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I have read about leaders, from leaders, and written to leaders. I have known great leaders, average leaders, and poor leaders. I wish there was a single thing I could share from my experience that if you were to "do this' , or "not do that" you would automatically be propelled into "great leader" status. As far as I know, such a magic pill doesn't exist. But, take heart…. I have discovered one thing that, while even poor leaders sometimes do it, EVERY great leader seems to refer to this practice in one way or another.
As a man of faith, I hold that a quiet time with God is central to my life. I know there may be people who read this that don't agree with references to faith, God, or Christianity. For those I suggest they read the words of great leaders and discover that even those who didn't believe in God, found it necessary to spend some time in, what one might call, "meditation." For those of us who profess faith in God, we know the reality of sitting in His presence, as we worship, pray, and listen for His guidance. For most of us, the questions become: "Do I do it often enough? Do I endeavor to lead out of His strength or my own? Do I lead in His way ,or along a path I have plotted for myself and others?"
It's clear to me that great leaders of the past and present get away from the rush of people, and the stress they bring, as a regular rhythm of life. They find a place of quiet, a place to be with their thoughts and sort out the ideas and competing voices of their day to focus on the things they know to be true. As people of faith, we hold these musings in the spiritual light of God's presence to be purified. Eventually, with the dross, of our passions and hubris, swept away by the force of His presence, we are left to discover that which is pure, holy, and good.
Now, you might think this all sounds a bit lofty, but then I'd suggest you have not chosen to regularly practice the discipline of silence before your creator. You might say this all sounds a bit mystical and incredible. You might feel silly even contemplating such a spiritual exercise, let alone making it a regular part of your life. You might feel that to submit yourself to such a routine, would say you were expecting to eventually lead above your natural abilities, because of God's divine help. And I would say, "What's wrong with that? Don't we all want to do something significant before we die? Isn't being part of something incredible a dream we harbor as leaders?"
What stops most people from spending time quietly in God's presence, is a fear of the silence, and what they might hear out of that silence. "What if I hear from something I don't like? What if He tells me to change my life course?"
As leaders we hope that our people will not just seek our our council and direction, but will follow it as well. You already know that leadership is a position of high responsibility, and I am suggesting here that we leaders choose to place ourselves responsible to God and seek His direction… as our leader. If you are not a person of faith, I challenge you to mediate regularly, anyway. Clear your mind of the day's clutter and get refocused on what is most important in life. If you dare… ask God to reveal Himself to you, if He exists, over the coming months.
Leaders, we all want the best for our organizations, as well as to achieve our fullest potential. Take it from the great ones (I suggest you read them for yourself), and begin a regular routine of getting away from your thoughts and activities, to seek the thoughts of the one we serve.
Blessings on you all. I pray you will hear His small voice calling to you our of the stillness.
Shhhhh… Did you hear that?
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I know this feeling all too well… what about you?
When unrequited, there's really no sonant feedback coming from the other side, with time you learn to find strange definitions for the silences, maybe it's the reticences that ultimately mean something, more than expected. It's difficult to learn this way, but I'll say that it's maybe the best path to achieve personal growth, by getting to know love and life, independently and on your own. Experiencing rejection, or to better say it, the lack of reciprocity you so urgently needed, to comfort your heart is tough and she ain't made to make it easy for you. She is free and willful, so are you, and yet you couldn't hold your own freedom for long, after she got inside you. She owned you, always will. You were powerless, not anymore, you hope.
You improve yourself in impossible ways just to become worthy of a love she can't express, a love she is probably unfit to receive, yet you tirelessly…
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Mohave County Sheriff's School Resource Officer has charged a 13-year-old Golden Valley girl with felony possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana in a drug-free school zone. Black Mountain School officials contacted the school resource officer Tuesday in regard to a drug complaint. The SRO was informed that a student was in possession of marijuana. Deputies confiscated the plastic bag containing marijuana. The student said she found the bag at a bus stop. A juvenile referral has been submitted to the Mohave County Juvenile Probation.
Mohave County Sheriff's deputies arrested Michael James Perry, 51, of Kingman Thursday on two felony counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. Deputies conducted a traffic stop in the 3400 block of Northern Avenue around 8:10 p.m. and contacted Perry, the driver. Deputies allegedly observed Perry's hand shaking while speaking with him. A K9 handler responded and conducted a search and alerted his handler to the vehicle. Deputies located two pipes with residue. Perry was arrested without incident. He was transported and booked into the Mohave County Jail.
Mohave County Sheriff's deputies arrested Zachery Kurt Fetters, 18, of Kingman Friday on two felony counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a speeding vehicle in the area of Castlerock Road near Northern Avenue around 12:10 a.m. and contacted Fetters, the driver. Deputies allegedly smelled a burnt odor of marijuana and observed a water based pipe with burnt residue sitting on the passenger seat. Fetters was arrested without incident. A search of Fetters revealed a glass pipe with burnt residue. He was transported and booked into the Mohave County Jail. The vehicle was towed from the scene.


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Net Promoter for employees
The Net Promoter System is a management philosophy that commits to earning the passionate loyalty of both clients and employees.
Employees, of course, are critical to the success of all organisations, but in professional services this is doubly true, because in this industry your people are your product.
People NPS is sometimes known as employee NPS or, simply, eNPS.
One simple question
To identify the People NPS for your firm ask your people one question:
On a scale of 0 to 10, how likely are you to recommend your firm to friends and family as a great place to work?
You follow up this question, with the open ended question – why?
The NPS question sorts employees into categories that provide a picture of loyalty and engagement. Like Client NPS, People NPS involves the same three categories.
Promoters are your employee advocates, who enthusiastically agree that your firm is a great place to work. They refer potential employment candidates and are typically highly engaged and motivated (scores of 9 or 10 are considered promoters).
Detractors, on the other hand, are generally dissatisfied and can damage your brand in a number of ways (scores of 6 or below are considered detractors).
Neutrals are considered satisfied but unenthusiastic advocates (scores of 7 or 8 are considered neutrals).
Subtracting the percentage of detractors from the percentage of promoters produces a People NPS. A positive score indicates that you have more promoters than detractors – and, on balance, an engaged workforce, whereas a negative score indicates the reverse.
Research has shown that People NPS is an accurate measure of employee engagement (learn more). However, since it is only one simple question, easily asked and answered, it can be more regularly used as an effective pulse or check-in survey across the year. Typically, our clients run a People NPS survey once a quarter, sometimes in conjunction with a longer annual survey.
Testing initiatives
A clear benefit of running regular People NPS surveys is the ability to track a simple metric to show progress on employee engagement throughout the year.
This enables organisations to check the success of HR initiatives without having to wait until the results of the next annual survey.
Of course, a key benefit comes not from the score but from the verbatim remarks that employees make. Importantly, these are top of mind remarks. They are not responses to long lists of questions on various themes. The themes the employees identify in People NPS surveys are the ones that are most important to them. So any verbatim comments are worth taking very seriously.
How likely are you to recommend your workplace to friends and family as a great place to work?
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As I start making knowledgeable acupressure, evaluating their needs for treatment and relief, this beautiful soul begins to feel the work. Begins to recognize its transformative potential.
Suddenly, her eyes pop open (it's always a her), and she says, "Oh, my husband (or son, mother or best friend) really needs this. I need to get them here."
No, you don't.
What you really need to do is get yourself here.
She has given away her Thai massage.
Do you recognize yourself in this picture?
If you recognize yourself in this client, here is my kindly advice to you...
Stop giving. When you find yourself on the Thai massage mat, settle in. Sink in. Just be. With yourself.
Your dear people will learn as much by your example of self-care as anything you could try to do for them.


