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We've grown accustomed to seeing Beyoncé and Jay Z in warm weather locales on yachts and beaches or galavanting through the cosmopolitan streets of Paris, but the power couple did something a bit different for the hip-hop mogul's 45th birthday. Their latest adventure? Sightseeing in Iceland and taking a helicopter to visit a slew of tourist sites.
E! News reports that for Hova's big day the Carters got some much needed rest and relaxation at the Blue Lagoon. The geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in the entire country with its location smack dab in the middle of a lava field in Grindavík on the Reykjanes Peninsula — talk about a once in a lifetime vacation!
See More:Find Out What Beyoncé and Jay Z Thought of Solange's Big Day (Plus, More Wedding Photos Are Revealed!)
As for their hotel and lodging, Us Weekly reports that the twosome are staying at the Trophy Lodge in Úthlíõ, South Iceland. It's a small-scale yet exclusive resort that is burrowed in the mountains beneath the Langjokull glacier. The lodge features hand-hewn log cabins and hot springs. Truly romantic and secluded from all of the cares of the world (and paparazzi!),
After releasing her platinum box set version of her Beyoncé album, Queen Bey and Jay have certainly earned a break.
The duo celebrated Beyoncé's birthday in September on a breathtaking yacht and Jay Z even posted a short video on his Youtube page that was dedicated to his superstar wife. Another much-needed bit of respite after they ended their global On The Run tour.
We're so glad they're spending some quality time together and can't wait to see what they do next!


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Milano Longton - 550mm Basin with Full Pedestal - 1 Tap-Hole
Looking for a basin that's going to add contemporary style to your bathroom? Then the Milano Longton 550mm basin is the perfect choice for you.
Made from quality ceramic with an easy to clean white glazed finish, this basin features designer looks and ample wash space.
Supplied with the pedestal, which conceals unsightly pipework, the basin has one tap-hole, so you can choose from any of our mono basin mixer taps to complete the look. It also has an integral overflow, which means you'll need a slotted basin waste.
Longton Pedestal Basin Features:
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He's the man who launched Radio 1, sacked sexual predator DJ Jimmy Savile, and founded the legendary Radio 1 Roadshow.
But ask former BBC Radio 1 controller Johnny Beerling what has been the proudest moment of his career and he doesn't hesitate - it was being responsible for the sound at the world-wide music extravaganza Live Aid.
Johnny, who lives at Rudgwick, says: "Live Aid was the biggest pop festival of its kind. It had so many artists appearing and it was for such a worthy cause."
But staging the famine fundraising concert - which at one time had Phil Collins performing at Wembley before catching a Concorde flight to the US and appearing in Philadelphia - was fraught with problems. "Bob Geldof said: 'You are not getting the broadcasting rights unless I can appeal for money' and that wasn't the sort of thing the BBC did." There were union problems too, wrangles between TV and radio sound engineers and complicated technicalities including the erection of a revolving stage which, as one band finished their set and was being de-rigged, another band was starting their act.
"Towards the end," says Johnny, "Paul McCartney started playing the opening of Let It Be but there was a problem with the mic and you couldn't hear his voice. It was one minute and 40 seconds of sheer agony.
"But afterwards, for the DVD, Paul McCartney put the vocal in, so you couldn't tell from listening to it."
Johnny, now 80, started his career running a radio station in Aden while serving as a National Serviceman in the RAF.
He joined the BBC as a studio manager before becoming a producer for the Light Programme. In 1967 the Marine Offences Bill led to the closure of pirate radio and the BBC set up Radio 1 as a legal alternative.
Johnny was at the forefront of the station's creation. He recruited most of the DJs, devised jingles and produced the first ever show with Tony Blackburn - with whom he's still friends - on September 30 1967. He went on to become executive producer - the first producer of the legendary Terry Wogan ("he was such a nice guy") - and came up with the idea of the Radio 1 Roadshow.
"I didn't want people thinking of us as just a London show. When the roadshow started it was a man in a box playing records on the beach in Newquay with the audience drinking Scrumpy cider all day."
