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Jesus of Nazareth Vol. 3 will be on his to-do list.
Pope Benedict XVI began his summer vacation at Castel Gandolfo July 6. His vacation there will last almost the entire month, during which he will not be holding his usual Wednesday general audience or receiving anyone in private audience, but will be reciting the Angelus prayer on Sundays, as is the usual custom.
The Holy Father plans to fill his time in the same way as many of his past vacations: not so much by resting as by studying, and, in particular, writing his book Jesus of Nazareth. This month, he hopes to make further headway and possibly complete the third and final volume, which will focus on Jesus' childhood and the years leading up to the beginning of Christ's preaching — a period about which the Gospels only offer a few hints.
Work on the third volume "will certainly be one of his summer occupations," Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said, "as well as working on the discourses during his trips to Spain and Germany." The Holy Father is to travel to Madrid for World Youth Day Aug. 18-21, and then to Berlin, Erfurt and Freiburg, Germany, Sept. 22-25.
The Pope's choice to spend his vacation in Castel Gandolfo means that, for the second year running, he has declined invitations to vacation in the Italian Alps.
In previous years, he traveled to Les Combes (where in 2009 he suffered a fall during the night and fractured his right wrist, slowing down progress on completing the book), Bressanone in 2008, and Lorenzago di Cadore in 2007. But the Holy Father is believed to be particularly fond of Castel Gandolfo and the Albano Hills, where he finds the fresh air of the hills and the tranquility of the gardens overlooking a volcanic lake more congenial and suitable for study.
The Pope is expected to return to Rome in late September or early October, but before he does so, he will hold his annual schuelerkreis (seminar) with his former students, whom he taught at the University of Regensburg. The meeting will take place Aug. 26-28 at the Apostolic Palace.
Joseph Ratzinger's first meeting with his former pupils took place in March of 1977, when Pope Paul VI appointed him archbishop of Munich-Freising. To his former students' surprise, the Pope maintained the appointment after his election in 2005, each with a different theme.
In 2006, Islam was discussed; in 2007, evolution and evolutionary theories; in 2008, on the historical Jesus and his passion; in 2009 on the mission and dialogue with religions and cultures; and in 2010, the Pope and his former students debated the appropriate interpretation of the Second Vatican Council.
Not everyone is a former student, but, rather, those who have been formed by studying his theology.
This year, some exceptional academics have also been invited, including professor Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz, a theologian from Dresden and longtime friend of the Pope, and Otto Neubauer, an Austrian member of the Emmanuel Community. On the second day of the meeting, the Holy Father will meet exclusively with his former students, including Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the archbishop of Vienna.
This year's meeting will be dedicated to the theme of the New Evangelization.
One important aspect of the New Evangelization is, of course, the Eucharist. The significance of the Blessed Sacrament was underlined in an instructive homily by Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, delivered at the Pontifical Salesian University June 21 and published in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's daily newspaper.
Cardinal Piacenza said that the centrality of faith in the lives of men, of the Church and of society that derives from the absolute primacy of God "is the very condition needed for the world to recognize those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God."
The dynamics of "adoration evangelization" is, in fact, "the only real way to be an authentic witness," he added — a way that "knows how to overcome the world." Moreover, he said that an evangelization "that is not born out of a genuine, prolonged, faithful and intimate relationship with God is unlikely to bear fruit and even more unlikely to captivate the people of our time."
Cardinal Piacenza stressed that "not only strength and courage, but also the right creativity of evangelization, are derived by Eucharistic adoration" and that "any time spent with the Lord is, in fact, given to brothers and is itself evangelization."
He went on to say that evangelization "is not something to 'do' after adoration; evangelization is already happening during adoration. To worship is already to evangelize. It's not only the dimensions of a visible witness that worship always involves, but also, and above all, cooperation in the hidden work of God, to which, again, those who place themselves in adoration are called to participate."
Noting that the Church has always tried to captivate the world, the cardinal said that that of course does not mean it tries to flatter it or acquiesce to worldliness. Rather, stressing the words of Matthew 22 and the absolute primacy of God ("Thou shalt love the Lord your God. ... This is the greatest and first commandment"), he said that effective evangelizers are those who show through their whole being and "with happy certainty, all the beauty, the novelty, of a life renewed and the reasonableness of Christianity, believing 'that Jesus is the Son of God.'"
It's not clear whether Cardinal Piacenza will be attending the schuelerkreis, but no doubt this key aspect of evangelization will be one important focus of the discussion.
Edward Pentin writes from Rome.
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You would think the far left would get tired of yammering on and on about the Koch brothers, but no: there must be a steady paycheck lurking there somewhere, because leftists show no sign of abandoning their most tiresome obsession. Hence this program on Thursday evening from 7 to 9 at All Souls Unitarian Church–the Unitarian Church was a religious institution at one time, wasn't it?–at 1157 Lexington Ave. (at 80th St.) in New York City:
Talk about the usual suspects! Lee Fang tried to make a career out of smearing the Kochs when he worked at Think Progress, but he lost his job, I suspect, when the ignorance underlying his attacks was exposed by us and others. See Contango Confusion for one famous example.
So the "panel of experts" will talk about what the Koch brothers "have been doing–and funding–to co-opt our democracy." More accurately, you could talk about what they have been doing to participate in our democracy. Just like the people who are sponsoring this event–The Nation, America's last Communist publication, now that the Daily Worker has bitten the dust, and the Big Apple Coffee Party, one of the more grotesque bits of astroturf on the political scene.
It would be fun if some non-leftists were to show up Thursday evening and ask questions–hey, the event is open to the public and free! Questions like: who provides the money behind The Nation? And who underwrites the Coffee Party, an organization that appears to be almost completely devoid of members. And how about the "Center for Media and Democracy" and "GRITtv," which two of the panelists represent–where do those organizations' financial support come from? And why aren't the people who underwrite these various far-left groups "co-opting democracy"?
And if the Koch brothers are part of the "corporate effort to destroy organized labor," as the flier says, then why does their company, Koch Industries, have such excellent relationships with the unions that represent thousands of its employees?
And maybe the most important question of all: we know why the Koch brothers participate actively in public affairs. It is because they believe in free enterprise and individual freedom. Do The Nation, the Coffee Party and the Center for Media and Democracy hate the Koch brothers because those organizations, and the people who run them, believe in socialism and suppression of individual rights? That sums up The Nation's program very well, doesn't it?
As I say, it would be entertaining to see some non-leftists attend this free event and see whether they can get answers to these and other pertinent questions.


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The hardest part of developing a plan for your team can be where to begin.
