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Realizing that the $72,500 asking price for the Ducati Desmosedici RR excludes him from the start, a French Ducati fan took matters into his own hands and turned his Monster SR4 into what appears to be a bulkier Desmosedici RR, but without the astonishingly high retail price. The passionate builder also took its time and photographed the bike during the different stages of development and this is how we got the pleasure to share these with you.
Although technically it remains as the Monster's L-Twin was preferred over a 200 bhp V4 Desmosedici RR engine, the fiberglass fairing and gas tank, the windscreen and headlights as well as the fake underseat exhaust are all testimony of passionate work and detailed craftsmanship.
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Sioux Falls neighborhoods will find out whether they will shovel snow at the end of their driveways this winter.
On Wednesday, the City is announcing six areas designated as test areas for snow gates to be used on snow plows during the 2012-2013 winter season.
Mayor Mike Huether, Public Works Director Mark Cotter, and Street and Fleet Operations Manager Galynn Huber will make the announcement at a press conference Wednesday. The conference is 10:30 am at the Street Division, 1000 East Chambers Street. The public is welcome to attend.
The group will discuss the data it intends to capture with the tests, what it plans to learn from the tests, and it will answer any questions about preparations for the winter season.

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FAQ: Can we positively say something was designed?
The Long Answer:
Detecting design is an inference. The argument behind intelligent design basically goes as follows:
2. When we find that sort of information in biology, we are justified in inferring that it was put there by an intelligent agent.
3. Some forms of information produced by intelligent agents cannot be produced by unguided natural processes. When we find these sorts of information we can positively say it was not produced by unguided natural processes, but looks like the sort of information produced by intelligent design. We are thus justified in "inferring" that it was designed.
(Stephen C. Meyer, Mere Creation, pg. 140).
"Indeed, in all cases where we know the causal origin of 'high information content,' experience has shown that intelligent design played a causal role."
(Stephen C. Meyer, DNA and Other Designs)
"Intelligent design provides a sufficient causal explanation for the origin of large amounts of information, since we have considerable experience of intelligent agents generating informational configurations of matter."
(Meyer S. C. et. al., "The Cambrian Explosion: Biology's Big Bang," in Darwinism, Design, and Public Education, edited by J. A. Campbell and S. C. Meyer (Michigan State University Press, 2003)
There are essentially two types of valid reasoning: inductive reasoning (inference) and deductive reasoning (deduction). Inferences are made when a person (or machine) goes beyond available evidence to form a conclusion. Deductions are made when one fact necessarily mandates another fact. Deductions are "stronger" forms of reasoning than inferences, however inferences are used constantly in science.
Are inferences inappropriate for science? Definitely not. In science, nothing can be said with 100% confidence, and in fact most scientific claims are based upon inference. "I observe A so I infer B." Deductive reasoning (i.e. things we reason to be true with 100% confidence) can only be used to disqualify scientific hypotheses, and thus science can only say with 100% confidence that a given hypothesis is wrong. Stephen Meyer notes that inferences have historically played an important role in scientific reasoning:
(The Methodological Equivalence of Design & Descent: Can There Be a Scientific "Theory of Creation"? by Stephen C. Meyer)
Intelligent design theory and all other scientific theories, such as the theory of evolution, can only be inferred through fulfilled predictions. Intelligent design uses inferences no less than the theory of evolution. Short of having a time machine where we could "watch it happen," we cannot provide proof for evolution short of using inferences. One evolutionist compares proving evolution to weighing evidence at a trial:
("Whale Origins as a Poster Child for Macroevolution," J.G.M. Thewissen and Sunil Bajpai, Bioscience, 51(12):1037-1049 (2001))
Epistemology is the study of knowledge--It asks the question, "how do we know what we claim we know?" Design and evolution are on the same epistemological level: both evolution and design are based upon historical unrepeatable events, and we "infer" the past action of one process or the other by working like "detectives" to try to find clues as to what happened. Neither can be proven 100%, but when we find the predicted evidence of design or evolution, we are justified in inferring one (or the other):
(The Methodological Equivalence of Design & Descent: Can There Be a Scientific "Theory of Creation"? by Stephen C. Meyer)
In the case of design, the following are predictions which might justify the design inference and give us "positive evidence" for inferring design:
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Get ready to take a look inside Cybertek!
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Next to finding out how Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) survived, fans of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s consummate company man have been desperate to learn more about the mysterious cellist, a person he was dating whom was briefly mentioned at the time of his death in The Avengers.
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On Tuesday's episode (8/7c, ABC), those fans will finally get to meet the woman who became Coulson's true love Audrey, portrayed by Whedonverse alum Amy Acker. "What I find remarkable is that Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson said one line in The Avengers and that was it," executive producer Jeffrey Bell tells TVGuide.com. "Out of that, we...
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Those who thought Jasper Sitwell running off to Lemurian Star in last week's episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was the ABC series' idea of a crossover with Captain America: The Winter Soldier were sorely mistaken on Tuesday night. In truth, the implications of how Marvel's latest blockbuster will affect the TV offshoot run much, much deeper.
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First there is a drone. An ethereal hum. Then comes an acoustic guitar riff not dissimilar to "Needle and The Damage Done". As Neil said : "It's all one song."
For all the hoo-ha about the death of the music industry and the demise of tangible recorded music, there is little talk of the growing redundancy of the band. The rise of the All Seeing One Man Band is well upon us. In my treks across the sprawling badlands of Band Camp, I discover so many musicians whose bedrooms are not just their creative habitat but also their recording studios, their mixing desk and, quite possibly, their stages. Whether the technology has encouraged these solitary beasts to proliferate or merely provided us access to their output is another discussion, but it is intriguing to observe.
