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Why is it that after thousands of years, so many of us still search for the answer to this mystery? Did it exist or didn't it. We can't seem to let go of it, as if deep down we know it existed, as though we possess some collective memory of it within our subconcious, which doesn't let us accept it as myth. Like the ghost of someone long gone that lingers on until the mystery of their death has been resolved and they can finally be at peace, their story having been told.
Ever since the first recorded history of Atlantis, written by the Greek philosopher Plato over 2,360 years ago, debate has raged as to whether or not Atlantis ever really existed. Plato described it as an extraordinary Utopian society, thriving around 9,600 BC, which valued peace, art and wisdom, possessed advanced technological knowledge for the time, and enjoyed riches beyond that of any subsequent civilization. The land was said to have been very fertile, with abundant food, water, animals, wood, and flowers. But, as the story goes, after several generations of ruling the leaders became increasingly greedy and corrupt, and started to wage war on their neighbouring countries. They conquered parts of North Africa and Europe and were about to attack Egypt and Athens, when the Athenian army valiantly drove them back and defeated them. It is shortly after this victory by the Athenians that violent and devastating earthquakes, and the resulting tidal waves and floods, destroyed the Athenian army, as well as the entire Island continent of Atlantis, submerging it beneath the sea "in a single day and night".
The question is : Did Plato write this as a moralistic story, or as a true historical account?
Plato's 2 writings pertaining to Atlantis are the "Timaeus", and the "Critias", written in 360BC, at which time Plato would have been aged about 67 or 68. These are the earliest known written records about the Lost Continent of Atlantis, all other written references to Atlantis have been written since, and have been based on these writings by Plato.
The Timaeus and the Critias are actually written in the form of dialogues between 4 main characters: Socrates (.Greek philosopher, and Plato's teacher.), Critias (.poet & historian.), Timaeus (.an Italian astronomer.), and Hermocrates (.a general from Syracuse.). All were real people.
The Timaeus includes only a passing reference to Atlantis, but the second writing, the Critias, has a much more in depth description of Atlantis leading upto it's downfall.
The story is told by the character Critias, who was possibly Plato's maternal great-grandfather. Critias had heard the story as a child from his own Grandfather, Critias the Elder, who had heard it from his father Dropides, who had heard it from his friend Solon, a great Athenian Law-giver reputed to have been an honest and true man.
Solon had been told the story of Atlantis during his stay in Sais, Egypt, by an elderly Egytian priest who claimed to have acquired the knowledge directly from ancient records in his keeping. After hearing of the account, Solon had intended to record it himself, for posterity's sake, but for one reason or another he never did.
Just for the record, Solon really did visit Sais, Egypt, although the date Plato gives for this is about 20 years off. This at least is indisputable fact.
The Egyptian records that the priest was referencing have to this day never been found. But there are theories that hidden in a hall underneath the sphinx, or in the top of the great pyramid, is a secret chamber containing ancient records of invaluable historical, and perhaps future, importance. Several excavations have been attempted to find this secret room, but all have lead to dead ends. It is unknown exactly where this rumor originated, it may have been Edgar Cayce, an American psychic / clairvoyant of the early 1900's, who predicted (sometime before his death in 1945) that in 1998 a "Hall of Records" would be found.
According to Cayce, the contents of the hall and the location are as follows:
"A record of Atlantis from the beginning of those periods when the Spirit took form, or began the encasements in that land; and the developments of the peoples throughout their sojourn; together with the record of the first destruction, and the changes that took place in the land; with the record of the sojournings of the peoples and their varied activities in other lands, and a record of the meetings of all the nations or lands, for the activities in the destruction of Atlantis; and the building of the pyramid of initiation, together with whom, what, and where the opening of the records would come, that are as copies from the sunken Atlantis. For with the change, it [Atlantis] must rise again. In position, this lies -- as the sun rises from the waters -- as the line of the shadows (or light) falls between the paws of the Sphinx; that was set later as the sentinel or guard and which may not be entered from the connecting chambers from the Sphinx's right paw until the time has been fulfilled when the changes must be active in this sphere of man's experience."
The Story...
Plato was writing the Timaeus and the Critias as the first 2 parts of a trilogy, which was to follow on from one of his previous works called The Republic, and it is believed that in this trilogy Atlantis was going to play a significant part.
But as you will notice when you read the Critias excerpt below, he never finished it! It breaks off at the most exciting part, never to be finished, or if it was finished, the end part has been lost. So, out of the trilogy only the first book was completed, the second was half done, and the third was never even started.
Timaeus : Click here to read the excerpt regarding Atlantis from this first dialogue.
Critias : Click here
to read the excerpt regarding Atlantis from the second dialogue.
The Storyteller
Plato, also known as Aristocles, was born in Athens approx 427 - 428BC, and died peacefully in 347BC at around 80 years of age. He was a respected Greek philosopher, and a student of Socrates, the Grandfather of Western Philosophy. When Socrates was executed in Athens in 399BC, Plato was deeply affected and spent several years travelling and learning, before returning to Athens at age 40 to set up a school of philosophy, which remained in operation for over 900 years (until the Christians closed it down suspecting it would undermine their religion). It's most famous student was Aristotle.
For more info on Plato, click here to view his page on Wikipedia
Where was Atlantis ?
This is where the believers are divided.
None of the explanations put forward by Atlantologists stay 100% true to Plato's description. Major pieces of his description are often conveniently overlooked so that a researcher's particular theory makes more sense. For example, the location of Atlantis is quite clearly described by Plato, but researchers have nonetheless "found" Atlantis pretty much everywhere else.
Here are a few of the proposed locations, and the books written about them:
(You can get the basic idea of each theory by reading the blurb on the back cover or reading the reviews)
Antarctica : " The Atlantis Blueprint " by Colin Wilson and Rand Flem-Ath
Thera : " " by Charles R. Pellegrino
Thera : " "
Thera : " " by Walter L. Friedrich, translated by Alexander R. McBirney
Cyprus : " " by Robert Sarmast
Central America : " " by Ivar Zapp & George Erikson
Central America : " " by Lewis Spence & Paul Tice
Theories on the Destruction
The most popular theories as to the destruction of Atlantis are exactly what Plato described, earthquakes and floods. The floods more than likely attributable to the tidal waves that would have been caused by the earthquakes.
Another theory is that there was a volcano on the island that errupted with such force that the island was buried in molten lava.
Yet another theory is that an asteroid hit the Island, exerting the destructive power of hundreds of atomic bombs.
Someone has even put forward the idea that Atlantis was purposely flooded by extra terrestrials in an attempt to kill some rebels of their own planet who fled here to Earth and landed in Atlantis, where they interbred with humans... @_@
Reason to Doubt
Many experts believe that Plato, being a master storyteller, created the story of Atlantis to illustrate a philosophical point; that a perfect society was corrupted and became greedy, waged war on their neighbours, and were then divinely punished for it.
Could he have been imagining what may happen to his own home of Athens if it didn't check itself and it's people soon? A warning perhaps to the Athenian leaders that they may be heading down the same path of greed and corruption, so much so as to warrant them all a similar divine punishment?
Some of the details in Plato's description are the story's own worst enemies in some ways. The biggest problem is the date given to the destruction of Atlantis, which is around 9,600BC. For there to have been a race that technologically advanced at that particular time would re-write our known history of our own species, because human civilization as we would think of it has only been around since about 5000BC.
To be more precise, in 9,600BC our species are thought to have still been hunter-gatherers. The earliest city that we have evidence of is from about 8000BC called Catalhoyuk, in Turkey, and it is much more primitive than what Plato describes. Also Plato talks of domesticated cattle, and the earliest evidence researchers have found of domesticated cattle is 6,000BC. The architecture that Plato speaks of is far more advanced than what researchers believe would have been in use at that time, as more sophisticated buildings didn't start to show up until around 5,000BC at the very earliest. In fact there is almost no archaeological evidence that could support the claim that a society such as that described by Plato would have existed at the time stated.
