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Make Sure it's Legal on July 18 at EDBI!
"I fought the law, and the law won!" Making a film can be a scary process, especially when it comes to the legal side. And there will come a point in every project where legal help is not only needed but required. But how do you find an entertainment attorney? What is the process to engage an attorney? What should you expect when you finally engage one? How do you best work with an attorney for the good of your project?
As a new or well seasoned filmmaker, getting in contact with the right attorney may be the most difficult part of the filmmaking process. Obtaining the rights to music, a book you would like to adapt, etc. makes filmmaking not so fun.
Come join us at this month's EDBI to get a chance to have some real talk with real attorneys and possibly avoid a trip to the courthouse.
Attorneys: Deborah Gonzalez, Forrest Clinard, Auric Steele, and Peter Duitsman
Sponsored By: Letterbox Legal
Please remember Manuel's Tavern generously provides our meeting space for free, so please grab a bite to eat, something to drink, and tip the fantastic server working the event!


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Applied ICT AS/A-Level at Greig City Academy
Course description
This is a modern and relevant course. It is ideal for those wishing to study ICT but wanting to go into other careers. Its subject matter is wide ranging and the skills learnt are applicable to higher education.
Course content
In year 12, the AS year, students must complete two pieces of assessed coursework which are presented in an e-portfolio and they take a 2½ hour exam on the computers.
In Year 13, the A2 year, students must complete a further two pieces of assessed coursework which are presented in an e-portfolio and they take a 10 hour database exam on the computers
Entry requirements
Most students will have successfully completed a GCSE level course in ICT. Good passes in Mathematics and English are an advantage.
The course is assessed by four coursework submissions (two for A2 and four for AS). Additionally there is one examined unit at AS level and one externally set and marked assignment for A2.
There is a mixture of: theory, discussions, a large amount self directed research, and practical skills lessons to deal with completing electronic portfolios and software specific topics.
Future opportunities
All go on to university to study courses such as: architecture, engineering, computer enhanced film and animation, computer science, web design, graphics, systems analysis, database management, accounting, fashion, software development.
How to apply
If you want to apply for this course, you will need to contact Greig City Academy directly.


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$75, includes full guided day and packed lunch by Prospect at Scribner's
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Bushwhacking season is upon us--celebrate No-Trail-November with Catskill Mountain Wild and Scribner's Lodge!
This event is for advanced hikers who are looking to leave the trails behind and learn the basics of back-country navigation. We will go over map and compass reading and how to navigate the natural land. We will work together to put these skills to use as we find a route to the summit of Rusk Mountain, one of the trail-less peaks needed to join the Catskill Mountain 3500 Club. We will be gaining nearly 1,600 feet in elevation to the forest-covered peak, giving us a tough climb and very limited views. These characteristics are common in Catskill Mountain bushwhacks.
You can never be too prepared for off-trail hiking in the Catskills. Wear durable hiking attire and proper fitting hiking boots or shoes. Dress in layers and be sure to pack extra warm clothing and rain gear. Bushwhacking will often lead us through thick brush, tall grass, stinging nettles and prickers. For this reason, long sleeves and pants are strongly recommended.
Bring enough water for an entire day of exploring, 2 liters is suggested per person. Lunch will be provided by Scribner's Prospect, but it is always a safe idea to pack extra snacks. Expect to be in the woods through the afternoon. An exact time of completion can not be given due to terrain, group size and other variables.


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May 2017 Newsletter
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- Important Dates to Remember
- Updates at Hales Property Management
- How To: Pick Up Condo Gardening
- Best of the Hales Blog
- Maintenance Tip: Retrieve an Object from the Drain
- From the Desk of Keith Hales
Dates to Remember
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Updates at Hales Property Management
How to: Pick Up Condo Gardening
Gardening in the urban environment (read: without much space) is a challenge, but creative urban gardeners have come up with many ways of solving the problem. Just in time for the spring gardening season, here are 5 tips for growing condo gardening:
1. Containers are Your Friend
When space is limited, use containers to grow your plants. They'll keep your system portable, and can transition easily from room to room or indoors to outdoors.
2. Use Potting Soil
Potting soil, compared to regular soil, is lighter and drains better, which is crucial for growing things indoors.
3. Provide Adequate Light
Plants need sunlight to thrive (unless you want to invest in a sophisticated UV light setup). Stick to the parts of your condo that get adequate daylight, or you'll run into trouble.
4. Don't Overwater
With new gardeners, over-watering is more of a problem that underwatering. The rule of thumb is to wait until the top of the soil in the planter is dry before watering again.
5. Be Creative About Finding Room
Plants can thrive in many places around your condo: in window boxes, on planters hanging from the ceiling, even on the walls themselves.
Q: How can I easily lower my electricity bill this spring and summer?
A: Replace incandescent bulbs with CFLs (compact fluorescents), which are now cheaper than ever. Look into LEDs if you're interested in a higher cost up front but even more savings in the long run.
Maintenance Tip: Retrieve an Object from the Drain
Many of us had the experience of standing by in horror as a valuable object falls in the sink and makes its way down the drain. Thankfully, in the vast majority of cases, the object is easily retrievable because most drains have a pipe trap you can easily take off.


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That's My Theory and I'm Sticking To It!
December 8, 2010
"Don't let the Dunning Kruger Effect cast its shadow over you. If want to be great at something, you have to practice, and then you have to sample the work of people who have been doing it for their whole lives. Compare and contrast and eat some humble pie." —David McRaney
The internet and blogosphere abounds with folks who are supremely confident in their abilities to accurately assess all sorts of topics with absolutely no formal training in those topics. Ehrlinger, Johnson, Banner, Dunning, and Kruger (2008) note that "people hold positive beliefs about their competence to a logically impossible degree." We all do it; some of us to a greater degree than others.
Nowhere is this more evident than on blogs, forums, and yahoo or google groups specific to health conditions. Unfortunately, autism-related groups provides ample evidence of folks who have over-inflated their understanding of all sorts of things related to medical issues, treatments, anatomy and physiology, etc.
One clear example, just today, is Teresa Conrick's rehash of her theory that eye color changes are indicative of mercury toxicity. Never mind that eye color is dependent on the amount of melanin in the iris and that eyes can indeed change color over time. Never mind that the articles that Conrick refers to are talking about changes in the pigment of the lenses. This is an error that is blindingly easy to see, puns intended. Heck, even a website about chakras and third eyes gets the whole eye color thing right. Anything, absolutely anything, to hold onto a theory that's been demonstrated repeatedly to be false. It gets tiring, and the buzzing of cognitive dissonance over there must occasionally have them all ducking for cover.
Does pointing out where they're flat out wrong mean I'm saying I have all the answers? No. I don't, and being willing to acknowledge there are things (oh so many things!) I don't know is, I think, integral to keeping me aware that in the grand scheme of things, well, I know so little. While I think one can deride fools (dumbass, anyone?), I don't think that pointing out errors necessarily has to be done arrogantly, nor that calling someone out for it necessarily rises to arrogance. It is far more arrogant to continue to insist one's theory is right in the face of overwhelming evidence that one is wrong on basic facts.
Parents go to sites like AoA and to groups like yahoo's autism-mercury group, where they read parent after parent so cocksure that they have all the answers. Mothers and fathers dispense medical advice like they have a lock on it: how and when to stick chelating suppositories up their children's bums, how to hide nicotine patches from teachers and others' prying eyes, whether cilantro works as a chelator, what cycle to take ALA on, and on and on and on. These parents have declared themselves the experts on recovering their children.
It's frightening for several reasons. Yes, it is possible for a person to become well-informed on a subject area, but if that person isn't checking with experts to make sure his understanding of the basic concepts is right, then the foundation for all that 'wisdom' being dispensed is an illusion.
There is no substitute for a sound education in the sciences. And it is glaringly obvious when that sound education is missing. Perhaps even more frightening is when that supposed education exists (science teacher over at AoA, anyone?) and yet proof is offered in post after post that the expertise is not there. Wakefield, perhaps, is well-versed as a gastroenterologist (perhaps, although questionable?) and certainly has more education than I do relating to medicine, but it did not and does not make him an authority on autism, and the fact that he built his theories on a house of cards has been clearly revealed to those not wedded in absolute bliss to the idea of him as messiah and deliverer from autism.
Knowing that we have a tendency to overestimate our competence, that we are all privy to making mistakes because of cognitive biases and fallacies, doesn't that mean we should aspire to being reluctant to speak in absolutes, to question everything, even our own conclusions? To go back and check and then check again? And most importantly, to be open to the possibility that we could be wrong?
In too many bastions of the autism community, there is no sign of this kind of introspection. There's no hint of humility. There's the arrogance of ignorance, though, in plenitude. And isn't that a shame? When we hold onto a theory so absolutely, so totally, that there is no chance of any other theory entering, we are forever locked into position, with no way left to alter course.
I'd like to think that I choose not to fortify myself so that I am locked into course, unable to consider the evidence as it occurs. However, I know that even at my most open, I still am gonna trip up because of those biases and heursitics. Confirmation biases and disconfirmation biases are gonna kick me in the ass. All I can hope is that when they do, after they have, I'll be able to recognize it's happened and reconsider. Indeed, David McRaney has the right of it: I must be ready to eat humble pie, no matter how bitter the taste.
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Life is a breeze during the weekend we refer to as the last of summer. This Labor Day, I ventured south to the almost perfectly patriotic city of DC. A late night check in to The Melrose Georgetown Hotel was graciously rewarded with an upgrade to their Presidential Suite. Check out their restaurant Jardenea.
Carry On with The Melrose Georgetown Hotel
2430 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037
Or if it's late, a 20 minute walk from said hotel, will get you to the fantastic Hank's Oyster Bar in Dupont Circle. In addition to brunch, lunch and dinner, they also offer a late-night menu. Get there for 1/2 off small plates and raw bar during their happy hour (5-7pm or 10pm-12am).
Carry On with Hank's Oyster Bar
1624 Q Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
Still hungry? Opt for a heartier bite at The Diner - open 24/7. Food an entertainment go hand-in-hand here situated in the center of Adams Morgan (think St. Marks, Bourbon Street, South Street).
Carry On with The Diner
2453 18th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20009
I had to take in the private terrace that came with the room. If you want to follow my lead, I suggest a quiet and relaxing morning in. I stocked up at the Trader Joe's across the street for bubbly and OJ. Pair that with room service, and breakfast/brunch is served!
Carry On with Trader Joe's
1914 14th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20009
I won't spend a lot of time writing negative comments on any place, but I will put a disclaimer on the Crab Cake Cafe in Inner Harbor. I was looking to fill my fixation for a superior Maryland Crab Cake. They did have a version on their menu, however, neglected to include that their crab is outsourced from Venezuela. Needless to say, I moved on...
Carry On with Crab Cake Cafe
140 National Harbor
National Harbor, MD 21401
Way on - to Baltimore! From one Inner Harbor to another, B'more offers the Thames Street Oyster House - a local haunt that strives to serve the freshest regional catches amidst a breathtaking view anytime of day. At long last, my crab cake was just one of many out of this world (or water) dishes. How can one resist the Grilled Watermelon and Fresh Pasta (Cavatelli pasta, house made ricotta, basil, charred watermelon sauce)?
Carry On with Thames Street Oyster House
1728 Thames Street
Baltimore, MD 21231