Recently I saw one of these creatures in public, in full flight. With a guitar, several dozen pedals and an electronic noisemaking machine of some sort, this fellow built a full band sound that was mightily impressive. Other bands on the bill squirmed. Rightfully so. Of course the band-the group, the ensemble, the collective- will never disappear completely-just as books never will-however I would suggest we will see more and more of super talented bedroom musicians smoking muddled bands from the stage.
So to the pick. Sandy Gilfillan records this beautiful bedroom music under the name Yes Know. It is lovely folky ambience, it is all space and light and enveloping electricity. It is the sound of an artist performing his craft. There's a draw to this music, a lulling vacuum. It's hard to define. You know it when you hear it.
Now I have never been to Adelaide though I hear mixed things. The most positive thing I hear is that it is a "nice" place, which does not bode well. The negative things I hear don't bear repeating on BCH. This is a place for the good intentions and decent vocabulary. Needless to say, the criticisms have to do with the joint being somewhat boring. Recently I discovered that there is in fact something going on there. Something good.
Last Saturday night I was being led astray by some reprobates and found myself perched on a set of stairs looking down on Terrible Truths. They are a great band to watch, with the two lead singers set face to face as they exchange lyrics, overlap lines and harmonise. It was an engaging set but in a somewhat different way than other enjoyable musical performances. It felt as if Terrible Truths were taking the unexpected route within these songs-though it isn't a truly original sound (such a thing does not exist) there was a sense of fun within the unusual structure of the songs, enhanced by a highly propellant energy. I like a band that subverts your expectations, without blatantly doing so. I had a grand old time and it wasn't just the Tecate and bottom shelf herbal stimulants talking.
Terrible Truths are on SA based FAUX FRIENDS label. The band comprises of members from Rites Wild, Bitch Prefect and Dud Pills, who are all worth lending you ears to. Clearly there is a scene going on in Adelaide, and a dang good one at that.
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SAP is known for being one of the names synonymous with closed source, propriety applications for the enterprise sector. What a lot of people actually do not know is that SAP is also a huge supporter and contributor to open source. Being one of the major contributors to the Eclipse Foundation and their support for the Java language, SAP is actually one of the companies that requires a closer look from the open source community. I recently hooked up with Michael Bechauf, SAP Community Network to talk about SAP's view on open source as well as his response to some comments made about SAP by ZDNet blogger Dennis Howlett.


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European gasoline barges were bid and offered lowered even as no trades were completed. The fuel's crack, or premium to Brent crude, declined to the lowest in more than two weeks.
Household and commercial heating oil tanks in Germany, the continent's largest market for the fuel, dropped in December from a month ago, according to Ipsos Loyalty GmbH. Gasoil slid on the ICE Futures Europe exchange in London.
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Gasoline barges in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp oil hub were bid and offered from $953 to $961 a metric ton, according to a Bloomberg survey of traders and brokers monitoring the Argus Bulletin Board. That's down from $964 to $970 yesterday.
Prompt deliveries of Eurobob grade, to which ethanol is added to finished fuel, traded yesterday at a $4.49 a ton discount to February swaps, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The market moved into a so-called contango structure on Jan. 11, which may reflect declining near-term demand or rising supply.
Gasoline's crack, a measure of refining profit, shrank 57 cents to $5.93 a barrel as of 11:20 a.m. local time, according to data from PVM Oil Associates Ltd., a broker in London. That compares with $6.51 a barrel the previous session and is the lowest since Dec. 31.
Naphtha's crack, or discount to Brent, widened to $8.16 a barrel, PVM data showed. It was $7.92 yesterday after reaching a five-month low at the end of last week.
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German household heating oil tanks were 58.7 percent full in December, according to Ipsos. That's down from 59.9 percent in November and compares with 57.6 percent a year earlier, data sent today in an e-mailed report show.
Commercial inventories fell to 38.4 percent last month, versus 41.5 percent in November. The stockpiles were at 45 percent in December 2011, the Ipsos data showed.
Gasoil for February delivery declined $5.75, or 0.6 percent, to $955 a ton as of 12:29 p.m. on ICE. The contract's backwardation, or premium to March, shrank $1 to $7.75 a ton. This market structure can signal rising near-term demand or falling supply.
"With this backwardation and the decent winter weather, there will not be a lot of distillates left in tank when winter comes to an end and the diesel demand starts to kick in," Olivier Jakob, managing director of Switzerland-based researcher Petromatrix GmbH, said today in a note.
Temperatures in Frankfurt are forecast to drop to minus 6 degrees Celsius (21 Fahrenheit) on Jan. 19 from minus 3 today, according to data from CustomWeather Inc. Temperatures will also fall below zero in London, Paris and Amsterdam this week, the data show.
Gasoil's crack climbed to $17.71 a barrel versus $17.58 at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. Brent rose 0.2 percent to $110.53 a barrel.
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Twisted Root keeps twisting up things with their menu. A few years ago they introduced a beaver burger; they do bison, bunny, elk and other things. Plus the exotic black bean. But recently they've pushed the envelope a tad further with a camel burger, sold at their Arlington location only on ... ugh ... More >>
After opening 50 stores in 11 states, Mooyah, the Dallas-based burger chain, has gone overseas, and not where you might expect: It opened its first restaurant in Dubai earlier this month, and is expanding their culinary reach to Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar all by the end of 2013 Mooyah has signed a m ... More >>
DJ Love isn't a Dallas native, but the seasoned DJ has made quite the name for himself around these parts thanks to several weekly gigs, a monthly gig, his own record label and an album that's about to drop. A few other things distinguish him from the rest of the local cop: For one, he exclusivel ... More >>
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Following a series of injuries sustained as a National Hunt rider, the 36-year-old Grand National-winning Galway-man decided to try his hand on the level in the spring and picked up 87 victories to finish eighth in the jockeys' championship in Britain.