On the other hand, there was no actual date given by the Egyptian Priest who first spoke of Atlantis to Solon, what he said was that it existed 9,000 years ago.
Some have theorised that the Egyptian Priest was actually referring to years in the sense of the ancient Egyptian lunar calendar where a year was actually a month. This may have confused people in the retelling of it in Greece because the Greek calendar was similar to our own, with 9000 years being 9000 years. ( I'm not really sure of the specifics of the lunar calendar, and the 1 month = 1 year, so don't quote me! )
But if this was the case, it would set the year of the destruction of Atlantis at a much more acceptable date, say between 1000 - 1500 BC.
Many believe that Plato was basing his account of Atlantis on the history of the Minoan civilization, which would coincide well with these new dates. The history of the Minoan civilization and the description of Atlantis have a suspicious amount in common at any rate.
Recent Discoveries
and other supporting evidence.
Why can we find the same plants and animal species on continents that are thousands of miles apart from each other?
If Atlantis existed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, it would have served as a land bridge between these continents, allowing the animals and plants (via the animals) to migrate between. Experts in many different fields of research, not Atlantis experts, have stated that they think there must have been a land mass connecting the continents together somehow.
In the Timaeus dialogue, Plato said Atlantis was "the way to other islands, and from these you might pass to the whole of the opposite continent".
Also, can it be mere coincidence that several ancient cultures seem to have spontaneously acquired certain knowledge and skills that were seemingly beyond their level of development at the time? The ability to build a perfect pyramid for example, this skill could not have been developed by several different cultures independantly of eachother in such a short period of time. One theory is that they inherited this knowlegde from a previous culture.
The Atlanteans were said to possess advanced skills and knowledge, particularly of engineering, consider the sophisticated irrigation systems and the canals as described by Plato. It is a possibility that the Atlanteans were the original pyramid builders, and they shared their knowledge with their neighbours. The pyramids are extremely sophisticated structures, often built so that their angles align perfectly with constellations in the heavens or with perfect north south east and west.
German Author Erich von Däniken believes these coincidences are attributable to "ancient astronauts", aliens who visited Earth in ancient times and shared techonologies with the ancient people. And a lot of people believe that the inhabitants of Atlantis were in fact aliens. They were said to be taller than the average person, more beautiful, etc.
There have been suggestions they may have been aliens fleeing their own recently destroyed planet (Mars has been implicated), and they landed on earth and colonized Atlantis. There are many bizarre theories..
The renowned American psychic Edgar Cayce ( 1877 - 1945 ) conducted "readings" on thousands of people in his time, often talking to them about their previous lives. Some of the people he interviewed had, in a previous life, lived in Atlantis, and from these people he collected some unbelievably detailed descriptions of the place.
Cayce also made many predictions, a couple assosciated with Atlantis. The most interesting and exciting of these Atlantis predictions is this :
"A portion of the temples may yet be discovered under the slime of ages and sea water near Bimini... Expect it in '68 or '69 - not so far away."
Sure enough, in 1968 (some 23 years after Cayce's own death) the Bimini Road was discovered in less than 15 feet of water on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, at North Bimini Island in the Bahamas. The Bimini Road is a half mile long road of perfectly aligned limestone rocks, most spectacular when viewed from the air. Some skeptics believe that these rocks are a natural formation, and not man-made. But now, thanks to new evidence uncovered at the area, many experts disagree.
Have a look at the images below and draw your own conclusions.
It is most intriguing that this site was "discovered" exactly when and where Edgar Cayce had predicted Atlantis to rise. An extraordinary coincidence?
Where does the Bimini Road lead? It descends into the sand and nobody knows how far down it actually goes.
Is "road" even a correct description? It would appear not. In the last few years intense research has been done in the area to try to uncover the mystery of these stones.
Dr. Greg Little, a Psychologist and Prehistorian, and esteemed author of over 30 books (including "Edgar Cayce's Atlantis ") has lead the research team, and has made some amazing discoveries. The most startling is that beneath the gigantic and seemingly precisely placed stones, is another layer of stones, exactly the same. This discovery would tend to suggest that it is not a road at all, but perhaps a wall. And it makes the argument a lot tougher for the skeptics who believe it to be a natural formation!
Greg Little's team has uncovered markings on some of the rocks that seem to to be deliberately carved holes or tool marks. They have also found what appear to be anchors from ancient ships, on which tests are still being conducted to determine the the era that they may be from.
While Dr. Little is not convinced that it is the site of Atlantis, he is convinced that it was an ancient shipping dock, but to which civilization it belonged is unclear. The design of the ship docks, if indeed that is what they are, resemble ancient docks of Cuba, Asia, and parts of Africa.
Even if Dr Little is not convinced, the Bimini Road is believed by many to be part of the ruins of Atlantis.
On the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean from Bimini, another location has recently been investigated as a possible candidate for the remains of Atlantis. Spartel Island, now just a mud shoal submerged 60 metres underwater, lies just west of the Straights of Gibraltar (known in ancient times as the pillars of Heracles / Hercules). It is in the exact place that Plato described Atlantis to have existed.
"There was an island situated in front of the Pillars of Hercules; the island was larger than Libya and Asia put together," it was "the way to other islands, and from these you might pass to the whole of the opposite continent".
Geological evidence collected at the site of Spartel Island confirms the island was ravaged by earthquakes and tsunamis around 11,600 years ago.
The exact place, the exact time, the exact conditions.
But the man responsible for the most recent research expeditions at this site, Marc-Andre Gutscher, has seemingly given up hope. At the recent conference in Milos regarding Atlantis he seems to have become discouraged upon hearing the arguments put forward by some of the other experts, who stressed that a civilization such as that which Plato described could not possibly have existed in 9,600BC....
While I am no expert on the theories about Atlantis, I am an enthusiastic lover of mysterious things and places, and Atlantis has intrigued me and inspired me since the first time I heard of it.
I have a lot more reading to do on the subject, as there is a wealth of books available and many many theories that have been put forward, and perhaps after more research I may feel differently about it all. But at the moment, as I write this, I believe the most exciting possibilities for the location of Atlantis to be the area of Bimini and the Bimini Road in the Bahamas, or the recently investigated site of Spartel Island, as described above. I can only hope that Marc Andre Gutsher or some other researcher decides someday to continue the search there.
With our technology advancing in leaps and bounds, we have never stood a better chance of finding Atlantis than we do now. And It may be our generation that finds it, after 11,600 years.
So get out there and look people!


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Black + White Artwork
Pens, markers, brushes, nibs, these are the tools I swear by. Even my layouts usually incorporate pen more than pencil because of how much more naturally it comes to me. My particular obsession is screentone though, which I can easily apply digitally but have enjoyed printing and applying by hand any chance I get. This section is a blend of both old-fashioned and digital work, most with Photoshop but more recently with Manga Studio.
My favorite inking tools include the Winsor & Newton Series 7 No. 2 watercolor brush, the Nikko G-Pen, the Hunt 101 Crow Quill, and a Faber Castell F-tip drawing pen, all combined with Speedball Super Black ink. All of my tools in Manga Studio are custom set to mimic these.
This section is being updated all the time, but usually new artwork goes up first on either my Tumblr or Instagram page, so keep an eye out there!

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Johnny Carson's former Malibu estate
The over 7,000 square foot house with beach access and a waterfall came on the market this year for $81.5 million. While it hasn't found a buyer yet, the property is much like it was when the king of late night TV was still alive.
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BBC radio Solent are interviewing me again today for a chat about dyslexia and my book. I'm meeting radio presenter Jen for a chat in Starbucks where she will conduct the interview, therefore I won't be live on air this time.
I'll keep you posted as to when I will be on radio.