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All you Puppie Lovers out there know what Puppie Love™ is about: saving, rescuing and loving our best friends in the world. We do it genuinely, we do it authentically and we do it with the cutest logo ever put on a t-shirt. That's why it breaks our hearts to find out that there are some nefarious individuals out there looking to profit off our good name. Puppie Love™ donates to worthy dog rescue operations around the country based on the sales of our clothing and accessories that features our top pup. We have to come to learn that someone is copying our logo and making their own t-shirts with an obvious imitation of the Puppie Love™ logo, all the way down to the leash in the mouth! For shame!
How can you spot a fake? First off, the words Puppie Love™ are always a part of the logo. This forger is using other verbiage on his or her shirt. The other obvious differences are in the logo copy. To the untrained eye, you might not see the difference, but to Puppie Love™, it's the difference between a puppie and a full-grown doggie. The forger made their dog longer and he doesn't bend his neck up as much our little guy.
So, stay far away from this sad imitation, nothing of which is flattering, at all. Besides the hard work and considerable investment put into making the Puppie Love™ logo as stinkin' cute as possible, we don't know how much in donation dollars has been lost to these scammers. Unfortunately, the dog rescue operations we support across the country are the ones ultimately getting hurt.
We are unsure as to how many other shop shelves these shirts have made their way on, so please spread the word and don't buy fake Puppie Love™ shirts. Additionally, please let us know when you see forgeries. Take a picture and send it to us! We cannot assume the store owners have any knowledge of these fakes so we'll communicate with the store owners if we hear from you about it.
If you purchased a Southern Puppy Life shirt under the impression that it was an authentic Puppie Love tee, please send a photo of the shirt to us at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Dr. Hunter Baker
J.D., University of Houston Law Center
Ph.D., Baylor University
M.P.A., University of Georgia
B.S., Florida State University
Hunter Baker, Ph.D. is the winner of the 2011 Michael Novak Award conferred by the Acton Institute which has been rated as one of the top global think tanks. He is the author of The End of Secularism (Crossway Academic, 2009). The book has been widely reviewed and commented upon in print by Books & Culture, Touchstone, Christianity Today, and The Washington Times and online at First Things and National Review. It was endorsed by Dr. David Dockery, Robert Sirico, Dr. Francis Beckwith, Herbert London, Russell Moore, Jennifer Roback-Morse, and Glenn Stanton prior to publication and has subsequently been cited favorably by the New York Times bestselling novelist Andrew Klavan and D.A. Carson.
Dr. Baker serves as acting dean of arts and sciences, dean of instruction, and associate professor of political science at Union University. He was selected to deliver the endowed Gheens Lectures titled "The System Has a Soul" at Southern Seminary in 2010 and has spoken on the same program with Mark Noll, R.R. Reno, and Juan Williams at Hillsdale College. At Trinity Law School, he teaches the course, "Politics, Law and Religion."
Dr. Baker is the co-founder of The City, a journal of Christian thought and is a contributing editor to Salvo. His work either has appeared or is scheduled to appear in the Journal of Law and Religion, the Journal of Markets & Morality, Touchstone, Themelios, Religion & Liberty, The Regent University Law Review, The American Spectator, and a wide variety of other publications. He is also the author of book chapters in edited volumes from Dr. David Dockery, John Mark Reynolds, and Donald Schmeltekopf.
Dr. Baker holds the bachelor of science in economics and political science from Florida State University, the master of public administration from the University of Georgia, the doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Houston, and the doctor of philosophy in religion, politics, and society from Baylor University. He served as president of the Florida State University chapter of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship as an undergraduate.


