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Chris Szabunia is a Post Production Supervisor and Editor at Pink Buffalo Films, a film and video production company in Vancouver. He walks us through a day at his job, where he has been telling stories for almost 10 years, and shares his secrets to work love and longevity: proactive meetings, predictive scheduling, and competitive office foosball.
6:00am: I used to have an alarm clock until just over two months ago, when my wife and I welcomed our first child, Ellie. Now she's the alarm clock, and sometime between 6:00am and 7:00am after her morning feeding is when we get together for some one-on-one daddy time! Melissa can get a little bit more sleep, or shower or take care of anything else that is challenging while I'm away at work. I'm happy to do it since Melissa is kind enough and thoughtful enough to let me sleep through the nighttime feedings when I have to work the next day. Thanks, love!!
Ellie is super fun and interactive first thing in the morning because that is when she has had her longest sleep. I look forward to getting out of bed for her even though it's earlier than I normally would have. There is no normal anymore. We go out into the living room, I make myself a coffee, Ellie bounces in her lamb chair and tells me stories. It's a special time.
7:15am: I met all my deadlines yesterday so I prefer not to check my work email before I get to the office. I give baby back to mum and I get myself ready, which doesn't take too long. Today I trim my beard (there is a photo shoot for this, after all) and I load up my breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is healthy-ish, yogurt and granola with fruit. Lunch is Chinese takeout leftovers from the weekend. My doctor says my sodium levels are dangerously low so this is how combat this. Ha!
8:10am: I'm out the door to ride my bike to work, which is a leisurely 10-minute trip. It's usually a nice part of my day with all of the fresh air and exercise, provided I don't get too annoyed by other cyclists running red lights and such. Grrr. We are road vehicles and must abide by the same laws! Between baby time and my bike ride, I never walk into the office feeling sleepy or lethargic. I come in fairly upbeat and with good energy and it's because I have these positive experiences to start my day.
8:30am: I fix my bike helmet hair, grab a coffee and sit down at my desk. I check my emails, and update the production schedule, which is a categorized spreadsheet of all the projects currently in the pipeline from development to post-production. I fill in any changes to projects that directly relate to me and my department.
9:00am: Weekly production meeting. Everyone gathers in the boardroom and we go through, project by project, anything with relevant changes, what the next steps are, who is responsible for them, what are the deadlines, and what's coming down the pipeline next. These meetings are brisk and productive, but also lighthearted with a healthy dose of one-liners and laughs. We celebrate our wins, for example, there were two projects that I completed and delivered, so those get moved to the "completed" tab and we sound off the goal-light siren to mark the occasion. Yay!
10:00am: Back in my office, with the information I have gathered from the production meeting, I turn my attention to scheduling. It is like assembling a complex puzzle and it usually only goes together one way. I have to look at what is filming and when, project due dates, editor availability, other projects already in editing and a dozen other factors. I have to be able to see ahead and be predictive. This can easily take up a couple of hours of my day, because it's never just sitting in front of the computer to get it done. I try to have a face-to-face check-in with each one of the editors to make sure we're on the same page and I usually need some additional info from several of the producers as well.
I manage a team of five to six people including myself but I am still primarily an editor in addition to my supervisor duties. The administrative, leadership and responsibility aspects of those duties can be stressful, but it's a balance I am willing to take on in order to accommodate my inner control freak. I try to be decisive and make important decisions in a timely manner, which allows me to move on to editing because that's the part of the job that I truly love.
12:00pm: Lunchtime. Today, like most days, I eat at my desk and catch up on what my old friends Stephen Colbert and John Oliver have been up to. Real news (fake news) is a little bit too depressing these days so I'd rather hear it from them. It's only half an hour but it is a nice break to disconnect from work in the middle of the day.
12:30pm: I'm meeting with one of our producers, Morgan. He and I sit down and go through the latest round of commercials that we're creating with a client who is a bit eccentric and occasionally unpredictable, but with whom we have a good rhythm. My edit suite is a place where producers, directors and clients can sit comfortably on the couch and view the playback of what I'm working on. Edits like this one are a lot of trial and error, going back and forth, can I see this take, can we move the graphics here, can we try to change the timing slightly, etc. These spots may be scripted, but it is still a creative and collaborative process.
2:30pm: We're happy with where these spots are at, so I export and upload our work to Vimeo and we send the link to the client so he can review them. They are due to be uploaded to the broadcast distributor by the end of this week, but with final approvals, colour, audio, broadcast prep and trafficking all still to be completed, I know I will be seeing this project on my agenda for at least a part of each day until delivery. Coffee pots tend to stop getting made at the office as the day wears on, so I take this opportunity to zip over to a nearby cafe and grab a nice dark roast. I feel lucky every day that our office is located in an area with so many options for food and drink!
3:00pm: I confer with a couple of the company partners about which videos we would like to feature at our upcoming monthly townhall meeting. We want to share some of our best work with the entire crew because things are so busy right now that it isn't a foregone conclusion that everyone has already viewed all of our recent content.
4:00pm: Everyone on my post-production team is caught up enough on their work that we can play a foosball game or two, out in the production room. It's fun, it's competitive, and really, it's part of our company culture. There might be a bit of trash talking, but it's never mean-spirited. At about 15 minutes per game, it's the perfect coffee break activity. It's teamwork, skill and stress relief all rolled into one!
4:30pm: So much of what we do in post production is attention to detail, so I want to double check that my project exported cleanly, uploaded properly, that it plays back, and that I gave the correct password. You can't send a link to the client near the end of the day and walk out of here, only to have them email back that the link doesn't work. And now you're at home. That simply can't happen. I review schedules for tomorrow so I have an idea of what everyone will be working on; who might need help and where any bottlenecks could occur.
5:30pm: Checked in with Melissa and little Ellie is having a good day, so I extend my bike ride home a little bit longer for some additional exercise. I go right past our building on the seawall and down to the Granville Bridge before turning around.
6:00pm: I get home and I step right back into baby time. Melissa has been on her feet with Eiilie all day and she's ready for a break. How things have changed. There's no more come in, sit down, put my feet up and chat about our days. It's come in, get changed, use the bathroom and take the baby. She's lucky she's so darn cute!
After Melissa has had some time to rest, she gets Ellie back while I move on to cooking dinner. Tonight I am making one of our staples – fish tacos. I season, bread and fry up some cod which goes into whole wheat wraps along with cheese, tomatoes, coleslaw, avocado and mine has a healthy dose of hot sauce on it as well. Yummers in the tummers! We cook dinner at home and try to eat around the table three to four nights per week and we always make enough to be able to have a second helping for lunch the next day.
