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Make a delicious sundae without any of the tummy aches! The Strawberry Sundae Roll Up is one of the most adorable DIY baby shower gifts out there. Even the littlest soon-to-be siblings can put together this precious present. Although it looks scrumptious, don't try to take a bite of this craft for kids because it's made out of towels, onesies, or blankets. These faux sundaes would also make great decorations for a birthday party.
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NOAA centers: 55-60% chance of a La Niña winter
September 28, 2017
NOAA is reporting the summer of 2017 was the third warmest on record globally, with the Pacific Northwest feeling the same heat, but the region may be in for another cold, wet fall and winter.
The NOAA Climate Prediction Center's most recent El Niño Southern Oscillation outlook includes a "La Niña Watch" with a 55-60 percent chance of the pattern developing during the coming fall and winter. El Niño and La Niña weather patterns are driven by Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures, and both patterns can be powerful influences on weather across the greater Columbia River Basin.
"Yes, we are expecting La Niña conditions," said Dave Elson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Portland. "They have a La Niña watch out right now, which means La Niña through fall is likely. We did have a La Niña last year."
The last water year for the basin, starting in October of 2016, was marked by colder-than-average temperatures and higher-than-normal precipitation, resulting in record or near-record snowpacks covering mountain ranges across the region.
Starting in September 2016, Spokane recorded 23.47 inches of rain and snow through the following spring, short of the 1947-1948 record of 28.9 inches, but well above the historic average of 16 inches. Similar precipitation came to areas across the region.
"And it did lead to a big snowpack this spring," Elson said. "It was a pretty impressive year as far as that goes."
Elson cautioned that El Niño or La Niña patterns don't necessarily cause warmer-drier or cooler-wetter weather, respectively.
"It's hard to draw conclusions about what La Niña means for the Pacific Northwest," he said. "It's clear there's a lot more that drives our winters here that goes beyond El Niño or La Niña."
"Forecasters favor these predictions in part because of recent cooling of surface and sub-surface (ocean) temperature anomalies, and also because of the higher degree of forecast skill at this time of year," the ENSO outlook states.
It could be a sharp turn from a summer that brought record-high heat and dryness in the region. Many counties in western Montana, northern Idaho and western Washington received no precipitation over a period lasting more than two months.
That mirrors global conditions.
"For the entire globe, both August and (the summer) season (June, July and August) each went down as the third warmest on record," NOAA stated in a recent climate report. "But depending on where you live, the summer you experienced may have felt warmer or cooler than normal."
August 2017 was 1.49 degrees above the 20th-century average of 60 degrees. This was the highest in the 1880-2017 record, behind 2016, the highest, and 2015, the second highest. The seasonal global temperature for June through August was 1.46 degrees above the average of 60 degrees — the third highest for this period in the record, trailing 2016 and 2015, the highest and second highest on record, respectively.
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We all face having to make a difficult decision, at one time or another. And as we analyze, contemplate, research, and ponder our options, we end up with analysis paralysis. We become so paralyzed with uncertainty and doubt, that we end up not choosing to take any action at all.
Admittedly, there are times when we all get stuck and need a little push
Fortunately, life is constantly changing. And when we feel stuck at times, things around us seem to continue to move forward. That movement and change may be just enough to push us in the right direction, get us back on track, and back into action.
Whenever we feel stuck, and surely those times will come, we can simply stay at peace with our indecision and lack of focus.
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When you are scared, you probably tense up. That tension causes you to freeze. Let go and trust that life is conspiring with you, and not against you.
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Once you start accepting the changes that come your way, you will be presented with many choices. Trust your instincts, make the best choice possible, and trust you have made the right decision.
3. Create movement.
When all else fails, evaluate your options. Choose a course of action and take a step in that direction.
Remember, insanity is defined as "doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results."
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With the U.S. unemployment rate dropping and just about every state having seen an increase in the number of jobs in the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employers are going to need to work harder to attract and acquire top talent.
Getting better at engaging with candidates is the key to making this happen. This means the quality of your talent pool is more critical than ever. Your talent pool is not just a list of names and resumes. You need to think of it more as a powerful community that brings supply and demand together.
Encourage people to join
Of course, people need to know this powerful community exists—and they need compelling reasons to want to be part of it. Here are some ideas for generating interest:
- Make your careers page easy to find and navigate with the opportunity to join your talent network front and center.
- Place a lot of relevant content on the careers page. In addition to current job openings, include things like comprehensive and interesting job descriptions for all the positions you fill regularly, news and city guides for the locations of your jobs and offices, and a few good company-branding YouTube videos.
- Advertise your talent community through social media sites, job boards and fairs, career services offices, freelance marketplaces, search engines like Google and YouTube and messaging apps.
- Don't just follow, friend and connect. Actively engage with people who show interest. Stream events, showcase what it's like to work at the company, and provide them with significant information and resources they could find valuable.
- Get your employees to actively invite their friends and acquaintances to come and join them in your company's talent network.
Keep them engaged
Four years ago, 72 percent of Americans cited economic issues as their primary concern. Earlier this month, however, only 23 percent of Americans said jobs and the economy remain the most significant issues facing the nation.
With that in mind, it's likely the majority of top performers who are currently employed are not actively looking for jobs. If recruiters and employers want to influence these passive candidates, they need to do a good job selling their companies at not only great, but better, places to work.
Since the competition for candidates is heating up, it's important for companies to make real connections, develop relationships and focus on the candidate experience. Be accessible and make it simple for candidates to connect with your company. Make good use of technology so it's easy for active and passive candidates to access information, ask questions and apply for jobs
In addition to ease of access, use technology to help you be responsive—quickly. If you're not attentive enough good candidates will lose interest.
And, when you leverage social media and various online groups and communities, you have access to more information about potential candidates than ever before. Use that information effectively to better target the people you want to hire. Tracking and organizing all the data people put out there can sound overwhelming at first, but with the right software, you will be able to create a talent pool that will continue to grow with you and be essential for all stages of employment.
When job seekers know they have a place that gives them direct access to a broad range of opportunities and relationships with companies; alerts them to new job openings that match interests and capabilities; and keeps them in to loop to receive prompt feedback about the results of their expressed interests, they will want to regularly engage with this virtual community.
Keep in mind that employers are likely to be struggling this year more than the candidates looking for jobs. Those who put the time in up front to consistently and positively engage with current and passive candidates will be much more successful at building a large talent pool of qualified candidates who will continue to be champions for your company.
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We're delighted to tell you that our 'Wave' Blankets are in the rooms of a brand new design hotel that has just opened in Dundee!
We worked with Glasgow-based interior designers Graven and Sharkey Construction to produce over 100 blankets that met fire regulations for the hotel rooms of the Hotel Indigo, based in a 200 year old former jute mill. We explored different options in yarns, gauges and sizes but in the end they decided on our best-selling 'Wave' Blanket. This project has been over 18 months in the making (on our part) so we're thrilled to see the hotel now open for guests!
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So another year of Counting my Blessings is behind me over the lent period I raised £20.09, I will raise that up to £21 and send a cheque to Christian Aid.
I always find count your blessings a fulfilling experience. It gives me an idea of what others face daily and helps me to keep my eyes open. I look forward to taking part again next year.


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As construction-weary commuters crawl along Interstate 75 at rush hour, the highway's half-billion dollar makeover is coming into focus.