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During my several years onboard cruise ships, Alaska is the area where I have cruised most frequently. I have spent at least four cruising seasons in Alaska. At that time I was a hard working crew member in my early twenties who would have much preferred to have been in a sunnier destination, such as the Mediterranean etc., spending my day off each week lazing on a beach. However, when I look back on that period of my life, I now realise just how fortunate I was to be able to spend so much time in beautiful Alaska.
During one particular season, I had just switched from working in the spa to working in the Shore Excursions office. This is where we would sell shore excursions (land tours) to passengers for each of the upcoming ports of call that our ship would visit. My manager informed me that in order for me to be able to sell the tours well, I would need to experience as many of them as I could. This would then enable me to answer any passenger questions and/or make appropriate suggestions when they needed advice. From then on in every port, I was sent off to join one of the tours we offered, free of charge! So began my incredible Alaskan adventures!
During my time onboard, we visited the following ports and I was lucky enough to experience these once in a lifetime tour experiences…
Misty Fjords & Wilderness Explorer
This was one of my favourite tours in Alaska. We boarded a fast, sightseeing boat in Ketchikan harbour and went out to explore the Misty Fjords National Monument, one of nature's most spectacular creations. Absolutely magnificent!
The Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show
An entertaining show just a short walk from the pier, where the world's best lumberjacks go head-to-head in more than a dozen exciting events such as chopping, sawing, relay races, axe throwing, log rolling and a 50-foot speed climb.
Wilderness Exploration & Crab Feast
During this Alaskan experience, we first pulled Dungeness crab pots from a wilderness estuary and I was able to pick one up and look at it closely. We then went to the George Inlet Lodge (a historic cannery building converted to an elegant oceanside lodge) for lunch. After a quick lesson in the art of crab cracking, I enjoyed an all-you-can-eat crab feast, followed by cheesecake smothered in Alaskan blueberries whilst watching the cute little humming birds just outside my window.
During this boat tour we observed sea otters, whales, sea lions, porpoise, harbor seals, brown bears, black-tail deer, bald eagles and a variety of marine birds.
Sitka National Historic Totem Park
A visit to this magical forest is a must when in Sitka, and as it is just a short walk from the town centre, I visited often. I really enjoyed walking along the trails through this forest, littered with historical totem poles, with amazing views over the harbour and mountainside.
Alaskan Salmon Bake
During this tour we enjoyed an all-you-can-eat salmon bake feast. The Alaskan wild salmon was barbecued to perfection over an open fire. We then went for a stroll through the nearby woods and along Salmon Creek, then roasted marshmallows over the campfire for dessert.
Five Glacier Seaplane Exploration
What an unforgettable experience! Boarding a floatplane for the first time, knowing that we would need to land back down on water was a little nerve wracking. My adrenaline was pumping as we flew over the five distinctly different, absolutely majestic glaciers making up a section of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Ice Field. Seeing these glaciers from the air was such an amazing experience!!
Mendenhall River Trip
At the edge of the beautiful Mendenhall Lake, we hopped into a large canoe and took off on an unforgettable adventure where we got up close and personal with nature, the glacier, icebergs, waterfalls and wildlife. The Mendenhall glacier is a half-mile wide and more than one hundred feet tall at the face.
This was a crew member favourite, along with a visit to the good old Viking bar! From the centre of town, you can board the Mount Roberts Tramway, which takes you to the top of Mount Roberts overlooking the beautiful town of Juneau, Alaska's capital. Here you can take in the beautiful views with the Chilkat Mountains to the north, Stephens Passage to the south, Douglas Island to the west and, in the east, Silver Bow Basin. Watch for wildlife and birds on your way to the bear-viewing platforms. I spotted a bear on my way up the mountain on multiple occasions. At the top you will find many amazing walking tracks, a gallery and a restaurant.
Whale Watching & Wildlife Quest
This sightseeing cruise guaranteed whale watching. I boarded a catamaran and cruised through the picturesque waters of Stephens Passage. This area is world-renowned as a favoured summer feeding ground for humpback whales. We were able to get up very close to humpback whales, killer whales, sea lions, otters, seals and bald eagles.
A visit to Alaska is not complete without a ride on a dog sled, a visit to a musher's camp, or ideally both!. This is how you will experience a true Alaskan adventure whilst supporting the state sport of dog mushing. We drove deep into the Tongass National Rain Forest to visit this musher camp. Here we had a blast on an authentic dog sled ride, we met knowledgeable mushers and dog handlers, and playing with the husky puppies.
The world-famous Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve boasts the largest gathering of bald eagles anywhere. It is also home to moose, bears, wolves, and a host of other animals. We boarded an 18-foot inflatable raft and 7,000-foot peaks towered above us as we floated down the river, spotting many impressively large bald eagles perched on branches right alongside the river.
The Red Onion Saloon
White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad
Riding the train along the antique White Pass & Yukon narrow-gauge railway was such a great experience. The White Pass & Yukon Route itself is unlike any other railroad. Against all odds, the iron trail was carved through some of the North's most rugged terrain in 1898. Built during the Klondike Gold Rush, this engineering wonder is an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark — an honor shared with the Eiffel Tower, the Panama Canal and the Statue of Liberty. This vintage train climbs up the mountain and around cliff-hanging turns offering breathtaking panoramic views of the surrounding mountains, glaciers, gorges, waterfalls, tunnels, trestles and historic sites from the Gold Rush era.
Icy Strait Point
Icy Strait Point adorns the north end of Chichagof Island and Glacier Bay is just across Icy Strait to the north. Icy Strait Point gives you the perfect chance to explore old forests, or kayak along rich coastal waters. If your adrenaline stores are low, you can take a ride on the world's longest zip line. A very picturesque area where simply going for a walk was breathtaking enough.
Glacier Bay
Cruise ships typically spend a full day (9-10 hours) cruising through Glacier Bay, including a stop at a major glacier. For most passengers, this day will be the highlight of their Alaskian Inside Passage Cruise. From the decks of the ship, you can view several glaciers and breathtaking mountains. The ship will then get up as close as possible to a glacier so that you can see enormous chunks of ice splitting off and thundering into the sea below. This impact then causes large waves of water, which can rock even the largest of cruise ships. Very impressive! If you are lucky enough, you can catch the moment on film; however at that time, i did not own a video camera (or a mobile phone). So my photos do not do this whole experience justice. However, you can see and hear the "white thunder" on YouTube! Another great video I found which really captures the beauty of sailing into Glacier Bay is this one.
College Fjord
Traditional Crew Tug-of-War Challenge
As you can see by the above photos, Alaska is simply stunning. Nature at it's best. So next time you are looking for a unique holiday destination, don't dismiss this amazing wilderness, bursting with outdoor adventure.


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Whether you are planning to move to Peru, or you are already living here, the Expat Peru forum is a great place to meet people and to find information. Welcome to our community!
gringolandia wrote:From what I've heard, the main thing is to not squeeze the limes too much. After you get the main part of the juice out, don't try to get every last drop out because the last drops will not taste the same and ruin the flavor of the drink. Why? I have no idea. But I've heard this from a lot of people. And now I pass on this scientifically unverified information to you
It actually would be interesting to test if the last drops taste different from the rest to see if this is really true or not. Maybe the last drops could have a stronger taste of pulp or something? So i guess it is not true that I have no idea. I have one idea, and that is it.
clewis564 wrote:Just in case you were wondering the 2 hour Pisco class was $150. I thought that was a bit much. I don't mind the $40 for an art gallery tour but I plan on going to Mistura and doing other things and bringing my own bottles of Pisco back to the states with me. I have a Pisco Sour book with recipes in it and as you say watch youtube. Much cheaper option.


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Professor Geoffrey Samuel
Honorary Associate
2010 University Buddhist Education Foundation Visiting Professor
A20 - John Woolley Building
The University of Sydney
Biographical details
Geoffrey Samuel is Professor in the School of Religious and Theological Studies at Cardiff University. He has researched and published extensively in the areas of religion in Tibetan societies, the historical development and contemporary practice of technologies of consciousness, the relationship between consciousness, body and materiality, particularly in relation to healing, as well as the history of meditation, yoga and tantra in India and Tibet and other Asian medical, health and yogic practices. Professor Samuel also has interests in Religion and modernity, including Buddhism in contemporary societies, gender, sexuality and masculinity in Asian cultures and also Shamanism and ?nature religions?. His most recent work published last year is The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century, and recently he also produced Tantric Revisionings: New Understandings of Tibetan Buddhism and Indian Religion. He is particularly well-known for his highly influential Civilized Shamans: Buddhism in Tibetan Societies. He is joint editor of the journal Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity and he has also recently established the Body, Health and Religion (BAHAR) International Research Network.
Sydney Lecture Series | online resources
- Flyer for Professor Samuel's talks in semester 2, 2010
- Tibetan Buddhist Resources - prepared by Geoffrey Samuel in connection with the UBEF Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies Lecture Series, University of Sydney, August to October 2010
- Sydney Lecture Series bibliography
Slide show presentations
- Lecture 1 Tibetan Buddhism as a System of Knowledge [2.5 Mb]
- Lecture 2 Tibetan Buddhism as an Ethical Tradition [2.4 Mb]
- Lecture 3 Lamas and Lay Practitioners, Monasteries and Temples [2.1 Mb]
- Lecture 4 Tibetan Buddhism as Practical Religion [1.8 Mb]
- Lecture 5 Tibetan Buddhism and the Tibetan Art of Healing [2.6 Mb]
- Lecture 6 Tibetan Buddhism, Place and Identity [2.1 Mb]
- Lecture 7 Tibetan Buddhism, Women and Gender [1.0 Mb]
- Lecture 8 Tibetan Buddhism and the Bon Religion [2.8 Mb]
[photo: Torbjørn Hobbel]
Selected grants
- Compassion at the heart of well-being: an inter-disciplinary study of well-being in a healthcare setting; Huppert F, Johnson A, Nguyen H, O'Connor S, Samuel G; John Templeton Foundation/Large Grants.
Selected publications
Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West: Between mind and body (Routledge, 2013)
Introducing Tibetan Buddhism (Routledge, 2012)


