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By Roy L. Belfield Jr.
Note: This article originally appeared in the December 2014 issue of The American Organist
For 42 years, Carl G. Harris Jr. was the consummate choral conductor. His versatility as a musician too was masterful, and a matter of record. I met Harris in 1979, when he was a professor of music and choral director at Virginia State College (now University) in Petersburg, Virginia. A skilled organist, he was my first organ teacher, from 1980 to 1985. He became my mentor and longtime friend. Our close relationship afforded me an exclusive opportunity to reflect with him on his extensive career as choral conductor, music educator, organist, pianist, accompanist, lecturer, and church musician. Throughout his 57 years of teaching, Harris strove for perfection and achieved excellence. I interviewed him in summer 2012, before he passed away on June 23, 2013. It has been my honor and privilege to learn more about Carl Harris—a trailblazer, choral music pioneer, and musical historian
Harris was born on January 14, 1935, in Fayette, Missouri. He attended public schools in St. Joseph and graduated with honors from Bartlett High School in 1952. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in music from Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1956; a master of music degree in music history from the University of Missouri–Columbia in 1964; and a doctor of musical arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Missouri- Kansas City Conservatory of Music in 1972. Harris was the first African American to receive the doctorate in music from the Conservatory of Music. His choral conducting teachers included Thomas Mills, Ferdinand Grossman, Jay Decker, Gunther Theuring, and W. Everett Hendricks.
As a choral director, Harris taught at the following high schools and colleges: Walker High School, Magnolia, Arkansas (1956–59); Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas (1959–68); Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri (1963–64, while completing his master's degree); Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas (1969–71); Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia (1971–84); and Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia (1984–97). Harris also served as chair of the music departments at Virginia State University (1977–84) and Norfolk State University (1984–97). From 1998 to 2013, he was on the faculty at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, where he taught music history, advanced conducting, piano, organ, and accompanied the Hampton University Choirs as well as departmental recitals. From November 2011 until May 2012, he was interim director of the Hampton University Choirs, following the untimely demise of his mentee and colleague Royzell Dillard (1961–2011), director of the Hampton University Choirs from 1988 to 2011. As an active and gifted choirmaster and organist, Harris served four churches, all of which are known for their rich traditions of music: Wesley United Methodist Church, Little Rock, Arkansas (1960–63); Centennial United Methodist Church, Kansas City, Missouri (1968–71); Gillfield Baptist Church, Petersburg, Virginia (1974–85); and Bank Street Memorial Baptist Church, Norfolk, Virginia (1985–2005). Until his death, Harris continued to serve as a substitute choral director and organist in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia.
At the time of our interview, I knew very little about Harris's earliest musical training, so I asked him to share some of his musical experiences from childhood and as a young adult. He remembered playing hymns from Gospel Pearls and improvising during worship services at his home church, First Baptist Mount Union in St. Joseph, Missouri. Also, he recounted accompanying the St. Joseph Gospel Chorus, under the direction of Ernest Hawkins. During this time, Harris also studied piano and organ with Elsie Barnes Durham at First Baptist Church, also in St. Joseph. It was there that he took his first organ lessons on a 45-rank Austin. While at Bartlett High School from 1948 to 1952, he played trumpet in the band and accompanied the school choir. Harris enjoyed remembering his days as accompanist for the Philander Smith College Choir and performing in the band and jazz ensemble. The choir, which performed mostly in Methodist churches at that time, toured the Midwest and East Coast to recruit students and raise money for the college. Each year, the choir made a recording that was played over a nationally broadcast college-choir series sponsored by the United Negro College Fund.
Harris's first teaching position was at Walker High School. This was also his initial experience as a choral director. Under his direction, the choir performed for community events and school functions, and received superior ratings for three consecutive years at the Philander Smith music festival. During that time, black schools were not permitted to attend state-sponsored music festivals. After desegregation in Arkansas, Harris was invited to adjudicate choirs in both regional and state festivals.
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I asked Harris how he chose choral conducting as a career. He replied that it chose him. At Philander Smith, he was a piano major. After receiving his BA degree, he went to Magnolia, Arkansas, to teach English and music, which included the high-school choir. After three years, he was asked to return to Philander Smith, to conduct the summer commencement choir–and he stayed for nine years. Harris warmheartedly remembered his earliest mentors and how they influenced him. He noted that Elsie Barnes Durham, his piano and first organ teacher in St. Joseph, Missouri, was his first mentor. She nurtured him in piano and organ studies and also in music theory, music history, and basic musicianship. Stanley Tate and Otis D. Simmons, who were choir directors at Philander Smith, introduced him to the great hymns and anthems of the church at chapel and vesper services on campus, where they faithfully used the 1935 Methodist Hymnal. Tate and Simmons also instilled in him a love and appreciation for African-American spirituals through choral arrangements by Ruth Gillum (1906–91), another Philander Smith choir director. Harris's other mentors included Thomas Mills, choral conductor at the University of Missouri- Columbia, and W. Everett Hendricks, conductor of the Heritage Singers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. These two choral legends introduced Harris to choral masterworks and carefully guided him through the stylistic preparation and performance of each work.
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Harris spoke often of his close friendship with renowned composer Undine Smith Moore (1904–89). His insightful memories and stories of Moore were greatly detailed with a cherished perspective into her life as a teacher, composer, and friend. He affectionately recalled how Moore was on the faculty at Virginia State College when F. Nathaniel Gatlin (1913–89), then-music department chair, invited him to join the faculty as choral director in January 1971. Harris had conducted Moore's "Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord" and "Striving after God" with the Philander Smith College Choir. Also, he performed the first work as assistant conductor of the Heritage Singers at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Eventually, Moore and Harris developed a mutual admiration and respect for each other. Together, they worshiped at Gillfield Baptist Church, where she was a faithful member and the organist. Harris and Moore often enjoyed brunch together after Sunday services at Gillfield. They discussed her choral music, African-American spirituals, texts for sacred and secular choral works, larger extended works, and performances of many genres of music, but mostly choral performances.
Harris conducted many of Moore's arrangements and compositions with the Virginia State College Choir. Frequently, they were privileged to rehearse and perform these works before final manuscripts were sent to a publisher. When Harris arrived at Virginia State, Moore was finishing her anthem "Lord, We Give Thanks to Thee," which was composed for the centennial celebration of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Harris also stated that in 1974, Moore composed a setting of Donald Hayes's poem "Benediction," which was dedicated to him and the Virginia State College Choir. Although it was never verbalized or suggested by Moore, this unpublished favorite of Harris's was written in grateful appreciation for the 1974 recording of the Undine Smith Moore Song Book by the Virginia State College Choir. In 1980, Harris was honored to play a part in the Virginia premiere performance of Moore's largest opus, Scenes from the Life of a Martyr, a cantata based on the life, work, and death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For this premiere,the choirs from Virginia State, Norfolk State, Hampton Institute (now University), and other Virginia colleges joined forces with members of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra; however, the unofficial first performance of Moore's masterwork took place in 1979 at Gillfield Baptist Church. The Harry Savage Chorale,under the direction of Savage (1912–92), was accompanied by the composer at the piano using her unpublished manuscript.