James' effective planning tool provides you with a simple framework for crafting business goals and how to carry out meaningful conversations as well as:
- Clarify and target the strategic objectives and tactics that will get your org to your annual revenue target
- Identify partnership opportunities and other ways to collaborate & divide workload
- Pinpoint the determining factors necessary to design content built to impact your target audience & ease growing pains
Sources and Resources:
- The Canvass https://getplexd.com/free-planning-tool-performance-problem-canvas/
- Lori Niles-Hoffman DBL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorinileshofmann/
- Bianca Baumann: https://www.linkedin.com/in/biancabaumann/
- Cathy moore- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-moore-5383187/
- Keegan peterson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/keeganpeterson/
- Jake Knapp- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-knapp/
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In this episode we explore the things to consider if you're looking to scale up your VR projects and my guest is expert Sam Watts.
Sam is actively engaged in the immersive technology community, living his passion for VR and games for Make Real. Sam has delivered and supported dozens of digital products at Zynga, NCsoft, Kerb and Epic. Clients have included BBC, Channel 4, EDF Energy, Sky and Sony PlayStation.
Sam's commitment to the VR community means that he is an in-demand panelist and commentator on the emergence of VR. Maintaining close relationships with industry leaders such as Oculus, HTC/Valve and Sony, Sam also ensures that Make Real has early access to all key emerging technologies.
Check out Sam on Twitter - https://twitter.com/vr_sam
Read Sam's Articles - https://medium.com/@vr_sam/interviews-quotes-blog-posts-more-3ecf3eee2d16
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Kevin M Yates is a "Fact Finder for Learning & Development". An expert on data driven learning, Kevin provides us with some fantastic ideas and concepts to apply to our learning strategy.
This episode follows on from our conversation with Stacey Hatch on the topic of measuring impact (https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1vdtb) and it's no surprise that Kevin and Stacey both mention Jack and Patti Phillips' ROI approach as a great way to measure performance improvement.
We discuss xAPI, data approaches and questions to ask stakeholders!
Sources and Resources mentioned during the show:
Kevin's website - https://kevinmyates.com/
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/kevinmyates
Facebook - facebook.com/kevmyates
Twitter - twitter.com/kevinmyates
Jack and Patti Phillips from the ROI Institute - https://roiinstitutecanada.com/
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Adam Harwood is an experienced L&D professional who's worked in organisations in both the tourism industry and retail sector. He's currently working at the fashion brand ASOS, where he is responsible for the transformation and development of the digital learning strategy.
When we conducted this recording Adam was close to finishing his time with ASOS and we though it would be a unique time to reflection on his learning experiences so others could benefit from his achievements.
Sources and Resources mentioned:
Adam on Twitter - https://twitter.com/adamharwood26
The Good Practice Podcast - http://podcast.goodpractice.com/
MindChimp Podcast - http://mindchimp.co.uk/
David James - https://twitter.com/DavidInLearning
Myles Runham - https://twitter.com/mylesrun
Nick Shackleton-Jones - https://twitter.com/shackletonjones
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Microlearning is a popular topic in learning right now. Some people swear by it whilst others seem frustrated at the notion of a simplistic approach to learning.
In this episode JD Dillon - a savant on the topic - answers questions from the podcast audience. We discuss what microlearning is, why some observers of microlearning are not so keen on the term and the need for context when applying a microlearning strategy. Most importantly, we discuss how the principles can be applied to day-to-day learning. These can be used in any area of learning!
Sources and Resources mentioned:
JD on Twitter - https://twitter.com/JD_Dillon
Jane Hart on Twitter - https://twitter.com/C4LPT
Axonify - https://axonify.com/
LearnGeek website - https://www.learngeek.co/
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If you've enjoyed this show please share to your audience and feel free to leave an iTunes review in the podcast section of the platform.
MOOCs have been around for a little while now with mixed opinions. The average completion rate for a MOOC is roughly 15% and MOOCs are often lambasted with this observation. In this podcast we explore why this might be the case through the perspective of a learner motivations with my guest Sheila MacNeill
Sheila is the Vice Chair of ALT, and a Senior Lecturer in Digital Learning at Glasgow Caledonian University. She works as part of the Academic Development team providing strategic direction, pedagogic guidance and practical support to staff embedding digital, blended online learning across the curriculum.
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Learn more about ALT: https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2018/
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In this episode we have expert Dr. David Chandross answer a range of questions on gamification.
We discuss lots of of the research and questions from the audience. David provides tips for everyone to take away and lots of great resources.
The show notes are more like a reflection blog and can be found here https://lloyddean.co.uk/football-manager-psychology-gamification/
Sources and resources mentioned in the episode:
David Chandross https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-chandross-ph-d-92a01234/
The Gamification Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loaTbicPzoA
Board Game Geek https://boardgamegeek.com/
Top 100 People in Gamification https://www.rise.global/gurus/r/latest\
Amy Jo Kim https://twitter.com/amyjokim
Andrzej Marczewski https://twitter.com/DaveRage?
Michiel van Eunen https://michielvaneunen.nl/blog-2/
Gamification Hub https://www.facebook.com/groups/gamificationhub/
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Fosway have produced an interesting case study with Sky's Learning and Development teams following their innovative approach to organising their team and solving business problems. For example, instructor led training no longer exists and elearning is limited to specific use cases - e.g. certain mandatory training.
David James supported Sky during this journey and offers us further insight from the case study.
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In this episode I discuss with V model with Stacey Hatch. Stacey is an expert in the area of return on investment (ROI) and was awarded "Global ROI Practitioner of the Year" in 2015.
Stacey provides lots of great tips on how to better evaluate training requirements and explore the need to partner with the business rather than be subservient to perceived needs.
Resources discussed:
The V model https://roiinstitutecanada.com/roi-methodology/evaluation-planning-the-v-model/
ROI Institute https://roiinstitutecanada.com/
10 Easy steps to ROI https://roiinstitutecanada.com/roi-methodology/10-easy-steps/
Check out Stacey's LinkedIn page - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-hatch-79904257/
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This show is the start of my "reference list" chapter and my guest is Danny Seals and we discuss lots of things including Danny's podcast "The Mindchimp podcast"
Danny's podcast is just great. It's slightly different to some of the others out there as he explores the person behind the role. The benefit of this is a very rich conversation. Whenever I listen to an episode of Danny's podcast I find myself being submerged in the conversation that he is having with his guest. This means I usually end up having my opinion and thoughts on the conversation they are having and will work through "problems" with them.
Listening to Danny's podcast during the commute in the morning is like a warm up for my day!
