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Hello everyone and welcome back to another belated edition of The Cardboard Witch. As regular readers of this blog know my health has been a little dicey recently; forcing me to miss a number of Magic events over the past 30 days. Needless to say this has been a sad time in Ninaville and it's probably safe to call being too sick to play at Ontario Provincials this Saturday a new low water mark. I even went so far as to get dressed and ride all the way out to the event before constant chills and body wracking shivers forced me back home to bed. I am not exaggerating in the slightest when I say that I slept roughly 34 of the next 48 hours; waking up cold and miserable from time to time. Thankfully today I'm finally starting to feel a little better (Wednesday) or at least better enough to write about my favorite obsession: Magic.
While I didn't actually get to compete at "States" I did spend a significant amount of time preparing to do so; including both designing a number of decks for friends and testing against the "Net" decks I expected to be popular this time around. I'd estimate that I probably spent 75 hours over 9-10 days attempting to immerse myself in the new post-Scars Standard. Of course like almost everyone else who is playing Standard right now the first thing I discovered is that "Mana Ramp" and "U/W Control" decks are both popular and fairly hard to beat. Complicating matters even further it became fairly obvious that so-called "Mana Ramp" decks were actually two completely separate deck-types; G/R Valakuut and either Mono G or G/x Eldrazi. While both of these decks share many common cards and a key lynch-pin (Primeval Titan) they play and must be played against quite differently. Despite these harsh realities however I also felt that post-Scars Standard was a wildly varied format with at least 8-10 viable deck choices openly supported within the card pool. Though I clearly expected the "Big 3" decks to dominate the format through sheer numbers I believed you could build several decks that would be strong against either Ramp or Control; while still competing on a 50/50 basis with the other option.
Ultimately I think it's fair to say that States results bore most of these opinions out. U/W Control was a little stronger than I thought it would be but otherwise there was a fairly wide variety spread across the Top 8's of this event. While obviously present Ramp most certainly didn't run away with the format as many had predicted. With the first major Standard event of this season as a backdrop I'd like to take a look at some of the decks I'll be playing around with in this "Brave New Standard". While clearly I can't claim that these decks tested out well at States because I didn't go, I do feel they represent reasonable options in the coming weeks and I intend to play them or variations on them at my local Standard events.
First up let's look at my favorite "new" deck in the format and the one I myself would have played at States if I had been well enough to stay:
Die in a Fire: - Mono Red + Artifacts
4x Goblin Guide
4x Ember Hauler
4x Kargan Dragonlord
3x Chandra's Spitfire
3x Molten-Tail Masticore
3x Inferno Titan
Spells - 15:
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Burst Lightning
3x Brittle Effigy
4x Koth of the Hammer
Land - 24:
24x Mountain
Sideboard - 15:
4x Tunnel Ignus
3x Arc Trail
3x Ratchet Bomb
3x Ricochet Trap
1x Brittle Effigy
1x Molten-Tail Masticore
Overview: Die in a Fire is a hybrid mono-red deck built around direct damage (Burn) and a number of potentially game ending creatures (Bombs). It seeks to combine the best parts of both blitz weenie red (Red Deck Wins) and a more control-ish "big threats" design (Big Red) to create a stronger, more resilient build than either. As an interesting side note this deck originally started as a Metalcraft based red artifacts build with cards like Loadstone Golem, Galvanizing Blast and Kuldotha Phoenix. Unfortunately no matter how many random artifact mana creatures I added (Pilgrims Eye, Iron Myr) I couldn't consistently reach and maintain Metalcraft. Hopefully the next two sets will offer more reasons to re-explore this idea since I felt it was extremely close already.
What I think it's good at: So far in testing this deck seems to excel against weenie aggro strategies and both types of "Ramp", although these match-ups still require careful play. Against Ramp the deck is quite capable of running too fast for an opponent who's unlikely to make a significant play before turn 4. This is particularly relevant when you realize how dependent many of these decks are on Joraga Treespeaker; a card unlikely to survive your 8 burn spells and 4 Ember Haulers. Against weenie aggro however the deck should shift into a more control based play-style; trading creatures and cheap burn spells to stay alive long enough to play your superior monsters. While it's likely a true dedicated "blitz" deck will be able to outrun you in the early game they run out of answers pretty quickly when you start leveling up Dragonlords and spitting out Inferno Titans. Finally owing mostly to the "game winning" nature of the creatures this deck plays, Die in a Fire is fairly strong against most types of Control. In particular it does well against U/W decks that run 6 or less counter spells and 3 Day of Judgements. While you won't win every match, most of the time you'll simply play too many threats for the U/W player to answer every time. I say "most of the time" because there are variations on this deck that can strongly improve the U/W players match-up but they don't seem to be very popular right now.
What I think it's not good at: While this may seem somewhat obvious, red decks as a general rule don't draw a lot of cards and this one is no exception. This typically means you're going to have to win the game with the first 12-14 cards on top of your deck and sometimes that just isn't going to happen. Without some form of card draw/cycling decks become more vulnerable to mana screw/flood and or simply drawing the wrong spell at the wrong time. Die in a Fire mitigates this problem by running spells and creatures that can serve multiple roles as the situation warrants but really nothing is going to save you from drawing 4 land in a row in the mid-game. This dovetails into our next problem; black discard effects. If drawing cards is a problem then obviously your opponent ripping cards out of your hand magnifies that problem. In particular Duress out of a control deck can be an issue; denying access to Koth or Brittle Effigy depending on the draw. Mind Sludge is also very frustrating against Mono-Black Control (MBC) because you'll typically still have 4 or 5 cards in hand when your opponent hits his 5th Swamp. Finally the deck can struggle against builds that run multiple creatures with more than 4 toughness. This isn't a really big deal against control decks since they'll take forever to play more than one "fat monster" and you'll have time to draw your Brittle Effigies or just waste 2 burn spells on one target. This is much harder however against a true aggro deck with guys who are just "fat assed" and mean. For example when testing against my own mono-green build it became fairly evident that 3 Brittle Effigies have a hard time beating 4 Leatherback Baloths and 3 Wurmcoil Engines.
How to play it: While I wouldn't describe Die in a Fire as "hard" to play it's definitely a little trickier than your classic mono-red blitz strategy. Ideally you want to play like an aggro deck against control and combo opponents while shifting more towards a control strategy against other aggro decks; sorta like Jund from the previous Standard. The key to figuring out which style to play in a given match is to ask yourself who has the more dangerous cards on turns 5, 6 and 7. This will tell you whether you are running towards or away from "big monsters" and should dictate your play accordingly. No matter who you're playing against a fast start can be quite helpful and there's nothing wrong with trying to kick your opponent's doors down in the first 4 turns; provided you don't overextend yourself into mass-removal effects. Draws like turn 1 Goblin Guide, Turn 2 Ember Hauler, Turn 3 Chandra's Spitfire can easily produce turn 4 kills while still holding back Koth, Masticore, Dragonlord or Inferno Titan "in case something goes wrong". The key is to remember that you win when your opponent's life total hits zero; not by forcing a particular strategy on a given turn. During testing I have absolutely left lethal damage on the table because I was too locked in to controlling my opponent's creatures or pressing early attacks. You should constantly be calculating your opponent's life total from turn to turn based on the actions available to you both on board and in your hand; this deck can generate well over 15 points of "surprise" damage on a given turn pretty much any time after turn 3. Against counter control I strongly recommend simply casting into their early Mana Leaks during game 1. It doesn't benefit you to wait until turn 4 or 5 to cast your creatures and modern control decks run like 6 counterspells total anyways. If he counters your Ember Hauler/Chandra's Spitfire that leaves less counters for your Kargan Dragonlord/Koth/Masticore next turn. This gets a little trickier in game 2 because your opponent will likely bring in 2-3 Flashfreezes and maybe a couple of extra Negates. If you have reason to suspect your opponent may be playing mass board control (probably Day of Judgement, Ratchet Bomb or Pyroclasm but sometimes Chain Reaction/Marsh Casualties/Consume the Meek) you should probably hold back at least one powerful creature for the turn after he sweeps the board. In fact this is a good policy in general even if you don't suspect mass removal; there's little point in forcing out an Inferno Titan if you can win the game by simply leveling up a Dragonlord instead. Try not to waste your Brittle Effigy's on creatures you could burn out in game 1 unless absolutely necessary. Many random aggro decks in the format run Wurmcoil Engines, Baneslayer Angels and or Titans as finishers; you'll strongly regret wasting an early Effigy if one of these cards hits the table on the other side.
Well folks there you have it; my favorite deck in the new Standard and what I would have played at States if my body hadn't failed me so horribly. :) Hopefully this article has helped to prove that the new Standard isn't all about Ramp and U/W Control but thanks for reading regardless. Hopefully the current upswing in my health will continue so I can write about the other Standard decks I'll be playing from time to time. Until then keep it weird.
As a final note I'd like to congratulate my friend and co-worker Stephen Kerr on his top 4 Finish at Ontario Provincials. Stephen is rapidly becoming the best Magic player I know, he puts in the time and effort to find the answers other people don't see. I'm extremely proud of him and it's nice to see his efforts being rewarded. Congrats Stephen. Hopefully the tournament organizers will make the top decklists from this event available soon so I can talk with all of you about why Stephen's G/w Ramp Control hybrid deck is so strong.
Until next time, ciao!