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Evolutionary Transitions to Multicellular Life
Principles and mechanisms
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- Broadens our perspective on a major evolutionary innovation (the origin of multicellularity)
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The book integrates our understanding of the factors and processes underlying the evolution of multicellularity by providing several complementary perspectives (both theoretical and experimental) and using examples from various lineages in which multicellularity evolved. Recent years marked an increased interest in understanding how and why these transitions occurred, and data from various fields are providing new insights into the forces driving the several independent transitions to multicellular life as well as into the genetic and molecular basis for the evolution of this phenotype. The ultimate goal of this book is to facilitate the identification of general and unifying principles and mechanisms.
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Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo is an ICREA Research Professor at the Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF) in Barcelona. His educational background includes a B.S. in Biology from the University of Barcelona. He earned a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Barcelona and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Dalhousie University (Canada). His current research interests include the study of the molecular mechanisms involved in the origin of multicellular animals, the analysis of genomes of different protists, the study of higher phylogenetic relationships of eukaryotes, and the understanding of the genetic repertoire of the last eukaryotic common ancestor.
Aurora M. Nedelcu is a Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton, Canada). She also holds an Adjunct position in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) at the University of Arizona (Tucson, USA) and is an External Faculty in the Center for Evolution and Cancer at the University of California San Francisco (USA). She received a BSc in Biology from ³Babes-Bolyai² University (Cluj, Romania), and a PhD in Biology from Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada). She completed her postdoctoral training in the Organelle Genome Mega sequencing Lab at the Universite de Montreal and in the EEB Department at the University of Arizona. Her current research interests include understanding the principles and mechanisms involved in the evolution of complexity, multicellularity, cell differentiation, altruism, programmed cell death, and cancer.
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"This volume includes 22 articles organized into five parts describing: research aimed at locating examples of multicellularity in the Tree of Life; model multicellulars; different theoretical approaches to multicellularity; insights from comparative genomics; and insights from research into molecular mechanisms underlying multicellularity. … the collection provides a comprehensive explanation for why there are no simple answers to when multicellularity first appeared, how many times it appeared, or why and how." (Ellen Clarke, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 91 (3), September, 2016)
"The chapters effectively lead readers through the evidence for multicellularity in the ToL, discuss models systems in depth (especially algae and the choanoflagellates, the latter leading to animal multicellularity), present theoretical approaches, discuss insights from comparative genomic analyses, and summarize understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved. … The book is especially valuable for researchers in or planning to enter the field who seek integrative and novel systems and approaches. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners." (B. K. Hall, Choice, Vol. 53 (2), October, 2015)
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Timing the Origins of Multicellular Eukaryotes Through Phylogenomics and Relaxed Molecular Clock Analyses
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Fossil and Transcriptomic Perspectives on the Origins and Success of Metazoan Multicellularity
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Origin of Metazoan Developmental Toolkits and Their Expression in the Fossil Record
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Cara & Jacob Laufer at Keswick Vineyards
Officiate Gay Lee Einstein led the ceremony at Keswick Vineyards' Edgewood Estate, nestled in a valley of rolling farmland and surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains. The bridesmaids and groomsmen in their deep blues and dark greys paired beautifully next to the happy couple.
The pastel bouquets, sprouting pinks, purples, oranges and blues, created by local Verde Natural Floral, complimented the crisp whites of Keswick's pristine estate. Sweethaus' creation of a light pastel rose-petal cake surrounded by matching roses and topped with a Laufer "L" was perfect, especially when combined with the fragrances of the fresh, homemade rosemary infused olive oil party favors.
Becca Bees Events helped create the picturesque scene of rich blues and sweet pastels, understanding how to add those perfect touches complimenting the newlyweds' tastes. The Estate's majestic fountain and gazebo, lined with bistro lights overhead, added divine light symbolizing the end of a perfect celebration but also illuminating a bright beginning in their marriage.
Venue: Keswick Vineyards
Event Planner: Becca Bees Events
Baker: Sweethaus
Floral Design: Verde Natural Floral
Officiant: Gay Lee Einstein
Photographer: Cindy Schornberg
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Visualizing a tiny slice of India's demographics with information from Wikipedia
This post presents a tiny slice of a complex and diverse India using charts. (Data retrieval from Wikipedia on 9 July, 2013 and the analysis were performed using R; charts were generated using ggplot2, googleVis and wordcloud. More information can be found in the code used for this analysis at github
Present information regarding the following visually, using charts.
- Official languages, sex ratio, percentage (or ratio) of urban to total population and literacy rates across different states and union territories (UTs) of India.
- Different religions of the country and demographic variables, such as literacy rates and sex ratios.
Data on variables with respect to states and UTs were downloaded from this page on Wikipedia (tables related to States and Union Territories of India). Data on different religions and demographic variables were downloaded from this page on Wikipedia (table 2, Census Information for 2001). Since these pages can be changed, a copy of these have been downloaded and a pdf version of both pages can be found in this document.
The following tables were arrived at after data were cleaned. (You can click on the header of any column to arrange the table based on that column.)
States and Union Territories of India (with some demographic information)
Religions in India (with some demographic information)
Let's focus on the data presented in the first table above.
Literacy Rate (in %) of different states and UTs (You can hover over the map to get corresponding values)
Sex Ratio of different states and UTs (It is a measure of number of females to 1000 males.) (You can hover over the map to get corresponding values)
Urban to Total Population Percent in Different States (You can hover over the map to get corresponding values)
Number of Official Languages in different States and UTs
**Which Languages are more popular (are designated as an "Official Language" by different states and UTs)?
Relationship between Sex Ratio, Urban To Total Population Percent, Literacy Rate, and Number of Official Languages (For scaling purposes in the graph below, Sex Ratio was divided by 10, making it number of females to 100 males. In response to a comment (see below), it is to be clarified that the states in the graph below were arranged in increasing order of sex ratio (Daman and Diu was lowest and Kerala was highest.)
Correlation Matrix
The correlation coefficients do not attain significance at an alpha of .05, suggesting that there is no relationship between these variables.
Religion and Demographics Let's take a brief look at data from the religion and demographics table in the two graphs below. For scaling purposes, in both graphs below, Sex Ratio related variables were divided by 10, making these variables number of females to 100 males.


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Alicia Masters is a artist like Phillip Masters, her father, and best friend of Ben Grimm and an allie to the Fantastic Four. She first appeared on Doomsday and she is voiced by Sunita Prasad.
Appearance Edit
Alicia has dark, tanned skin with pink hair which iis kept up with a black hairband. She weas a yellow top and bangles on her wrist and upper arm.
Alicia is a pleasent, caring and brave lady who would comfort Ben when nobody would.