Follow Danny - https://twitter.com/Dannyboy83
Listen to the Mindchimp Podcast - https://mindchimp.podbean.com/
Book mentioned in the show:
"You've been publicly shamed" https://www.amazon.co.uk/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed/dp/1594487138
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The future of learning job roles might well include marketing and employee engagement techniques.
In this episode, we explore with Mike Taylor ways to turn this into reality.
Share your thoughts on this episode!
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Sources and resources that were mentioned on the podcast:
Twitter: @tmiket
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/miketaylor
Steal from Marketing Conference Slides & Resources:
Content Marketing Institute: https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/
Copyblogger: https://www.copyblogger.com/
Product Hunt: Producthunt.com
BetaList: Betalist.com
Hemmingway App: http://www.hemingwayapp.com/
John Stepper: @JohnStepper www.workingoutloud.com
Working Out Loud book by John Stepper
Seth Godin: (@ThisIsSethsBlog) - "Did you do the reading?"
The principles of learning should focus on the human experience and pedagogy. This is why Kahoot! has been such a success - it has 70 million monthly active users and over 1.6 billion players since it launched in 2013 to boast.
I interview Jamie Brooker about what learner centred approaches really are and how to achieve them with Edtech tools.
My take away from all of this episode is to adopt a human centred design approach in learning and development. Where possible, design learning that takes into account the human experience whilst doing your best to include pedagogic rational in the process.
Jamie Brooker is co-founder of Kahoot! and We Are Human.
Find out more about Jamie:
@Jamiebrooker (Twitter)
https://t.co/Fb9YRjTCgP (Jamie's website)
Books mentioned in the podcast:
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. Nir - Eyal https://amzn.to/2Lf5gQ3
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In 2016 Google reported that 20% of all searches undertaken on it's mobile apps and Android devices were done so through voice. It's not just Google, Gartner suggests that 30% of all web browsing sessions by 2020 will be undertaken without a screen. Yet despite the increase of VoiceFirst platforms, products and usage there is still a gap in understanding how VoiceFirst technology can make our lives easier; 72% of users say they don't know how to use all of their smart speaker's features.Learning and Development teams don't appear to be exploring the potential of the technology despite all of the signs that VoiceFirst technology is becoming an everyday aspect of our lives.Our innovation is focussed on tools like virtual reality, augmented reality or trying to put that "Click next" button, for elearning, in a really engaging place. Alexa, play a "sigh" sound.My special guest, Bradley Metrock, discusses what VoiceFirst is and how it could be used within L&Dwww.lloyddean.co.uk
The "Learning Ecosystem" is a befuddling term and the aim of this episode is to explore:
What is a learning ecosystem?
So what - why do you need to be considering a learning ecosystem?
How could a learning ecosystem work in practice?
To provide tangible takeaways that you can apply to your learning environment
My guest, Phil Clarke, explores how this could work in practice and what we in learning and development need to consider.
Organisations have historically relied on one central system for people development yet the emergence of the new-world learning providers gives support for one argument - that a single solution (E.g. an LMS) usually doesn't work in the long run. The fact that some LMS providers are starting to offer features of LXPs is another indication that they are now playing catch up.
We discuss xAPI, Learner record stores, who is already working well with these technologies and much more.
Phil provides excellent points that we can use toda
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We explore what Digital credentials are, the differences between them and digital badges, as well as Cities of Learning (CoL).
Through digital badges, or credentials, where badges are built around an open standard and used interoperably, there is a unique opportunity for an organisation to utilise competencies as their internal currency. Digital credentials could be aligned to existing competency frameworks as well as for other skills challenge. They might also help your talented employees identify future opportunities in your organisation rather than leaving to go elsewhere.
The challenge is for digital credentials to contribute to a much broader competency problem rather than to be used in isolation. When it comes to anything digital related we are guilty of getting excited before thinking through the purpose of what we are trying to achieve. We need to think of the opportunity with digital credentials.
Some key terms arise when discussing AI. Lots of people will use words such as machine learning, deep learning, algorithms and AI interchangeably. Not having a rough idea of what each term really means can have consequences when we expect results. So what does each term really mean?
Firstly, I'm no expert on this topic and I'd suggest that you seek to understand from those who are - namely through an organisation like Filtered. They've created a brief quiz of 7 questions to gauge our collective understanding of the terms and providing a completion document at the end of the document which is useful.
Rather than regurgitate work that is already done, I'd steer you towards Marc's article on the differences between each term and branch out from some of his links. For me, I'm much more inquisitive when an organisation talks about their great algorithm and am becoming much more interested in understanding deep learning and it's potential benefits. For more, check out www.lloyddean.co.uk
Virtual reality is still evolving - despite what anyone else tells you. This is why it is extremely difficult to identify projects in learning and development where VR has had an objectively positive impact. We don't even have a standard definition. Some focus on the word "immersion" which reflects the association of VR with a headset whilst others highlight that virtual reality is about simulating a real-life scenario as closely possible. So why not call it simulation (we could also branch AR and MR in that bracket) and be done with it? No, in our social-media enriched world I honestly think this is because #VR is more appealing and more eye-catching than #simulation.
This podcast episode discusses the application of virtual reality and how we can all be more systematic with its use.
Professor Bob Stone is Director of the Human Interfaces Technologies Team at the University of Birmingham.
Please visit www.lloyddean.co.uk for a more detail blog description of this podcast episode.
"The Future of Learning Podcast" aims to provide insight and expertise on various topics related to learning and learning technologies. You might be exploring how virtual reality can be used by your organisation and want information on where to start or you might be in a senior position and need to understand how various learning technologies can help you deliver against your strategy.
These are specific examples but you can understand more by reading my about page located on www.lloyddean.co.uk .
The format of the Podcast itself will be slightly different to some others. In the vast majority of episodes I'll be asking the questions to the experts.
I'll be learning with you, the audience, on each episode. Each episode will be distributed weekly.
Topics that we'll cover include virtual reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Learning Ecoystems, LMS, Strategy, ROI, Innovation and much more.
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Canucks to 'reset' the organization after 'terrible season': GM Mike Gillis (with video)
But he'll find it extremely difficult to make significant changes with several no-trade clauses, dropping salary cap, bad contracts
Two days after his Vancouver Canucks were swept out of the playoffs by the San Jose Sharks, the general manager called this "the most challenging season in my tenure here for sure." He wouldn't answer questions about Alain Vigneault, however, saying the decision on whether to fire the most successful coach in team history would be part of an overall organizational review.
VANCOUVER — Mike Gillis took the witness stand Thursday and for 45 minutes was grilled about the playoff failure of the Vancouver Canucks, his culpability and when he might get around to firing coach Alain Vigneault.