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February 27th is Pink Shirt Day in Canada and it's an event that I've participated in since its inception in 2008. In 2008 a young male high school student wore a pink t-shirt to the first day school and was bullied for it. As a stand against bullying, a couple of guys handed out pink t-shirts and since then the last Wednesday of every February has been Pink T-Shirt Day.
I have been bullied. I was a child bullied by other children. I was a child bullied by a teacher. I was even bullied quite recently as an adult. I'd always meant for this blog to be kind of stupid, silly and fun but anti-bullying campaigns are important to me so for days I sat on this post trying to decide what to say and how much to tell. I wrote and deleted, wrote more and deleted more. In the end I decided that I won't recount the days of being bullied because my bullies do not deserve any bit of my time and they do not deserve any recognition in my life. I have moved beyond them and I refuse to let them rule my life. But I remember those days. It's very sad to me that there are people who don't think about their actions and the consequences. We've seen it time and again when someone has been bullied so badly that they've taken their own lives. We see amazing sparks like Amanda Todd snuffed out by horrendous actions of a group of bullies. I wish I could say that the bullying lessens as we get older but sadly, it doesn't bullies don't always grow up. Take a look at Rebecca Marino; she has quit pro tennis because people who probably can't even hit a ball were horrible to her. For a lot of us who have been bullied, it's hard to forget.
A number of years ago I saw a commercial that aired in The Maritimes set in an office among male adults, one heavier man and a few slim men. I probably don't have to tell you what the names used were. The bullied man walked away quietly and sat at his desk with this absolutely heartwrenching look on his face. It was an amazing commercial. The man who played the victim was so heartfelt I had tears in my eyes.
I couldn't find that commercial but here's a similar one but with harsher language:
The creator of this commercial says (and I'm paraphrasing) adults were featured because we're so used to seeing kids get bullied and it's 10 times worse to see adults in such situations; that it's terrible to see adults bully each other and it's just as bad as when kids bully other kids. It's definitely disgusting to see adults do it but adults in real life can be bullies too. I've been bullied in the workplace (in one of my old jobs, not the current one) and as silly as it seems in a commercial it can really be a blow to your ego and self-esteem.
As adults, what can we do? We share knowledge and lead by example. We might not be able to stop the bullies of the world but maybe we can get them to think twice about their actions.
And in case there's any doubt I come from a hockey city, check out this anti-bullying flash mob:
For more information about Pink Shirt Day, click here.
P.S. – Men who wear pink are so sexy.

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Instead of a final for my drama class, I have to work with a classmate to put on a ten-minute scene. Here's the one I'm working on, it's called "Crash" and I play Julie.
I'm enjoying myself and will be really sorry when the class is over. I wish there was some way to continue on with it. I don't want to do community theater, but I wish I knew some people who were up for messing around and doing readings.


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I've been homebrewing for three years and just started all grain. I want to take my brewing to the next level and your school is top rated in Philly. I looked over the program. What questions should I be asking to know if this program would be a good fit for me?
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the weather here has been far too glorious to stay in the house and blog!! i'm sorry to say it, and maybe you missed me , maybe not. 🙂 you have to take it when you get it! the last two weeks have just been beeeeeeeautiful, and we've been eating outside, arting it up outside, homeschooling outside, reading outside…. walking , riding bikes….etc, etc, etc.
we have a lot of books… mine, my hubby's and our kids. theses are just some of our kids books for homeschooling or just for fun… color-coded so the kiddies won't just throw them on top of other books but actually put them on the shelf. this is more for the two younger kids….:) and for their visual momma.
my hubby bought some new lawn furniture this weekend and a grill. that's how nice it's been, grilling weather -oh yeah.
here are a couple of the books that are keeping me engrossed these days… Mixed-Media Nature Journals , Plant Dreaming Deep , Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr .
a journal page from the other day….
some tags for a swap
i have also signed up for an awsome AWSOME online class! Mary Ann Moss is doing an online class!!! i can't wait….


