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Janice Jeanfreau was born and raised in the Jackson metro area. She attended University Christian School for a couple of years before it became Hartfield Academy. Her family moved to Colorado while she was in High School and she graduated from Estes Park High School. She then returned to Mississippi to attend Mississippi College where she met her husband, Ben, who also teaches at Hartfield Academy. After 6 years of marriage they welcomed their first daughter into the world, followed 18 months later by our second daughter, who both attend Hartfield.
"I could not be more excited about partnering with a covenant Christian school who shares the same vision and goals of advancing God's Kingdom in young people and families. My favorite quote that I remind myself of often is, "If we don't teach our children to follow Jesus, the world will teach them not to."

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Sophie Bew is a London-based fashion and arts writer. After stints on the fashion desks of Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire and Grazia UK, Bew spent 14 months in Dubai as Grazia Middle East's Fashion & Beauty Editor. She has since joined the AnOther team as Editorial Assistant on their print edition and continues to write for various titles including LOVE, Wallpaper* and V.
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The Legend of Zelda series is home to some of the most iconic music in gaming. The franchise even debuted its own orchestral concert tour, Symphony of the Goddesses, back in 2012, just a few months after the release of Skyward Sword. No matter how each entry chooses to portray its world and characters, music is a reoccurring theme that holds many Zelda games together. This includes the use of playable instruments, such as the ocarina, wind waker, harp, and even wolf howling from Twilight Princess (ok, so that one was a bit eccentric). The series has often given players the role of performing specific songs to uncover secrets, satisfy an NPC's musical needs, or even change the weather or time of day. Link has become quite the musician over the years, but his talents seem to have been lost in translation in his latest adventure, Breath of the Wild.
Unlike past Zelda titles, Breath of the Wild uses an ambient soundtrack composed of minimalistic tracks, often with soft piano or strings. Songs rarely build up to full-blown orchestral pieces, unless necessary for a dramatic cutscene or boss encounter. Likewise, there are no instruments for Link to play, and musical leitmotifs aren't as common either. Admittedly, it can be a bit jarring to see such a lack of catchy, recognizable songs in the overworld of Breath of the Wild. However, there is an intentional choice to keep the music minimalistic in the game's world, and it shows a connection to previous titles.
Let's take a step back to some of the past 3D Zelda games. During the daytime, the overworld always has the same piece of music playing; whether you are exploring Termina Field in Majora's Mask, or the Great Sea in Wind Waker, there is always a stand-out track accompanying you. When nighttime arrives, the music cuts out in favor of some quiet time (minus Link's occasional grunts and "hiya's!"). The use of silence enhances the tone of the night, signaling a sense of urgency for the unknown, especially when enemies are approaching. Wind Waker uses silence when exploring many of its random islands, while Ocarina of Time uses ambience for most of its dungeons. Even Ganon's castle lacks music for its entire first section, and instead uses an ominous, eerie drone.
So if other titles have used similar musical elements before, what makes Breath of the Wild so divisive? Well, it may come down to expectations, and what some fans hoped to see from a new Zelda game. Putting music aside, remember the negative reception from Skyward Sword's excessive motion controls and linearity? Or how about when people mocked the cel-shaded visuals from Wind Waker? It's not out of the ordinary for fans to look at past Zelda games and expect certain aspects they loved make a comeback.
When compared to other Zelda titles, Breath of the Wild is more unconventional in its approach to world building, story telling, and, perhaps most notably, exploration. It shows the player as much as he or she chooses to see; the main quests can even be skipped altogether in favor of rushing to the final battle. There are only four main dungeons and no additional items to uncover after the prologue, which is a drastic difference from what fans are used to. Breath of the Wild is less concerned with guiding the player on an adventure, and instead gives them the ability to create their own journey. Sure, there is a story to tell, but it's essentially optional.
The emotional value of music tends to be different for each listener, but it's common for Zelda soundtracks to work toward evoking specific emotions. For example, it's clear that the "Song of Healing" from Majora's Mask is meant to be somber; this is notable from its minor chords and general slow tempo. Conversely, the shop theme from Ocarina of Time is a jolly tune that can easily make the player want to dance. In Breath of the Wild, ambient tracks don't particularly have just one emotion to convey, because that isn't really its goal. This is a game about nature (or "the wild"), and the ambient music builds a relationship between the player and the game's environment. Just as the player has the option to explore the world at their own pace and limits, the music is often kept minimal, so as not to drive the player in one particular direction emotionally. Ambience is a universal musical style that helps build atmosphere, which can be interpreted in different ways.
That's not to say Breath of the Wild can't have clear emotions to portray in its soundtrack. One of the game's most memorable songs plays when the player encounters a Guardian; a large, spider-like machine with devastating laser attacks. The result is a tense melody that fills the player with panic and dread. This element has appeared in all previous 3D Zelda games, where a suspenseful piece of music will play when an enemy is nearby. In this case, not much has changed, and if anything Breath of the Wild is even more dramatic with its enemy and boss encounters. Some of the enemies can defeat Link in just one quick attack! Still, it's far more common for the game to keep its music simple and in the background, rather than a fanfare of upbeat instrumentation.
Nintendo has effectively shattered fan's expectations for what a new, open-world Zelda game can be. Breath of the Wild doesn't follow most of the series' past conventions, and isn't afraid to embrace new ideas. Yet at its core it holds a significant part of what makes the Zelda franchise so cherished. It creates a world where the player is free to explore and genuinely feel like an adventurer. This time, the music adds even more depth to the world, subtly permeating each region's locale with mellow piano keys and windy breezes. Breath of the Wild may not have as many iconic, or even hummable music, but its soundtrack still builds one of the strongest immersive experiences in gaming today.


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Backbeat: DJ Premier, Pete Rock @ 'Re:Generation' Doc. Preview Feat. Mark Ronson, Skrillex, More
On Thursday night (Oct. 20), Hyundai Veloster took over the Re:Mix Lab in NYC's Chelsea Market to preview "Re:Generation," the upcoming 2012 musical documentary starring DJ Premier, Mark Ronson, Skrillex, Pretty Lights and The Crystal Method.
Check out all of our Backbeats -- our exclusive look at the people behind the music business -- right here.
Guests -- including Hyundai's VP of Marketing Steve Shannon and Dominic Sandifer of Greenlight Media & Marketing -- nibbled on Pop Burger, watched a trailer of "Re:Generation" then participated in a Q&A session with DJ Premier and director Amir Bar-Lev, who shared their experiences on The Grammys' co-production.
During an hour-long turntable set from Premier, Bar Lev dished on filming the DJs, each of whom were tasked to collaborate on music outside of their respective genres (with features from artists including members of the Doors). "The challenge of letting things happen organically, while also getting things to look right, was particularly acute when dealing with people that I admire," Bar-Lev told Billboard.biz.
"We were deeply honored by the way artists like Erykah Badu, Mos Def and Premier let us into their process. This was a collaboration between a lot different people in a very short period of time but we wanted to capture the dynamic drama of reality, and also make it look fantastic."
VIBE's West Coast Editor Jamal Munnerlyn hosted the Q&A early in the night and later admitted to hearing DJ Premier's collaboration with the Berklee School of Music Symphony Orchestra. "In the past two weeks I've been in the studio with Nas and Premier when they did the cut and it was unbelievable," he said.
DJ sets from Jamie Biden and AndrewAndrew followed DJ Premier, who stopped to chat with Pete Rock, then explained what he learned while filming "Re:Generation." "I think I'm a better producer now, just from doing the documentary," he told Billboard.biz "I respect music a million times more after going to classes, meeting with my mentor and learning how to expand on it."
Premier is currently working on projects from rappers Khalil and NYGz on his label Year Round Records, in addition to an album with Freddy Foxx called "Bumpy Knuckles" and "DJ Premier The Collection" and the "Pete Rock vs. DJ Premier" album.
Hyundai Veloster will host upcoming "Re:Generation" screenings in Las Vegas (Nov. 1-4), Miami (Dec. 2-3) and Los Angeles (Dec. 7-11).