It may have been the easiest day of his summer.
The Canucks general manager acknowledged at his year-end news conference that the team has fallen behind the National Hockey League curve toward bigger, grittier, defence-oriented teams.
"From my perspective ... it's been a terrible season for us," Gillis said. "We're going to have to reinvent ourselves and do things differently in order to be successful. The macro look at this team is that changes have to be made."
The Canucks' need for more size and grit, particularly among the top three forward lines, was evident when they lost the Stanley Cup Final to the Boston Bruins two years ago.
It was reinforced by first-round playoff exits this season and last to the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings.
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When officiating standards abruptly and inexplicably slackened halfway through last season, smaller, skilled, puck-possession teams like the Canucks became endangered.
So, Gillis's declaration that the Canucks will adapt to the changing NHL landscape was excellent news.
The obvious question was: What took Gillis so long? The more important one is: How exactly will he achieve this "reset?"
For all the discussion about windows closing and eras ending for the Canucks, the reality is the team has eight core players who possess no-trade clauses and another three who will get them on July 1 when contract extensions kick in.
With the salary cap making a one-off bungee dive next season to $64.3 million from $70.2 million and already some bad contracts on the Canucks' books, it is going to be extremely difficult for Gillis to orchestrate major lineup changes.
He said he expects to finally trade backup goalie Roberto Luongo ($5.33-million cap hit) this summer, but would not speculate on potential buyouts for spare defenceman Keith Ballard ($4.2 million) and balky winger David Booth ($4.25 million).
Fortunately, the Canucks' best players are still young enough to challenge for a Stanley Cup. But they need help and Gillis is severely hindered by NTCs and economics in what he can do.
The core of the team probably is not changing. The Canucks will still be led by Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Ryan Kesler and Alex Burrows, Dan Hamhuis, Kevin Bieksa and Jason Garrison on defence, and Cory Schneider in net.
Unless Gillis can work in a straitjacket, there's no reason to think next season will end any better than this one.
"We don't have the luxury of having picked first overall in the last 10 years," Gillis said. "We have to use the players we have, the core group that we have, and we have to build around them. There will come a point where that core group is going to be dismantled or will no longer play, but it's not today.
"When I took this job, we decided on a style of play that resulted in great success. And clearly, the landscape has changed and we have to address those changes. We don't have a choice. It's not something I necessarily agree with. But that's what we face, and that's what you have to do.
"We have to make the changes and adjustments necessary to compete for a Stanley Cup. It's my intention to do it and recognize what's going on and make sure we have a team that's better equipped."
It was understandable that Gillis was wary of changing much when the Canucks had two chances to win one game for the Stanley Cup only 23 months ago.
But why was there so few adjustments after last season's first-round ejection? And why did nothing change this year? When the Canucks needed size for the playoffs, Gillis acquired 5-8 centre Derek Roy, who looked a lot smaller than that against the Sharks.
"It was a messed-up year from top to bottom," Gillis said of the lockout-shortened season. "Our ability to do things in this messed up season was really limited and hindered by a lot of factors.
"We tried to get things done. But for various reasons, it wasn't to our satisfaction and we need to do better."
Gillis said the internal review of all operations and personnel will be based on what has happened the last two seasons and, especially, in the playoffs. That may as well have been code for: "I'm firing Vigneault."
Interestingly, an unscientific poll at vancouversun.com found more than twice as many respondents blamed Gillis than Vigneault for the Canucks' problems, although half of the nearly 20,000 voters called for both to be fired.
Gillis, hand-picked by owner Francesco Aquilini and signed to an extension one year ago, isn't going anywhere unless he gets tired of the job and quits. Vigneault, who has won 313 games and six Northwest Division titles in seven seasons, was retained by Gillis from the previous managerial regime.
Gillis said he hopes to meet with the Aquilini family next week to finalize a strategy for the off-season.
"Changes have to be made, but I'm not going to commit today to what those changes will be," Gillis said. "It's difficult when things end so quickly and they end so negatively for all of us. It's pretty emotional to go through.
"You just need a little bit of time to sit back and make sure you're doing the right things.
"We're going to treat people fairly, like we always do, and honourably. That's not going to end because we lost four hockey games.
"We went through so much stuff this season. It was just really a difficult year on everybody here. We've got to overcome it, forget about it and move on.
"But this has been the most challenging season in my tenure here."
No one would argue that.


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I thought we had just better have a quick discussion about the ultimate route. I had expected this to be one of the most popular routes but in fact yourselves are the 3 riders who have signed up for this. The whole event is going in 'cyling weekly' this week, which although is a little late for this year I think it will help for the next event. We will have more time to specifically target cycling groups and organisations. Its certainly not a case of dropping the route, in fact I think this will be the one which 'grows' the event in future years.
thanks for letting me know of the low numbers for the Ultimate Route Ride. I'm disappointed but I fully appreciate the problems associated with marshalling such an event, In these circumstances I would agree to switching to the Challenge Ride. I wish to see the event get off to a good start, and I realise that your resources have to be used wisely. I would still like to tackle the Ultimate Ride next year if we can get this years event off and running.
I fully appreciate all the hard work that you are both doing and I intend to help you achieve your goal. Good luck.
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H there, Thanks for your e-mail, I was about to contact you regarding the ultimate route anyway. Unfortunately due to the difference in the registration times between the ultimate and the family ride I am going to have to swap from the ultimate to the family. Otherwise.... [snip]... will be hanging around for a couple of hours in Campbeltown on the Sunday morning. I hope this is OK, but I'm not sure whether it helps you with your predicament or not!
I would be interested in the Ultimate another year, even more so if there was the option to combine the 33 and the 70, this would make it a real challenge and may encourage a few more folks along. I know a few folks up here in Lochgilphead have been a little concerned about the timing and I wonder if June would encourage a few more as well.
Hope to see you next week, we are all really looking forward to it.
Some good ideas there and I do think there is a good chance of success with the ultimate route (s) next year. Given the ref to the 'MOKateers' - I think this is a ploy we can use for next year recruitment too so the numbers will remain in the 101, 102, 103 series whichever route you do!
(we have arranged the numbers in 1xx Ultimate 2xx hard challenge, 3xx intermediate challenge 4xx family etc)
I am still waiting to hear from ...[snip]... but we will have a good crack at the 70 and 100 mile versions as suggested for next year. We will also broach month of year on the feedback form too, we would have had this the same weekend as Lochgilphead triathalon if we had gone with the original date so thats how it got right back into October, as it happens they got rain and we still might do!
Glad you are both happy to still attend, we will have to get some contacts for cycling clubs together and really push the event for next year.