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A few people have asked if I'm going to post "answers" to the study guide for Exam 2.
Short answer = no.
Less short answer = The "answers" are already posted. For Exam 1 I posted specific sample multiple choice questions, so there was an answer key. For Exam 2 (and likely Exams 3 & 4...), I posted a study guide that contains open-ended questions. The answers to these questions are contained in the slides I used in class and/or the assigned readings from the textbook. By posting questions this way, I hope to encourage you to think about many of these concepts a little more broadly rather than focus on picking the exact right answer from a list of possible choices.
For those of you who may be a little anxious that the exam will be a whole different format than Exam 1, fear not; your actual exam will still be multiple choice. By preparing for the exam with open-ended questions, you will be better prepared to answer a variety of multiple choice questions on each topic rather than just answer the exact questions you have studied. Some of the study guide questions will probably show up on the exam as multiple choice questions, but by preparing for those questions without the restriction of a specific set of multiple choice options, you will be better prepared to succeed.
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with incoming calls it would cut the call off after 15-20mins and with out going calls the person I rung couldn't hear me
Anonymous, 31 Oct 2016i think your just being stuck up for the price of the phone how can you moan if you want a com... moreA compass costs $1-2. Even a $100 phone often has one.
If you love the phone so much, go buy it !
Enjoy apps taking 40 seconds to start!
Sometimes it's better to have nothing, save your money and buy something good
- especially when it causes MASSIVE frustration.
AnonD-597907, 15 Oct 2016If you don't mind your child getting lost. The phone has no compass. So when you arrive somew... morei think your just being stuck up for the price of the phone how can you moan if you want a compass go an pay £500 for an I-phone or something !!!!!
just bought the pixie 3 4.5, it's ok for what i need it for, the only problem i have is how quick the battery runs out
Anonymous, 14 Oct 2016I would really love buy in a few months, Would this be a good first phone for a 13 year old gi... moreIf you don't mind your child getting lost.
The phone has no compass. So when you arrive somewhere you will have no idea what direction to go in until you walk 50 M.
Or you have to stand there and work it out by finding out which way is North, where you just got off, and where the streets are! LIke the 1900s! What a joke!
I recommend you do NOT risk giving this to your child.
Who knows what else is wrong with the phone, since the company is clearly not trustworthy.
WARNING: NO COMPASS ! You will get lost - and Alcatel can get lost !
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When you use Maps and arrive somewhere, you'll have NO IDEA which direction to go unless you walk 50 M. INCREDIBLY frustrating!
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I would really love buy in a few months, Would this be a good first phone for a 13 year old girl? If you have this phone can you suggest some good cases for me. Thank you
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I have a lot of problems with this cellphone. I've had it for about 3 months and haven't dropped it since I received it. I've had problems with it before - not enough storage, bad camera quality, screen delays, etc. But now the problem has EVOLVED big time. My music won't play anymore, I can't load any photos on my gallery, the phone claims to not being able to find any files which resulted in me deleting apps as I thought it was a problem with the storage however it isn't. I find myself having to restart my phone around 5-7 times a day just to play a song or browse my gallery. I regret buying this cellphone big time :(
jaxrowell, 22 Sep 2016Hi, I received a alkatel pixi3g free from Telstra. I had it activated but when I put in my SIM... moreI had same problem and my SIM card was incompatible. And the slot you tube showed it wentnin was wrong. It takes a large old school card and it goes in the big card slot. I had to take mine into T mobile . Ended up eating the cost and getting a Samsung
My boyfriend bought an Alcatel pixie 3 in Victoria Canada. When he calls long distance to the US the minutes on is phone get eaten really fast. HOW MUCH IS LONG DISTANCE PER MINUTE ON THESE PHONES?
Hi, I received a alkatel pixi3g free from Telstra. I had it activated but when I put in my SIM card all it says is ..no sim detected,emergency calls only,no SIM card .then a triangle left top with exclamation mark.It's driving me crazy and I'm very upset. I carn't even make a call.It won't let me.PLEASE PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP.I am housebound at the moment,so carn't get to a store.Kind Regards Jacqui.
Anonymous, 27 Aug 2016This phones a joke. Can't text properly without having to correct yourself 10+ times. i like the phone thats it, only the look, my desktop apps have changed to tiny apps??? when i come off one app im on 6 other apps after that, "exmp" if i go on fb and have finished im then on my messenger click off that then its my contacts, then who ive rang then google??? my keybord always wants to type all the letters around the actual letter im typing my 'm' delets all the time my space bar is spaced out and only works after pushing a few times and clicking away the change language!?! wt is this???? i cant wait to get a new one, i baught this one cos the size bigger was too big for me and all of my sim contacts were gone!i live in another land so not easy to get them all back if at all, my family and old friends mostly, so to lose all my numbers was devistating. When i heard i cant get them back! what a piece of beep! what would normaly take me 5 mins to type has now taken me 30! what a joke never again! what can i do?
Camera is very poor quality and does not focus well, especially at close range. Phone is laggy even with bare-bones setup. I find it lagging often when using the keypad, switching to certain different keypads helps. Im not a fan, but not sure what better options there are in the 80$ ish price range.
I got the Alcatel pixi 3 ask around April 2016 and it has been so so sometimes it just disconnect by itself , it is difficult to answer but you can't call out alright the clarity is good not the fastest but it's okay dr. Recently what it is doing on its own was its dialing numbers at random out of my contacts at all hours including night time which is annoying the heck out of my friends.
So now here we are September 19 and I have not been able to use the phone since Thursday or Friday the screen would sometimes Flash White... And now I am unable to turn it on, at first I thought it was the charger so I have used a different charger and that does not seem to be the problem I have not called Net10 and they are shipping out a new battery and charger hope this will take care of the problem will keep you posted... without a cell phone and unhappy in Montebello
someone who can help rooting my phone please do it took a long time trying to success without any root, appreciate your help please.


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The Association of Friends of Lord Harris Court are holding the annual Christmas Bazaar this year, on the 3rd December at 2pm.
The Association of Friends of Lord Harris Court hold two annual events in June and December to help fund extra facilities and entertainment, over and above those provided by The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institute for the benefit of residents in the Care Home. This is Berkshire's only Masonic Care home and it is a facility Freemasons have been happy to support over the past 40 years.
The Christmas Bazaar is full of stalls, entertainment, refreshments amid a happy environment and a chance to win up to £500 in cash prizes through our prize draw.
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Most states have a free fishing date or two at different times of the year to encourage new anglers to get out and try fishing even if they haven't purchased a fishing license. And generally, kids under 16 can fish without a license. The Lone Star State, however, now offers free fishing in Texas state parks for everyone, year round.
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, you don't need a Texas fishing license to fish in Texas state parks, just a park entry fee. You can wade in the surf, cast from the bank of a river, or utilize a pier on a pond. All other fishing regulations still apply of course, so be sure to read up.
Texas is a big state, so if interested in free fishing in Texas the state parks (70!) are grouped by areas such as East Texas, Gulf Coast, or near major cities. The same goes for wildlife management areas which might mean a little less fishing pressure, as well as a great opportunity for wildlife watching while you have a line in the water. If you failed to plan and forget your fishing stuff, there are even state parks that will loan fishing equipment and provide some instruction.
When fishing in Texas, make sure to cast for redfish along the coast. Try for a Guadalupe bass as well to complete your black bass "grand slam." Or maybe you want to tangle with a monstrous alligator gar. There are many species to target while free fishing in Texas.
There is no such thing as a free lunch but here, the only "catch" (besides the fish) with free fishing in Texas state parks is the park fee. However after you get hooked, you just may want to go ahead and get that fishing license.
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Runners looking for an opportunity to show support for military service members this Veterans Day can enter the second annual Veterans Day 5k Run/Walk in Lillington.
The event is hosted by the Ernest Simmons VFW Post 6722 on South Main Street.