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We have rebuilt and supplied rural health clinics in Rwanda to help communities near the gorillas' habitat.
The people who live in areas near gorilla habitats in Rwanda have limited access to health facilities, and may have to travel long distances through dangerous territory to obtain health care. Many rural health clinics, including in the town of Bisate, were looted or neglected during periods of civil war. By restoring these clinics we provided the basis for a better quality of life for the people so they can become our partners in conservation.
Rehabilitation and rebuilding of the rural Bisate clinic in Rwanda began in 2006, in partnership with Rwanda's Ministry of Health. The clinic provides basic health care to 20,000 people who live near the mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park. It was in dire need of improvement, due to unsanitary conditions, lack of electricity and clean water, and demoralized staff. Extensive rebuilding, staff training, and supplements to staff salaries have greatly improved conditions. Solar panels now supply electricity, and a rainwater collection system provides clean water. There is a renovated delivery room, computers, new beds and other basic equipment and supplies, sanitation facilities, and a motivated medical staff supplemented by "community health animators." With the addition of a new building in 2011, the Bisate clinic now has separate hospital wards for men, women and children (previously all patients were housed in a single ward). This aids in preventing cross-transmission of disease and provides privacy. The new hospital bloc also contains a pharmacy distribution center and an injection area that are adequately equipped.
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L'Oréal Renewal Lash Serum
So right now, I'm in the midst of using this in the hope that it will give me better lashes.
For those of you who don't know, this little fella is a serum that's meant to give your lashes a boost as it's enriched with Arginine and Centella. (Who? What?)
Yeah, I wasn't too sure either, but after some rummaging I've found that Arginine helps to supply the nutrients for your lashes to develop and Centella helps to prolong the lash life span.
You see, apparently our eyelashes go through a cycle where they fall out and then regrow, fall out, regrow etc. The gel formula is meant to increase the time between fallout, thereby leaving more lashes on your eyes, equalling longer, fuller lashes. So it doesn't create the appearance of fuller lashes, like mascara would, it actually gives you fuller lashes because there's more of them. Sounds good to me.
Anywho, so you're supposed to see results in four weeks and I'm one week in. So far, I can't really tell if there's a difference or not (which I guess is to be expected) but I'll let you know in three weeks.
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Ooh…new Chanel range.
Although it's been out for a little bit now. Took me a little too long to post this.
Oh how I wants this. The Radiant Glow Highlighting Powder and Rouge Allure in Shade 08 are designed to help achieve a natural, radiant, glow which is what I am constantly trying to attain.
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Black and white photos? I absolutely and unequivocally love them. One of the main reasons that I feel this way is because black and white photos add such an ethereal and mystical charm to the subject, irrespective of what it is. Which is quite a feat if you ask me.
Take for instance the pictures you see of alleyways, where the walls are covered in graffiti and the pavement has garbage strewn across it. Perhaps there's a rogue wanderer amongst the scenery, loitering about and up to no good? And yet, the image itself, as a whole, still possesses some sort of magic to it. Had it been in colour, mm…not so much. But strip away the colours and leave only the dark and light aspects of the image, and hey presto! You have created something beautiful.
This is just one of my favourite black and white photos, and although there are countless out there and still so many that are yet to be taken. I'll try and keep posting ones I've stumbled across and have fallen in love with.
This is the Pére Lechaise Cemetery in Paris, France and although you might find it quite morbid, it is definitely on my list of places to see. Affectionally called La Cité des morts (The City of the dead), by Parisians, it is one of the most hauntingly beautiful places to see. Aside from the fact that there rests such luminaries as Oscar Wilde, Honoré de Balzac, Frédéric Chopin, Jim Morrison and Édith Piaf, to name but a few, it is a wondrous place to simply walk through and admire (for lack of a better word). With it's cobblestoned and tree lined streets, ornate tributes and Romantic-inspired monuments it holds an almost dark, otherworldly charm.
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Paper, coffee cans (frozen water) and steel plate.
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Anything from plastic water bottles to coke cans. Sometimes golf balls.
I need some ideas on swinging targets. Other than steel plates. I don't have any steel nor do I want to pay for it. I need easy stuff.
Living in the communist state of Northern Virginia, mostly paper...
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Ice, really let's you know when you hit and you don't have to clean it up
I'll shoot at about anything. Mints, Necko's put on a board. Saltines are pretty cool and it's the mosit fun way to feed birds I"ve ever seen. WE've even done asprins but those tihngs arwe pretty hard to hit. I got on a kick some years back with hitting golf balls at 50 yds with a 9mm. Man those things will really take off when you hit them good. The small 22 ammo boxes work pretty good. I bought a dozen bowling pins years ago that I still have some left to shoot at.
I got a couple of the Do-All self sealing targets that have been a real blast to shoot at. Just don't use HPs on them. I hang them on strings or just let them skip around on the ground making for a target that moves around so you have to reacquire every shot.
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One year in Kentucky we were shooting at gallon milk jugs filled with water. When they were emptied of water, those things went flying, too.