7:30pm: Melissa feeds Ellie while I clean up the kitchen and we try to watch something on TV. I can't tell you exactly what show but it may have the word "Bachelor" in the title. It's a guilty pleasure and I make no excuses. Don't act like you haven't watched it.
8:30pm: It's Ellie's bedtime and now it's Dad's time to go wild!! Not exactly, but it is about the only 45 minutes to an hour that I have in my day where it's just me. Tonight I have a cold beer and change the TV over to watch some sports highlights and email the guys in my fantasy football league about the upcoming draft. Other nights I use this time to go down to the pool and hot tub in our building or I might slip out to the grocery store to make sure we all have meals and snacks for tomorrow.
9:25pm: Ellie is down in her crib, asleep. We've been gradually inching her bedtime earlier—she was going to bed at 10:30 pm just last week—so we're pretty satisfied with our progress. Not that we really do anything with that extra time just yet—tonight we just watch the end of our show. Can you believe Alex didn't get a rose??
10:00pm: Bedtime stuff. Wiped faces and brushed teeth. At this stage of parenthood, you have to take advantage of your baby's best sleeps. We chat in bed, "How was your day? What happened at the office? What's going on with the family?" It's funny that the conversation we used to have over dinner now seems takes place in bed because when Ellie is awake it's all about her.
10:30pm: On the baby monitor, we hear Ellie squawk. And that's the reminder that we should be sleeping right now, too. Melissa will have to be up with her again in a matter of a few hours and before I know it, Ellie will be in my lap all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and expecting her dad to talk to her and make hilarious faces. And a guy needs his rest for that. I put on old episodes of The Office or Brooklyn 99 or Forensic Files on Netflix using my phone, stick in one earbud at low volume and start to drift away…
Photos by Elyse Stevenson and courtesy of Chris Szabunia.


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Watched the Cs lose their 5th straight road playoff game. The formula was the same: the starters played well, the bench was mediocre, and then they couldn't score in the 4th quarter.
Barkley and Magic talked about this on the post-game show. Where a lot of the media attention in the Hawks series was on the Cs' defense, the real story, imho, is how clunky their offense is. Barkley and Magic pointed out that the Cs cannot get easy baskets in a half-court offense. This is exactly the problem. Down the stretch in close games, they are throwing up absurd 3-pointers. That's a sure path to losing.
Hmm...who does this remind me of? Oh, right! The Hoyas! The Hoyas have always (well, most of the the time) been a great defensive team, but aside from Iverson, they've always had trouble scoring consistently against good teams. Like this version of the Celtics, they are in great shape when they pound weaker teams, but I don't trust them in close games.
Having said all of that, the media attention poured on the Celtics is really excessive. There are 4 conference semifinals going on. In the first 16 games, the home teams have gone 15-1. And yet the coverage would make you think that the Celtics are uniquely doomed, even though their regular season record has given them home court advantage as long as they stay in.
When asked point-blank whether the Celtics needed to win a road game to win the title, Barkley said point-blank 'no'. And then gave his "boy is that question stupid" look. I like Barkley as a commentator. He doesn't bother to buy into the idiotic narratives that the media create to kill time. Aka Shaughnessy hype.
Part of the problem right now is that this Celtic team appears to listen to the media noise. I miss the days of Bird, who never gave a rat's ass what anybody else thought.
I'm not convinced this team will win, but I am also not convinced they will lose. They are surely a better team than Cleveland. But right now I think the Lakers and Hornets are playing much better.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Method and Apparatus for look-up-table coded symbol system to substitute white noise packet payload
Original Publication Date: 2004-Jul-14
Included in the Prior Art Database: 2004-Jul-14
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A program is disclosed for look-up-table coded symbol system to substitute white noise packet payload in the networking system.
Method and Apparatus for look -up-table coded symbol system to substitute white noise packet payload
The following diagram showed a typical digital quantized voice stream before coding:
Voice Voice Voic
Diagram 1: Typical bi-directional digitally quantized voice stream
The diamond represented the bi-directional quantized active voice or useful source information, and the line represent the silent gap. The background nature noise is normally filtered out by the digital non-linear quantization. To add back to the realistic of feeling of channel connection and nature communication, noise packets are added to the voice codec (Coder Decoder).
In a packet switched wired or wireless communication channel, a typical sequence of packets from a voice codec is laying out like this:
Diagram 2: Typical packet sequence in a serial communication channel
If we closely examine the bit sequence of Diagram 2, there are two unutilized (no voice channel payload or system payload) time slot here:
1. The space in between the packet is the maximum separator time gap that can't be utilized due to separation needed in between packets.
2. The AGWN (Additive Gaussian White Noise) packets.
These AGWN packets have to be inserted to add to the realistic feeling of the channel link establishment. An innovative algorithm is created to solve this problem by closely examining the characteristic of the AGWN packets series.
The AGWN packet is normally constructed, according to the following format:
Sync Voice Packet packe
BWGN Channel m
Voice Packet Packet 1
Channel n
Header Header Header Header Payload random byte and trail byte
Diagram 3: Typical AGWN packet structure
The AGWN packet is normally formatted like above sequence, beyond a small header section consisted with header ID, address and possible checker and trailer bytes, the vast majority of the packet is occupied by the AGWN payload.
So the situation can be summarized in the following diagram:
Quantiz Source ation
Channel Coding
Modem Coding
Diagram 4: Solution Stage
This problem is that the AGWN being carry out with more and more coding along the output of source coding and send out all the way through modem, thus significantly degraded effective channel utilization. By recognize the nature of the coding sequence, a certain mathematically proven algorithm can be further explored. The dealing with the realization of AGWN can be altered in the bit stream, so that is the background of the patent.
An algorithm for solving this type of problem is created, based on re-distribution of the AGWN packets realization as illustrated in the following diagram:
The original packet:
Diagram 5: Algorithm of re-align the AGWN packet generation
The key invention of the algorithms is that by transmitting the far small sized code of the much larger sized AGWN payload, the whole down stream functional block can effectively concentrate on the voice payload an...


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By Domenico Maceri
That has not happened. However, as the crackdown eliminated the "easy" entry points into the U.S., immigrants have resorted to even more dangerous routes and have been relying more and more on smugglers. The result has been that several hundred people a year die as they attempt to cross the border.