Carl Harris lectured frequently on the life and works of Undine Smith Moore and, specifically, what influenced her choral music. He stated that Moore was born in Jarratt, also known as Southside Virginia. Her music was greatly inspired by family members who sang spirituals and work songs in the kitchen, field, and garden. She thought this music was beautiful, yet different. Moore entered Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1922 and never forgot those unique melodies she heard as a child. It was at Fisk that she began documenting those unfamiliar tunes heard only in Southside Virginia. While at Fisk, Moore studied theory and composition with prominent teacher and composer John W. Work II (1873–1925). Harris recalled from conversations with Moore that Work encouraged her to notate those tunes she heard while growing up in Virginia. Undoubtedly, she was influenced by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, who were known for singing spirituals nationally and internationally. One of her classmates was John W. Work III (1901–67), who was also known for his preservation of African-American folk music.
In 1927, Undine Smith Moore joined the faculty of Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute in Petersburg, where she taught theory, piano and organ, and continued to arrange and compose for the college choir. Harris added that Moore began directing the choir when director J. Harold Montague (1907–50) joined the army. She began composing out of necessity: oftentimes, there was no money to purchase music; so she would write her own choral compositions. Much of her choral music was written for and debuted by the Virginia State University Choirs. Harris added that Moore frequently shared her music with other colleagues who influenced her: R. Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943) of Hampton University and Noah Ryder (1914–64) of Norfolk State College. Harris emphasized that Moore did not try to make the folk melodies better in her compositions, but wanted to notate them as close to what she heard as a child. Her music was certainly sophisticated in form, but sensitive to the essence of authentic folk music. She wished to preserve those melodies her mother and other relatives sang at home and in church. As a verified authority on Moore, Harris recognized her as a brilliant music theorist who used her skillful craft to enhance the pure spiritual melodies she heard as a child in Virginia.
From 1928 to 1931, Moore completed graduate work at Columbia University in New York during the Harlem Renaissance, where she became personally acquainted with poet Langston Hughes. As a result, several of her choral works are based on his writings. Carl Harris knew personally that Moore was an avid reader and also enjoyed the writings of Thomas Blake, Donald Hayes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Claude McKay.
Harris finally expressed how Undine Smith Moore's teaching, composing, and performing were greatly influenced by her colleague and close friend Altona Trent Johns (1904–77), who was an outstanding pianist and music educator in her own right. Harris affirmed that Johns's musicianship, research, and teaching were equally superior and merited the utmost respect. Johns and Moore worked closely together for 20 years at Virginia State University, where they established the Black Music Center, which brought a series of seminars on black music, art, dance, and drama to campus. The pair also traveled to Africa in 1972 and collected musical ideas that influenced some of Moore's choral writing. Without a doubt, Harris knew that Moore had the support of Johns, who encouraged and inspired her to preserve the music of her childhood.
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In our conversations, Harris identified other choral conductors, composers, and arrangers who significantly shaped his career and perspectives on choral music. He acknowledged that his essential philosophy of choral music was influenced and represented by two of the foremost American choral schools of thought: the Westminster Choir, founded by John F. Williamson (1887–1964), and the St. Olaf College Choir, founded by F. Melius Christensen (1871–1955). Harris indicated that his choral conducting style was a melding of the performance practices advocated by these choral pioneers, along with the rich choral traditions of the African-American churches and colleges and universities he served, and the countless musical geniuses who also served these institutions.
Harris traveled and performed extensively as a choral conductor. He treasured the annual tours with the choirs of Philander Smith College, Virginia State, Norfolk State, and Hampton universities—which gave him an opportunity to travel throughout the United States and Canada. In summer 1969, Harris traveled for six weeks with the Heritage Singers of the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory of Music. They traveled to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, where the singers participated in a choral symposium of music from the classical period. The final concert was a performance of Franz Joseph Haydn's The Creation, which featured five American university choirs and a symphony orchestra, under the direction of Gunther Theuring. In 1972 and 1973, Harris returned to Europe as a faculty member of the U.S. Army's Protestant Church Music Workshop in Berchtesgaden, Germany. In 1974, he was selected by the president of the American Choral Directors Association as one of 36 American choral conductors for the American's People-to-People six-week goodwill tour of Eastern and Western Europe. They toured Austria, England, France, Germany, Poland, and the Soviet Union. Throughout this tour, American conductors worked with their European counterparts. While in France and Germany, Harris conducted spirituals in their native language. While in Paris, he met celebrated composer and teacher Nadia Boulanger; and in London, he met Ursula Vaughan Williams, widow of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Harris also attended conducting masterclasses with Helmuth Rilling in Germany and Marcel Courand in France. During 1976 and 1977, Harris took a sabbatical leave from Virginia State College to serve as music consultant for the Chaplain's Corps of the U.S. Army in Europe. For six months, he toured several U.S. Army bases in Belgium, Germany, Greece, and Italy. He served as workshop leader for military chapels, and attended concerts, operas, ballets, and recitals in Europe. He also played piano recitals in Germany and Italy, which enhanced his performance practice techniques and musicianship.
I was very interested in some of Harris's most significant accomplishments during his career as a choral conductor at Philander Smith, Virginia State, and Norfolk State. At all three schools, and Hampton University, Harris had the good fortune to mentor countless students who continue to make beautiful music as teachers, church musicians, and performers. He noted that one of the joys of teaching was the opportunity to engage and collaborate with students pursuing master's degrees, and supervise theses, terminal projects, and recitals. Ultimately, Harris's task was to successfully master the art of being an effective choral conductor, music educator/administrator, and church musician, all at the same time.
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Harris was a true and constant advocate of the African-American spiritual. I asked him to detail his thoughts on the evolution of the arranged spiritual. He readily stated that, in addition to Undine Smith Moore, R. Nathaniel Dett, Noah Ryder, and John Work III, it was Edward Boatner (1898–1981), Harry T. Burleigh (1866–1949), and Hall Johnson (1888–1970) who made the spiritual accessible and universal to all choirs with their published arrangements. He added that the early choral music of William Dawson (1899–1990) also helped make this music sound authentic. Harris had the
good fortune to meet and work with Dawson at several American Choral Directors Association conventions, where Dawson shared his perspectives on the arranged spiritual through numerous lectures and presentations. According to Harris, Edward Margetson (1892–1962), Clarence Cameron White (1880–1960), and Ruth Gillum, who were perhaps lesser known, also arranged spirituals. Harris pointed out that so much of this early choral music by black composers and arrangers was published by Handy Brothers Music Company Inc. in New York.
In addition, Harris remembered listening to spirituals as sung by the Wings Over Jordan Choir, under the direction of Glynn Settle. During the 1950s, this choir sang spirituals on a weekly Sunday-morning radio program. There was also a national broadcast on Sunday mornings that featured black college choirs during the 1950s and 1960s. It was this kind of attention that gave the a cappella spiritual arrangement its celebrated appeal. Harris identified early sources on the spiritual: American Negro Songs and Spirituals by John Work III and The Books of American Negro Spirituals: Two Volumes in One, edited by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), with arrangements by J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954).
In Harris's opinion, some of the more recent arrangers of the spiritual are moving away from the purity of this music. He further suggested that many contemporary spiritual arrangements are over-arranged: the dialect and rhythm are overly exaggerated, resulting in the loss of spirit of the true spiritual. Harris strongly felt that the language and the rhythm of the spiritual should be natural and worshipful. He proudly stated that choral conductors would certainly find these elements in the numerous published spiritual arrangements by Undine Smith Moore.