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Kristin Texeira - Painter
When you're in a bit of funk, one look at Kristin Texeira's paintings and you're instantly in a brighter mood. Kristin started painting as a child, preoccupying herself with coloring books and puzzles, and eventually pursued art as a career. She has shown her work at galleries in New York, Paris, and other parts of the world. Learn about her approach to painting, what brought her to Brooklyn, and where you can snatch up one her lovely pieces below.
Where are you from and when did you start painting?
I grew up in West Bridgewater, a small town in Massachusetts 30 minutes south of Boston. I've been painting since I was a kid. I was an only child until 6 years old when my brother was born. So in my early childhood, I entertained myself with coloring books, watercolors, and puzzles. I'd tape my paintings to my grandmother's walls and have art exhibitions for myself.
What kind of paintings do you make? What dictates what you will create?
I make abstract oil paintings that are based on memories and interactions with people and places. Certain colors come to mind when I engage with a place or recall a moment in time, and I use these colors to tell a story.
Where is your favorite place to get inspiration?
Any place that is new. Traveling to a new city is always a shock to the senses. It helps keep me awake and aware of the subtle-everyday moments that feed my work. It also helps me appreciate the place I've just left -- I can reflect on where I was before my travels while I'm away. I need to be on the move in order to create space between the past and present because most of my works concern memory.
Are there places where we may have seen your work?
Uprise Art is a gallery on Canal Street that puts a lot of my work out into the world. I had a mural up on Orchard and Broome [in NY] for a few months outside of Tictail Marketplace. Slow Galerie in Paris. Room 68 in Boston/Provincetown. The Jaunt art residency had me roaming around Newfoundland last summer. The streets of Bisbee, Arizona. Pretty much every room of everyone I love -- always gifting out color to the homies. THE GRAM.
If you had to choose 3 words to describe your artwork, what would they be?
Crispy, nostalgic, pensive.
Does your personal style influence your art and vice versa?
Other than maybe music - no. I don't wear a lot of colors, I don't paint the colors of my clothes. But, if I'm listening to certain music -- the sound, beat, feel of the music subconsciously seeps into my work. I have to be careful to what I'm listening to sometimes. Often I keep a song on repeat so that I don't break whatever trance I get myself into while working on a piece.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Lately, just messing around with these paper mâché sculptures that I made -- for no reason. Just want to play with color. Now that I make a living off my work it's changed the way I feel about making paintings. There are days that painting feels like work because I have to produce for a gallery, or deliver for a show. Painting on these weirdo sculptures feels like play-paint again. I can zone out - no pressure.
Why did you come to New York?
After college at MassArt, I moved around a bit doing seasonal jobs and attending art residencies. Throughout my travels I met a lot of artists who were older than me -- most of them live in Brooklyn. I had always been fascinated by the abstract expressionists in NYC of the '50s so the city was already on my radar. In 2011, I received a love letter from Brooklyn while I was attending a residency in France. All the forces were pointing me to New York so I moved here.
What is your favorite thing about New York?
Having one of those "New York" days when you say yes to something you didn't plan on and then just letting the day take you around the city. Running into friends in the street. Knowing how to move about by cardinal directions. Feeling like you've had 10 good days in 1.
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Nicole is a gem in all fields of healing. From breath work, to wellness coaching, yoga, and meditation, she has always given me clarity and perspective facilitating my mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual growth. She exemplifies beauty and compassion, guiding us all to our truest and happiest nature.
I am so grateful to Nicole. I have enjoyed a relatively happy and successful life, but had been feeling for many months that it was time for a change. However, the thought of leaving what I had worked so hard to build and step into something new was literally causing me to have panic attacks. Through Nicole's coaching and the Transformational Breath, I not only learned how to manage my emotions so the panic attacks are gone, I am courageously taking steps to follow one of my biggest dreams! I feel so empowered and excited to be trusting my heart!
As a commercial asset manager, I'm responsible for handling significant financial transactions on a daily basis. These can be quite stressful, as there's both client & personal liability involved. I experimented with meditation over the years in an attempt to help mitigate the stress that comes with my occupation, but with limited results. I read several books on the subject - everything from Kundalini to Zazen. But only after working with Nicole was I able to capture the ability to not only "de-stress" at the end of a long day, but also learned how to significantly enhance my night's sleep. Nicole Martel is the consummate holistic practitioner and instructor. I will be forever grateful for her assistance in this discipline.
I really enjoy my sessions with Nicole! She is so present, compassionate, and one of the best listeners I've ever experienced. The sessions have moved a lot of energy and left me feeling embodied and connected. Through her coaching guidance and the Transformational Breathwork, I have also experienced some deep and blissful meditative states, and more well-being in my life. I highly recommend working with Nicole, her presence and skills are truly a gift to receive!
Nicole has been my guide on a spiritual path that has led me to my Great Spirit, a higher power I can finally understand, embrace and trust as my own. Through this experience I have found peace, love, happiness and joy I never thought was possible. Nicole has shown me how to love and have compassion for myself, and to radiate that wonderful energy to others. This is all so critical to my sobriety, and most importantly to my life. Nicole is a compassionate and insightful listener who is always there to provide me guidance and direction as my Spiritual Coach/Mentor. She has helped me to realize my life is full of infinite spectacular possibilities just waiting to be manifested in my life. With Nicole's coaching, meditation guidance, breath coaching and overall well being counseling, I finally feel truly alive and connected to the amazing energy of the universe.
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Small Group Discussion Guide
-To BE or not to BE?-
What is the kindest thing another person has done for you? Share the story.
1. 'Blessed are those who hunger & thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.' - Matthew 5:6
Read Psalm 42:1. Think of a time when you were extremely hungry or thirsty. How does that longing compare to your longing to live righteously (in a way that honors God)?
Read John 6:35; Galatians 5:16; John 15:5. How would you describe someone who is living (walking) in the Spirit? How would you describe someone who is living (walking) in the flesh?
2. 'Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.' - Matthew 5:7
The word mercy means... "to be gracious, to console, to be sensitive. It's compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm."
Share a story of a time when you showed someone mercy. How did it make you feel and how did it make them feel?
Read Galatians 6:7. How does Matthew 5:7 tie into this principle of sowing and reaping in Galatians 6:7?
3. 'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.' - Matthew 5:8
Read Psalm 24:3-4. When you think of a pure heart, what comes to your mind?
Online pornography viewing has increased a hundredfold over the past 10 years alone. Did any of Pastor Bryan's statistics regarding pornography surprise you? What would you consider to be the primary dangers of pornography?
Read II Corinthians 10:5; Philippians 4:8-9. The battle for purity begins in one's mind. How would you advise someone to "take captive every thought" to make it obedient to Christ?
Read Hebrews 10:24-25; James 5:16. Why is it so important to have a safe person in your life with whom you can share your struggles? Do you have such a person?
Choose one of these three areas - righteousness, mercy or purity – and ask God to help you grow stronger in that arena of your life.
If you don't have an accountability partner to whom you can confess your struggles, begin praying and thinking about someone who might play that role in your life.
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Ashley Pearlman
I first found yoga as I was in a transitional period of my life. During that time, yoga helped me feel more grounded, more in control of my life, and more peaceful. Yoga allowed me to get out of my head, get into my body, and become more present and aware with each breath I take. Being someone who has dealt with depression and anxiety, yoga offered a path out of the darkness. The path is different for everyone but I truly believe yoga can help any BODY. Although I teach many different styles of yoga, my passion lies in teaching Yin. I also enjoy teaching Vinyasa and Hatha, and making one-on-one connections in private lessons. My goal is to create a welcoming and exploratory environment in which you can center your mind, body, and focus. I want to help people find a calm inner being so that they can think clearer, breath easier, move more fluidly, and live better. Knowing how much yoga has helped me physically, mentally, and emotionally, it is truly my honor and pleasure to share it with you.
Heather Gjerde
A 500-hour Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher based in San Diego, CA. She distills sacred and effective yoga teachings into yoga classes and meditations that are accessible to students at any level of their practice. Heather's specialties include Vinyasa (Hatha) and Tantra (restorative) yoga and guided meditation. She has discovered optimal health and healing through yoga and is dedicated to sharing those resources with others so they can discover their own balance and bliss. She teaches public and private yoga classes, hosts yoga retreats and shares resources online where you can find balance, regardless of where you roll out your mat, at Vintantra
Kenna Crouch
Kenna's interest in yoga developed around age 20. As a dancer, yoga seemed to come naturally as well as cultivate a much needed strength and awareness; but it was the full feeling of integrity of Being that she experienced on the mat, present with her breath, that made Kenna's love for Yoga profound and consistent over time. Kenna completed 200-hr. yoga teacher training in 2010 with Sherry Shreck, in the Anusara style, in Encinitas, CA. Through out the years, Kenna's teaching career has flourished around her heart-felt yoga classes, skilled workshops, inspiring retreats and therapeutic corporate and private practice. In 2015, she traveled to Kerala in southern India for a month to further her yoga studies in Rajanaka Tantra and Vinyasa with Danny Arguetty and Lora Heiner. Yin yoga has also been the subject of recent inquiry and interest after Kenna studied with Joe Barnett in May 2016 in Zurich; she is now officially a 500-hr. trained yoga teacher with nearly a decade of teaching experience, mainly in California, but also Italy, Germany and Switzerland. Now involved in the Yoga Six Teacher Training program, Kenna is thrilled to inspire and sharpen the skills of new teachers in the field, and motivated by all she learns along the way of her never-ending path in Yoga.
Megan Hahn
Megan is an accomplished Pilates, Yoga, Barre, and Bootcamp instructor, and started her fitness career in 2010 teaching mat Pilates classes in Florida. Megan found that studio practice complimented her active lifestyle of running, surfing, and climbing. She became a certified barre instructor in 2012, and in 2014 earned her Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) certification.
With a passion for the outdoors, Megan enjoys trail runs, surfing, and rock climbing. Her classes and instruction provide a way for clients to feel empowered to build and maintain strength to live an active joyful life. Megan currently teaches yoga and group fitness classes throughout North County San Diego, and also offers personal fitness sessions.
Caroline Chiesa
Caroline is known for her compassionate, non-judgemental teaching style by creating a safe and encouraging environment to fit a diverse group of students from beginners, to advanced practitioners. Caroline's passions are breathwork and helping students feel empowered to become more connected and familiar with their physical bodies, while uniting them with Ātman (the soul, or true self).
Among completion of her 200 RYT at Trilogy Sanctuary, Caroline is also a certified Aerial Yoga instructor and finds tremendous healing and freedom through the aerial arts. She completed her 500 RYT at the Soul of Yoga Institute in Encinitas, and is simultaneously working towards a certification in Yoga Therapy and Ayurvedic heath counseling. She's had the honor and privilege of studying under various experts, with lifetime's worth of experience in the field of yoga studies.
Caroline finds joy in travel and nature and encourages a feeling of interconnectedness to all things. Ayurveda is one of her greatest interests, and she pulls much inspiration for her classes from the Ashtanga lineage and the teachings of Pattabhi Jois.
Patanjali's Sutra 1.1 : "Atha yoga anushasanam" Now, the teachings of yoga...
Melody LeGoff
Melody was born in Paris, France and came to the USA through a tennis scholarship.
Melody spent over a decade in the corporate world culminating in the position of managing director for a large international corporation. This highly competitive and stress inducing environment provided an excellent environment for her to utilize the meditation and breathwork lessons that she had learned on the yoga mat since early 2008.
Others in her office started noticing a huge positive shift in her attitude and performance at work and soon she was giving guidance on how to be more present, creative and focused by utilizing simple lessons of meditation, movement and breathwork. After some time, Melody decided to make a shift, follow her passion and dedicate her trainings to make Mindfulness easier to practice in the corporate world.
Melody has taught in several countries and practices around the world to deepen her practice and knowledge.