Starting Oct. 6, you'll see the first beams arching over the highway for the long-sought Pembroke Road overpass.
The other big component drawing attention — the beginning of what will be four toll lanes — is at a key stage. For much of the past year, machines have been moving around mountains of dirt to build up a base in the median for the first stretch of new express lanes running from Interstate 595 to south of Griffin Road. They are expected to be open in less than two years.
Near the crossroads of I-75 and Florida's Turnpike, you can see the foundations for some of the 10 new bridges that will begin rising out of the ground next year. The new interchange will be a lot more complex, with crisscrossing ramps allowing drivers on southbound I-75 to go north on the turnpike and southbound turnpike drivers to go north on I-75, so they can stay off local roads.
The bigger, wider, much improved I-75 in southwest Broward is set for completion in phases between the spring of 2017 and the summer of 2018.
"If you average the whole corridor, we're a little bit ahead of schedule," said Paul Lampley, who is overseeing the project for the Florida Department of Transportation.
Here's what's ahead on I-75:
• Two major new bridges are taking shape. One will make it easy to travel directly between express lanes on I-595 and I-75, without having to mix with traffic in the free lanes. It will be finished in spring 2017. The other, at Pembroke Road, promises relief for east-west drivers in a booming area of Pembroke Pines and Miramar. It's set to open in late 2016.
• I-75 will be closed for six nights in October — southbound at Pines Boulevard, northbound at Miramar Parkway — so crews can set 100-ton beams over the travel lanes for the Pembroke overpass. More full closures of I-75 will occur at night later this year and continue into early 2016, when concrete for the bridge deck is poured.
• Later this fall, drivers can expect delays on northbound I-75 north of Royal Palm Boulevard. The inside lane will be closed for several weeks so crews can build entry and exit points between the express lanes and the free lanes of I-75. A similar closure is planned for the inside lane of southbound I-75 after the holidays.
• Ground-mounted noise walls now line much of the highway from Miramar Parkway to I-595. By the end of the year, they'll be in place south of Miramar. Barriers built next to the shoulder will come later as those sections of I-75 are reconstructed.
• Sheridan Street is being widened over I-75 and getting a new bridge deck. In November, westbound Sheridan drivers will shift to the new northern portion of the widened overpass and work will begin on the middle section.
• The overpass at Miramar Parkway is being replaced — in three sections, one section at a time. The south side is finished. In early 2016, westbound traffic will start using the new middle section while the north side of the overpass is demolished and reconstructed. When completed in late 2016, the new overpass — 60 feet longer and 36 feet wider -- will have three left-turn lanes in both directions from Miramar to the I-75 on-ramps. The northbound off-ramps to westbound and eastbound Miramar also will have triple turn lanes.
The state is building express lanes on a 28-mile stretch of I-75 and the Palmetto Expressway, from I-595 to just south of the Dolphin Expressway in Miami-Dade.
The construction is largely occurring in the median or adjacent to the highway. That means no lane shifts. Lane closures are usually restricted to overnight.
But there's a lot of dirt being moved — about 4.5 million cubic yards or enough to fill Marlins Park to the roof almost twice. Most of the dirt is being excavated from areas next to existing ramps, which are now becoming lakes.
"Some of the pond excavation is completed, so there's no need for trucks to go in and out of those areas. The number of points where trucks are entering and exiting the highway is going to diminish," said Scott Gombar, a DOT engineer.
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I-75 closures for Pembroke Road bridge work
On Oct. 5, 7 and 12, southbound Interstate 75 will be closed at Pines Boulevard from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night.
Drivers will be detoured west on Pines to Dykes Road, then south on Dykes to Miramar Parkway and east on Miramar where they can re-enter I-75. Drivers can also take Pines east of I-75 to Southwest 145th Avenue, then south on 145th to Miramar and back to I-75.
Another round of overnight closures will impact northbound I-75 but the dates have not been announced.


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Teachers proved to be good sports by letting pupils throw wet sponges at them – all in the name of charity.
Pupils and staff at Huxlow Science College pulled out all the stops to raise money for Children in Need.
Along with a staff netball game which drew a large crowd, cakes sales and stalls helped the school to raise £1,013 for the charity.
Children in Need funds projects across the UK, including Service Six and the Victoria Centre in Wellingborough and Groundwork in Kettering.
The school thanked all those who supported its efforts for this year's Children in Need.


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Subway tile, subway tile, subway tile! It's hot. And it's everywhere. Here are 10 different ways you can do subway tile in your home.
Classic white never goes wrong. The bright, clean effect is the
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This kitchen backsplash is done in 2 x 4" tiles. It's a unique mix of a smaller tile with classic subway tile that will have heads turning.
A classic 3 x 6" beveled white subway tile never fails to distinguish a space. Here the starkness of the black and white bathroom is softened by the mint wall above it.
Turn the subway pattern on its head and put it in a vertical layout. A contrasting grout color will make the unique pattern stand out.
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Every child is unique, and every child custody case is unique. If you are a divorced parent in California, or if you are currently divorcing, considering, or anticipating a divorce, a child custody law firm may be able to help.
Whether your child custody arrangement is a voluntary agreement or the result of a court order, over time that arrangement may need to be modified as the circumstances of life change for you, for your ex, and for your child or children.
How and when can a parent have a child custody ordered modified in California? And if your ex asks for a child custody modification, will you be able to challenge that request if you need to?
Your divorce attorney may have negotiated a "settlement" of your child custody dispute, or a judge may have handed down a "final" child custody order, but over time, changing circumstances may warrant a change in the child custody arrangement.
Divorced and divorcing parents in California need to understand that a child custody battle may not be over when a divorce is finalized. The state allows for child custody agreements and orders to be modified – after a divorce is final – in a wide variety of circumstances.
And since everyone's life is almost constantly changing, it's not unusual for child custody agreements and orders to be revised – several times, in some cases – here in California.
After your divorce, you'll need legal assistance to have your child custody agreement or order modified, and if your child's other parent disputes the need for the modification, you'll need to be represented by an Orange County family law attorney.
You'll also need a family lawyer's help if your child's other parent has requested a modification of the child custody arrangement, but you do not believe that the requested modification is necessary or justified, and you choose to challenge it.
A child custody attorney can protect and explain your legal rights, outline your options, and advocate aggressively on your behalf and your child's.
Especially when it involves your children and their well-being, and emotions can be highly-charged, you must have trustworthy and reliable legal guidance.
Child custody modifications are needed because the future is unpredictable. When you divorce, it is impossible to predict where you will be in life in another five, ten, or fifteen years.
But when a parenting plan and custody arrangement simply becomes outdated and unworkable, a child custody modification becomes imperative.
In all child custody matters in the state of California, and without regard to what might be convenient for one or both parents, the highest priority of the court will always be the best interests of the child.
That's why parents who request or oppose a child custody modification in California may need to bring particular details to the judge's attention.
If a child has health or dietary issues, a learning disability, or behavioral concerns, for example, the court will need to know so that its decision will line up with the child's best interests.
A California parent may request the modification of a child custody order or a child custody agreement when either parent's income significantly changes or when:
1. Either parent has sustained a serious injury or suffered a severe illness.
2. Either parent has been convicted of a crime or has become unemployed.
3. Either parent needs or wants to relocate to another jurisdiction.
4. The amount of time the child spends with either parent has considerably changed.
5. Either parent has married a new partner or has become a parent with a new partner.
6. Anything arises that significantly impacts the child or the custody arrangement.
A custody modification may also be requested if either parent consistently fails to adhere to the conditions of the ongoing arrangement or if you believe the current arrangement is placing your child at risk.