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Carole Bloch is the Director of PRAESA. She has a PhD in early literacy in African settings from the Carl Ozietsky University, Oldenburg and has served as an early literacy consultant in several African countries. The main thrust of her work is to transform the way children learn to read and write, by helping to create conditions that put stories, meaning making and enjoyment at the centre of literacy and biliteracy learning. She has conducted research into young children's literacy and biliteracy learning in multilingual African settings, facilitated training for teachers and teacher trainers and the publication of several books for children of all ages in various languages. She has also written several books for young children and between 2004 and 2007, coordinated the Stories Across Africa Project, a core project of the official language body of the African Union, The African Academy of Languages (ACALAN). Carole is also a founder and trustee of The Little Hands Trust, which promotes and supports the development of children's literature in Africa. She is now leading a team who are carrying out a national Reading for Enjoyment initiative called Nal'ibali, in partnership with Times Media.
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Prashanta Badal has worked in the private sector for 22 years and spent the last 15 of them as a Human Resources Generalist (working at both strategic and operational level). A UNISA BA Graduate with Industrial Psychology, History Majors, and certificates in Applied Labour Relations(UKZN), Project Management (DUT) and BBBEE (WITS), she has a strong desire for seeing radical and profound change, which is what has led her to the NGO sector. As the Logistics Admin Co-ordinator for PRAESA, provides Logistical support to the Programmes team and financial administrative support to the entire team.
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Esther Etkin is Campaign Manager for the Nal'ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign. She has worked as a freelance writer, researcher, and edited several magazines. As the Head of PR and Channel Management for one of SA's largest HIV-prevention initiatives, she oversaw the organisation's communications strategy across multiple platforms and has consulted/spoken on print, mobile media and storytelling projects for young people locally and abroad. She has a Masters in Gender from the London School of Economics.
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Bulelani Futshane is a Programme Support Officer at PRAESA, with a strong background in community dynamics and peer education programmes. His previous roles include Provincial Games Coordinator for loveLife; he also undertook research assignments with the University of Cape Town's Department of Psychiatry from 2009 – 2010. In 2009, Bulelani was selected by Semester at Sea to be an ambassador for South Africa in Ghana, and in 2010, he participated in the Youth Coalition led training on Global Fund support to countries affected by Malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS. Bulelani is also a member of the Spark International Changemaker: a growing global network, which includes Australia, Papua New Guinea, Kenya and South Africa. Email: email@example.com
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Laylah Hoofd joined PRAESA in 2014. She is the Support Services Supervisor in Administration and also manages the Nal'ibali supplements distribution list. She has more than 10 years experience in the book publishing industry with a great passion for books and reading. Laylah has certificates in Tender Procedures, Customer Care & Provisioning Administration I. Email: email@example.com
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Arabella Koopman is responsible for the development and management of materials for Nal'ibali. Before joining the publishing industry, she worked as a teacher and teacher-educator. More recently she has worked as a writer and publisher, and in publishing management. She has a special interest in developing and researching materials that support and extend children's literacy in multilingual settings.
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Ntombizanele Mahobe is an early literacy teacher and community trainer in biliteracy development, a researcher, children's literature translator, storyteller and developing author of children's books. She is one of the founders of the Vulindlela Reading Clubs and is a mentor to community literacy volunteers. She is currently working as the Training Coordinator for the Nal'ibali campaign. She is also a trustee of the Little Hands Trust.
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Tholisa Matheza is the Nal'ibali Mentoring and Support Coordinator at PRAESA. She previously worked as the Children's Literature Programme Coordinator position at the Centre for the Book, driven by a love of reading and the desire to find ideas to tackle children's low achievement levels in literacy in schools. She has seven years of experience as a primary school teacher, teaching maths, science and English.
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Malini Mohana is the Digital Coordinator for the Nal'ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign. After completing her Bachelors degree at the Univerity of Kwazulu Natal, and Honours degree in Psychology at the University of Cape Town, she trained as a counsellor at Kenilworth Clinic's addiction unit. Since then she's worked as a content producer and writer at a leading independent digital agency in Cape Town, and is a freelance writer and columnist for publications such as Women24 and PsychCentral. Malini has a special interest in the neuropsychological processes of writing, as well as the impact of literacy on human rights and gender dynamics. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sally Mills is the Nal'ibali Networks and Communications Coordinator. Having cut her teeth in PR with five years experience at a leading PR agency in Cape Town, she combines her extensive knowledge in the social marketing and psychology in her position. Building effective relationships with partners as well as supporting and inspiring schools, reading clubs as well as individual Nal'ibali members, she holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication Science and Psychology as well as an Honour's degree in Psychology. She is a trained Life Line counsellor.
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Venetia Naidoo has a long history of involvement in alternative education projects in Cape Town, primarily in administrative and support capacities. She currently anchors the PRAESA administration, including providing support to projects, monitoring funding and accounts, liaising with donors and supporting the human resources domain. Email: email@example.com
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Malusi Ntoyapi is the Programmes Support Officer and early literacy community trainer for the Nal'ibali campaign. He is interested in the use of stories in social development. He is an initiator and core facilitator of the KwaFaku-Vulindlela reading club with youth from the community of Lower Crossroads, and a mentor to community volunteers. He has a Degree in Social Science and Linguistics from The University of the Western Cape, and a certificate in Community Storytelling from The International School for Storytelling.