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Robert Creeley wrote one towering poem, and they even made a movie of it I believe, it was so good. If Shelley Winters was cast in it, life would be even better than art. (Jack Nicholson did direct, and Karen Black plays the Winters role--not so bad, really.)
People who believe that the Obama Administration has just putzed away its moment, or created a mess where there might have been a real solution to the health care system's train wreck--which still looms over most all of us--or believes Obama should have just closed down both of the reckless military adventures our previous Administration set in motion like the man with the bomb vest in Hurt Locker, those people ought to just buck up and like Creeley's voice in the poem, "fer christs sake, watch where yr going."
It's not like this is something new, this intransigent reality. America did elect George Bush, twice. And Ronald Reagan. And Richard Nixon. We've been a culture of confusion and contradiction for as long as we've been a nation. We accepted human chattel slavery for nearly 100 years after the country's founding, fer christs sake, then fought a horrendous war about it that many people still deny was even "about it." And then we destroyed most of the gains made in blood, and let that continue for yet another 100 years. Americans live in denial and contradiction. That's reality. It might even be the transient nature of Reality, the Ontological Structure buried under the Epistemological skin, as it were. Heisenberg. Or is it ...burg. (That's a Heisenberg joke, by the way.)
Right now we're watching people winning primary elections who are so remarkably unqualified to hold any office that we have to wonder if America is even capable of being the at best flawed democracy that it strives to be. What are people thinking? Do they not imagine what someone like Sharon Angle or Christine O'Donnell or Rand Paul would be like if they actually achieve power? Do they--these people who pulled the lever for these characters--imagine that reality will forbid the confusion and disaster implicit in the views of these characters to actually become the world in which we have to live? If so--I give you any number of recent historical counter-examples: take your pick. How could the culture of Goethe, Beethoven, and Kant evolve into Nazism. For one example.
But, one of the geniuses at Firedoglake argues, Game Theory tells us that we should never be so compliant that the powers that be, e.g., the Democratic Party, simply take us for granted.
Yes, well, that's a great theory. Meanwhile, the GOP is playing a very long-view sort of game in my opinion. Even if all the particular candidates I happened to mention above go down in flames--and that actually is unlikely given Kentucky's conservatism and the fact that Harry Reid is probably hated in Nevada--small devolutions keep being made. Already I'd guess that close to a majority of American voters believe Social Security is a ponzi scheme, and Medicare a government mistake that should be abolished. After all, we are subject to nearly 24/7 political advertising for these Randian views, with almost nothing in the way of a sensible rejoinder except the evening slots on MSNBC. The so-called right wing pundits are salesmen of the highest order, put in place at considerable expense by that top two percent who stand to actually lose a bit of change should tax rates be raised back to Clintonian levels (oh the horror!!). This sales crew has been toiling on the job for decades now. Is it any wonder that they have made considerable progress. It is more remarkable that incompetents of the order of Christine O'Donnell actually managed to get any support from the people who are actually pulling the levers--and Karl Rove is publicly not at all happy about it, to mention but one of the intelligencia behind the politics of stupid.
It's not that stupid doesn't eventually defeat itself. It's that the long run can be too long. Some of the global climate change deniers, for example, make the very true point that the planet is bigger than us, and that if we do mess the climate up enough to make a hostile environment for human beings, that doesn't mean the planet will disappear, or that other species won't come in and fill "our" niche. Well. Yeah. That people who are human assisted climate change deniers offer this as an argument is, at the least self-defeating, is it not? Hitler did lose, yes. Saddam did get removed.
It concerns me that these racist, classist, warmongering incompetents get any greater foothold in the government than they already have. What's the upside? Does Game Theory offer any guarantees? In 2006 reason won a small victory when Congress came into the hands of Democrats. In 2008 the Presidency also came into Democratic hands. Reality is an incremental thing of baby-steps and compromises. If I was you, I'd go out and vote for your Democratic Candidate in November. Our system is, for better or worse, just like electricity--it's either a D or an R. Any other "choice" is just fantasy football.
And if you want to see a stark version of the insane world the Grand Old Tea Party wants to build--a jury-rigged contraption of nonsense that will fall apart in the first breeze and collapse on all of us--why just watch "The Fountainhead." It ran the other night on Turner Classics. That's the playbook the yammerers are operating out of. They're just doing it in color, with a pretty girl in a tight sweater standing in an inviting pose at the front gate. But keep in mind that the Fountainhead was all the rage in the early '50s. There's nothing that new going on.
Update. The dissonance from Carl Rove on the O'Donnell nomination is remarkable. Nearly all elected Republicans have fallen in line on the "issue" of her competence, and the chatter on the talk shows defends her to the death. Rush Limbaugh, a close associate of Mr. Rove, was driven to sputtering yesterday when callers attacked Rove--a rare listening experience. Limbaugh is salesman of the epoch, and salesmen do not sputter--bad form. Rove is being attacked on character, the only line of attack available to his critics on this issue. But in fact, Rove is for once seeing the world aright--it's an Emperor's Clothes situation, and an obvious one. It's a strange situation to have the feeling of relief that, yes, someone else sees the obvious--when that feeling is generated by Carl Rove. After all, Mr. Rove sold the country G.W. Bush.
And yet another dissonance is generated by Alan Greenspan:
Update 2. Re my general point, consider the following, from alicublog in the comments, by one josephina:
Thanks for that Jackie Robinson link, Jay B. The notion of seeing "a television Conservatism panel which included Bill Buckley, Shelley Winters, and [Jackie Robinson]" fascinated me strangely. I'll go to the MTVR to see if they have video but the website Archival Television Audio has a listing for the Les Crane Show, August 4, 1964. Here's the site's description:
It's a heated discussion about Presidential Candidate Barry Goldwater with guests Jackie Robinson, Shelley Winters and William F. Buckley Jr. The program is interrupted for 8 minutes by an ABC News Bulletin from the White House. President Lyndon B. Johnson talks to the American People concerning the Gulf of Tonkin attack and USA intervention. Prior to resuming "The Les Crane Show," the network plays "The National Anthem," a patriotic gesture of the era.
There was quite a lot happening at that moment, n'est pas? As Shelley Winters is one of my favorite actors of all time, I really have to wonder what she was saying in this panel discussion.


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Lawyer, actor, author, and political commentator Ben Stein summed up his thoughts of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal on Thursday.
"She doesn't know her ass from her elbow about investments or returns on investments, why do we even listen to her?" Stein said on Cavuto Coast to Coast Thursday.
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has released her Green New Deal, which calls for lots of expensive things, such as upgrading or replacing all buildings in the United States, and providing funds for those who are simply "unwilling" to work.
"For every one dollar we spend on infrastructure we get a return on that investment, for every dollar we spend on tax cuts we get less than a dollar back. This is about making smart investments and this is about making investments that actually generate returns," Ocasio-Cortez said while announcing the insanity…er, green plan.
"The Green New Deal is yet another way to control the American people. All these ways of socialist thinking are ways to control the American people and to take away their freedom to choose and their freedom to do what they want to do with their lives," Stein said.
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03 August 2010
Togetherness Meditation - Day 13
If later in the day, you think, "Hmm...I think I'm going to get some meditatin' in & wouldn't mind some company"...give a shout-out to the CREW. Just tweet --> "Hey Crew, STOP. DROP. MEDITATE! with me. #OMC"
Usually, if someone in the CREW is around, they will check-in with you, STOP what they are doing, DROP to the cushion or couch or chair (to sit/put on some walkin' shoes), and MEDITATE along with you.
Sharing practice is what the CREW is all about...so give us a shout-out today! _/\_
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- AnonymousAugust 3, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Started off sitting...but then got up and decided on doing walking meditation. Walking around helped with breathing and I was able to keep a nice rhythm - so much so that the time went super fast. Thank you to the CREW for meditatin' with me! _/\_ Namaste!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2010 at 11:17 AM
great sit today. Had to check in a little early since I was booked for a meeting. Then, the meeting went quickly - win!ReplyDelete
...joining palms
I suffered a few interruption in the beginning because I am at work. But ended on a good note. I ended in just enough time to let go of my frustration at the constant interruptions. I think I will have a do-over later.ReplyDelete
i checked in late but just finished sitting. Had large conflict with stepdaughter which made me so mad. At the end of the sitting, I was in tears. I guess underneath anger is sometimes sadness... thanks OMC. Even though I was late to the sitting I still felt you all out there, somewhere, in corners of the world.ReplyDelete
I started late, and now I am checking in WAY late... this sit's little lesson I came away with: Pratītyasamutpāda starts at the tip of the neurons, not at the tips of your fingers.ReplyDelete


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Dear President Trump,
We will often be communicating about a variety of serious matters. You believe we're expanding our economic and military reach to benefit ourselves and diminish you, and you're correct. We think you're trying to limit our aforementioned plans, and we also are correct. Rather than burden you with a long list of complaints, I will today simply write to you about Iran.
You chose to violate the Iran nuclear deal signed by that country as well as the United States, China, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. Not only that, you have initiated a series of arrogant and heavy-handed sanctions designed to make the Iranian people suffer prior to their overthrowing a government you don't like because it overthrew the authoritarian Shah who was installed and supported by the United States for almost thirty years.
I'm going to state this very clearly: China and Iran are friendly countries and will "maintain normal exchange and cooperation conforming to our obligations under international law, economy, trade, and energy. This is beyond reproach." I don't care that you want every nation currently buying Iranian oil to cease doing so. Surely, you don't believe we're going to salute you and thereby forfeit the six hundred fifty thousand barrels of oil we daily purchase from Iran. Crunch the numbers. That's two hundred thirty-seven million barrels a year that we're going to continue to buy. In fact, President Rouhani is my special guest here in Qingdao, for the annual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and he and I have agreed to expand our economic cooperation. It is in our national interest to do so.
You have started a trade war with China, in particular, and also appear determined to wage economic battles with Europe, Mexico, Canada, and, of course, Iran and North Korea. I concede you may have some justified concerns about Chinese piracy of American intellectual property, and I expect you to understand we will not long tolerate the imperial aggression of your navy in international waters too close to our shores.
I know, I promised to limit myself to Iran. I suppose bullying the whole world is an essential part of being a superpower. There are two of us now, and I'm betting on the one that will build a high-speed train in Africa before the other even builds a modern train at home.
President Xi Jinping