President Bush needs to take the leadership and push to pass legislation which would regulate the flow of immigrants into the U.S. from our southern neighbor. In 1993 NAFTA was approved to ease the flow of goods among the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Is it time for a similar agreement to make sure people can also move without risking their lives or those of their kids?
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Louis Chenevert had a high record of success in every company that he worked for. Displaying an uncanny level of business expertise, he rapidly climbed to the top of Pratt & Whitney, reaching the position of President after only six years with the company. It was his time with Pratt & Whitney that led him to change the course of an entire company, as well as the manufacturing industry in the United States when he became the Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies Corporation seven years later. While at Pratt & Whitney, Mr. Chenevert became involved with the development of an innovative new geared turbofan engine; a project with so much potential, he continued its production upon becoming the Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies Corporation. After development period that lasted the better part of two decades, he changed the way in which people fly around the world when he introduced the geared turbofan engine to the masses. This geared turbofan engine required much less fuel to operate than anything that was currently on the market, while also cutting gaseous emissions in half. While airlines, as well as their aircraft, were permanently changed due to the drastically increased efficiency, it's demand also created numerous jobs for people throughout the U.S.
While with United Technologies Corporation, Louis Chenevert received a multitude of prestigious awards, including being presented with the Honor Award by the National Building Museum, as well as being named "Person of the Year" by Aviation Week & Space Technology. It was his style of forward-thinking that allowed to come to the realization that by staying ahead of the curve, consistently keeping his eye on innovation, he would be able to build his company into the juggernaut that it is today, while also helping to create a market for his suppliers. This created a win-win situation for United Technologies Corporation due to the increased bottom line, as well as the constantly growing consumer base. Today, Pratt & Whitney is able to outsource the vast majority of the parts to suppliers in the United States, for which United Technologies Corporation has spent billions in partnership.


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Don't Let the Rain Put a Damper on Your Day
Instead of getting caught in the rain, be prepared. If you're looking in to a beautiful white or clear tent wedding - or already have one reserved - it is vital to be mindful of inclement weather. No worries - we've got you covered. Below we will show you some tips and tricks to make your day shine.
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As an Influenster I was recently selected to participate in the the Vitality VoxBox. One of the items in the Vitality VoxBox was a sample of Elizabeth Arden Flawless Future Powered by Ceramide Caplet Serum. A product like this really needs continuous use before a complete review can be given. In this review I will provide my initial opinions and experiences.
I don't care for the pump on the trial size bottle I received. I assume a full size bottle would be more user friendly. The serum comes out in two textures one runny and one more thick. It rubs in rather easily, almost like a gel but more fluid. It's mostly weightless but leaves a slight residue behind after application. I like that there's no noticeable aroma. I don't enjoy scented products applied to my face so not being able to smell the serum is major bonus.
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Has anyone any idea how I go about doing this ?. Ive tried to phone UPC but cant getting speaking to anyone and I cant get past the pre recorded system. I just wanted to find out how to install a new tv point into a bedroom and also how expensive it would be - anyone done this before ?
Oh brilliant !!. Thanks for all of that help. I'll get DH to fire ahead and organise it so !!
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thank you both ladies !!, Dolly, would you know if I need to get upc out to do it or can an electrician do it ? I'll have to get upc to supply the box I know but just wondering about the wiring up. thanks again XX
We got an Apple TV box and use Netflix .
no wires or drilling .
cost €79 for box & 8€ pm for Netflix
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Energy Facts
Computers and monitors are a source of a great amount of energy use at the University. Using power management settings on both your monitor and computer can save $80 per person per year. To be most energy efficient, your computer should be shut down if not going to be used for more than two hours, and put into standby or hibernate after 30-60 minutes of inactivity.
Aside from large copy machines, peripherals do not tend to use as much energy as computers and monitors. However turning off the desktop printer at the end of the day saves the University $38 a year. Using a power strip or unplugging electronic devices such as battery chargers when not in use prevents energy waste commonly called "phantom power".
Many lights on campus are left on all the time. Turning the lights off save money. For example, turning the lights off in Carleton Auditorium for six hours a day saves $ 1,400 over a year. Conservatively, the University of Florida could save $41,000 a year could be saved by ensuring that lights are turned off at night.
Purchasing is a great way to make your office greener. Buy recycled products, goods in bulk, reusable products, and products that have a long lifespan to limit the amount of wastes that get sent to landfills. Products with low levels of toxic substances as well as properly disposing of products that do lessen the chance of exposing the environment to substances toxic to both the natural world and humans. Finally, reducing the amount of supplies bought not only helps the environment by lessening the amount of natural products used in manufacturing and lessening the amount of products that must be thrown away, but also saves money.
Recycling and Resource Use
According to the EPA, 75% of what Americans throw away can be recycled. Recycling reduces the amount of trash going to landfills, saves energy, and saves natural resources such as trees. Recycling centers are available both throughout campus and Gainesville. To find out where you can recycle on campus, check the Sustainable Campus map.
There are a wide range of transportation options at UF. Gainesville's RTS is available free of charge for all of UF's faculty and staff with a valid ID. Using public transportation lessens road congestion as well as decreases the amount of car exhaust released into the atmosphere. Bikes are also a good option for transportation both on and off campus. UPD offers bike registration to aid in recovery in case of theft and Student Government has funded free bike repair shops on campus. Carpooling is also an option to get to campus. UF's carpool and GreenRide programs were developed to encourage faculty and staff to carpool to work by offering incentives and by providing carpool rider matching.


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I got a slight chuckle out of this(9 posts)
I'm not laughing at the person who wrote this, but rather along with him...and for his sake, I truely do hope that he didn't "bomb" his living quarters.
holy crap that is the coolest thing EVER. Thanks so much for sharing that.
Pretty sure this was a woman in Chicago from a few years back. A lot of people assumed it was written by a guy, but I'm almost positive it was a girl. It's been featured on the Best of Craig's List.
I think people automatically assume a male voice, when there is no other indicator of gender when things are written on the internet. Screen names, etc. Unlike there is a clear indication of femaleness, I think most people assume male.
Damn Patriarchy!
My husband laughed hysterically when i read it to him. Best of craigslist is where I found it while searching for "my bedbugs" children's show.
Man, woman, or god...That was a boost of pure positive battling attitude!
that was written by our very own JessicainChicago (or something like that).
Nobugs gave her a special designation - she is not a "Newbite" or a "Junior Member" .