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For how good the early 90s were there was somethings that weren't. My first real skateboard was a Roskopp III and was about 10 inches wide. I was naive about shapes and sizes at this point, graphics were my selling point. With street skating coming in hot, boards started to morph into smaller and smaller shapes. After a while Mini shapes for kids that were 9 inches were considered normal sized. Boards started feeling a bit uncomfortable to a 6'4″ dude mashing around with a size 13 foot.
Vert was dying and street skating was almost throwing it in their face with how weird boards were getting. Football shaped boards were everywhere. Pinched noses and tails were a nightmare. We all rode them though because you couldn't deny the direction and how everything was changing. It needed to, things were getting stale unless you asked Santa Cruz, Powell & Peralta, or Vision. They thought things were just fine. All this time boards just kept getting smaller.
By 93 it was hard to find a good board in any thing above 8 inches. The thought was a good board wasn't from the above mentioned brands. You wanted a World board or anything from their camp. The problem was there weren't any bigger Blind, Plan B, or 101 boards. 7.5 was what everyone wanted and then it seemed they were seeing who could make the smallest functional board. Grown men were riding 7.25 boards? It was a dark time.
I was lucky enough to meet a Pro Skater by the name of Ozzy Alvarez during a San Diego trip. He was sponsored by Zorlac and we hit it off immediately. He quit Zorlac to skate for Fish Lips and I started working there. We worked on shapes together and the wood shop would ruin them every time. Shortly after we both jumped ship to a new board company called Entity that was backed by Gullwing Trucks. There we worked with a real wood shop and it was a huge step up in quality. The small board craze was in full effect. These days you went to Pacific Drive and found boards with good shapes and traced them out on paper and then off to the wood shop to get sample shapes. You'd get a Mike Carroll nose with a Alphozo Rawls tail and write down the wheel base and figure it all out.
Through Entity I was able to make my own 8 inch shape with a Porno for Pyros graphics. It had a devil on it so Ozzy was down. I was into Jane's Addiction so at the time I was all about Porno for Pyros. The board turned out rad with a yellow to orange fade. Ozzy doesn't have one in his collection and I wish I could find one. Ozzy was good like that, he wanted to see his friends happy.
Years later and a few companies deeper, Ozzy always made sure to keep me stoked on what he had going on. I was eventually a TM for one of the companies he started. We had a good thing going and we are still great friends. These days I'm bringing him boards whenever I make the trip to LA. Never forget the people who did you right and you'll never go wrong. -ERL


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Author: Marie Lu
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 368 pages
Publication Date: October 7, 2014
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Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina's black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family's good name and standing in the way of their fortune. But some of the fever's survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites.
Teren Santoro works for the king. As Leader of the Inquisition Axis, it is his job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they destroy the nation. He believes the Young Elites to be dangerous and vengeful, but it's Teren who may possess the darkest secret of all.
Enzo Valenciano is a member of the Dagger Society. This secret sect of Young Elites seeks out others like them before the Inquisition Axis can. But when the Daggers find Adelina, they discover someone with powers like they've never seen.
Adelina wants to believe Enzo is on her side, and that Teren is the true enemy. But the lives of these three will collide in unexpected ways, as each fights a very different and personal battle. But of one thing they are all certain: Adelina has abilities that shouldn't belong in this world. A vengeful blackness in her heart. And a desire to destroy all who dare to cross her.
I appreciated the complex characters and bold choice the author made with having an antiheroine as the main character, but that meant I didn't like her. In fact, I didn't like anyone in this book and I wasn't sure who to root for. I did feel sympathy for Adelina because of the way her father treated her, but wow, she was really unlikable and she made horrible choices. She was dark, damaged, and twisted, and any positive qualities were overwhelmed by that darkness. With political intrigue and complicated characters, The Young Elites definitely has a Game of Thrones feel to it, but I was a bit disappointed (of course, I did have high expectations because I loved the Legend series).
Very surprising ending, and new characters introduced in the epilogue that will make me read the next book. Will the antiheroine turn into the villain? We shall see.