But the roadshow went from strength to strength with all the top DJs of the day touring Britain's coastline performing to 500,000 young music fans a year.
When Johnny was promoted to controller of Radio 1 in 1985, one of the things he tried to change was to introduce DJs who were "more interested in selling the music rather than selling themselves.
"All DJs are egotists - you have got to be if you are going to sit there five days a week talking to a microphone. All the best ones were those who were themselves, the same on air as off."
Apart from Tony Blackburn, others included Simon Mayo, David Hamilton, Keith Skues, Mike Smith, Kenny Everett, Simon Bates, Steve Wright and Mike Read to name but a few.
It was two years after Johnny became Radio 1 controller that he sacked Jimmy Savile, not because anyone realised what criminal activities Savile had been up to or because he had broken any BBC policy guidelines. It was, says Johnny "because he was boring for the audience."
Throughout his time at Radio 1, Johnny helped the station become one of the leading music broadcasting stations in the world with a weekly audience of more than 19 million listeners.
You can read the inside story of just what happened in a new book written by Johnny himself - Inside Radio 1.
Says Johnny: "The book is available from my web site, and I will sign ever yone I send out." Go to www.johnnybeerling.co.uk/mybook
And does he listen to Radio 1 now? "No, now I listen to Radio 4 and Classic FM," says Johnny, "and that's as it should be.
"If Radio 1 is doing its job properly it should be catering for people under 25."


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Mali president hurt in attack
May 22 - Mali's caretaker president is beaten up as hundreds of protesters storm the presidential palace to demand his resignation. Paul Chapman reports.
Hundreds who supported Mali's military coup storm the presidential palace in Bamako. They're demanding the resignation of caretaker president Dioncounda Traore. He was beaten up by some of the protesters who got into parts of the building unopposed. Traore needed hospital treatment for facial injuries. At least three of the protesters are reported to have been killed. SOUNDBITE: UNIDENTIFIED MAN SAYING (French); "He betrayed us 1000 times over. We don't trust him. He will see." Traore's a labour activist turned political grandee. He was previously parliamentary speaker. His critics say he's part of a self-serving political elite which has misruled the country for years. The protesters have been angered by an internationally-backed deal to extend Traore's 40-day mandate, which expired on Monday. SOUNDBITE: UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER SAYING (French): "We're determined to put an end to ignoble behaviour by our politicians, bad behaviour. We're determined today to say anything but Dioncounda. He will not become president of the Malian people." Coup leader Amadou Sanogo continues to wield influence in Bamako despite officially stepping aside last month. But a solution to Mali's political crisis is crucial if it's to get foreign help to re-take the north, seized by Islamist rebels emboldened by the coup in March. Paul Chapman, Reuters


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The virtual switch in the hypervisor has been a highly competitive space for a number of years, with VMware's Virtual Switch squaring off against Open vSwitch.
More recently, other initiatives like such as IO Visor have been attempting get away from perceived limitations. (You can listen to our podcast on the subject here.)
Meanwhile, open source projects like Romana, Project Calico and other are trying to avoid using a switch at all by using arcane methods.
Why all the fuss? Because the virtual switch is critical not only to connecting VMs to the network, but also because Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) means that our appliances will be running in KVM hypervisors on Linux.
We need a software networking edge that does the things we want.
Enter the FD.io project. This effort, originally undertaken by Cisco and now a collaborative project under the Linux Foundation, aims to accelerate software-based packet processing through a variety of initiatives, including a virtual switch/router called Vector Packet Processing (VPP).
Cisco contributed the initial VPP code to the Linux Foundation.
On this episode of Priority Queue, the Packet Pushers are joined by Dave Ward, Dave Barach, and Maciek Konstantynowicz from Cisco to talk about virtual switching, the open source project, and to get into detail about the capabilities of VPP.