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L.A. lefty pitches shutout, hits tie-breaking home run
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Los Angeles -- With more than seven years of perspective as a major-leaguer and two World Series titles, Matt Cain could step back from the frustration and nothingness of the Giants' 4-0 loss to the Dodgers and reflect on his first Opening Day start.
"It was great to have," Cain said. "I've seen some guys do it, and I wondered what it felt like. There's always a lot of hype, maybe a little over-reporting leading up to the game. But that's the fun part of it. It was a great experience. I enjoyed it."
Not as much as Clayton Kershaw, though. The registered Giants-nemesis, who is expected soon to sign an eleventy-gazillion-dollar contract extension, had the game of a lifetime Monday as he spoiled San Francisco's opener at Dodger Stadium for the second time in three seasons.
He broke a 0-0 tie when he hit George Kontos' first pitch of the eighth inning over the center-field wall for his first home run since high school, other than one he hit in spring training four years ago, to launch a four-run inning.
Kershaw then trotted to the mound to a deafening ovation from 53,138 fans and completed a four-hitter so dominant that only one Giant, Pablo Sandoval, reached second base, in the first inning.
Kershaw became the first pitcher to hit a home run and throw a shutout on Opening Day since Cleveland's Bob Lemon in 1953. Kershaw also lowered his career ERA against the Giants to 1.28, the best by any pitcher in history who has thrown at least 50 innings against them.
More than anything, Kershaw reminded everyone that baseball always has room for surprises. In 332 major-league plate appearances before Monday, he had one extra-base hit.
"He's a big, strong guy," Kontos said. "You make a mistake, he's going to put a good swing on it. This is the big leagues. Guys are going to do that to you."
Kershaw's no-walk, seven-strikeout gem obscured an excellent game from Cain, who lasted only six innings because he needed 29 pitches to escape the first.
Cain admitted to first-game jitters as he allowed a sharp infield hit to Carl Crawford (in his first Dodgers at-bat) and hit Mark Ellis. Cain then struck out Matt Kemp, but needed 11 pitches to do it, before walking Adrian Gonzalez. Crawford had helped Cain by attempting and failing to steal third, allowing Cain to strand the other two runners with an Andre Ethier strikeout.
Cain allowed four hits and struck out eight but knew Kershaw was the better pitcher on this day. The 25-year-old lefty mixed 95-mph fastballs with devastating curveballs that dropped in at 72 to 75 mph. Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford, the two left-handed hitters, each struck out twice and looked bad doing it.
Asked if he expected Kershaw to look so dominant in his first game, Cain said, "Yeah, you do. Everybody's got a lot of time in spring to get ready. That's definitely what you expect when you face Kershaw.
"You know he's going to bring it. You've got to do the same."
The Giants' bullpen unraveled after Kershaw's home run. Kontos and Santiago Casilla together put three more Dodgers on base, and all scored.
In a season that seems so important to L.A., the Dodgers took the first of 19 games against the champs. Nobody expects the other 18 to be 0-0 affairs through seven innings, but manager Bruce Bochy senses they will be nerve-racking.
"When you have two good staffs like both clubs have, you expect the majority of games to be low-scoring. You've got to execute. You get a home run like they did, and that's the difference in a game like that."
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Barnestorming #39- Noxious Slops.
On the Table
Fantasy Flight's Nexus Ops is here, and damn is it ugly. They did well with incorporating optional new material and preserving the game with very minor tweaks and clarifications, but the graphic design is a complete fumble. It's muddy, murky, and dark. But worse, it completely misses the point of the original's 1980s arcade cabinet vibe (thanks again, Jeff). The glow figures may seem like a minor thing, but what's the #1 thing people remember most about the game? Not the great, streamlined rules. Those day-glo and possibly toxic little critters. That's such a huge differentiator for the game, and it's so unique and charming that it's really a damn shame that the new version has these serious-looking figures with so-what better detail.
The terrain tiles are an eyesore that would likely cause most accomplished graphic designers to barf into their Macbook keyboards. On the table, it looks like a slurry of dull colors with pastel (yes, pastel) miniatures dotted across it.
In short- stick with the old one unless you have no taste and actually like the new artwork and atmosphere. Download the new content and use your gloriously day-glo 2005 set. I'm totally behind what FFG did in terms of revisions, but I think they completely dropped the ball on the presentation. Review at Gameshark.
In other FFG news, Wiz-War showed up but I've just had time to open it up and see the space boards. I didn't know that this was a game about wizards floating in space mazes. It must be set in the TI3 universe.
Got to play 1812: Invasion of Canada. Holy crap, this game ROCKS. Seriously y'all, do not pass this one up because of the wargame packaging or cube confusion. It really does need five players to meet its potential, but it's got some absolutely brilliant stuff in it. It also feels like something completely fresh and innovative. The neat thing is how the co-op/team play element is driven by a mutual lack of resources and mobility…and the ability for players to move entire armies for their side. But everybody gets in on the dice rolling and makes in-battle decisions for their armies. There's some smart stuff dividing fleeing units from those making strategic withdrawls (which can get more troops into an adjacent battle). Each side has a unique card deck and dice that give them specific flavor but without special powers, exceptions, or text. It's extremely simple, but there's TONS of game and it's totally a bloody knuckles DoaM beat 'em up despite the historical theme and wooden cubes. It's also really quick-playing, with virtually no administrative overhead other than a little setup time. I'm loving it, and I think it'll be a big hit in these parts once it makes the rounds.
On the Consoles
Not much to report here other than that Soul Calibur V is OK and reviewed but pretty paltry for the single player and that Resident Evil: Revelations is a classic RE title that hopefully signals a return to form for the upcoming RE6. Definitely the best game I've played on the 3DS yet.
I'm pretty proud of my tagline for the SCV review...unexpected reference and all that.
Oh yeah, there's also a review of a little 3DS game called Nano Assault. It's OK. The reference there is pretty good too, if I do say so myself.
On IOS
Also a couple of new items though- I picked up the Call of Cthulhu thing, but it's not finished. The touch response is horrible on it. Save your $5. Also played a little Flipship, which is sort of like a cross between Tilt to Live and Ikaruga, it's not bad for a dollar. Shogun is a free bullet hell-style shooter that's worth checking out if you're into that kind of thing- not as good as the Cave stuff, but they tried pretty hard.
But really, what I've secretly been playing the most is Triple Town. I caved in and bought the $3.99 unlimited turn thing. This game is the devil. It's terribly addictive. It's a match three, but it's one of the more cerebral and brain-burning ones I've ever played despite the cutesy Animal Crossing graphics. You match up three or more like terrain features, and they become a single upgraded one, clearing out real estate and increasing score. It requires some pretty intense planning- and luck- to get the higher scores.
