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Hide & Fight Acne with Mario Badescu Buffering Lotion
Mario Badescu Buffering Lotion ($17.00)
The Buffering Lotion is formulated to help you cope with deep, cystic acne. It's sulfur-based coupled with allantoin (helps with inflammation). Mario Badescu recommends using this before/after their Drying Mask as well. It's good for combination and oily skin, and being normal-to-dry (and sometimes normal-to-barely-oily), it's worked just fine for me.
What I like about the Buffering Lotion is it's essentially clear. You shake it up, and put a drop or two on your finger, then massage over the blemish. You can lay makeup under or over it as you need to, so when you've got a painful bugger… you can treat him while you do your day-to-day activities. (Both the Drying Cream and Drying Lotion are less daytime friendly, if you're actually leaving the house!)
I find I don't use this very often, compared to the Drying Cream and Drying Lotion, which I use regularly. I think it's because I prefer to treat mostly at night, and I'm often working at home for most of the day, so if I need to do some daytime treating, I'm not worried about pink patches on my face. (Though, I'm sure the UPS man wonder…)
It's also harder to judge the efficacy of the Buffering Lotion simply because it's treating nastier pimples that normally linger for at least a week, if not two (and sometimes take several days just to surface!), you know?
I personally suffer less from deep, painful pimples, too (less chances to try, LOL). However, the last time I had one, I would say that using this product in conjunction with the other acne spot treatments, it seemed like the painful pimple wasn't painful for long and was gone within a week–which I was happy enough with. So it seems to work, but it's not as quick as the other two, but it does have more work to do!


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I think I've fallen in love with bamboo cotton jersey.
It is so soft and the drape is amazing.
It is perfect for spring or summer tops.
When I saw that Sew Lovely Fabrics had in some bamboo cotton jersey stripes, I knew I needed to try them out.
I chose to try out the Charcoal Mix & Everglade and I'll admit I ordered a few more to try out on my own as well!
My son needed a new shirt for Church for Spring/ Summer so I chose to sew up the Suburban Basic Tee from New Horizons Designs. I did do the sleeves a little different--I added enough at the bottom to hem it instead of cuffing it.
The fabric is available now from Sew Lovely Fabrics so be sure to check it out!

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Natascha Keller (born July 3, 1977 in West Berlin ) is a German retired field hockey striker. She won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. In 1999 she received an award from the International Hockey Federation.
She is the daughter of retired Olympic field hockey player Carsten Keller and granddaughter of player Erwin Keller. Her brothers Andreas Keller and Florian Keller, like her father and herself, were on gold medal winning field hockey teams.
Keller has accumulated over 400 games for the Germany women's national field hockey team, which makes her the country's most capped female player in history. Keller was the flag bearer for Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first field hockey athlete being honoured this way.
- National Olympics Committee for Germany: Die deutsche Olympiamannschaft. Athen 2004. Frankfurt am Main 2004


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This man has survived roadside bombings and being struck by lightning. Now he's wrestling men almost half his age.
Colleges and students face a coming crisis, and states must do everything within their power to prepare for the struggles ahead and protect the most vulnerable.
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- Ramond Curtis is a U.S. Army veteran and state policy manager at Veterans Education Success.
America is navigating an era of uncertainty as we address COVID-19 and prepare for what will likely be the worst recession in generations.
The COVID-19 pandemic will impact every sector of our economy, including higher education. Colleges and students face a coming crisis, and states must do everything within their power to prepare for the struggles ahead and protect the most vulnerable.
Some colleges will be forced to close as they face mounting costs and reduced revenue. Many colleges are already struggling under the weight of reduced tuition revenue, while also paying to keep the campus ready for students and purchasing new online platforms for their faculty to teach students who are stuck at home.
College closures don't have to leave students in the cold
There are practical, common-sense steps that state leaders can undertake now to prepare for what's coming.
First, state leaders can learn from the mistakes of their predecessors to help prevent abrupt college closures.
Between 2014 and 2019, several large for-profit college chains closed precipitously, including Corinthian, ITT Tech, Argosy University, and The Art Institutes. Many of these closures were preceded by abundant early warning signs that the schools posed a risk to GI Bill beneficiaries and taxpayers.
These early warning signs are readily available from state and federal government agencies.
All it requires is for state leaders to take a look to identify risky schools before they abruptly close.
Second, assuming some college closures are coming, there are a series of protections state leaders can put in place now to require an orderly closure process, so students don't have to show up to find the doors locked and their transcripts inaccessible, as happened at Corinthian and ITT Tech.
We outline the specific steps in our new 2020 Toolkit for State Policymakers. Endorsed by both Republican and Democratic state leaders across the country, our toolkit offers practical tips to help state leaders tackle the coming crisis for colleges and students, drawing on our many years of higher education policy expertise.
Hear more Tennessee Voices:Get the weekly opinion newsletter for insightful and thought provoking columns.
Protecting veterans and the GI Bill from college fraud is another key opportunity for state leaders to tackle now, before problems get really bad, and our toolkit outlines novel ways states can better protect veterans from fraud. As bipartisan lawmakers in Maryland and Oregon have demonstrated, the need to protect veterans is urgent and states have the power to act.
As veterans face an unemployment rate of nearly 7% as of August, many will turn to school to improve their job prospects or learn a new trade. But it doesn't always work out well for students, especially veterans whose lucrative GI Bill is too often seen as "easy money" by low-quality, "bad actor" colleges.
Large for-profit college chains are already laying the groundwork to ramp up advertising and repeat some of the same aggressive, deceptive marketing tactics used during the Great Recession to enroll as many unwitting students as possible, in return for no degree, no transferable credits, and a lot of debt.
Veterans, service members, and their family members are aggressively targeted by for-profit college salespeople under boiler room pressure, who over-promise and under-deliver, because of an unintended loophole in the cap these schools face on taxpayer-funded student aid.
The GI Bill was inadvertently overlooked when the funding cap was designed, causing a powerful and perverse incentive to enroll as many veterans as possible to skirt the cap. This has led some for-profit colleges to see service members and veterans as nothing more than dollar signs in uniform.
States can close this loophole by requiring for-profit colleges to demonstrate a portion of their funds truly come from a source other than taxpayer-funded student aid, or risk losing approval to operate in the state. This would also ensure the integrity of the funding cap's purpose – upheld by the Supreme Court – that taxpayers are not artificially propping up failing colleges.
We, who proudly defended our nation, have earned our GI Bill through service and sacrifice; we expect colleges to honor our service by delivering their end of the bargain, a quality education that will lead to a good job.
Given the looming financial crisis for American colleges, and the increased recruiting by predatory college chains, now is the time for Tennessee's leaders to undertake practical steps and common-sense solutions to ensure students and colleges can survive the coming crisis.
Ramond Curtis is a U.S. Army veteran and state policy manager at Veterans Education Success.
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There's a story in Politico today where Donald Trump says that the GOP will become a 'workers party' under his leadership:
"Five, 10 years from now — different party. You're going to have a worker's party," Trump said in the May 17 interview. "A party of people that haven't had a real wage increase in 18 years, that are angry."
Trump is right to recognize a critical flaw in the GOP's current economic platform, which focuses almost exclusively on businesses and "job-creators." The only way to win future elections is to make the GOP platform more friendly to workers. Republicans' goal should be to win voters with all income levels, and that starts with winning voters with incomes under $50,000, where Romney got trounced 60 percent to 38 percent in 2012.
In understanding this need to make the GOP a 'workers party,' Trump is a lot like Ronald Reagan. Reagan understood that having an economic message that reached voters across the socioeconomic divide was critical to electoral success. Reagan's big tent included businesses and job-creators, to be sure, but it also included working families that had been crushed by the high inflation of the 1970's — almost immediately after we ended the gold standard, by the way — and who were inhibited from getting ahead due to oppressively high taxes.
I feel like a broken record, but I've been saying this since at least the 2012 election and probably before. The GOP needs to become more worker-friendly and address the immediate economic concerns of working Americans, or it faces the inevitability of becoming a permanent minority party.
Ultimately, the GOP economic message should be tailored to working people. Workers want a raise, which they haven't received in 16 years, and instead of addressing wage stagnation, Republicans spend all their time talking about giving workers' bosses a tax break. That makes no sense if the GOP wants to reach the 90 percent of voters who have never started a business.
This is not to say that Republicans shouldn't support trade, corporate tax reform, balanced budgets, and regulatory reform, but these topics are less important to workers than wage stagnation and the chronic feeling of being unable to get ahead. Trump is taking on workers' — read: voters — top concern directly.
Terry Schilling is the executive director of American Principles Project.