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Tomorrow is the biggest day in music! The 56th Grammy Awards will be televised across the globe and we've got your list of nominees and who we think should win…. and let's be honest, we know our Pop Culture. Hit the jump for the full list of the 2014 Grammy Awards Nominations.
Album of the Year
"The Blessed Unrest" — Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" — Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" — Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Red" — Taylor Swift
PCW Predicts: This will be a VERY tough call. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis changed the entire game, choosing to independently release their album and having THREE #1 singles off of it, delivering a solid album. Kendrick Lamar released the best album of the year, but will the Grammy Voters go for it? PCW thinks that Kendrick Lamar will take it home with Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City.
Record of the Year
"Get Lucky" — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
"Radioactive" — Imagine Dragons
"Royals" — Lorde
"Locked Out Of Heaven" — Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" — Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
PCW Predicts: This is another tough one. Daft Punk & Pharrell had an out of nowhere smash with "Get Lucky", but so did Robin Thicke (and Pharrell) with "Blurred Lines". The copyright lawsuit against Blurred Lines may have hurt it's chances, however.. Lorde delivered with "Royals" an ode to anti-bling in the industry but Bruno Mars seems to be the best bet with "Locked Out Of Heaven".
Song of the Year (A Songwriters Award)
"Just Give Me A Reason" — Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out Of Heaven" — Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" — Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)
"Royals" — Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
"Same Love" — Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)
PCW Predicts: While Pink is always amazing, we're not expecting this one to go to her. Roar's controvery over being a rip off of Sara Bareilles' "Brave" probably won't win it a songwriters award. Same Love is what Grammys exist for. Expect Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (& Mary Lambert) to take home this one.
Best New Artist
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
PCW Predicts: Most of the mainstream audience wouldn't have heard of James Blake, Kacey Musgraves or Ed Sheeran. Which brings it down to Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. While Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest artists to come out in quite some time, so is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. The duo also have the advantage of being a bit more mainstream, so expect them to take the win.
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Brave" — Sara Bareilles
"Royals" — Lorde
"When I Was Your Man" — Bruno Mars
"Roar" — Katy Perry
"Mirrors" — Justin Timberlake
PCW Predicts: These are all great songs, but none had the impact (& performance) that JT did with Mirrors.
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Get Lucky" — Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
"Just Give Me A Reason" — Pink Featuring Nate Ruess
"Stay" — Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko
"Blurred Lines" — Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
"Suit & Tie" — Justin Timberlake & Jay Z
PCW Predicts: Suit & Tie will win the Rap Duo performance, knocking them out of this one. Daft Punk & Pharrell will take this one home.
Best Pop Vocal Album
"Paradise" — Lana Del Rey
"Pure Heroine" — Lorde
"Unorthodox Jukebox" — Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" — Robin Thicke
"The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience" — Justin Timberlake
PCW Predicts: While Justin Timberlake's return to music after a waaaay too long absence was a huge event, The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2 was a disappointment to most critics. It also failed to spawn a Top 20 hit. Whether the amazing first part can make up for the lackluster second part is up in the air. Lorde's album is excellent, but still unproven. Bruno Mars will take this one.
Best Dance/Electronica Album
Random Access Memories — Daft Punk
Settle — Disclosure
18 Months — Calvin Harris
Atmosphere — Kaskade
A Color Map Of The Sun — Pretty Lights
PCW Predicts: Daft Punk came back in a huge way….bigger in fact, then they've been in their 20 year career. The critics have been praising the album since it came out. Calvin Harris though, is the darling boy of
the dance world and released a string of highly successful dance hits. This one is a toss up as the Grammy voters often go for the tried and true artists, like Daft Punk. We're calling it for Calvin Harris, though.
Best Dance Recording
"Need U (100%)" — Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEK
"Sweet Nothing" — Calvin Harris Featuring Florence Welch
"Atmosphere" — Kaskade
"This Is What It Feels Like" — Armin Van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie
"Clarity" — Zedd Featuring Foxes
PCW Predicts: And then Daft Punk isn't even nominated for Best Dance Recording, which they easily would have won. Personally, we'd love to see this go to This Is What It Feels Like by Armin Van Buuren and Trevor Guthrie, but expect it to go to Calvin Harris & Florence Welch's Sweet Nothing.
Best R&B Performance
"Love And War" — Tamar Braxton
"Best Of Me" — Anthony Hamilton
"Nakamarra" — Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip
"How Many Drinks?" — Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar
"Something" — Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
PCW Predicts: While "How Many Drinks?" is an amazing R&B song, "Love And War" is even better. More importantly, it's the type of song the members usually vote for. Expect Tamar Braxton to bring it home.
Best Urban Contemporary Album
"Love And War" — Tamar Braxton
"Side Effects Of You" — Fantasia
"One: In The Chamber" — Salaam Remi
"Unapologetic" — Rihanna
"New York: A Love Story" — Mack Wilds
PCW Predicts: Fantasia has this one coming to her. She delivered a great solid album.
Best R&B Album
R&B Divas — Faith Evans
Girl On Fire — Alicia Keys
Love In The Future — John Legend
Better — Chrisette Michele
Three Kings — TGT
PCW Predicts: Let's face it, John Legend was made for this award.
Best R&B Song (A Songwriters Award)
"Best Of Me" — Anthony Hamilton & Jairus Mozee, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
"Love And War" — Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels & Makeba Riddick, songwriters (Tamar Braxton)
"Only One" — PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring Stevie Wonder)
"Pusher Love Girl" — James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
"Without Me" — Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia Featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliot)
PCW Predicts: Anthony Hamilton's got this one in the bag.
Best Rap Performance
"Started From The Bottom" — Drake
"Berzerk" — Eminem
"Tom Ford" — Jay Z
"Swimming Pools (Drank)" — Kendrick Lamar
"Thrift Shop" — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
PCW Predicts: Another tough one. Tom Ford isn't Jay Z's best performance, while "Berzerk" is considered one of Eminem's best, but isn't nearly as commercial. Kendrick Lamar definitely deserves to take this one home with Swimming Pools (Drank).
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Power Trip" — J.Cole Featuring Miguel
"Part II (On The Run)" — Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé
"Holy Grail" — Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
"Now Or Never" — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige
"Remember You" — Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd
PCW Predicts: Besides being a commercial smash, "Holy Grail" was the perfect combination of vocals and hip hop. Expect Jay Z and Justin Timberlake to take this one.
Best Rap Album
Nothing Was The Same — Drake
Magna Carta…Holy Grail — Jay Z
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City — Kendrick Lamar
The Heist — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Yeezus — Kanye West
PCW Predicts: This one has GOT to go to Kendrick Lamar. No questions asked.
Best Rap Song (A Songwriters Award)
"F***in' Problems" — Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)
"Holy Grail" — Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake)
"New Slaves" — Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydell Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters) (Kanye West)
"Started From The Bottom" — W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)
"Thrift Shop" — Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
PCW Predicts: The Whore's mind is all jumbled here because all 5 of these are "best in class" songs. It's really anyone's game in this one, but we're going to give it to New Slaves by Kanye.
Best Country Solo Performance
"I Drive Your Truck" — Lee Brice
"I Want Crazy" — Hunter Hayes
"Mama's Broken Heart" — Miranda Lambert
"Wagon Wheel" — Darius Rucker
"Mine Would Be You" — Blake Shelton
PCW Predicts: Mama's Broken Heart was written to win this award. 'Nuff said.
Best Country Album
Night Train — Jason Aldean
Two Lanes Of Freedom — Tim McGraw
Same Trailer Different Park — Kacey Musgraves
Based On A True Story — Blake Shelton
Red — Taylor Swift
PCW Predicts: Taylor Swift is probably way to pop with Red then the Country members would like for this award. The Whore think this one will go to Kacey Musgraves.
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"From This Valley"— The Civil Wars
"Don't Rush" — Kelly Clarkson Featuring Vince Gill
"Your Side Of The Bed" — Little Big Town
"Highway Don't Care" — Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
"You Can't Make Old Friends" — Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton
PCW Predicts: While the Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton team up may be Grammy heaven, Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill is going to get this one.
Best Country Song (A Songwriters Award)
"Begin Again" — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
"I Drive Your Truck" — Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy Yeary, songwriters (Lee Brice)
"Mama's Broken Heart" — Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
"Merry Go 'Round" — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
"Mine Would Be You" — Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric Ruttan, songwriters (Blake Shelton)
PCW Predicts: This would be another one where Mama's Broken Heart wins.
Best Musical Theater Album
"Kinky Boots"
"Matilda: The Musical"
"Motown The Musical"
PCW Predicts: There is no one who shook up Broadway this year more then Cyndi Lauper did with Kinky Boots. This should be an easy win.
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Django Unchained
The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition)
Les Misérables (Deluxe Edition)
Muscle Shoals
Sound City: Real To Reel
PCW Predicts: There is not one film or TV show that mixed music and visuals better then The Great Gatsby did. This one's in the bag.
Best Song Written For Visual Media
"Atlas" from "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" — Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
"Silver Lining" from "Silver Linings Playbook" — Diane Warren, songwriter (Jessie J)
"Skyfall" from "Skyfall"– Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
"We Both Know" from "Safe Haven" — Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw, songwriters (Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw)
"Young And Beautiful" from "The Great Gatsby" –Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
"You've Got Time" from Orange Is The New Black – Regina Spektor, songwriter (Regina Spektor)
PCW Predicts: Young And Beautiful perfectly fit into The Great Gatsby…as in…PERFECTLY. It needs to win!
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Rob Cavallo — "All That Echoes" (Josh Groban), "Bright Lights" (Gary Clark Jr.). "¡Dos!" (Green Day), "If I Loved You" (Delta Rae featuring Lindsey Buckingham), "Love They Say" (Tegan and Sara), "Things Are Changin'" (Gary Clark Jr.), "¡Tré!" (Green Day), "When My Train Pulls In" (Gary Clark Jr.), "You've Got Time" (Regina Spektor)
Dr. Luke — "Bounce It" (Juicy J Featuring Wale & Trey Songz), "Crazy Kids" (Kesha), "Fall Down (will.i.am featuring Miley Cyrus), "Give It 2 U" (Robin Thicke featuring Kendrick Lamar), "Like Nobody´s Around" (Big Time Rush) , "Roar" (Katy Perry), "Rock Me" (One Direction), "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus)
Ariel Rechtshaid — "Days Are Gone" (Haim), "Everything Is Embarrassing" (Sky Ferreira), "Lost in My Bedroom" (Sky Ferreira), "Modern Vampires of the City" (Vampire Weekend), "Reincarnated" (Snoop Lion), "True Romance" (Charli XCX), "You're No Good" (Major Lazer featuring Santigold, Vybz Kartel, Danielle Haim and Yasmin)
Jeff Tweedy — "The Invisible Way" (Low), "One True Vine" (Mavis Staples), "Wassaic Way" (Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion)
Pharrell Williams — "BBC" (Jay-Z), "Blurred Lines" (Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell), "Happy" (Pharrell Williams), "I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)" (Jennifer Hudson featuring T.I.), "Nuclear" (Destiny's Child), "Oceans" (Jay-Z featuring Frank Ocean), "Reach Out Richard" (Mayer Hawthorne), "The Stars Are Ours" (Mayer Hawthorne)
PCW Predicts: This one has got to be between Pharrell Williams and Dr. Luke. Both had outstanding years and delivered the biggest hits of their careers (a feat in itself). It's a tossup. But we're hoping it's Pharrells year.