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Monday, December 15, 2008
Ball and Chain Still Stomping
What they lack in subtlety they have in enthusiasm. The leads of Ball and Chain, Michael Ball and Jody Benjamin (shown from a 2003 CD release) have Cajun-ized their Ottawa community and beyond.
After not getting around to writing up a promised review of their live at the bayou CD, I rechecked them. Their main website has been static for two years, including tour dates. I figured I had totally missed my chance.
No so.
They seem to have left that old site in favor of the trendier MySpace version. That has four full tunes to hear, but not download.
The CD Baby sales site for live at the bayou and for Trouble All The Time have multiple short, incomplete clips.
Like Cajun and zydeco or not, you have to admit that these are folk who have terrific fun with their music. They've made a living of it up where there are no bayous and where Cajuns were a forced export from the Atlantic end of the country a long time ago.
As most reviewers already note, there's a lot of Hank Williams in Benjamin's twangy renditions. Ball comes on mostly with the hyperactive fiddle. This is much more my wife's style of music than mine, but I could do an evening at a club with them on stage quite happily. Moreover, Williams was hard to look at and I rather doubt he ever wore a skirt with flounces, much less twirled it while he sang.
By the bye, Ball and Chain has four shows coming up in Ottawa in the early part of 2009.
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Lady in RED : Thank you, girls ! I am really really happy. You all have done your very best. Our hard work indeed paid off. Even though we came here as an underdog yet we have proven to them that we, the Kedahans deserved to be the champion !
All the babies : We love you, mdm…. ( Deep in our heart , we uttered: " Without you in the world of choral speaking, we are nothing ! We really appreciate you for everything from the very beginning till the very end of the battle. Your script has really made the team to be unique and outshines the other states as well. Throughout the practice, our range of vocabulary has gone up to a new level… Same thing goes to our pronounciation, enunciation and most importantly our expression! Exaggerating it to the power of infinity. To infinity and beyond !!!" ) We are really going to miss all the moments we have spent together as one big happy family. Staying back for the afternoon practices, Enjoying tons of buns you bought … ( esp "Bunroti" )and the list just goes on and on…… The taste of chicken curry by Cikgu Suria too would go down to the history of CS as a memorable one. " Your cooking is the best, Cikgu Suria ! "Indeed, a very long journey we have come across together. It will definitely stay as painted memories for now and always.
Hey, choral speakers !!! I guess it's time for us to crack our heads again! That day, she just won the best CS mummy award. What title should we give her now? How 'bout the nation mummy of CS ? I am very sure that all of us would never ever deny it, right?
THe best part of all was that the driver of our bus from the personality of a champion team driver became the so called "anak angkat " of hers. ( haha, caught you ! mdm….. ) Joking happily with him all the way back. Together with Miss Beh who laughed her head off when one of the choral speaking team mentioned one plus one as eleven during the competition. Am I right, Miss Beh? Throughout the journey, she had never forgotten to make sure all the 35 babies were within her eyesight. Wait!!! This scene just came across my mind suddenly whereby Cikgu Rozita and Cikgu Hayati were busy carrying big plastic bags, coming out from the sogou supermarket. Can't imagine how nice would it be if they come up with the "balik kampung style " Hahahaha !!!
A million and trillion thanks to the PIBG committee, HM , teachers and parents for all the surprises… The flowers simply attracted us so much so that all the choral speakers were like : " WOW ! A sweete dating with the HM, teachers and PIBGs… "The pictures on the banner made all of us to be spellbound. Hugging each and every teachers under the rain was such a bliss… Just can't describe how grateful we were……Once again, thank you !!! Muah ! Muah !! Muah !!!
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pub date: 5 July 2011
Source: S&S Galley Grab
Fifteen years ago, Alex Shipley and small bunch of students were part of a controversial course – Unraveling a Literary Mystery – at Jasper College. The course was controversial because it was taught by literature professor Richard Aldiss via a video feed from his prison cell. Aldiss was convicted of murdering two college students.
Alex made her name in this course and is now a Harvard professor. She found out the real identity of Paul Fellows, but more dramatically, helped acquit Aldiss of the heinous murders. Now when the entire class has come together after many years for a reunion, one of them gets murdered in the same way as the crimes that Aldiss was accused of. Can she discover the identity of the killer and stop him before he picks them off one by one?
If you've read some of my older posts, you can't have missed my obsession with forensic murder mysteries and procedural dramas. Lavender deftly adds a layer of academia to all this, making this novel a winner with me. At the start of the story, we see this class of students studying Unraveling a Literary Mystery. That sounds intriguing enough. But their professor is a convicted murderer who discusses two novels by Paul Fellows, a writer so reclusive that no one knows his identity. The premise is that there are clues in the two published novels of this writer, The Coil and The Golden Silence and the students have to follow them to find out who the author really is while also learning to decode a Literary Mystery. The students of the class go about solving the mystery of the author's identity by playing a dangerous game called the Procedure.
There was quite a big gap between my reading of this book and sitting down to write the review. So I had to reread some of it to remind me of characters names. But the plot, that I had no problem recalling.
This is brilliantly crafted, tightly plotted story that kept me guessing to the very end. Aldiss is a creepily memorable character and I kept wondering: what is his real motivation and why does he have such power over Alex? Dominance kept me up late, feverishly turning the pages because I had to find out what really happened.
Of course, I can't say too much more without ruining the plot, so I'm going to stop right here. I am definitely going to be reading Lavender's earlier work, Obedience really soon.
Highly recommended. Definite read for fans of literary thrillers and murder mysteries.
Rating: 4*
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What to think about when setting your price Print
One of your key tasks as a business owner is to set the right price for your goods and services – not too high, not too low. This article takes you through what you should consider to set the best price for your business. And we share some top tips to help when you want to increase your prices.
The dangers of not having a sensible pricing strategy
An alarming number of businesses don't have a proper pricing strategy and you don't want to be like them and rely on guesstimates. This often leads to the discovery that prices do not produce sufficient revenue to meet the real costs of the business, and has led to the failure of many businesses.
A pricing strategy will help you decide the best price for your product or service. When your prices are high enough to cover costs, give you a reasonable return, and are attractive to customers, you know you're winning.
What you should consider when setting your price
To achieve a sensible pricing strategy, you need to understand what the competition is charging and what your customers would be willing to pay. You also need to know what your business objective is, whether it is to:
- Maximise your profits. This means you're aiming for as much profit as you can from a product or service, charging as much as you can. Prices that are significantly higher than the competition mean that you could risk having customers go somewhere else, but that could be ok if you still get enough customers to make a profit (and you are doing lesswork).
- Increase or hold your market share. This choice means you might have to sacrifice some of your profits, and possibly charge less to certain customers.
- Match or beat the competition's prices. Pricing low can work, especially if you are aiming to grab new customers. But if you decide to compete head on with price, consider why. Is it just that you're lacking confidence? If your competition includes larger businesses with deeper pockets, they're always going to win the price war. You also don't want customers perceiving your goods or services as lower quality than the competition. If you raise your price, up goes your profit margin.
Armed with the information, you're in a much better position to establish the best price for your business.
For more help on pricing strategy, use our gross profit break-even calculator to help you establish the minimum income you need to obtain to remain in business.
What you need to know before you increase your prices
You should always be seeking to increase your prices over time, if only so that you can keep up with inflation. Increasing prices widens your margins and frees up cash you might need for business growth.
But what you don't want to do is alienate your customers by increasing them too dramatically, so keep the following in mind when you're considering a price hike:
- Check your costs. Try to find ways to reduce your costs before you increase your prices. Reducing your energy use or changing providers, cutting down on travel expenses, removing poorly-performing products from your inventory or selling assets are all ways to do this.
- Shine a light on your USP. It's important to convince your customers that your products or services are worth the increase. Use your unique selling point – whether it's great customer service, free delivery, or a superior product – to help show customers why your product is worth the extra money. Read more on this in our article, how to defend your pricing strategy.
- Is there a market for higher prices? Confirm there's enough demand for your product or service to justify a price hike. Schedule regular price reviews, and amend prices based on market expectations. Remain flexible with your pricing so you can update it on the fly if you have to.
- What's the competition doing? Consider your market position and what your competitors are charging. Think beyond competitive pricing and focus on your unique selling points, and how your pricing might complement these. Remember too, that your competitors aren't just those businesses that are physically close to yours – the internet and ecommerce has shrunk the world considerably.
- Provide the best customer experience you can. So make sure your staff are on the ball – perhaps even give them quick refresher – and remember to provide them with everything they need to do their job properly. Make an effort to know your best customers and deal with complaints quickly and efficiently.
- Keep your customers in the loop. As well as giving great customer service, it may also sometimes be relevant to communicate to your customers the reasons why you're increasing your price – especially if the price hike is significant. Open communication shows that you're thinking about your customers and their expectations, and means your customers are more likely to understand and accept the change.
- Stagger increases. Consider staggering the price increases of your different products over time, instead of raising them all at once.
Tools & resources
- Gross profit break-even calculator – will help you establish the minimum income you need to obtain to remain in business.
- Net profit margin calculator – this will calculate how profitable your business is after overheads are deducted.
- Calculating a charge-out rate – this will help set a competitive but realistic charge-out rate for your services.


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The Importance of Monument Signs for Your Business
Signs are one of the best ways to capture customer attention. They create the first impression about the brand. Outdoor monument signs can be very useful to create a lasting impression. Architectural monument signs guide the customers to your business. They are highly visible and attract the potential clients. As they are permanent signs beside the sidewalk, they provide more exposure and promote company's brand for both feet as well Continue Reading;


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I don't know why more young fashion students don't try to get into fashion shows?
Most shows have a "Standing" section and the press people are usually happy to fill any seats in the second, third or fourth rows.
More importantly it's a great place to make contacts and see/hear what the fashion crowds are doing at the shows.
I'm all for helping young fashion students but sometimes they have to do more to help themselves.