No indeed. That priceless discourse earned her the special designation of "Craiglist Ranter".
you will see her when she posts again - she has not been around for a while
I think many of us - if not most of us - can relate to the feelings she writes of but very few of us could write like her and express it so well
Yes, it is Jessinchicago and funny.
But there is another open letter, too, that takes a much more tender and regretful tone to the little beasts. After all, you are so close to them during one of the most stressful times of your life. I can't find it! I think it was linked here.
Yes-- it is Jessinchicago.
Here's an article about her Craigslist post, which got quite a compliment from US magazine.
Jess also wrote these posts on the blog.
She's wonderful and very talented.I started and run the site but am "not an expert."
That was good. It really lets the emotion out and I bet she felt better after writing it. Funny stuff!!
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Kevin DeYoung tweeted earlier today:
Let's not be more "gospel-centered" than the Bible. The Bible is not afraid of words like striving, fighting, effort, and work.
What I am inferring from this is that he is referring to people who are into excessive "grace", or what Bonhoeffer might call cheap grace. In Puritan times DeYoung might be challenging what was known as anti-nomianism, and what today, more popularly might be referred to as the ragamuffin gospel. Essentially DeYoung, as I read him is referring to the idea that it is okay and even necessary to "work" out one's salvation; and I wouldn't fully disagree. Of course the reason I am writing this quick post is because I do ultimately disagree with DeYoung; it's his informing theology that concerns me.
DeYoung is a Young, Restless, and Reformed pastor/theologian who thinks about work, effort, striving, fighting, etc. from a certain perspective; at least when it is in reference to someone's personal salvation. It is this informing theology, of DeYoung's that I, of course, see as the problem. Because DeYoung believes that Jesus unconditionally elected certain people for salvation; because he believes that Jesus only died for these chosen few; and because he believes that a sign of people's election is persevering in good works, when he calls for folks to not be more "gospel-centered" than the Bible, he is calling for them to essentially prove their election. It is from striving and working out one's salvation that these elect individuals can assure themselves that they are one of the elect for whom Christ died. In the olden Puritan days they would call this experimental predestinarianism, because it was an experiment proven emperically through works which could demonstrate if an individual was truly one of the elect.
Of course the problem with attempting to prove one's salvation was that it turned the person inward to themselves. This corrective that DeYoung is calling for comes from a certain theological vantage point. But is it really in alignment with a gospel of grace?
A genuine gospel of grace doesn't ground one's assurance of election or salvation in what they do. Instead the ground of salvation in a genuine gospel of grace is in the vicarious humanity of Christ and what he has done for us. It does not tell people to do things from a ground in an abstract decree of election, but instead it challenges them to look directly and immediately to Jesus Christ. It encourages the bruised reeds out there to understand that strife, effort, work, etc. have all been carried out for them in what Jesus has done for them in his humanity. It calls people to a life of participation and gratitude, and to live obediently to the Gospel of grace only in and from the life of Christ through union with him. There is no call to prove one's election through perseverance in good works and striving. But this is what stands behind DeYoung's statement.


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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Jamaican drums??
6 comments:
- Jeff said...
Congrats! Glad that it's fired up and working. Looking forward to your progress reports. Stay warm! That's some cold weather! BRrrrrrr....
- January 29, 2008 at 6:54 PM
- Jennifer said...
Jim, I had a little extra noise with my sounds at first too. It sounds like you're off to an INCREDIBLE start...for having no hearing in that ear for 16 years...I can't wait to hear how things progress!!!
Stay warm...I'd keel over and die in that weather!!! I am NOT a cold weather person!
Will check back again for updates! Can't wait!! :)
- January 29, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- Ulf said...
Congratualations! Total envy from me right now... I'm waiting for my first surgery and hate to wait!
Good luck from Norway!
- January 30, 2008 at 9:39 AM
- Laurie said...
Hello! I'm Jennifer's friend. . . You are off to a good start! Your "beat" will change soon. . . .hang in there!
Nice to meet you. . . I look forward to reading your updates!
- January 30, 2008 at 12:55 PM
- Sam said...
I am Jennifer and Laurie and Jeff and Mike and Vamoose and Billy and Ivan and Abbie's friend...congrats on joining the club. Those Jamaican drums sound great...don't they? It only gets better! And I am glad to hear your weather is slightly better than mine!
- January 31, 2008 at 4:52 AM
- Abbie said...
HI!! YOUR TURNED ON! This is only the start, I heard lots of tinny drummy sounds at activation. Your next mapping will be better :)
- January 31, 2008 at 10:08 AM


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Okay, I'm going back to V-S. It needs to get finished, and I realized I still have way too much backed up on the challenges to wait until I'm done.
We're on the first task, and the surprise monster is a flock of Stymphalian birds. Titouan Boulanger, the Beauxbatons champion, managed to get the silver skull from the hidden nest, with a total score of 36 out of 50. Champions lose points for injuring the birds or being injured themselves. The birds have impenetrable metal feathers, metal beaks and claws, and poison dung.
Celia has just entered the field of play, after spending the morning with Lupin's portrait, going over generalized strategy. James is watching from the stands. He has noticed that Ginny is there covering the event.
I am totally off my outline, in case people hadn't guessed by my sudden freeze-up. ;p There was originally supposed to be a just James-and-Ruthless scene here (it was in a shortfic earlier), but that didn't make any logical sense with what's here now.
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The mirrors turned to Celia, and her face was projected up onto the giant viewing panels. The wind was blowing, and James could see that a bit of her sandy-colored hair was lodged in the corner of her mouth. She pulled it away, staring out at the field of play, where the birds were still concealed.
The spell broke.
The cages opened.
Celia frowned slightly (on the panels, the little line between her eyes seemed roughly the width of the grand canyon), then took a deep breath and raised her wand as the view became suddenly wider. The birds flew in.
Celia had apparently cast an Umbrella Charm on herself, as bits of white stuff that James preferred not to to think about were floating around her like satellites. She twirled her wand and let off a very loud Ululatus Charm. The birds flew back. She cast a net upward and ran madly as it brought some of them down.
The others flew at her.
Impedimenta, James thought, as hard as he could. Impedimenta, Impedimenta, Impedimenta...
"Impedimenta!" Celia managed.
The closest birds stared flying in slow motion.
Celia made a wild dive for the nest and came up with the skull, but the Impeded birds had already been shoved aside by their more active flockmates. Golden feathers flew through the air like flocked arrows, and Celia was only able to Conjure a quick shield to catch them. She clawed her way out of the nest, did another Ululatus, and rolled toward the finish line.