A bigger helping of Internet PLEASE! – Dave Ward's detailed blog on FD.io and VPP ]()
What is VPP? – FD.io
User space – Wikipedia
PQ Show 84: Cloud Network Complexity Vs. Romana.io – Packet Pushers
PQ Show 60: The IO Visor Project And Linux Networking – Packet Pushers


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Mercedes E-Class hybrid launched
* Most efficient Mercedes E-Class yet * Just 109g/km and 67.3mpg * Costs from 39,645...
This is the Mercedes-Benz E300 Bluetec Hybrid the most efficient E-Class yet.
The Hybrid does an average economy of 67.3mpg and emits 109g/km of CO2 in saloon form, while the estate variant manages 64.2mpg and 116g/km.
The Mercedes E300 Bluetec Hybrid achieves these impressive figures with a 201bhp 2.1-litre four-cylinder diesel engine combined with a 27bhp electric motor.
However, these figures are possible only with the no-cost option 16-inch alloy wheels. The standard-fit 17-inch alloys increase emissions to 111g/km and average economy to 65.7mpg for the saloon, while the estate's stats are revised to 119g/km of CO2 and 62.8mpg.
Mercedes says the E-Class hybrid can be driven solely on electric power for up to one kilometre, at up to 21mph.
The electric element of the hybrid system is mounted within the seven-speed automatic transmission to save space. This means the E-Class hybrid has the same boot space and rear passenger room as its conventionally powered counterparts.
In terms of emissions, the E-Class is the most efficient in its class the 2.0-litre diesel Audi A6 manages 129g/km, while the most efficient BMW 5 Series the 520d Efficient Dynamics emits 119g/km. The hybrid-powered BMW ActiveHybrid 5 uses a six-cylinder petrol engine, and emits 149g/km.
Deliveries of the Mercedes E300 Bluetec Hybrid start in November. Prices start at 39,645 for the saloon and 41,435 for the estate.
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Arsenal have been handed a boost in their purported efforts to sign Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila after the Ligue 1 club's sporting director confirmed they would be willing to negotiate at the end of the season.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is a huge admirer of the prodigiously gifted France international and has been perpetually credited as the main protagonist for the 21-year-old's signature.
In addition to Arsenal, their Premier League rivals Manchester United and Liverpool have also been linked with the tough-tackling defensive midfielder, and Rennes' Jean-Francois Creachcadec has intimated they would be willing to part with their talismanic star in the summer.
Arsenal had been strongly linked with the M'Vila in the last few weeks of the August transfer window and although Arsene Wenger subsequently denied making a bid for the player, Creachcadec intimated they had received an interesting offer "from England".
Arsenal were widely reported to have made a bid in the region of £22 million for the established France international and although the club record bid was never confirmed, Wenger's admiration is well documented.
"In the summer we are ready to listen to interesting offers," he told TuttoMercatoWeb.
"He is a player of very high technical value and, therefore, also of very high economic value.
"In late summer, we received a good offer from England, but it was too late."
Nicknamed the 'pit-bull', M'Vila's tough-tackling and industrious displays have alerted a host of Europe's top clubs in addition to Arsenal.
Manchester United and Liverpool have been mentioned as possible suitors, but M'Vila's club teammate Kadar Mangane recently hinted Arsenal or Real Madrid were the favourites to land the hugely talented youngster.
"There has been no decision taken so far," Mangane told Goal.com of M'Vila's much talked about future.
"He might go to England but he also likes the Spanish league. I don't think he will leave in January but I think he will join Real Madrid or Arsenal next summer.
"The top clubs are right to scout him as I see him with a big career in front of him. Yann has the potential to be one of the biggest players in the world. He has extraordinary abilities."


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West lake silken umbrella, make bone with bamboo, with silken piece of face, deft and pleasing to the eye, style is beautiful, carry convenient, element has " the flower of the west lake " good name. Umbrella, in our country history very long, allegedly the 4000 many Huang Di times year ago already was made. Archaic umbrella is called again " lid " . It and fan are same, it is to use the feather of the bird to be made at first. As the occurrence of silk, just collect thin silk makes phase-in umbrella.