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Thulile Seleka is Nal'ibali's Programme Manager. A youth development activist and specialist, she has more than 10 years of experience in the social development sector. She owns and directs a consultancy firm that seeks to contribute to the development and growth of young individuals and youth-led organisations (NGOs) so as to increase capacity, performance and meet critical social needs. As an experienced programme designer, she specialises at identifying the root causes of social problems, developing psychological and behavioural models that explain them, and developing the most appropriate and effective interventions, as informed by evidence and best practice.
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Abigail Smith graduated from UCT in 2004 with a BA(HONS) in History and Film and Post Graduate in Marketing Management. Keen for some adventures she spent the next year backpacking South America. Following a short career in Advertising and Events Management at Ogilvy, Abigail took a leap of faith and entered civil society to work in HIV/AIDS Treatment Literacy and Program Management. Since 2008 she has worked with various wonderful local and international NGOs. Community Media Trust, Grassroot Soccer, PCI and The Western Cape Network on Violence Against Woman. Abigail joined the PRAESA team in March 2013 as the Operations Manager. An activist at her core Abigail believes in the power of education and literacy to be the game changer South Africa needs.
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Bongani Godide is the Cluster Mentor for the Nal'ibali campaign in Gauteng. Bongani has experience as an actor and professional storyteller, as well as a passion for developing literacy. In 2004, he won at the Sibikwa Storytelling Festival. He is full of exciting and innovative ideas for sparking a love of stories in small communities, such as the "Read a Story to a School Near You" project, which invites ordinary people who can read and write to visit a local school or library and read. His secret to success as the Gauteng Nal'ibali Cluster Mentor will be involving local people, teachers and caregivers to be part of his community projects, which will increase sustainability and accountability. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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One of the biggest challenges in projecting the draft is trying to get a handle on who is exactly drafting where.
Sources continue to insist that the Charlotte Bobcats (2), Sacramento Kings (5), Portland Trail Blazers (6, 11) and Toronto Raptors (8) are all still open to moving the pick. Some of those trades could be with each other, but from what I can gather, none of the four teams I just mentioned are sold with the players that are available to them. In the case of the Bobcats, the team is looking to turn a high pick into multiple assets. The Raptors and Kings, as we've mentioned previously, are looking for veterans to anchor an already young roster. The Blazers? From what I can gather, they're open to anything and everything.
Over the weekend, Blazers GM Neil Olshey told the Oregonian that it wasn't him, either.
"I got the job on a Tuesday, and by the time I landed in Chicago the next day [for the predraft camp], I had convinced an owner [to pick a prospect], a player to shut down his workouts ... I mean, I hadn't even talked to my scouts yet," he said.
OK. But then Olshey goes on to talk about how real promises are and how he's done them in the past. Oh, and that the team that does promise the player routinely lies about it.
Most GMs in the league still believe that the Phoenix Suns are the most likely landing spot for Waiters. But I doubt he gets there.
The Raptors and Blazers are both high on him, and so are the Hornets.
On many of the national mock draft they have Waiters going to Portland with ll pick.
Wheels has us taking him in this mock draft, FWIW.I've never understood why, as a player, you would stop working out for teams once you got a "promise." Why not keep working out and see if you can get a promise from a higher team? That's a lot of money to leave on the table just because. That, or you think more workouts hurts your draft stock, which would be a huge red flag.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has changed its guidelines on circumcision for the first time in more than a decade. And, despite an overwhelming move toward skipping the procedure, the new language actually sounds a little more positive toward it. As a mom of both a boy and a girl, I am happy about this change.
The AAP hasn't completely gone over in support of circumcision, but the old language sounded a little more neutral. Now it says essentially that the health benefits to the procedure are much more compelling than the risks. Sounds very close to an endorsement, though, no?
Personally, I think it's about the time. The "intactivists" may have some points when it comes to the natural state of a boy's penis. But they have no point when it comes to health. Circumcision wins every time.
Whether or not to circumcise was one of the hardest decisions of my life as a mom. From the moment I found out I was having a boy, I struggled. I live in an area where very few mothers choose to circumcise their sons, and as a mom whose decisions are (mostly) on the "crunchier" side -- long term breastfeeding, co-sleeping, slings over strollers -- I struggled with the question. Even though my cultural tradition was to circumcise, was it a good idea?
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In the end, the decision was a cultural one, but the medical reasons really pushed my husband and me in one direction. Now, it seems the AAP supports that.
Infants who are circumcised (and later men who are) run a much lower risk of urinary tract infections, HIV, and penile cancer. Circumcision also may help stop certain STDs like Herpes and HPV. Sure, some of the benefits are for their future sex partners, but we also know that there are benefits for them as well. In fact, avoiding circumcision may add over $4 billion in U.S. health care costs. This is for all of us.
Look, this is a personal choice. There are so many opportunities for women to fight over these kinds of issues, but I am glad to see that the AAP is standing up for sound medical reasoning and not being cowed by the bullies who want to trounce over other people's rights to make their own decisions.
Do what is right for you and your family and your son and then shut up about it. Please.
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Well, wasn't this just coated in judgemental bullshit.
Do what is right for you and your family and your son and then shut up about it. Please.
Right back at ya.
As long as they're not making it mandatory to circ, I don't give a crap what the AAP says about it. I will stand by my decision to leave my son intact.
Really? As a mom of a boy and a girl, would you circ your daughter? Until 1990, it was still legal to do so and then they decided that it was genital mutilation...
You do know that the AAP is in with the medical association and that circ'ing is big money.
As for what could happen if you leave your child intact, washing with soap and water will keep most of this away and as for cancer, 10 years ago eggs were touted to cause it and then they changed their minds so this is only a scare tactic.