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PARIMA Taiwan
Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association ("PARIMA") Taiwan is the professional membership association for risk and insurance professionals based in Taiwan. PARIMA is a non-profit association.
Danny Lin
VP, Risk Management and Auditing Office,
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Established in 2013, members of PARIMA Taiwan belong to an Asian community of risk and insurance professionals who share a common vision to advance their professional growth in risk management and add value in their organisations.
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1 July 2013
The Prosperity Gospel
God does not promise health, wealth and prosperity in this world. On the contrary, God's Word warns us Christians that we will have our share of trouble, disease and hardship during our brief pilgrimage towards the eternal City.
We know that "our outer self is wasting away" but we do not lose heart since we know that our sufferings are only temporary. "This light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison" (2 Corinthians 4:16-17). The glory in heaven comes only after the affliction during this brief life on earth.
Prosperity teachers are very popular, as can be expected, and they deceive many people. Others seek Christ for the wrong reasons – to get rid of their troubles and to become rich and prosperous. This isn't anything new. As in the early church, there are people today who imagine "that godliness is a means of gain." However the Bible warns that "those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction."
Such people become wealthy and enjoy the pleasure of this world for a while, but this they do to the detriment of their spiritual well-being. "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs" (1 Timothy 6:5, 9-11). After all what will it profit us if we gain the whole world and lose our soul?
It is our privilege as God's children to pray to the Father for our daily bread, and to seek his face in our sickness and sorrows. Moreover we should be grateful for his generous providence and we should be thankful for giving us food, clothing, family, health and so many other gifts.
However we should also patiently bear the burdens and sorrows of life, knowing that God the Father is in full control of every situation, even in the midst of tragedy and sickness. Though our eyes may be clouded with tears, we can find strength in the assurance that he is always with us; he has promised never to leave or forsake us.
Job had the right attitude. He had received abundant material blessings from God. But when the time came that God allowed him to forfeit everything, Job did not despair. "Shall we receive good from God," he said, "and shall we not receive evil?" (Job 2:10). Everyone is willing to do the former, but only genuine believers are willing to embrace trouble from the hands of God.
We may not understand God's purposes; we may not see any good coming out of it; we may be pushed to the brink of despair, and yet we continue to trust and worship God. "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21).
In the darkness of adversity and misery, this kind of faith sparkles like a diamond. God's children remain absolutely certain that God is good but not because all is going well for us. On the contrary we continue to magnify God's sovereign grace despite and in our sufferings. God is glorified in the child-like trust of his children. May he give us grace to trust him like that.


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If you want to ensure your safety training and development has purpose, is aligned to job responsibilities, and will actually make a difference in performance and behaviors, then you need to start by identifying the end game; namely, what are the desired outcomes you'd like to see in place as a result of that training?
Whether it's general safety training, or job-specific safe-operations training, one of the best ways to do this is by defining the competencies employees will need to prove they have as a result of that training. What are the job responsibilities that will be impacted, and what specifically will they need to know and be able to do in the proposed future state?
Let's use a very simple example to illustrate how this works. Let's say you're creating a development plan for a Plant Operator I position, and one of the things you've determined they'll need to know how to do is shut down the plant in case of an emergency. The general category for this particular training module might be something like "Emergency Shutdown (ESD) Systems."
But instead of immediately moving to the develop phase of that training module let's focus first on the desired outcomes–what exactly they need to know and be able to do. In this example we've determined they need to be able to:
- Describe the general layout of the plant
- Identify the equipment and units impacted by the ESD system
- Show where all ESD buttons and valves are located
- Demonstrate the procedure for sequential shutdown where applicable
- Demonstrate the procedure for facility startup after activating ESD
These defined outcomes are easily converted into learning objectives for the training, and become ready-made performance-exam items when it comes time to validate their skills.
The important thing to remember here is not to overload them with a bunch of training points and other learning objectives that don't directly support these outcomes. Instead keep it simple and relevant by focusing on just-enough, just-in-time training that includes only the themes and topics that naturally emerge from the desired outcomes.
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ACOP L8 compliance requires a Legionella risk assessment
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A Legionella risk assessment is a legal requirement under both the Health & Safety at Work Act and the COSHH regulations. It allows you to assess the Legionella risk and control the exposure to Legionella and in doing so prevent the potentially fatal pneumonia, Legionellosis (Legionnaire's Disease). Without a Legionella risk assessment you run the risk of prosecution by the HSE, even if no-one actually contracts Legionnaire's Disease.
It is a sad fact that many Legionella risk assessments are simply template driven tick boxes that do not interrogate the water system as a whole, looking only at individual assets. This can provide a false sense of security and leave you vulnerable to prosecution in the event of an outbreak. We only use qualified and experienced staff with the full support of our Managing Director, a PhD qualified microbiologist with many years experience in Legionella control. Our assessors will visit site and spend time examining all parts of the water system, including current management regimes, in order to produce a comprehensive report.
Factors such as material of pipe work, usage of the system and the people likely to come into contact with the water system will all be examined in order to provide a comprehensive assessment of risk. Our reports are fully site specific and include details of current risk with a list of remedial actions required to reduce the current risk. They also contain a site specific Legionella control schedule to allow ongoing management of the risks.
When obtaining quotes for a Legionella risk assessment firstly ensure your provider is a member of the Legionella Control Association and then ask for previous examples to compare the depth of information and specificity of the report. This will ensure that you get a high quality provider and are comparing like for like in terms of value for money.
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Samsung has confirmed that the first «smartphone» OS Tizen will begin selling this year. The company has not detailed its launch plans or models that will offer, but yes that the distribution will begin this year.
Tizen is the OS that Samsung and Intel have been working in recent months. Based on the code of MeeGo, Tizen is the big bet of Samsung to launch competitive smart mobile without relying on developers like Google or Microsoft.
Samsung has managed to become the leading manufacturer in the market of smartphones around the world. The company has seen several of its Android phones became the most popular in the world and its progression has been spectacular.
However, since Google bought the manufacturer Motorola, analysts and experts stressed that Samsung took precautions and develop its own system.
The South Korean company tried his luck with Bada, its own system, but does not seem to have had the desired success. For this reason, Samsung has partnered with Intel to take advantage of the work done with Meego – at its fruit of the Alliance of the manufacturer of processors with Nokia – and thus develop Tizen, an advanced system that can compete with the market leaders.
In this way, Tizen is destined to be an alternative to Android, iOS and Windows Phone. After months of work, the development of Tizen seems to be very advanced and the company already confirm that the first mobile will arrive this year.
According to Bloomberg, Samsung official sources have confirmed that the first Tizen sold this 2013. At the moment there is no data on devices, specifications or distribution plans. However, the fact that has been confirmed that the first Tizen are close invites to think that Samsung will present developed handsets at the Mobile World Congress. The fair of Barcelona could be the starting point of the Tizen catalogue, which will try to gain a foothold in the thriving market for 'smartphones'.
Related articles
- Samsung said to be trying to forge a Tizen/Firefox OS partnership (androidcommunity.com)
- Samsung and Intel find 36 more companies to back Tizen, their Android competitor (theverge.com)