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Woooo hooooo, I did my final run of the c25k plan tonight.
I often think during my run, is this going to me my bad run? And although my calves ached as usual I don't think the thought actually crossed my mind. I ran around block of our local park, then came into the park to do the final 3kms. I was the only woman there (apart from a couple with a buggy) and I was conscious about getting the run done before all the light went. I definitely didn't want to be in the park after dark. Fortunately, I made it and even had time to walk back to the carpark before needing the headlights to drive home.
Officially this was my 4th 5km, and my time was 31.50 which was about a minute more than my PB at the local parkrun last weekend.
And my photo is actually from a couple of weeks ago when I did a 5km mud run. I actually didn't run any of it (with a group who couldn't) but it was a great race and the reason I started C25K in the first place.


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The Most Magical Place on Earth
So last week was our big trip to Disney. Some called us crazy, but we DROVE. And i can honestly say that I could not be happier with that decision. Little Bit is a ROCK STAR in the car. We made it to Orlando in about 13 hours with only 3 stops. That included a late lunch about 1n hour away at the ole Bob Evans.
Steven was only able to spend one whole day at the Magic Kingdom with us. But we made it a marathon day. Cramming in a ton of characters and rides.
I'll keep this post short and just post some pics. I'll blog more about the trip when I have time. Right now I have presents to wrap!
First guy we ran into, Goofy!
Waiting for Mickey is hard to do!
The VIPs.
The castle looked beautiful decorated for Christmas!


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Jersey Shore season 2 is currently filming so I thought I'd give an update on everyone's favorite TV show. This is some info I've learned from scouring the internet. I know you could just as easily look everything up instead of reading it here but I've done all the work so you don't have to. Reverse Oreo Sports is here for you. We got your back.
Season 2 will start in Miami and then return to New Jersey once the juiceheads and skanks…errr….women of questionable character make their yearly pilgrimage back the Jersey Shore. The cast will again be put to work. It seems they will be working at Lecca-Lecca Gelato Café. No word on if they'll be working at the t-shirt shop once they go back to Jersey. I hope so. I miss seeing those MILF Hunter t-shirts.
The original cast is back. Yes, that means Angelina (the self-proclaimed Kim Kardashian of Staten Island) will be back, cock-blocking her way into everyone's heart. I read that she actually showed up with real luggage this time, not trash bags. Maybe her married boyfriend bought them for her. I'm disappointed. I thought her not yet divorced boyfriend would've knocked her up by now. I still think she doesn't last a full season. Word is that the other cast members on the show are not happy with her being back and they don't get along with her. This can't be good for her lasting ability.
J-WOWW was said to be upset with having to endure another season of the show. I bet she's not upset with earning 10 large an episode. She says she's not friends with any of the cast members except Snooki. I hope her attitude changes because she was too quiet in season one. I kept waiting for her break-out moment but it never happened. Yes, that shot to The Situation's grill was nice but I think she has more potential. Hopefully J-WOWW goes into season 2 unfettered and just grinds on every guy she sees. Wait…that's what she did in season one. I mean, I want to see a J-WOWW hook-up and flame out. That would be very entertaining. She's decided against getting more breast implants. Booooo!!!! J-WOWW already has some of the worst fake tits so why not get more and make herself into a cartoon character.
Ronnie has been exonerated from his one-sided fight with that douche from last season. He has split from Sammi in between the reunion and the new tapings. "I cut girls quicker than barbers do."????? He was so whipped in season 1 that I believe he (tries to) hooks up Sammi in season 2 but that would be a shame. Please Ronnie, stay away from that wet noodle Sammi and let your freak flag fly. I also heard that Ronnie and J-WOWW are writing a book called, "Never Fall In Love On The Jersey Shore". I wonder if they write their drafts in crayon?
Will this be the season where Snooki finally hooks up? You better believe it! Seems Snooki has given up tanning for sun in a bottle. Wow! I hope this doesn't kill the tanning industry. Who cares how she gets her look since we all know that she or any of the other cast members can't be bothered to lay out in the REAL sun. The sun of South Beach will be wasted on them. The one thing I know is that a lot of pickles will be eaten.
I don't have a lot to say about Sammi, DJ Pauly D, Vinny and The Situation. Sammi will most likely be playing Ronnie and The Situation against each other while sucking the fun out of everything the gang is trying to do. DJ Pauly D has been making mad money spinning all over the US. I hope his Israeli stalker, ex-girlfriend shows up in Miami and Jersey. That would be fantastic. Vinny is just Vinny. Even though in my last Jersey Shore post I said we would see a big change in Vinny, I've changed my mind and bet he'll be the same as season 1. He'll be the smartest and funniest cast member on the show. "How's my dick taste bro?" The Situation will finally hook up in season two but he'll strikeout more than he scores.
I read MTV is looking into a Snooki-Situation spin-off. How awesome would that be? Also, it seems MTV is looking for more juiced-up, tanned cast members to join during season 2. This is a great idea. Having others join will insure the longevity of the show. As much as I like Jersey Shore, I think the original cast will get old during or after this season. Adding fresh meat will make the transition between seasons easier. Jersey Shore 20!!! Let's make it happen. Hopefully these new cast members are fresh and not knock-offs of the original cast. There's only one Situation.
Three months until the season two premier. GTL for life!!!!
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Vintage Reversible Welsh Wool Blanket CAMBRIAN MILLS LLANDYSSUL Rustic ColoursVintage Reversible Traditional Welsh Wool Blanket - bed or settee throw. Colours - Rust, Orange, Cream and Brown Jacquard weave. Not washed and looks as if it has never been used.Label reads Cambrian Mills, Llandyssul woven by Welsh craftsmen, Pure New Wool. Fringe in perfect condition - No holes.Measures approx. 220cm x 183cm including fringe.An asset to any Country Cottage!Used vintage condition, very clean hardly used with one soiled spot on cream square see picture 5.Please study the pictures and do ask any questions and please ask for a postage quote.
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Chicken curries have gained a lot of popularity the world over and one such flavorful curry is Kadai Chicken, a North Indian traditional chicken dish which is rich, creamy and spicy gravy cooked in a blended paste of tomatoes, onions, ginger, garlic, green chillis, cashewnut paste and Indian spices.We can prepare this in kerala style, please try
Chicken - 1 kg
Onion - 5
Tomato - 3
Green Chilly - 10
Ginger - 1 piece
Garlic - 1 bulb
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
Salt - As required
Oil - 1 desert spoon
Coriander leaves for garnishing.
Heat oil in a kadai
Add chopped onion, green chilly and sauté until golden brown
Add ginger, garlic paste and sauté for 2 minutes.
Add coriander powder, chilly powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, salt and sauté well.
Add tomatoes and sauté until tomatoes are half done and gravy becomes thick.
Add chicken pieces and little water and mix well.
Cook for 15-20 minutes on low flame.
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 on C Spire Wireless is now getting the much awaited Android 4.3 update. Although this isn't Android 4.4 as most of us would have expected, the update is pretty significant as it brings support for Samsung's ill fated Galaxy Gear smartwatch. The update is rolling out in stages, so remain patient and the update notification will eventually pop up. To keep note, the update will bring the version number R970XWWUEMK6. The Galaxy S4 has quite a few variants in the U.S. and the update rollout dates usually differ from each carrier, which explains the relative delay in the rollout by C Spire. Below is the full changelog of the update:
- Galaxy Gear Compatibility
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QS team visit to the University of Kufa
QS Team visited the UoK on 13th of June. The visit covers meeting, UoK campus tour and presentations. The team consists of Ms Mandy Mok "Managing Director", Samuel Wong "Senior Researcher" and Ashwin Fernandes "International Buisness Development Manager". The team spent four days and was fully engaged with UoK officials.
The Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science hosted the team of the QS and where presentations were delivered. Prof. Dr. Asaad Al-Janabi "The UoK President Assistant for the Scientific Academic Affairs", a number of professors, lecturers and QA officers were all attended this event.