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I do not understand "in-actives"; nor have I cultivated any empathy or sympathy or patience as I have continued faithful attendance and participation through all the trials, challenges, and offenses of my life. I can't imagine trying to face life without the church.
Today's reading in the New Testament included 1 John 1:5-7.
"This then is the message which we have heard of him,
and declare unto you,
that God is light,
and in him is no darkness at all.
If we say that we have fellowship with him,
and walk in darkness,
we lie,
and do not the truth:
But if we walk in the light,
as he is in the light,
we have fellowship one with another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."
We can't claim to be members of Christ's church and then not participate, walking in darkness without the light of the gospel in our lives. We need the fellowship of each other to survive and progress; and it is in weekly partaking of the Sacrament that we renew our baptismal covenants and are cleansed again from sin.
A passage from 2 Peter raised a question in my mind: Does this apply to inactive members today?
"For if after they escaped the pollutions of the world
through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
they are again entangled therein, and overcome,
the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness,
than, after they have known it,
to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them."
(2 Peter 2:20-21)
This subject has been on my mind so much lately as my husband and I struggle to home and visit teach people who haven't been to church for over ten years, or who are "too busy" to see us, or who are somewhat antagonistic towards the church. I have likened our branch to a very old fruit tree that is in need of a good hard pruning to get rid of all the dead wood so there is room and energy for new growth. A unit of the church can't grow when the few active members are so stretched with trying to revive the deadwood that missionary work, and fellowshipping the active is neglected. Also, who wants to add more in-actives to the rolls? In our branch all but one of the people baptized last year have not been back to church after their baptism. That doesn't speak well of either their commitment or our ability to fellowship.
I wish Elder Bednar (or his equivalent) would come here and visit these people to invite them to stop being offended and lazy, and come back to church; or sign the letter to have their names removed from the records. Today is a day of decision!
Here's a link to Elder Bednar's General Conference address:
And a huge thank you to Noble for teaching me (over Skype) how to make links live! YEAH!
And a huge thank you to Noble for teaching me (over Skype) how to make links live! YEAH!


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Dorset Walks
Monday January 22nd
Weymouth Beach
Species list:
Carrion crow
Black-headed gull
Herring gull
Great black-backed gull
Edible Crab
Masked Crab
Heart Urchin
Slipper Limpet
Common Limpet
Razor Shell
Grooved Razor Shell
Sting Winkle
Common Cockle
Little Cockle
Spiny Cockle
Prickly Cockle
Tower Shell
Chinaman's Hat
Purple Topshell
Great Topshell
Rayed Trough Shell
Elliptical Trough Shell
Thick Trough Shell
Netted Dogwhelk
Saddle Oyster
Edible Oyster
Banded Venus
Pullett Carpet Shell
Banded Carpet Shell
Banded Wedge Shell
Common Whelk
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Whether you're a seasoned pilot or just have a passing interest in flight, the Tennessee Museum of Aviation is a must-see while visiting the Great Smoky Mountains. Travel off the beaten path and explore the fascinating realm of flight at this hidden treasure.
Plan your visit rain or shine. The exhibit gallery is air-conditioned, and the 35,000 sq ft aircraft hangar is heated during the winter months.
MARCH 1 thru NOVEMBER 30
Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
CLOSED: Sunday & Monday
CLOSED: Thanksgiving Day
DECEMBER 1 thru FEBRUARY 28
Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
CLOSED: Sunday & Monday
CLOSED: Christmas Day
Christmas Eve – closing at 3:00 PM
* NOTE: Winter weather may require closure. Please call ahead
Last Admissions sold 45-min before closing
General Admission: $15.75
Senior Admission (60+): $12.75
Child Admission (6-12 years): $9.75
Children Under Age 6: Free
Military Admission: $10.75
(Those currently wearing or those who have worn the uniform of the US Armed Forces. ID required)
Sevier County Residents: Special Rate with Photo ID
*No sales tax on museum admission or membership*
Last Admissions sold 45-min before closing
Visitors should at least allow an hour to an hour and a half, but tour length varies widely among visitors dependent upon individual levels of interest.
Spend time browsing the Exhibit Gallery, where aviation enthusiasts and history buffs will appreciate the professionally designed displays. The Exhibit Gallery contains artifacts tracing aviation and military history, uniforms, aircraft models and hundreds of aviation memorabilia. Explore the touching Faith and Courage exhibit, paying tribute to U.S. Military Chaplains from World War II through the present. Follow the history of aviation from before the Wright Brothers and discover Tennessee's remarkable contributions to aviation. The Tennessee Museum of Aviation is Tennessee's official repository and archive of aviation history.
As you enter the Aircraft Hangar, the bright well-lit interior creates an impressive atmosphere. The 35,000 sq ft hangar features aircraft engines and cockpits, military vehicles, and magnificently restored vintage "Warbirds." Our collection of trainers, fighters, helicopters, jets and amphibious aircraft will definitely satisfy the interest of any "Warbird" fan.
Family Membership $65
Unlimited admission to the museum for two adults and four children for one year.
Couple Membership $50
Unlimited admission to the museum for two adults for one year.
Individual Membership $35
Unlimited admission to the museum for one adult for one year.
Student Membership $25
Unlimited admission to the museum for one child or student (with I.D.) for one year.
Senior Membership $25
Unlimited admission to the museum for one individual 60 years or older for one year.
Military Veteran Membership
Gold $40
Unlimited admission to the museum for active military/veteran and spouse for one year.
Silver $20
Unlimited admission to the museum for one active military/veteran for one year.
Echelon Club Membership $250-$499 (choose the amount)
Unlimited admission to the museum for one family (two adults and four children) plus ten guest passes per year and invitations to special lectures for one year.
Wings Club Membership $500-$999 (choose the amount)
Unlimited admission to the museum for one family (two adults and four children) plus fifteen guest passes per year, invitations to special lectures and 10% discount on gift shop purchases for one year.
Facility Updates and Guidelines:
The Tennessee Museum of Aviation will be relying on ALL visitors to follow our safety procedures. The overall goal, of these guidelines, will reduce exposure to individuals and surfaces that may result in COVID-19 exposure. The museum is requesting our guests be considerate of others while visiting our facility. Be personally responsible for YOUR actions.
- Be mindful of the COVID-19 symptoms. Please help us to keep the coronavirus out of our facility. If you are experiencing flu-like symptoms such as a fever, coughing and shortness of breath — DO NOT VISIT TODAY.
- Be thoughtful of other visitors. Use common sense to maintain the 3-foot distancing rule.
- Bring your own personal mask if you choose to wear a mask
- High-touch surfaces will be cleaned frequently. However, be personally responsible for yourself and your family members — use hand sanitizer.
- Restrooms may be closed for a short period of time for cleaning during business hours. This could be an inconvenience for you and your family members — but, it is for YOUR safety
- Encourage children to adhere to our guidelines
- Hand sanitizer is available at the admissions desk, hangar access entrance and gift shop entrance
- High-touch surfaces (door handles) will be regularly disinfected
- Clearly marked "Entrance" and "Exit" doors
- Admissions/Gift Shop queuing has been established
- A plexiglass barrier has been installed at the admissions/gift shop desk
- The A-4 Skyhawk cockpit canopy is temporarily closed
- Self-guided tours only — Docents will not be available for guided tours
- Children's Birthday Parties are not permitted at this time