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Employment03/05/2012 - 09/05/2012
Editz Design and Post Production
I worked as a runner at Editz Design and Post Production for 6 months. My duties included:
• Ensuring the smooth running of the post production process by carrying out a range of day to day office based duties e.g. ordering lunches, answering the telephone and maintaining the edit suites.
• Liaising with clients and artists confidently on a daily basis
• Excellent organisational skills demonstrated through carrying out administrative duties, such as creating spreadsheets, photocopying and filing.
• Responsible for booking travel and accommodation
• Assisting with diary management and bookings
• Good ability to budget and manage petty cash
• First-rate communication skills demonstrated by distributing post and messages to colleagues within the post production team.
• Responsible for organising couriers, logging drives, recording outgoing mail e.g. invoices, and delivering packages to local clients.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. (naccsports.org) --- Aurora University completed an unbeaten run through the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) regular-season schedule Wednesday night with a 3-1 win over Dominican University, wrapping up the Spartans' second NACC title and the top seed in next week's NACC Tournament.
NACC Women's Volleyball Tournament Central | Tournament Bracket
The Spartans and No. 2-seeded Concordia Wisconsin earned first-round byes for the tournament, while Dominican (3), Lakeland (4), Concordia Chicago (5) and Wisconsin Lutheran (6) round out the six-team field. The tournament begins Tuesday, October 30, with Wisconsin Lutheran traveling to Dominican and Lakeland entertaining Concordia Chicago.
The Dominican/Wisconsin Lutheran winner will face CUW in one semifinal Thursday, November 1, while Aurora hosts the Lakeland/Concordia Chicago victor.
The championship match is slated for Saturday, Nov. 3, at the highest remaining seed. The winner earns the NACC's automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship.


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Watching the news my husband and I heard of another high profile public figure who was forced to resign.
Their words came back to haunt them.
Sometimes they were trying to be funny. Sometimes I think they forgot the world is watching and listening.
Don't You Wish There Was an UNDO Button on Your Mouth?!
Unfortunately there isn't one!!
We must ask The Lord to daily place a sentry at our mouth.
Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:3 (NIV)
Oh, how I've regretted not doing this daily!! Words cannot be undone!!
Lord, be the Watchman over my lips. Amen
Blessings, Susan
About Author
Susan Werthem is a Bible study leader, speaker and author.
She takes the Word of God and shares His truth in a humorous, unique and insightful way.
To contact Susan to plan a retreat or seminar Click here.


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Idealism is the metaphysical and epistemological doctrine that ideas or thoughts make up fundamental reality. Instead, the book is based on three elements – God, the world and man – which preface all logical action and may be conceived only by means of faith The Star of Redemption also strays from the accepted line in the existential philosophy of Kierkegaard and Sartre, in that Rosenzweig attempts to prepare a philosophical method par excellence.
Scheffler's thinking on this matter – in his D.J. 'Connor's An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education" – with the qualification that he acknowledges what he refers to as an ambassadorial" function of philosophy of education, serving which philosophy of education tries to relate goings on other (bona fide) branches of philosophy to matters in education.
By deepening your understanding of the philosophical and historical underpinnings of education, as well as the social, political, and cultural forces …Read More


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One. My Thanksgiving blog for Washington Family Magazine is live and I'm so excited to share it with you guys today. This article was also featured in the November issue so you should defintely pick up a copy when you see one!
Two. I haven't sat down and watched a music video in so long, but I have been OBSESSED with these two. My new girl crush is defintely Camila Cabello and who doesn't love a Marshmello x Selena Gomez FaceTime mashup?
Three. I got this dress the other night when a group of my friends went out to the National Harbor the other night. I think I am defintely going to be highlihgting this as the perfect Christmas dress this year!
Four. Probably the most iconic interview of all time. Jennifer Lawrence interviews Kim Kardashian on Jimmy Kimmel Live. It's everything I expected it to be and so much more.
Five. How could I not mention this next one... Tiffany & Co. just opened up an a cafe in New York City called The Blue Box Cafe. It's literally a dream come true. Weekend trip anyone?
I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend! Stay tuned for more holiday post on the blog soon.
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Bring some drama into your relationship.
Many of us in romantic relationships try to follow the same advice we've been hearing for years: when we get angry we should do our best to control our anger, be attentive, listen, and give our partner room to express his or herself. We have to keep an open mind and an open heart.
This is all very nice, but sometimes, when anger and frustration build up inside us, it is very hard to remain calm. When these feelings overwhelm us our body also responds—our blood pressure rises, our breathing rhythm changes, and our pulse accelerates. It becomes not only a challenge for our mind and ego, but also for our body.
As we make an effort to maintain restraint and patience, inside we are boiling. With so much pent up energy, the most natural thing to do is boil over and lose the ability to listen without applying judgment or defending ourselves. Many times this pent up negativity will make us impatient and we are unable to accept criticism in a healthy, productive way. In addition, and not surprisingly, many times these emotions cause us to feel exhausted and spent during the conversation, making the situation even more unpleasant.
To get to the stage where you can sit down and speak heart to heart, to a dialogue that really moves you forward and helps you overcome the present crisis, I would like to offer a playful technique that's perfect for this situation. Using this technique you will be able to express everything in your heart with no boundaries or apprehension, while your partner will wait patiently and allow you to unload. From the state of release and relief that will follow, you will be able to continue to a more relaxed and healthy conversation.
The exercise is called "Dramatic Relief".
The idea is to create an open stage, free for expression and release. One of you—the one who needs to share whatever it is that is bothering him or her—will be "the actor", and the other, the one who will listen and enable, will be "the viewer".
The actor will take the troubling topic, and exaggerate it into a classic soap-opera monologue. The actor has to apply himself completely, give liberty to their mouth and body and release everything, with as little planning as possible. This should all be done while kicking up the drama!
The viewer will listen patiently, while avoiding any response, justification, or judgment. The viewer must remember that this isn't "real" conversation, but a supportive space for the partner's release. The viewer should not respond, and it is important they take it all humorously—as if he or she is watching this soap opera starring their partner on TV.
How do you put this technique into practice?
Next time you feel tension rising, and it appears that you are about to have a fight, let your partner know that you'd like to make a scene—that will be the cue that the game is about to start.
Keep in mind that it doesn't have to be a super serious subject; on the contrary, sometimes it is better to start small. It also doesn't have to be anger directed towards your partner—you can try this exercise to release pent up anger at anyone, with your partner simply there to support you and listen.
Take a deep breath, and take the stage. Let it all loose—your words, your body, your ego, and your mind. Express everything without thinking about what you're saying, and remember that your partner is there for support and enablement.
At some point you will find that all that is left is the game, and that the anger is gone. Your body will be free from the emotional and physical load. You might even start laughing. You will find that the mind calms down and regains clarity, and that your big problems are back in proportion. Chances are you will feel your body filling with vitality and relief. When you feel this, the exercise can be concluded.
Look at your partner, the viewer, the enabler, who is probably smiling at this point. Give them a hug and offer them the stage.
After all this drama, the rest of the conversation will be much more open and productive.
Remember next time your conversation gets heated, the solution is not always to calm down and lower the flame. Exaggerate the drama—it will do your relationship good.