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As I reflected with Harris on his vast career, I wondered if there was anything he would do differently. He quickly replied that he thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated the diversity his career gave him for nearly 60 years. Conducting his choirs was a particularly important part of the driving force of an extraordinarily fulfilling life. In his final years of musical creativity and activities, Harris smiled and said he had not missed having a choir to rehearse and conduct, or tour with, on a regular schedule. He admitted that serving as interim director of choirs at Hampton University brought back fond memories of all of the college choirs he had conducted; however, he found joy in accompanying the famed Hampton choirs. His work there also allowed him to teach piano and organ, and serve as university organist, a title and position he so enjoyed.
Harris told me that my interview with him triggered remembrances of all the talented and generous teachers, mentors, and musicians who taught and inspired him over the years. He was truly thankful to God for his students and all others with whom he had been able to share his talents within the classrooms, rehearsal and concert halls, studios, and sanctuaries.
I have admired Carl Harris and his remarkable career for more than 30 years as he combined the areas of teaching, administration, and performance. When I asked if he intentionally varied his professional experiences, he acknowledged it was by choice and perhaps out of financial necessity that he became a music teacher. Becoming a choral conductor, music administrator, performer—and, yes, a church musician—was all the result of having teachers and mentors who encouraged and emboldened him. He also felt it was important to include Georgia Atkins Ryder (1924–2005), widow of Noah Ryder, to his list of mentors. Ryder, who served as dean of the College of Arts and Professions at Norfolk State University, invited Harris in 1984 to join the music faculty as choral director and chair of the music department. In each assignment, Harris was given the chance to prove his competence and preparation— and, in the end, he was immensely grateful for the assurance that God's amazing grace had been with him along his musical journey. Having taught for more than half a century, he was convinced that his life seemed to come together with time and patience, with each experience falling into place to make the total picture a bit clearer and complete.
Finally, I asked Harris what advice and wisdom he would share with me and other young choral conductors. He strongly urged us all to be true to ourselves and to be champions for quality choral music in our schools, churches, and culture. As an expert and sensitive choral conductor, he understood that one must be a dedicated musician and teacher, a lifelong learner, linguist, psychologist, and historian— and, above all, a friend to the singers in one's care.
In her 1958 setting of "Striving after God," Undine Smith Moore utilized Michelangelo's poignant text, which constantly inspired Carl G. Harris Jr. and captured the complete essence of his life:
True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it. For those who feel it, nothing makes the soul so religious and pure as the endeavor to create something perfect. For God is perfection, and whosoever strives after perfection, is striving after God.
Roy L. Belfield Jr., a native of Petersburg, Va., earned a bachelor of arts degree in music from Morehouse College in Atlanta, master's degrees in music education and organ performance from Florida State University in Tallahassee, and the doctor of musical arts degree in organ performance from the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory of Music. He is associate professor of music and director of choral activities at Texas Southern University in Houston.
Photo of the Virginia State College Choir courtesy of Virginia State University Libraries, Johnston Memorial Library, Special Collections and University Archives


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By Lexie Metzler
Adigestible bio-battery is under development to power the next generation of ingestible medical devices. It was developed in response to concerns about the potential
toxicity of the pill-sized cameras, sensors, and other noninvasive
medical devices that are beginning to replace the tubes and
needles traditionally used to diagnose and cure illnesses. The
main concern for medical professionals is bio-compatibility; can
the materials inside of the device breakdown safety inside of the
body? Are any of the materials toxic?
These questions prompted Christopher Bettinger, a professor
at Carnegie Mellon University, and his team to develop a swal-low-safe battery for ingestible medical devices that is based on
biologically derived materials. The result is a battery comprised
of elements already found inside of the human body. Its primary
ingredient is melanin which is found in eyes, skin, arteries, and
the gastrointestinal tract.
Material safety and the device's size were two major areas of consideration while developing the battery. The team knew the device
had to be as small as possible and shouldn't weigh much more
than than a gram, so they came up with a design concept that was
about two centimeters in length. The team felt that this was small
enough to minimize the chances of it getting stuck in the GI tract.
A biocompatible battery would ensure that if an item this
small did become trapped, toxicity would not be a concern.
"Ingestible batteries aren't new, but previous batteries were
not biodegradable and thus were intended to be excreted from
the body. If used frequently, such batteries could cause harm,"
Bettinger told Popular Science.
According to Phys.org, at a macromolecular scale, melanin'sstructure includes, "a four-membered ring -- a chemical structurethat may be conducive to creating certain kinds of batteriesbased on natural melanin pigments." Melanin's primary functionsinside the body are to absorb ultraviolet light and capture toxicions. It is also able to bind and unbind metallic ions. As a resultof its unique properties, melanin can be used to form either thepositive or negative terminal.
"[It] may sound a bit counterintuitive, but hear me out. In
the charged state, you can think about the negative terminal as
a bucket full of electrons (balls) that can 'roll' to a lower energy
state," explains Bettinger.
"So if you have a positive terminal that is energetically'lower' (more electropositive) than the negative terminal,than the electrons will flow 'downhill' to the positive termi-nal. Extending this analogy, melanin can serve as a kind of'electron bucket' at a certain level. When paired with a mate-rial that has a lower energy level, the electrons can flow fromthe melanin downhill to the positive terminal and melaninacts like a negative terminal. Conversely, you can 'empty thebucket' (take electrons out) of melanin and then pair it with ahigher energy level material. The electrons would then flowfrom this material into the melanin. In this case, the melanincan serve as a positive terminal. The key difference is thatwhen melanin acts as a negative terminal, then [it is] full ofelectrons (reduced) in the 'charged' state and then emptiedin the 'discharged' state. When melanin is a positive terminal,the melanin is largely devoid of electrons in the 'charged'state and then becomes full of electrons when battery is 'dis-charged' state, or fully used state."Bettinger also explains that because melanin is already part ofthe body, it is okay if the battery gets stuck in the body, since it
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This unsettling aesthetic and the family inclusion extends further when using feathers from my brother's domestic birds. By combining the lace detail and the feathers in my work, it is as if I wish to contain the sibling unit for longer by transferring elements to a more permanent object. The pieces may not function in the traditional sense, they do not need to, but for me the aura they create and the story they represent is enough."


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This week, GANDSInvestors team members Jonathan Grode and Matthew Galati submitted a comment to USCIS' Proposed Rule for International Entrepreneurs. A full copy of our comment is publicly available and attached. As we discussed earlier, the proposed grant of parole to these entrepreneurs could be a game-changer given that many individuals and their companies may fall outside the existing visa classifications.
We welcome USCIS' efforts to implement this new benefits regime. However, we noted a few areas of improvement that can be made on the draft provisions. Some of our suggestions are as follows:
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Ah, kids these days. . . .
We were peacefully walking in the park when we were ambushed, literally, by three
kids hooligans. Young ones. At first it was funny because they were so silly acting; it quickly became annoying. Very annoying. They were old enough to know better. They wanted attention. Finally, not getting the responses they were hoping for, they moved on to other people trying to enjoy the trail. These people were smarter than us because they completely ignored them. When we met up with these walkers I was concerned they would think those rude kids were ours since they had been hanging around us. I cleared up that potential misconception quite quick!
We all agreed that when we were children we never would have approached strangers, let alone approached strangers with the sole purpose of becoming nuisances. After I left, my friend R said the kids approached some elderly persons visiting the Senior Citizen for square-dancing, poking fun of their clothes.