The race will begin and end at the Harnett County Veterans Park outside the county courthouse on West Cornelius Harnett Boulevard.
The deadline for $20 early registration ended Friday, but participants can sign up on active.com for $25 through Nov. 7. Race-day registration and packet pick-up will start at 7:30 a.m. The 5k begins at 9 a.m.
Proceeds from the race will benefit charities on the local and national level. The Military Missions in Action in Fuquay-Varina and the VFM National Home for Children are this year's charities.
Runners will use timing chips. The course is certified by USA Track and Field and includes portions on asphalt and off-road trails.
Post wrestling tourney
Fort Bragg Morale, Welfare and Recreation will host its annual post wrestling tournament Nov. 5-7.
Competition will start at 6 p.m. at Ritz-Epps Physical Fitness Center each day.
This is a freestyle tournament with divisions for men and women.
Men will be divided into seven weight classes, and women will be divided into four.
Competitors will have to weigh in at Ritz-Epps on Nov. 5 between 7 and 8 a.m. or between noon and 1 p.m.
Wrestlers can compete in gym shorts and shoes, but singlets and wrestling shoes are recommended.
The meet is open to active-duty personnel assigned or attached to Fort Bragg.
Online registration is available at fortbraggmwr.com.
For more information about the meet, call intramural sports coordinator Steve Johnson at 396-1217.
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Derbyshire: A view towards the new season
With England releasing their three Warwickshire players for some championship action before the start of the summer's hectic international schedule, Derbyshire will face Chris Woakes in the season opener at Edgbaston.
Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott won't play in that fixture though, doubtlessly giving them an excuse when we go there and whoop them…
I've thought long and hard about the realistic ambitions for Derbyshire this summer, and I predict a decent, solid championship campaign. As I see it, the only thing that can derail us is a spate of injuries, which would expose an inexperienced second tier to the requirements of the senior squad.
Yet, there is talent. Outwith an expected first-choice squad, we have batsmen like Chesney Hughes, Paul Borrington and Ben Slater. We have Alex Hughes and Peter Burgoyne as young all-rounders, Tom Knight as a specialist spinner, and Matt Higginbottom and Ali Evans as seamers. Division one may be a tougher place for these young players to make their names, but they are indicative of the quality of young talent in the club, largely home produced.
It is some considerable time since one could look at a Derbyshire side and expect our opponents to worry what player X might do to them, but there are plenty of 'player Xs' in this side. Any of our top six can take a game away from opponents in differing styles; David Wainwright could bowl as well as any spinner in the country; Palladino and Groenewald will be a match for most openers on the circuit. I don't think that many people within cricket will look at a trip to Derby as easy win points this summer. Nor will they take it for granted that a couple of early wickets will expose a fragile underbelly and long tail as in previous years.
In a couple of weeks I will present my pre-season preview, but I look at the division we're in and see teams that we are eminently capable of beating. Perhaps beating the likes of Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire and Somerset might, at this stage, need a concerted team effort, allied to our opponents having an off day, but it could happen. Third bottom would do me fine, but I think this set of players is capable of much more than that.
Further afield and it is encouraging to see the BBC getting behind county cricket with live commentaries on all county championship, Yorkshire Bank 40 and T20 matches. It is excellent news for those who perforce need to follow the team from afar for much of the time and my only hope is that the commentators concerned do the job to the requisite standard.
I stopped listening to the Radio Derby commentaries when they were on because the quality was, to be honest, not especially high. Jocularity and fun is an established part of cricket commentary, as Test Match Special has shown for many years, but it has never been to the detriment and the expense of the action. On too many occasions wickets were being missed through inane chitchat about favourite bands and songs. Such things are fine at the right time, perhaps filling in breaks in play, yet when you hear a commentator say 'Oh…someone's out…I'm not sure what happened…' it is frustrating, to say the least.
If Charles Collins is Radio Derby's commentator of choice for our coverage, I hope he drops his attempts to become a 'personality' with such bon mots as 'Thanks mother for the onions' and sticks to telling us what is happening on the field of play. That is really all there is to it…
Personalities develop given time and familiarity with an individual's work. Familiarity only happens when one enjoys that work and goes back for more.
Here's hoping that Radio Derby do a very good team and club proud.
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In May 25, 2004, we lost a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court. That was the result, three years and three months after the case was filed. The District Court accepted the claims of the company which did not bring forth any witnesses. It did not admit evidence that the plaintiff's son suffered from mesothelioma and said the company could not have foreseen mesothelioma could result. The case is now before the Appeals Court.
If we lose the case again, what will happen? Please think about that at the Asbestos Conference. How many asbestos victims have been shrouded in darkness? As the plaintiff in the first domestic asbestos exposure case in Japan, I would like to say that our case was one waiting to happen and should be the last. We were forced to handle asbestos without receiving information that it is a hazardous material. As a result, so many people became victims of occupational hazards. The production of asbestos cement pipes was stopped due to a sudden withdrawal of capital, and the corporate labor union was dissolved after many employees were dismissed. The company dismissed employees taking sick leave for occupational diseases and violated the Labor Standard Law by attacking the labor union that applied for workers' compensation. Please give your support to our battle.


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2014-15 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Projections
February 26, 2015
March Madness is still a little less than a month away, but let's take a look at how the field of 68 may look if the tournament started today.
This season will mark the fourth year that the NCAA Tournament field will have consisted of 68 teams. The 68 teams will be comprised of 32 automatic qualifiers—all of which are their league's tournament champion with the exception of the Ivy League which is represented by their regular season champ—and 36 at-large selections.
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Today, we will seed the projected tournament teams and identify which we have receiving at-large/automatic bids, but not actually place the teams into brackets. Automatic bids are noted with an asterisk.
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Having an innovation block?Need to kickstart a project?HereÕs three places I go to get out of an idea rut to jump start my mental processes.
- Patent Databases.Did you know that they are not just for attorneys or inventors?Are recipe books only for top chefs?Like recipe books, patents tell you how to make inventions.And if you search the older patents, you can find some inventions that you are free to copy EXACTLY as the patent outlines.Or, if you want to be more savvy, find those older free-to-copy patents and improve them and protect that improvement for yourself.
- Internet. Come on, we all take mental breaks and do it. How else did you even come across this blog site in the first place? Internet surfing can help with boredom or the need to shake up the mental cogs a bit, but it can also be used to find stimulus for improving your product or service. And the stimulus doesnÕt need to be directly on point to your field of expertise. Often it is the unrelated stimulus that sparks ideas that are more unique for solving your customerÕs problems.
- Point of Sale. How often do you actually go and talk to the end-user of your product or service? How about even watching how they use your product or service? Do they actually follow the instructions included with your product? Do you even know what are the real issues that need to be solved for your customer, or are you keeping yourself at a safe distance from them so you donÕt need to learn?
There is one point I want to add to each of the above idea starters; they are all free.You donÕt need to pay a lawyer to search for patents for you.You donÕt need a fancy research group to talk to customers for you.And even if you donÕt want to directly pay for Internet usage, you can go to your local library and get on the Internet for free.
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ON February 13, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo gave a keynote address at the maiden Kogi State Economic and Investment Summit. There was nothing in the speech to indicate that he attended the event reluctantly. But he read an address that was distinctly unemotional. Among other things, he revealed that the federal government had since 2015 supported the 36 states with about N1.19trn, though some components of that sum were the entitlements of the states. A few reports quoted the vice president as suggesting that he was proud of the performance of the governor, Yahaya Bello. Said the professor, according to an online report: "I'm proud of what happened in Kogi state and the governor for the outstanding works afor the people, traders, market women, artisans and people with disability. We'll support and do anything that will can to help small business grows in Nigeria. You don't need to know a governor or Senator or politicians before you benefit. This is the kind of country we are trying to build. A country without corruption or man-know-man. You apply, if you are eligible you get picked." This statement could not be independently confirmed.