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We don't need a word for people who don't believe in gods just as we don't need a word for people who don't believe that the world is flat. We don't label people as non-astrologers or non-racists. Theists often depict atheism as a belief system. Atheism is not a thing in of itself. A lack of belief is simply a lack of belief.
A war between two equivalent ideological systems is doomed to a bitter deadlock with each side only digging in deeper. Instead, we have to fight a war of ideas. We can't topple an entire belief system, but we can change a person's views one idea at a time. By focusing our efforts on a particular idea rather than an entire belief system, we can gain ground. For instance, trying to convince a fundamentalist Christian that the universe is older than 6,000 years old will generally be easier than trying to convince a fundamentalist Christian that all of Christianity is false. A better strategy would be to convince them that the universe is older than Christian texts indicate. Then we would transition into evidence for the natural processes which have made the universe the way it is today, such as celestial body formation, chemical reactions which could create organic compounds, and, of course, evolution.
By accepting the label of "Atheist", we allow our ideas to be dismissed arbitrarily because our ideas are lumped in with those of all our fellow atheists. Atheism is not powerful. Conversation is powerful. Our strategy in this war of ideas has to be one that cultivates open, honest conversation. To make real progress, people on both sides have to stop viewing each other as ideological opponents and start seeing them only as other people. Labeling and identifying with particular groups only hinders progress by creating unnecessary division.
I am not an atheist. I am just a person who thinks as an individual. I believe what I believe for good reasons. And I'm wrong about some things. But I'm probably right about the nonexistence of gods, and if asked, I can show you why. Not because I'm an atheist, but because I am a rational human being who has looked at the evidence for himself. That's it.


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Join Lydia Rhyne of Brass Button Events and Klum House for a quick and fun, veg-tanned leather wallet workshop. Choose from one of two designs in class. You'll learn how to punch, stamp, protect and stitch your own custom wallet. You'll learn tips and tricks on how to choose the best leather for your project, set snaps with the industrial snap press, and saddle stitch all the pieces together. While working alongside others, we'll share an afternoon of creativity, and you'll take home a beautiful wallet made with your own hands.
Level: Absolute Beginner
Skills Learned
- Hand sewing leather with a saddle stitch + wax thread
- Leather stamping
- Adding snaps to leather with an industrial snap press
- How to choose and protect leather
- Leather tooling
What to Expect
Spend time with us in the fun, relaxed DIY class. We'll eat snacks, make rad things with our hands and hang out. Leave with new knowledge of leather working & "I made this!" bragging rights.


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Cheese Burst Bread Pizza Without Microwave :
We all love Dominos cheese burst pizza and yes now you can also make it at home easily.This Mouth watering cheese burst bread pizzas can make your pizza eating experience memorable. Crust with oodles of yummy liquid mozzarella …all prepared at home.
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Do you live in the city but want to start doing more trail running? This info session with Joel Conde, trail keeper program coordinator for Baltimore City Parks & Recreation will inform you of your trail options in Baltimore and give you a chance to ask all of your trail-related questions. Join us at 6:00pm on Tuesday, May 8th at Charm City Run Fells Point.
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Pamel of Cervical Cancer Survivors talk about what it's like to live with this sexually transmitted disease that causes Cervical Cancer. Ladies please get HPV screening done if you are sexually active.
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A winsome, suspenseful New England novel.
In the quaint Massachusetts village of Petawket, narrator Beth Beavers is not living the life of her dreams. Frumpy, unassertive and still unhappily unmarried in her late 30s, Farewell's (Old Rye, 2009, etc.) protagonist finds no solace in the company of her mean-spirited co-worker at the local church, and she can't find distraction from the recent death of her mother with whom she lived. But a budding friendship with beautiful local dressmaker Kate Cullen, who lives and works out of the old lighthouse in town, gets Beth thinking that she might not be condemned to wither away in Petawket after all, especially after Kate decides to open a store in Boston and hires Beth to work there. In addition to a sisterly camaraderie, the two women also share the pain of grief—Kate's husband, Albert, was lost at sea nearly a year ago. Of course, there's a hitch in this Hitchcock-ian tale of trust and betrayal: In the first chapter, Beth discovers some rather incriminating evidence about the circumstances surrounding Albert's death. Even so, Beth struggles with whether or not the kind young woman who's taken an almost philanthropic interest in her could be capable of murder. Their friendship is made even more fraught by Beth's obsessive jealousy of Kate, whose talent, charm and impeccable appearance she constantly comments upon. And when Kate begins dating the former high school classmate Beth's spent years pining for, Beth's resentment only continues to grow—until she's faced with a difficult decision and some demons of her own. Funny, pathetic and sympathetic in equal parts, Beth Beavers is an exceptional narrator, and even when Farewell's lucid prose now and then veers toward cliché ("hungry as a bear," etc.), it's easily absorbed into Beth's clear and well-developed voice. The narrative builds to a climactic confrontation scene that is perfectly executed, but the book loses its guiding light after that, with a resolution much neater and simpler than the rest of the story.
Entertaining and endearing, Farewell's new novel is a well-tailored fit for fans of women-centered mysteries and books about female friendship.