Where were the parents? These kids were around seven to ten years of age—way too young, in my humble opinion, to be allowed to hang around a park unsupervised. Lovely Daughter is 21, lives in an apartment while attending college three hours from home, and I still require her to check in with us every single day.
I feel like an old fogey, wondering what is happening to our youth when it seems, at times, that yesterday I was in my youth! My parents would have been appalled (not to mention livid) if their children had ever been disrespectful to adults. We were taught to say m'am, sir, please, thank you. . . . I feel I can't blame the children 100% because the parents must not have taught these children respect. Lazy parenting?


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Geraldine's School of Speech and Drama is delighted to announce a fantastic line up of creative, dramatic fun this summer with three workshops available for kids of all ages.
The school has had a superb year following their successful exams through Leinster School of music and drama.
The school plans to finish off this academic year with a fun end of term showcase.
This summer the school will host the first workshop "From Page to Stage" from July 7th to July 11th, from 10am-1pm for 5-8 year olds and 2-5pm for ages nine and over. The workshop will focus on creating a small theatre show.
"Express Yourself" workshop will take place July 28th –Aug 1st and will follow the same timetable as the first workshop. The workshop will involve creative drama, movement, mime, improvisation and dance.
The cost is €60 per chld with a €20 deposit to secure your booking and both courses will be held in Blackrock Community Centre.
There will also be a "Voice and Expression" course from July 14th –July 18th in Creative Spark, Dundalk.
"Each course will focus on developing the student's imagination and creative thinking.
"I'm excited about these workshops, it's great to be able to provide quality activities for kids over the summer months, it's also a great opportunity for students to continue developing their drama skills," said teacher Geraldine Kieran.
If you are interested in attending Geraldine's school please contact 087-1914076 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
You can also check out the school's facebook page at www.facebook.com/GDramaSchool.


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From Droneport.com, "Because it is getting more requests in the field, the FAA Flight Standards Division, whose aviation safety inspectors conduct pilot certification duties, recently issued a notice, Logging of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Pilot Time. It clarifies questions raised by drone pilots who request credit for flight time logged on drones." Read the rest of Droneport.com Editor Scott Spangler's take here.
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Edwards AFB requires their pilots and operators to maintain civil licenses to fly these drones/UAV into the NAS. They have a great AeroClub at Edwards for that purpose. Some twenty years ago AIR-100 Wash DC came to a meeting in SoCal to introduce themselves with these vehicles and a decision was made then that these are to be considered "aircraft" regardless if occupied or not and when operated in the NAS that those operators were to be certificated pilots.


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Youda Beaver Emphasizes Gyroscope Controls on iOS
Gyroscopically controlled games tend to be a bit hit-or-miss with most players, but a newer iOS game dubbed Youda Beaver is attempting to polish the genre up. Perhaps best described as a platforming game, the application from Youdagames tries to stylize itself with its perky disposition and curious characters. That said, the game's controls do feel annoyingly weak with no means to calibrate them, and though it can be gotten used to, the enjoyment factor will be strictly dependent on one's like of tilt-based control mechanisms in the first place.
So a little guy named Danny the Beaver is afraid of water and would love to be able to go swimming with his friends in the river. Well, to answer his prayers he is visited by the "Beaver Llama" who tasks Danny with travelling a great distance to find him. With the Llama's claim that he can help, Danny does the only logical thing with his phobia: He jumps on a log and starts rolling it down the river.
It's all a bit absurd, but that's part of the aesthetic charm that Youda Beaver contains. It's quite polished visually and at a glance, it at least looks like an interesting game to play. The oddities of the app work into the core functionality as well. As players roll down the river their objective is to reach the end of each stage by keeping their balance on the turning log whilst leaping from one to the next. However, any miscalculation, and Danny will have to learn to swim awful quickly.
The controls themselves are intuitive enough. In order to keep upright, users tilt their iDevice left and right to shift Danny's balance. The further forward he leans, too, the faster he'll move. The idea is to use this momentum to make jumps onto subsequent logs before they collide; effectively sending players into the drink. This, in and of itself, is relatively easy to deal with, so in order to garner a greater challenge Youdagames has introduced several different types of obstacles in order to up the ante a little bit.
Throughout each stage, there are also several critters that try to muck up Danny's equilibrium. It doesn't always make sense – referring back to the noted absurdities – but one such example are canaries that decide to float onto users' log and knock them off. Such is a bit vague on how to handle though as the game only tells players once with no way to reference it again, and don't ask how a couple once canary affects a log. In addition to this, there are other land-locked animals that have some innate desire to pelt poor Danny with projectiles like acorns, forcing players to sprint passed them before getting knocked into the water.
It all makes for a great variety of challenges in levels, without being convoluted, but the problem is that the controls just don't feel like they have much finesse. Right off the bat, the first problem is that there appears to be no notable way to calibrate the iDevice, which means that even the first play through, the controls will be less than optimal. Moreover, the nature of tilt controls tends to be a bit cumbersome all its own, which tends to make precision platforming a bit problematic. Thankfully, after some practice it is doable, but the initial experience is incorrigibly annoying until that point is reached. Also on the downside is an odd bug where absolutely no obstacles will appear until players fall.
If players do stick with Youda Beaver, there's a decent variety in the levels too. Unlocked by collecting stars scattered throughout earlier stages, regions include jungles, icy reaches, and even rivers of molten lava. However, since the initial version of the game is free to download, only the first handful is available. The rest must be unlocked via an in-app purchase that releases the entire game. Once they are all unlocked, the replay value becomes a challenge in earning highscores.
Overall, Youda Beaver is an okay game. If nothing else, it's a well-polished visual presentation that tries to do something more unique in an age full of carbon copied clones. Relatively simple to learn, the only real problem with the game is the inability to calibrate the orientation of the iDevice. Without it, the controls can feel awkward (more so than they already are with tilt control), but they can be gotten used to. In the end, it really just comes down to whether or not such control mechanics are liked by the player in question.


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On your bike
Cycling is a fun way to get the whole family active in the great outdoors this summer. Take a look at our favourite riding routes to get you and yours out and about
Top forests
Coed-y-Brenin Forest Park, Snowdonia
With play areas, picnic sites and beautiful waterfalls set against the dramatic views of Cadair Idris, Coed-y-Brenin. See forestry.gov.uk/coedybrenin.
Bedgebury Forest
Ideal for cycling and adventure play. Don't miss the National Pinetum, the world's finest conifer collection along your route – perfect for picnics. See forestry.gov.uk/bedgebury.
Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Nottinghamshire
This has a wide variety of trails for all abilities. The Family Cycle route covers a three-mile loop that starts at the visitors centre and loops through the forest on an all-weather network. See forestry.gov.uk/sherwoodpines.
Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
The 11-mile, purpose-built surface of the Family Cycle Route is flat, circular and great for all ages. It starts in the stunning Cannop Valley. See visitforestofdean.co.uk.
Top promenades
Hastings to Bexhill, East Sussex
This fantastic traffic-free coastal cycle route is ideal for beginner cyclists and runs alongside the seafront offering wonderful sea views. See eastsussex.gov.uk.
Otterspool Promenade, Liverpool
Starting at Otterspool Park, this is a five-mile, traffic-free ride beside the River Mersey that passes Tate Liverpool and the famous Beatles Museum. See visitliverpool.com.