Prof Osinbajo is unlikely to ever disclose what he felt in his heart going to Kogi to address the economic summit. He had a job to do as vice president, and he has apparently done it. If called again to do his job in any state, and regardless of his private feelings about the state and its chief executive, he will grace the occasion and read his speech. But no one, not even the vice president, can claim not to know the tragedy unfolding in Kogi State. Yes, a few memoranda of understanding were signed on the opening day of the summit, and a few investors showcased their readiness to put their money in the state. However, the facts on the ground in the state is that Kogi state is dysfunctional economically, politically and socially. If the organisers of the summit hoped that it would help restore the state to functionality, it remains to be seen how the state's silent and incompetent officials hope to perform that miracle.
The governor marked his two years in office in January. He only managed to renovate a few structures to mark the occasion. He has no real project started and completed by himself, except perhaps the so-called Revenue House. He has no clue how to pay the salaries of public sector workers on a consistent basis, and is in consequence owing them, on staggered basis, salaries in excess of five months, seven months, 10 months or more, despite his offending claims to the contrary. Even when he paid five months salaries last December, no worker was paid more than half his salary, with some, on account of deductions, going home with less than 50 percent. It is obvious that the idea of an economic summit is an abstraction to him, a distant idea with no ties to either his own vacant mind or economic and social reality. The state is in decay, its people groaning in abject poverty and government-inflicted pains, and he has engineered an oppressive air that envelopes the state.
Completely incapable of conceiving and building landmark projects, Mr Bello has lately developed the idea of selling legacy buildings constructed by his predecessors. Reports indicate that these buildings, which he argued were not making money, include Confluence Beach Hotel, Lokoja; Kogi Hotels, GRA, Lokoja; Kogi State Liaison Office, Ikeja-Lagos GRA; Kogi State Liaison Office, GRA, Kaduna; and Lokoja International Market, Lokoja; 12-storey Kogi House in Abuja; the ample Commissioners' quarters in Lokoja; and the House of Assembly quarters on Hassan Usman Katsina Road, Lokoja. If, as he said, they were not making money, does he not by chance have the gumption to turn things around? Such benumbing profligacy is not found anywhere else in the country, and it is tragic that Aso Villa does not give him the cold shoulder simply because he peddles his support for the president as currency for his incompetence and serial misdeeds.
The governor makes up for all these harrowing shortcomings by turning himself into President Muhammadu Buhari's most fanatical supporter, trumping even Nasir el-Rufai, the Kaduna State governor. Mr Bello is often in Abuja, making up for his lack of ideas by romping with the powerful and pacifying his own shortcomings. Both the president who sometimes receive him, and the vice president who has had to attend the governor's economic summit, can pretend not to know that Kogi State is probably the most misgoverned state in the country. But surely Aso Villa has its own independent means of finding out the true situation of things in that woebegone state.
As a demonstration of his support for the president, Mr Bello openly and rapturously supported the cattle colony idea. He thus became the first governor, and by implication the first state, since the colony controversy broke out, to embrace the idea. Even when it was clear that the federal government had not yet developed a consensus or plan on just how the colony boondoggle would be implemented, Mr Bello met with the Agriculture minister and presented him documents indicating that the state had provided 15,000 hectares for the programme. The federal government had wanted 5,000 hectares per state. Asked by reporters whether he had sorted out the compensation issue, the governor, who cannot find money to do projects or pay workers, said he was working out the compensation details.
Mr Bello was tragically oblivious of the fact that the Agriculture ministry and the presidency had indicated that whatever lands were taken for the colony programme would be paid for by the herdsmen themselves. Why would a state impoverished by Mr Bello's ardent misrule offer to pay for the colony lands? How does he hope to defend the purchase before the state legislature, as impotent as the lawmakers are? The answer was indirectly provided by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Matthew Kolawole, when in response to the governor's borrowing of N10bn ostensibly to pay salaries suggested that the governor did not need prior approval. An approval could be given later when the government would begin repayment of the loan. That appalling logic will be replicated over other matters. It escaped the Speaker that the loan was not appropriated, nor was a supplementary budget passed to accommodate it.
The truth is that governance has virtually collapsed in the state. The executive is bereft of ideas and understanding; the legislature is fearful, ignorant and impotent; and the civil populace is intimidated, discouraged and resigned to fate. When Prof Osinbajo visited last week, he could not claim not to know the tragedy that has befallen the state. He minced his words a bit when he made reference to the federal support given to states to help them overcome their cash flow and mismanagement issues, a support the governor treated contemptuously. But the vice president should have had the courage to speak more openly and frankly about the abject horrors the people of Kogi were experiencing. The horrors are too graphic to put in proverbs or idioms. Importantly, too, by receiving the peripatetic and melodramatic Mr Bello in Aso Villa often, the presidency gives the impression that it is knowingly complicit in the tyranny and misrule being executed by Mr Bello over Kogi State.
The gaffe-prone governor, as his recent tiff with Catholic bishops demonstrates vividly, will of course not be returning as governor in 2020, for the damage he has orchestrated upon the state cannot be remedied in the next two years of his tragic governorship. But to have him for two more years will simply stretch the forbearance of the people to its elastic limit. He ought rightly to be impeached, and those who foisted him on the state, despite his lack of qualification to vote or be voted for, should be called out and shamed — and the conspirators, as everyone knows, are distributed among governors, judges, and party leaders. Prof Osinbajo should have no reason to dignify Mr Bello with his presence anymore. The short and infamous list of those who attended his inauguration in January 2016 should serve as a national indication of the fact that Mr Bello was from the very beginning a pariah. He should remain ostracised for the rest of his governorship.


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Friday, 6 December 2013
Art for Advent (6): 'The Feast of
Saint Nicholas' by Jan Steen
Patrick Comerford
Today [6 December 2013] is the Feast of Saint Nicholas, the fifth century Bishop of Myra who is the inspiration for our Santa Claus stories at Christmas-time.
And so, my choice of art for this morning is The Feast of Saint Nicholas (Het Sint Nicolaasfeest) by Jan Steen (1626-1679). The scene shows a family at home on 5 December, the night before the Feast of Saint Nicholas or Sinterklaas.
Steen painted at least six pictures of the Feast of Saint Nicholas, the festival traditionally dedicated to Dutch children. This painting is the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam was painted ca 1665-1668, and measures 82 x 70.5 cm. Jan Steen was a Dutch contemporary of Jan Vermeer. While Vermeer focussed primarily on scenes with women in idyllic settings, Steen chose domestic scenes that show a less perfect and more realistic picture of daily life.
On the eve of the feast, 5 December, Saint Nicholas comes to the Netherlands from the sea to leave gifts in the shoes of children. He gives the good ones cakes, sweets, and toys, while his faithful companion Black Poet gives the naughty ones colas and canes.
In this morning's painting, a complicated play of diagonals helps bind the family of 10 together – from the heap of special pastries to the man pointing to the chimney on the right, through which Saint Nicholas arrived in the house, and from the carved table covered with sweets up to the girl holding the shoe with the distressing birch-rod.
Figures leaning in one direction are balanced by those leaning in the other; foreground and background, right and left are held together by gestures, glances, and expressions. The smiling boy who points to the shoe invites me as the onlooker into in the intimacy of the family by smiling directly out at me.
The focal point of this painting is the youngest daughter in the family, a golden-haired child in a golden smock. We can imagine she has behaved all year, and Saint Nicholas has rewarded her by stuffing her shoe with a doll and other treats, which she carries in a bucket.
The girl provides a stark contrast with her elder brother, who stands to her right. He is sobbing, while another brother looks on, laughing. Apparently, the elder brother has been naughty, and his shoe, held up by an elder sister behind him, has been left empty.
And yet there is hope for the sobbing boy. Unknown to him, hidden in the background and obscured by the curtains, the children's grandmother seems to be calling him. Perhaps she is hiding a gift for him too behind those curtains.