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Game Mechanics - Georganiseerde sets van regels en "feedback loops", bedoeld om prettig `spel' te produceren. Ze zijn de bouwstenen die gecombineerd kunnen worden toegepast om in non-game context mee te `gamificeren.'
Gamification - The concept of applying game mechanics and game design techniques to engage and motivate people to achieve their goals. Gamification taps into the basic desires and needs of the users impulses which revolve around the idea of Status and Achievement. Zie ook "Game Mechanics
- Synonyms: Gamificatie
- Synonyms: Gamificatie
Gedrags-heuristieken - Gedrags-heuristieken / behavioural heuristics zijn snelle en simpele cognitieve procedures die men vaak gebruikt wanneer snelle beslissingen moeten worden genomen onder tijdsdruk of bij een overweldigende hoeveelheid informatie. Vaak gebruikt in simulatie en visualisatie van gedragingen van bijvoorbeeld voetgangers. Hier is een voorbeeld van het gebruik van heuristieken (PDF)
- Synonyms: heuristiek, heuristics, behavioural
- Synonyms: heuristiek, heuristics, behavioural
Grouping (Gestalt) -
- Synonyms: Continuity, grouping, staging, similarity, perception
Gestalt Principles of GroupingThe German word "Gestalt" roughly translates to "whole" or "form," and the Gestalt psychologist's sincerely believed that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In order to interpret what we receive through our senses, they theorized that we attempt to organize this information into certain groups. This allows us to interpret the information completely without unneeded repetition. For example, when you see one dot, you perceive it as such, but when you see five dots together, you group them together by saying a "row of dots." Without this tendency to group our perceptions, that same row would be seen as "dot, dot, dot, dot, dot," taking both longer to process and reducing our perceptive ability. The Gestalt principles of grouping include four types: similarity, proximity, continuity, and closure. Similarity refers to our tendency to group things together based upon how similar to each other they are. In the first figure above, we tend to see two rows of red dots and two rows of black dots. The dots are grouped according to similar color. In the next figure, we tend to perceive three columns of two lines each rather than six different lines. The lines are grouped together because of how close they are to each other, or their proximity to one another. Continuity refers to our tendency to see patterns and therefore perceive things as belonging together if they form some type of continuous pattern. In the third figure, although merely a series of dots, it begins to look like an "X" as we perceive the upper left side as continuing all the way to the lower right and the lower left all the way to the upper right. Closure finally, in the fourth figure, we demonstrate closure, or our tendency to complete familiar objects that have gaps in them. Even at first glance, we perceive a circle and a square. Source
- Synonyms: Continuity, grouping, staging, similarity, perception


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SPAYED FEMALE, CREAM, POMERANIAN MIX, 14 yrs
STRAY – ONHOLDOFFS, NO HOLD Reason STRAY
Intake condition GERIATRIC Intake Date 06/13/2016, From NY 11435, DueOut Date06/16/2016
Medical Behavior Evaluation GREEN
Medical Summary Scanned negative QARH – patient, allows all handling S~ 14 years Ears, nose, throat clear Eyes – cataracts both eyes, blind Mass below left eye on side of muzzle. Teeth – worn, decaying, heavy gingivits, tarter, halitosis, missing teeth. 4/4 Dental Disease Grade 5/6 Heart murmer Underweight – 2/9 body condition Coat dirty, tangled. No flea dirt or parasites noted Unsteady on feet; can stand, but hesitant to walk. NOSF
Weight 6.5
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James Mulheron hits with potential USADA violation, off UFC Shanghai card
Heavyweight fighter James Mulheron was set to compete against Cyril Asker on November 25 in Shanghai, China but has been removed from the fight card following a potential USADA violation.
UFC Statement on James Mulheron below:
The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed James Mulheron of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on November 10, 2017. Due to the proximity of James's upcoming scheduled bout at UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum in Shanghai, China on November 25, 2017, against Cyril Asker, Mulheron has been removed from the card and UFC is currently seeking a replacement.
USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Mulheron. Under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full and fair legal process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.


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Potato-based ingredients and specialist knowhow
Again this year, the Danish-based cooperative KMC will exhibit at Gulfood Manufacturing in Dubai. KMC manufactures and sells innovative and cost-effective potato-based ingredients to the global food industry. Their set-up provides unique supply chain control from field to food manufacturer and ensures quality, consistency and reliability. The product portfolio includes application-specific solutions, modified potato starches, native potato starch, potato granules and potato flakes.
We talked to regional sales manager for KMC, Lata Menon.
Which industries does KMC target?
KMC strategically focuses on the food industry. Our potato-based ingredients provide functional properties across all food segments.
However, I would like to highlight our expertise in replacing expensive and price volatile ingredients. We can replace milk proteins in cheese products, egg in mayonnaise and dressings and gelatine in fruit gums and jellies. We are happy to help our customers adjust their recipes and their process to meet the demands of the end consumers.
I would also like to mention our high performance cold-swelling starches made with our unique spray cooking technique. The bakery or snack industries can benefit from higher dough viscosity, improved crispiness and better heat and shear stability.
Why is the MEA region important for KMC?
The UAE and Dubai, in particular, has evolved as a hub for the entire region around it, offering great infrastructure and a business friendly environment. The food processing industry in the UAE has grown steadily year by year, with many subsidiaries of global food companies as well as small and medium manufacturing food businesses setting up base here.
There is a rising domestic demand in the country, which creates a favourable climate for food processing companies to grow here. At the same time, exports to regional markets, specifically the Middle East and Africa also play a significant role in this successful growth story.
At KMC, we truly understand the importance of this region and thus we have had our sales office in Dubai since 2013, to serve the interests of our customers in the Middle East, India and Africa better. This is also the reason why we have been participating at the Gulfood Manufacturing for several years.
Why does KMC exhibit at Gulfood Manufacturing in Dubai?
As I mentioned, KMC has been exhibiting at the Gulfood Manufacturing more or less since its inception and we see it as a great platform to connect with our existing customers and meet new potential customers. We use this platform as an opportunity to display some of our unique innovative potato-based ingredients.
We will also present a range of product samples, like feta type cheeses, mayonnaise and wine gums to name a few, as part of our demonstrations to our visitors.
We are really excited about the event and are looking forward to a successful show.


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A Foodless Friday after quite a gap. With no further ado, here's what I'm:
Reading: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg. I was skeptical at first, but a few chapters in and it is proving to be an inspiring and fascinating read. I will write a full review once I'm done!
Watching: This charming little video from YumSugarTV, on how to create a pretty and elegant candy bar for a wedding or party. You just have to love stop-motion animation and candy!
Listening to: Fly Me To The Moon by Julie London. I discovered this version from an episode of Mad Men and favour it to Sinatra's. She has this smoky, jazzy voice which just sucks you in. And that bossa nova inspired beginning is so nice.
Smiling at: This Leonardo DiCaprio GIF illustrated sneak peek of The Wolf Of Wall Street. Even all these years after Titanic, I still get excited when a Leo movie comes around. Sigh.
Loving: This carousel necklace from Sincerely Sweet Boutique. A touch of childhood whimsy and so intricate and pretty.
Have a great weekend everyone!


