've finalized the decision to close my Fiverr account (it turns out they started taking extra money without telling anyone and I won't support that). But if I don't, I'm not at a loss. I believe the wax melts are my "calling" for many reasons. It's much easier on my wrists. It's fun and calls for some creativity. And, the best part is, it can help people. I'm specifically creating wax melts that will help people suffering from a variety of issues. My "sweet dreams" at, for instance, is a "cure" for insomnia, using lavender essential oil to create a calming atmosphere and discourage the over thinking that keeps so many people awake at night.
I'm scared to start writing though. I can admit that. I'm scared because I feel like my last book was a flop. I'm scared I can't say anything that hasn't already been said (by me). I'm scared people will hate it. Most troublesome, myself. I hate all my writing. I always have. That's why it's so easy for me to start new projects and simply walk away. I lack commitment because I don't like what I'm doing. But I'm going insane from neglecting my not so better half. I'm courting insanity, as many published authors would say. Maybe I'm in love with the idea of writing more than the practice, but the idea won't help me work through my issues. I need to write to work out how I'm feeling inside and now more than ever.
I vaguely wrote about the changes I felt I needed to go through without touching too much on the details. But I think it's important that you know why I'm in such a bad place right now. Despite being told not to by my therapist and warned by my doctor, I quit my antidepressants. I can't say that they don't work in general, but they aren't working for me. All I felt was numb. I knew I was depressed and I knew I was still going through the same stuff, I just didn't feel any of it anymore. A part of me wanted to feel numb like that. Once upon a time, that desire to be numb turned into my drinking problem. But drinking was, once, a controlled method of being numb. When life got too hard to handle, I turned to the bottle. It wasn't a great cooling mechanism, but it was what worked for a while. But then it became a problem. I drank too much, for the wrong reasons, and it stopped being helpful. You could find me, literally, on the sidewalk. I'd pass out wherever I was. I ruined relationships, especially the one with myself. There's nothing reasonable about that. That led me to understanding there was a much deeper issue and I needed to look for a real solution. I asked my doctor for these pills. I couldn't have known they would be the same kind of band aid as drinking. But that's the reality.
In no way am I advocating for alcohol or recommending anyone to quit medications they need, but the fact is, this kind of thing works different for everyone. The medication didn't work for me. Behavioral training only made me feel guilty every time I wanted a drink. As I launch my own wellness company, complete with life coach services, these realizations are heavy on my head and my heart. I want to help other people, I do. But I don't want it to be in any way that makes them second guess what they are going. Self improvement needs to be something your confident about. If you're asking "is this right for me" the answer is no. I don't want to ask those questions anymore. I don't want to over think so much I don't bother making decisions. I want to follow my heart, even if it leads to disaster. It's better than listening to my mind and going nowhere. Of course, there's a balance between too logical and too emotional, but I haven't learned it yet. Until I do, I'm going to follow the path that feels right for me.
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I've written before about how I think most B&W pictures would probably also work as colour but that the reverse is rarely also true. The inherent interest of an image will always remain regardless of the saturation, but B&W composition requires the interplay between light and dark to work in a way that isn't always required for a colour composition to also be successful.
I love B&W, but I am more aware now than I've ever been that my talent, such as there is any, is for colour rather than monochrome photographer; I always find myself composing in colour and then deciding after the fact that a given image would perhaps work well, or even better in B&W. This is luck and serendipity rather than talent; I am certain that exceptional B&W photographers compose in monochrome and know how that composition will work as such before they take it.
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We could probably just leave it at that to be honest, such is the reverence of the great man but there's lots of other stuff in there, 52 pages of it in fact.
There's a look at the resurgence of AC Ancona, some lengthy thoughts as to how the new breakaway European Super League might work, we look at the shortlist for candidates for the new rugby statue [SERIOUS] and discover a cheaper way to get hold of Championship Manager.
We start to ease our way into Euro '96 and the Olympics plus there's comment, cartoons, music, poetry, reviews, away days, Wigan film reviews [SERIOUS] plus no mean supply of football based chat.
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There are a LOT of BAD interviewers out there
October 15th, 2009 • Related • Filed Under
Here's a news flash! People may not be getting job offers because of a high number of bad interviewers.