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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Chocolate-Covered Almond Biscotti and Amaretto with Milk
Tonight is Christmas Eve! And Santa has been having the same cookies and milk at your place for decades, and frankly, he is sick of them.
Whats better than cookies and milk? Milk with booze in it, and chocolate-covered biscotti to sop it up. Biscotti seem so fancy, but this recipe is easy, I promise. And if you've been baking for the holidays, you probably have all of these ingredients in your house already.
Chocolate-Covered Orange and Almond Biscotti
(This is a recipe without a lot of fat; I usually make these with a little more olive oil but I thought after a month of indulging, it might be nice to consume one thing that was a little waist-line friendly!)
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups white sugar
2 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
1/2 cup sliced (toasted) almonds
1 Tbsp orange zest
3 eggs
1 Tbsp Olive oil
1/2 tsp Almond extract
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
11 oz bittersweet chocolate for dipping
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Prepare a greased and floured baking sheet.
3. In a large mixing bowl combine sifted flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, toasted almonds and orange zest; mix well.
4. Add the eggs, oil and both extracts to the dry ingredients and mix with a spatula (or your hands!) until well combined.
5. Form logs on cookie sheet in the approximate diameter you would like your biscotti to be and flatten with hands.
6. Bake for 20-30 minutes.
7. Let cool and slice on a bias, lay them back on the cookie sheet and return to oven,
8. Bake for an aditional 5-10 minutes per side (the cookies should be crunchy when done!),
9. When cookies are cooled completely heat chocolate in a double boiler until melted - the chocolate should be slightly warm and thoroughly melted. Stir well using a clean spoon until it no longer feels warm to the touch (it should feel about body temperature). Immediately start dipping your biscotti - hold one end and dip the other a few times to thoroughly coat it.
10. Let biscotti dry on parchment or waxed paper (you could also drizzle the chocolate over top and sprinkle with nuts!
Amaretto and Milk
A simple glass of amaretto with milk or cream (about 2:1 amaretto to dairy) is always delicious, but to spice things up even more experiment with other liquors such as Frangelico, walnut liquor or peach schnapps.
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Jawed Anwar
AMERICA marries Pakistan again after divorcing two times (two talaqs) last year. Donald Trump tweeted on January 1, 2018; "The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!"- First talaq.
Mr. Trump tweeted again on November 19, 2018... "We no longer pay Pakistan the $Billions because they would take our money and do nothing for us, Bin Laden being a prime example, Afghanistan being another. They were just one of many countries that take from the United States without giving anything in return. That's ENDING!"-Second talaq.
Pakistan's new PM Imran Khan with the Pakistan military leadership revived the faithfulness and allegiance with the USA in Washington DC on July 22, 2019.
Meanwhile, before leaving Islamabad for Washington; Pakistan arrested Hafiz Saeed (never convicted in any case), fifth time showing their willingness to "obey."
Donald Trump responded immediately in his tweet:
"The arrest of Mumbai terror attacks, in 2008, mastermind and JuD chief #HafizSaeed by Pakistan was a result of 'great pressure' exerted by his administration on Islamabad in the last two years."
New Task:
"Washington wants Islamabad to pressure Afghanistan's Taliban into a permanent ceasefire and participation in talks with the Afghan government." (Reuter, July 22)
"Trump wants to wrap up the US military involvement in Afghanistan and sees Pakistan's cooperation as crucial to any deal to end the war and ensure the country does not become a base for militant groups. (Reuter, July 22)
"Washington looks to Islamabad to push Taliban toward "peace deal" in Afghanistan." (Wall Street Journal, July 22)
Talking to media at White House, Mr. Donald Trump touted U.S. military capabilities in Afghanistan amid ongoing security tensions – and vowed he would win the Afghan war 'in a week' were it not for mass casualty scenarios.
'I could win that war in a week. I just don't want to kill 10 million people. Does that make sense to you,' Trump told reporters in the White House as he met with Imran Khan.
The US main goal now is to save their dignity after a humiliating defeat in Afghanistan by the Taliban and keep away Taliban from Kabul.
Off course, Pakistan's task in this marriage is the complete obedience.
History of Obedience:
Britain, after a severe financial loss in the second world war (1935 to 1945) asked aid from the US to escape bankruptcy. The USA never granted funding anyone in history without condition. The condition was set. Britain agreed to free her colonies for the US. Thus, Britain sold us to the US.
Pakistan after its creation on August 14, 1947, has received the first salary for the army from the US. On October 20, 1947, two months and six days after Pakistan's independence from Britain, the United States established official "relations" with Pakistan, making it amongst the first nations to establish relations with the new state. This relationship of slavery continued throughout history. It is no secret that the US controls and deals with Pakistan Army and the Army control power directly or indirectly (through a civilian so-called Prime Minister and selected Parliament in a managed democracy).
Pakistan has given unprecedented service to the US. They fought intelligence war jointly against USSR in Afghanistan, rooted out the Soviet Union from Afghanistan, East Europe, and final break of the Soviet Union.
Pakistan helped USSR and USA both in not forming the Afghan Mujahideen government in Kabul. Late Muhammad Khan Junejo, PM of that time allowed Russian retreat from Afghanistan without finalizing the future set up in Afghanistan. General Zia ul Haq may deviate from American policy of keeping away Mujahideen from the power. Hence, General Ziaul Haq with topmost Generals who were involved in the Afghan war had been killed. Both internal and external power conspired their killing.
All the Islamabad governments after General Ziaul Haq toed the US power and policy in their geopolitics design. It is no secret now that the Taliban has been raised, organized, and empowered by Pakistan Army and intelligence to stop Mujahideen (freedom fighters against Soviet occupation) in Afghanistan. When Taliban has declared their "Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan" and implemented Shariah (Quran and Sunnah) and brought real Islamic governance (1996–2001) in the country, USA became their number one enemy. Then Pakistan again helped the USA to throw the Taliban out from the power in 2001.
General Musharraf mercilessly handed over Afghanistan's diplomat in Islamabad Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef and many others to the US.
Taliban Victory:
Now, when Taliban after fighting 18 years defeated the USA with their power of faith, the USA is assigning Pakistan to support to continue the American puppet regime in Afghanistan. Both may work together to stop the Taliban.
Pakistan may go to the extent to militarily intelligence support Ashraf Ghani government in Kabul to fight against the Taliban. On the other hand, world agencies and shadow groups may start terrorist activities inside Pakistan to blame and tarnish the public image of the Afghan Taliban.
One can ask in 70 years of unparalleled service, in return, what America offered Pakistan?
Result: They facilitated India for the occupation of Kashmir in 1948. They helped India to break Pakistan, fall of East Pakistan and creation of Bangladesh. Now the US eyes are focused on the oil, gold, and, precious minerals rich Baluchistan.
"Who is Shaheed (martyred)? The personnel of the army who is fighting for the occupying force America or the army who fought against occupying force America?" asked Syed Munawar Hasan when he was President (Amir) of Jamaat Islami, Pakistan. He was indirectly referring to Pakistan Army and the Taliban.
This statement was the most disliked statement for the establishment. Mr. Hasan has been almost ousted from the politics for the "punishment" of the telling the biggest truth of Pakistan. This also shows that how they control the people, their thought and expression.
Raymond Davis, a CIA agent (a contractor) in Pakistan who killed two Pakistanis in Lahore were captured by Pakistani Intelligence Agency ISI. Later from the US Pressure on Pakistan, Mr. Davis has been released. Raymond Davis has written a book "The Contractor" and told the detailed story of how he landed, arrested, and been freed. He admits the "money" played a crucial role in his release. Mr. Davis said that all his opponents in Pakistan were silenced except one older man; Munawar Hasan, who was bravely continued campaigning against him.
Syed Hasan started a political campaign, "Go America Go." It was the first movement in Pakistan that was directed to the root cause of all the evils in Pakistan. He was saying that obeying America (and the West) instead of Allah is the biggest Shirk (partnering in Allah) of Pakistan as a state.
There is no doubt that the leadership of Jamaat e Islami (JI) always stood firm against American interference. That's why the JI has ever been stopped to move towards power. The single point of the ruling junta of Pakistan is to keep away Islam and the JI and any Islamic Deeni (religious) party from the corridor of power.
Can Pakistan fight and defeat the Taliban on behalf of America? It is impossible. In this process, Pakistan will destroy itself, and that's the purpose of America, Israel, and India (the evil troika).
No one can stop the Taliban to recapture and reclaim their power status as it was before the US occupation in 2001. It is the writing of the wall.
Pakistanis; Lovers of Islam and Pakistan; people, the Army, the bureaucracy, the Intelligence, the political leaders, religious leaders and groups, all should wake up now.
Must recognize and differentiate between friends and foes.
Syed Jawed Anwar can be reached at email@example.com
Hamid Siddiqui
But Pakistan's PM has clearly said the solution is not a war, it is only dialogue and Pakistan is ready to play the role of bring them on table to talk and solve differences. What's wrong in this ?
Syed Jawed Anwar
Brother Hamid! Please check the Road map of peace on which Taliban and USA agreed in Doha, Qatar. The conditions of internal Afghan talk are clearly defined; 1. First, complete withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan; 2. Taliban believe that the government in Kabul is illegitimate (Some of them attended in Doha as individuals, not government representatives), 3. Assurance of zero interference from neighbouring and regional countries in Afghanistan. Do you think that after US betrayal on the agreement mentioned above, Pakistan (or any neighbouring and regional countries) can initiate the table talk? Taliban would like to restore their government in 2001 position. And I believe now no one can stop them from doing so. They already won the war and traveled on their path 80%.
A very fine article on current situation involving Pakistan and US. It is true US wants to pull out but desires to have some boots on the ground in the shape of two mini cantonments. That option or concession is not coming from Taliban. Taliban leader has categorically said Pakistan yields no pressure neither any power can force us we have our own policies. Under above circumstances until and unless Taliban agree nothing will change they don't except Ashraf Ghani. Nevertheless Pakistan May have to persuade Taliban to show some flexibility, in any case they may prefer China as they will be beneficiaries of CPEC. Everybody agreed war is no solution let us wait for the joint communiques between Trump and Imran that would clear the clouds from the region whether peace or wsr
Pakistan PM can either let US rage war and kill millions or engage US to tell them war is not a wise option and should save lives.. Pakistan PM has done the later and should be appreciated.
Rana Suhail
It is avery good article but question is this would Taliban go by their promise. I think the .recent talks: would be a temorary teatment. Let the safe exit of the US forces from Afghanistan be completed the scenario would changed again. America and Mr Trump in particular watch the US interest only and they would never bother about anything as they had never cared about any one else. So it is just a marriage of convenience and the US is carrying the right of Talaq.