After inventing paper, oilpaper umbrella faddish rise. Especially times of bright Qing Dynasty, our country makes umbrella course of study develop particularly, from rise at this moment, many novels and opera have write an umbrella. Well-known, " white snake is passed " in the old practice that Xu Xian borrows an umbrella, happen in Hangzhou west lake to break bridge limit.
West lake silken umbrella contrives at this century at the beginning of 30 time, by Dou Jinsheng allegedly Zhu Zhenfei of silk factory worker is created, because choose material is proper, makeMake careful, try to be unique, appear on the market to be welcomed by people. Arrived December 1935, hangzhou appeared the first mill that makes silken umbrella technically, this is famous " umbrella of bamboo family name is made " . After new China holds water, ran plant of umbrella of state-operated Hangzhou west lake, established group of silken umbrella of west lake of institute of Hangzhou arts and crafts again, have many 400 worker, many 10 researcher, produce per year silken umbrella 600 thousand fluctuation, export among them occupy 2/3. Because rose to make person umbrella craft, silken umbrella is made more jump over essence of life, what although appeared to be maintained sundrily,receive freely is at present automatic on the international market umbrella, but west lake silken umbrella still with its distinctive color, earn people to love.
West lake silken umbrella chooses makings fastidious, the choiceness that make. Its circular umbrella face is to use tailor-made umbrella face silken make. Face of this kind of umbrella is silken thin be like cicada's wings, weaving is close, leak is able to bear or endure bask in, easily fold, colour magnificent, sheet is coloring has light green, blackish green, fruit is green, easy way, depict water from a mountain, scene, painting of flowers and birds in traditional Chinese style, character. Design has a west lake 10 scene, archaic traditional Chinese painting of beautiful women, long Feng, go straight towards a horse, mei Qiao, butterfly tens of planting. This is other umbrella place of too far behind to catch up with. Frame of umbrella uses the henon bamboo with distinctive Changjiang Delta to be made, thin bamboo strip of this kind of bamboo is qualitative fine clean, embellish of jade of colour and lustre, burning sun insolate also won't bend. Make red, purplish red, pink, shamrock, orange is yellow wait 20 a variety of. Still use spray on umbrella face, brush, embroider, the picture make the west lake silken umbrella with a beautiful exterior variedly, want a course to choose bamboo, make frame of umbrella, go up umbrella face 3 large stage. Choose bamboo, common says " date bamboo " . Annual factory of the umbrella before White Dew expedites the experienced worker that has experience, to Yu Hang, act according to change, an Ji, the henon bamboo producing area such as De Qing, tramp over hill and dale, in the look for in Zhu Lin, choose have Zhu Ling of 3 years of above, degree of finish is in 5, 6 centimeter, colour and lustre is even, without the henon bamboo of face of yin and yang and scar. Too tender, too old, too big, too small bamboo cannot want, really ' one in hundred " . Every individual plant takes such henon bamboo only middle 2 make frame of umbrella to 4. Treatment wants a course to brush bamboo into frame of umbrella, break off long bone, make up carry, plastic, break off green thin bamboo strip, mill chamfer, break off short bone, bore when more than 10 working procedure. A silken umbrella 35 roots bone, every bone 4 millimeter are wide. If broke off a paragraph of bamboo 36, need " take character " in order to maintain bamboo slip fruity, rings level off. Umbrella face wants a course to seam horn on, stretch tight face, wear on, cut stretch tight edge, wear colored thread, brush a flower, to fold umbrella, stick blueness, assemble staff, baotou, hold a head, hold a power, make 16 process such as hammer mouth, way way working procedure has must preoccupied, must not careless. The umbrella weight that such become making is controlled half jins only. When furl, silken face of color does not appear, frame of umbrella is apropos and reductive the round bamboo that becomes a paragraph of quietly elegant, nodal as if, very simple and easy. When be being maintained, umbrella face is multicoloured, the rising sun of some bright red stage round, sky of some azure Tong Qing are monochromatic, some viridescence resemble green jade Shui Yihong, too many beautiful things.