Let an experienced Orange County family law attorney help you start the custody modification process. If you and your ex can agree about the need for the modification – and the details of the modification – the court will likely grant the modification, and you'll both save time and money.
However, if either parent requests a child custody modification and the other parent challenges that request, mediation will probably be ordered by the court.
If you reach a tentative agreement in the mediation process, the court will probably approve that agreement, provided that it lines up with the best interests of the child.
Should mediation fail to produce an agreement, the court will rule on the modification request by making the child's best interests the top priority.
Child custody modifications aren't granted for frivolous or trivial reasons. The changing life circumstance that generates a modification request must be a substantial change, and any modification must put the child's best interests first.
Awarding a child's sole custody exclusively to one parent is a measure the court will take only if the court is convinced that sole custody really is in the child's best interests.
When sole custody is awarded to one parent, the other no longer retains any rights regarding the child's education, medical care, or religious training.
When a court orders sole custody, California law requires the court to issue an explanatory written decision.
Judges in California child custody proceedings have substantial power and discretion whenever there's any question or doubt regarding a child's best interests.
For example, a parent's recent conviction for a crime, or any evidence of recent drug, alcohol, or domestic abuse can destroy your ability to win the custody of your child.
Do not be surprised if some pointed and personal questions are asked at a child custody or child custody modification hearing.
New jobs, marriages, and relocations happen every day. Illnesses, injuries, and unemployment also happen – far too frequently.
Revisions of child custody arrangements are routinely handled by California courts, but a parent will need a family lawyer's help with a custody modification request.
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SELF CARE: 3 Good Things
I've had ample time with myself these past seven date-less months. I've thought, read, listened, watched, created, and thought some more. And as if adjusting to a dating hiatus wasn't enough, I decided to do my mental state a solid by topping it off with weaning myself off anti-depressants because I LOVE fun. You can never have too much of it, really. And let me tell you — these past two months have been SO MUCH FUN and not at ALL a struggle mentally. A true cake walk, if you will. Except where the cake is actually stale white bread and the icing is a heavy-handed dose of mayo, and the waiter forgot forks so you're forced to eat mayo cake with your bare hands.
Like I said — so. much. fun.
Throughout this white bread mayo walk, I've found myself thinking a lot about happiness, mindfulness, being in the moment. It's a conundrum as old as time that the human brain naturally skews toward the negative, always. For example, here's what a good day looks like in your head:
You: Wow! Today was actually a really good day.
Brain: Remember that one moment though that almost ruined the day?
You: Oh yeah. That. Man, FUCK that. Why'd you have to remind me?
Brain: It's just what I do.
You: Well, great. Now today SUCKED.
On the flip, here's what a bad day looks like:
You: Today was the absolute worst, and I'm so glad it's over.
Brain: But remember those few small things that happened where you actually smiled and laughed?
You: So? Those were moments. As a whole, the day blew chunks.
Brain: What if you focused on those few good moments instead?
You: What if you SHUT THE FUCK UP?
Training our minds to put positivity first goes against most humans' innate way of thinking and being. It's an incredibly difficult muscle to exercise when we're naturally prone to be worrying about this, that, or the other at any given time. We meet positive people and are immediately weary of their motives. "What's she up to?" or perhaps the more popular query: "What's she on?" As a society, we feel we don't have TIME to relish in the good, happy moments. We find them much more fleeting than the ugly reality of the everyday grind and stressors that we choose to let consume our every day lives.
Enter a new podcast I'm loving: The Science Of Happiness. Produced on UC Berkley's campus by the Greater Good Science Center, the podcast is run by actual scientists who invite guests to try one "happiness" method and report back their findings. It's brand new and the episodes are shorter than a pubic hair, but sometimes a pubic hair of wisdom is really all you need.
The very first episode experiments with a strategy called "Three Good Things." Because we tend to take the joy in our lives for granted, the challenge is, at the end of every day, no matter if you'd naturally categorize that day as good, bad, or somewhere in-between, to sit down and write out (yes, with a pen and on paper) three good things that happened that day. It could be as big as a raise or as microscopic as a 2-min conversation you had with a barista that put a smile on your face. The idea is to thoughtfully replay your day, keeping a keen eye out for those three little moments that deserve some of the attention that you're doling out like candy to all the bad, stress-inducing stuff. And not just to jot them down as bullet points either, no. To write them out and sit with each good thing for a minute or more, giving your psyche time to envelop, appreciate, and remember the good things that happened. Here's my entry from yesterday (Monday):
As you can tell, I WASN'T WORKING WITH MUCH, guys. Because, in all honesty, yesterday wasn't that great of a day. It was Monday. I had a really lonely weekend being sick and incapacitated. I'm PMSing and feeling extremely anxious. And nothing very good happened yesterday, but a few pretty good things did and those are what I wrote down (see: grapes). But that's the whole thing with this strategy — some days, you're going to have to sit long and think hard to try and conjure up even one good thing that happened that day, and it might be really hard to do. But if you sit with it long enough, there will be at least one, if not two. And hey, if you're really working at it, maybe even three.
Check out the Science of Happiness podcast on iTunes and leave a comment if you have a sneaky little happiness trick you swear by!


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My Twitter feed is a constant stream of discovery and last week was no exception. I came across an incredible talent and wanted to share him with you all.
Here is what happened when I spoke to budding online sensation Kola Olanrewaju.
Tell me a bit about yourself and how you got into art?
My name is Kola Olanrewaju, From Osun state Nigeria.
When I was about 7years old, my parents said they noticed the art trait in me. I'd draw on the ground, and everywhere I could. My parents believed it is a God given talent and would tutor me in the little way they could, regardless of the fact that they were not so artistically inclined. I learned a lot of Art in school, from primary school, high school, up until University, every one noticed I had a special gift. I was also one of the best at every level of education.
What inspires the art you do?
My inspiration comes from God and the entirety of my surrounding. I am also inspired by Reggae music (the positive side to reggae music). Whenever a thought or idea comes to my mind, I immediately try to convert it to Art.
Why pointillism?
I actually practice all kinds of art; Pastel, Charcoal, Oil pastel, pencil, acrylic, etc. I just focus more on Pointillism because it helps me challenge myself due to how much patience it requires.
There are also very few artists who practice pointillism and I generally like to stand out. I currently have one of the largest pointillism works so far, 2x3ft. The few people who have seen my pointillism usually don't believe it.
Pointillism has grown to be a medium I truly love.
Why did you choose to take to twitter to share your work?
My daughter, Eniola, adviced that I showcased my work a bit more. I had no idea how she planned to go about that. She posted some of my Artworks on her Twitter page and told me how incredible the response was. I'd say because she understands the power of social media right now, she used It effectively.
How do you feel about the response you have had so far?
I really am just thankful to God, my family and my children, especially my daughter Eniola, who recently graduated from the university with a degree in Computer Science. I have so much passion for my art and work hard at it. Finally seeing it being appreciated is honestly so amazing.
What do you hope to do with the platform twitter has given you?
I am really capitalizing on this platform to network and connect. I am also learning to use It gradually lol
How can people go about purchasing one of your pieces?