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independence of Cyprus
On June 4, 1878, Britain concluded a treaty with the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II, officially known as a Convention of Defensive Alliance. In this treaty Abdul Hamid agreed to the loan of Cyprus to Britain, while retaining Ottoman sovereignty over the island and the right to collect a tax known as the tribute.
Britain won de facto control of the island and the right to make laws and international agreements in the name of Cyprus. Within weeks of the signing of this treaty, the Union Jack flag was hoisted over Nicosia, and shortly afterward a contingent of Indian army troops arrived from Malta to safeguard British colonial rule, which lasted 82 years. For Britain, Cyprus became a vital staging area for its Middle East interests. The island was formally taken over by the British in 1914, when the Ottoman Empire aligned itself with Germany and the other Central Powers during World War I. Under the Treaty of Lausanne of 1923, Turkey and Greece agreed that Cyprus would remain under British sovereignty, and in 1925 Cyprus was declared a crown colony.
Both the Greeks and the Turks of Cyprus considered British control a welcome relief from Turkish taxation; many Greek Cypriots also felt that the departure of the Ottoman administration brought the island closer to the Greek dream of enosis, or union, with Greece. Thus, in effect, began the efforts of the Greek Cypriots to link the island's destiny with that of Greece. The British govern- ment continued to state formally that no change in the status of the island was contemplated. Such an attitude further embittered the Greek Cypriots, although it was of some comfort to the Turkish Cypriots.
On April 1, 1955, a secret organization calling itself the National Organization of Cypriot Fighters—known by its Greek initials as EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston)—declared a struggle until death to free the island from British rule and to link it with the Greek mainland. The war for the future of Cyprus began as colonial empires were crumbling around the globe. The British felt there was no question of a union with Greece or of full independence for Cyprus.
Considering its commitments in the Middle East and its still important role on the southeastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Britain regarded Cyprus as a crucial military base on the traditional crossroads of big-power competition for influence in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkish Cypriot reactions were predictable. The Turks felt that, if successful, the Greek struggle for enosis against British colonial rule meant that the Turkishspeaking minority on the island would lose the protection of the British.
Fear of a Greek victory prompted the creation of a Turkish Cypriot counter organization known as VULCAN; the Turkish Cypriot minority also cooperated with the British police and military in tracking down suspected EOKA fighters. To the slogan of enosis, Turkish Cypriots answered with their own solution, that of takism, or partition, of Cyprus. Georgios Grivas, who had previously served as a colonel in the Greek army, led the EOKA. Grivas arrived on the island from Greece in 1954 and set out to prepare what amounted to an well-organized uprising.
In Nicosia, early in 1955, rumors of landings of saboteurs, of infiltration by agents dispatched from Greece, and of organized resistance began sweeping the narrow streets, and soon Cyprus became an armed camp. An estimated 28,000 British troops were deployed throughout the island, manning roadblocks, searching passersby, pursuing elusive terrorist suspects, and uncovering arms caches and hideouts in some of the most improbable places. Cyprus had become a dangerous weak spot in the NATO alliance. What needed to be done was to work out a system of ethnic power-sharing that would satisfy Greece and Turkey, as both nations worked to protect their Cypriot ethnic compatriots as well as their own interests. Talks between the two countries continued throughout January 1959.
On February 5, Greek prime minister Constantine Karamanlis and Adnan Menderes of Turkey met in Zurich, where they prepared, after negotiations and consultation with the leaders of the two Cypriot communities, an outline for a solution to the Cyprus situation. With that document in hand, they traveled to London, where they were joined by Archbishop Mikhalis Khristodoulou Makarios III and Dr. Fazil Kuchuk, the political leader of the Turkish Cypriot community.
The new Cypriot constitution, based on the Zurich-London agreements, was issued in April 1960 and paved the way for the proclamation of the independent Republic of Cyprus. The president of the republic was a Greek Cypriot while the vice president was a Turkish Cypriot, both being elected by their representative communities. Both had veto powers over foreign affairs, defense, fiscal matters, and security.
On the same day the constitution was finalized it was accompanied by three treaties: the Treaty of Guaran- tee, the Treaty of Alliance, and the Treaty of Establish- ment. The Treaty of Guarantee was signed by Turkey, Britain, Greece, and Cyprus. It stated that the four countries agreed not to undertake activity aimed at promoting, directly or indirectly, a union of Cyprus with any other state, or a partition of the island.
The Treaty of Alliance involved Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey. It established a tripartite headquarter on the island and permitted the two latter states to deploy, respectively, 950 and 650 persons in Cyprus to protect the island.
The Treaty of Establishment was signed between Britain and Cyprus and granted Britain sovereignty over a territory on the island's southern coast for two military bases, Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The constitutional agreement was reached at the price of some 500 killed during the EOKA struggle with the British, but it also allowed Britain's colonial disengagement from Cyprus. The flag under which the two communities of Cyprus were to unite was displayed to the public on August 16, 1960. The Union Jack was replaced with a white flag bearing an orange map of Cyprus with small green branches underneath.
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The first six months of PandoMonthly 2013. Become a member and see them all
One complaint we've heard from existing members is that it was hard to plan around our PandoMonthly events, because we weren't always great at telling you in advance when they were coming up.
In 2013, we're going to try to be a lot better about it, and -- fair warning for non-members! -- we're also going to be putting tickets on sale much sooner. So if you think you might be able to grab one the week before, you'll likely be out of luck. We're rebuilding our events page now to make all of this a lot clearer.
To that end, we've already planned out the first six months of the year, and I wanted to share the list and dates with you. Mark your calendars if it's someone you really want to see, as most of these will sell out quickly.
Or better yet, become a member and guarantee that you can see your favorites. Packages start at just $400 and include not only VIP entry to events but special member-only events throughout the year in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as well as a few fun giveaways.
As regular attendees know, the $20 ticket price doesn't come close to covering our costs, given we also fill you full of beer and pizza. We could charge more, but we want the event to be as accessible as possible. So buying a membership is a great way to give back to the community. You're essentially subsidizing the tickets of students, developers, and young entrepreneurs who don't have expense accounts. (If you want to support the series even more, become a sponsor! Email Jeanne at PandoDaily.com for details.)
And even our priciest package -- which is totally transferrable and includes 20 PandoMonthly events in three cities -- is just $2,000, far less than a ticket to almost any tech conference. That package has already been popular with venture firms and larger tech companies with offices in multiple cities.
To whet your appetite, here's our lineup for the first six months. Check back to the events page regularly for updates on the few TBAs below. You'll note we are taking a few off months in San Francisco and New York throughout the year to give the schedule a little breathing room and really make sure we're keeping the quality up. If there's a hot story that month and we can snag a newsy guest, we may add one in. If not, we may do one of our member-only events that month.
January 10: Airbnb Founder & CEO Brian Chesky in San Francisco
January 24: Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson in New York
January 31: Nasty Gal Founder & Chief Troublemaker Sophia Amoruso in Los Angeles
Feburary 7: First Round Capital's Josh Kopelman in New York
February 21: Dropbox CEO Drew Houston in San Francisco
March 7: Index Ventures' Danny Rimer in San Francisco
(April guest in New York; guest TBD soon)
May 9: Co-founder Honest Company and Co-founder & CEO ShoeDazzle Brian Lee in Los Angeles
May 16: Andreessen Horowitz partner Chris Dixon in New York
May 29: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' John Doerr in San Francisco
June 13: Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson in New York
We don't have the exact details confirmed yet, but Twitter CEO Dick Costolo will be our June guest in San Francisco, and we should have a very exciting LA guest that month too. Later in the year we have Marc Andreessen, Warby Parker's Neil Blumenthal, and many more. Details will be on our event page as soon as I have them.
We only have one or two holes left for the year, and plenty of demand to fill them. It's going to be a great year of conversations with the people who created and funded much of the Web, and those who are taking it to new levels.
If you've missed our events in 2012, check out our "best of" reel from earlier this year. As a first time entrepreneur, I learned more during these conversations than any book on entrepreneurship I've ever read. You can find all the full videos of the talks on our events page. (Yes, for all those who've asked, they are coming to iTunes...)
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Eric Eisner started his entertainment career in sports, working for the NHL team, the Anaheim Ducks. There he worked in the hockey operations department and helped renegotiate both the radio and television contracts. Eisner also spent two years as a talent scout and participated in the scout table during those NHL entry drafts.
Eisner founded the popular original content site, Romp.com. The site produced original short-form animations and live action shows. Eisner wrote and directed "Jake's Booty Call," an animated feature-length film based on a short on Romp.com and distributed by National Lampoon.
In 2005, Eisner co-created and executive produced the television show "Madden Nation" for the ESPN Networks. They have shot and aired four cycles of the show, including the 2008 season.
In 2006, Eisner founded L + E Pictures. L + E Pictures' production of "Hamlet 2" won wide acclaim as a late entry to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in January 2008. After the screening, an all-night bidding war took place for rights to distribution, which Focus Features won for a near-record $10 million, acquiring worldwide rights to the film.
Eisner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and a Master of Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Eisner is married to Alice + Olivia founder Stacey Bendet.
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Part of the SummerWorks Theatre Festival in Toronto, Waterfront is a production of Les Nouvelles Theatre, a grassroots theatre company founded by Esau and comprised of a group of talented artists in various fields (set and costume design, dramaturgy, lighting, and of course, acting). Written by Esau under the dramaturgy of Brian Drader at the National Theatre School of Canada and further developed in conjunction with Lockitch in early 2011, the play earned the opportunity to run at SummerWorks--a juried festival that features the glitterati of Canada's theatre world.
The set, designed by Nancy Perrin, has a lush quality, the gift of gentle depth. It achieves the physical sense of a home that's been lived in--dusty, cluttered, and worn through--while evoking the psychological sense of a home that has settled in upon itself, sinking under the weight of a lifetime of disappointment. Very easily, the set could have turned into a visit to the thrift store, vintage furniture crammed haphazardly onto a stage--but this set harmonizes with every other element in the play--absorbing the movements of the characters while reflecting their psychological states. The lighting (by Aaron Kelly) melds all these elements together, signaling emotional shifts and shifting the story from one reveal to the next.
The movement towards these reveals is expertly dramatized--the story layering one truth upon another, unearthing the complexity and dual nature of truth, but also connecting with the audience at a basic human level. The push and pull between Ed and Jeremy (brilliantly played by William MacDonald and Robert Fulton) mirrors the issues rumbling beneath the surface of most family relationships--the struggle to be understood, to be noticed, to be valued by the people we're supposed to love the most. And so, as the tension builds and leads from one revelation to another, the desire to experience emotional release is shared by the audience and that essential connection between stage and spectator is achieved.
Waterfront: The Blessing is a testament to the power and value of story, but also the deeper, more insidious nature of truth, and our perceptions of it. This relationship, the way story and truth go hand in hand, questions truth as that pristine, unrivaled beacon of clarity that we depend on as a foundational guide. It scratches at the pliable nature of truth and questions the value we place on that comfortable but stark vision of the world as black and white, right and wrong. Waterfront does what art should: It makes us take a second glance at what we know and how we live.
Learn more about Les Nouvelles Theatre and the production of Waterfront : The Blessing here.