While the children's mother attempts to coax the golden girl to show her gifts their father, sitting in the centre of the painting, seems to smile as he remembers his own childhood on this night. Further to the right, another child is holding a baby and pointing up the chimney, while a younger child looks on in wonder, as he has probably just been told that this is how Sinterklaas comes into the house.
In the lower right corner of the painting, we see a basket of assorted traditional Christmas sweetmeats such as honey cake, gingerbread, waffles and nuts, and apples. On the left, the apple and the coin refer to an old tradition of giving hidden apples and coins as presents. A cake leans against the table and marks the special occasion.
But are there any religious meanings from the 17th century in this painting?
The child near the chimney holds a gingerbread man in the shape of Saint Nicholas, a symbol of the struggle between Dutch Catholics and Protestants, an example of Catholic devotion to the saints that was not approved of by Protestants at the time. Indeed, in the 17th century, the baking of these saintly figures, especially Saint Nicholas, was forbidden in some cities.
Collect (Common Worship):
Almighty Father, lover of souls,
who didst choose thy servant Nicholas
to be a bishop in the Church,
that he might give freely out of the treasures of thy grace:
make us mindful of the needs of others
and, as we have received, so teach us also to give;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Tomorrow: 'The Blessed Damozel' by John Byam Liston Shaw (1872-1919)
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Ive prolly posted more times from the servers of the good ol SJC Mineta wifi than any other source of internet ever. Another trip begins today and should be a good one, Im strugglin so hard these days and the streets are so rough that Im retreating to the sandy beaches of hawaii :) jyeah. I have zero planned because Im so lazy but Im sure Ill find some shit to do when I land there. Maui then a puddle jump to Kauai for a couple of days. Accidentally walked through the short first class security line and they didnt even give 2 shits so Id say the day is going well so far, but I prolly used up my last bit of good karma with that move as well. See me out here
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Skate Life
BMX Camp kicked off today and as always whenever I have BMX camp I dust off the skate skills or in this case lack thereof haha. Took me a few tries but finally pulled my favorite lip trick just this pivot 5-0 thing. Stoked haha Here is a still pic and supposed to rain tomorrow so cant shred the 2ft mini til Wed. See ya then!
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Slacking. I know.
Haha havent blogged in awhile and dont have much to vent about but I definitely got hosed on tax season this year. Everyone ranting about how much they getting back and Im just the salty guy in the room pissed because im paying this year LOL. A little over $500 will go back to uncle Sam and I hope he spends it wisely, because I was gonna waste it for sure. haha. Evo build was moving quick and now is behind the taxes on the financial scale, so should be a month or so maybe sooner just stockpiling parts for now and its kinda nice not being rushed because I can find all the cutty deals. haha. Started the sprint program today and puked as expected and was soooo not stoked. But gonna stick to it for a few months at least and the gym stuff as well, because I figure I got lucky healing the knee so fast so I should at least do my part and work it out with some intensity :) Been hitting the track on Fridays too and beasting it even though Im currently at the bottom of the food chain Ill be back in the mix quickly and then its off to Canada to score my races up LOL. Thats it for now just working and getting things together for the big BMX comeback. LOL shit's serious business I guess haha
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For years before entering politics, Donald worked as an electrician. He installed power lines in refineries and on the tops of bridges until he eventually worked his way up to become the President of the Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO. Donald brought this experience advocating for thousands of hardworking people to Congress with him, and he now represents New Jersey's 1st Congressional District. He supports increased voter participation and opposes the misguided Citizens United Supreme Court decision. He is cosponsoring the 2017 DISCLOSE Act, which serves to increase transparency in election spending. Ever since his time as an electrician Donald has worked for his fellow Americans, and he is a leader in the fight against corporate influence in politics.
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Much of my career has been spent as a Contractor or Sub-Contractor on many projects around the USA
and Puerto Rico.
The following are among the Contractors and MSO's for whom I have worked either directly or as a Sub-Contractor:
- Micor Communications
- Dynamic City ( U.T.O.P.I.A. Project )
- EdCom Communications
- Fiber Optic Services
- Rocky Mountain Fiber
- Kennedy Cable
- USA Cable
- Western Engineering
- Microwave Design International
- Insight Communications
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An international body often has a sense of déjà vu when handling a debate in one country that was traversed some years earlier in another, says Allan Fischer-Madsen, vice-chair for Europe of the International Telecommunications Users' Group (Intug).
With telecommunications, developed states all tend to be considering similar questions at different times. Prominent are interconnection among rival telcos, local-loop unbundling, number portability and the use of an industry-specific regulator. A lot could be learned from the way other countries tackled these problems, he says.
Fischer-Madsen's home country, Denmark, went through the "watershed" of decisions on such matters in 1994. So does this mean New Zealand is six years behind?
Regarding 1994 in Denmark "I'm talking partly about the change to thinking of IT and telecommunications as a key sector of the economy," Fischer-Madsen says. Certain aspects of this debate were traversed in New Zealand a few years ago, he says – bringing agreement from Tuanz chief executive Ernie Newman.
"We possibly did it earlier than you did," he tells Fischer-Madsen. The pair were speaking after last week's Tuanz-sponsored Telecommunications Summit in Wellington, at which Fischer-Madsen was a speaker.
But while the "why" of telecomms evolution was pinned down at an early stage, details of the "how" are only being tackled in New Zealand now, both agree. The Danes had the "how" settled quickly, with an open telecoms market and appointment of an industry-specific regulator – the latter a feature of the Telecommunications Inquiry conclusions still being hotly debated here. Interconnection agreements were also concluded quickly and number portability is in place in Denmark for landlines, with mobile and land-to-mobile to come in the next year or two.
One role of the regulator should be setting a definite timetable for the telcos to settle such questions, before the regulator intervenes, Fischer-Madsen says. Adds Newman: "Number portability [in New Zealand] is a compelling case study of why purely voluntary procedures don't work."
In the early 90s the Danish view tended towards a totally open telecoms market. Fischer-Madsen disagreed, perceiving the need for a regulatory backstop.
"At that time, I believed new entrants would need protection not from the incumbent only, but from user companies setting up their own networks," he says. "I've changed my mind on that one. It hasn't happened."
Decisions by the Danish regulator still sometimes take too long, he says, because appeals are allowed and the status quo is retained meanwhile. He sees some merit in any decision of the regulator being enacted immediately and the new procedures, price levels or whatever, holding for the period of the appeal. The Danish telecommunications users' association recently sued incumbent telco Teledanmark for return of 18 months of user costs incurred while a Teledanmark appeal on a regulatory decision was unsuccessfully pursued. The case is still proceeding.
The Danish regulator "often" has to step in, says Fischer-Madsen, particularly to conciliate interconnection disputes, and to regulate prices. This is done by regularly comparing the price for a typical basket of services against those in Germany, Sweden and Britain.
A regulator is of use for establishing fair competition, Fischer-Madsen says, but less relevant to maintaining the "level playing field" once it has been established. At that time, the regulator's powers might gradually be pulled back from areas where competition is operating efficiently. It is already nearing that point in Denmark on, for example, pricing of leased lines (except for the "last mile" to the user's home or office, which is still a contentious area.)
Fischer-Madsen supports full local-loop unbundling, something the local inquiry fought shy of. The inquiry's suggestion, that Telecom can "wholesale" services to rivals does not achieve the desired effect, he says, because the rivals can only resell services offered by the incumbent. "Then [competition] becomes simply a marketing game." If they could access the bare wire or fibre and mount their own services, there would be a more genuinely competitive market, he says.
He favours the environment that exists in Denmark, where competition is on services, not on duplicate infrastructure. The current New Zealand government seems in favour, for example, of making it possible for a third cellphone network to set up in New Zealand.