I have an instagram page where my work and my families work are being uploaded daily (@stellamarisart). My whole family is filled with creative. You might have to check that page to understand what I mean. I also have a website you could check my art on stellamaris.com.ng
These pages are called 'stella maris' because that's both my wife and daughters name.
Will you be exhibiting your work at any fairs or festivals in the near feature?
Yes, I really need a lot of publicity. I believe the world is waiting and even ready for me and my work. I am going to work on exhibiting my work very soon.
Do you think you will explore any styles outside of pointillism?
I am very good with almost all known art mediums. Art for me is indeed a raw talent. My exhibitions will feature mediums like Pointillism, Oil pastel, Chalk pastel, Charcoal, acrylic, collage, oil painting, etc.
Any final words?
Thank you so much for the opportunity to have this interview. I'd like to say persistence in whatever you do is key. Success knows no age and don't forget to Love and learn.


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Gangster Prem Prakash alias Munna Bajrangi, who was killed in the Baghpat district jail here by a co-prisoner, had been shot at seven times.
The postmortem examination report of Bagrangi said he was shot at seven times by jail inmate Sunil Rathi, Superintendent of Police Jai Prakash said on Wednesday.
He said one of the bullets had hit Bajrangi's head and a portion of his head was badly mutilated on the right side. "A pistol, two magazines and 22 cartridges have been recovered from a drain inside the jail," he said, adding it was yet to be ascertained as to how the pistol reached inside the jail. "A probe is on," he added.
"Bagrangi had an argument over 'supari' (contract killing) with Rathi after which the latter killed him. This has come to the fore but it is being verified," he said.
Mafia don Bajrangi was shot dead inside Baghpat jail on Monday morning hours before he was to be produced in a local court in a case of extortion of money from a former BSP legislator. Bajrangi's wife Seema Singh has charged former MP Dhananjay Singh, Union minister Manoj Sinha and former MLA Krishnanand Rai's widow Alka Rai for hatching the conspiracy to kill her husband. Krishnanand Rai, who was shot more than 100 times with an AK 47 by Bajrangi and 6 others in November 2005. The murder brought the killer don into limelight with a Rs 7 lakh reward announced on him. He was arrested from Mumbai in October 2009.


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Transforming Reporting
Systems define success in relation to their purpose and goals. If the measure of success is limited to only quantitative data, the destination may also become limited. What does your system value? What do you evaluate? Are the indicators of success appropriate and do they include multiple sources? How can you use assessment FOR learning to provide evidence of working towards or achieving your mission?
Remember, we evaluate what we value. If we collect simple, comparative numerical data, we communicate that we value that which can be measured simply and in numerical terms. We end up doing what Paul LeMahieu (1996) warns us against – we end up ACCOUNTING for learning rather than BEING ACCOUNTABLE for it.
Sometimes the push from leaders is to collect 'objective' data, yet all data is subjective – it just looks objective when it is in numerical form. When it comes to classroom assessment, leaders can support teachers to work towards better reliability and validity of their evaluations by encouraging them to collect evidence of learning from multiple sources over time. One way to do this is through *triangulation* – collecting evidence through making observations, having written, oral, or recorded conversations and collecting the products created as students learn. Then, when teachers come to evaluate and report, they can be confident in their judgment.
Sometimes educators find it hard to imagine using qualitative data as part of a summative grade. In this Assessment ofLearning video clip I give examples of how some teachers calculate percentage grades using both quantitative and qualitative data. You can view the video here. I encourage you to think about how you might be able to include both qualitative data as well as quantitative data in your summative grades so as to report on all learning outcomes or standards, using more of the evidence of learning.
"Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with."
~ Bob Wells
Transforming Schools and Systems using Assessment: A Practical Guide is 'jammed with examples' of how barriers are being transformed daily by leaders at all levels of education. Check it out here.


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Types of Organizations
Types of Organization
What are Types of Organization
Organization, which many people interpret differently, is of many types or categories. As there are many types of animals that exist on this earth, so are types of organizations. These types of organizations have their definitions and characteristics. Before further note is given on this topic, let's define an organization. The word organization is viewed from two reference points. One is that organization is defined as a collection of individuals who have come together to achieve a common goal under rules and regulation. Another definition of organization is as a function of management. In this definition, organization is seen as the arrangement of resources for efficient use in the attainment of goals and objectives.
The two principal types of organizations are formal and informal organizations. In every organization, these two categories of organization exist and they enhance the activities carried out in the organization. They work as subordinates to each other.
Formal and Informal Organization
Formal Organization
Any official organization which is well founded with well defined and focused objectives is known as formal organization. Formal organization is an approved establishment which displays connectivity among people, jobs, departments, and is usually represented in organization chart. According to a writer called Brown, in his opinion, he wrote that three clear characteristics of a formal organization are:
- Formal organization is deliberately impersonal;
- A formal organization is based on ideal relationship; and
- It is based on 'Rabble Hypothesis' of the nature of man.
Rabble hypothesis explains that competition leads to maximum efficiency and when each man fights for himself, the best interest of the group are served. He went further to say that men are isolated unit who may be moved about from one job to another depending only on their ability to perform the function required of them. According to Brown's second opinion of informal organization, he implied that such organization is not influenced by personal feelings or relationship.
There are other qualities of formal organization. The features include existence of structure, organizational objectives and relationships prescribed by management. A formal organization has objectives for its establishment. These objectives are achievable with the help of the organization's manager and the employees. It is his duty to energize and empower the workers on what they are to do to see that the services rendered by the organization are of good benefit to the masses. He also adopts important and necessary strategies to make sure that the formal organization is promoted and meet up with the demand of the masses or customers.
We meet formal organizations on daily basis. What are the examples of formal organization? Examples of formal organization are universities, hospitals, political parties and church. Taking university for example, it has a lot of staff, both teaching and none teaching ones. The university being a formal organization uses formal means of communication or channel. The relationships between staff are conducted on formal platform. It includes people from many parts of a particular country or even foreigners. It is quite different from informal organization where everything is done on friendly or close relationship like family organization. In hospital for instance, there are many personnel that carry their functions in it. There are nurses, doctors, students who are on medical trainings, midwives and so on. All these workers come from different places and families and meet one another in their workplace, hospital. This is why hospital is regarded a formal organization.
Informal Organization
Informal organization is an opposite of formal organization. It is also known as shadow organization because it is a reflection of formal organization. It is an unapproved or unofficial organization. Informal organization seizes to exist without formal one. In a family for instance (informal organization), before the family is built, the husband and wife did not know each other very closely. In the other words, they were operating on a formal basis. But when they got closer and built a family which units them together, what came to exist between them is informal organization as they give birth to children. So with the example, it is justified that informal organization cannot exist without formal one.
Bakke, a management scholar, states that as factor in influencing human behavior, the formal and informal systems are not separable. The author went further to say that without denying the danger of inconsistency and conflict between the formal and informal system, we would suggest that the social system to which participants in an organization reacts, and which is an effective determinant of their behavior, is a synthesis of both formal and informal element.