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Good things turn up in threes! And the trio of smoldering gemstones that graces the top of this elegant ring from Victoria Wieck is no exception. White zircons line the edges of the setting to bolster the shimmer of the piece as rhodium plated vines crawl up the sides of the shank for added character. An openwork undergallery promotes a comfortable fit as you go gather up compliments.
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Pronounced "vermay," vermeil is an electroplating process in which 14K gold or higher is coated over sterling silver. Officially designated by the jewelry industry, items may only be sold as vermeil if they have a minimum thickness of 100 millionths of an inch (2.5 microns) of gold over the silver. Regular gold plating is less than 2.5 microns.
The "vermeil" technique of plating sterling silver with gold originated in France in the 1750s. It differs from "gold filled" or "gold plated" in terms of the thickness or thinness of the microns over sterling silver. "Gold filled" pieces have a much thicker layer, between 15 and 45 microns, which is mechanically bonded to the base metal with heat and pressure. Vermeil is a more expensive version of "gold plated". It does not wear off as quickly as gold plating does. However, over time, vermeil wears off and therefore will require re-plating.
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Named from the French word for lemon, "citron," citrine is a variety of quartz available in a range of golden hues from lemon, to straw, to sun yellow, to deep gold, to orange, brown and deep red. Darker colors are more highly valued, including the medium golden-orange and dark-sherry colors, sometimes called Madeira citrine after the color of the wine.
Citrine crystals can form together with amethyst to form ametrine, or with smoky quartz to form bicolored quartz. Citrine is generally less expensive than amethyst, and is also available in a wide range of calibrated sizes and shapes, including very large sizes. Considered an alternative to topaz as the birthstone for November, it is also thought to be the traditional gift for couples celebrating their 13 th and 17 th wedding anniversaries. Citrine ranks a 7.0 on the Mohs Scale, and because of this durability, it is ideal for jewelry wear.
Citrine is found in volcanic rocks and quartz veins and owes its color to the presence of iron. Most citrine is mined in Brazil, but almost all of the Brazilian material is heat-treated amethyst. Supplies are most plentiful in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, particularly from the Serra Mine. The Ira' Mine also produces large quantities of the gem. Citrine can also be found in the Ural Mountains of Russia, in Dauphine, France, and in Madagascar.
In ancient times, citrine was carried as a protection against snake venom and evil thoughts. It was thought to give calmness and mental balance to its wearer. Throughout history, people have confused citrine for topaz. Many citrines were sold as topaz and thus thought to carry the same qualities, such as knowledge and beauty. Today, citrine symbolizes truth and integrity, and is believed to promote creativity and personal clarity. It is also believed to impart happiness and cheer to its wearer while raising self esteem, as well as cleanse, regenerate and attract abundance.
Peridot features a lively yellow-green color that is transparent with an oily luster. The iron that creates peridot's color is an integral part of its structure, so the gem is only found in various shades of green. It is most prized in lime hues, but Italian peridot is a rich olive color and popular American peridot is a beautiful light yellow-green. The Romans called peridot "evening emerald" because its exquisite green color was said to glow at night. This is perhaps because the stone exhibits double refraction, meaning that when looking through the stone, objects appear double. So when looking into a faceted peridot, the number of bottom facets appears to be double the actual number, creating a glittering sensation.
Pronounced PEAR-A-DOE, the word "peridot" comes from the French word meaning "gem." It is the gem variety of the mineral olivine and ranks a 6.5-7.0 on the Mohs Scale.
Born in cauldrons of fire, peridot is considered the "volcanic gem," since small crystals of it are often found in the rocks created by volcanoes. In fact, Hawaiian legend called peridot the divine tears wept by Pele, goddess of the volcano. The island of Oahu even has beaches made out of olivine grains, but they are much too small to cut into peridot. Samples of the gem also have been discovered in meteorites that have fallen to Earth, many of which are more than a billion years old.
Peridot traces its jewelry roots to 3,500 years ago. The stone was first mined by the ancient Egyptians on the volcanic island of Zebargad in the Red Sea. Known as the "serpent isle," it was infested with poisonous snakes that interfered with mining activity until one Pharaoh had them all driven into the sea. Today, Native Americans mine most peridot on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona. Interestingly, a lmost all peridot sold in Hawaii is from Arizona, despite the fact that peridot is produced by Hawaii's volcanoes. The gemstone is also found in Norway, Brazil, China, Egypt, Italy, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. An exciting new deposit was discovered in Pakistan in 1994, yielding some of the finest peridot ever seen, including one stone that weighed more than 300.00ct.
Peridot is among the oldest known stones and has been mined as a gem for thousands of years. As early as 1575 to 1350 B.C., the ancient Egyptians used peridot beads in their ceremonial jewelry. In fact, it is believed the stone was one of the favorite gems of Cleopatra and that some of the "emeralds" she wore were actually peridot.
Ancient Egyptians also carved small drinking vessels out of large chunks of peridot. Priests would drink soma from them in rituals, believing the soma would put them in touch with the nature goddess, Isis. Legend has it that King Soloman traded cedar trees from Lebanon for 12 soma drinking cups and 144 liters of soma. The Egyptians made this trade for ramp logs to build their pyramids at Gisa, while King Soloman was said to have been enlightened by drinking soma from the peridot cups. Today, Mexican hill tribes still drink soma from green glazed cups to put them in touch with nature and their ancestors' spirits. Additionally, some Native American Indians in Arizona use tea made from peyote ground with peridot crystals in their rituals.
Peridot has also been important to other cultures throughout history. Late in the Ottoman Empire (1300 to 1900), peridot was a highly prized gem and Turkish Sultans amassed some of the world's largest collections of the gemstone. It is mentioned in the Bible under the name of "chrysolite," and was used to decorate medieval churches with samples that were most likely carried back to Europe by the Crusaders. Large stones weighing more than 200.00ct adorn the Shrine of the Three Magi at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.
Throughout the ages, peridot has been believed to hold mystical powers of protection and healing. The ancients regarded the stone as a symbol of the sun and wore it in amulets to prevent nightmares and drive away evil spirits. It was even favored by pirates to protect them against evil. Peridot was said to be useful for calming raging angers, curing nervous afflictions and promoting quiet sleep. It was also believed to strengthen any medicine drunk from goblets carved from the stone. South American Shamans used peridot to ward off snakebites and the evil spirits who have taken the form of mosquitoes who bring the sleeping sickness. They also say the heating of magic mushroom tea by peridot takes them on trips to the ancestor heavens.
Today, peridot is believed to bring the wearer success, peace and good luck. To be most powerful, it is said that the stone should be mounted in gold and surrounded with small diamonds. With powers that are thought to bring protection and health, modern folklore also says it can be used to attract love and calm anger while soothing nerves and dispelling negative emotions. T he gem is believed to protect the wearer from bad dreams when set in gold.
Peridot is considered the birthstone of August. Given as a symbol of fame, dignity and protection, this gem is also traditionally given to couples celebrating their 16 th wedding anniversaries.
A symbol of strength and intelligence, topaz derives its name from Topazios, an island in the Red Sea that is known today as Zabargad. The Greek word "topazios" means "to seek," since the island was covered with a thick fog and difficult to find. Gemstones found on the island were called topaz, although the stones were eventually found to actually be peridot. The real gem of topaz is found throughout the world, with different occurrences producing specific colors.
Brown, yellow, orange and red topaz are found in Brazil, Sri Lanka and Siberia. Most brownish topaz is heated to produce a permanent and glamorous pink color. Following the discovery of pink topaz in Russia during the 19th century, Imperial topaz was found. Featuring a sherry red, deep pink or reddish-orange color, the gem was so coveted that its ownership was restricted to the Czar, his family and those who received it as a royal gift. Today, Imperial shades are the most rare and, therefore, the most valuable.
Blue topaz is rarely found in nature and is most often created through a combination of heat treatment and irradiation. It is found in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and China. Topaz is often colorless, too, and can be found in the United States, Mexico, Russia and Pakistan. In 1998, a new type of enhanced topaz made its appearance with a greenish-blue or emerald green color. All colors of topaz rank an 8.0 on the Mohs Scale of hardness.
Yellow topaz is November's birthstone and blue topaz is December's birthstone. Blue topaz is also the traditional gift for 4th and 19th wedding anniversaries, while Imperial topaz is celebrated as a 23rd anniversary gift. Perhaps the most famous topaz is a large, colorless stone known as the Braganza. It was discovered in Brazil in 1740 and was originally thought to be a priceless diamond. Today, the giant 1,680.00ct stone is set in the Portuguese Crown.
The mystery and allure of topaz goes back thousands of years. To the ancients, it was a symbol of love and affection and was thought to ward off sudden death. The Romans associated topaz with Jupiter, the god of the sun. The Greeks called it the Stone of Strength, believing it had the power to increase strength and make its wearer invisible in times of emergency. The Egyptians said the gem was colored with the golden glow of the sun god, Ra, making topaz a powerful amulet that protected its wearer against harm.
Topaz' mystical curative powers were believed to wax and wane with the phases of the moon. The gem was said to change color in the presence of poisoned food or drink and falcons were carved on the stones to help earn the goodwill of kings and magnates.
Today, topaz is said to be the gem that has the widest range of curative powers. It is believed to dispel enchantment and protect against negative emotions such as anger, fear, greed and envy. Its properties are supposedly enhanced when the gem is mounted in gold. Because of this association with gold, topaz is used to bring or enhance the wearer's money-gathering abilities and has long been used in money and wealth rituals.
Wearing topaz is said to improve and deepen relationships, promote patience, ensure fidelity and enhance the ability to love. The gem is also believed to bring friendship, intelligence, long life, beauty and a pleasant disposition.