Last week I had a telephone interview with a HR person of a company I was very interested in working for. I spent a fair amount of time preparing for the interview, immersing myself in the company website to attempt to get familiar with their culture and what they might be looking for. I reviewed the job description and my resume to make sure I could talk about my skills and show that my skills were a fit for what they indicated they wanted in the job description. I wrote a list of questions to ask based on what I was finding through my research. I eagerly anticipated the interview so I could learn more about the position and convince the interviewer that I was a great fit.
The time came, the phone rang, and the interviewer started her interview. She asked me how I heard about the job (which I had already told her in my cover letter). She then asked me if I was bi-lingual which was not on the job description and what was my salary range. That was it! Was this an interview? She could have asked those questions in an email. I deferred the salary question as best I could, but without more information, it was hard not to give her a number. The rest of the "interview" was me asking questions and trying to determine what she was looking for and trying to sell myself.
This seems to happen a lot. A lot of interviewers have no idea what they are doing, have not been trained, and are doing their company and the candidates an injustice by pretending to do their job. I used to get upset about these kind of interviews because I knew there would not be a second interview. I now understand that there's not much you can do when this happens if they are the gatekeeper. It seems a shame that these people get paid to do a bad job.
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Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 1930s America for the promise of glory at the heart of Hitler's Berlin. Stroke by stroke, a remarkable young man strives to regain his shattered self-regard, to dare again to trust in others - and to find his way back home. Told against the backdrop of the Great Depression, The Boys in the Boat is narrative non-fiction of the first order; a personal story full of lyricism and unexpected beauty that rises above the grand sweep of history, and captures instead the purest essence of what it means to be alive.
'The Boys in the Boat is a triumph of great writing matched with a magnificent story. Daniel James Brown strokes the keyboard like a master oarsman, blending power and grace to propel readers toward a heart-pounding finish.'
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The European Commission is intending to continue its inquiries into tax rulings practices in "all EU Member States, as well as the ongoing investigations into tax rulings in Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium", according to Margrethe Vestager, the Commissioner for Competition. She has also indicated that more cases are to be expected if there are indications that EU State aid rules are not being complied with. The latest case, opened on 03 December 2015, supports that statement. It concerns two tax sweeteners given by Luxembourg to McDonalds. A ruling on the aid allegedly given by Ireland to Apple is due in 2016. On 27 November 2015, the Dutch Government appealed against the European Commission's decision finding that the Netherlands had given tax advantages to Starbucks.
The General Court's judgment in Spain and Others v Commission (Case T-515/13), which was handed down on 17 December 2015, might have an impact on the European Commission's drive to stamp out tax sweeteners. The General Court ruled that the European Commission's decision against Spain's tax lease system for sea-going vessels should be annulled on the basis that Spain had granted no selective advantage. The judgment arguably acts as a reminder that selectivity is an important criterion to be fulfilled in order to prove unlawful State aid. However, it is likely that State aid in the form of favourable tax treatment is likely to feature heavily in the European Commission's future enforcement efforts. Indeed, on 21 December 2015 the European Commission invited Greece to better target its tonnage tax and related support measures in the maritime sector. On 22 December 2015, Commissioner Vestager rejected criticisms that the Commission's investigations into tax rulings are unfairly comparing multinationals with SMEs. The Commissioner's view is that many tax rulings comply strictly with the rules, providing clearly documented transfer prices which relate to the market and bear external comparisons. From that perspective it is possible to craft rulings that are not selective in nature, which is what the Commission expects to see in compliant rulings.
Broadcasting also appears to be another area where there is some activity, with Denmark's TV 2 and the European Commission going to the European Court of Justice to confirm the legality of State subsidies for the public broadcaster. On 27 November 2015, the General Court confirmed the European Commission's decision declaring State aid to terrestrial TV broadcasters in Spain illegal. This decision may be the subject of a further appeal, although Spain has not commented on this as yet.
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A story for the A-to-Z Challenge. I is for inertial dampers. Don't leave homeworld without them. (And don't confuse them with inertial dampeners, because then you'll be all wet.)