Let's give clear example of the author's explanation based on the above paragraph. In university of higher learning, there are many departments that make it. The university is incomplete without these departments as they are its main elements or composition. Now, the university is taken as a formal organization, but inside it is informal organization. In a particular department, there are workers that carry out their functions in it. These can be the departmental secretary, Head of the Department and other departmental lecturers. As these persons work together from day-to-day, they begin to build relationship between one another. At times, this relation leads to marriage between the two working in the organization (the department). This makes informal organization to exist in the department. From the illustration, it simply implies that the university is an informal organization and university department an informal organization.
The manager of formal organization has no power over informal organization. It is similar to saying that the vice chancellor of a university has no power over the family of one of his workers. A good manager makes use of informal organization to achieve the formal organization goals. When there is good understanding between workers that work together in a department of big company, they can do great and good job because of their unity to achieve the objectives of formal organization.
Discussed on this write-up are the classifications or types of organization. It is explained in such a way that any reader of this piece can easily comprehend the information passed across. In summary, the classifications of organizations are formal and the informal. The two are obtainable in every standard organization. Formal organization involves formal relationship between people. On the contrary, informal organization involves close relationship between people and example of this type of organization is family.
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Estimation of forage biomass on plots using satellite imagery.
The "Normalized Difference Vegetation Index" (NDVI), or Normalized Vegetation Index Is calculated from the "red" and "near infrared" (PIR) spectral bands of a so-called multispectral satellite image. The PIR reacts to the chlorophyll in plants. It therefore allows us to estimate the forage biomass present on plots. It is a non-destructive method that allows the collection of data over large surfacea areas and from a distance. To do this, a field survey phase is required beforehand in order to link the quantity of biomass in the field to the calculated NDVI. This work was carried out during the first phase of the ARChE_Net project. A web interface will be set up to allow quick access to the information.
Initially, the objective of the studies conducted through the NDVI is to validate one or more soil-climate dependent models for each country in the Indian Ocean region. The satellite images measure the evolution of plant activity during the different seasons and the data acquired by the satellites, in the visible and near infrared regions, is used to calculate NDVI indices; these indices are highly correlated with the density of the vegetation cover and the capacity of the plants to absorb sunlight and to convert it into biomass.
Thus, the biomass monitoring tool interrelates the soil-climate dependent grass growth models and the geo-referenced information (NDVI indices, meteorological data, ground measurements) to map (Geographic Information System) the availability and nutritional value of forage resources in an area. The tool can provide real-time information that enables livestock producers to manage their livestock numbers better and/or the mobility of their herds in relation to the expected availability of fodder resources.
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Useless A.I.
March 5, 2018
The Graduate Media Design Practice department and the Interaction Design department are hosting a Useless A.I. Symposium; composed of many recognizable industry figures this coming Thursday night at the Wind Tunnel Gallery. Be sure to join us for this exciting discussion!
As we begin to learn more about Artificial Intelligence and work to advance the field, we must see beyond these contrived ideals in order to design alternative propositions for the very real humans and machines. The Useless A.I. Symposium explores the complex challenges of contemporary design within the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. The event brings together guest speakers – Nicole Coddington, Principal Design Manager at Amazon, Alexa; Kyle McDonald, Media Artist; Chris Noessel, IBM Design Practice Manager and Author; Yisong Yue, Assistant professor in the Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology – to confront Artificial Intelligent stereotypes and explore the true usefulness of the machine and what it can be used for. The guest speakers will be joined by Media Design Practice graduate students who will interpret the brief of "Useless A.I.", sharing their critical, humorous, and risky design investigations.
Nicole Coddington, Principal Design Manager at Amazon, Alexa
Kyle McDonald, Media Artist
Chris Noessel, IBM Design Practice Manager and Author
Yisong Yue, Assistant professor in the Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology
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We are new to this gas and oil leasing siutation and had a few questions on how to figure out if we are getting the most we can out of our lease before we sign anything.
Located in Belmont County, Ohio Zip code is 43950. We only own 2 acres in a little cul-de-sac area. They have recently established a well pad about 1 mile from our home and are expected to go directly underneath our house. The name of the wells (that i can see they have permits for on the GIS map) are they SKYHAWK 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 wells.
Rice Energy orginially offered us 3500 and acre and we didn't really get back to them after they mailed us that lease document. They called us back this week and offered 4500 an acre. He was a little pushy about us agreeing this time around because he said Rice Energy is merging with another company next month and he is concerned they are going to stop leasing new land and because we are in this wells path they may just force us to sign something. Also sounded like he was worried he may not have a job after this merger so maybe he just trying to get everything wrapped up so they don't get rid of him after the merger?
Does this seem like a reasonable offer considering we are directly in the path and they are going under us? As far as we know, the neighbors beside us have not signed anything and have no plans on signing anything so it is hard to us to get comps....This land was previously leased for around the same amount. I know prices are down but i also know things are supposed to be picking back up around here
any and all help is appreciated!
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thanks...we have asked a couple of our neighbors and none of them have even been approached yet. One guy said he won't sell no matter what the offer. We aren't really looking into selling outright...too much of the "what if" would nag at us...especially if it ends up we could have gotten more from royalties than what we sold out for.
The person contacting us originally tried to say the offer was lower than others because they have to include the time in researching the title of the property to make sure we own the mineral rights which was a boldfaced lie...they have to research every property title on their own even if someone has proof of ownership.
As far as i can tell, from what I have read, we want gross royalty and not net...and we want to get rid of the market enhancement clause but thats all i know lol. Also to limit the shut in/delay in market clause and the force majeure length/ time period.
I would ask them to delete everything after the word "hereunder" in the fourth line of the market enhancement clause. I think that specifically precludes you from having deducts of any sort. (Exhibit A)
I would also as that the Shut-in time period be reduced to 18 months. (Exhibit A)
(A) The Delay Rental of $5 per year after it is shut in for 12 months is ridiculous IMHO.
(C) Delay in Marketing - probably needs work as well since it basically gives them the right to shut the well in forever and only be forced to pay you $5 per annum (refers back to Delay Rental).
(D) Shut-In - Again refers back to Delay Rental as penalty for shut-in and at $5 /yr that is not good for you.
Honestly with 2 acres you don't have alot of stroke but I'd ask for the changes to something you feel is equitable.
thanks! the shut in and delay rental are the 2 main things i definitely do not understand
Pro Geo - I have a question about that! I am glad you mentioned it. Define "for a while" in regards to the decline. we've been in production since Nov 2016 and already seeing a dramatic reduction. NOW it is possible they are throttling the well back, but I am not sure. Any input?
One thing about selling your mineral rights is that they are forever out of your control. So your surface property will be sitting above the minerals/coal/oil/gas that belongs to someone else. For the one time amount of money you receive, you will have traded off somebody else deciding what goes on literally under your feet. Something to consider.
As for up front money, the offer made to you is in the ball park.
However, I have "heard" of payments of $7, 500 an acre and more.
I have also heard wild stories of companies paying extremely high
up front money because they had to have the acreage.
just an update after being hounded by this guy from rice energy everyday with phone calls..he also started texting saying this needs settled ASAP.
After telling him that we were looking everything over and needed some changes to happen before we sign anything. He asked what changes and we mentioned the gross royalty vs whats in the lease and he responded saying that will NEVER happen and never happens around here.....is this true? he basically said get lost if thats what you want so we told him thanks for your time have a nice day.
he is pretty much the rudest and most arrogant person my husband has ever had to deal with and my husband is an extremely nice/likeable guy lol he is just lucky he hasn't had to talk to me yet!