She was safe.
The keepers came back.
The Healers came and took Celia off the field (the viewing panel showed several cuts on her face, and to James's complete annoyance, Audric the Announcer took the opportunity to explain what heavy precautions were being taken against her lycanthropy... which wasn't even spread by blood, though you'd never know it by his narrative. James took out a pair of binoculars and looked down toward where Mum was translating, and he could tell by the look on her face that she was giving a spirited commentary on the translation.
Celia's scores came up--9,7,8,8,7. Total of thirty-nine.
The Hogwarts contingent exploded with applause.
"We're in the lead!" Scops said, dropping down beside James. "Celia's got it."
"Veronika's still going," James reminded him, as the keepers re-set the field of play.
"Yeah, but we're already ahead of Beauxbatons by three points." He raised his wand, and shot out red and gold sparks for Celia. James thought it would've be nice if he'd kept up his Patronus practice, so he could send her a "Well done" message, but he'd been lax since the Goblet hadn't chosen him. He decided to rectify that so that he could send one when she finished the Second Task in February. He practiced as surreptitiously as he could (with no visible results at all, somewhat to his alarm) until the concealment spells went back up and Veronika Horvat came into play.
Celia's lead didn't last long. Veronika did the same sorts of spells Celia had done--there were only so many ways to defend oneself against a swarm of deadly birds--but she was a more graceful runner, and ended the task with only a few scrapes. She came out with forty points, most of the ten points lost because she'd nicked one of the birds' wings, and it needed the attention of a Healer.
Scops sighed. "It's only one point," he said. "Celia can earn it back in the next task."
The Beauxbatons students seemed muted in their cheers, and James couldn't blame them--it couldn't be great fun to have the lowest score in their own tournament.
Back at the Visitors' Garden later, Veronika and Celia didn't seem to be particularly bothered by the slight difference in scores, though they'd had a bet, and Celia was forced to sing something in Croatian that Veronika had apparently taught her. There was a party outside, between the ship and the train, that lasted far into the night. Mum showed up for part of it, after she'd filed her report, and told both girls that she'd been impressed. Nikita Janowicz was a Harpies fan and wanted to ask her any number of questions about her time there, and about various women on the team who he admired--supposedly as Quidditch players, though he kept forgetting which positions they played, leading James to assume he had the team posters on his walls and not much else.
When this was over, Mum beckoned to James to join her in the train ("wouldn't want to embarrass you in front of the Durmstrang girls") so she could give him a hug and a full hamper of food from Nana Weasley. She passed a few words with the portraits, who she seemed to miss having in the house, then hugged James again, and went on her way. This was something James appreciated from her: she had a keen sense of where mothering belonged, and where a bit of independence was needed.
After she left, he found himself talking to Emilija Tomičić for a long time. She seemed quite nice, and rather interested in him. The thought of Al having snogged someone occurred to him, and he asked if he could kiss her, to which she was quite amenable, although Celia interrupted them before they got much further than nose-bumping.
"Really, James," she said, dropping down on the log beside him where Emilija had been sitting (she'd made sudden excuses and run back off to the ship). "Will you settle on someone? You've been making eyes at Dani, Veronika, and now Emilija. Not to mention various werewolves who will slap you if you do it again."
"Well, if you don't want me looking at you, then why do you care how many other girls I look at?"
"Is this just because Al has a girlfriend?"
James didn't dignify this with an answer.
Celia dropped the subject. "Do you want to have a look at the skull I got?"
"Yeah! Does it have a clue, like Dad's did?"
"I don't know. I haven't done anything with it yet."
"Who else do you want looking at it?"
"Just you for now. And the portraits. Let's see if we can get it solved by"--she checked her watch--"well, midnight's over, but maybe by one-thirty."
They went to the campfire, where the two skulls were displayed on a table, and Celia took hers. Veronika bowed sarcastically and said, "I'll give you the head start. I can afford it."
Celia's returning gesture wasn't exactly a bow, but it did seem to be in good spirits. She took James's arm and led him back to the train.
They set up in the common area on the second floor, with both Talitha and the Marauders could comment.
"Even getting the clue will be a puzzle," Talitha said. "In my tournament, they hid a riddle in the center of a crystal, and we had to get it out without breaking the crystal."
"Was it infused, like in a wand?" James asked.
"Probably. One of the judges was a wandmaker."
James wanted to ask how she'd got the clue out--it might have a clue as to what the infusing spells were--but Talitha would be sidetracked for a long time, and it wasn't very likely that Celia's clue was infused in the silver skull.
"Do you think there'll be a hostage?" Sirius asked.
"There usually is," Celia said. "Different people in different tournaments. In 1753, it was teachers. I reckon Robards would fail me on a NEWT on principle if I didn't rescue him."
"Maybe we'll get to find out who you love the most," Granddad said, grinning.
Celia fetched a deep sigh. "Oh, but Mr. Laurent is on the judging panel, so they couldn't very well take him, no matter how much it would break my heart to have him painfully killed by a monster or three."
Lupin cleared his throat. "Before we get to your revenge fantasies, maybe we should have a look at the clue."
"Oh, right." Celia held up the skull and looked it over. "It's hollow. Nothing is shaking inside it. She pointed her wand at the eyes. "It's very glittery inside, like a geode. I can't see anything."
"Dad had to take the egg into the water to get his riddle," James said. "It was just screechy noise before that."
Celia gave a yank at the skull's jaw, but it didn't move. "Nothing to that," she said. "There's no sound to hear, unless it's really hidden. Do you suppose Robards will cheat like that Death Eater did, and find a way to get me the clue?"
"Probably not," James said.
Talitha snorted. "In that case, he doesn't know how this game is played."
"And here I thought you didn't cheat!" Sirius protested.
"I didn't. But my headmaster did. All of the headmasters do. It makes them feel useful."
"Try opening the mouth magically," Lupin suggested.
Celia tried Alohomora, to no effect.
"Is there writing hidden in the decorations?" Granddad asked.
There wasn't. Nor were there patterns of colored crystals that Celia could see inside the skull (Sirius's suggestion), recognizable maps or images (James's), a special shadow cast on the wall when wandlight was cast up from the jaw. Other students drifted up and made suggestions that didn't work. One-thirty came and went, and Robards finally came in and sent everyone to bed. James went to bed thinking about the problem, but, much to his disappointment, did not dream an answer.