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Category Archives: Entrepreneurship
Entry level entrepreneurs are older
At Edgeware, and in my private practice, we're moving toward a customer base that is distinctly older. Baby Boom = Entrepreneurship Boom The U.S. may be on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom because of its aging population. In the ….»
Rope sight
In the 16th Century, due to radically improved bell technology, the English developed church bell-ringing into a fabulously complex art form. 'Ringing the hours' is a method for ringing a set of bells in various combinations (many with evocative ….»
The placebo effect
The placebo effect I have a little business on the side, one that grew from a conversation about marketing – and specifically, the trade in intangibles or the 'experience economy'. It's called Universal Placebos, and it's built around the extraordinary ….»
A number of Edgeware presenters, and writers on entrepreneurship generally, emphasise the value of persistence, of constant striving and application to your business goals. But if you feel you're not strongly inclined this way, how might you develop this core ….»
Johnny Bunko's six lessons
Ever read a business book in manga comic format? That's what Dan Pink and the illustrator Rob Ten Pas have achieved, and it's a cracker. Edgeware has used the book as a discussion point for some time now, and feedback ….»
Nouns & verbs
Things are fast and getting faster. Whole industry groups, whole professions, are disappearing from view. Who would have thought 10 years ago that General Motors and Chrysler would go broke? What's missing, and where's the opportunity? It's not a ….»
Cash flow
If I'm a business educator and I'm trying to convince you that an MBA is worth two years of your life and AUD60,000, it's in my interest for you to understand business as complex, difficult and arcane, isn't it? The ….»
Your business as your baby
Starting up, emerging entrepreneurs need mentors, coaches and critical friends. We can think of these as the uncles and aunts to the growing baby. (Edgies so often claim they feel that their *business is their baby*, with all the ….»
Happiness comes from experiences, not things
From the blog Neuronarrative Not only are people happier experiencing than possessing, but they are also happier having the experience of thinking about possessing something than actually getting it. Understanding that bit of knowledge about ourselves goes a long ….»
Love signals real
In this Age of Metaphor, love will be the signal of real. One of the ways we will know when a thing has passed from "as-if" to "is" is when it earns unalloyed love from humans. Kevin Kelly, As ….»
Positive psychology
Positive Psychology has three central concerns: positive emotions, positive individual traits, and positive institutions. Understanding positive emotions entails the study of contentment with the past, happiness in the present, and hope for the future. Understanding positive individual traits ….»
Networks, niches, hives, tribes
Maybe you've seen the formulaic scroller websites that harvest your email address in order to receive something 'free' and go on to sell you strategies for making a million on the internet. Pretty lowest common denominator stuff, and it works. ….»
Sitting last week in a workshop on the theme of 'design' I found myself uncomfortable with the tone and tenor of the offering. I realized eventually that the source of this discomfort was the assumption on the part ….»
Coaches as Uncles and Aunts
Putting together a coaching bureau is an interesting challenge. I've been working on this for some months, gathering together half a dozen friends and colleagues with coaching experience in a group I hope will make a very wide range ….»
6 Word Memoirs
Smith Magazine invites us to summarise our lives in six words – 'Six Word Memoirs'. I thought, 'Easy! I have the Edgeware motto, near enough to six words: make money, have fun, change the world. I could lose the article ….»
Coach as Cartographer
Everyone is coaching or being coached; there are life coaches, career coaches, personal coaches, fitness coaches, executive coaches, coaches for getting out of bed in the morning and coaches for getting to sleep at night. Why do we need coaches ….»