I never understand why landmen get like that unless the land owner is jerking them around, which it definitely sounds like you are not.
Lots of times they will say that they can never do something for you, but if they want it badly enough they will change it for you eventually. The guy you are talking to may not have the authority to offer you what you want, but he can certainly talk to someone who does. Just depends on how bad they want your property. You have to try to evaluate what further bargaining power you have vs when you should accept the offer and sign. It can be a tough call.
Personally, I'd keep the lines of communication open and reiterate to him what you want. If he's really being that rude you could just straight up tell him that it's making you not want to work with him and he needs to chill out.
Yeah we are giving him the silent treatment at the moment...waiting for him to come around which i am sure he eventually will seeing as how persistant he has been over the last month. We just mentioned are thoughts on what we wanted and he instantly shut it down...rudely. Like he could have atleast said ill see what i can do and then, later on, said sorry its not possible.
There is another company wanting to buy our rights and royalties outright for one lump sum...its up to 22,000 at this point, We haven't given it much thought though because we didn't really want to go that route..too many unknowns.
To be fair, 20% is a great royalty. But you need to get an idea of how bad the deductions from that 20% can be, and try to minimize or eliminate them if possible. I can't speak to the signing bonus because I am not that familiar with your area.
There's no "forcing you to sign." It is your property, you can sign or not sign. Ohio does have force pooling though, so you should look into that. Not sure that it's used all that often.
As far as selling your rights, I personally believe that option is right for some people and not right for others. By selling, you can avoid the headache of trying to decipher deductions in the future, and you can get a lump sum now. You could also get an attorney to include something in the deed that states that the buyer has absolutely no rights to the surface of your property for development of their minerals. Obviously, you will probably get more money in the long run if you keep your minerals, because the idea for the buyers is that they will make money on the purchase. However, you'll probably have to wait years to see the amount they are offering you. Who knows how long it will be before they even drill the well once you are leased? You could also sell a portion of the minerals and retain a portion, but for a two acre property, the buyers most likely will not be interested in that scenario, nor would you be. I know some people are very passionate about not selling their minerals, so I'm sure I will get torn apart for even suggesting it's an option to consider haha. But that's just my two cents.
Yeah, we had alot of very agressive, ultra rude landmen, too. We just told them flat out no. I think they're trying to bully you into signing quick, then you're stuck with this no-good legal commitment and these landmen move on to whoever is next on the list.
They told us the same thing about no way in heck could we change the lease language. Turns out that wasn't right and we made the changes we needed. The leases they offered were lousy in our opinion. But you are the owner of these valuable minerals. We did hire a lawyer in the end and we got a much better lease.
Be sure to include a "no-net back" clause that says they can't go back and deduct costs, etc. from sale price. Don't know if just excluding the Market Enhancement clause and putting in "Gross royalty" is enought to cover you from all the deductions. They seem to find clever ways around the clauses somehow so include every bit of language you can to protect yourself.
Besides trying to maximize the value of your oil/gas, it's good to put in other clauses that protect you from any damage they cause to your land and any neighbors around you. Cause once you sign can't go back and fix it
One thing we thought of concerning selling is that: now you only own the surface above the minerals someone else owns forever and they have the right to do anything and whatever they want with it no matter how it affects the top owner.
Just an older person who has seen others get taken advantage of. I'm glad my parents were cautious about deals they made.
Our signing bonus just happened to end up being more than we were offered to sell our gas/oil.
Of course, each person has their own situation. 11,000/acre is definitely more than what we were offered.
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Friends lift Rodriguez to victory
Used to fighting six rounds instead of four, Joseph Rodriguez was struggling until he heard the chants coming from the crowd.
"Mon-goose! Mon-goose!"
"It got me excited," Rodriguez said of hearing the sound of his ring name.
Turns out, the San Antonio fighter needed all the help he could get against Christian Santibanez on Tuesday night.
Inspired by his friends, Rodriguez (11-0, 2 KOs) remained undefeated with a majority decision victory in front of about 700 fans at Cowboys Dancehall.
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The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
A concert season over one weekend only
The Showbiz Christchurch 2019 mid-year concert builds on the success of Broadway Hitmen in 2018 which featured some of the most popular tunes by musical hit maker Andrew Lloyd Webber.
With a superb on-stage orchestra, outstanding soloists and a large chorus, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber takes the mid-season concert to a new level with fully staged and choreographed production numbers from hit Lloyd Webber shows The Phantom of the Opera, CATS, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita and more. Devised especially by Lloyd Webber himself, don't miss your chance to be part of this exclusive concert season over one weekend only.


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Thousands of fans lined the streets of Mumbai on Wednesday, some weeping quietly, others running behind the hearse, as they joined Bollywood stars in paying tributes to actress Sridevi who died at the weekend in Dubai. Sridevi was accorded full state honours as she was cremated at Mumbai's Vile Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium on Wednesday evening with husband Boney Kapoor performing the last rites. Daughter Janhvi and Khushi also accompanied the hearse.
The actor was draped in a Tricolour on her last journey 's and her flower-covered cortege was followed by thousands of mourners who walked all the way from prayer hall in Lokhandwala to the crematorium in Vile Parle, a distance of about 7 km. Her Bollywood colleagues, including Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Vidya Balan, also reached the cremation ground to pay their last respects.
Sridevi, 54, acted in 300 films in a career that began at age four and culminated in her becoming one of Hindi cinema's biggest female superstars. Police were called in to control a crowd that surged toward a Mumbai club where her body was placed for people to pay their respects.
"She was in the first movie I saw in theaters. I wanted to get a last glimpse of her, but the police won't let us in," Indrayani, a woman from Sridevi's home state of Tamil Nadu in southern India, said.
Fans later ran behind a flower-bedecked truck carrying the body as it drove toward the crematorium.
Police in Dubai where Sridevi had gone to attend a family wedding said that a post mortem showed her death on Saturday was due to drowning in her hotel room's bathtub following loss of consciousness. Media reports had earlier said the cause of death was cardiac arrest.
Sridevi is survived by her husband, Boney Kapoor, and daughters Janhvi and Khushi. The Kapoors are a prominent film family, and her brothers-in-law, Anil and Sanjay, are actors, as is Arjun Kapoor, her husband's son from a previous marriage.
"She was an all-round actress, a hard worker who was always willing to correct her mistakes and improve," Bharathi Pradhan, a film critic who knew Sridevi from her initial days in Bollywood, said. "She had sensuality and oomph like no other actress of the time."


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Eckart Preu - In the vanguard of a new generation
Recently, I had the pleasure of a conversation with Maestro Eckart Preu, conductor of the Stamford Symphony since 2005, Maestro Preu is one of a new generation of expressive conductors, one which believes in presenting a wide variety of musical style and periods, and who believe that outreach and audience development and support from all directions are all factors essential to the preservation of classical music. In our present society, this is sorely lacking. Our children are not exposed to classical music, and neither are many of the parents. Just as points of information, the Stamford Symphony is one of four symphony orchestras within a small radius of perhaps ten miles, and the Sunday afternoon concerts offer free admission to children. (I assume they must be accompanied by an adult.)
Eckhart Preu was born in Erfurt, Germany.His parents were musicians, though not professional, his father largely self-taught as a pianist and conductor. As a boy soprano,Preu was a member of the historic Dresdener Kreuzchor, which was founded in the 16th century, and of which the composer Heinrich Schuetz was an early director.