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Celestial Cosmetics are releasing their Christmas Carols Collection tonight at 7pm. This collection is a beauty and I love that while these polishes are still perfect for the Christmas season every one of them could be worn at any time of the year. The collection includes two holos, two crelly and two jelly polishes. Don't forget to pick yours up tonight at Celestial Cosmetics.
The first one I want to share is Silent Night. This is just exquisite, it has a charcoal grey base with a gorgeous gold shimmer throughout the polish. I loved this one from the very first stroke I put on my nail. There are so many holos available but I love that this one is like nothing I've seen before. Application was two coats and this one is a winner in my eyes.
The next beauty is Santa Claus is Coming to Town - a pink holo which on me leans towards a coral but in other swatches I've seen it is much more pink so it must be my skin tone. I wasn't able to pick it up but it has some blue micro glitter throughout. As always with Celestial holos application is so easy it just about paints itself on. I am wearing three thin coats with top coat.
Deck the Halls is next and you know I love a jelly. This one does not dissapoint with it's bright glitter colours and it's deep purple base. I love both dot glitter and diamond glitter and both in a jelly makes me swoon :). Deck the Halls applied beautifully with great glitter pay off and I am wearing two dabbed coats with top coat.
I really do like all the polishes in this collection but this one Let it Snow makes my heart sing. The pastel blue is just the perfect pastel blue colour and the blue flakies and white microglitter finish it off nicely. I am wearing three thin coats and application was simple. Sigh isn't it beautiful?
The second crelly of the collection is O' Christmas Tree and is based on Nicki the brains behind Celestial Cosmetics own Christmas tree. I can only imagine how pretty it must be with the pink and purple. Again it speaks to my heart with the fabulous dot glitters. I am wearing three thin coats with top coat. Glitter payoff was great and it applied beautifully.
The last one is Jingle Bell Rock and as Nicki says this one means Party Time. With a yellow jelly base it has glitters in neon yellow, gold and white holo, white flakies and orange-green shifting iridescent glitter. It also has a little scattered holo through out that adds to the party atmosphere. I am wearing three thin coats with top coat.
Well that brings us to the end, I just love Christmas polishes! Don't forget these pretties go on sale tonight at Celestial Cosmetics.


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I have been fully inspired by the game of Saga, the simplicity of the game to play combined with the tactical use of the battle boards is a breath of fresh air.
Whats better is it is a skirmish style game so with a small number of figures you can get playing fairly quickly, (well if you paint a bit quicker than me anyways).
Our whole club has taken up the mantel and everyone has a warband for at least one faction, many are onto a second and third faction.
My aim was to develop a campaign game for this, using a simple system. I have used some of the scenarios in the book to deal with common events that would occur in plotting movement on the map, and battles etc. In order to maintain some balance I have devised a scoring system that only by playing the campaign through will I be able to see if I got this element right as it was an intention to stop it being to easy to run away with a high score. However I have a couple of points to sort with them as of now.
Original inspiration came from a fellow blogger Dalauppror who kindly sent me a copy of the map he was using, he had however no set rules for a campaign and events in his campaign can be followed by clicking the link to his blog. This meant I needed to set up the campaign rules and allocate lands to the various players. Unfortunately for me I ended up with 12 players and the map was not large enough so I had to think how to expand it. I ended up with a blank UK map and went from there. Now the map was sub divided several times and its final incarnation below has 85 regions for the 12 players to fight over.
6 February 2012
WFC Saga Campaign Map
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6 comments:
The map looks excellent, love the names you've given the leaders!!ReplyDelete
This is looking Great Andy.ReplyDelete
I'm surrounded!
Haha, this is gonna be so much fun.
So is Offa's Dyke gonna limit my passage into England?ReplyDelete
Cant wait to get this going now. Looks great fun with 12 on board!Replies
nothing to inhibit you crossing said Dyke except the other warbands may stand in your way :DDelete
I feel my blood stir when I see a proper campaign map like that. Can't wait to get my teeth into those Saxons!ReplyDelete
Berserker slingshot for the win!