"You should build more modern infrastructure, of course," says Fischer Madsen, "but only when users require it." If they are willing to pay for it, then it will happen, he says, but governments or regulators shouldn't try to legislate new infrastructure into being.


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doorway shots distortion fixes
has anyone else had trouble with shots taken in doorways with the frame at the seam?
I have found often that on of the images will distort and the other be ok in the finished pano. I have tried sitching one way reversing the hemi order stiching again and then overlapping in photoshop and deletind the distorted portion. maybe this is somthing seaman could look at a solution to.
possibly a feature for doorway shots in the stitching values which stiches the image at the seam rather than overlapping?
Thoughts anyone?
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Top LPN Programs in Montana
The state of Montana maintains the health standards by promoting quality nursing education. Those individuals who are passionate about helping people and have an interest in the nursing field can get into the health care team and serve the community. The candidates can begin as an LPN and slowly, climb the ladder to attain more prestigious designations. License practical nurse is the fastest method to enter into the nursing profession. It is just a year long program and some colleges wrap it up in even lesser time.
The coursework is divided into semesters. The students are equipped with sufficient skills in laboratory and the classroom, to excel in the workplace. Some of the subjects taught are- English, Mathematics, Human Anatomy, and Physiology. There are five accredited nursing schools in Montana that provide an LPN program. Although the state has limited schools, the amenities provided are top-notch.
A nursing school ranks on the top according to the following criteria-
The nursing schools were then included in the ranking on the basis of following factors-
We hope that the list will help you to opt the best college as per your preferences in the state. The programs available in these colleges will give you an opportunity to begin your journey as a successful nurse.
Type of Course:AAS (Associate of Applied Science)
This is one of the top nursing schools in Montana that provide an exceptional education. The college was founded in 1969 by the name of Billings Vocational-Technical Education Center (BVTC). The college is known for outstanding teaching faculties who are experts in their area. It shares partnership with Red Rocks Community College in Denver, Colorado.
Type of Course:AAS (Associate of Applied Science)
Missoula College provides 35 technical and occupational programs. The students are given a practical experience with the real-world applications and get a career-focused education leading to the fulfillment of their goals. The college works with a mission of developing a student-centered learning environment that encourages workforce development and leads to the growth of an individual.
Type of Course:Certificate of Applied Science (CAS)
Helena College is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The college provides online courses for students who can't attend regular classes. The nursing program prepares the students to work in the dynamic environment of various health care settings.
Type of Course:Certificate of Applied Science (CAS)
The college was established in 1969 and got accreditation 10 years later by Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. Great Falls College's practical nursing program is a part of the Montana University System. The college strives to maintain high education standards through lecture, laboratory and clinical experience. It delivers competent graduates who can stand up to the needs of the employers and can work ethically.
Type of Course:Certificate of Applied Science (CAS)
It proves to be an excellent practical nursing program in Montana. The Flathead Valley Community College was established in 1967 and is located in a large area of 216 acres. The college works with a mission of student success and meeting the needs of the community. The college has experienced faculty and small class size that guarantee individualized attention to the students. The college fosters an environment that enhances the productivity of the students and teachers.
When the LPN program is about to end, the candidates should start preparing for the licensure test by filling the required application and registering with the exam conducting agency. NCLEX-PN is the exam that every candidate needs to pass in order to become a licensed practical nurse. Soon after passing this examination, these professionals get the license and are eligible to work in the professional environment. The government has made it necessary for the candidates to attain the license before practicing the profession as a nurse is a responsible position where inaccurate knowledge can lead to the serious consequences.
The candidates who have completed their nursing education in the state must follow the given procedure to attain the license by examination.
Montana Board of Nursing
PO BOX 200513 (301 S Park, 4th Floor)
Helena, Montana 59620-0513
Online- The candidates can fill the form and submit online by paying a fee of $200 by Visa, American Express, or MasterCard.
By Mail- The candidates can download the application and mail it to the exam conducting agency along with a money order or cashier check of $200 payable to the NCSBN (National Council of State Boards of Nursing).
NCLEX Operations
Post Office Box 64950
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0950
Note: The application fee is non-refundable.
Those students who have completed their education from a foreign nursing school should download and submit a complete application along with the required fees and the following documents:
The applications remain active for one year. If the applicant is unable to complete the application process within one year, s/he must register again by filling the application form and depositing the appropriate fees. The candidates, who are unable to clear the exam in the first attempt, need to submit the examination retake fee to sit for the exam again.
To download the offline application for licensure by examination, click here.
The practical nurses, who hold an active license in any other U.S. state and want to continue work in Montana, can do so by getting licensure by endorsement. For this, you need to follow the following procedure:
Note- The candidates should not submit the photocopy of the license as they are not accepted as verification.
Montana nursing license can be renewed on December 31st of even-numbered years. Every state requires the nurse to complete a minimum number of CEU (Continuing Education Units) or contact hours at the time of renewal. The practical nurses in Montana must complete a minimum of 24 contact hours during the renewal period of two years.
For online license renewal application, click here. Also, you can apply offline in order to renew your LPN license.
The nurses can check the status of their license through Nurse Licensure Verification System. The applicants need to submit a fee of $30 to verify the license. The NURSYS online verification system can be used by the candidates who are applying for licensure through endorsement.
The candidates can be denied of licensure in the following cases:
Once the application is submitted with all the documents and fees, the candidates can start practicing nursing by attaining a temporary work permit. If the candidate is unable to clear the exam, the permit becomes invalid within three days of the result.
If the candidate has cleared the examination, then the permit would remain valid till the license is granted or until two weeks after the Board notifies the exam result by mail, whichever occurs first. Click here to get detailed information.
You can contact Montana's Nurse Aide Registry at 406-444-4980 or at [email protected] to get information about the license.
Click here to download the offline application form for a temporary permit.
The candidates who wish to change the address in the license can click here. Choose the option of "Address Change" from the box given on the left-hand side.
For changing the name, the candidates should download the form by clicking here. The students must fill the form and attach a copy of any of the following as an evidence of your new name.
As per indeed.com, the average annual salary of the practical nurses in Montana was $43,000 (as of 23rd December 2016). According to the surveys conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual mean salary of LPNs in Montana was $39,490, while the mean hourly wage was $18.98 (as of May 2015).
|Job Title
|LPN Ambulatory
|LPN Long Term Care
|Correctional Prison Facility
|Medical Assistant Family Practice
|CNA Medical Surgical
|Patient Care Technician Student
|Nar Nursing Assistant Hope
|LPN Primary Care
|Clinical Nurse LPN
|Psychiatric Nurse
|Nurse RN LPN
|Renal Dialysis Nurse
|LPN Cma Rma
|Long Term Care LPN
Information Source: indeed.com
From the analysis of the above table, it can be inferred that the Psychiatric Nurses earned the maximum salary with $48,000 per annum, whereas the Patient Care Technician Students earned the least (i.e., $14,000) in Montana (as of 23rd December 2016).
|Name of the City
|Great Falls
Information Source: salary.com
As per the above information, LPNs earned the maximum salary (i.e., $42,239) in Billings, whereas in Butte, Missoula, and Bozeman, they received the same amount, i.e., $27,219 per annum (as of 30th November 2016).
Licensed practical nurses have a bright future in Montana with more job opportunities coming up. The reports of the Bureau of Labor Statistics predict that the job opportunities are expected to increase by 16% by 2024. As per the data of the BLS, there were 5.606 employed LPNs per 1000 jobs, in May 2015. This data shows that this state is a great platform for the aspirants of licensed practical or vocational nursing.


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Brimbank is set to have more police on the beat.
From May, an additional 825 additional officers will be deployed across Victoria over a 12 month period.
Areas with the highest need for policing services, which includes Brimbank, will have 300 officers allocated to boost resources.
The Brimbank service area will receive four additional officers.