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Latest Trend in Security & Home Automation: DIY Installed, Pro Monitored
We saw it at CES 2015, we'll see it at ISC 2015: Leaders like Honeywell and ADT are mulling DIY channels for their professionally monitored security and home automation systems.
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i love thiz phone it should come with a case i will try to get thiz phone for my mom b day and my b day some day i would be a phone maker.
p.s i will come on august 15.
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I've had this phone for a while, and before that my mom had it for 5 years, I think. The battery holds for 5 days when not used much. I've dropped it, it's still fine. It's a phone that will probably never break down.
The downsides for me are the fact it's insides are really boring (the menu etc part) and that you can put max 3-4 songs on it.
It's a fine phone when you don't do anything much but calling and texting.
chat, 20 May 2007can anyone tell us about its battery life????
as far as i know all samsung mobiles something ... moreWell, i have this phone about 3 years now and once something gone wrong with battery, it was working only for one day.i got upset, turned the phone of and left it alone for about a day, later it simply started to work normal again, i guess - got scared:D
but right now it can hold for about 3 days,i writ txts a lot, but its holding
it is a great phone specially for kids and starters i had it for 3 years dropped it in swimmin pool and the staircase a couple of times but it livesd though it all!!! it doesn't have a lot of memory space about 18 mb and has space for about 4 mp3 at a time but its cool! they don't make them any more and they are a lot cheaper than they used to be.
the voice is great. all i can say is that it's a life time phone not one u'll have 2 get rid of after a couple of months!
hey..can i chart using mxit?because i have already tried 19times but there is also error
hey does anyone know which samsung phone comes with changeable casing other than Z240??
is there option to set profiles in this phone?cuz as far as i know, samsung doesnt gives you this option
i was wondering how many songs can you put into the phone? cause i want to buy it for my sister as a birthday present...
and when they say mp3 does that mean that it can play full songs or can it just play whatever you download...
Hey, iam looking for a smasung phone which has black on the front and silver on the back and has a silvver sqaure rim around the camera at the front.... does anyone kno what this phone is?
i am very happy with this phone, clear voice,good battery, a lot of options . but some times when i am into the call it shut down suddenly and then when i re open the phone to make another call it appear on the screen G so please what is the G and it stays like tree hours and then disappear.
thanks very much
Can somebody tell me if this phone has a modem function incorporated , and so if I can use it to connect my pc to internet?
It's really a nice phone, goes really well on "functionality at its simplest". Though i noticed some sort of a bug with its answering machine option. Whenever you try to use the "delete all" option to remove all recorded voice messages in your mailbox, it just shuts down and when you put it back On and access your voice mailbox inbox, it still shows that there are messages but when you try to access them, they're not there! kaboom, i'm not sure if it's just my phone or what..
can anyone tell us about its battery life????
as far as i know all samsung mobiles something about batter life
great phone!good vga camera,nice display and small sized.the only thing that happend to me was lcd burning with no cause at first day but you will love it at first sight,don't want to change it even with nokia phones.girlish phone
i downloaded mxit on my phone but it does not have an alert tone i have to look to see if i have a message,can you please assist me regarding this matter.


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Reading The Slurve this morning — and you do all subscribe to The Slurve, do you not? You are people of wisdom and discernment, are you not? — I found myself meditating on strikeouts and stigmas. If there's one thing that we at The American Conservative are likely to agree on, it's that America has become stigma-averse and needs to get back in the stigmatic game, so to speak. And why not start with strikeouts?
As even casual historians of baseball know, for much of the game's history the strikeout was something to be avoided at all costs. When a batter got two strikes on him, he was expected to shorten his swing, choke up on the bat an inch or two, and just make contact with the pitch. The idea was that if you swing and miss nothing good could happen, whereas if you put the ball in play several good things (from the batter's point of view) can happen: a base hit, a fielding error, a throwing error, a baserunner advancing on a fielder's choice. Striking out was stigmatized because it takes these possibilities off the table.
Babe Ruth's disregard for such prudential thinking was legendary in his day: purists were shocked at his refusal to change his swing with a two-strike count. Yet the Babe's highest strikeout total for a single season was 93, a total exceeded by 136 players in 2012. (That same year, 1923, he got 205 hits, walked 170 times, and had an OPS of 1.309 — pretty much an average year for him in the 1920s.) Joe DiMaggio eschewed strikeouts so vigorously that until the last years of his career he had more home runs than strikeouts, and finished his career with 361 homers and 369 strikeouts. Adam Dunn strikes out that many times in a year and a half.
Again, all this is well-known. The question — or the first question I'll ask here, anyway — is whether high strikeout rates are a problem. Was DiMaggio being too careful? Should he have accepted more strikeouts in order to have a chance to hit more homers? In general modern sabermetric analysis is okay with strikeouts, though some people dissent when hitters get into Adam Dunn territory. But the evidence here is not conclusive, and it's certainly possible to imagine statheads arguing for some corrective plate discipline — especially if umpires keep calling high strikes, which is to say, come closer to respecting the strike zone that's actually in the rule book.
There's another issue here, too, an aesthetic one: In my judgment, a game with fewer strikeouts is a far more interesting game. Whether sabermetric canons of batting efficiency support cutting back on strikeouts or not, aesthetic canons — my aesthetic canons, anyway — say: More balls in play means more action and more fun.
So here's my second question: If batters keep swinging from the heels, and umps keep calling high strikes, and front offices start getting concerned about high strikeout rates, and fans lose interest in watching C. B. Bucknor ring batters up, can a stigma against strikeouts be effectively restored? Hitters have been strikeout libertines for so long now that it's hard to imagine a more strait-laced ethic reigning again. The last person to hit over 20 home runs and have fewer strikeouts than homers was Barry Bonds, in 2004: 45 homers, 41 strikeouts. It might be impossible to get anyone to see Bonds as a model of rectitude, but let's try, shall we? And let's see whether an act that has lost its stigma can regain it. That would be quite encouraging to those of us who share a conservative disposition.