Blackpool, Lancashire
With over 12 miles of promenade, it's the UK's longest seafront cycle route and is suitable for learner bikers. See visitblackpool.com.
Estuary Trail, Essex
This seafront trail has some of the most breath-taking views of the Thames Estuary and is part of the National Cycle Network route 16, which runs all the way into London. See visitsouthend.co.uk.
Heacham to Old Hunstanton, Norfolk
Ideal for beginners – with stunning landscapes of ocean and beach; from the quiet beach-hut lined promenade of Heacham, along the popular sea-front attractions of Hunstanton, to the cliffs and rugged shoreline of Old Hunstanton. See visitwestnorfolk.com.
Viking Coastal Trail, Kent
Covering 32-miles, taking in the coast of Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate, the trail provides family friendly cycling on traffic-free promenades and broad sea walls. See visitthanet.co.uk.
Top abandoned railways
Stratford Greenway, Warwickshire
Originally part of the Stratford-Honeyborne railway, the Greenway is part of the National Cycle Network, forming a five-mile section of the West Midlands Cycle Route, which links Oxford to Derby via Birmingham. The Greenway is traffic free, but you will need to cross some minor roads along the way. See sustrans.org.uk.
The Longdendale Trail, Derbyshire
Situated in the Upper Longdendale Valley, within the Peak District National Park. The route follows the line of the former Manchester to Sheffield railway, converted to a safe, traffic-free trail for everyone. See peakdistrictcycleways.co.uk.
Tissington Trail, Derbyshire
A wonderful traffic-free 13-mile route from Ashbourne to Parsley Hay. Enjoy sweeping views over the rolling green dales of the White Peak around Alsop. See peakdistrictcycleways.co.uk.
The Strawberry Line, Somerset
A traffic-free ride with no steep gradients, taking in a variety of landscapes from flat marshes and cider apple orchards around Yatton, wooded valleys and a tunnel through the Mendips, to historic Axbridge and the spectacular Cheddar Gorge. See thestrawberryline.co.uk.
Top country parks
Haddo Country Park, Scotland
The stunning Haddo House Country Park has everything from a play park, great cycling paths to pretty woodland areas. See aberdeenshire.gov.uk.
Seven Sisters Country Park, Sussex
Seven Sisters comprises 280 hectares of chalk cliffs, river valley and open grassland. The valley floor provides the ideal terrain for cycling with a flat surfaced path along the Cuckmere River leading all the way to the beach. See sevensisters.org.uk.
Lee Valley Country Park
River Lee Country Park stretches between Waltham Abbey in Essex and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. This 1,000-acre park has a huge variety of activities to enjoy and is perfect for kids and families to enjoy traffic-free trails. See visitleevalley.org.uk.
Moors Valley Country Park
There are many miles of paths and tracks through Moors Valley Country Park and Forest. You are welcome to cycle on any of the gravel or tarmac paths, however the best paths for cycling are waymarked. See moors-valley.co.uk.
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Land commissioners from 23 western states gathered in Bismarck, N.D. in July to discuss policy issues affecting land management for over 440 million acres of state land and water throughout the western United States.
The issue attracting the most attention was the federal Clean Water Act and the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule change affecting Waters of the United States.
According to the EPA, the proposed rule merely clarifies the existing jurisdictional reach of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over WOTUS, having little impact to existing regulations or the economy.
Western land commissioners see it differently. In a resolution approved by the Association at its business meeting, the commissioners noted that despite assurances to the contrary from the EPA, the proposed rule appears to greatly expand the jurisdiction of the Corp over WOTUS.
A major concern among the commissioners is that the EPA is moving forward on adoption of the proposed rule without making available a draft economic report, which the EPA claims supports the proposed rule.
According to WSLCA President John Thurston, "the draft economic report has not been released to the public, nor has it been subject to a mandatory peer review by the Science Advisory Board." While EPA has extended the public review and comment period through Oct. 20, there will not be adequate time to complete a thoughtful, in-depth peer review and analysis to facilitate the development of meaningful comments.
On the surface it would appear that changes to the CWA, administered by the Corps, would mostly affect states having large amounts of surface waters and wetlands. However, the economies of states like Arizona could be devastated if the new rule is adopted as currently proposed. "Developers, ranchers, and private landowners in the State of Arizona could see a tremendous increase in the need to obtain expensive and time consuming Section 404 permits from the Corps," said Vanessa Hickman, Arizona State Land Commissioner. "It is equally disconcerting that under the proposed rule there is no grandfathering type of protection for those people who, in the last five years, have received a jurisdictional decision from the Corps, and are operating accordingly," Hickman said. As a result, a great deal of anxiety is being created in the development and financing industries over whether or not those with prior jurisdictional decisions would have to reapply for new decisions, and possibly new Section 404 permits. It is unclear what affect this would have on the work flow of existing projects.
The public review and comment period is open until October 20, 2014. Those interested in getting more information on this important action may do so at the following website: www.wslca.org.


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The demon dweller in the lead held two white bone spurs as he stood in front of the pa.s.sageway. He stared fiercely at He Qingman, but didn't immediately attack.
In the pa.s.sageway behind him, stone shards flew everywhere as pieces of shattered rocks fell from the top of the cave.
In just a mere moment, there had already been piles of rocks lying at opening of the cave.
Another three meter tall st.u.r.dy-looking demon dweller quickly sneaked out of the pa.s.sageway while dropping his head low.
The other four demon dwellers that were left also sprinted into that basketball court-sized stone cave, before the shattered rocks covered the opening of the cave.
The six demon dwellers all stood in the bright cave, covered in black scales. They were tall and big, with dark green eyes that glinted with fierce cold light, looking at their prey in the darkness like poisonous snakes who would select people to bite.
"Master Gu Ya!" The second demon dweller that came to the pa.s.sageway stepped forward, and slightly bowed. His voice was sharp like screeching gla.s.s, sounding very shrill and harsh, "This human girl is still a virgin. Her Yin blood can be used as a sacrifice."
While this demon dweller talked, his dark evil eyes wandered on He Qingman's seducing body. After he spoke, he even licked his lips, with a l.u.s.tful look in his eyes.
"Alright, later when I f.u.c.k her, I will take her Yin blood." The Black Scale Tribe demon dweller named Gu Ya shouted with a low voice: "Since you all came out now, then let's start killing. The humans that came in are not just this group, after we kill this wave of them, we still want to find other prey."
The five demon dwellers roared. They suddenly spread out as they fiercely shot towards He Qingman, Batty, and the rest.
Gu Ya held two white bone spurs as he grinned and looked at He Qingman coldly, "Human girl, I will not kill you immediately. I will first capture you, then slowly torture you, make you miserable under my big thing. So that you will know the power of a man from the Black Scale Tribe!"
He Qingman clenched her teeth. She held on tight to that long spear silently.
"Clang clang clang!"
The sound of clashing metal, suddenly came from the silent stone cave.
The five demon dwellers have spreaded out; they each went up to seven warriors that included Baty and Zhou Nan. Batty and the rest also spread out. Each one battled with the demon dwellers.
When the sharp weapons on their hands. .h.i.t on these demon dwellers from the Black Scale Tribe, the sharp weapons were all blocked by the black scales. They actually couldn't break through the black scales, and could only leave some marks on top of it.