Much of Preu's early conducting career was in Europe, but he now is responsible for the Spokane Symphony as well as Stamford. The weekend prior to his opening concerts in Stamford, he conducted that body in a program of Bach, Prokofiev and Strawinsky. The Stamford audience will be treated to a program featuring the towering Fifth Symphony of Beethoven and Brahms' Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, with the orchestra's excellent concertmaster, violinist Erika Kiesewetter and cellist Edward Arron.
A winner of several conducting competitions, and the Kark Boehm scholarship, among other studies, he did graduate work at Hartt School of Music, and earned a master's degree in conducting at the Hochschule fuer Musik in Weimar. He also spoke of preparing and presenting Mozart's "Don Giovanni" with a cast composed of non-professional, basically untrained singers! He spoke of this as being a remarkable and rewarding success, thanks to a tear's worth of work.
The Stamford Symphony's final concert was a program composed of the music of John Williams, which Preu emphatically noted was far and above the designation of "movie music," even though we were treated some fun with the Star Wars" excerpts. Williams, also a former conductor of the Boston Pops, is an important American composer, and the orchestra and Preu celebrated him as exactly that.
Preu also spoke of the importance of programmed for a given audience, knowing through several sources, what people would like to hear, and mentioned also the importance of having both an executive director and a musical director, so that each of them can be fully attentive to their work. He prefers the way things are done here, rather than the more rigid "German" system, because artistic decision are not limited in anyway.
We touched on the problem of music education. Preu believes it is not a good thing, but a reality that the arts are the first things cut from school budgets, leaving children and young people without the chance to learn more about music in school.
He himself believes in an early start, and members of the symphony present short concerts at the Stamford Nature Center for very young children through the fourth grade' These concerts are interactive between the children and the musicians, but he laso said that such exposure must involve the cooperation and encouragement of the parents and broad support. Children hearing classical music can have fun with it, and learn to love it early. Financial and logistical problems also have to be considered. He said that teen-agers are often lost for a while though that desire to be "cool," but they can be won back.
(He is absolutely right. I chatted with several teen-age gentlemen at the Williams concert last Spring, and all of them were enthusiastic and said it was a "blast" and cool besides.)
Preu hopes to be able to offer his pre-concert talks for young people again this year.
His dream, he said, is always to have full houses and broad support, both audience and financial. He loves to feel the appreciation of the audience for his music-making, and he can't help but have fun when that happens. That definitely includes a tangible, warm sense of joy that flows between him, the orchestra and his audience, which, I can attest, certainly has been the case each time I have been to a Stamford Symphony concert.
Speaking with Maestro Preu, a valuable asset to the artistic life of our area, this writer was deeply impressed by his talent, his knowledge and dedication, his obvious love for music and his work, and not least, his sense of humor!


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So my next target for 2011 is MMU OPEN. This time no one can report me anymore coz there is no term and condition. District is allow to play. Work hard for it.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
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GUess what. I did prepare for the Novice Cup and wanted to get CHAMP. who knows. Someone go report me , said that i'm district player. So someone called me and ask me to withdraw the competition. ==.. At last end up with nothing. Arggh.
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
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LOL...i'm so fucking excited about the up coming badminton tournament. Novice cup. So excited. Still got two weeks to go. Can't wait!!!!!!!! Target men single and double CHAMP. Yahoo. Here i come!!!!!!
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Just now saw you at MP working as a part-time promoter . Feel like wanted to say hi to you, but i scared. It's okay, at least i got the chance to see you.
Thanks God.
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Friday, December 3, 2010
Bruno Mars - Grenade [Official Music Video]
The song is about loving someone so deeply, and the pain of knowing that the person you love does not feel the same.
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I just not good enough compare with other classmate.
Really disappointed with my current result.
I really study hard for my mid-term.
And i still can't get the highest.
But my friend did.
Pressure rising.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
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Sometime i feel everyone in this world are so childish. No human sense at all. No study. No moral value. Because of these childish people , i feel tired of everything. They only know how to complain and blame on people when there is some problems. Blame people for what?? will it solve your fucking problem. such an idiot. Lucky i'm patient enough to play with your fucking pattern. If not , i'm afraid you will be slap by me.
Not only that. sigh. i thought when everyone turn to 18 , they will mature enough to think. But i was wrong. They not even mature to think and still act like primary school student. Even a small issue , want to argue. Please God help them. I can't stand anymore!!!!!!!!!!
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Daniel Asare, is calling for the establishment a Hospice, a home that will provide care for people who are terminally ill
He explained that patients with such chronic diseases often do not receive the necessary care after being discharged, either because "their relatives were not available or refuse to take them back home."
He made the call in an interview with the Daily Graphic after a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Global Outreach Consortium, donated some surgical and medical equipment worth GH¢500,000 to the hospital in Accra on November 15, 2018.
The presentation was done with support from the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB).
Dr Asare added that although the "no bed syndrome" at the hospital had been addressed significantly, the "acute environment at the hospital still prevented the hospital to accommodate persons with terminal illnesses."
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"I think the Ministry of Health has some plans to construct a Hospice in Dodowa, but we think that Korle-
Stating some challenges at the hospital, the CEO said most of the equipment in use where obsolete, of which they were not able to
He mentioned among others, structures that needed refurbishment, to make them safe and appropriate to provide quality healthcare.
He said "they need help with the maternal block, which is even falling apart, the children's block, the surgical and medical block, and an establishment of a trauma and
"We know that government cannot do it alone so we want to partner the private sector, to put up these centres of excellence," he said.
Touching on the donation made, he said the equipment had come in handy especially during this time that the National Health Insurance Scheme payments were delayed.
He thanked the group for their gesture saying: the Items, which include a neurosurgical microscope, would help a great deal in conducting neurosurgical operations at the hospital.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Global Outreach Consortium, Dr Priscilla Vandyah-Sey, said their move was part of efforts to
She said the purpose
Touching on their activities, she said they had conducted 18 outreaches across the country, of which they had screened about 3000 people, with 1200 needing surgery.
"So far we have been able to conduct surgeries for only 200 people, meaning we still have a backlog of 1000 free surgeries. We are, therefore, still mobilising funds to proceed with the surgeries left," she said.


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By Chikako Mogi | Reuters – 1 hour 21 minutes ago
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares tumbled on Monday, pushing the broader Tokyo market to a 28-year low, as investors extended a rout of global stocks and worried about a nightmare scenario of euro-zone breakup, U.S. economic relapse and a sharp slowdown in China.
Tokyo's broader Topix index <.TOPX> lost 2.1 percent to 693.35, a level not seen since late 1983, as Asian markets plumbed new lows for 2012. Japan's Nikkei average <.N225> fell 2 percent after last week marking its ninth straight week of losses, the longest such losing streak run in 20 years. <.T>
Investors continued to head for the relative safety of bonds after weak U.S. jobs data on Friday sparked a global stampede out of equities and hit the euro and some risky currencies hard.
The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> plunged 2.2 percent to their lowest since December. And U.S. stock futures pointed to yet more selling when investors wake up in North America on Monday, with S&P 500 futures down 0.8 percent in Asian trade.
The euro and the Australian dollar, which is closely linked to risk appetite, staged only meek recoveries from their battering on Friday when the Australian currency hit eight-month lows. The yen, perceived as a safer currency in times of crisis, retreated from its highs against the dollar.