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I am 100% Polish and grew up in Chicago, IL. I have had many different kolackys on many different occasions, but these by far have a great taste and the recipe is much simpler than others I've tried....especially those that call for yeast in the dough. I made these for Christmas to all of my Floridian friends' delight, and plan to make them again tonight for a friend's birthday. My husband and I absolutely in love with these cookies!!! 5 stars
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Survey the people
You have to place these roll up banners in strategic areas first and find out if people have seen them. If you can find people who have stopped just to check the content of the advertising tool, you might want to ask them certain questions related to the banner. Ask them if they loved the material used. You should also ask them if the marketing campaign made them likelier to buy your products or not. Most of all, the survey should ask for feedback on how to improve your campaign materials in the future.
Compare your overall sales
You should also determine if there was a change in your overall sales based on the previous monthly report and the recent one when the campaign materials were deployed. If sales went down or were pretty much the same as the previous month, it means that your campaign materials are not working well. On the other hand, if you see a striking surge, it means that you are heading in the right direction. Just be careful in reading the results as there are other factors which also affect sales for your business.
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When 'FOMO' Hits Because of Chronic Illness
Before I became chronically ill, I had the job that I dreamed of, I traveled to the places I wanted to visit, I went out whenever and wherever I wanted, and I made many friends and went out with them. I did all of these things without a second thought, without worries, without fear that one day I can't do them anymore.
When I became chronically ill, I started to have this understandable fear of missing out (FOMO)… missing out on seeing my friends, on jobs opportunities, on visiting family members, and on traveling to new places. Basically missing out on everything I used to do, missing out on everything a young adult usually can do in their 20s, but I can't do.
This a real fear to any chronically ill person, and it's an awful feeling – especially for young people. Your 20s is the time when you have to take care of yourself and build your future, and also to have the time of your life. But, when you're ill, everyone around you is living their life and working on themselves – and all you can do is stay at home and do nothing and watch life pass you by.
I would like chronically ill people like me to know that even if we're missing out on many things, we still can live and enjoy other things in life. We can enjoy things we didn't pay attention to before. Everyone of us is different, so everyone has their own things that they can still enjoy and able to do.
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"A rich and stimulating, broad and balanced, and highly relevent curricullum is in place. Every pupil across the school from Early Years to the sixth form greatly benefits from an individualised curriculum with a strong emphasis on developing pupils' communication, literacy skills and their personal, social and health education."
"Pupils with profound and muliple learning difficulties often experience a sense of wonder through well-planned sensory activities" "Under the transformational leadership of the headteacher the school has sustained outstanding leadership and management since its previous inspection."
"Children are very happy and most eager to join in with their activities. They display high levels of concentration, imagination and curiosity about the world around them."
" Pupils have excellent attitudes to learning and always try their very best in lessons." "The teaching of communication, literacy and numeracy is very effective."
"The achievement of students in the sixth form is outstanding resulting from outstanding teaching over time." "Pupils have excellent relationship with adults and show kindness and respect to each other. They are courteous and polite to adults."
"The school's work to keep pupils safe and secure is outstanding." "Rigorous and regular monitoring of teaching through lesson observations, pupil progress meetings and scrutiny of pupils' work is outstanding."
"Leaders make excellent use of the primary school physical education and sport premium." "Pupils have excellent relationship with adults and show kindness and respect to each other. They are courteous and polite to adults."
"Teachers and teaching assistants were seen working well together in all lessons to support the learning of individual and small groups of pupils, ensuring that tasks were carefully matched to each individual pupil's learning needs and breaking tasks down into smaller steps."
All pupils attending Amwell View School and Specialist Sports College have a statement of needs focusing on the areas of their individual learning outcomes and those pupils on the autism spectrum have specifics of the triad addressed. The current number of pupils on roll at Amwell View is 126, 65 of those have a diagnoses of autism. The teaching staff work together with specialists and parents to break individual outcomes down into small achievable steps, thus aiming for pupils to gain a good foundation for learning with understanding.
Amwell View recognises that pupils with a diagnosis of autism require a specialist approach and the curriculum and the delivery of lessons reflect this. The staff work together with specialist input to optimise developing pupil understanding and promote independence. The following headings list the specific areas where the school have addressed autism related needs and incorporated them into the individual and the whole schol structure:-
• Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and further education
• On-site access to specialist therapies (OT, physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapy)
• Broad and relevant curriculum
• Assessment and attainment
• Challenging behaviour and anxiety
• Partnership with parents and families
• Voice of the pupil with autism
• Educational interventions
• Outreach support
Autism strategies and activities provide benefits for all pupils attending Amwell View School. Expectations of pupil behaviour and application to learning are high within the context of individual abilities as are the sensory needs of the pupils. Staff members at Amwell View have a good knowledge of the pupils and an understanding of the ways in which pupils with a diagnosis of ASD process information and how to keep them motivated and engaged in learning opportunities.
Please click on the following links for futher information.
Autism Accreditation Information for parents and carers
Easy reading version Autism Accreditation document
Play, learning and autism 2017
Autism Handbook 2017-18
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The team roster and salary cap information has now finally been updated.
The current salary cap and payroll commitments now reflect the "normal" roster after the St Louis trade (Steen and Colaiacovo for Stempniak) and Stralman's transfer to the Marlies.
After accounting for the players currently on the IR and called up, it seems as though the Leafs are running with a 22-man roster, which means that Burke has left himself a free roster spot to showcase an extra Marlie (as he is currently doing) or perhaps to ensure that he has the available roster spot in case a player of interest is placed on waivers by another team.
I should point out that the cap totals reflect the players currently on the roster, but do not reflect the exact, actual team cap situation. For instance, there will be some additional cap cost associated with the days that Steen and Colaiacovo were on the Leafs roster, and a corresponding cap reduction to Stempniak's cap hit for the days when he was on the Blues' roster. Similarly, various players have been on the IR — with Marlies called up to replace them — which affects the actual cap situation. Further, there have been several roster moves (Tlusty and Stralman to the Marlies, etc.) which are accounted on a daily basis and aren't reflected here.
The bottom line: the cap hit and cap space shown should be treated only as a very rough approximation.
The Leafs Active Roster has also been updated to reflect the approximate current roster, but the line combinations should be taken with a grain of salt. As we've seen, coach Ron Wilson doesn't hesitate to shuffle the deck both in practice and during the games, so it's almost impossible to present anything that's completely accurate (or at least we'd need someone updating it full time, which isn't currently the case).