There's also bears. You've got to control the bear population. They hang out and block building sites. If you trap three together, they die and you build a church on top of them. But then these ninja bears show up and jump all over the place, always landing right where you need to build.
Unfortunately, there's a big problem with the game, I think. After each game, you get some coins that you can use in a later game to buy features rather than wait for the random draw. They're limited, but you can also buy coins (as in, with a credit card) to artificially boost your score. It's the wrong model. It should be that you earn coins in the game through combos or bonuses and those are spent in the game to get extra stuff. But it's the whole freemium model at work, which sucks.
Regardless, one of the best puzzle games on IOS. I just topped 100,000 on a game…somehow, Bryan Bornemuller at FFG has a score of 540,000+. If he didn't buy any coins with real money, that's phenomenal.
On the Screen
After my disastrous re-watching of the Star Wars prequels, I thought I'd go back and watch Avatar again since I'd just seen it once in the theater.
Now, I was one of the people here defending the movie. I thought it was good, pop sci-fi that would have been regarded as a classic if it had been released before internet cynicism ruined everything. The melodrama is thick and the romantic subplot is sappier than the home tree, but I still liked the film.
Rather unlike the SW prequels, it also feels like a film that was labored over and cared about by the people that made it. It's really pretty detailed and well-framed. The visual design is freaking awesome, particularly the military stuff. It's classic Jim Cameron. The animals are great, the plants are great…it's just the Navi that look silly, but I sort of _like_ that they're giant, blue people. It's very pulpy in almost a Burroughsian way. The whole film is really quite old fashioned despite the technology- the characters, writing, and scenarios are straight out of a 1980s blockbuster action movie.
One thing I was thinking about watching them right after Lucas' three-part shitshow was how all these people rolled their eyes about "unobtanium"…how in the world is that any less corny, on the nose, or ridiculous than "The Force"? Or bad guys named General Grevious, Darth Maul, and Darth Tyranus?
Anyway, I like Avatar. Much more than the prequels.
On Spotify
Hey, is there anybody here in the audience that's a fan of Chris and Cosey? Anyone? Hello? Is this thing on?
OK, well, anyway, I've been listening to this new-ish London trio called Factory Floor and they've got a very Chris and Cosey-ish kind of sound. They've even got a Chris Carter remix (not to mention another from Joy Division/New Order's Stephen Morris) to back up the claim.
It's incredibly sparse, relentlessly repetitive electro. Crisply produced and best listened to at the maximum volume your speakers (or ears) can withstand. It's not that it's harsh or particularly aggressive, it's that it's the kind of music that's best when you can _feel_ it. It's got a very 1981, Factory Records kind of sound with a touch of Throbbing Gristle's more accessible moments. Echoplexed female vocals, live drums on occasion. I'm totally loving it, very minimal and definitely not for people who don't get the point of listening to a song with essentially two notes for ten minutes.
"R E A L L O V E" is the one to hear if you hear only one.
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The library recently received the new book Midrash & Medicine, edited by Dr. William (Bill) Cutter. I had the opportunity to speak with him and his colleague Michele Prince,Director of the Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health about this collection.
SFS: As a librarian, I've seen that a lot of books (and music) have come out recently that deal with healing and spirituality. What do you think is driving that movement?
BC: The broken environment of our society and the disappointment coming out of the 19th century/Enlightenment paves the way for interest in this movement. Ethnicity is less important in people's lives and yet the call to Jewish tradition is still very strong. Spirituality and healing fill this niche. The individualism present in today's culture also sets a role.
MP: The movement towards healing and spirituality fights against our overly connected, 24/7 culture, which provides few occasions to "turn off." The explosion of global news of war, natural disaster, climate change, political unrest, and the divisions in our own nation force the search for courage and inspiration – a sense of the mystery of life.
SFS: We often hear the words "healing," "health," and "cure." The meanings seem to overlap. How would you define each and how do they relate to each other?
BC: When I speak to audiences I argue that people are searching for quick "cures" when they go to the doctor's office, but when their suffering has meaning beyond illness then healing is sought. Healing is when we seek for a "total relationship" between our values, our friends, ourselves, and our environments. Healing is "meaning making."
MP: Many of us in the field of Judaism and health, including Bill, agree that we can be healed without being cured. Many live with chronic illness – in medicine, physicians and researchers attempt to shift what were once fatal diseases, such as some cancers, to diseases which allow for ongoing maintenance, such as some cardiac conditions or diabetes. In Jewish life, we pray for the healing of spirit and the healing of body – and search for the whole. Medicine – the provision of healthcare – once included spiritual values: service, altruism, compassionate care – and we are trying to improve the health of the healthcare system.
SFS: The title of your book is Midrash and Medicine, but the contents hint more of Midrash as Medicine. What is Midrash and what power does it have when it comes to healing?
BC: Clever question. The Jewish tradition of constant renewable interpretation SHOULD be a part of medical treatment. The self moves from cure to healing.
SFS: You also include articles on poetry and music. What place do they have in healing?
BC: Poetry forces caregivers and patients to look at their situations in new ways their language is innovative and it leads to innovative ideas.
SFS: I was surprised to see articles on death and loss; especially the very personal story by Eitan Fishbane about the sudden death of his young wife. Why did you choose to include these in the collection?
BC: Very good question. Eitan's talent with narration and background in Jewish mysticism were potent partners in helping others with similar losses. The response in the book underscores this.
MP: So far, Fishbane's is the chapter readers comment on most frequently.
SFS: Thanks to Bill and Michele for speaking to me about this, and to Adi Bodenstein for co-ordinating it.


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Raphael Lyon is a sound and installation artist who performs using a custom organ he built called the Mudboy Minnie (pic/info). He has also performed on Providence Performing Arts Center's ancient wurlitzer. Lyon runs the Free Matter for the Blind label, which has released a series of excellent audio zines, the Psicklops experimental collaborative radio play, Thee Haunted Cobblestone series of 3-floor high live performances bouncing off the street, and an assortment of other material. Mudboy's own music has also been released by Providence's excellent free-folk/psych label Last Visible Dog, and his most recent album, Hungry Ghosts!- These Songs are Doors, is available from Not Not Fun and Digitalis on LP/CD respectively. (-via Jason SIgal at WFMU's Beware of the Blog)
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The sleeping room decoration, its design are impressive and in fashion, as for the rest of the hotel . The employee are really nice and customer oriented .Excellent breakfeast. Great experience.