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When you begin to learn how to play guitar online first you have to understand how to hold a guitar. Learning how to play guitar on the internet is arguably the very best guitar teaching method ever. Normally, learning guitar online with the appropriate resources can definitely offer you a headstart because you would find it possible to learn at your own pace and time. An individual can even learn how to play the guitar online. You're able to find guitar tuners online. You might find various guitar teachings online.
What to Expect From Guitar?
Print out lessons when you would like. Online guitar lessons will help save you a good deal of time and a lot of money. Online electric guitar lessons are somewhat more student-friendly.
Certain that you can repeat lessons with a conventional instructor too-if you've got the money to spend! If you're a beginner, then you ought to receive beginner guitar lessons. If you're looking for beginner guitar lessons online it requires a little more precaution than having private tuition at a nearby guitar centre or house visit. More frequently than not, when you're browsing for free guitar lessons online, you will find lots of lessons which will just offer you tablature of your favourite songs. Online guitar lessons are going to teach you every facet of playing your guitar. Uncomplicated guitar lessons can occasionally become a failure without the correct guidance and lessons. Whether you are searching for the in home guitar lessons or piano lessons, you've come to the correct place.
With a few chords below your belt, the next lesson is likely to teach you the best way to strum a guitar. When you register for guitar lessons online, you ought to be getting a broad musical education. Online guitar lessons are made to enable you to have a wonderful time while you're learning to play the guitar. Both cheaper and much more flexible, they are a great alternative to the traditional in-person style. Online guitar lessons for beginners can help you to learn how to play the guitar from the fundamentals, you are able to learn in your spare time.
You just want the proper lessons to learn from. The best thing about online guitar lessons is that whether you handle a respectable individual or organization, they will provide a money-back guarantee and you can download your lessons immediately. They provide a lot of advantages over private lessons. Finally, what's so cool about online country guitar lessons is you will be taking lessons in the comfort of your own house.
The Battle Over Guitar and How to Win It
You'll discover that it's much simpler to learn guitar for a beginner if you're following precisely the same instructor every time. If you wish to learn guitar there are a couple of general tips that you ought to be mindful of. There are lots of other distinctive forms of acoustic guitars from various pieces of the planet. When the guitar is set in the right position on your lap, permit the surface of the guitar to rest back gently so you can get a better view of what you're playing. If you own a guitar and an online connection, then you may want to start looking into taking online guitar lessons.
There's a type of guitar called lefty guitars that are especially created for the left-handed. All traditional varieties of guitar have a body that is hollow. Despite the fact that you never played the guitar, with the right quantity of training you to can develop into a guitar pro right away. The guitar is a tough instrument to master and it's smart to have someone who's patient and can work at your pace to assist you learn easily and efficiently. What a feeling it is to be in a position to sit down with your guitar and produce your own music. Some people wish to understand how to play the guitar only for the fun of it and others wish to play at parties and become an expert. Bass guitars are made to earn a very low bass rhythm.
The Ultimate Guitar Trick
If you wish to learn guitar you first have to learn to learn. Contrary to other musical instruments, guitars use not merely five-line staff but in addition four-line and six-line staff. If you assure that, learning the guitar with an internet teacher will be able to help you to develop into a better guitar player as time passes. The guitar also has a freestyle mode, which gives you the ability to compose your own songs or play any way you desire. Not all acoustic guitars are created from the exact sort of wood.


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Some Questions About Mesothelioma and the Navy
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer caused by exposure to a chemical found in asbestos. Asbestos served many purposes until the 1970's, when it was realized that there was a link between exposure to asbestos and disease. On navy ships asbestos was very frequently used because if its heat resistant qualities, unfortunately, mesothelioma has become yet another on the long list of health problems of veterans.
Mesothelioma and the Navy FAQs
Why is mesothelioma such a prevalent disease among navy veterans?
Because of the heat resistant properties of asbestos, it was commonly used in shipyards and on all Navy ships until the early 1970's when it was found to be harmful to humans. Before this, Navy war ships were constructed almost completely of asbestos. Everything from cables, pipe fittings, even gaskets were made with products containing asbestos. Navy veterans have the highest rate of mesothelioma among uniformed service veterans because of the intense exposure to asbestos on ships.
What are the symptoms of mesothelioma?
The most common type of mesothelioma is pleural mesothelioma. The symptoms of pleural mesothelioma are similar to those of pneumonia. The lungs fill with fluid as the lining of the lungs is damaged by the disease. Symptoms of mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure can remain dormant for 20-50 years, leaving some people confused as to what they are suffering from.
What resources are available for Navy veterans suffering from mesothelioma?
Yes, there is a veterans benefit available to veterans exposed to asbestos. Because it takes so many years for the disease to surface, it is difficult to qualify for veterans benefits based on mesothelioma. The veterans who apply must be able to prove that their condition is solely due to the exposure of asbestos. This makes it quite difficult for veterans to qualify due to the long span of time between exposure to asbestos and the appearance of symptoms. However, if the application is approved for veterans benefits related to mesothelioma, the compensation is upwards of $2,800.00 per month.
If I don't qualify for veterans benefits are there any other options available?
Yes, there is the option of taking legal action. Veterans can not sue the government, but they can sue the manufacturers of the products that contained asbestos. Asbestos lawsuits are filed every year, making this one of the largest causes of civil suits in America. Veterans have a good chance of winning a settlement in these cases, so if an application for VA benefits is denied a lawsuit may be in order.
Is there an effective treatment for mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma is treated just like any other cancer, through the use of radiation and chemotherapy. There are surgical treatments for the disease as well, one method of treatment aims to cure the patient, while the other is geared more towards keeping the patient comfortable. The plan of treatment depends greatly on the overall health of the patient, as well as the severity of the cancer. The prognosis in cases of mesothelioma is similar to that of other lung and respiratory cancers. If found in early enough stages the disease can be better controlled. Unfortunately, due to the timing of mesothelioma symptoms arising and patients seeking help, the cancer is often in the later stages before any treatment is performed.


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I once asked a keyboard instructor why there isn't more emphasis on classical music. She told me there's no money in it.and.... it's not as much fun as popular music. Sure, it's satisfying to play in a classical orchestra or string quartet, and it's a great accomplishment, but those people have little exchange with the audience and sit at rapt attention to the conductor. People in big jazz bands/orchestras swiiiiiiing!!! The guys in rock bands have fun with the audience. I go to the occassional opera and classical concert. What a bunch of stiffs! sano - blues, bluegrass and swing, fingerstyle and flatpick.grandmother was a cellist in NBC orchestragrandpa was London String quartetstepfather was a major tenor (aida, faust, etc)sister worked hard all her life to be a busy sopranocousin is a great tenor but barely supports himself.nephew thinks he'll be the next caruso (I got news fer him).
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Other than the truth that Facebook has implanted itself into almost all of our lives by creating a favored platform to air our opinions, create and keep relationships and give a signifies of filling our downtime with its several applications, it has additionally become a internet signifies of company development. With the continual development of online company chances, Facebook is a creative and, need I state, inexpensive tool to advertise not only your company but yourself too.
Consider it. A social network where you are able to spot your company and all its information; where it may be viewed by possible clients all over the planet (over 410 million authorized members); where you are able to have fans; where they add critiques and will act as referrals; how ingenious! It provides all you want in a online market but you must be capable to make use of its possible before you can reap its various advantages. It is therefore key that you understand a few of the techniques that others have employed Facebook as a signifies of pro networking.
If you have established a Facebook account, you really need to be aiming to incorporate as
many friends and fans as potential. The more neighbors and fans you have, the more folks are exposed to your product/service. Besides, you are able to generally see your friends' neighbors and what greater method to build your network and boost your advertising efforts? Posting comments on different people's profile page in Facebook is a amazing method to extend your network of neighbors and profile audience.
You are able to furthermore join or create a group. This really is ideal for attracting individuals to your profile page as they have anything in popular along with you. Common interests may be riches building, fashion shape, superior parenting or whatever pertains to your product or service.
Facebook's Ads feature allows you to officially advertise or market your brand, company or treatments. For instance, its Advanced Targeting feature is chosen to target your niche marketplace by age, gender, interests, place and more. By having this feature, you are capable to immediately discover individuals that can be interested in buying the treatments or services you are providing.
The News Feed feature is wonderful for broadcasting what your company is about. So if by way of example you may be providing discounts or launching a modern product line, you are able to declare it to your Facebook network. Hosting an event and posting it in the News Feed might receive folks in your network interested as well as will even tell others in their network to join in the fun. This really is a perfect method to improve a product or service.
Posting information articles is additionally a wonderful method to receive people's attention in Facebook. This may generate targeted traffic. For instance, in the event you are marketing dietary supplements, you might wish To post the newest information on wellness connected issues. This will generate targeted traffic that may probably be interested in what you may be advertising.
If you have an active Twitter account where you tweet really actively, never connect Twitter and Facebook. Twitter is not Facebook and you may bother your Facebook neighbors and force those to eliminate you as a friend or conceal you off their feed. What could be worse?
Facebook's advertising solutions, if chosen effectively, could improve brand loyalty and heighten product sales. It is as much as the marketer to utilize it to its full benefit. Whether you apply 1, countless or all these strategies, you'll see marked improvement in your ability to connect with your possible customers.