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The Life of Labour, the weekly news collection from thewire.in
News : Job Losses in IT Sector
Five major IT companies in India have reported 1800 less jobs for the quarter ending June. Three of the five major companies, including TCS, have cut down on their workforce and most of the increase in jobs at Wipro has come from acquisition of companies rather than fresh recruitment.
Wipro saw 200 employees join the company on the acquisition of Infoserver, and an additional 1,000 employees added to its workforce from one of its clients when the Bengaluru-based IT company won an outsourcing deal in its business process outsourcing business.
Overall, the sector is struggling to create more jobs and might find it difficult to achieve NASSCOM's prediction of 1.5 lakh more jobs this year. Given the increase in automation, it is even likely that the year might end with a net loss of employment in the sector that accounts for a million jobs.
"What required 50 programmers, analysts or accountants five years ago can be done by a handful of smart thinkers and much smarter systems," said Phil Fersht, CEO of US-based HfS Research, an outsourcing research firm. (Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra see workforce shrink for the first time
View : Time to take back concessions given to IT companies in the form of subsidised land and tax exemptions, in the name of creating jobs!
News : Work Boycott by Rajasthan Transport workers
The Times of India reports that, "A two-hour boycott of work was observed by several trade unions representing workers of the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation. Workers were protesting that their salaries were being sent late, and that they had not been paid for the months of June and July yet. Retired employees were being denied retirement benefits and pension, and about 4,000 pensioners were stranded in difficult circumstances. The boycott was observed across the state, throwing the bus network out of whack."
At Sindhi Camp bus terminus in Jaipur, workers raised slogans against the government. They blamed government policy for pushing the roadways into the red. The Lok Parivahan Seva buses, which are private buses, were being encouraged by the government, leaders of the workers said.
Abdul Rehman, who was waiting at Sindhi Camp for a bus to Mathura, told TOI, "These workers have not been paid in months and are having trouble putting their children through school. I have been waiting for a bus for over an hour now, but how can I hold them responsible?" (Workers protest, buses halt for 2 hours across Rajasthan over late payments)
View : Transport workers in Tamil Nadu also face almost similar problems. 'Ammas ADMK' and 'Raje's BJP' compete for best scamster award!
News : Facebook, Google, Intel workers organise into unions
500 workers working in the cafeteria of the Facebook office voted to form a union. This comes on the heels of cafeteria workers employed by Google and Intel organising into unions. Cafeteria workers embody the extreme inequalities of big tech's economic dominion. Dining-hall servers generally earn less than $700 a week, and sink about two-thirds of each paycheck into monthly rent (median rent in Silicon Valley costs nearly $1,800).
- Degrading labor conditions have eroded the area's community fabric over the years, and median family incomes sank by about 20 percent from 2000 to 2010.
- In contrast to the exploding salaries of tech professionals, one in three contract workers faces long-term underemployment and unaffordable housing costs.
- Their children attend underfunded schools, and homeless encampments have mushroomed alongside gleaming high-rises.
- Gentrification is shattering working-class ethnic neighborhoods as professionals move in, yet overall job growth has largely stalled since the end of the first dot-com bubble.
- And as urban infrastructure erodes, CEOs are driven to work by commuter-shuttle drivers who can barely afford the bus fare to work.
500 Workers Staffing Facebook's Cafeteria Just Voted to Unionize
View : Does it sound like the state of Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad?


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I really liked the first Blood Bowl game, but I found it very difficult to play. It wasn't very accessible to people like me who never played the Games Workshop board game. Even the tutorial was poorly made, and it never really introduced you to the game's more complex mechanics. This resulted in a game that was off putting, and it struggled to gain footing to become a great strategy game.
However, Blood Bowl II has shown vast improvement through a cleaner UI, tighter controls, and concise, well-explained game mechanics. When properly taught, Blood Bowl is an incredibly simple game. Get the ball to the endzone and finish with more points than the opponent. Every match is 16 turns, eight for each team and there are two halves.
Just like the real world counterpart. Everything is based on dice rolls and skills to tip the scales in your favor. While the object of the game is to score as many points as possible, Blood Bowl is centered around violence, and you will spend a lot of time beating your opponent into the ground. After all, the more time they spend knocked out, the more time you have to get the ball into the endzone.
There are a variety of factors that make your team unique. Race, player role, skills, and abilities all must come together to make your team work. Each race has a unique unit to exploit in a match. The humans have a towering Ogre that dishes out damage and takes up space to make it difficult to escape. The Dwarves have a machine that usually gets one or two plays in before getting banned by the referee. Each race has their own play style; some are better at throwing and catching the ball, while others are better at hurting players butting the opponent at a numbers disadvantage.
Each turn you will have two actions to make, moving, and attacking. You can only move and attack once unless specified. Adjacent players can be tackled. The result of an attack is determined by a dice roll – you can knock the opponent back, knock them down, knock both the attacking and defending player down, or get knocked down yourself.
There are player skills that help you determine the result. At the start of every game, there will be a coin toss/kickoff. You will do everything you can to pick up the ball, throw it, have it caught, then carried into the endzone. All of these have to take into account running stats, the ability to dodge opponents, and unit placement to ensure your ball carrier doesn't get tackled. Oh and did I mention if you drop the ball, or fail a tackled and get yourself knocked down (when you are the attacker) there is a turnover and it immediately ends the turn? Yeah, that happens.
The game can seem incredibly unfair, and it will be. There's a lot to explain, and I want to let the game explain it because it is very hands on. The campaign eases you into the mechanics of the game by using the human team, which is considered the most balanced and easiest race to play as. In addition to the campaign, you can play skirmishes and build a team to play with online. Building a team requires a lot of skill, and I recommend you complete the campaign first. It teaches you team compositions, formations, and strategies you can use.
Visually speaking, the game looks fantastic. The amount of detail is amazing. You can change the emblems and colors for your team to personalize them. The FPS can stutter once in a while, but on the Xbox One, the game looks great. The gamepad controls are very easy to learn and don't hinder the game at all.
If you love Warhammer, Blood Bowl, or Strategy games, get this game now. It is a great addition to the proper enthusiast's collection. The game is still rather niche and it really cannot appeal to everyone. If you lack patience, avoid Blood Bowl II. You can pick it up on Steam, Xbox One, and PS4 now.


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December 3, 2015 — The organisers of the geospatial event of the year, GEO Business 2016, have issued a call to those working at the cutting edge of geospatial developments to submit their abstracts for next year's conference which will be held at the Business Design Centre in London from 24 – 25 May 2016.
The conference committee is seeking revolutionary and thought provoking abstracts that truly demonstrate the remarkable impact geospatial technologies and solutions are having on our global environment. Over the two day conference, expert presenters will explore how geospatial solutions have enabled projects to run more efficiently, ensuring that they are delivered on time, whilst saving money and reducing risk. Topics of interest include:
• Geospatial Infrastructure – with more building recently promised by the government, papers are invited showing how geospatial technology is key to efficient infrastructure solutions.
• Geospatial Innovation – with geo-technologies being implemented in more and more industries case studies should explore new and innovative solutions.
• Geospatial Sustainability – with sustainability becoming more crucial to business practices, examples should show how geospatial technology supports ecological monitoring and management.
All interested parties are asked to submit an abstract online before the deadline of 22 January 2016.
All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the technical conference committee headed up by Conference Chariman Ian Bush, and the full conference programme will be launch in March 2016.
Ian welcomed the call for papers and he remarked that; "On behalf of my fellow committee members, it gives me great pleasure to welcome interested parties to submit an abstract for the GEO Business 2016 Call for Papers. We look forward to receiving thought provoking abstracts from all corners of the industry and formulating an exciting programme that will educate, entertain and entice delegates from around the globe."
Running alongside the conference will be an exhibition showcasing 200 of the most innovative international geospatial companies, and a full schedule of bespoke commercial workshop sessions – all FREE to attend, offering visitors a unique opportunity to explore the products and services of more companies, and in more depth than ever before.
For more information and to submit an abstract, please visit www.GeoBusinessShow.com