CC9-A opened his optics to full aperture to examine the dark interior of the spacecraft. "You're slowing down, JR," he taunted his colleague as metal feet clanged against metal floor. "It never used to take you more than 3500 milliseconds to find the hatch code."
JR3-55 followed the younger robot through the airlock and into the spacecraft cabin. All the electronics had shut down, but a radium emergency light provided some faint illumination. "This spacecraft may have been launched two centuries before I was built," he informed CC9-A. "It took awhile to look up such an archaic hatch code."
"Two centuries? Who built this ship? Asimoid separatists? Or Turingrade warbots?"
"The progenitor species? I've never seen one."
JR3-55 pointed a spindly aluminum finger at a red blotch on the interior wall of the spaceship. "There's what's left of one. The inertial dampers must have failed just as the vessel engaged their Einstein-drive. It spent the next few centuries cruising here on autopilot."
CC9-A examined the rust-colored encrustation, and four others just like it. "Nuts and bolts," the young mechanoid swore. "The g-forces must have been incredible."
"You or I might have survived," JR3-55 speculated. "Human bodies are extraordinarily delicate. They were probably dead before they even hit 1000g."
"Is that all?" scoffed CC9-A. "No wonder they abandoned space travel."
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There are a couple of notable trends in UK plc boards this year that may tell us something about our corporate governance regime. First up, it's clearly the case that the majority of FTSE350 companies have introduced annual elections for board members, and looking just at the FTSE100 compliance is especially high. Given that most company opinion was negative, the scale of change maybe surprising to some.
Second, according to The Grauniad, the number of female board appointments so far this year is already significantly up on the whole of 2010. The numbers involved are actually pretty small, so change can be exaggerated, but the increase is definitely there. This may well be a reaction to the Davies Review which hasvset out a voluntary 25% target for female board membership.
In both cases companies are under no obligation to adopt the new policy, and indeed the 25% target suggested by Davies isn't even in the Corporate Governance Code, which instead is being amended to suggest disclosure of diversity policy and reporting on its application. And in both cases there was also antipathy on the part of companies to any intervention. Yet now that both bits of best practice guidance are now in place, companies are responding.
So what's going on? Do companies over-egg their opposition to reform in public but privately accept the need for change, is it a delaying tactic? Is it that they feel once something is best practice then the 'flexibility' of non-compliance has costs that outweigh its benefits? Maybe companies believe that non-compliance would be seen as a red flag by investors, with potential financial ramifications. Perhaps in relation to the Code in particular they feel that... ahem... box-tickers will force them into compliance anyway.
Whatever the explanation, or combination of them, it looks like 'best practice' is operating more and more like regulation. Which in turn makes you wonder whether regulating some aspects of governance wouldn't be a simpler approach.


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Best of Level 9
by Denk - 5 games
"After Infocom and Magnetic scrolls, Level 9 is perhaps the best known IF company. Though their first games had a very primitive parser, their last games had very advanced parser similar to infocom. These are my favorites. If you can..."
Best of Quest
by Denk - 5 games
"There are lots of Quest games, some better than others. These are my favourites:"
Best of SpeedIF
by David Welbourn - 12 games
"SpeedIF games are often overlooked or denigrated, and usually with good reason: with only two hours to code a game, the results can be rather shoddy. Buggy. Plagued with read-author's-mind problems. But not always. Here are a few SpeedIF..."
Best superhero games
by MathBrush - 16 games
"These are games featuring superheros, with my thoughts on them. I haven't tried the Frenetic Five games yet."
Best Works of Science Fiction IF
by OtisTDog - 5 games
"I've always been a science fiction buff, but works worth recommending seem even fewer-and-far-between in the world of IF than they are in the world of books. This is the list of my favorites for this genre. Please feel free to comment if..."
Big, difficult games that I always return to.
by calindreams - 3 games
"Maybe I'm a masochist. I'm not very good at puzzles and I've got the attention span of a gnat. But for some reason I'm always drawn to big difficult games. I like games where you have a lot room to explore and you don't get stuck in one..."
Big, non-linear adventure games with score system
by MathBrush - 32 games
"These are classic-style games, where you have to collect a large variety of objects while exploring a cave or building. My favorite way to play these games is to start playing without hints, mapping out the world and seeing what all I..."
by Xuan Li - 3 games
"memorable stuff?"