One other thought..."sound medical reasoning" in plain english is called 'what makes them more money'
We should def. trust this coming from the AAP and all... here's an idea... breastfeed your sons to avoid urinary tract infections, teach them to use soap and wate,r and to wrap it up during sexual intercourse... I love this society... we can't fuck without the fear of an STD now... so just cut our skin off instead... body mutilation is body mutilation, period... and when the AAP decides to stop using African studies to support gential mutilation in North America, I might listen to what they have to say, but probably not.
NO. The "evidence" that it is medically beneficial is suspect at best. Boys who are properly cared for as infants (which is easy, just wipe the outside) and taught at the appropriate time to retract and clean under as preschoolers are not at increased risk of anything. There is just no justification for preemptively removing a functional and necessary part of a little boy's body.
"Do what is right for you and your family and your son and then shut up about it. Please."
Sounds like someone needs to take their own advice. Maybe you should translate that to, "Do what is right for you and your family and your son, write a blog about it, see how many reasctions you can get and then shut up about it. Please."
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When i turn on my computer(an hp pavalion a1720n),it seems fine, i bought it refurbished recently from a computer store in mt. Vernon. After opening up the case to try to install a floppy disk drive,realizing it didnt fit the plugs, and giving up, i turned on my computer a few days later to see it load at the windows logo, after that finished, it became stuck at the small waiting period between the windows screen and the login screen, i can move my mouse, but i have to turn off the computer via the power button. All safe modes dont work. Pressing f11 at the boot menu doesnt work. And im stuck at that. Please help!
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Well like the title says this is my first sketch book. I draw on random paper mostly computer paper or maybe mess around on photoshop before this. But for the first time im using a true sketch pencil and higher quility paper. Im trying to become a seirous artist attending the ArtInstitute of Fort Laderdale in the late October of 2006. These are the first like i said, but im open to critizism.
other then the crappy scan jobs that is, lol scanner is to small for the paper :-\
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Oct 10, 2013
Yourwellness magazine follows up google meditation programme
Digital Journal: In the hope of increased innovation, Google is offering its employees meditation and mindfulness courses, CNBC reported September 20th. According to their article, "Ommmm! How Silicon Valley values meditation," Google's "Search Inside Yourself" course has been taken by more than 1,000 employees and currently has more than 400 on the waiting list, and is geared towards teaching emotion management which could ultimately increase productivity and creativity. Programme creator Chade-Meng Tan commented, "There are people who came to me that say they got promotions because they came to my class, people who say they feel a lot better physically, mentally and emotionally,…
Aug 26, 2013
"To be creative means to consider the whole process of life as a process of birth, and not to take any stage of life as a final stage." Eric Fromm
For social psychologist and psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, creativity wasn't necessarily about bringing something — a poem, a symphony, a sculpture — into being. For him, creativity was an attitude. Creativity was the ability first to be aware, and then to respond. In this sense, creativity may produce works of art that can be viewed in a gallery, but it is also a way of living. Creativity may produce not only art but a life lived with awareness, a life imbued with meaning, a life lived well. Creativity is about allowing life to come into being — fully.
When I sat down to write this post just a few minutes ago, I looked at …
Mar 11, 2013
Gratitude, creativity, and the "boys in the basement"
Last night I sat without a timer, or rather using a stick of incense to time my sit. Recently I bought some rather lovely Shoyeido Nokiba (Moss Garden) incense, which has long sticks that burn for 50 minutes. It's a nice alternative to using my iPad as a timer. Sometimes it's nice not to have electronics between me and my little altar.
The Boys in the Basement offered up some interesting experiences. The "Boys in the Basement" is a term I borrowed from the novelist Stephen King. He uses it to refer to the creative powers of the mind. I write quite a lot, and the term resonated …
Nov 07, 2012
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I just stumbled across a lovely column by author Pico Iyer in the New York Times on "The Joy of Quiet."
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In barely one generation we've moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from them — often in order to make more time. The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.
I tend to think of us — well, most of us, anyway — as being a bit like early 20th century rubes from the sticks who have just arrived on Times …
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Meditation is often thought to help expand the mind, opening up the limits of consciousness. Now research suggests that meditation can indeed help one keep an open mind, preventing people from falling into mental traps that prolong problem-solving, findings appearing in the journal PLoS ONE. So is this worth pitching?
The research is rooted in experiments based on something with the intriguing name of the Einstellung water jar task. Einstellung literally means "attitude" in German — in this case, it refers to the creation of a mechanized state of mind, a propensity to solve a given problem in a specific manner even though …
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Apr 19, 2012
Meditation makes you more creative (but some kinds work better than others)
Certain meditation techniques can promote creative thinking. This is the outcome of a study by cognitive psychologist Lorenza Colzato and her fellow researchers at Leiden University, published 19 April in the open access journalist 'Frontiers in Cognition'.
This study is a clear indication that the advantages of particular types of meditation extend much further than simply relaxation. The findings support the belief that meditation can have a long-lasting influence on human cognition, including how we think and how we experience events.
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ONE DAY LEFT.8 Reviews
mood = lonely, because I have no music on..
How's you?
Me, I'm good! Really good!
So, tomorrow is our last day of school for two weeks and a day! Woo!
(Will I survive 6 hours though, that is the question..)
So, here is how my day went!
We first had the tutor quiz and our team got 6 out of 20. We failed.
But, we failed with pride!
First lesson was IT. I lost my Helena game I was making as a project, so I created a pong game instead. I sped through the instructions easily!
Second lesson was Geography. We did more work on sustainability and looked at a really nice place in Poole called Sandbanks. It looks really gorgeous!