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Anytime, Anywhere (Paperback)
How The Best Bricks- And-clicks Businesse Deliver Seamless Service To Their Customers
Basic Books, 9780738208039, 304pp.
Publication Date: December 18, 2002
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In Anytime, Anywhere, Robert Spector showcases the pioneering efforts of a dozen companies who are now increasing market share by combining the best of both physical and virtual worlds. From Wells Fargo to Powell's Books to the San Francisco Giants, companies in every industry are discovering that "seamless service"-integrating all elements of the customer experience with consistent messages and execution-offers a competitive edge that technology alone can never achieve.Packed with practical advice and colorful, in-depth stories from the front lines, Anytime, Anywhere shows any business how to meet, and exceed, the expectations of customers through all points of contact.
About the Author
Robert Spector is a recognized authority on customer service. A highly sought-after speaker and writer, he is the author of the national best sellers The Nordstrom Way and Amazon.com-Get Big Fast. A frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, and NASDAQ Magazine, he lives in Seattle. Visit www.robertspector.com.


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We would like to welcome back one of the Clarion Content's most insightful guest political correspondents, Storey Clayton.
We tend to think of him as our own personal Stephen Marche, checking the country's socio-political temperature and reporting back. Clayton has graced this pages before with his fascinating takes on everything from the Occupy movement to mass shootings, not to mention his political cartoon, Duck and Cover. Here, he breaks down the misrepresentation of joblessness in popular reporting. As one who occasionally get his news from the AM-CBS Radio, your editor can verify that they are among the news outlets that take the measure of the country's fiscal health as mirroring the stock market indices.
Stock Market, Misrepresentation of Unemployment Hit Record Highs
by: Storey Clayton
It's been a while since I've been posting regularly, which is something that the extra time of summer will hopefully fix. And it's been quite a while since I've revisited the issues of misrepresentation of the unemployment rate that have come from the disappearing labor market in the United States in the last few years. As a review, please check the original post from August of last year and the September follow-up.
Therein, I explain that by counting unemployment only as a percentage of the labor force and not the overall population, the unemployment rate leaves out millions of people who are functionally unemployed. Not underemployed or under-appreciated, but actually just straight-up not working when they could or should be. The labor force as a percentage of adult population has been crashing since the start of the financial crisis and it's far outpacing the aging of the population.
I hadn't posted about the data since August. And while the reported rate of unemployment has dipped from 8.1% to 7.6% during that span, the actual rate when factoring in the labor force's hidden unemployed has only declined from 13.6% to 13.4%. And while the reported rate has steadily declined, giving an image of slow but consistent improvement in the labor market, the reality is more distressing: after a brief dip in October to as low as 12.9%, unemployment is actually very close to its peaks since the crisis began, just 0.4% below the recession-era-high of 13.8% in July 2011. And it's on its way up, steady or increasing since October of last year.
That graph is scary enough, with trend-lines clearly diverging and painting an opposite narrative of the economy. And this narrative dictates almost everything (well, everything that isn't overtly rigged) about how our economy functions and the decisions people make. Though it doesn't reflect the reality for people on the ground, how hard it actually is or isn't to get jobs. But when people are having just as hard a time to get jobs as they have for the last three years, but they're being told that it's getting easier, this is highly corrosive to their morale, hope, and ultimately way of life. They personalize and internalize something that's actually a broader struggle. And more damningly, we make policy based on the assumption that these flawed narratives we are telling ourselves are true, that we've done enough to help the little guy because while seven-and-a-half percent unemployment is still a bit uncomfortable, it's basically livable and showing signs of improving. When really, we're still at the height of the crisis.
So here's the money chart, the one that really tells the tale of this deception and how inflationary its impact is. This is the one that shows the gap, over time, between real and reported unemployment:
You could call this chart a lot of things. The Deception Chart. The Manipulation Chart, if you want to put a more sinister spin on why we use such an outdated version of unemployment and fail to track all the people who fall out of the ability to seek work or, more often, never have a real job in the first place from which to become "unemployed." The I Think I'm Going Crazy Chart, to reflect the above phenomenon in starker terms, as people are unable to find work when the media is telling them that everyone else is finding it easier. And this chart, with a couple of bumps, is steadily upward. And hit a record high in March 2013 at 5.8%. At the same time the Dow Jones and other stock markets in the US started hitting their record highs as well, signalling the supposed end of the financial crisis.
5.8% may not sound like a big gap to you. It's more than most economists think is a healthy total rate of unemployment for a society, so that should tell you something right there, but it still sounds like a manageable number. But when you consider that it's a 76% increase in the unemployment rate from what's currently being reported, that should probably put it in perspective for the skeptics out there. Unemployment is a 76% larger problem than people think, than the media reports, than the US imagines. We are approaching an easily foreseeable moment, if the general trends in each direction continue, when the actual rate of unemployment is double what the US perceives it to be. All because of how we choose a denominator in the most revered vital sign of economic growth for the little guy.
The most revered vital sign for the big guy is the stock market, and it's hard to imagine that the big players therein aren't aware of the data in this post. Of course for them, labor is not necessarily a sign of health or growth. Getting more done with fewer workers is the goal. And the efficiency achieved in this goal is a lot of why the market has been up when most people aren't feeling any more well off. The problem is that when the market has so ruthlessly edited out jobs and labor, there's simply not much reason they would bring them back. You have to be feeling pretty fat and happy to hire people that you don't think will add value to your company. And by adding people who are going to work less efficiently, with their back less against the wall, then you risk the whole system. Ruthlessly keeping the jobs at a minimum is beneficial to all the big corporations at once.
The other big culprit in this phenomenon is the ongoing consolidation of wealth and corporations. The fewer companies, the more "efficient" (read: less labor) they can each be. The more that Wal-Mart and Starbucks grow, the more they can keep higher-wage lower-efficiency jobs from smaller firms out of the market. And this is before they even start colluding on what they're going to pay or how thinly they're going to stretch their workforce to ensure maximum efficiency across the board.
The theoretical back-end of all this is that eventually people will have so little money from not working that they will be unable to spend it at Wal-Mart and Starbucks and then the whole scheme will crash. The problem is that the very rich have been able to spend enough money that they make the overall economy seem much healthier than it is because it is relying so heavily on catering to the few people who have expendable income. But not in a way that creates more jobs for the middle or lower class so much as making those classes fight for a few jobs that largely cater to serving the super-rich. Of course, the US must somehow actually keep these people alive, through welfare or disability or unemployment benefits for those lucky enough to be counted, and at that point they also have the tiny bit of expendable income for a latte or a Wal-Mart gun.
The long-term implications of this general direction, though, look a lot like feudalism. Increasing power and influence and cash for those at the top, increasing revolving around the top for everyone in the middle and lower rungs, sufficient pressure on the working classes to make them put up and shut up with whatever they get in order to be among the few who actually have a job. Obviously we're not to the crisis point of this general trend yet – eighty-six-and-a-half percent is still relatively high employment compared to some places in Europe or what things could be here in a bit. That still has most people working. But what happens if the real unemployment gets to 20% and they're reporting 5%? Is that kind of internalized pressure sustainable? How wide can the gap between reality and surreality (or at least between the reality of the rich and the reality of most people) get before something breaks?
In the meantime, as we ponder that question, the trend-line of the reporting gap and the stock market continue to be roughly correlated. And the longer that correlation takes place, the less it feels like coincidence. That doesn't make it causal, per se, but it does mean that both could be reflections of the very deep problem of the way our society is currently designed. Corporate capitalism isn't a better system than others; we just haven't seen how colossally this one fails yet. But it seems most of us will be lucky enough to see this one disproven in our lifetimes, if current trends continue.
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While Mary and Elizabeth were off singing in the hills, Joseph, Mary's fiancé, was at home stewing over what to do about his fiancé. Stoning was the legal prescription for this sort of adultery, but clearly Joseph had a choice in what happened to Mary and this must have weighed heavily on his mind.
Isn't this a great story with the perfect ending? Joseph, a good man who follows God, discovered he had an unfaithful fiancé. He had to be upset about it, and understandably so. I'm sure he was losing sleep over this decision. However, when he finally fell asleep, an angel appeared to him with an explanation and a solution.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if every time we were troubled, overwhelmed with grief, confused about a decision, fraught with worry or discouraged by circumstances we would have a dream and an angel appear to us and tell us what to do? Or better yet, what if that angel just came and fixed the situation the way we wanted?
Thankfully, that is not usually how God works. If he did, most of us would just use Him like a handyman. We'd call on Him every time we needed something fixed, and we'd forget all about the fact that Jesus calls us His "friend" and that He wants to be a part of our lives in all situations—ordinary and extraordinary, easy and hard, good and bad, happy and sad. My experience has been that my "friend" Jesus shows up in the middle of my troubles if I invite Him; really invite Him. In fact, I would say that it has been in the midst of some of the greatest troubles and trials in my life that I have experienced Jesus in the sweetest, new ways.
Let's look at what Jesus says about troubles: "I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world." (John 16:33)
Scripture is full of promises for when you encounter troubles:
"Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God." (Psalm 42:11-12)
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' says the Lord. 'They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.' (Jeremiah 29:11)
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed." (Psalm 34:18)
Consider the promise of 1 Peter 5:7. Let's read it from a few different versions:
"So, humble yourselves under God's strong hand, and in his own good time he will lift you up. You can throw the whole weight of your anxieties upon him, for you are his personal concern." (1 Peter 5:6-7) [Phillips]
"Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you." (1 Peter 5:6-7) [New Living Translation]
"Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you." (1 Peter 5:6-7) [The Message]