Premier Daniel Andrews said the new recruits are training at the Police Academy, with the new officers set to be progressively rolled out to stations and specialist areas.
"This is the biggest roll-out of new police in Victoria's history," he said.
Other police service areas in the west set to benefit from the announcement include Wyndham (12), Melton (4), Hobsons Bay (6) and Maribyrnong (2). A further 93 additional members will be deployed across specialist areas including road policing, counter terrorism and intelligence and covert support.
In addition, 208 specialist family violence police will be deployed across the state.
Police Minister Lisa Neville said the additional resources will have a profound impact on community safety.
"Thousands of new police are set to hit our streets as part of our record investment and this is already making a real impact with the crime rate continuing to fall," she said.
"Putting dedicated family violence specialists in our towns and communities will make a huge difference – freeing up police to focus on the day-to-day work of keeping Victorians safe and fighting crime."
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton echoed Ms Neville's sentiments.
"At Victoria Police our absolute focus is on keeping people safe. To do that we need to be the best policing service we can be – agile and responsive to the needs of communities, on the front foot, preventing crime and locking up offenders," he said.


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Behind some overgrown bushes off a marked trail was evidence someone drank a few beers, urinated and slept there.
Behind some overgrown bushes off a marked trail was evidence someone drank a few beers, urinated and slept there.
�Nothing�s worse than seeing someone else�s trash from where they slept,� said Ryan Brandon, a Wilmington police officer who set out on a hot June morning for a special assignment at Greenfield Lake Park.
Brandon and fellow officer Ed Fritz dressed in plain clothes and were part of a larger group of officers commissioned to fan out and make sure people were abiding by park rules.
They checked that people weren�t trespassing or participating in illegal activities, but probably the most important mission they wanted to tackle was preventing people from spending the night in the park � something police said adds to the public�s perception of crime here.
Depending on whom you ask, homeless people congregate at Greenfield Lake Park for different reasons.
�If you have services for the homeless in a residential neighborhood, homeless people are going to congregate in that residential neighborhood near the services,� said Lt. Matthew Hinson with the Wilmington Police Department.
But Katrina Knight, executive director of the Good Shepherd Center, said the homeless services exist close to where the people are located.
That doesn�t mean people always take advantage of what the homeless shelter offers. Despite Good Shepherd being one of the least restrictive shelters � they allow both families and singles and don�t require people to be drug-free � some people are uncomfortable with leaving the freedom of places they hang out at during the day, Knight said.
Check-in for a night at the shelter is from 5 to 7 p.m., though exceptions are made for people who are in school or at work.
Officers said they often get complaints from park-goers who say homeless people are loitering during the day at the park, lying stretched out on benches or sleeping in shaded areas of the park.
But just like anyone else, people who are homeless also enjoy spending time in public areas, Knight said.
�Humans like going and looking at a lake, going and looking at a beach,� she said. �There�s something calming about it that allows you to be reflective. It always strikes me when others think it�s odd when a homeless person likes going to look at the river or at the park.�
But if you sleep there, you�re breaking the law, Hinson said.
As officers Brandon and Fritz walked through the park about 8 a.m. earlier in the month, they approached people sitting on benches and people who appeared to be carrying large bookbags and asked them where they spent the night.
In addition to examining the park�s environmental design as a measure to prevent crime, officers are cracking down on people sleeping here.
City park hours are 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., but parks and recreation officials plan to submit a proposal to the Wilmington City Council to change those hours from dawn to dusk.
�The reason to change it is a lot of our parks are small neighborhood parks and it can be disturbing if people are out there playing ball at nine, 10 or 11 at night,� said Nina Johnston, superintendent of the city�s parks and recreation department.
She also said she hoped the change in hours would prevent people from seeking shelter in restroom facilities or under bushes and trees in parks.
The parks and recreation department and city police also work together on a �no trespassing� list.
After Brandon and Fritz asked people in the park if they had slept there, they checked their identification cards and looked to see if they were on a list of hundreds of names.
Within one hour of walking around and talking to various people, the officers found one man who was on the list twice.
People who have been cited or arrested at a city park are placed on the citywide trespassing list, which says the individual is prohibited from visiting any park in Wilmington.
The man they found on the list that day had been listed twice for drinking in the park, so the officers wrote him a citation for second-degree trespassing and asked him to leave.
Johnston said the no-trespassing list was created in 2007. �It�s just a zero-tolerance approach we�re trying to enforce,� she said.
Enforcing park rules might be enough to reduce some crime and negative perceptions about the park. Hinson said he�s already noticed a difference in the last couple of months since he and other officers have refocused their efforts on Greenfield Lake.
But Knight said other issues lie deeper.
One thing she and other providers of homeless services attempt to do is educate the public about assumptions and homelessness.
�I think sometimes we ourselves are inadvertently perpetuating these myths around homelessness, and all it does is make people afraid of folks not very different from you and me,� Knight said.
Another pressing factor is reforming mental health care and the housing industry to allow affordable access to all people, she said.
Within the past year, there have been at least a couple of deaths of homeless people at the park.
One man was found face-down in the lake in late December, believed to have died of natural causes.
And last month, police officers responded to a report of a man who died suddenly in the early hours of the morning. A friend of the victim said the man had been drinking and using drugs there, and there were empty plastic bags and needles near the victim�s body, which was slumped over a bench at the park.
�People are self-medicating through psychological pain. Whatever they�re on makes voices go away, makes them feel less frantic,� Knight said. �They get kind of caught up in a substance abuse problem that they didn�t intend to get caught in.�
But that�s not a reason to fear everyone who might appear to be homeless, Knight said.
�Some of our folks are severely mentally ill. Some of them have severe drug and alcohol problems, but you can�t paint the average person in the housing crisis as someone who is taking over Greenfield park,� she said.
�If we don�t address the core issues of why some folks choose to sleep there, you�re just going to have a new crop of folks coming.�
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Meet Barbara Comstock
Congresswoman Comstock – the only woman in the Virginia Congressional Delegation – has been fighting for our families, our businesses, our communities, our military and our veterans – and getting results: Historic Tax Cuts; Rebuilding our Military; A New Veterans Center in the Heart of the 10th District; Support for Battling Opioid and Heroin Addiction; Passing Legislation to Crack down on MS-13 gangs and Fund Community Policing; Confronting Sexual Harassment in the workplace and passing legislation to protect women and victims.
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Dark chocolate is a delicious indulgence that may even be good for some aspects of our health. A number of studies indicate that this bittersweet treat can be rich in several healthy compounds. Among these are flavonoids, which are a certain type of antioxidant found in plants. Unfortunately, the processing cacao goes through can reduce and destroy these compounds, making it important to stick to minimally processed dark chocolate containing at least 65% cacao. Because chocolate can also be high in sugar and saturated fats, it's best to stick to one ounce a day.
Here are my favorite ways to enjoy dark chocolate.
1. Fondue-style. this is probably the coolest (and messiest) way to enjoy it but arguably the most scrumptious. What could be better than delicious dark chocolate? Warm, melted dark chocolate… over your favorite treats like bananas or strawberries.
2. Frozen dark chocolate. Simple , easy and neat to eat: Throw your fruits in a ice tray, melt dark chocolate in a bowl, pour over fruit, let sit for 15 minutes, then freeze in freezer for an hour.
3. Dark-chocolate-covered nuts. The choices are endless. Almonds, walnuts, peanuts, pistachios and even macadamia nuts.
4. Dark-chocolate protein smoothie! Add it to a protein smoothie with almond butter or peanut butter. This one is sure to please.
5. Plain dark chocolate. Enjoy it alone or with a pinch of sea salt. Sometimes you just need it all by itself.
Of course, this isn't an exhaustive list for our decadent dessert. Hopefully, it is a start to get your taste buds watering and your creative juices flowing so that you find it easy to get your daily doses of dark chocolate. May you savor each and every morsel!