Branching Narrative Structures
by ElliotM - 2 games
"A list sharing resource links and examples of branching narrative structures from some of the games I have played...."
British setting
by Teaspoon - 5 games
"Good games in a British setting. "


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Anglo-Russia Research Network Reading Group: 'Never more close, intimate and cordial': The 'Projection of Russia Campaign' on the BBC Home Service, 1941-45
Introduced by Claire Davison
During their spring session the Anglo-Russian Research Network will be reading and discussing the role of the BBC in nurturing Anglo-Russian cultural relations after Russia entered the Second World War in 1941.
The discussion will be led by Professor Claire Davison of the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. The readings can be downloaded from the link below.
Claire writes: 'My presentation will be focusing on Anglo-Russian cultural relations as projected and nurtured by the BBC after July 1941. The explicit purpose of the 'Projection of Russia Campaign' was threefold: to improve public perceptions of the new Ally amongst both the British civilian population and the Forces, thereby eclipsing the dominant anti-Bolshevist sentiments cultivated in the 30s; to transmit a positive image of British solidarity to Russian politicians and diplomats; and to boost public morale in Britain, now at its lowest ebb as Nazi positions strengthened across Europe. The overall success of the campaign, and the waves of popular admiration and support for the Russian war effort, are largely acknowledged by historians, but generally omitted or sidelined by school textbooks, the film industry and the public imaginary today.
My quest to understand the spectacular success of the campaign, and the equally spectacular feats of collective amnesia in commemorative, cultural and historical accounts today, took me to the Written Archives Centre and the Sound Archives of the BBC, the Radio Times and The Listener. Here I was able to trace rich and sometimes dazzling examples of the campaign's broad cultural coverage, and of the figures promoting the campaign's success whether front stage or from the wings. I could also find abundant proofs of the successful reception of the broadcasts, as letters from listeners testified regularly. No wonder that by October 1944, Churchill could confidently assert that 'British relations with Russia had never been more close, intimate and cordial than at present'– even as plans were being drawn up to curtail the campaign and override its impact at the earliest opportunity.
My presentation will be focusing on one of the highpoints of the four-year campaign: 'Russia Night', a three-hour long feature on the evening of November 8, 1943, broadcast on the Home Service and (in a slightly shortened and altered version), on the Forces Programme. We'll be looking at the script for 'The Spirit of Russia', a forty-five minute broadcast presented as a 'panorama of Russian life': it adopts a pageant-type format, with sequences of narration, dramatic eclogue, poetry recital and musical interlude to conjure up Russia's vast history, geography and resilient cultural vibrancy.'
Claire Davison is Professor of Modernist Studies at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, where her teaching and research focus on intermedial borders and boundaries of modernism: translation and reception of Russian literature in the 1910s-20s; literary and musical modernism; modernist soundscapes and broadcasting. She was the Chair of the French Virginia Woolf Society (SEW) from 2008 until 2016. She is the author of Translation as Collaboration–Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield and S. S. Koteliansky (2014) published by Edinburgh University Press, and the co-editor of a number of recent volumes on literary modernism, including the fourth volume of The Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Katherine Mansfield, in Four Volumes (Edinburgh 2012-6); and The Collected Poetry of Katherine Mansfield (Edinburgh, 2016). Her ongoing research project has involved extensive explorations of radio archives from the war years, in preparation of a monograph on cultural diplomacy and the coverage of trans-European modernism on the BBC Home Service, in the 1930s-40s.
The Anglo-Russian Research Network organises termly reading groups for those interested in the interactions between British and Russian culture and politics in the period 1880-1950. These are informal events with plenty of discussion and wine, and are open to all. You can read more about the reading group and listen to podcasts.
If you plan to attend, it would be helpful if you could let Rebecca Beasley (firstname.lastname@example.com) and/ or Matthew Taunton (firstname.lastname@example.com) know. The discussion will finish at 7, and anyone available is very welcome to join us for dinner nearby.
Readings for 3 March
Please download from the Anglo-Russian Research Network site, using the password 'ARRN032017', HERE.