At present my schedule doesn't allow me to maintain a completely current, daily update of the data, but it is my hope that I'll be able to make monthly updates to both posts. Please bear that in mind when reviewing them. I'll include a "last updated" line to let you know when the last update was made. I expect to do the next update sometime in early-to-mid January. Thanks for your understanding.


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Causes of preweaning mortality in small scale and medium scale intensive piggeries in central kenya including nairobi
Munyua, SJM
Agumbah, GJO
Njenga, MJ
Kuria, KJN
Kamau, JA
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Causes of preweaning mortality were examined in small-scale and medium-scale piggeries, using comprehensive questionnaires and clinical histories combined with pathological data. Birth to weaning mortality was 15.78%. The main causes of death among piglets born alive were diarrhoea (23%), overlaying (10%), anaemia (5%) and starvation (19%) (mainly due to either weak and sick mothers or piglets, or poor feeding). Most deaths that occurred within 48 hr of birth on one farm were linked to avitaminosis A. The most frequent causes of death during September 1982 to September 1987 were gastroenteritis (31.77%), anaemia (32.81%), starvation (malnutrition 20.31%) and pneumonia (4.69%).


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The myth of "product-as-solution" underlies most advertising including the disguised advertising which so much of the AIDS talk in fact is; it implies that human problems are reducible to material and mechanistic terms, thus implicitly denying the spirit, the person, human freedom and thus the very roots of morality.
This is why the condoms-against-AIDS lobby and the abstinence-against-AIDS lobbies are at cross purposes: one deals with people as machines, the other as souls.
A product can at best be only a part of a solution, and then only if it is correctly conceived as part of a human solution addressing a human problem.
Instruction in the use of contraception - in theory as well as actual practice - is worlds apart from the education of the heart required for chastity and abstinence. cf the abuse of the word "education" in the term "sex education".
When comparing the missionary and the NGO approaches, if it was possible to find a way of comparing their respective "benefits", the figures might well speak for themselves, even in plain economic terms. This could be interesting in motivating donors to give more to traditional charity organisations run by religious rather than to NGOs. Not an easy task I imagine, especially given the reality that in the main NGOs and donors are interested in promoting certain agendas rather than being open to holistic notions of human development.


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Affiliate Marketing vs Network Marketing
What Is Affiliate Marketing?
In the online world, a revenue sharing model called Affiliate Marketing can be used to mutually benefit a website owner and an online merchant.
Website owners (the affiliate) can make extra money through their website by promoting other people's products/services.
The online merchant pays the affiliate for any successful sales, leads or clicks that had been generated from their referring website.
Pay Per Click
The affiliate is paid every time a visitor from their website clicks on a link that directs them to the merchant's website.
Pay Per Lead
The affiliate is paid when a lead is referred to the merchant's website. This involves the visitor signing up for something, such as a subscription to a newsletter, a free trial, or some kind of promotion.
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The affiliate is paid when a visitor clicks on a link that directs them to the merchant's online shop and a purchase was successful made.
Benefits Of Affiliate Marketing
- Becoming an affiliate for merchants is FREE! If anyone charges you for joining, it's most likely a scam!
- Affiliate marketing is very easy to do. Doesn't really require much work. It's a 'lazy' way of making money online. Website owners can just place the merchant's advertisement on their website or write an article about it and leave it up to the visitors.
- A wide selection of products/services to promote. If you are blogging for a niche topic, you can keep promoting all kinds of relevant products on your website. There is a never ending list! Read more about this topic here. CLICK HERE!
- No need to deal directly with the customers. No customer service, packaging, and deliveries required
- No experience required. Anyone can do it. Even retirees who might not be tech savvy can do it!
- The affiliate is given a unique code for a banner or link to track orders. When visitors click on the link, a cookie would be placed on the visitor's computer for a certain length of time (eg. 30 days, 60 days etc). So if the customer doesn't buy anything on the first visit, they may return later and make a purchase. This cookie on their computer will allow the transaction to be tracked back to the affiliate for commissions to be paid.
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You have no control of the potential customers because they are referred to the merchant's business instead. This means that you don't have access to the customer's details and transactions. Unless you are doing email marketing and already know the email address of people that you are sending the unique link to. But, if the customer has a complaint/issue with their purchase orders, you won't know about it!
What Is Network Marketing?
Network marketing is a legitimate business model utilized by some companies to help increase sales of their products.
This involves a network of independent business owners going out there and trying to close as many sales as they possibly can, and also recruit new independent business owners under them to help spread the word about the company's products.
It is also known as multi-level marketing (MLM). I'm sure many people have heard of MLM companies such as Amway, which has been around for a long time.
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- Support and guidance is provided from someone higher up in the rank (your upline). So you are not alone.
- Marketing material and other resources are provided to help you build your business. All you need to do is concentrate on marketing the products and tell people why your products are so good!
- Network marketing can be very rewarding when done properly. If you had a good size team of independent business owners under you (your downline), then you can leverage other people's efforts and make passive income. So basically, the higher up in rank you are, the less work you need to do.
- You can keep your customers! You will have access to their personal details such as address and phone number, and track their transactions with the company. You can keep promoting products to your list of customers over and over again. This may include new products, exciting changes, and any sales etc.
- It is generally a lot easier to sell products to existing customers than it is to potential customers who don't know much about the products and the brand. Email marketing is a very powerful strategy to use.
Disadvantages Of Network Marketing
- For newbies in the business, it requires quite a bit of leg work like going out there and finding your own customers and potential business partners.
- Word of mouth marketing is free, but if you are using other strategies such as market stalls, print advertising and Google Adwords, you would need to spend some of your own money to promote the products.
- Might jeopardize some relationships as people don't like to be pushed products onto them.
Affiliate marketing is a powerful strategy to use if you are a website owner and want to promote a whole range of things with no risk involved.
If the advertisement isn't getting much visitors clicking on it, then you can always change it and promote something else. Very easy to do!
On the other hand, network marketing can also be very lucrative when it comes to building a sustainable business. The low entry fee means that you can start making a profit in a short time.
The company can also give you a website for your customers to order through you, so you don't need to create one yourself unless you want to.
In today's time, the internet allows you to market products to anyone in the world. So both affiliate marketing and network marketing are good business models to be involved in.


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Speaking at a two-day workshop entitled: "The Dynamics of Cashless Economy and Emerging Methods in Financial Crimes", organised by the Nigeria Police Force, Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Lagos and held at Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos yesterday, the human rights activist advised those who were opposed to a move by Lagos State government two years ago to impose taxes and levies on churches, mosques and other religious centres to have a rethink in view of the growing opulence of some religious leaders.