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As usual, thanks for reading my blog. Thanks for being patient while I caught up. Lets see if I can keep caught up over the next few weeks. Have a great night.
Back on schedule...
So here it is, Wednesday night June 6, 2012 – I believe tonight is the night that I catch up with my blog finally. I've been trying for a few weeks now and it has been difficult. Summer/life/work has all challenged me and gotten in my way. Yet, I'm attempting to prevail and still pull this challenge off. School is almost over for my 6 year old and soon she will be a 2nd grader! Yikes, they grow up fast! My 3 year old is turned 4 in just 7 days! And that is very exciting and Mountour Day at Kennywood Park is this Saturday! All very exciting stuff going on here around 365 Beers! I have been trying to keep up with my exercise routines as well lately. It does not seem to be helping with weight but I do feel a bit more energetic lately for sure. The house showings continue on and on. Enough about me – on to the beer:
6/2 – Breckenridge Brewery – Avalanche – One of my readers asked if this is how my second daughter got her name. The answer is not "directly". My wife and I actually had the name Breckin picked out for a boy; oddly enough I could never imagine having a boy named Breckin! Brecken fits my daughter so perfectly. Of course, I love the city of Breckenridge and a lot of what Colorado has to offer, one of those things being this brewery. This beer pours a nice golden amber in color into the glass. It leaves a nice light white film of head on top of the beer in the glass. This beer has a very copper almost penny smell coming from the glass. I also get a little dough or flour type smell from the glass as well which is interesting. The feel on the tongue is an even swish of goodness. It crosses from the front to the back of my tongue leaving interesting notes of flavor throughout my mouth. The carbonation explodes in your mouth with a great bursting mouth feel for sure. The flavors come through with an initial spicy citrus fruit. The notes of caramel and butterscotch seem to come to mind as I sip on this Amber beer. The finish is sweet and leaves you begging for that next sip. In all this beer was extremely drinkable. I actually attempted to use this beer in a beer cocktail Saturday night. I used 6 12oz cans of Avalanche, 1 oz of pineapple juice and 6 or 8 oz of Galliano. It was different. It was neither my best beer cocktail, nor my last but I don't think I would suggest you "waste" this beer on that cocktail. It wasn't worth it in my opinion.
6/3 – Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh – Lager – ½ liter draft – crisp yellow light and refreshing. This was a perfectly brewed beer. I had this at the Pittsburgh Hofbrauhaus with a few light munchies for lunch. It was a great lunch with the family and great place to relax. I do not have a great deal to say about this beer in general. It was medium bodied beer that was enjoying to the last sip. It paired well with appetizer plate of sauerkraut balls, fried pickles, potatoes cakes, and pretzels. I love going to this restaurant and wish we got there more often. Their beers are some of the finest beers I've sampled in my opinion.
6/4 – Ayinger Brewery – Brau-Weisse – I picked up a huge strawberry ester smell from the glass. This was a huge smell as I could smell this from the pour with my nose nowhere near the glass. This beer has a little bit of a sour or bitter bite to every sip. This added to the refreshing nature of this beer. It really was a nice balanced wheat beer with the hops where the yeast of this beer steals the show. What you see from the picture on the left is the nicely poured beer in the middle with the bottom of the bottle – yeast collection – in the left most glass. I got the idea from Affligem and Draft Magazine as they are having a contest to go to Belgium. As part of this promotion they are also giving a select few people a pouring tray with two Affligem Blondes ( I was a lucky select ant). It may be in bad taste that I'm reviewing a true German Bavarian beer and mentioning a Belgium tour and beer. To the true purists out there go my apologies. I find greatness in so many beers I hope not to offend too many people. In their tray they suggest pouring the beer gently at first and saving the bottom and presenting as in the picture for the drinker to decide whether to completely ignore the yeasty goodness, drink it separately or add it to the original brew as it does have an effect on the taste of the product. The yeast definitely gives the texture a bit cloudier, dusty texture in your mouth. It almost mellows out the carbonation a bit and lies on top of it when drank in such a small portion by itself. In my opinion when poured together, it gives this beer a nice even keel of bitey fruity esters, and cloudy rich yeast goodness. The bananas flavors ring from this glass.
6/5 – Victory Brewery – Lager – This beer pours light with very little to no head on the glass. It has a very bright smell of earthy grassy notes. I get a bit of citrusy spiciness bite in the front of my tongue. It was a medium to light bodied beer. It was a nice bright lager with a huge drinkability. There isn't really much excitement to speak of here but just all together a good well built beer. The balance of earthy hops and caramel malty hop really make this an easy drinking well balanced bright beer. I want to thank Victory for another fine craft beer to sit and enjoy any time of year.
6/6 - Cerveceria Modelo - Negra - OK, I'm not going to try to hard to find your site any longer. If I don't find your website on the first page of GOOGLE with like your name in it - I'm done. I don't do this for a living and besides a few free beers and a product or two from promo sites I've made no money or extras on this journey. So, I am not going out of my way at this point to find you. This is one of those beers. I see it is part of a group and may even some how be related to InBev in some fashion. Anyway, lets just review this beer and be done for the night and all caught up - shall we? This is a Munich Dunkel Lager (thank you beeradvocate.com for that assistance - I thought it might be on first sip but wasn't entirely sure) brewed in Mexico. It pours a darker amber or light Pepsi color in the glass. There is a thin almost not present head on top of the beer. The carbonation flows heavy through the internal parts of the glass. I get a cherry coke type smell from the top of the glass (I must really be craving a soft drink). The body is a medium to heavy mouth feel. It comes across with burnt/dark malt grains through the drink. There is a really tart bit to the dark malts that you drink. I have had this in the basement for a bit so it has definitely aged maybe a bit longer then it should. I could see sitting around sipping a glass of this some night or maybe this complimenting a nice steak cooked on the grill for sure. It may even be nice for cooking in a marinade of some sort. It does have some underlying complexities in the flavor but the over all opinion is dark, roast, burnt malts.
As usual, thanks for reading my blog. Thanks for being patient while I caught up. Lets see if I can keep caught up over the next few weeks. Have a great night.