At break, I sat alone, listening to Pierce The Veil. I listened to these songs:
- Just The Way You Are (from Pop Goes Punk, it is awesome! Upbeat and awesome!)
- Hell Above (Screamo, awesome screamo.)
- Bulls in the Bronx (Love this song!)
- King For A Day (What can I say? IT IS THE FUCKING COLLAB OF 2012!)
I drew the PTV logo too, as good as I could.
After break was English. Our English teacher is on maternity leave, so we have a new teacher. He is so awesome, and the class went crazy! Shoes were thrown around the room, I am not kidding. Socks too. Also, the boys asked me this. Here is the conversation, using the real names of the boys too.
Nikita: Sadie!
Me:(turns to him) What?
Nikita: Do you shave?!
Me: What?!
Nikita: Do you shave?!
Me hesitates
Me: Why do you wanna know that?
Boys laugh, and I get back to work..
So, you can see how weird my English class gets..
At lunch, I sat alone, before joining Ellie, Cei and the other girl. She was wearing a BVB top over her school uniform oh my god! We looked at Andy's tweet on twitter, the one about My Chem and Ellie said, and I quote:
"This is like Mitch all over again!"
They then left to practice for music. And I was all alone..
I had PE after lunch, and was in a cramped changing room, not good for a partly claustrophobic girl, eh? I'm not kidding, in crowded spaces I can't fucking breathe.. We did basketball today and my team, which I was captain of... We lost... BUT LOST WITH DIGNITY!
Final lesson was Science. I was sat on a table with Daniel, Brook (who's a boy by the way..) and Robert. We did alcohol and smoking and what effects it can have on the body. It got extremely weird on our table, because during our work Robert asked me this:
"Sadie, do you have sexual attraction to Daniel?"
In which my reply was:
"Oh hell no!" then I said "You probably asked me this because you do!"
In which Brook was like "Ooh!" and it just got awkward..
So, when I got home I quickly changed into my Black Parade hoodie (I still keep the merch though the band is gone..) along with my new top Mum got for me. It looks nice actually, it is two skeletons with wings, angel wings, and a pyramid with something inside of it. I then grabbed £3 and went to buy the new issue of Kerrang! magazine and a white chocolate bar. I got both, then arrived home and read it, then changed into my PJs. I then went onto grindstore.com and looked at all the awesome merch I could buy. Mum owes me £45 and I currently have £2.60 so that altogether makes £47.60 so I could buy some tops, and also some BVB pins! I'll just have to tell Mum of course before I order them online..
beatus quinn wrote: (A/N: loving that username oh my fucking god!)
"Maybe we're just having too much fun... Maybe you can't handle yourself, staring at me with your lips and tongue
Naw I'm having a good day. Listening to Bulls in the Bronx. The Spanish guitar part is flawless.
I'm glad you feel awesome today, that's always a good thing."
Poppana wrote:
"What in the heck is 'cozzy'? You young people and your lingo, I can never keep up.
I had a dream last night that a plant in my room tried to strangle me to death. I'm considering burning it now.
my reply was:
"Dude I dunno what 'cozzy' is..
Something gross I bet..
Woah strangling plant!
Was it a venus fly trap? They are man-eating plants.."
RyanCyanideKiller wrote:
"I GOT MENTIONED throws party"
ColorfulShadow wrote:
Adjective Giving a feeling of comfort, warmth, and relaxation.
Noun A cover to keep a teapot hot.
Verb Impart a feeling or quality of comfort to (something).
Synonyms adjective. cosy - snug - comfortable - convenient - comfy noun. cosy
... I don't even know what they think it means but that's what it is...
Also.. I GOT MENTIONED!"
Poppana wrote (in reply to me):
"It wasn't a venus fly trap, just a plant that grew from a MAGIC BEAN. I did, however, once have a fly-eating plant, it was one of those that have the tangly things growing on it, and the water goes into the tangly things and they look like veiny testicles.."
my reply was:
So, you got a fucking beanstalk?!"
Poppana wrote (in reply to me):
"Well it's still just about 20cm long, but I'm expecting it to grow so long that I can go up into the clouds and steal some fucking gold from a giant, or whatever it was :D
we'll see what happens! And I didn't have to pay for it with a cow or anything."
Sam41 wrote:
"I used to have a Venus FlyTrap as a pet :3 (Don't ask, I was a VERY lonely kid)
But lucky cock
My day, as BLEH (I'm so tired -stares at socks- oh what pretty socks I have)
But yeah, punk album covers rock (I could probably name off a fucking shitton)
I like punk :3"
HatedEyes wrote:
"Punk = Good.
I dunno, I have the weirdest taste in music ever.
Like. I can listen to pop, then punk, then rock, then metal, then minimalist, then a soundtrack, then electronic without even questioning. I'm not kidding. Anyways."
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lived in monadnock 109. had four walls of christmas lights. was online director for my school's television channel. got monteith. cut out certain people from my life. watched too much television. realized that my anxiety was becoming a problem. withdrew from things i love. stopped going out on the weekends. spent an entire month in my room back home. watched the entire series run of grey's anatomy so far seven times in three weeks. started spending lots of time with one person. went on too many late night adventures. got lost in massachusetts with one of my best friends. started reading for fun again. lived in three different places on campus. became executive producer of sports. moved from a spacious single to a closet. wandered around manhattan with my mom. got homesick. reaffirmed my belief that nothing good happens after 2 AM. got into my first accident. realized that no matter what i do, i'll never completely fall out of love with one person. tried to fall in love with someone else. disappointed myself. blogged. tried to change my life a bit.
yesterday i started hallucinating….i'm waiting for it to start up again….