Bright light shot around in the cave like beams. Each martial skill formed into a dazzling light, being casted by Batty and the rest.
"Blood Split Slash!"
Batty roared as his left arm opened up with his flesh and blood splurging out. Drops of blood like crystal-clear red gems suddenly flew out from inside his arm, and then combined with the bright red light in his right hand palm. Immediately, they formed into an arc-shaped sharp blood slash, and then fiercely slashed towards a demon dweller that was dueling with him.
"Bzz bzz bzz!"
The blood-colored arc light seemed to have ripped through theair, and was actually even sharper than the weapon that he used before. It instantly slashed onto the demon dweller that was in front of him.
The blood-colored arc light suddenly shot out, and instantly formed into pieces of blood light, shooting into that demon dweller's chest like blades.
In a series of intense metal clashing sounds, those scattered blood lights went through the gaps in between the black scales of the demon dweller, directly shooting into the demon's body.
The demon dweller that relied on the black scales as defense, suddenly roared as his face was contorted with pain.
Batty's martial skill, spread out halfway, forming into pieces of blood light, and sank into the demon dweller's body through the gaps in between the black scales. It finally severely wounded this demon dweller.
"There are cracks in between their scales, if your attacks avoid the scales, you can severely wound them!" Batty's expression shook as he hurriedly notified the others.
Under Batty's reminder, the rest six Evil Wonderland Warriors also suddenly came to realize the truth and stopped blindly attacking the black scales on these demon dwellers. They started to avoid their own weaknesses. Using the profoundness of their martial skills, they found the gaps in the demon dweller's scales, and then started to attack straight towards the flesh of the demon dwellers.
The original landslide situation, because of Batty's few words, slowly flipped to the other side.
Shi Yan quietly nodded.
The warriors from the Evil Wonderland were indeed extraordinary. When facing the demon tribe, they didn't show a single trace of fear. They were even continuously observing during the battle, finding the weaknesses of these demon dwellers.
It was because the fearlessness in their hearts, that they could notice the slightest details and see through the weak spots on these Black Scale Tribe demon dwellers.
In these five demon dwellers, none of them took out a weapon. They all used the most simple and crude method to close up on Batty and the rest, and fought hand to hand.
The black scales on these five demon dwellers were not only incredibly hard, but also when battling, those scales would suddenly spike up. The scales would turn into pieces of extremely sharp blades.
One demon dweller had an extremely fast speed. He quickly sprinted towards an Evil Wonderland Warrior. Holding against the fierce martial skill of that warrior, he actually managed to hug onto that Evil Wonderland warrior.
The demon dweller was three meters tall. But that Evil Wonderland warrior was only 1.7 meters, he was straight up pressed into the demon's arms.
Then the scales on that demon dweller suddenly spiked up, and pieces of sharp blades directly pierced the body of that Evil Wonderland Warrior.
Through a series of pulling, the body of that Evil Wonderland warrior was pierced thousands of times by the scales on that demon dweller. There were suddenly countless wounds on his body where his internal organs could be seen.
That person shrieked miserably; the life in his eyes slowly drained away. The Profound Qi in his entire body also eventually dissipated.
Shi Yan had been strolling around in the cave; he wasn't in a hurry to intervene. When he realized that a warrior from the Evil Wonderland side was killed first by a demon dweller, he quietly walked to that area, absorbed all of the Profound Qi that flowed out of that person's body, and then finally frowned, and looked towards He Qingman.
He Qingman's enchanting figure was guarded by layers and layers of strong wind. When she waved the silver long spear in her hand, it would instantly form silver strange snakes that found every opportunity to bite at Gu Ya. Loud whooshing sounds came from He Qingman's body; when one wind blade shot out, countless wind blades would immediately surround Gu Ya.
Gu Ya held the white bone spurs; the black scales that covered his body shone in a mysterious magical light. Under the attack of the wind blades, Gu Ya's three meter tall body was fast as lightning as he constantly shifted his position.
The wind blades formed by He Qingman's martial spirit shattered that piece of stone wall, but it still couldn't pierce into the gaps of Gu Ya's scales.
In Gu Ya's hands, the two white bone spurs from inside his body drew streaks of white arcs. Cold murderous spirits flowed out of that pale white bone spur, silently affecting everyone's state of mind.
The cold murderous spirits spread inside the cave. It made every demon dweller full of energy, making the evil energy in them become stronger and stronger.
On the other hand, He Qingman, Batty and the rest, became more and more irrational under those murderous spirits. They lost their usual calmness and kept making mistakes during battle. The performance of some martial spirits also lost a lot of quality.
Shi Yan kept walking around; he secretly took note of the bone spurs in Gu Ya's hand.
Using the Soul Gathering Pearl, he could realize that from the spirits that flowed out of the white bone spurs, there was an evil power that was deluding people's minds. Those spirits spread with a very slow speed, such that the people who were battling couldn't notice at all.
Because of those spirits, the situation in the cave slowly changed in an unfavorable way. Even He Qingman couldn't notice this type of change.
The demon dwellers became fiercer and fiercer; their power became stronger and stronger. In contrast, the Evil Wonderland warriors all had tired expressions; their eyes were filled with irritation, and the speed in which their Profound Qi circulated also became slower.
Shi Yan observed for a moment and suddenly frowned: "He Qingman, take note of those two bone spurs. The power that's spreading from those bone spurs will make the demon dwellers stronger and stronger while making you guys more irrational. It is slowly weakening your power. The spirits spreading from the two bone spurs will become the winning factor. If you can't stop it, all your people will die right here."
He Qingman's delicate body shook, her bright eyes suddenly shot out a cold light. She looked towards the bone spurs carried by Gu Ya, and seemed to have finally noticed.
Gu Ya, who was struggling with He Qingman, suddenly revealed a surprised look in his dark green eyes. He glimpsed at Shi Yan from afar, and then said coldly: "Boy you sure have sharp eyes, you actually saw through my tricks. Xiao, kill this boy first so he won't cause more trouble."
"Understood, master." The demon dweller that was battling with Zhou Nan, suddenly abandoned Zhou Nan, his broad body was like a door board, directly pressing towards Shi Yan.
Shi Yan's expression was unstirred as he said lightly: "Well after watching for so long, I should exercise a little too."
"Be careful. If you die here, it would be hard for us to account for this to the Yang family." He Qingman shouted, "Don't fight with them up front. I've already sent out a signal, sister Nan and the others will find us soon. You only need to hold up for a moment."
Although He Qingman didn't like Shi Yan, but she knew Shi Yan's true ident.i.ty. She knew that Yang Qingdi highly valued Shi Yan; to find out whether he was alive or not, he made a prediction at the expense of three drops of Immortal Blood. These news were unknown to others, but she got to know through Xia Xinyan.
If Shi Yan died while she was around, then not only would the Yang family blade the Evil Wonderland, they might also release their anger on the He family.
——This was definitely not something He Qingman could handle.
However, her concerned shout accidentally revealed a crucial word.
——The Yang family!
Inside the cave.
Upon hearing the word, all the Black Scale Tribe demon dwellers suddenly bursted with a bone-deep hatred in their dark green eyes.