That's quite an epic map and as Ray said......great names!ReplyDelete
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Apple has announced it sold 4.56 million Macs in the first three months of 2015, an increase of 10 per cent over the same period last year.
Revenue for the Mac line was $US5.6 billion, $US187 million more than for the iPad, the second time the aged computer line has bested the sleeker tablet in the last three quarters.
Mac unit sales were under the average call of 4.7 million by more than three dozen analysts, according to a summary published by Forbes on Sunday, but higher than the estimate generated by research firm IDC last week. IDC had pegged global Mac sales at 4.45 million for the quarter, which would have been an 8 per cent increase over 2014.
For the first quarter, IDC tagged the personal computer industry as down almost 7 per cent , while rival Gartner had tapped the overall business at a 5 per cent decline. Apple regularly outperforms the PC industry as a whole, even though its machines are considerably more expensive, and did so again in the first quarter.
The Mac ASP, or "average selling price," in the quarter was $US1231, a drop of $US27 from the quarter immediately prior and more than $US100 less than the same quarter the year before.
Lower ASPs indicated that less-expensive Macs, including the entry-level MacBook Air models - which start at $US899 and $US999 - were being purchased in larger volumes. CFO Luca Maestri cited the March updates to the Air and the 13-inch MacBook Pro (which starts at $US1299) for spurring sales.
Later during a conference call, CEO Tim Cook chimed in, calling out Greater China, Apple's sales region that includes the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, for contributing to Mac sales. "The Mac also had an unbelievable quarter in China," Cook said, citing unit sales growth of 31 per cent in a market where IDC projected an overall 5 per cent decline in personal computer shipments.
Apple's latest laptop, the 12-inch Retina-equipped MacBook, was not included in the quarter's number, as it went on sale April 10, after the period's closing. Cook said the firm is "very happy" with the MacBook results so far, but did not offer a sales number.
Not surprisingly, neither Cook nor Maestri pointed out that Mac revenue again exceeded that of the iPad, which has been in a five-quarter slump. Apple also made more money on Macs than on iPads in the third quarter of 2014, which was the first time since the March 2011 quarter when the iPad 2 was launched.
During the first quarter, Apple sold 12.6 million iPads, a decline of 23 per cent compared to the same period the year prior, and down 41 per cent from 2014's fourth quarter. The quarter-over-quarter decline this year was greater than the one after the holiday quarter of 2013.
Cook remains bullish on the tablet, as he has throughout the iPad downturn, but again acknowledged that cannibalization from the iPhone and Mac was partly to blame.
"It is what it is," said Cook of the sales decline. "It will play out. At some point it will stabilize. I'm not sure precisely when, but I'm pretty confident that it will."


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You look back.
You look back at what was, not what is. You retell the story of how it should have been with your memory of what you did wrong.
It's not too late!
Throw out the convention. Throw out the desire to have it the way your mind says it has to be.
This is your choice. You get to choose what terms you're willing to accept.
This isn't about him, it's about you.
I've been working with a woman for years now, who has been trying to change the man she loves. She's miserable without him, and so is he without her. But together, they fight.
It's amazing when it's good. But it's heart wrenching when it's not. They've fallen into a pattern of push and pull that she's aware of but he's not able to see.
Unlike what she often feels, she has a choice.
She can keep pushing him, trying to get him to change. Or she can accept that who she has in front of her is the man he is. Years of being with him have told her this truth.
This works for him. He can't, or won't, or isn't able to be anything else.
She's proved this over and over and over again.
So now she has a choice.
She can choose to accept this and make a choice based on this reality.
Or, she can keep trying to change him.
The choice is hers.
But if she does choose to accept the reality she's trying to prove different, she's in for a pleasant surprise.
She gets her power back.
She gets to choose.
Does she love him enough to keep him in her life knowing who he's plainly shown himself to be? Can she let go of the fantasy she holds in her heart of what she wants him to be?
Because this is the tough part.
You can have him. You can absolutely have him.
And this is the part you fight.
You fight with yourself after because you recognize that the choice was there all along but you couldn't make that choice.