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Keel Bolts
In the April 1, 1999 issue a reader asked about replacement of keel bolts. I presume, from his question, that PSs position is that the only way to repair a corroded keel bolt is to replace the keel. While I agree, crevice corrosion is of major concern on older stainless steel keel fasteners. Theyre actually studs, not bolts, most being made of the least noble marine stainless alloy 304/18-8. I would not agree, however, that the only solution is replacement…in some cases. We have successfully retrofit new keel fasteners by cutting a window in the keels side and then drilling down into it, then installing a 316 or Aquamet threaded rod, backing plate, nuts, etc. Some higher end builders use this system, Morris and Alden being two of them. With the cost of the average 40′ sailboat, 6,000 lb. keel at about $10,000, this seems like a viable alternative.
Additionally, you mention sealing the stub-to-keel joint with sealant and painting over it. It has been my experience that water will penetrate this type of superficial exterior caulking joint. The keel should be removed, the entire keel-to-stub joint filled with caulk (3M 5200 or equivalent), then replaced and torqued immediately. The sealant should NOT be allowed to set up. The torquing moment of a keel will squirt cured sealant out of the joint as soon as the boat heels. Finally, water migration into and around keel fasteners frequently comes from inside the boat, from bilge water. Accordingly, the sealant around and under the fasteners in the bilge must be renewed periodically, and the bilge kept as dry as possible.
Your publication provides a necessary service to the sailboating public. Keep up the good work.
Steve C. DAntonio
Manager, Zimmerman Marine
Mobjack Bay, Virginia
Teak Treatment Tests
After reading your article regarding Teak Shield and Super Shield, which we have been manufacturing for over 12 years, I felt that I had better write.
We have had our Teak Shield and Super Shield tested by the largest chemical company in the world, ICI. At two years, Teak Shield had only a 5% burn off and looked as good as it did when they started the test. It is hard to believe that in your test it only lasted a few months. We have been selling this product to Disneyworld for about 11 years and I doubt they would use our products if your test were accurate. It is possible that you tested the old product we previously sent you, but I think the major problem was applying only two coats of Teak Shield to plywood. We require at least four coats of product on wood and two on metals. This information was on a printed label on the side of the can on 1998 product. It might have been thrown out with the shrink wrap that held the crosslinker. We would really appreciate your doing a new test, following the new instructions.
We realize that you are giving an unbiased opinion to the best of your ability but sometimes mistakes are made and the results can be disastrous. Our Teak Shield and Super Shield are made from fluoropolymer, which is known to be the toughest and longest lasting product on the market.
Robert Dufendorf
Shield Products
Jacksonville, Florida
We can't be sure about labels on overwrap, but the label on our cans of Shield and Super Shield called for two coats. As we said in the story, well be repeating the test following the revised instructions.
The March issue of Practical Sailor magazine interested us greatly as it reported your continuing tests of teak treatment products, including our Burgess brand water-based HydroGuard penetrating sealer-stain, rated Fair and HydroGuard over-coated with our HydroVarnish marine spar varnish, rated Good. However, the rating difference between the two treatments came as a surprise because year-long tests of the products in Key West, Annapolis and Marthas Vineyard, and over a decade of marine service in the UK, Europe, tropical climates, etc., show that both treatments give marine woods about the same degree of weathering protection
We suggest the test difference reported for our products probably arises from use of plywood as your test bed material vs. sawn wood on which our products are normally used in practice. Plywoods outer layers generally are of rotary cut peeled wood, producing a flat, closed grain surface as opposed to the open grain surface of sawn wood. The closed-grain plywood surface is considerably less absorbent than the open grain of sawn wood. This in turn prevents much of a penetrating stain such as HydroGuard to achieve its main objective of soaking into the wood to create an effective, lasting weather-resistant barrier. In contrast, film-forming coatings such as varnish, paint and layer-type stains act primarily by bonding to the wood surface rather than being absorbed by it. Therefore, on plywood, they can be expected to outlast penetrating stains.
Further, as you stated in your article, …film forming coatings do not adhere well to teak-an oily wood-(that doesn't) promote good adhesion. This situation is, we propose, compounded when the teak concerned is plywood, for the reason stated above. Thus, when testing penetrating stains such as HydroGuard, sawn wood rather that plywood may well give more reliable test results.
Thanks for your continuing effort to evaluate and report on marine equipment and supplies. Its of great value to all of us in the boating community. Keep up the good work!
Ralph Meima, President
DERCO/Burgess Wood Treatment Products
Baltimore, Maryland
Hiking Sticks
On small cruisers, like the Rhodes 22, twist-lock hiking sticks are the only way to go. Firstly, they allow for sailing from anywhere in the cockpit with just a quick, easy, one-handed length adjustment of the extension. Secondly and more importantly, twist-lock sticks are the only type that, when snapped into a holder like the Rhodes 22s stern rail tiller locks, allow fine tuning of the tiller setting for Look Ma, no hands! sailing.
We hope your negative review of twist-lock hiking sticks does not cause Forespar to abandon this model (as they did once before, before bringing it back by our popular demand) leaving we hands-off-types sailing in circles.
Stan Spitzer
General Boats
Edenton, North Carolina
Glacier Bay Refrigeration
I was both amused and dismayed to see Steve Dashew make reference to his Glacier Bay refrigeration system (After 20,000 Miles, Part 2) in the May 15 issue. He states that while the refrigerator worked fine, the freezer was about 30% less efficient than we have seen in the past. He goes on to attribute this to either the Glacier Bay compressor or the lower efficiency of 134a refrigerant. While I have no doubt that Mr. Dashews freezer system does not perform properly, he need only look in the mirror to find the reason.
The fact of the matter is that Steve Dashew does not have a Glacier Bay refrigeration system or anything like it. While offering his technical critique of our equipment, he failed to mention a few rather important points. For example:
1. From the outset, he declined to install the combination of equipment that we recommended for his boat, insisting that he had done the calcs for himself and that he wanted a freezer that was warmer than the ones you would normally make for other people.
2. He did not install the factory Glacier Bay control unit for his system, choosing instead to design my own even after it was explained to him that the control system he proposed building would not work properly with our equipment.
3. He called me from New Zealand soon after his boat was built and asked me to help a local fabricator design new holding plates which he (Dashew) intended to fill with a solution he refers to as Tim and Arnies Superjuice. Given that I had tested this Superjuice earlier and found it to offer both mediocre performance and unacceptable toxicity, I declined to assist him. He then proceeded to build the special built-in holding plates he describes in your article. The special non-corrosive freezer solution he describes using in your article is also discussed and recommended in his popular cruising book in spite of its toxicity.
And so it is that the refrigeration system aboard Beowulf continues to fall 30% short of its owners expectations in terms of energy efficiency and freezer performance. I will consider this a professional credit since this is exactly the level of performance decline I had predicted he would suffer in my earlier conversations with him.
As for the noise issue, he is absolutely correct. Glacier Bay makes two 1/2-hp. DC compressor units. The Traditional belt-driven unit (the one Dashew purchased) and the MARK II. The former is noisier than the latter but it only weighs half as much. Those people wanting a very quiet system, who are not so concerned about weight, should select the MARK II, which is the quietest non-hermetic system on the market.
One might reasonably ask why Mr. Dashew didnt at least try the standard system we had recommended to him before seeing if he could improve it. Whether or not his approach to innovation is a good one depends on your point of view.
We at Glacier Bay and many others maintain that our DC refrigerator/freezer systems are the most energy efficient and temperature stable available anywhere. Since we all know talk is cheap, we have recently put together a program whereby potential customers can actually conduct professional-quality comparison tests themselves between our equipment and those of our competition. We are even offering a $5,000 cash prize if the competitors system should turn out to be more efficient. Those interested in more information on this program should visit our website at www.glacierbay.com.
Kevin Alston
Glacier Bay
San Mateo, California
Steve Dashew Responds: The initial installation aboard Beowulf consisted of Glacier Bay holding plates in the fridge and freezer, a Glacier Bay control system, and Glacier Bay compressors. When we were unable to get the Glacier Bay control system to work, in spite of numerous hours checking it out, we replaced it with one of our own, designed to a schematic supplied by Glacier Bay, and using Glacier Bay-supplied electronic thermostats. The rest of the components-relays, diodes and switches-were essentially the same as what Glacier Bay used.
Bilge Pump Cycling
Am I the only person who can't figure out how to make two switches and a relay do what Paul Collins (March 1999) claims to have done with his bilge pump?
Steve Clarke,
Highland, Michigan
We made a modification to Mr. Collins schematic. Here, the relay is not energized until both upper and lower switches are closed. After its energized, it and the pump remain energized until the lower opens, regardless of the uppers position.