Gu Ya, who was in the lead, also suddenly roared towards the sky, "The Yang family! You d.a.m.ned kid, you're from the Yang family! I will pull out your tendons and peel off your skin, so you can have a taste of our Black Scale Tribe's cruel torture! The most vicious Yang family, killed countless people of our tribe. The reason why we were willing to put our life at risk to come through a tear in s.p.a.ce, is to have revenge on the Yang family!"
All of the Black Scale Tribe demon dwellers suddenly abandoned their opponents. They each clenched their teeth, and with a extreme hate shooting out of their dark green eyes, they came directly at Shi Yan.
He Qingman originally wanted Shi Yan to be careful out of good intention, but she didn't realize that her good intention caused this result.
Shi Yan frowned deeply. Before all of the Black Scale Tribe demon dwellers got close, he started to gather his power as he quietly formed Gravitational Fields.
"The Yang family is sure something. They can actually make these cruel demon dwellers get so hateful. I wonder how many evil things did Yang family people do in the Fourth Demon Area that made demon dwellers go insane."
Shi Yan quickly took action as he secretly thought in his mind.
Translated by: Qian
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First Date Advice for Men: How to Avoid Being Nervous
Alright guys, who among you here doesn't have first date jitters? *silence* *another long silence* *another 5 hours of deafening silence* Well, I can see that all of you here has it. So what happens when you are nervous on a first date? "I become paranoid! Like I think she doesn't like me and other whatnot! I like her so much and I want her to be my girlfriend!" "I stutter at the things I say." "Uhm… I…" You what? "I pee myself." *silence* Ok, let me hug you. Here, here. *hugs* The paranoia, stuttering, and… peeing, are major turn offs on a first date. But then again, the Great David Wygant is here to help. *winks*
In Wygant's website, a guy named Joe asks for his help. There's this girl that Joe likes and it would be their first date. He just met the girl, talked with her for a few minutes, and he thinks she's amazing. And for their first date, Joe asks for some tips, pointers, and some conversation starters. And guys, this advice is not only for Joe; this is for all of you. Wygant's advice is real simple. Gentlemen, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS GIRL IS WHAT YOU TRULY LIKE. "You don't know if you like this girl at all. Too many men do this. They get this vision of the woman inside their head," says Wygant. Most of all, you don't even know WHO she is. Come on! You just met her and you are already thinking about making her your girlfriend! What if she's mean to her parents? What if her underarm and feet stink? What if she's a nagger? What if she's a play girl? There are many more what-ifs queries, but you don't know the answers to those questions yet, dude, because you just met her.
"So what is David Wygant's advice?" Just keep it cool. "Act as if you're hanging out with a new friend, just getting to know them," Wygant advises. You can take her to a coffee shop with cool indie background music. "Or take a walk in the park during the summertime and talk about the beautiful things around you," he adds. Make your first date an activity-based date so you can always have something to talk about. "Just stop having this fantasy of who she is in your mind and you won't get nervous and the conversation will flow," Wygant emphasizes.
To read more about his simple advice, click David Wygant's link below. Have fun on your first date! *winks*
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Using financial skills to maximise organisational and programme impact
Course overview
Click here to download the course leaflet (PDF format).
The five-day course Essentials of financial management and communication is aimed at equipping NGO directors, managers, programme staff, fundraisers, administrators and other non-finance people with an appreciation of finance skills. Whether working at head office or internationally, it provides the 'essentials' to effectively and efficiently manage financial resources.
Participants will learn the how to apply financial management within a non-profit setting. It includes: planning and monitoring budgets, using financial information to make the most of available resources, achieving sustainability, managing finance to maximise organisational and programme impact. And also how to communicate effectively about financial management with colleagues across the world and across the office.
In this innovative workshop participants will learn to use the skills confidently, and gain a strong working knowledge of finance and financial management. Participants will be asked to bring documents from their organisation to use during the course.
The practical and interactive sessions use a balance of short inputs, discussions, group work, games and individual activities. The course will allow participants time to adapt the topics for their own and their partner organisations, with coaching support from the course facilitator.
The course is not only about learning financial skills but also about using them in particular work situations, and helping participants and their organisations to obtain immediate benefit from the learning.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- use financial management skills to build strong organisational capacity
- manage budget processes and cash flow and develop the building blocks for financial systems
- evaluate financial information to help an organisation become more sustainable
- apply basic financial controls to minimise the risk of errors and theft
- advise a partner on appropriate financial systems and practices and to build its capacity
- recognise cultural differences between 'finance' and 'non-finance' people, and communicate more effectively when working across cultures
Outline Programme
Day 1:
Financial management and planning:
- Financial management needs in non-profit organisations
- Financial and management accounting
- Budgeting preparation case study
- 'Results-based budgeting'
Day 2:
Finance planning and budgeting:
- Budgeting ground rules and costing principles
- Budgeting monitoring case study
- 'Donor funding grids' and managing 'cash flow'
- Making budgets easier to understand
- Basic rules of accounting and finance
Day 3:
Financial statements and evaluation:
- Building blocks of NGO financial records and systems
- Financial statements: what do they mean and how are they used
- Reviewing financial statements and using them to build capacity
- Working with audits and auditors
- Communication with donors
Day 4:
Strategic financial management and building financial capacity:
- Sustainably managing 'reserves' and strategies for allocating overheads
- Implementing financial controls and being aware of potential 'fraud'
- Financial capacity case study
- Calculating the 'true cost' of activities
- Improving financial management and programme effectiveness
Day 5:
Financial management communication between finance and non-finance people:
- Challenges and benefits of communicating finance
- Identifying work cultures and understanding each other better
- Practical solutions to communicating finance effectively between 'finance' and 'non-finance' cultures, and internationally
- Strategies for improving relationships and programmes
- Planning for the future
Interested in having this course conducted tailor-made for your organisation? Please contact us.


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Holiday Krafty Peeks.....Day TWO!!
Would you like to know who won the new HOLIDAY TRINKETS stamp set that we previewed yesterday???!! Well, the random winner is...... Stampsilly71! Congratulations and be sure to contact me with your shipping information!
All the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests listed below have lots of super designs to show you, so be sure to hop over to each of them! And while you're there, be sure to leave a comment because one lucky stamper is going to WIN the new HOLIDAY LULU AND LIBBY set!!!!!
Then come on back tomorrow to check out MORE new stamps we have to show you as the Happy Holidays theme continues, this time by artist Emilie Goulet!!! And ALL the new stamps will be available on Sunday at the KKStamps Shop!!
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These are so cute! Love the little sister. Gorgeous DT creations.ReplyDelete
Oh My Goodness Kimmie! I LOVE HER!! I have all the other LuLu's so I have to get her right away! I can not wait to get this set and play! Thanks for the chance to win this beautiful set!!ReplyDelete
(See you on the 20th of October, got my ticket and hotel booked!!!)
I LOVE these!! So adorable!!ReplyDelete
What a fun blog hop, loved everyone's fabulous creations. Love the new images.ReplyDelete
I have just had the most wonderful time visiting everyone to see what they have done with these great new images of Cheryl's! Loved them all! So much creativity and fun ideas! Wishing you a happy day!