The staff were exceptionally helpful, the room was very funky and modern and immaculately cleaned, it was cleaned twice one day, once in the morning and then again when we went out for dinner. It was an excellent location to view the city and authentic restaurants and not too far a walk to the seaside area.
There wasn't much space for hanging clothes in the room and the air conditioning didn't work - it was quite hot even in May so would be stifling in the summer.
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Excellent receptionist, modern design of the reception, location in the centre of Rimini.
Incredibly difficult to arrive by car - even with a Sat Nav - we ended up breaking rules and going the wrong way up one way streets to get there. Bathroom was fun, but not practical, after showering and dressing, you went back into the bathroom and floor was still very wet from the shower.
Very well located for historical centre of Rimini. Friendly and helpful staff, delicious breakfasts, luxurious bathroom (once we managed to work out how to operate the washbasin tap and close the blind in the "porthole" between the bedroom and the bathroom!)
Air conditioning was noisy.
Design is interesting to see, probably a good place to stay for conferences or so..
wireless connection didn't work, strange systen with the everyday codes for the internet.
very good breafast, nice design, in city center, good reception
Grounds and furniture of the room were very dusty, the decoration was not faithful to photos, no black sheets on beds what gives to the room an atmosphere of hospital, damage!! only one woman at the reception completely ignored our demands and our needs (very unpleasant behind a false smile!!), damage, otherwise the staff was very well, we were not able to keep cycles 3 hours more, after the check out (it is not very commercial because we stayed at 4 nights in this hotel)
Welcoming stuff, smiley people, excellent contemporary design, stuff cleaned the bathroom two times per day. Rich breakfast too. The hotel is in the historical centre of Rimini.
I stayed to a Suite and there was no bathrobe(!) That's a minus. Music in the corridor stays on high volume until 23.00, this isn't the best thing if you want to sleep early or just relax in silence!
The design
Very trendy/conteporary hotel. We stayed on the 'Green Floor' which was great being from Ireland! Each floor has a different colour theme. Definitely a 'young' and 'trendy' hotel. Not for the older clientele
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New York.–Archbishop Demetrios of America has named Bishop Savas of Troas as Director of the Office of Church and Society, with a charge to develop programs and ministries that promote a creative Orthodox Christian engagement with contemporary societal and cultural realities.
"This Office," remarked Archbishop Demetrios, "will address matters of current relevance, such as the effects of online social networking, the popularity of so-called ʽreality' television and video games, and the resurgence of atheism. It will also oversee the Archdiocesan Advisory Committee on Science and Technology (AACST) and will work closely with the Archdiocesan Youth Department. Bishop Savas, one of our younger hierarchs, is a person of genuine administrative and pastoral experience who has served for the past nine years as Chancellor of the Archdiocese and the past seven as a Bishop. His extensive education, mature grasp of current issues, deep appreciation of and engagement with contemporary culture, and above all great love for Christ and His Holy Church make him particularly well qualified to direct such an office. I am confident that his appointment will bear much fruit, especially for our young people, who look to us to assist them in meeting the challenge of living lives that are both fully and authentically Greek Orthodox and fully and authentically, twenty-first-century American."
Bishop Savas will be leaving the Office of the Chancellor and assuming his new responsibilities as of Monday, March 2, 2009. The Rev. Fr. Michael Kontogiorgis will continue as Assistant Chancellor and the Rev. Fr. Athanasios (Al) Demos as Archepiscopal Vicar of the Direct Archdiocesan District.
Bishop Savas (Zembillas) of Troas is a graduate of Colby College (1979, BA in Philosophy and English Literature) and Holy Cross Greek Orthodoxy School of Theology (1985, with High Distinction). He pursued doctoral studies at Oxford University, under the supervision of His Excellency Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia, from 1987 to 1994. He is an Adjunct Professor at St Vladimir's Orthodox School of Theology, where he has taught a course on "Looking for God in Popular Culture."


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Much fresher than tehina from a jar. Serve with Mazza or crudites.
Perfect for Yom Haatzmaut! Thanks Ariana!
- 1 cup unhulled organic sesame seeds
- 1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- cumin
- fresh garlic cloves
- olive oil
- water
- Combine ingredients above into Vitamix blender
- Puree together until consistency is thick and smooth
- Top with paprika, pine nuts and high quality olive oil
- Bon apetit!


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2013, Antarctic, Arctic, Canada, China, climate change, Dirty Fossil Fuels, Divest, February, Fossil fuel, global, Global Warming, grassroots, Greenland, Gulf of Mexico, History, ice, Keystone XL, Keystone XL Pipeline, melt, Rally, scientific evidence, tar sands oil, TransCanada, U.S, United States, Washington D.C.
As the world burns, a new movement to reverse climate change is emerging – fiercely, loudly and right next door
It got so hot in Australia in January that the weather service had to add two new colors to its charts. A few weeks later, at the other end of the planet, new data from the CryoSat-2 satellite showed 80 percent of Arctic sea ice has disappeared. We're not breaking records anymore; we're breaking the planet. In 50 years, no one will care about the fiscal cliff or the Euro crisis. They'll just ask, "So the Arctic melted, and then what did you do?"
Here's the good news: We'll at least be able to say we fought.
After decades of scant organized response to climate change, a powerful movement is quickly emerging around the country and around the world, building on the work of scattered front-line organizers who've been fighting the fossil-fuel industry for decades. It has no great charismatic leader and no central organization; it battles on a thousand fronts. But taken together, it's now big enough to matter, and it's growing fast.
The Fossil Fuel Resistance: Meet the New Green Heroes
Americans got to see some of this movement spread out across the Mall in Washington, D.C., on a bitter-cold day in February. Press accounts put the crowd upward of 40,000 – by far the largest climate rally in the country's history. They were there to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run down from Canada's tar sands, south to the Gulf of Mexico, a fight that Time magazine recently referred to as the Selma and the Stonewall of the environmental movement. But there were thousands in the crowd also working to block fracking wells across the Appalachians and proposed Pacific coast deep-water ports that would send coal to China. Students from most of the 323 campuses where the fight for fossil-fuel divestment is under way mingled with veterans of the battles to shut down mountaintop-removal coal mining in West Virginia and Kentucky, and with earnest members of the Citizens Climate Lobby there to demand that Congress enact a serious price on carbon. A few days earlier, 48 leaders had been arrested outside the White House – they included ranchers from Nebraska who didn't want a giant pipeline across their land and leaders from Texas refinery towns who didn't want more crude spilling into their communities. Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham was on hand, urging scientists to accompany their research with civil disobedience, as were solar entrepreneurs quickly figuring out how to deploy panels on rooftops across the country. The original Americans were well-represented; indigenous groups are core leaders of the fight, since their communities have been devastated by mines and cheated by oil companies. The Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. of the Hip Hop Caucus was handcuffed next to Julian Bond, former head of the NAACP, who recounted stories of being arrested for integrating Atlanta lunch counters in the Sixties.