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Lovely art by Jylian Gustlin. Check out her stuff.
Such a help I'd wish for everyone!
Here I celebrate the value of safe, respectful groups for keeping our head in a time of change. But there's a secondary and hidden value in group spaces that is seldom noticed or spoken about.
It's true that we tend to do much better when we've full room to express ourselves, when we can tell others what we care deeply about and have it welcomed and received on the other end.
When we feel that our honest experience is welcome, that others will receive it, then more of that experience rises to be spoken. When there's a welcoming space for each of our stories, people relax with their own story and feel willing to contribute it. And they have enough attention to fully hear the other. This welcoming space is rare in our world, which for very understandable reasons, has downplayed our deeper concerns. But without room for them, community is limited. Community becomes conditional on conformity to the community rule and not rocking the boat. We go along because objecting and speaking up costs us. It could reduce our perceived worthiness or our membership in the group. Both are painful and we often avoid these, usually without being aware we're doing so.
But if there is a good place for us to bring our truth, and we sense who we are will be well heard, we do speak up. We also relax and have room to listen to the others.
That's when the unpredictable side effect happens: We start to notice something beyond our individual contributions, an emerging collective understanding that we're all part of something bigger. As with sex, this collective understanding, collective intelligence, is difficult to describe or define to someone who's never experienced it. But it's hard to miss for those who have.
When this secondary sense kicks in, something beyond our normal focus comes into play. It's easiest to describe in the language of metaphor, because imagination is part of it. Here's one for today: Sometimes it's as if the stories start to speak to each other, rather like kids playing in the centre of the room while the adults talk.
There's a counterintuitive message in this. It's that secondary conversation, when the stories talk to one another, is where the important stuff happens. This is where the real work gets done. The "adults" conversation just sets the secondary conversation up, creates the conditions for it to happen.
We can't make the good thing happen, but we can help it along by setting up the conditions where it's more likely to happen.
And happen it will. We humans are wired for it, wired to notice it, wired to respond to it, be interested in it. It's a natural capacity of our consciousness. But we seldom notice this larger energy because the primary prerequisite is almost never met in conventional social - or "spiritual" - circles. The primary prerequisite is that we be welcome as ourselves without having to conform to a group assumption, belief or behaviour. This is historically almost unprecedented. But in the absence of it, the awareness of the deep commonality we share is on hold. We're stuck with the conventional "first-tier" conversation. We remain caught in our slightly atomized, isolating personal performance, and unaware of the collective mind we share and its enormous power.
But it's there nonetheless, a potential waiting patiently for us to work with.


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Magner: NCLB Waivers Key to 21st-Century Learning
President Barack Obama's recent directive addressing the No Child Left Behind education law is a step in the right direction, while the absence of Congressional agreement and legislative action on reauthorization underscores the lack of common agreement across our nation concerning the future of our education systems.
The administration's waiver package responds to calls from states and districts to move beyond the current challenges and requirements of No Child Left Behind and supports state efforts to prepare every student to be college- and career-ready. It also provides states with the opportunity and authority to define student progress in ways that can move us toward this common agreement.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the nation's leading organization promoting 21st-century learning opportunities for all students, strongly supports Congressional action to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. While that process is under way, these waivers provide a unique opportunity for states to upgrade their achievement and accountability systems, and bring them into greater alignment with the needs of our communities, economy and democracy.
Overall, the conditions laid out by the administration in its waiver package will assist states in working toward rigorous yet attainable goals for student performance based on college- and career-readiness standards.
P21 and its members agree that the Common Core State Standards constitute an important starting point of what it means to measure and define "college and career readiness." But it is important for these standards to be the "floor" and not the "ceiling" of what we expect from our students.
There are many ways to demonstrate and measure student success. We hope the administration will view the waiver process as a means of embracing states' capacities to develop comprehensive measurement systems for 21st-century student learning outcomes that assess higher-order thinking and global awareness, along with technology, civic, health, economic and environmental literacies. These core competencies, coupled with life and career skills, represent what students should know and be able to do in a knowledge-based, global economy.
P21 is also working with the 112th Congress to support bipartisan legislation such as the 21st Century Readiness Act, which outlines a more expansive definition of student success that includes the four C's (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration and creativity and innovation) and extends beyond the basics of reading, writing and math. These, too, are essential for our students to be competitive in the global economy.
Education and employment are interwoven, and in order to improve the international rankings of American students and the competitiveness of America's workforce, we must be forward-looking and holistic in our approach to education reform.
Our nation's future depends on our ability to prepare children not just to succeed, but to lead in the 21st century. Our students' ability to master critical skills while simultaneously gaining rigorous content knowledge is a vital part of preparing them to be global citizens who can fortify the American workforce and fulfill the promise of our democracy.
Timothy J. Magner is executive director of Partnership for 21st Century Skills.


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'Mont Blanc: Seen From the Sky'
— Jean-Baptiste Meylan
Oh, those French Alps! Mere words cannot describe their steepness or their scale. You'll have to visit them, in person, to understand why Mont Blanc and its surrounding peaks gave birth to mountaineering, ski touring, and the ski extreme.
Until then, to spark your curiosity here's a collection of aerial photographs of the Mount Blanc region, featuring introductions by Christophe Profit and Roger Frison-Roche.
Browsing through the pages of Mont Blanc: Seem from the Sky, I'm struck by the French Alps' jagged spires, needle-like pinnacles that shoot upward at right angles nearly 13,000 vertical feet above the floor of the Chamonix Valley.
Peaks and spires conspire with knife-blade aretes to make what can only be called one of the Earth's most vertical ranges, a beautiful and deadly wonder of ice and rock.


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Six Ways to Snap out of Slump
I'm a self proclaimed doer. I love the sound my pen makes when I cross another item off my list. I enjoy keeping a full schedule, discovering the delicate balance between work and family.
That personality trait typically forces "me time" to the bottom of my list, and when I'm hanging there too long, I start sliding into a funk. You guys know what I'm talking about.
Here's what I do to blast that funk to smithereens.
Write it Down.
Journal. I start with what I'm most grateful for today. I move into who needs some extra TLC in my life. I jot down what's on my heart and I Dear Diary it out like nobody will ever read it. I write to visualize where my heart/mind are currently dwelling, and set intentions on where I want to focus.
My favorite is before anyone else in my family is awake. I sit in front of the glow of my Christmas tree and listen for the sound of my breath. I thank God for a chance at another day. I pray for the Serenity to accept the things I can't change, the Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.*
Mood Music.
Tunes automatically shift my mindset. Sometimes I listen, sometimes I hum, and sometimes I belt it out. It's a powerful, free, and underused secret weapon. Music changes the way I perceive the world around me and when I need a mojo boost it is the perfect melody.
Dance Party.
I don't care if it's Jingle Bells, The Lion King, or Beyonce. I like to turn the music up loud and shake it like a polaroid picture. I encourage my kids to do the same. It's fun, it changes my attitude, and it makes me smile.
Worthy Reading Materials.
Ok, I'll admit I go to this one when I'm too irritated to sing or dance. Sometimes I just have to escape my head, so I fill it with books. I'm not talking magazines, I'm talking a good business, juicy fictional, or yoga favorite. Meditations from the Mat is my default funk zapper.
Bonus points when I multitask with a lavender bubble bath.
Take a Yoga Class, duh.
This is obvious, it combines all the above, minus the writing, yet it is still a form of journaling. You are surveying your thoughts without judgement or criticism. You are spending 60 plus minutes transforming into the best version of yourself and working through whatever comes up along the way. The 80 minute Sumit Yoga class is my USR (ultimate slump remedy). When I'm really down, or really up this girl loves her Sumits yoga.
The best thing is that there are multiple classes everyday, so give yourself a gift this Christmas, and pencil in your next yoga class.
Click here to schedule your yoga class.
*Serenity Prayer
Click here to schedule your yoga class.
xo, Megan Ellis