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Day two was just as much fun as day one. So many beautiful cards and great ideas. Can't wait for the weekend.ReplyDelete
Oh My Goodness...fabulous hop...lovin Holiday Lulu and LibbyReplyDelete
Loved all the beautiful creations made with these great stamps.ReplyDelete
great hop but i did not see a post on sandie number 7 blog.ReplyDelete
Loving this Lulu and Libby set! Everyone did such an awesome job on their cards, I loved every second of the hop!ReplyDelete
A brilliant set - Lulu is such a fave of mine! Gorgeous DT inspiration!ReplyDelete
These girls are so cute! :)ReplyDelete
Awesome Hop! Little Lulu is adorable.ReplyDelete
WOWZERS!!! I am in LOVE with this Lulu set. The DT did an amazing job showcasing these stamps for sure. Thank you for a wonderful hop...I thoroughly enjoyed it and got some great ideas.ReplyDelete
This was such a fun hop and the DT really made such gorgeous projects!ReplyDelete
love love love this new set!ReplyDelete
Okay, opening my wallet now because I HAVE to have this set. She is just way too adorable and Lulu and Christmas are my two fave things. Hugs!!!ReplyDelete
LOVE this cute image of Lulu! She is adorable! The hop was great today as always.ReplyDelete
I love this group of stamps.. they are adorable! I love what everyone did with them! Just gorgeous!ReplyDelete


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Here are some never before posted photos of our very first Harry Potter party that we threw to celebrate the release of the last book - Deathly Hallows in 2007. We held the party open house style with people coming and going through the night and ended the party with party guests heading over to a local Borders to await the midnight release of the book.
Look at my cute little guy, dressed up as Dobby the house elf, taking 1st place in the Borders costume contest.
I turned my kitchen/dining room area into the potions class. A cheap piece of plywood was stained to cover my tiled kitchen counters for a bit more authentic Hogwarts feel. Labels were made for bottles that I had been collecting and filled with various "specimens" This are also served as the drink station so I labeled sodas, drink mixes (Kool-aid, powdered Gatorade, etc), juices and other drink add-ins with interesting names and guest were able to concoct their own potions.
In an effort to keep the kitchen from ruining the potions class atmosphere I added a "stone wall" behind the drink area. I had this left over from an Indiana Jones Halloween theme I had done prior but this is an easy DIY project. I simply bought sheets of insulation foam and using a wood burning tool that I picked up at a local craft store I carved the stones into the foam. The foam usually comes in pink or blue - use the blue. Add some paint to get the weathered look you want and you have instant stone walls.
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Ollivanders wand shop - a little bookcase that jewelry boxes labeled with wand labels that I made on the computer. Guests used these boxes to hold wands that they made during the evening. Wands were made using wooden dowels and varying sized balls (with holes drilled them). Guests took the balls and glued them to the end of the dowels to create wand handles. I wish I had pictures. I am notorious for not taking pictures of my parties so all the pictures you see here were taken by my brother or other party guests.
Trophy Case - here various Quidditch and other awards were displayed as well as containers that held the house points.
We also had an area full of Honeyduke's sweets. Guests could eat some Bertie Bott's every flavor beans and guess the flavors. We also had lots of yummy treats to make up for the grass and boogie flavored beans.
Outside we had...
Herbology class - guests were able to snack of food here.
I wanted a place for people to congregate and chat so we set up a Yule Ball area. We were supposed to have snow falling down on our guests but we could not get the snow machine to work. I'm still irratated about it all these years later :)
Out near our fireplace we set up the Divination Class. Here guests could make their predications about what would happen in the last book as well as read their fortunes with tea leaves.
There you have it - a few pictures from one of my favorite themes for a party. To see a few more photos from that night you can go here. I can't wait to throw the next one.
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First global map of flow within the Earth's mantle finds the surface is moving up and down "like a yo-yo"
Researchers have compiled the first global set of observations of the movement of the Earth's mantle, the 3000-kilometre-thick layer of hot silicate rocks between the crust and the core, and have found that it looks very different to predictions made by geologists over the past 30 years.
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They found that the wave-like movements of the mantle are occurring at a rate that is an order of magnitude faster than had been previously predicted. The results, reported in the journal Nature Geoscience, have ramifications across many disciplines including the study of oceanic circulation and past climate change.
"Although we're talking about timescales that seem incredibly long to you or me, in geological terms, the Earth's surface bobs up and down like a yo-yo," said Dr Mark Hoggard of Cambridge's Department of Earth Sciences, the paper's lead author. "Over a period of a million years, which is our standard unit of measurement, the movement of the mantle can cause the surface to move up and down by hundreds of metres."
Besides geologists, the movement of the Earth's mantle is of interest to the oil and gas sector, since these motions also affect the rate at which sediment is shifted around and hydrocarbons are generated.
Most of us are familiar with the concept of plate tectonics, where the movement of the rigid plates on which the continents sit creates earthquakes and volcanoes near their boundaries. The flow of the mantle acts in addition to these plate motions, as convection currents inside the mantle -- similar to those at work in a pan of boiling water -- push the surface up or down. For example, although the Hawaiian Islands lie in the middle of a tectonic plate, their volcanic activity is due not to the movement of the plates, but instead to the upward flow of the mantle beneath.
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On the promise that her impoverished family will be blessed with riches, a young girl goes to live for a year in an enchanted palace with a mysterious white bear. Just as she begins to unravel the dark secrets of the curse on her host, her curiosity and fear drive her to betray the man she has come to love. To redeem him, she must journey beyond the edge of the world and face the Troll Princess herself.
East o'the Sun, West o'the Moon, always one of my favorite folk-tales, finds new life in this charming adaptation. I loved how Jessica Day George followed the traditional storyline so faithfully, but added an intriguing new twist of her own. She floods the pages with details about Scandinavian culture and language. A good, solid performance, and a recommended read for ages 10 and up.
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Live album collects 15 solo, often acoustic performances culled from a tour with Devendra Banhart.
At last summer's Pitchfork-curated Intonation Festival in Chicago's Union Park, Xiu Xiu stuck out like sore thumb amid more no-doy outdoor-fest-ready groups like the Hold Steady and Out Hud. Xiu Xiu's music is not intended for open, sunny spaces; it's like a vampire in a tanning salon. Then again, Jamie Stewart isn't the sallow-cheeked ghoul you might imagine him to be based on his relentlessly in-bent, harrowingly sad songs-- he's clean-cut, handsome, pretty buff. The disconnect between his robust frame and sickly music mirrors the tension in the songs themselves, between quivering ephemera and hulking clangor. What really came clear at Intonation, watching Stewart and Caralee McElroy inflict violence on the air, was that Xiu Xiu's music is a music of intrusions. As Stewart quietly gasped over sonorous mandolin lines, McElroy introduced discord in the form of crashing gamelans and broken-glass synths, chaotic interruptions that seemed to come from outside of the music, to assault it.
Life and Live, a collection of 15 solo, often acoustic performances culled from a tour with Devendra Banhart, gives us a different Xiu Xiu, one that must rely entirely on Stewart's voice and guitar without McElroy around to drop heavy ordnance on the periphery. As such, the album shrinks to a white-hot pinpoint, radiating out with grim placidity from that raw place from which Stewart projects his demons. The songs, drawing most heavily from Xiu Xiu's pre-Fabulous Muscles albums, are spare to the point of obliteration, unfolding in glittering dreamtime. They build themselves slowly, one piece at a time-- a splintered chord coalesces and diffuses like smoke; a richly emotive syllable or injured yelp hangs suspended in the thick silence in its wake-- draped loosely on rickety frames. The instances of dissonance emerge from within the songs, not from without, sealing off and pressurizing them.
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