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July 03, 2015
Because Liberals' only aim is the power to control us, there can be No Truce With The Left. Every now and then, though, we must pause to fortify ourselves for this never ending struggle for freedom and remember what we're fighting for. Accordingly, although Dear Leader's fundamental transformation of republic continued unabated this week, I chose to take a break and celebrate all that is still good and great about this magnificent country. In keeping with that spirit, here is a feel-good story showing we are still a people with great love for our country and for those who serve. And check out this teriffic video explaining the Star Spangled Banner As You've Never Heard it. Finally here is something sure to warm the hearts of 2nd Amendment lovers everywhere, The Star Spangled Banner Played With A Gun.
Happy July 4th Everyone
Happy 239th Birthday America.


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- Penitential Psalms (2008), SATB a capella; for Lent
Psalm 6
Psalm 31
Psalm 51 (pts. 1 and 2)
- Music for Maundy Thursday (2007), bass voice and string trio (or bass voice and organ) – Lamentations, The Last Supper, Mandatum Novum
- Fifteenth Antiphon (2008), SATB and claves. Music for Good Friday
- Easter Mass (2007), for choir (SATB), handbells, string quartet and organ
Christmas Season
- Two Anthems (First Sunday in Advent) (2006), solo soprano, choir(SATB)and organ – Then He Said; The Days Come
- Behold the Lamb of God (Second Sunday in Advent) (2006), men's choir (TTBB) and brass quintet
- Gaudete (Third Sunday in Advent) (2010), choir (SATB) and organ
- Three Antiphons (Fourth Sunday in Advent) (2006), solo soprano, choir (SATB), 2 trumpets and organ –
I. Sound the Trumpets
II. The Lord is Arriving
III. Your Mighty Word.
- Exultation (Christmas) (2006), choir (SATB)
- Let Us Sing the Birth (Christmas) (2006), choir(SATB)and guitar
- Nunc Dimittis (2008), choir (SATB) and organ (using the English text from the Book of Common Prayer)
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This book titled "Marvel Of Nations" was published in the year 1887. I found the book in the Warren Public Library. Since it's copyright has expired, it can be included here on my website. It was written by a man named Uriah Smith, and the book contains a combination of patriotic and religious ideas written by Smith. Smith had his own ideas about how the emergence of America as a nation was foretold in Biblical prophecy.
Above: The cover of the book, titled 'The Marvel Of Nations', sub-titled: 'It's Past, Present and Future'.
Above: Title page, showing the full title of the book, which is: 'The Marvel Of Nations, Our Country, It's Past Present And Future, And What The Scriptures Say Of It'. Published in 1887.
Above: Portrait of the author, Uriah Smith.
Above: The city of Chicago in 1833.
Above: The city of Chicago in 1880.
Above: New York in the year 1612. At the time it was called New Amsterdam.
Above: New York in the year 1648.
Above: New York in the year 1880.
Above: The Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
Above: The U.S. Capitol building in Washington,D.C.
Above: The Statue of Liberty, in New York.
Above: An illustration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, on July 4, 1776. The pictures shown below are portraits of every one of the people who signed the Declaration of Independence.


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Classification: Hill Trigpoint, P30 Tump.
OS Grid Ref: NN738454 (10 figure Grid Ref: NN7381845419).
The original GR data for this hill was only accurate to a 6 figure grid reference (c.a 100m).
We have used additional user / trigpoint data to bring it up to 10 figures.
UK Area: 02 - 0 Glen Lyon to Glen Dochart and Loch Tay (OS Maps 1:50k 51,52. 1:25k OL48E,378E.)
Latitude: 56.5836774, Longitude: -4.0559624, Height: 458 metres (1502 feet)
Prominence: 49 metres (161 feet)
Unique Waypoint POI Name: 0458.- (DoBIH Hill ID: 8188)
Associated Parent Hill:
Drummond Hill (460m, p314)
Associated Trigpoint:
TP2153 'Drummond Hill' Grid Ref: NN7381845419 Separation: 120m from Hill grid ref.
External Links for Drummond Hill West Top:
-GeoHack link... -OS Map Bing link... -Google Map link... -Geograph link... -Drummond Hill West Top on hill-bagging.co.uk... -Drummond Hill on trigpointinguk.com...
Data courtesy of the Database of British and Irish Hills
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Cisco Bug: CSCsy93040 - PFR : Clicking on grayed PFR link causes all left pane links to fail
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Symptoms: If PfR link is grayed out and if it is clicked then subsequently no other links can be clicked. Conditions: This only happens if PfR link is grayed out. PfR links are grayed out only when the platform and the version supports PfR but the image type doesn't have PfR support.
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Women are on the boards of only 16 percent of Fortune 500 companies, said Rebecca Harris, director, Center for Women's Entrepreneurship, Chatham University, Pittsburgh.
Women still only make 78 cents for every dollar that men make, she told about 30 women who attended the Women's Information Network, Somerset County, breakfast on Thursday. While 29 percent of all businesses are owned by women, they only employ 6 percent of the work force.
"Women are good for business," she said. "We make businesses operate better. We manage inclusively, not from the top down. Women are also great multi-taskers: If you want a job done, give it to a woman."
She encouraged women to network, to find a mentor and to mentor others, to make informed decisions and to think about future events and emerging markets.


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Many women give so much of their energy to making relationships work that aren't nourishing them, or focusing solely on finding a partner to make them happy that they completely neglect their own needs and give away their power and responsibility for happiness.
While for many the idea of self-love feels too shallow, disingenuous or even that the act of trying to give themselves self-love falls flat, it is exactly this that shows how much self-love does need to be shown to heal. Those who cannot connect with self-love are those that need it most. It is the ego/brain connection that shies away from self-love and considers it nonsense. The heart connection welcomes self-love as if it were a long lost friend, and it may well be.
There is a saying that 'the person who cannot devote 15 minutes to meditation needs to meditate for an hour' goes the same for self-love. If we can't give ourselves the time to practice self-love for even five minutes a day, then we know we need to devote much more time to self-love until we connect with how important this practice is.
Self-love is not a 'one time' action. Think of it like showering. We don't have a shower once and then think 'Well that's done now', don't ever have to do that again. Self-love has to be is a continuous process and inclusion in our lives to reap the full benefits.
It is a life-time of conscious thought and an understanding that can be built only on practice.
Here's 15 nourishing ideas about self-love that you may never have thought of before or need to know.
Self-Love Is…
- Selflove is choosing to trust in your intuition. Your intuition always knows which direction to take, self-love asks for you to follow that guided path of you instead of following the ego/brain side of you.
- Selflove is understanding that you may upset others who are used to your bounding to their beck and call. We hate to upset people and typically give more of ourselves than we should, it's 'you first' for a change.
- Self-love is showing yourself honesty in a way that you may not have in the past.
- Self-love is beginning a conversation with yourself that you may have run from in the past. Where questions like 'what am I really feeling?' and 'why?' are going to be involved. Emotions can be tough. That's why we push them down, but no more.
- Self-love means we make a conscious choice to rest, move our body, and nurture our soul to the best of our ability.
- Self-love is beginning to create a practice to believe in ourselves and out unlimited potential where we may have only seen failure in the past.
- Self-Love is making choices that build a life that we are passionate about even if we are single, where we explore and have fun without an expectation for somebody else to give us happiness.
- Self-love is releasing those other people in our lives who we expect to act in certain ways and are left feeling disappointed from.
- Self-love is learning to compliment ourselves on the positives within us, physically and emotionally.
- Self-love is learning to forgive those in our lives we hold grudges against so that we release ourselves from suffering
- Self-love is holding our relationships with other people up to a certain integrity and not choosing second best in the way we treat other people in our lives.
- Self-love is learning to set boundaries for ourselves and the other people in our lives so that we have space to nurture and nourish ourselves without exhausting our energy on other people.
- Self-love is where we stop beating ourselves up about what we view as failures or mistakes and start to recognise that we are simply learning lessons.
- Self-love is learning to move forward instead of staying stuck in the quicksand of learned behaviour that is not benefitting us, such as negative self-talk, negative body image, relationships that don't nourish us or a mindset that holds only fear.
- Self-love is understanding that we are not going to be able to achieve perfection in our lives, and we may even not be able to achieve all of these things listed, but that we appreciate our effort, are grateful for our opportunities and applaud exactly who we are today regardless.
Once we realise that we are the only person who can truly make us feel loved then we are already on the right track to feeling like our luckiest, happiest and most fulfilled self. It is then that those around us will also get to shine in our light.
What would you add to this list?