Read more important information here: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-fossil-fuel-resistance-20130411/+1


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Born in 1976 in Abymes, Guadeloupe, young Jabe moved to Paris at the age of 16 to pursue his passion for painting. However, after an exhibition in Cologne when he was just 18, he decided to shift his focus to make-up. Two years at Shu Uemura Cosmetics taught him all the basics he needed to succeed as a freelancer. He landed jobs with high-quality fashion magazines, became the ambassador for Shiseido and Jean Paul Gaultier perfumes at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005 and 2006, and was also selected to create the cardboard box design for Sephora's international make-up line. Having proved his abilities in various ad campaigns, catalogs and fashion shows, he struck out in a new direction in 2013: first as a creative director for various magazines and cosmetics companies, then as the founder of OOB, his international avant-garde beauty magazine. As a beauty expert, he is happy to pass on his knowledge – as of 2017, for instance, in the context of a TV show on the Elle Girl channel.


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Happy Tail: "Ugly duckling" Pit Bull turns into "swan"
How could someone abandon a mama dog and her pups in the dead of winter? Kelsey Masso wondered. That's what had happened to Dublin, her mom and sibling. Fortunately, North Haven Animal Control in Connecticut came to their rescue.
When Kelsey, who lives in Rhode Island, saw Dublin's listing on Petfinder, she couldn't ignore it. She hopped in her car and set out to bring the baby home.
The cost of gasoline to get to North Haven was more than the adoption fee, she says, and when her husband saw the dog for the first time, he was rather dismayed. His wife had brought home a bald, emaciated puppy — an ugly five-dollar pup, he called her.
But then they were both surprised as their "ugly duckling turned into a swan" — a beautiful 50-lb. red nose American Pit Bull Terrier.
Kelsey has nothing but good things to say about Dublin, who is the couple's pride and joy. She keeps them entertained with her goofiness, but she's also smart. She is currently on her way to getting her Canine Good Citizen and Therapy Dog certifications.
"I'm a junior in college," Kelsey says, "and once I get my degree in social work, I plan to do animal-assisted therapy — with my best friend and sidekick, Dublin, of course!"
Dublin is lucky that Kelsey had a soft spot in her heart for an abandoned puppy.


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2012-09-17: Information Station column
The library is open until 9 on Monday through Thursday, and until 5pm on Friday and Saturday. We are here to help you these evenings until we lock our doors for the day. But did you know that the library can serve you even after we have locked our doors? I want to briefly mention all that our website has available for you even after our physical doors have been closed.
Right off of our homepage http://www.siouxcenter.lib.ia.us/, you can find links to all sorts of goodies. Mango Languages is a brand new service we offer online where you can take lessons to learn a new language – over 45 foreign languages to choose from and 15 different ESL courses.
One Click Digital is another new service – this is another service that is free to you with your library card. You can download audiobooks to your heart's content and there are never any "holds" on them. It can be as simple as using their app on your smartphone or downloading them to your computer and then putting them on your mp3 player or iPod.
Don't forget Wilbor as well – this Overdrive product – is also free with your library card and allows you to download audiobooks and eBooks to your phone, tablet or mp3 player. Encyclopedia Britannica is not only those blue volumes on a shelf – now they are totally online and have new content uploaded daily to stay current. This is a great resource when you are doing research at home – just log in and you have access to it all!
And I would be remiss if I did not mention EbscoHost. Although the name may seem a bit obscure – this is really a SUPER resource – this is a large database of magazines and journals- you name it and you can probably find it here. You can print articles from this resource or save them for later reading. AND, we've just added two new databases on EbscoHost for you to use – Small Engine Repair – where you can get information on engines you might be repairing or Home Improvements. You just go to that database and you can find articles on topics from laying linoleum to repairing your roof.
Just because our doors are locked does not mean that we are not still here for you. Stop by after hours and see what we have to offer!
September Book Review:
My first encounter with Charles Todd as an author was a hit! An Unmarked Grave is a "Bess Crawford Mystery" which means almost nothing to me as I've never read a Bess Crawford Mystery nor have I ever heard of them. But now I have and you can be sure I am on the lookout! This is a wonderful mystery set in 1918 – I loved the history AND the plot. Bess Crawford is a battlefield nurse that is drawn into a baffling mystery because people she worked closely with are now dying or being killed – she has to decide which. Because of Bess' family background and inability to leave a mystery alone, she is determined to get to the bottom of this rash of deaths. It was suspenseful and well-written – great World War I intrigue and history to boot!!


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Rana Sujith Gopisetti
Rana Sujith
Rana Sujith Gopisetti,a 22 year old Electronics and Communications Engineering 2015 Graduate and Tech Lover.Presently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Genpact,India for GE Corp Client on Big Data Hadoop,Data Science Analytics and Python Scripting Domain Platforms along with Data WareHouse tools like Hyperion,Informatica and ODI.
Coming to "My Mozillian Journey" I was the First Firefox Student Ambassador from Andhra Pradesh State who was very much passionate towards latest Technologies and educating young tech graduates and students of various colleges and schools in enhancing their career both professionally and ethically to reach desired desired goals and aspirations.
Myself was Big Data & Data Science Evangelist,Open Source Mentor who speaks on FOSS(Free and Open Source Softwares),Mozilla's Projects and Products,Specifically Localization,FSA Program and Firefox OS.
Skills,python, .css3 html5 java javascript, .javascript, automic, aws, beginner mysql, big data hadoop, data science, dot net, fdmee, hfm, hyperion essbase, informatica, iot, jython, microsoft sql server, oracle 11g, perl, qlikview, tableau
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi, Telugu
External Accounts
- Facebook: ranasujith.gopisetti
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/rana-sujith-36214688
- Phone (Mobile): +919030633480
Vouched By
Ajay Kumar Jogawath
Sujith has been contributing to Mozilla since August 2014 by organizing events, hackathons on firefox os, inagurated firefox clubs in and around Vijayawada region. You can check out his contributions here : https://ranasujithgopisetti.wordpress.com/blog/
sandeep kapalawai
I feel really proud to vouch for Sujith.He is an active member and contributor of Mozilla India Community.He has brought FSA program to newer heights in his region..He is sole founder of FSA group in his region and took up several nice initiatives.He's very energetic and passionate about Mozilla and therefore a great asset.