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Aspiring teachers are being encouraged to attend a roadshow visiting the region this weekend.
The Train to Teach roadshow, organised by the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), will be in Newcastle on Saturday, January 31.
It provides new graduates and those considering a career change, a chance to find out more about the rewards and opportunities a career in teaching offers.
Visitors to the event will be able to find out more about how to get into the profession and the different training routes available, including School Direct.
People can meet with representatives from local schools and universities who offer teacher training, as well as current teachers and teaching experts for practical tips and one-to-one advice.
Charlie Taylor, chief executive of NCTL, said: "Teaching is a brilliant job and increasingly a career of choice for top graduates as it offers a competitive salary, flexibility and excellent opportunities for people who want to progress.
"The bursaries and scholarships that we are offering this year will give even more great people the opportunity to become teachers.
"Some of our best teachers entered the profession after pursuing careers in other fields, bringing with them a wealth of experience and expertise to help inspire the next generation of CEOs, scientists and engineers.
"I would urge anyone considering becoming a teacher to come along to the event to find out more about the profession and the training options available."
The 'Train to Teach' roadshow is taking place at the Life Centre, Times Square, Scotswood Road, Newcastle, from 9.30am to 4pm.


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Our Place is a sacred place of peace. A sanctuary of love and a spiritual dwelling, in which Southwest Leather Conference participants can come to quietly share spiritual energy with another, intimately meditate or participate in one of several spiritual activities throughout the event experience. It can be a break from the workshop excitement to contemplate. It might be a quiet hand in the evening to hold while processing new information or experiences. Maybe it is an interest in an Islamic prayer or a Reiki share that begs your heart to dwell. Perhaps it is a time of journey, prayer or opening of heart within a safe haven. If so, Our Place is your place. The door is always open.
SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES Spiritual practitioners within the local community will be leading focused activities at scheduled times within Our Place during SWLC. These are not workshops; they are spiritual experiences which individuals can choose to participate in for the enrichment of their spirit and to share their experiences and journeys.


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A look at official information from Microsoft about the upcoming Project Scorpio has been analyzed and gives more clues as to the power of the iterative update to the Xbox One.
Digital Foundry, who made a video sourcing information from a public-facing Microsoft report, says the whitepaper confirms Scorpio is getting a different RAM architecture than Xbox One, four times the L2 cache, and gives more evidence of a six teraflop GPU.
That means the GPU in Scorpio has around 4.5 times the compute power of the current Xbox One.
Digital Foundry's analysis also casts doubt the CPU will have AMD's new Zen architecture, and will instead use chips based on the Jaguar family, as is the current case with Xbox One, PS4, and PS4 Pro.
The whitepaper gives suggestions to developers for hitting that 4K sweet spot the Scorpio aims for with Xbox One games. Efficiency suggestions recommend similar practices seen with the PS4 Pro, including a technique known as "checkerboarding" or "sparse rendering."
Some parts of an image, such as shadows, can be rendered at half resolution with no real deterioration in quality, allowing for gains in efficiency, according to Digital Foundry.
Basically, the techniques allow games to render at 4K without needing to also scale up in lockstep with compute power.
If all that sounds complicated, it is, but if it sounds expensive, that remains to be seen. Xbox head Phil Spencer calmed fears about Xbox Scorpio pricing in October, saying Scorpio will "feel like it's a premium product," but not more than that.
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Phil Collins
Another Day in Paradise (12 versions)
Blame It on the Sun (2 versions)
Both Sides of the Story (4 versions)
Can't Stop Loving You (4 versions)
Can't Turn Back the Years (2 versions)
Come With Me (2 versions)
Dance Into the Light (4 versions)
Do You Remember? (4 versions)
Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore (3 versions)
Find a Way to My Heart
Going Back (5 versions)
I Missed Again
I Wish It Would Rain Down (4 versions)
I'm Not Moving (2 versions)
If Leaving Me Is Easy (2 versions)
In the Air Tonight (9 versions)
It's in Your Eyes (3 versions)
Long Long Way to Go
Love Police (3 versions)
One More Night (5 versions)
Something Happened on the Way to Heaven (3 versions)
Sussudio (2 versions)
Take Me Home (4 versions)
The Roof Is Leaking (5 versions)
The Same Moon
This Love This Heart
This Must Be Love (2 versions)
Thru These Walls
Tomorrow Never Knows
We Fly So Close (5 versions)
We Wait and We Wonder (3 versions)
Wear My Hat
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, drummer, record producer, and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and is also a solo artist. Between 1983 and 1990, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, Collins has more US Top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One More Night", "Sussudio" and "Another Day in Paradise".
Born and raised in west London, Collins played drums from the age of five and completed drama school training, which secured him various roles as a child actor. He then pursued a music career, joining Genesis in 1970 as their drummer and becoming lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. Collins began a solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music, releasing a series of successful albums, including Face Value (1981), No Jacket Required (1985), and ...But Seriously (1989). Collins became "one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond". He also became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings. In 1996, Collins left Genesis to focus on solo work, but returned for their Turn It On Again Tour in 2007. Following a five-year retirement to focus on his family life, Collins released an autobiography and began his Not Dead Yet Tour which runs from June to December 2017.
Collins's discography includes eight studio albums that have sold 33.5 million certified units in the US and an estimated 150 million worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists. He is one of only two recording artists, along with Paul McCartney, who have sold over 100 million records worldwide both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band. He has won seven Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, one Academy Award, and a Disney Legend Award. In 1999, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010, the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013. Despite his commercial success and his status as a respected and influential drummer, music critics are divided in their opinion of his work and he has publicly received both criticism and praise from other prominent music artists.