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The month of May was Mental Health Awareness Month, and throughout the entire time, I've been reflecting on what I've been doing about my mental health since I first started my journey with depression two years ago.
I have had depression on and off since I was 13. Since I've been coming to college it has become more present.
Mental health on college campuses is beginning to be seen as a more prominent issue, as 94 percent of college campuses are reporting an increase of students who are looking for help from counseling centers, from the 60 percent of schools who have either a psychiatrist on staff or a counseling center.
I started going to the University's counseling center during the fall of 2014. I went to the walk-in hours and was given a wonderful counselor who helped me through what was potentially the hardest college year to date.
My grandfather passed away a day before the wedding of my oldest cousin, and we ended up having a wedding and a funeral in the same weekend. I was able to work through the necessary grief process with her and was able to handle his loss better than I had the losses of other loved ones during my years at school.
In spring 2015, I decided I was comfortable enough to participate in group counseling. I was able to talk to and associate with other peers who were going through or had went through similar issues I was facing on multiple fronts both inside and outside of my mind.
I had gotten so much support through counseling about the importance of standing up for myself and advocating for things I wanted and needed for myself. However, that support didn't keep me from not wanting to get up in the morning or from not wanting to do menial tasks, such as cleaning, or even doing important things such as going to the bank, paying bills or money orders.
There were (and still are) days that I would be dragging my feet to do something and when I would finally do it, I would not give 100 percent, as much as I would want to and would want to push myself. It was hard to sit down for an extended period of time to take a break to do errands, because I knew if I sat down for just one moment, I would not be standing back up for an extended period of time.
Last summer was my first time in 22 years being independent and on my own. And I thought the depression was from a lack of hours at my job, or a lack of just overall activity and boredom that sometimes comes with the BG summer. But I tried everything: reading, writing, doing overtime for the summer BG News. But nothing worked.
Ultimately at the end of the summer, I decided to be prescribed antidepressants.
At first I was terrified. In my hometown, addiction (especially in opioids which are found in prescription painkillers) is running rampant and it is killing people at an alarming rate nationally. I was also worried the first medication he would give me to try wouldn't work. But my doctor encouraged me to just try it and if I did not like it, we could always find a different way and that if this pill didn't work, we could always try something else.
So before fall 2015, I made the decision to take antidepressants and I have not looked back since. Unfortunately, adjusting to the medication this past year has been detrimental to my grades and GPA, (I failed two classes; one each semester), but I am very excited to be back on track to come back from the semester fresh.
I still have days where I don't want to do anything and I don't want to get out of bed. I even still struggle with doing menial chores on some days. But it's all a little more manageable with antidepressants.
If you are struggling with any type of mental illness, I encourage you to not only seek help, but to find the help that works for you as an individual. For me, it was counseling and taking antidepressants that has helped me battle this. Everyone struggles with mental illness differently so my methods of getting better are not the same as my significant other, who has social anxiety, or my friend in my hometown who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder. Even those who have depression as I do may also find that my method of getting better does not fit them, but my method of getting better is not the same as everyone else's.
It is always important to find the way that works for you.
This column originally printed by independent student media publication, The BG News, on June 1, 2016 which can be found here.


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Amy Nicole Hoover and Timothy Shayne Foy were married June 20, at Penn Scenic View.
The bride is the daughter of Stephen and Tammy Hoover, Sunnyvale Road, Meyersdale. The bridegroom is the son of Tim Foy and Lynn Foy and Kim Harper Neary and Mark Neary, of Selbyville, Del. and Buxton, N.C.
The bride's attendants were: Maureen Santucci, Stephanie Hoover, Lakin Kefauver, Mary Lou Hauver, Micah Reese, Nikki Carbaugh and Deb Minnich.
The bridegroom's attendants were: Bill Foy, Travis Foy, Beaux Foy, Mike Foy, Jeremy Reese and Geoff Humphrey.
The flower girls were Emma Robertson, Grace Robertson, Emma Foy, Reiley Foy, Logan Reese and Kaitlyn Powers.
The wedding reception was held at Penn Scenic View. The couple took a wedding trip to Colorado.
The bride is attending HCC to earn a registered nurse degree. She is a nursing assistant. Her husband is a tattoo artist/studio owner.
The newlywed's residence is at Old National Pike, Hagerstown, Md.


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Guns, germs & steel and the Place of Africa
When I first read Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (1997) in 2000 or thereabouts, I felt he was asking questions I had myself been asking, but which I feared nobody else found important. I found the book eye-opening in its historical and geographical sweep, going back more than 10,000 years ago, and covering each continent. Although I had an eerie sense that Diamond was working with a hypothesis that used material products and military prowess as the ultimate measure of societal progress, I was reassured by his unequivocal thesis that inequality amongst the regions and races of the world can not be due to racial differences in intellect.
Now that I have watched the PBS video documentary series of Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, based on the book, the third and last episode of which aired on Monday July 25th, I find the omissions even eerier.
The third and final episode focuses on how guns, germs and steel come to Africa and collide with civilizations Diamond says were perfectly adapted to the geographical environment of Africa. But his focus on the 1838 Battle of Blood River in what is now South Africa is 3oo years late. The European plunder of Africa had already been underway since the 1500s when Africans were captured and taken away to the so-called new world as slaves. "They seize numbers of our free or freed black subjects, and even nobles, sons of nobles, even the members of our own family," Affonso, King of the Congo is reported to have written to Joao III, King of Portugal, on October 18, 1526 (See The BBC online series The Story of Africa). Diamond's argument might be that his concern is with the factors that made it possible for Europeans to have this military might in the first place. Fair enough.
But missing from the entire series is the scholarship surrounding the debate on ancient Egypt, which some scholars argue to have been an African civilization, 3,000 years BC. Scholars such as the late Senegalese nuclear physicist Cheikh Anta Diop, George James, Martin Bernal and several others have dealt with these issues in considerable depth. What was happening in Europe at this time?
We get a glimpse of the pyramids, but there's nothing in the commentary to explain the historical place of the pyramids and the ancient African civilizations they are believed to have been part of.
Another problem with the guns, germs, and steel theory is that is assumes that Europeans have been technologically ahead of everyone else for much longer than they really have. Stentor Danielson points out on his blog that "China and India were the world's leaders until very recently. Whatever caused Europe's rise must have delayed effects, or become relevant only with the emergence of industrialization."
Thus this selectivity to show only the period when Europeans arrived at the southern tip of the continent of Africa leaves out much that would complicate the linear, inevitable narrative Diamond employs. One such casualty of Diamond's approach is economic analysis, according to commentators such as Louis Proyect and Kerim Friedman. Friedman argues that rather than asking why it is that societies such as the US are so rich and societies such as Papua New Guinea so poor, the real question is: "Why is cargo distributed so unequally both within and between our societies?" In that way, we are forced to consider the role inequality within societies also plays, noting that there are individuals in Papua New Guinea who are much richer than average Americans.
Despite the reservations expressed above, this is an important debate, and Professor Diamond makes an important contribution to a growing body of research looking at global inequality in a geographical, global and historical context. The rebirth of Africa will to a large extent depend on bringing debates such as these to a wider audience, both in Africa and in other parts of the world, and on effectively critiquing some of the erroneous conceptions that have become conventional wisdom in the discourse on world civilizations.
It is therefore significant that the Guns, Germs and Steel series has triggered a scholarly debate on questions that have lately taken center stage, as did the recent media focus on the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, and the announcement that the G8 countries have forgiven $40 billion of debt for 18 of the world's poorest countries, most of them in Sub-Saharan Africa.
For sober appraisals of the truth being hidden behind the media blitz, and the justice, rather than charity that Africa really needs, topics that Diamond does not dare touch, see Ken Wiwa, George Monbiot's article in the Guardian of June 14, 2005, and the Greenleft Weekly.


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