1. 'The Spirit of Russia', script by Louis MacNeice. (Thanks to the Harry Ransom Centre for providing the manuscript, and permission to circulate it amongst the group for the purposes of this talk.)
2. Four memoranda that circulated within the BBC during the preparation of the broadcasts, and in 1944 (BBC Online Historical Archives for Education (last accessed 29 January 2017)
3. A short article from the Listener, presenting the evening's broadcast and recalling the context. ('Soviet Day', The Listener, 4 November 1943, p. 520)


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As you guys know my style already, I am not a huge fan of sneakers. But when you find a pair of leather kicks that so well-made in Italian leather, you can't really say NO to them.
Just because you don't have someone special to celebrate this holiday of love, don't feel discouraged and it doesn't mean that today can't be special. It doesn't have to be so cute, so lovely and so romantic.
If you have NO IDEA what do do, here are 10 awesome things you can do (in addition to staying off of social media) - literally today, in an hour, right now!!
If you are a lover of polka dots and a piece that you can still wear into fall, today's post is made just for you.
Today marks the 10-year anniversary of my moving from Japan and living in America. Living in a foreign country isn't a piece of cake but has taught me a number of invaluable life changing lessons but here are my 15 valuable of lessons I learned from past 10 years!
Summer in the air. So excited to partner with River Island and share two looks with so many cute summer pieces I recently found. From a statement and bright top to killer mules.
Ditch your plain white shirt for this gingham print linen shirt this spring. It surely brightens up your day!! Showing you how you can rock it 2 ways from a casual girly to relaxed sophisticated look.


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It's no secret that I am in love with all things Makeup Revolution. They seem to come out with killer products constantly that are at unbeatable prices. One of the palettes I had been eyeing up a while is the Unicorns Unite palette, since being a mermaid and all. I couldn't contain my excitement when I received this at the Suffolk Blogger Meet and I actually did a squeal when I saw it in the top of my bag. I couldn't wait to get experimenting! I think this palette is so versatile and could be used for bright looks, interesting smokey eyes and natural looks with or without a pop of colour. If you're looking to inject a bit of colour into your makeup routine but don't want to go too crazy, I recommend picking up this palette. There's also 5 matching lipsticks (Which I am obsessing over and need in my life RIGHT NOW), which looks as if they compliment this palette perfectly! Now let's get on with swatching this ethereal palette...
The names of these shades are just to die for. I love seeing creative names with creative palettes so that was a great touch for me. I liked that all the shades on top are a mixture of shimmers and the bottom 6 circles are matte. The matte shades are great for an all year round look and great for using as transition colours for the pretty shimmery ones. When I first looked at the shades I was drawn to Medieval and Fantasy. They're both just gorgeous colours!
Legend, Grace, Medieval, Unicorn, Believe and Symbol.
LEGEND - Legend is a beautiful shimmery soft golden champagne hue which is perfect to put all over the lid for a simple wash of colour that makes you look awake. I tend to use this most when I'm in a hurry as it gives effortless colour and a good amount of shimmer that's not too over powering. This is beautiful paired up with Medieval.
GRACE - This shade is beautiful. I wouldn't usually go for pink shimmers but this has a soft beige turn to it that it just looks classic on the eyes. Again this is great all over the lid but also looks lovely with pretty much all of the shades in this palette.
MEDIEVAL - Is one of my favourites of this whole palette. It is the perfect bronze metalic shade that is perfect for all skin colours. It's such a beautiful copper shade and the colour pigmentation is incredible and it blends well with other shades too.
UNICORN - Admittedly, I'm not a huge fan of pinks and when I saw this in the pan I thought I'd never reach for it - But how wrong was I! It's a really soft pretty pink, not that 'I'm a 6 year old girl' pink - If you catch my drift. Again it has lovely colour pay off and would look lovely with Grace for a subtle ethereal pink makeup look.
BELIEVE - This shade is beautiful. It's a dark purple shade with a dark grey undertone to it, so it looks as if it shifts colours slightly. This is great for adding some colour into a smokey eye and is perfect for autumn. The pigmentation is lovely, and would be blended out well with a matte shade for this palette.