Overall, though, investors hedged against global financial and economic crisis, heading for havens such as the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond whose yield fell below 0.80 percent to its lowest since July 2003. Ten-year JGB futures prices jumped to a 19-month high.
U.S. and German government bond yields had both hit record lows on Friday.
Analysts said the flight to bonds was expected to continue until clarity emerged on issues such as the outcome of Greek elections due on June 17 and the recapitalization of European banks, now in the shadow of a Spanish banking crisis.
"It's not an issue of risk-on or risk-off anymore, it's nervousness all over until a clear direction emerges on a long-term trend," said Hisamitsu Hara, chief FX manager at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.
"Currencies are locked in ranges with high volatility, with both the euro and the dollar facing limited upside due to their problems, while the yen's upside is also capped by wariness about intervention," he said.
U.S. job growth braked sharply for a third straight month in May and the jobless rate rose for the first time in nearly a year, with 69,000 jobs added to payrolls last month, the least since May last year. As well, 49,000 fewer jobs were created in the previous two months than had been thought.
"We may even see more talk of the need for additional quantitative easing," Standard Chartered Bank said in a research note, adding that the data had given ammunition to doves ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting on June 19-20.
The median of forecasts from 15 primary dealers – those institutions that do business directly with the Fed – showed a 50 percent chance the central bank would eventually launch another round of quantitative easing, up from 33 percent on May 4, according to Reuters polling.
The weak U.S. data followed poor Chinese manufacturing data and dismal European reports on factory activity. Markets had already been on edge over the deepening euro-zone crisis.
Spot gold was down 0.5 percent at $1,616.99 an ounce on Monday after posting its biggest one-day rally in more than three years on Friday.
The yen stood at 78.18 yen against the U.S. dollar on Monday, off a 3-1/2 month high of 77.65 yen hit on Friday. It stood at 96.99 against the euro, after climbing to its highest since December 2000 of around 95.59 yen on Friday.
The euro was at $1.2410 on Monday, recovering from Friday's low of $1.2288.
"The evolving global slowdown amidst global sovereign financing dilemmas has pushed the yen back into 'super yen' territory, signaling extreme pressures," said Richard Hastings, macro and consumer strategist at Global Hunter Securities, adding that he saw little relief in the euro/yen pair.
"If the European situation worsens, then the global interest rate and policy solutions would require coordinated actions by the Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve to assure access to U.S. dollar money markets, otherwise risk a contraction in global trade," he said.
Analysts are closely watching several monetary policy meetings due this week, including the European Central Bank on Wednesday and Bank of England on Thursday, for clues on their responses to vulnerable global growth.
U.S. crude futures fell 1 percent to $82.35 a barrel on Monday, after hitting its lowest level in almost eight months on Friday. Brent eased 0.6 percent to $97.83.
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A "highly-anticipated title from one of 2K's biggest franchises" has been delayed, parent company Take-Two Interactive has revealed.
During its latest earnings report, the company revealed that the mystery game has been pushed into fiscal year 2020, which runs from April 2019 through March 2020.
"The highly-anticipated title from one of 2K's biggest franchises, which had been planned for release during the current fiscal year, is now planned for launch during fiscal 2020 to allow for additional development time," the report reads. "We remain as excited as ever about this title, and expect it to enhance our results next fiscal year."
This unannounced game has been mentioned several times in the past by Take-Two and is expected to be either Borderlands 3 or the previously rumored new entry in the Bioshock series that is in development at a new 2K Games studio in Novato, California. However, according to reports, the Bioshock game is in very early development, so Borderlands is the more likely candidate.
Earlier this week, a Gearbox Software representative stated that Borderlands 3 will not be at E3 this year, but did add that the developer will be showing off "other titles."


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Today was a wonderful day for a winter walk. The sky was bright, the wind had dropped and although very chilly it was refreshingly bracing! Philip had magicked up this perfect weather for our Christmas walk around Cmwdu and a large group of walkers met outside the Cwmdu pub to begin our walk along country lanes and over fields and streams. Maybe it was the promise of our Christmas lunch in the pub, which was on offer after our walk, which set the walkers off at a brisk pace….or maybe it was just to get warm!
The road followed the stream which didn't look to be too full even after all the rain we have had!
The derelict building we passed looked just right for renovation…we all agreed they would make excellent holiday cottages!
Strange fungi was spotted amongst the mossy banks and pennywort was seen growing up trees which was very unusual!
We crossed over tracks that used to be drover's roads that wended through the countryside many years ago. The drover's used to drive their sheep, geese or other animals to market along these ancient tracks taking their 'produce' even as far as London.
It wouldn't be a normal walk if we didn't walk through a field without some cows looking interested in us or if we didn't have a splash through some water…it all makes for a great time!
We headed back to the village avoiding when possible all the icy patches on the road. Back in the pub we settled down to enjoy our tasty cawl ( lamb broth) made by Philip. Veggie version cawl for me was totally delicious! Another kind walker had made all the home made loaves of bread and rolls accompanied by butter and cheese…heaven!
Following the cawl came the puddings made by some walkers…the choice was too difficult to make so I had some of each!! This was followed by mince pies and coffee…I'll have to go on a lot of walks now to get those calories sorted! Thank you Philip and everyone for a brilliant day.
Earlier in the week we had a day out to Haverfordwest…my childhood town! A new library 'Glan Yr Avon' has just opened there so it was worth a visit. The entrance was very promising.
Looking back over the River Cleddau to the opposite side from the library. The little pedestrian bridges weren't there when I was a child so it was a long walk round!
A lovely view of a very old bridge from inside the library which had all the books and computers needed these days to make up a modern day library.
The frieze around the children's book area was painted by Jackie Morris…I wish I could have it around my room!
Surprisingly there was also a very interesting exhibition by Kyffin Williams showing a range of his paintings of Wales and Patagonia.
There were single paintings by Claudia Williams and Gwilym Pritchard too.
It was a delightful exhibition showing Welsh artists especially those with a link to Pembrokeshire. Also on display a diary and sketches of those who had lived on Skokholm and Skomer islands recording the wildlife there!
After enjoying a tasty lunch in the library cafe…yes they have a cafe too…we went for a walkabout! This was the bridge for cars when I lived there now it's pedestrianised! It was built in 1726 so maybe it deserves a rest from all the cars and lorries that used to cross it!
Further down the river is this bridge that is used by all the traffic …hope someone knows about that tree!
Lots to see and do in lovely Haverfordwest, especially the castle!
Back home in the evening in Llansadwrn it was the turning on of the Christmas lights and the arrival of Father Christmas. There was a very happy buzz amongst those attending…maybe it was the mulled wine…but the carols were sung very heartily and right on time FC arrived not on a sleigh but in a prettily lit motor van! How exciting for all the children…well actually for everyone!
Back in the garden I was wondering which tree to brighten up by decorating it…I have a good choice as I always plant a new tree every year! I'm supposed to dig the previous Christmas tree up and bring it in the house but it always seems to rain so I go and get another one!
Anyway they've all grown too big so I've bought another new one…tiny! I've also decided not to decorate an outside tree as the plants in the borders are decorating the garden beautifully themselves!
Best of all though is my little tree which gives pleasure throughout the year especially at Christmas when it is covered in red berries!
Happy Christmas to you all.