According to Falana who also represented Prof. Wole Soyinka, guest speaker at the occasion, the tax authorities must extend their dragnets to all religious centres where substantial income is generated on a regular basis in the name of God.
"In the United Kingdom, a Nigerian "bishopreneur" is currently being investigated for fraud by the police. Indeed one of the issues being looked into is the propriety of collecting tithes from poor congregants only to channel the proceeds to acquire limousines and private jets. Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Latter Rain Assembly was reported to have said that not until the religious leaders, including himself, were incarcerated, there wouldn't be sanity in the churches. He said churches have failed their congregations as Pastors have now become tyrants, oppressors and leaders without care for their followers.
"In a swift reaction, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), someone who just acquired his own jet a couple of weeks ago, took a swipe at Bakare for condemning their crave for jets and opulent life. He said everything a pastor could get for evangelism should be acquired. Not minding the economic situation of the people, I think the statement credited to this leader is uncharitable knowing fully well that many Christians today would fare well if the resources used in buying these jets are made available to them. There is need for sanity also in the churches".
He, however, urged Nigerians to take their destiny in their own hands.
Youths, Falana advised, must shake themselves out of bondage of unscrupulous politicians who had nothing to offer but the criminalisation of the youths.
Also, speaking on the ranking of Nigeria by KPMG as the most corrupt state in West Africa, Falana noted that it is not that Nigeria does not have sufficient laws to deal with the issue of corruption, but identified the absence of political will in addition to how the system in Nigeria harbours sacred cows and 'untouchables'.
The Royal Father of the Day, Lagos monarch, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu decried the attack on St. Andrews Military Protestant Church located within the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Kaduna on Sunday during which no fewer than 11 people were killed and 30 others injured.
The Oba said the attack was a bad signal to foreign investors who may want to come with their money and invest in the country.
Oba Akiolu disclosed that the problem in Nigeria is not that of President Goodluck Jonathan but of all and sundry.
He, however, admonished the perpetrators of the heinous crime to have a rethink.
In his opening address, Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, who was represented by the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Mr. Peter Gana, said the workshop was specifically designed to equip men and officers with the required knowledge in dealing with whatever circumstances that may arise in the course of the full implementation of the cashless policy of the Federal government.
"The workshop is aimed at providing security agencies with basic knowledge of how to prevent financial crimes, investigate financial crimes and prosecute offenders of financial crimes without contravening the law.
"It must however be noted that it is not enough to train only those who will investigate and prosecute offenders without proper recommendation for the major players in the financial sector of the nation's economy. Training those in the financial sector of the Nigerian economy is a strong step towards shifting from the traditional way of waiting for them to commit fraud, before being on their trail. It is also a way of putting them on alert of the different ways through which fraud can be committed with the full implementation of the cashless policy", said Abubakar.
Commissioner of Police (CP) in-charge, SFU, Mr. Ayotunde Ogunsakin noted that the world is becoming a global village where there are technological inventions, advancements and innovations accompanied by threats and challenges.
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"There seems to be a unique, caring and supportive environment where pupils learn to believe in themselves and to respect and support others, bringing out the best in each individual." A Bethany parent.
Bethany enjoys a reputation as a particularly friendly and happy community. It is a strong, thriving school and recent years have seen an enviable building programme. The Head firmly believes that school should be enjoyed rather than endured and it is the atmosphere of positive nurturing and encouragement which makes Bethany 'refreshingly different'.
Located in Kent's 'Garden of England', Bethany combines an idyllic rural campus with easy accessibility. London is less than an hour by train, Gatwick Airport one hour by taxi (Heathrow 1½ hours).
Each student becomes part of their own boarding house family, and benefits from a full and varied programme of weekend activities and visits.
In the Upper Sixth, students board in the purpose-built Sixth Form centre and have individual study-bedrooms with en-suite facilities.
Our small classes ensure that students receive plenty of support and guidance. Over 94% of our Sixth Form leavers progress on to university courses, leaving Bethany with a mature self-confidence and clear direction.
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As a TCK, we find ourselves changing with each new location. As a digital nomad, I live in many places at once. The luggage, trains, planes, trams, and automobiles is so much flurry that it doesn't leave me a second to grieve. A proper farewell.
Its important to be able to have a proper farewell to the places and faces we once loved.
When you grow up mobile, the sense of identity and home is skewed because its never a constant place. Sometimes TCKs associate their previous homes as places but some associate them to the faces. The people they forged real connections with. I think its important to be able reflect and grieve properly on those physical places and people once they are gone.
Like a proper break up.
I met up with a TCK friend of mine recently and she was telling me about her weird break up with a man she had been dating for a while. She told me that she felt shattered because it felt like a part of her sense of home was pulled from under the rug. She found solace in the people she chose to get close to for a sense of home and normalcy. It got me to thinking about my own friendships and romantic relationships. I was in a long distance relationship with a man for a few years and recently had to make the decision to tell him that I couldn't keep flying to his town anymore. Long story short, I felt terrible but then we had a couple days of saying a proper goodbye. We visited my favorite places in town, reminisced about all the good times we had traveling together and the first time we met halfway across the globe, they were all good memories. Memories are my home.
I found solace in creating memories that would mark time periods of my life that I felt at home. Home is not a physical place for me but I get these questions a lot by well meaning family and friends.
"Where do you want to settle down?"
"You need to find a permanent place to settle down."
"Just pick a place and settle down."
"Where do you see yourself permanently?"
"Are you going to keep traveling?"
"You can't keep on traveling. You need to set down roots"
These are all valid concerns and questions by all the people that have said them to me. To be honest, I can't answer the questions. I feel very conflicted because in my heart I have places and countries I would love to live in for a long period of time and settle for a while BUT then its a challenge to live there due to logistical, political, and visas. Believe me, I have tried to apply for jobs and live in my chosen places. I have struggled for so many years.
My passport pulls me back in many respects and I have not been able to accept it. It has to do with something greater than just me. It becomes a power struggle of politics, privilege, and current affairs.
But all I know is this. People and places that make me feel welcome feel like home. Sometimes there's a gut feeling that you just feel so comfortable there. Its like falling in love. I remember when I fell in love with a city. I made it my home for as long as I could until I had to leave. It broke my heart.
Home is a feeling. A memory. And a comfort.
I don't know where I'll be but I will know when I am home.
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