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A new panel created by the Harper government will move to raise employment insurance premiums by the maximum allowed, despite calls to leave payroll taxes frozen in light of Canada's fragile jobs picture.
Canadians will start feeling the hit on their paycheques when the two-year freeze on EI premiums announced in the 2009 budget comes to an end on Jan. 1. Employers will also have to cough up more in premiums for their workers, which economists and business groups warn could hurt employment.
The Globe and Mail has learned that an internal report on EI rates by a new independent body will recommend they be raised by 15 cents on every $100 earned, an 8.7-per-cent increase from the current $1.73 and the maximum allowed under federal law. Employers will have to pay an extra 21 cents per $100.
Unlike some budget measures that are tied to the fiscal year, EI rates are based on the calendar year, meaning cabinet will soon have to decide what to do for 2011.
The panel must announce the new premiums by Nov. 14, and cabinet has until Nov. 30 if it wishes to over-rule the decision and set a different rate.
"The timing of this is brutal," said Dan Kelly, senior vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. "Everyone's paycheque on Jan. 1 will go down, and I think Canadians, for the most part, are completely unaware of the pressure that's going to hit their take-home pay."
Mr. Kelly said the CFIB estimates consecutive maximum increases to EI premiums will cost 170,000 jobs over the next three to four years as employers delay hiring and cut back on hours.
The president of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters also said he is worried about the timing of the rise given the state of the economy.
"I'm still not convinced that we're into a sustainable recovery," said Jayson Meyers, who wants any increase in EI premiums to be offset by tax breaks for training programs.
Increases to EI premiums were implied in the 2010 budget's forecast of future EI revenues, but not explicitly stated. Premiums apply on earnings up to a set maximum, which is currently $43,200.
The government created a separate account for EI revenues in 2008 with a starting balance of $2-billion and created a Crown corporation called the Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board to set premiums.
That process was usurped by the two-year premium freeze in the 2009 budget.
The board's mandate is only to keep the EI fund balanced over time, meaning it cannot take into account the impact of its decisions on the economy. Because the fund is now several billion in deficit, officials say the board will be required to recommend a maximum increase in premiums.
UBC economist David Green said it does not seem like an unreasonable time to raise premiums.
"This would have some cost in terms of the employment rate, but probably not a huge cost," he said. "The labour market's not so fragile that it wouldn't be okay to do something like this."
A spokesman for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said the new system is far superior to what existed under the Liberals, who were repeatedly criticized by the Auditor-General for allowing the government to shift tens of billions of surplus from the EI account into general revenues.
"We're ensuring that will never happen again," said Chisholm Pothier, the minister's communications director. "When the freeze is lifted, the EI board will set premiums and balance the account over time."
In his 2009 budget speech, Mr. Flaherty announced he was freezing "employment insurance payroll taxes," yet maintained his government would balance the budget over time without raising taxes.
The Liberals and New Democrats are calling for the freeze on premiums to continue. NDP MP Yvon Godin said the Conservatives should fund an extension by acknowledging the surplus in the fund that built up under the Liberals.
Liberal finance critic Scott Brison said he'd like to work with the government to change the new system.
"It was completely stupid for Flaherty to create a system that actually raises payroll taxes during times of high unemployment," he said. "Flaherty has to come clean with Canadians and tell them that he's raising their taxes."


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York County Solid Waste Authority to change hours, update acceptable materials
Beginning Monday, Sept. 10, the York County Solid Waste Authority's recycling drop-off facility will change its hours and limit the types of recyclable materials that are accepted.
The facility, located at 2685 Blackthorne Court in Manchester Township, will now be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays, according to a Thursday, Aug. 2, news release. The facility is closed on Sundays and holidays.
The facility will limit acceptable materials to metal food and beverage cans — including aluminum, steel and bi-metal cans — and corrugated cardboard as a result of Chinese policy changes on acceptable contaminant levels in recycled materials, the release states.
More:Wagner's Penn Waste attempts to renegotiate contracts
The facility is open to York County residents, and there is no fee to drop off recyclables.


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Smoky Mountain Gift Show
The Problem
The Smoky Mountain Gift Show had dominated the market as the region's premier expo for buyers and sellers of gifts and souvenirs, but with new competitors beginning to gain traction, the show leaders wanted to bolster their show promotional efforts with photography and video.
The Solution
We planned a cost-effective image marketing package that included three custom-produced marketing videos and a variety of advertising photography for SMGS to use in communicating to its audience that attended the show and in promoting next year's event to existing and new attendees.
Additional Project Info
Overview of all items produced for the Smoky Mountain Gift Show:
- A custom-produced event overview marketing video
- A custom-produced audience-focused buyers marketing video
- A custom-produced audience-focused sellers marketing video
- 200+ event marketing and promotional photographs
My Contribution
My roles for this project:
- Creative Director
- Video Producer
- Photographer
- Project Manager


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Medical Assistant or LPN Franklin Clinic
Franciscan Health
A multi-tasker who can move mountains
High quality health care doesn't just happen. It requires the assistance of a person who can follow the directions of a doctor or RN while also making the patient feel comfortable. The ability to give the same level of attention and detail to each and every patient. It's a bit of a juggling act but if you think you have the skills then we need to talk.
Do you pride yourself on your empathy with patients? Are you a whiz at getting a patient ready for an exam or test? Do you value working in a faith-filled environment? Are you good at accurately recording patient stats and handling test results? If you said yes, you're just what we need in a Medical Assistant.
Provide direct patient care, which may include rooming patients, taking vitals, obtaining a comprehensive medical history, administering vaccines, injections, and medications, phlebotomy, point of care testing and medication reconciliation.
Provide customer service to internal and external customers via phone, electronic, and in person.
May perform patient registration duties.
Initiate and follow through on prior authorizations, referrals, and medication refills.
Enter patient information into an electronic medical records system and use systems to produce and conduct referrals, prior authorizations, medication research, and other related duties.
Prior Medical Assisting experience preferred.
Maintain composure even in very difficult situations.
Knowledge of hematology/blood collection technology, techniques, and procedures.
Customer service skills.
Knowledge of terminology used in diagnosis and classification of illnesses, injuries, and disabilities.
Follow directions as communicated in a variety of ways.
Show sincere interest in others and their concerns.
Understanding of patient handling techniques.
Knowledge of pharmaceutical terminology, generic and trade names, and ICD coding.
Develop effective relationships with patients, hospital departments, and other external parties.
Effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law. Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights. Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.
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Roma Downey's husband, Mark Burnett, is one of the industry's biggest and most successful reality show producers ('Survivor,' 'The Apprentice,' 'Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader' etc.), but when asked whether she'd ever consider being on a reality show, the former 'Touched by an Angel' star laughs softly.
'No, I don't think so. They seem to attract Type A personalities, and I think, like many actors, I have a much more introverted side of me. It's easier to be up there filtered through pretending to be someone else.'\
However, nowadays, she tells us, 'in some ways I've been so enjoying who I am, l have felt less desire to be someone else.'
After several years away from the cameras, Roma returned to film the June 6 Hallmark Channel Original Movie, 'Come Dance At My Wedding.' Most of the time, however, she's absorbed in family activity with Mark, her daughter Reilly, who is now nearly 13, and Mark's sons James, 15, and Cameron, 11.
Continues Roma, 'There was a time in my life I was really hungry, ambitious, but not now. I don't know if this is something that just comes naturally in one's life, that you just change direction a little bit. I'm much less driven by the spotlight,' she acknowledges.
"Touched by An Angel' had a very long run. It was such a big chunk of my life. The minute when something like that ends, if you haven't figured out who you are, in the absence of that you would feel a void. For me it was a great relief that the spotlight had moved down the road. There was a moment of 'I'm over here!' Then it was, 'Oh, who cares?"
Sadly, all too many famous folk don't make the adjustment to living lower-profile lives as easily as that, she agrees. 'We've seen it — you've written about it — the spotlight moves on, and in the absence of the light, they don't exist. If you haven't figured out your source is within yourself, it's a recipe for unhappiness.'
Roma also attends the University of Santa Monica, a private graduate school founded by New Age spiritual and self-help guru John-Roger, and will graduate with a master's degree in spiritual psychology in June.
'As someone who has been on a spiritual journey for many years, it seems a natural extension of that work,' says the lady still seen in Hallmark Channel reruns as angel Monica. She notes, 'The skills I'm learning will ultimately qualify me to be a therapist' — not that she has plans to start a practice anytime soon. 'It's really so interesting to learn about human behavior.'
And other matters.
Says Roma, who lives in Malibu, 'My kids go to school about a 40-minute drive away. I'm open to the group's opinion about what we listen to on the way there. On the way back, I get my own selections — books on tape by Eckhart Tolle, Tony Robbins…My husband says I'm so self-realized I'm practically levitating.'


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