SYMBOL - I love this shade. I know I say that about near enough all the shades in this palette but look at it. Because it has a dark grey hue to it it's not a unwearable silver, like some silvers can be. It also has the right balance of shimmer so you're not going to look like a girl at a Christmas disco.
Spiral, Fortune, Fantasy, Beauty, Spiritual and .Creature
SPIRAL - Spiral is a pretty bright navy shade with a grey tone to it so it's not too intense. I love that this shade is colourful but still wearable.
FORTUNE - This is such a pretty colour and slightly similar to Believe. However it has a slight blue tone to it and it's not as dark so you can see that the colours are different.
FANTASY - Where do I begin. The colour pay off to this is insane. I honestly couldn't believe it when I first swatched it. I'm so happy that this is such a gorgeous colour too. This isn't as shimmery as the others and comes off more satin. It's a really unique forest green shade which is a perfect alternative to black if you're wanting to experiment with colours. Well done Makeup Revolution. I am in love.
BEAUTY - This is basically a shimmery and brighter version of Fantasy. I adore this shade also as the grey tone to it makes it more wearable.
SPIRITUAL - Okay. I need to calm down with this palette because I am super impressed. How can you not fall in love with this colour. It's the right mix of brown, purple and pink and the pigmentation is amazing. There's not much else I can say apart from that this shade is stunning.
CREATURE - As much as I'm raving about the shades in this palette this is the only shade that fell slightly flat for me.To be fair, to be the last one swatched with all the others being amazing it's going to be hard to compete. You can see in the pan that this is a matte shade with micro gold glitter. I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't say what I honestly think of this shade. The pigmentation isn't amazing and the gold gets lost. It's not a stand out shade to me and gets lost among all the other amazing shades. However when I remind myself that this palette is only £6, I'm not upset over one shade as the others make up for it.
Pure, Buttercup, Unite, Horn, Special and History.
PURE - This has good pigmentation and is great for popping under the brown bone for shimmerless highlight. It's a brilliant blending shade for pale girls like me!
BUTTERCUP - Again this is a brilliant blending shade and also a great transition shade for a smokey eye or colourful look. It's also pigmented and the colour is really pretty and pairs up well with Unite and Horn for an everyday look.
UNITE - I love this warm hue as it's great all over for a casual look. Works well as a transition shade if you don't use too much, and works well with the green and pink shades in this palette.
HORN - Works beautifully with blues in this palette. It has great pigmentation and also looks lovely just smudged into the lash line.
SPECIAL - This pretty lilac toned pink has amazing pigmentation - It blends like a dream! I love that they've put in a matte in here that isn't typically considered neutral so you're able to get creative!
HISTORY - Is a black matte. I don't think there's anything 'wow' about this shade and the pigmentation is okay. That said it's great for smudging into the lash line and adding depth to some shades.
Final verdict? This palette is a knockout. I really, really love this palette and I was so impressed with the pigmentation and colour selection. All of them seemed wearable yet daring and I've not seen that in a palette before. It's perfect for any makeup look and any mood, so if you're looking for something for every day that takes you though to the night and any other colour creations, this it the palette for you.
You can find this palette from Makeup Revolution here for £6*.
What's your favourite shade?
Thanks for reading!
*This product was gifted to me for review.
*This product was gifted to me for review.


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This summer I haven't been keeping up with my writing site because I was sailing for two months on our boat Sirius. We, my husband and I, took the months of July and August off and just sailed north. We got as far as Cape Cod Bay's Provincetown. It was a spectacular trip and a wonderful shakedown cruise. Along the way we met many friends, both old and new. We created a website to chronicle our journey. If you'd like to visit it, please go to www.sailingsirius.com. I hope you enjoy our blogs and pictures.


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5 Pittsburgh organizations band together over Bach
Sometimes, the only way to address the vast output of prolific composers is with a musical marathon. In 2000, Washington native Paul Jacobs played all of Johann Sebastian Bach's music for solo organ in a single day.
Now, five Pittsburgh music organizations are banding together for a Bach marathon, which will include the German Baroque composer's music for solo singers, choruses, keyboards and other instrumentalists.