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Please visit these fine people who honored me.
Being so new to web I never expected for this recognition to be bestowed on me for some time.
I have to tell all of this fine work was not began by me. But, I have added more pages and will add more.
Today, is May 13th 1999, and I am doing a face lift.
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Janet aka: Ladybug639
Thanks Ron. And, where is the suntan lotion?
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I am not sure but I think he is kidding me because he knows I hate"football".
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My first award from out of the USA.
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Thank you Marie.
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Following the shooting of police officers in Dallas, Texas last week, Palm Beach County Officer Jay Stalien took to Facebook to blast the Black Lives Matter movement. This piece is longer than normal, but the ideas of Officer Salien should not be ignored by our society.
Stalien, who is also a former police officer with the Baltimore Police Department, wrote the following, which he said was "something that is still hard for me to understand to this day" and that "may be a shock to some coming from an African American." However, he said that the very fact that it may be shocking to some is "evidence of the sad state of affairs that we are in as Humans."
Officer Stalien wrote:
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I used to be so torn inside growing up. Here I am, a young African-American born and raised in Brooklyn, NY wanting to be a cop. I watched and lived through the crime that took place in the hood. My own black people killing others over nothing. Crack heads and heroin addicts lined the lobby of my building as I shuffled around them to make my way to our 1 bedroom apartment with 6 of us living inside. I used to be woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of gun fire, only to look outside and see that it was 2 African Americans shooting at each other.
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It never sat right with me. I wanted to help my community and stop watching the blood of African Americans spilled on the street at the hands of a fellow black man. I became a cop because black lives in my community, along with ALL lives, mattered to me, and wanted to help stop the bloodshed.
As time went by in my law enforcement career, I quickly began to realize something. I remember the countless times I stood 2 inches from a young black man, around my age, laying on his back, gasping for air as blood filled his lungs. I remember them bleeding profusely with the unforgettable smell of deoxygenated dark red blood in the air, as it leaked from the bullet holes in his body on to the hot sidewalk on a summer day. I remember the countless family members who attacked me, spit on me, cursed me out, as I put up crime scene tape to cordon off the crime scene, yelling and screaming out of pain and anger at the sight of their loved ones taking their last breath. I never took it personally, I knew they were hurting. I remember the countless times I had to order new uniforms, because the ones I had on, were bloody from the blood of another black victim…of black on black crime. I remember the countless times I got back in my patrol car, distraught after having watched another black male die in front me, having to start my preliminary report something like this:
Suspect- Black/ Male, Victim-Black /Male.
"I remember the countless times I canvassed the area afterwards, and asked everyone 'did you see who did it,' and the popular response from the very same family members was always, 'F**k the Police, I ain't no snitch, I'm gonna take care of this myself'," he added. "This happened every single time, every single homicide, black on black, and then my realization became clearer."
He then recounted how each day would go as a police officer.
"I woke up every morning, put my freshly pressed uniform on, shined my badge, functioned checked my weapon, kissed my wife and kid, and waited for my wife to say the same thing she always does before I leave, 'Make sure you come back home to us," he wrote. "I always replied, 'I will,' but the truth was I was never sure if I would. I almost lost my life on this job, and every call, every stop, every moment that I had this uniform on, was another possibility for me to almost lose my life again. I was a target in the very community I swore to protect, the very community I wanted to help. As a matter of fact, they hated my very presence. They called me 'Uncle Tom',' and 'wanna be white boy,' and I couldn't understand why. My own fellow black men and women attacking me, wishing for my death, wishing for the death of my family. I was so confused, so torn, I couldn't understand why my own black people would turn against me, when every time they called …I was there. Every time someone died….I was there. Every time they were going through one of the worst moments in their lives…I was there. So why was I the enemy? I dove deep into that question…Why was I the enemy? Then my realization became clearer."
However, he was only pushed to research the facts of complaints that were provided by members of his community as to why they hated police officers. Once he did that, he presented his findings to those complaints and here's what he discovered.
Complaint: Police always targeting us, they always messing with the black man.
Fact: A city where the majority of citizens are black (Baltimore for example) …will ALWAYS have a higher rate of black people getting arrested, it will ALWAYS have a higher rate of blacks getting stopped, and will ALWAYS have a higher rate of blacks getting killed, and the reason why is because a city with those characteristics will ALWAYS have a higher rate of blacks committing crime. The statistics will follow the same trend for Asians if you go to China, for Hispanics if you go to Puerto Rico, for whites if you go to Russia, and the list goes on. It's called Demographics
Complaint: More black people get arrested than white boys.
Fact: Black People commit a grossly disproportionate amount of crime. Data from the FBI shows that Nationwide, Blacks committed 5,173 homicides in 2014, whites committed 4,367. Chicago's death toll is almost equal to that of both wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, combined. Chicago's death toll from 2001–November, 26 2015 stands at 7,401. The combined total deaths during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2015: 4,815) and Operation Enduring Freedom/Afghanistan (2001-2015: 3,506), total 8,321.
Complaint: Blacks are the only ones getting killed by police, or they are killed more.
Fact: As of July 2016, the breakdown of the number of US Citizens killed by Police this year is, 238 White people killed, 123 Black people killed, 79 Hispanics, 69 other/or unknown race.
Fact: Black people kill more other blacks than Police do, and there are only protest and outrage when a cop kills a black man. University of Toledo criminologist Dr. Richard R. Johnson examined the latest crime data from the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports and Centers for Disease Control and found that an average of 4,472 black men were killed by other black men annually between Jan. 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2012. Professor Johnson's research further concluded that 112 black men died from both justified and unjustified police-involved killings annually during this same period.
Complaint: Well we already doing a good job of killing ourselves, we don't need the Police to do it. Besides they should know better.
After all his research and confronting the community with the facts, Officer Stalien came to this sobering reality, "Black Lives do not matter to most black people. Only the lives that make the national news matter to them. Only the lives that are taken at the hands of cops or white people, matter. The other thousands of lives lost, the other black souls that I along with every cop, have seen taken at the hands of other blacks, do not matter."
He then added, "Their deaths are unnoticed, accepted as the "norm", and swept underneath the rug by the very people who claim and post "black lives matter". I realized that this country is full of ignorance, where an educated individual will watch the ratings-driven news media, and watch a couple YouTube video clips, and then come to the conclusion that they have all the knowledge they need to have in order to know what it feels like to have a bullet proof vest as part of your office equipment, "Stay Alive" as part of your daily to do list, and having insurance for your health insurance because of the high rate of death in your profession. They watch a couple videos and then they magically know in 2 minutes 35 seconds, how you are supposed to handle a violent encounter, which took you 6 months of Academy training, 2 – 3 months of field training, and countless years of blood, sweat, tears and broken bones experiencing violent encounters and fine tuning your execution of the Use of Force Continuum. I realized that there are even cops, COPS, duly sworn law enforcement officers, who are supposed to be decent investigators, who will publicly go on the media and call other white cops racist and KKK, based on a video clip that they watched thousands of miles away, which was filmed after the fact, based on a case where the details aren't even known yet and the investigation hasn't even begun. I realized that most in the African American community refuse to look at solving the bigger problem that I see and deal with every day, which is black on black crime taking hundreds of innocent black lives each year, and instead focus on the 9 questionable deaths of black men, where some were in the act of committing crimes. I realized that they value the life of a Sex Offender and Convicted Felon, [who was in the act of committing multiple felonies: felon in possession of a firearm-FELONY, brandishing and threatening a homeless man with a gun-Aggravated Assault in Florida: FELONY, who resisted officers who first tried to taze him, and WAS NOT RESTRAINED, who can be clearly seen in one of the videos raising his right shoulder, then shooting it down towards the right side of his body exactly where the firearm was located and recovered] more than the lives of the innocent cops who were assassinated in Dallas protecting the very people that hated them the most. I realized that they refuse to believe that most cops acknowledge that there are Bad cops who should have never been given a badge & gun, who are chicken shit and will shoot a cockroach if it crawls at them too fast, who never worked in the hood and may be intimidated. That most cops dread the thought of having to shoot someone, and never see the turmoil and mental anguish that a cop goes through after having to kill someone to save his own life. Instead they believe that we are all blood thirsty killers, because the media says so, even though the numbers prove otherwise. I realize that they truly feel as if the death of cops will help people realize the false narrative that Black Lives Matter, when all it will do is take their movement two steps backwards and label them domestic terrorist. I realized that some of these people, who say Black Lives Matter, are full of hate and racism. Hate for cops, because of the false narrative that more black people are targeted and killed. Racism against white people, for a tragedy that began 100's of years ago, when most of the white people today weren't even born yet. I realized that some in the African American community's idea of "Justice" is the prosecution of ANY and EVERY cop or white man that kills or is believed to have killed a black man, no matter what the circumstances are. I realized the African American community refuses to look within to solve its major issues, and instead makes excuses and looks outside for solutions. I realized that a lot of people in the African American community lead with hate, instead of love. Division instead of Unity. Turmoil and rioting, instead of Peace. I realized that they have become the very entity that they claim they are fighting against."
"I realized that the very reasons I became a cop, are the very reasons my own people hate me, and now in this toxic hateful racially charged political climate, I am now more likely to die,... and it is still hard for me to understand…. to this day."Don't forget to Like Freedom Outpost on Facebook, Google Plus, & Twitter. You can also get Freedom Outpost delivered to your Amazon Kindle device here.


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Coolest Parents EVER Build Son A Roller Coaster in The Back Yard! [VIDEO] [POLL]
Wow, talk about some cool parents! No sandbox for this three-year-old boy! Oh, no! His father builds him a roller coaster in the back yard!
Jon Cain of Lancaster, Ohio built a 12-foot-high roller coaster. The ride is made of PVC tubing and concrete. It took 3 weeks to build and cost $700.
Now, before you start cringing at the thought of a "home made" coaster, Jon's wife, Natasha Cain said they did clear the construction plan with the city.


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