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Film Review – Glass
M. Night Shyamalan is a filmmaker who exists in two different extremes. On one hand, he can set up interesting premises that draw us in with their mysterious, suspenseful, and horrific elements. On the other, the payoffs to these stories have been hit or miss…READ MORE
Film Review – Death Wish (2018)
Death Wish (2018) comes at an unfortunate time. When mass killings have been a constant issue and the debate over firearms is at a fever pitch, releasing a movie in which a family man goes on a violent rampage of revenge doesn't quite ring the…READ MORE
Film Review – Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
It's supposed to be a hard punch. The film takes a swing at you and it hurts. You pick your jaw up and the adrenaline running through you is fun so you ask for some more. Instead, the swing comes limp, like John Hartigan (Bruce…READ MORE
DVD Rundown 7-30-2013 – Video Podcast #270
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for July 30th, 2013. In this episode they discuss The Flashpoint Paradox, The Fog, G.I. Joe: Retaliation and The Devil's Backbone.READ MORE
RED 2 – Video Podcast #267
In honor of its release, Spencer and Greg take a look at RED 2, its director Dean Parisot and stars Bruce Willis & John Malkovich.READ MORE
Film Review – RED 2
In 2010, Summit Entertainment scored a surprise hit with their comic adaptation RED, a story about a group of older former spies (RED = Retired Extremely Dangerous) getting thrown back into the action. The film looked hokey from the trailers, but ended up being quite…READ MORE
DVD Rundown 6-4-2013 – Video Podcast #260
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for June 4th, 2013. In this episode they discuss A Good Day to Die Hard, Breaking Bad, Identity Thief and Warm Bodies.READ MORE
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In honor of the release of After Earth, Spencer and Ben Kendrick (Screen Rant/a>) discuss M. Night Shyamalan.READ MORE


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Zagreb is an interesting city with a beautiful central square. Just off the square is the main office of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics but we can access their output through the Internet at (http://www.dzs.hr/default_e.htm ). The Home page is a little unbalanced with the very large graphic links just below the top navigation: indeed, three of the four graphic links are included in the top navigation as well! Apart from these graphics, the main part the user is attracted to is the large graph of GDP: above the graph three other links are shown to key data. Two of the graphs have conventional x-axes with time in a continuum from left to right and two have just months of a year with the lines representing the data for each year. Surely the user is interested more in the trend over the whole period rather than trying to spot seasonality. The first part of the left-hand navigation lists a series of topics under 'Frist results': these are not hyperlinked to the relevant information! A bookmark could easily be linked to the relevant part of the results.
The user gets a fixed view of the site, movement down the page being via a scroll bar on the right of the left-held page. A few small adjustments to the graphics on the page and the whole could fit in to one view – always desirable for users.
Going to the first release page, the left-hand navigation has changed significantly. The top two both begin with the word 'first': perhaps the top one would be better named key results. The second ink is to the first releases: this brings up a very neat selection screen for the user who can then select by year, topic and sub-topic. Choose a year other than the current one (as not much has been released yet) and you will appreciate the simple route in to the vast supply of releases. The next main block in the navigation is for the censuses: the first results of the 2011 Census are available and, sensibly, the CBS has chosen to release the information using PC-Axis tabulation on the Internet (Px-Web). I chose to look at the overall population table and was not only given choices with in each dimension of the table but also offered the option to download the whole table – together with options on the output format, delimiters and page specification. So getting the population figure was very simple. I found the inflation figure through the latest releases: the January 2014 release on CPI was actually found under 2013: surely these should be indexed on the month of issue. The resultant table was easy to copy and lift in to Excel for onward processing.
From the top navigation, the Press Corner take the user to the latest week's releases and clearly shows what are the next releases to come. Those already released are hyperlinked to the release itself. The releases are well presented in bilingual format with an opening summary and then the data. Each release carries the methodology and coverage notes – which could perhaps be better placed centrally on the website and just a link given on the release.
The last item I looked at was the population by age and sex – via a link below the graphs. The user is presented with a basic population pyramid for 2011. But no scale is given so one is left only looking at the balance of the sexes by age group. Hovering over any bar does bring up the data for that age group and the percentage split: the raw data are formatted without thousands separators (a space is used in the rest of the site) and the percentages have differential rounding. Nevertheless, the user can choose to look through the different years of information available and even look to see what is forecast for 2061 ( a very different age distribution and a doubling of those aged 85 and over).
This site needs some development and updating particularly on the Home page. The use of PC-Axis makes data extraction so easy for the user – and the addition on this site is the availability of downloading the whole table with formatting options.
This review was undertaken by Ed Swires-Hennessy using Internet Explorer version 11.0 on 30 January 2014 at 10.00 hrs. GMT using a 60 Mb link to the Internet on an Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz machine.
This and reviews since January 2009 are published in the blog; earlier reviews are published to my website, http://www.surfingwithed.org.uk


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Registration Deadlines
Registration forms received after the deadline will not be accepted
4-8 Grade Teams: Friday, October 12, 2018
Drop Deadline 4-8 Grade: Friday, October 26, 2018
4-8 Grade Roster Due: Monday, November 19, 2018
3rd Grade Boys: Friday, January 18, 2019
Drop Deadline 3rd Grade Boys: Friday, February 1, 2019
3rd Grade Boys Roster Due: Monday, February 25, 2019
3rd Grade Girls: Friday, March 1, 2019
Drop Deadline 3rd Grade Girls: Wednesday, March 15, 2019
3rd Grade Girls Roster Due: Monday, April 1, 2019
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 7:00-8:30pm Isaac Orr Conference Room - 910 Marion St Seattle, WA 98104
Saturday, November 10, 2018 - 9:00-10:30am @ Our Lady of the Lake Multipurpose Room located off the Gym
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 7:00-8:30pm Isaac Orr Conference Room
3rd Grade Boys - Sunday, February 24th 12:00-1:00pm @ Our Lady of Fatima Gym
Certification: Play Like A Champion Today®
Game Dates
November 17, 18
December 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16
January 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27
JV "Seeded Game" - February 9
3rd Grade Boys – February 22, 24 & March 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24
3rd Grade Girls – March 29, 31 & April 5, 7, 12, 14, 26, 28 & May 3, 5, 10, 12
Wednesday, January 30 – Sunday, February 10, 2019
3rd – 5th grade teams will be divided into divisions as regionally as possible (there is no Varsity/JV distinction)
6th grade will be divided into one varsity and one JV group. Both varsity and JV will be divided into divisions as regionally as possible.
If a parish/school has two teams in the same division (i.e. 6th grade Varsity), talent should be split equally across the teams, and they will be placed in different divisions, when possible.
In 6th-8th grade, the JV/Varsity split must be based on individual skill levels. Please call CYO Athletics with any questions, or for help in assessing individual skill levels.
Team Fees
Grade 3 $50 per game day
Grade 4 $550
Grade 5 $550
Grades 6-8 $650
CYO Athletics Specific Rules: Basketball teams will follow NFHS rules, except as outlined in the CYO Athletics specific rules
Registration Deadlines
Team: Friday, November 30, 2018
Drop: Monday, December 10, 2018
Registration forms received after the deadline will not be accepted
REMINDER: High school teams must submit their registration form through a parish/school athletic director
Roster Due: Monday, January 7, 2019
Meeting - Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - Isaac Orr Conference Center @ 7:00pm
Clinics - n/a
Certifications: Play Like A Champion Today®
Game Dates
January 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 & February 2, 9, 10, 16, 187
Games at Echo Glen will be week nights
Teams will play Saturday 2/9 and Sunday 2/10
Tuesday, February 19 – Sunday, March 3, 2019
Sophomore Boys
Senior Boys
Team Fees
CYO Athletics Specific Rules: Basketball teams will follow NFHS rules, except as outlined in the CYO Athletics specific rules
Echo Glen Guidelines: Teams visiting Echo Glen need to be aware of these guidelines
Basketball Lopsided Loser (For Coaches Only)
Basketball Lopsided Winner (For Coaches Only)
Basketball Referee Evaluation (For Coaches Only)
Keep in mind that umpires are human, and you are not going to always get someone's best performance every game. On the other hand, we do expect our umpires to act in a professional manner, show effort, and be knowledgeable of the rules of the game and of CYO Athletics. By providing us honest feedback, we can identify trends that might help us determine strong and competent referees that we may request in the future.
If you are filling out this form because you were frustrated or disappointed with an umpire, we ask that you please try to wait at least 24 hours after your game to fill out the form, to give yourself time to reflect upon the events of the game. Please be complete in your submissions.
For Coaches
Drills (2:14 min - breakdown of a basic drill for practice)
Press Break (2:17 min - description of press break strategies)
Defense (5:21 min - breakdown of basic defensive man-to-man & help defense principles)
Offense (3:22 min - breakdown of basic motion offense set-up and options)
4th & 5th Grade
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Symphony Tacoma presents
Rainier Sunrise
Sarah Ioannides, Conductor | Thane Lewis, viola
Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
Pantages Theater
Tickets: $24-$78
Karel Butz: Rainier Sunrise
Stravinsky:Pulcinella Suite
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Stravinsky:Pulcinella Suite
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Single tickets on sale August 20, 2018
Elegant and melodic works attributed to chamber music.Rainier Sunrise by Seattle native Karel Butz "captures the peaceful emotions associated with the grandeur and beauty of Mount Rainier's Sunrise Trail." Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite was originally written as a ballet reconstructed from Baroque compositions by Giambattista Pergolesi. Wagner's Siegfried Idyll was a birthday gift to his wife and dedicated to their newborn son. One of the most celebrated duets ever written, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola will feature Symphony Tacoma's Concertmaster Svend Rønning and Principal Violist Thane Lewis.