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Since the advent of the internet, innovators have been finding it difficult to commercialize their ideas. There are so many obstacles plaguing the current knowledge ecosystem, some of which are high cost, inadequate funding, a difficulty in acquiring experts, and delays in getting information, and seamless access to knowledge. These obstacles are a cog in the developmental wheel of the innovation market, which ultimately leads to disconnect between knowledge creators and buyers of knowledge.
To resolve these seaming challenges, the team behind Connecty created a platform which leverages the blockchain technology:
Connecty is a blockchain-powered platform which is tailored towards the knowledge economy. The intention of the Connecty platform is to connect two distinct worlds – innovative world and the world of knowledge in order to revitalize the knowledge economy. The innovative world consists of start-ups, big or small companies. On the other hand, the world of knowledge consists of experts, scientists, professionals, etc.
Connecty aims to be one of the best platforms where those seeking for answers can connect with those with the requisite skills and knowledge to answer the questions. The Connecty platform can translate any scientific request or jargon to a readable and simple language owing to the incorporation of artificial intelligence technology.
Connecty will resolve the shortage of experts in the knowledge ecosystem, Connecty parades experts and professionals from various fields, including, psychology, economic sciences, biology, mathematics, and physical sciences, among others.
Connecty is one of the safest, fastest, and seamless platforms on the blockchain. The platform uses the blockchain technology and smart contract to execute users' request. Being a secure platform, users of the platform are guaranteed of maximum safety as they invest on the platform.
Connecty Token: A Currency of Global Knowledge
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• Knowledge owners or creators receiving payment for their services without stress: Most scientists are not moved by money, particularly fiat-based currencies. CTY was created so that knowledge owners can purchase other knowledge on the platform and hence create new knowledge.
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3 things I wish I knew when I first started freelancing...
Yeah, it's trendy to be doing your own thing…
On social media everywhere you see people working to be their own boss…
You see "entrepreneur" placed in bios… you see people highlighting their hustle (me included #guilty)…
We aspire freedom, right?
We want our own schedules...
We don't want to be locked in an office for 8 hours everyday doing the same thing over and over again… especially when it's something you don't care about.
When I quit my first full-time job... in 2016 to pursue videography full-time it was for two reasons…
- What I was doing wasn't aligned with what I wanted to do. I was working at a tech startup doing office stuff I didn't want to do… and wanted to do video production full-time
- I was hustling enough on the side building a client base... that I could take the leap because the income I was making from the full-time was replaceable
I now earn 2x the amount I was making at my first full-time job, live in my own apartment, have a steady work from my client base and work on my own schedule… sounds cool right?
Let me be the first to tell you… it is not that easy.
All the stuff we see on social media are the highlights… not the work that happens between those posts.
It takes work, it takes persistence, it takes doing the little things every single day when nobody is watching.
Now approaching 2 years as a full-time videographer/editor/producer here are the 3 things I wish I knew when I first started freelancing…
You're life isn't immediately better. You gotta put in the time.
After leaving my safe job to go out on my own, I found myself working from 7am to 11pm everyday. Why? Well, it's because I'm wearing multiple hats.
In my previous job I was doing one thing. When you start freelancing you have to be the sales team, marketing team, design team, product/service team… you're all of it.
In the beginning, a typical day would start with filming/editing which might take 4-5 hours, then prospecting for new clients, then working on websites, then learning strategies online, then following up with current clients, then working out, then wrapping up more work. If it were easy everyone would do it right?
Why or how did I keep going?
When I think back to why I did all this and pushed through, it's because I was discovering. I was discovering more about myself, I was discovering what works and doesn't work when reaching out to clients, I was learning every single day.
In my eyes, I find that when growth, discovery and learning exist in the same day… happiness and fulfillment shows up in your life.
Say yes to a lot of things.
When I first started, I was doing everything from weddings, to sports, to business, to even podcast production. I didn't know what I wanted to specialize in… and a lot of this takes trial and error. You have to try multiple things out to find what you love to do. Also, you have to pay your bills, so sometimes it won't be fun, but paying bills is a reality.
It isn't until recently that I have more clarity on what I want to be doing. That's coming from experiences good and bad from past projects.
You learn from every single project. Everything compounds. From the bad projects, you gotta extract that experience and think about why it was bad… and same with the good.
Your clients are everything, but know your limits.
It's never about you. To think that your work is "good enough" is weak. It's a weak mentality. You have to think about how your work helps your clients reach their objectives. 'Nuff said.
Don't make your work about you. Early on I thought people would come knocking because I had a website and some work in the "portfolio" section of my page. Nope… people come knocking for your business because you helped your first few clients reach their goals and they loved the experience so much that they referred their friend/colleague to you.
Freelancing or making a living on your own isn't glamorous in the beginning, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. The amount of growth and discovery I've had about business and myself is why I do it. I also do it because I love helping others. I love guiding, teaching, growing and helping others win. It's a passion. The tough times in the beginning isn't for everyone… which is why most will quit… but it's certainly fulfilling.
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3 Ways To Increase Your Effectiveness with Synergy/
By Bekah Nash
We all could agree that running a successful salon or spa takes innovation and creativity. We also could probably agree that as much as we love how those 2 words sound, it can be impossible to deliver that consistently. It can especially be difficult when dealing with constant questions from employees about one thing or another, coupled with having to make little detailed decisions about what brand of toilet paper to purchase or how to deal with a dissatisfied client. Our teams rely on us heavily as owners and mangers and it can feel impossible to make time to sit down and think innovatively or creatively about anything!
That's where the idea of synergy comes in. I love this quote by the amazing Stephen Covey…
You are ONE person! There's only so much you're capable (creatively) on your own. The only way to increase your effectiveness is to add the experiences, opinions, ideologies, and values of others to your process of creating.
Below are 3 steps to follow that will have your synergizing in no time!
ACKNOWLEDGE that you don't have all of the answers.
As I mentioned above, you're one person with one viewpoint. Trying to have all the best ideas at all the right times to satisfy your growing business is impossible. The acceptance within yourself that you need help is the first step to increasing your effectiveness.
BUILD your circle of influence with people that think differently from you.
It can be natural to want to synergize with people that think almost identically to you. And while like-mindedness is important to keeping your culture intact, there's something to rich about creating and innovating along side someone that sees things a little differently. You need to be able to evaluate ideas from every angle; therefore a diverse circle of influence is vital.
SHARE challenges and successes with your circle.
The greatest perk to synergizing is being able to share all your ups and downs with others! There will inevitably be times that are tough and can be daunting to shoulder alone. On the other hand, there will be wonderful things to celebrate along the way. And, truthfully, who wants to do either one of those things alone?
One thing I'd like to mention in closing is this: synergizing can be done internally with team members or externally with a business mastermind group or with family and friends that understand your business culture. Synergizing is about surrounding yourself with individuals that can help you see a situation or an idea in a way that your mind just doesn't think of!