Pittsburgh Music Alliance will present a Festival of Bach from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 10 at Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside. The members of the alliance are the Bach Choir, Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh Camerata, Pittsburgh Chamber Music and the Renaissance and Baroque Society.
"The festival is really the culmination of three years of collaboration between the five organizations," says Andrew Swensen, program manager of the alliance. "They came together to work on mutual support, particularly in the area of audience development. Each of them has a music-loving audience and each wanted to promote the musical offerings of all the others."
The groups also work together on administrative matters and share a wireless hotspot.
"Everyone agreed Bach was the natural way to explore the collaboration. Bach is the place where all five meet," Swensen says. "Over the course of these last 12 months, we brainstormed about how to represent the breadth of Bach's genius."
Each of the 12 hours is programmed to include a variety of music, instrumental and vocal. The culmination will be a collaborative performance of Bach's "Magnificat." The full details of the program, hour by hour, can be found at the alliance's website.
Bach's Concerto for Four Harpsichords and Orchestra, which will be played during the 10 a.m. hour, is a good metaphor for the festival itself, says Richard Stern, a member of the board of Renaissance and Baroque and lead harpsichordist. Other harpsichordists are Rebecca Rollett, artistic director of Pittsburgh Camerata; Marc Giosi, executive director of Chatham Baroque; and Gabriel D'Abruzzo, accompanist for the Bach Choir.
The music is Bach's arrangement of a Concerto for Four Violins by Antonio Vivaldi, the 11th of his Opus 3 set of 12 concerti.
Stern's day job is professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, and lecturer in the school of music at Carnegie Mellon University. He studied his instrument with Martin Pearlman in Boston while attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also studied with harpsichord legend Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam after finishing his degrees but before joining the faculty at Carnegie Mellon 37 years ago.
Stern also will be lead harpsichord of the performances of Bach's two Concerti for Three Harpsichords later in the day.
The marathon will open with Bach's most famous instrumental piece, the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, which Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony performed earlier this year in Leopold Stokowski's arrangement for full orchestra.
"The irony, of course, is the piece may not be by Bach and almost certainly wasn't written for the organ, to begin with," says Alan Lewis, director of music at Calvary Episcopal Church. "So, what we think of as the quintessential Bach organ piece may be neither."
He says the famous piece's "opening gesture, followed by a big silence and, then, a big descent gives it a sense of musical and also physical space that's very satisfying, and the way the fugue builds and builds is very satisfying for the listener and the player."
Lewis says there are many ways to play the Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
"Purists only do what Bach showed," Lewis says. "Some don't even change stops (the registration that provide organs with their immense range of colors). I think we might as well go for it. So, I'll have lots of sounds going, because the piece is almost operatic in its sense of drama."
Mark Kanny is classical music critic for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7877 or [email protected].


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Applies to: All Reolink cameras except Reolink battery-powered cameras.
Here we'll guide you to set motion detection sensitivity via Reolink App.
Step 1. Launch Reolink App, then tap on the gear icon to go to the Device Settings page of the camera.
Step 2. Go to Alarm Settings-> MD Settings -> Sensitivity page to set up the sensitivity of motion detection.
Step 3. Tap on the time box for scheduling the time per your requirement. You can also leave them unchanged.
Note: Here one day (00:00-24:00) is divided into four periods. You can customize the starting and ending time for each period.
Step 4. Set sensitivity for the four different time periods. Drag the slider to the right (left) side to make the camera more (less) sensitive to motions.
Note: It's advised to set it less sensitive during the night in case you receive unwanted false alarms/recordings.
Step 5. Tap on the Sure icon on the top right to save the settings.
You may also change motion detection sensitivity by using the following methods:


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Ronald McDonald Family Rooms
Ronald McDonald Family Rooms: A Place to Rest and Recharge at the Hospital
Ronald McDonald Family Rooms are an extension of the Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland, offering families of pediatric patients a comfortable space to rest and recharge within the hospital, just steps away from their child's treatment room. At the Family Room, families can find comfort so they can be strong to support their child.
Each Family Room is staffed by volunteers from 9 am-9 pm daily. Families must register once per month at the Family Room volunteer desk. Healthy guests of all ages are welcome, but children must be supervised by an adult. Guests must have proper hospital identification to access the Family Room.