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Download Full Free Hardest Game Ever 2 11.0 MOD Apk [Unlocked] – Android Games by Orangenose Studio
Ranked #1 (Overall) in US, UK, Canada, Germany, Australia, … for HARDEST GAME EVER 1, HARDEST GAME EVER 2 is definitely a game you don't want to miss out!
From the developers that brought you the world #1 ranking games "What's My IQ?", "Stupidness 3", "0.03 seconds", you won't want to miss its sequel 'Hardest Game Ever 2'!
Hardest Game Ever 2 is a series of fun and exciting mini-game that measures your reaction time to the milliseconds and pixels! See how fast you can slap and how sharp is your reaction to catch the eggs before they touch the floor in milliseconds! Hardest Game Ever 2 promises to bring you hours of adrenaline drain! Challenge your family and friends and find out who's got the fastest reaction on Android!
– Simple 3 Button Control
– 48 Stages with 4 Challenging Levels
– Ranking with Facebook Pals
– Simple yet addictive gameplay
– Multi-language Instructions
What's New
Fix on refresh issue when players topped the World Record.


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The new Jubilee Centre app is now available for Android devices. The mobile app allows users to download teaching resources produced by the Centre, directly onto their mobile or tablet devices. Aimed primarily at teachers, the Jubilee Centre App has been designed to make accessing and viewing key character resources from our online library much easier. Users can 'favourite' the resources they use most and download content to access offline. The app is now available to download from the Google Play store and the Apple Store.
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"Newspaper (media) in one hand and the Bible in the other."
I have been troubled by the amount of violent crime we experience in Wichita on a regular basis. Last weekend, there were four shootings over two days, within two miles of each other. KAKE News had a special report on community violence in Wichita. Or, on a global scale, what about the bombing in Manchester, England? 21 dead and over 75 injured. What is the answer? As you would expect, I want to answer from the perspective of how God created the soul to function.
First, another chart.
I came upon this chart thanks to a Christian psychiatrist, Dr. David Allen, M.D. and have found it to be extremely helpful in describing how the soul functions once one has experienced hurt, brokenness, or pain. Anger is a secondary emotion, that is, we must feel hurt, frustration or betrayal first before the soul feels anger. Once we feel the anger (which hides the hurt), if we do not resolve the anger in a reasonable amount of time, the soul seeks revenge (which hides the hurt and anger). Revenge has four major manifestations. Please let me talk about each one.
Destructive Action
First, destructive action is typically the most violent and is often deadly. For the terrorist, the inflamed rhetoric creates for the feeling of frustration and betrayal which leads to intense rage and a desire to seek revenge. All violent crime comes under this category of explanation.
Passive Aggression
Secondly, sometimes the hurt-anger-revenge leads to passive aggressive behavior. Passive-aggressive behavior is the indirect expression of hostility, such as through procrastination, stubbornness, tardiness, or deliberate or repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible. Passive aggressive behavior focuses on being indirect rather than directly dealing with the situation at hand.
Psychosomatic Symptoms
Thirdly, another manifestation is to experience psychosomatic symptoms such as one becoming ill with headaches, stomachaches, aches and ailments of all sorts, etc. One of my seminary professors, a Roman Catholic nun, was a specialist in holistic health. She taught us seminarians that sometimes, when a person is feeling deeply powerless, they will have lung problems and struggle with breathing. She was clear that not all lung problems means one is powerless but the holistic research does show that unresolved emotion can lead to physical symptoms.
Finally, most commonly, the unresolved hurt-anger-revengefulness may lead to depression. Dr. Allen describes the most common form of depression as ire turned inward. There are many reasons for depression, this is simply one of them.
As Dr. Allen taught me, one can experience one or more of the four manifestations of unresolved hurt-anger-revengefulness.
Further Thoughts on Anger
Jesus had a lot to say about anger in the Sermon on the Mount. In August, I am going to be preaching from the Sermon on the Mount because Jesus teaches us so clearly about how to live without unresolved emotion. Jesus' teaching is deeply profound – simple but certainly not easy.
Without preaching my sermon on how to live without unresolved anger, let me share one nugget of wisdom from Jesus. Anger is a God-given gift! But, like most gifts, it requires careful treatment. However, in Jesus' teaching, we learn we must resolve anger quickly because Jesus knows how we can misuse and abuse this gift.
I leave you this week with one of my favorite quotes on anger by the Presbyterian pastor, Frederick Buechner:
"Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back–in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you."
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SFC7 Day 31 Uniting Corsona
January 6th, 2011, 10:56 pm
Author's Comments:
Reply SWSU-Master, January 6th, 2011, 11:00 pm
About half the tribe is vulnerable. Who will be going home?
Reply Advertisement, July 20th, 2019, 4:46 am
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Reply AnXjak, January 6th, 2011, 11:01 pm
Ho' boy... Lol
Reply Lasercatz, January 6th, 2011, 11:04 pm
For some reason, I see Phil going home. He has been pretty cocky lately, which could be his downfall. That being said, I have an 87.5% chance of being wrong.
Reply Vilecheese, January 6th, 2011, 11:08 pm
Uh oh...Chloe has joined the dark side...
Either Ryuia or Ker is outta here. I hope it's Ker (she's been awful since the merge started), but Ryuia has had a big episode and she seems like the less predictable option.
Reply Chaun, January 6th, 2011, 11:08 pm
Ryuia's gone. Chloe's gonna get Krauss and Co on board and vote her out. Calling it now.
Reply AkumaTh, January 6th, 2011, 11:10 pm
Dinah did a bad job getting "Ryoko" and "Ayeka" on the same boat. One thing she shouldn't have done is told Chloe that Ryuia is voting for her.
Reply Sine Diego, January 6th, 2011, 11:17 pm
Krauss, you magnificent bastard!
Reply SWSU-Master, January 7th, 2011, 12:15 am
AnXjak: Well you are right.
Reply SkweeMan, January 7th, 2011, 12:34 am
@ AnXjak
Reply LordViking, January 7th, 2011, 1:24 am
I can only see Chloe join them to get Ryuia out the game, though even after this vote she might want to stay with them, a final four deal is better then an unsure final six deal.
Reply KrayTX (Guest), January 7th, 2011, 2:24 am
We now have 4-3-1-1 and we need Quad who WILL and MUST flip for 5-3-1. BOOYAH
Reply mydoctor93, January 7th, 2011, 3:08 am
Vilecheese, I object.
Personally, I think that Ker, considering she's mainly in consideration for Type B, didn't have that horrible of a merge episode... she had a confessional in which she discussed the reasons for which she might be winning... although this episode was close to s*** for her.
Reply cRaZyKiD (Guest), January 7th, 2011, 5:58 am
This plan is really,really, complicated. My brain hurts. X0
Reply SkylerJ, January 7th, 2011, 6:55 am
Go Kerauss! I'm praying that Chloe sticks with Keruass+Chrii and that all goes well tommorrow night!
Reply Tinyhammer (Guest), January 7th, 2011, 10:05 am