(it didn't take me five tries to type this out or anyhting_)
i really want to redo all of her videos. i love the music and the videos are good enough but they could be so much more.
i'm high on pain meds.
this could be interesting.
i think i'll watch gaga videos now.
i cannot wait to get back to school.
umm…it was 1997…i was in kindergarten or first grade…toy story was a very big deal…
chicago and vienna.
i love you. i've loved you since i was twelve. not a day goes by that i don't think about you. i know at one point, a long time ago, you felt something for me, but for me it's never ended.
things i should be doing:
what i am doing:
why is there no food in our house?
some people come home and are home during the day because they are unloved and supposed to be on pills that won't let you drive and would like to eat.
this makes me sad.
i'm getting an ethernet cord as soon as i get back to new hampshire. i'm home for the weekend for my brother and best friend's graduation.it's the first time i've been home since march and i go back on sunday.
last weekend i got into my first car accident. i got rear-ended while stopped at a red light. since then i've been afraid to get behind the wheel. there was only minor damage done to monteith, but my back's been really sore ever since. i went to the doctor today and he said it's probably just whiplash.
i miss you, tumblr. what's been going on?
i want to find a website that streams "so noTORIous" online. i've looked a zillion places but can't find one. yes, it's the one with tori spelling. this is tumblr. we are a judgement-free zone. drop a link in my ask if you know of one.
love you all!
i keep missing secret life. maybe i should catch up tomorrow night. i think i'm only behind an episode or two.
i have a roommate again. i love her to death but i don't necessarily need her reading some of the stuff i post about. i need to get a new, longer ethernet cord so i can go online in my closet, which is where my bed and tv are, but i haven't gotten a chance to run to the bookstore yet. so now i'm using my desk. i'll start updating more soon for those of you who are not unfollowing due to my relative inactiveness.
after a two week long silence, he's back to texting me every day. tonight it's about how he's in a bad part of the next town over from his and there are drag queens and tweakers everywhere. i keep asking me why he's doing this. he's almost never alone when he texts me, but he still tries to keep the conversation going. i had finally moved on from everything that happened this year, since it has been a year since things have changed between us, but he keeps trying to get me back to that place, where it's just me and him and the open road and nothing about the outside world mattered, not then. but it's not me and him and the open road anymore. it's hardly even me and him. there's me, there's him, there's an open road, but nothing's necessarily intertwined anymore. my roommate wants to set me up with her friend, who is gorgeous and treats women right and is essentially perfect. i want to go for it, but i can't if he's going to keep holding me back from moving on with my life. i need him to let me go. i already did.
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GULFPORT, Miss. (NNS) -- A Groton-based Navy commander visited several Mississippi Gulf Coast cities, April 23-25, to promote the upcoming commissioning of the ninth Virginia-class submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Mississippi (SSN 782).The future USS Mississippi will be commissioned in Pascagoula, Miss. June 2, and will be the fifth ship to bear the name of Mississippi. Cmdr. Dale Green, the Submarine Group 2 shipyard representative at General Dynamics Electric Boat, participated in the three-day visit."I'm excited to be here, working with the community leaders, commissioning committee, and meeting the great people of the Magnolia state as the boat and her crew also look forward to an exceptional event for our Navy, the region, and the state of Mississippi," said Green.Green visited the state on behalf of both Commander, Submarine Group 2 and PCU Mississippi, discussing the unique bond the crew has with its namesake state. "Although the crew of PCU Mississippi is homeported in Connecticut they claim Mississippi as their home," said Green. "I'm here to brag about the incredible men that make up the heart and soul of your namesake submarine PCU Mississippi."The guiding force behind the success of PCU Mississippi, said Green, is credited to Capt. John McGrath's leadership and his core philosophy. "The heartbeat of the future USS Mississippi is centered on the commanding officer's core philosophy for the ship. They train and work to a philosophy that focuses on making every crewmember a critical part of the team," said Green.Green added that this philosophy includes three basic points which include integrity, readiness, and teamwork, which he personally saw the commanding officer's leadership philosophy in action when he embarked aboard the submarine during its Alpha sea trials."Two weeks ago I was at sea with the Mississippi crew as they completed Alpha trials, the first time the ship was at sea and the crew was amazing," said Green. "The command team has built a team with a strong family bond."While visiting Mississippi, Green spoke at the Gulf Council Business Council, Biloxi and Pascagoula Rotaries, and met with submariners residing at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, located in Gulfport."I had the opportunity to visit with some retired shipmates who told heartrending sea stories from World War II and expressed their personal excitement of seeing the commissioning of the Mississippi in June," said Green. One of the submariners Green met with was a retiree who entered the U.S. Navy in January 1939. Retired Lt. Cmdr. Richard Halloran, 91, served 29 years in the Navy and volunteered for submarine service ultimately serving aboard six submarines while on active duty. Halloran discussed his time aboard USS S-37 (SS 142) and the pivotal role his submarine played in World War II. While USS S-37 was on its third war patrol in February 1942, the submarine attacked a Japanese convoy and sunk the destroyer Natsushiro."Sinking Natsushiro marked the first Japanese destroyer sunk in the war by a U.S. submarine," said Halloran.Halloran served on the following submarines: USS S-37, USS Scamp (SS 247), USS S-20 (SS 125), USS Sea Owl (SS 405), USS Bergall (SS 320), and USS Flying Fish (SS 229).
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