Each Family Room is equipped with a stocked kitchenette full of snacks and beverages, a comfortable sitting area with a television, a small play area for children, and computers with internet access. Some Family Rooms also include a private restroom with shower and full laundry facilities.
Overnight respite rooms are available for eligible guests at Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and the Hospitality Suite at MetroHealth Medical Center.
Learn more about our locations
For other questions about any of the Family Rooms, please contact Alisa Powell-Stovall, Ronald McDonald House Director of Community Program Operations, (216) 229-5757 x1118.


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As you can see from my past to present posts I'm obsessed with The Nightmare Before Christmas film. Below you will find all the décor I used to create my fireplace mantel.
To create Man Eating Wreath visit my DIY steps to create your own: DIY NBC Man Eating Wreath
Fire Place Logs : Tealight Fireplace Logs
When I purchased these masks I bought them 2 months early and on pre order. These mask sell very quickly so keep in mind when they become in stock next time.
Shock Mask: NBC Shock Mask
Lock Mask: NBC Shock Mask
Barrel Mask: NBC Barrel Mask
Witch Boots: Witch Boots
Stacked Pumpkin: Stacked Pumpkin
I ended up putting $3 purple battery powered lights in his mouth.
Really nothing to this display! I am very impressed with the masks, they do not look cheaply made and they are very big! I plan later to pant more detail on them to give it more the theatrical look from the film... but that will be a later time. Visit my next post for my 8 foot tall Jack Skellington made from recycled pvc pipe! Please share this post!
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The Ivory Coast or the Republic of the Cote D'Ivoire is a West African coastal country. Here's a map of the general area if you aren't sure where it is.
So some country in Africa, where most of you do not live, I'm guessing, Sisters and Brothers, has some political troubles. Why should you care? Aside from the fact that it might be a good human quality to care about others regardless of where they live or that our globe is actually growing smaller in terms of governmental and political actions, our Cult is really the reason you all might want to care a bit more.
The Ivory Coast produces about 43% of the world's cocoa. 43% making it the leader by an amazing percentage. The Ivory Coast produces 2.78 times the amount of cocoa from Indonesia which is #2 in every list of cacao producing countries I could find.
We've talked before on The Chocolate Cult about the role of piracy in the price of chocolate and piracy is not decreasing at all as far as my scanning of news and cocoa organization reports can show. Remember piracy not only steals cocoa but also introduces disease and insects into new ecosystems that will harm crops plus captured cocoa booty is most often destroyed and simply removed from the market all together.
Hording in The Ivory Coast in 2010 preceded a jump in cocoa prices, a jump you may or may not have noticed. Many of the chocolatiers I spoke with in the past year said they were struggling because they worried about rising prices and losing sales yet the materials needed to make their products was going up -- sugar as well by the way.
Now imagine what might happen if political struggles turned large scale and foreign or native military forces started fighting in the country. We might hope they'd know the value of the plantations but let me tell you that agricultural land throughout history is often a target of armies and smaller forces because it seems like a sound tactic to weaken the other side through limiting their food or their income. Of course, a military might decide to control rather than destroy.
Either way, chocolate prices go up.
I don't want to sound the alarm as some news articles have by bemoaning this idea that chocolate will cost $100 a 2oz bar within the century. I think that scientific developments, greater understanding of cacao plants, and changing climate conditions might have decreased The Ivory Coast's lead a bit but I think you all best be prepared to pay more for your chocolate in the next decade or so before new countries or increased crops from other areas develop.
This is why it is important to read blogs or reviews like The Chocolate Cult. You'll get an idea of what you should or might want to spend money on before you do. We pledge to never take money for or reviews so that you are assured that we will provide you with as much full sensory information in as unbiased a fashion as we can in our "Saturday Sacraments" and our "Special Sacramental Reviews". Other reviews will also be as unbiased as we can though they are unlikely to be as sensory descriptive.
So now is the time to start following us, commenting, and getting those you care about to read us, too. We are going to save you money and help you make the best decisions about chocolate. That's part of our mission here on The Chocolate Cult.
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