Ryuia is sooo screwed. Honestly, the Idiot Ball that is rolling this episode is the size of a boulder. >__<
Reply Vilecheese, January 7th, 2011, 11:15 am
@mydoctor93 I meant Ker has been awful since the merge personality-wise. She's really annoying now -.-
Reply SWSU-Master, January 7th, 2011, 11:52 am
Skweeman: It'd be funny if they pulled a Nay/PK to be with Vent. But that wont happen.
Reply Jaegerofice, January 7th, 2011, 1:07 pm
there's still time for back stabbing before the vote. My bet is that from old corsona the ones who could do most damage to the opposition are going so that would put Phil in top of the list.
Reply The_mad_one, January 7th, 2011, 9:17 pm
Last panel is brilliant.
Reply Djoing, January 7th, 2011, 9:25 pm
Obviously Ryuia and Chloe aren't thinking about this very well. Why would they want to vote each other off? The one who gets voted off gets sent to Ventious...
Reply AkumaTh, January 7th, 2011, 10:51 pm
@Djoing Why would Ventious date a loser when the other one could possibly win a million dollars?
Reply Slicer37 (Guest), May 10th, 2011, 7:01 pm
I have a feeling that Ryuia is going tonight.
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Double trouble with birth of rare alpaca twins
- 03 April 2014
It'a double trouble at Kingsthorpe Alpaca stud Double H with the delivery of a unique set of twins. For more info and a video see the Toowoomba Chronicle Website.
Australian Alpaca Week 2014
- 08 March 2014
Visit an alpaca farm or event in your area and get up close and personal with alpacas.
You can find more information on our dedicated alpaca week website.
Merry Christmas 2013
- 08 December 2013
Merry Christmas to all our members. Your committee hopes you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year and that Santa brings you many alpaca gifts.
Pauline's shared her recipe for making these little critters.
AWEX deal to take alpacas to the next level
- 06 December 2013
Michelle Malt appears in "Farming Small Areas" magazine, supplement of "The Land", talking about alpacas, her farm and the new auction process being implemented for alpaca fleece. To read more see the Farming Small Areas magazine. Don't forget to have a look at the front cover.
Wendy Summerell
- 24 November 2013
Wendy Summerell receives her Certificate of Appreciation from Michelle Malt, President of the Australian Alpaca Association
Wendy Summerell (left) was presented with a certificate of appreciation by our National President Michelle Malt (right) at the regional meeting. Wendy has served the region for many years and it is great to see her efforts recognised.
Wendy was an AAA member at the formation of the Queensland Region and although not on the regional committee herself, supported her husband Ross as Newsletter Editor who initiated the first regional newsletter.
When the South Queensland & Northern NSW Region was formed, Wendy was a foundation member and held the position of Regional Secretary consistently for a period of 12 years from 97/98 to 08/09 and also held the position of Vice President for 2 years for the period 09/10 to 10/11.
Wendy and Ross proudly opened The Cove Alpaca Shop at Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast and helped to introduce the general public to alpacas and the beauty of alpaca fibre by selling garments, scarves, hats and other related products.
While on their way to their shop one day in September, 1995, Wendy and Ross were involved in a terrible car accident which put them both in hospital resulting in life changing circumstances. When other people would have given up, Wendy did not, and as soon as she was physically mobile again, put great enthusiasm into building up Starwood Stud.
Wendy was a very successful exhibitor, supporter and often convenor of local shows and attended the Brisbane Royal Show regularly and has been awarded several Supreme Champions. Wendy was very keen to exhibit alpacas at AAA National Shows and attended as many as she possibly could.
In her role as Regional Secretary, Wendy would travel for many kilometres and hours to attend regional meetings in far reaches of our large region. She did this to be fair to all members wherever they resided and to make everyone in SQNNSW Region feel welcome. She was instrumental in recruiting members to the committee and worked hard to help them contribute positively.
Wendy convened the Gold Coast show for many years and was the fleece steward at the Royal Queensland show until recent times. Wendy helped with the planning of the first judging at Grafton Show and her knowledge in convening such events was always sought. Not only did Wendy help with the organisation of such events, she also clocked up several hundreds of kilometres using her (sometimes very new) vehicles to tow the heavy regional trailer laden with gates to Toowoomba, Ipswich and Gold Coast Shows and back again. She also was a willing worker with setting up the pens at these shows. A great feat for such a slightly built lady.
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In her role as Secretary, Wendy kept meticulous minutes and correspondence and maybe she should have considered a career in journalism but fortunately for the members of the AAA she has devoted 19 years of her skills to contributing to the Australian Alpaca Association at both a regional and national level.
Royal Queensland Show 2013
- 31 August 2013
What an exciting Royal Show indeed with visitors from interstate and Queensland breeders parading their beautiful alpacas in the ring to be judged by New Zealander, Mr Paul Garland.
The convenor, Brett Winterbine was exhausted by day's end. He has been away from home, working on preparations since July.
Local breeders Jeff and Jill Willis of Sunline Alpacas took home the supreme prize for huacayas with their stunning entry, Sunline Lacey which also won huacaya best of white colour and top fleece honours.
Cedar House Barnaby owned by Grayleigh Stud won the supreme Suri award as well as the suri best of colour white on the day.
Pictures of the winners in each class
Alpaca Advocate - 2013 Winter
- 09 August 2013
This edition has a major focus on the volunteers and shows that have been part of our Region over the winter months. The Gold Coast Show is our last animal show of the year before the Nationals in Bendigo. Gold Coast entries close on the 16th August.
September 30th deadline for Spring Newsletter—send in those photos
Alpaca Advocate - 2013 Autumn
- 01 April 2013
What a busy alpaca year ahead. The show season is about to begin Toowoomba is only weeks away and on preliminary information the numbers of animals and fleece entries is very positive considering the weather we have all been experiencing.
Much is happening in the Alpaca Industry, it is pleasing to see the new web page up and running.
National Alpaca Week 2013
- 25 March 2013
Members of the AAA are busy preparing for National Alpaca Week 2013. National Alpaca Week (NAW) was launched in 2009 as an annual coordinated educational activity. NAW offers the general public and potential future alpaca owners the opportunity to visit a local farm and learn more about these endearing creatures. Details of participating farms can be found on our National Alpaca Week Site.
Alpaca Advocate - 2012 Summer
- 18 December 2012
What a busy alpaca year. All the show season and shearing has been done and dusted. Many have finished their cria program whilst some are still waiting 12months. For that cria to safely be born a very stressful time!
Much is happening at the AAA office it is pleasing to see the new web page taking on a different updated look. (see page 27) The online showing system is also having an update, convenors will be most pleased to have this finished ready for the 2013 showing season.


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