It didn't feel right, you couldn't pretend it did, you couldn't live with his terms.
But when it's over, you're left with that emptiness. That emptiness only those who've gone through this understand so well.
So my question for you isn't about what anyone else for all their well-meaning advice has to say to you; it's about what you can live with yourself.
Can you live with something different? Can you live with the difference from the way it was supposed to be, to the way it really is?
You're only settling if you view it as settling. But if you're choosing, then the part of settling that kills our self-esteem and leaves us with nothing left of our self-respect to stand on, isn't what we're talking about here.
My caution to you is to make sure you're not pretending you can do this if you really can't. The one person we can never lie to is ourselves.
The truth will always come out in our heart, in our bodies, in our pain.
Throw out convention. Throw out the rules. Throw out the script. Your life is how you choose to live it and you answer to no one – NO ONE – but you!
What about you, Beautiful? Have you ever been in a situation where you were struggling with the way you want it to be in your head vs. the way it really is? Share your story with us below in the comments!


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Sheila's research work focused on early identification of learning difficulties, parental participation in children's educational development and family involvement in literacy. Publications such as Parental Participation in Children's Development in Education (1983) and The Parental Contribution to Statutory Assessment (1988) were seminal, changing attitudes to parents' rights and responsibilities, helping to stimulate such innovations as the Parent Partnership initiatives throughout the UK.
Sheila was an adviser to the Department for Education, for example, on the Special Educational Needs (Sen) code of practice (1993-94) and on Involving Parents in Assessment (2003-04), which included contributing to subsequent national conferences. She was also an Ofsted inspector (1993) and, in 1998, a psychology subject reviewer for the Higher Education Funding Council for England/Quality Assurance Agency. Recently, in collaboration with her husband Trevor Bryans, she was evaluator of the Who Cares? Trust literacy project for children in public care in Kent, as well as mapping parent partnership provision in Wales, on behalf of the regional government and the National Association for Special Educational Needs.
Her prolific authorship was matched by worldwide presentations at conferences and seminars. She set up or evaluated projects in parental partnership and family literacy in Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, Greece, Malta, Romania and Poland. In 1990, co-sponsored by the British Council and the Australian Reading Association, she gave presentations across Australia as part of International Literacy Year.
She had a longstanding involvement in education in the London borough of Newham. She was coorganiser of the local Portage scheme, a home teaching programme for pre-school children with special educational needs, a founding member of the Newham Parents' Centre and a governor of a local inclusive primary school. Her innovative and challenging approach to professional training, applied research and professional development will be remembered by a generation of educational psychologists.
Sheila was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, the daughter of a chief chemist for Texaco. Her first degree, in psychology, was from Hull University, and she later trained in child development, undertaking an MSc at the London University Institute of Education. She was awarded her PhD from Hull in 1995.
After starting as a primary schoolteacher, she worked as a lecturer in higher education before becoming an educational psychologist. In 1981, she was appointed course director of the educational psychology training course at what is now the University of East London, a post she held for 18 years. In 1996, she was among those who developed the first professional doctorate programme for educational psychologists in the UK. She was awarded her chair in 1988 and was elected a fellow of the British Psychological Society in 1989. She is survived by Trevor, her daughter Rachel and son Daniel.
· Sheila Wolfendale, educational psychologist, born November 25 1939; died January 31 2006


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Every member of the hospital staff I came across from cleaner to consultant was fantastic, especially the staff on wards 14 & 12 and the gastroenterology Department each end everyone of you were consummate professionals, From the moment I was admitted to the time I was discharged I was treated with the utmost of respect and dignity, I was constantly kept informed of my condition and treatment plans and all the doctors and nurses would spend as long as I needed when it came to explaining things.
The BRI is a real credit to the NHS and I would recommend this hospital to anybody who is looking for the best level of care in Bristol.
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To understand why the United States has the highest divorce rate in the world, go to some weddings and listen to what the brides and grooms say. In particular, listen to the vows. To a remarkable degree, marriage in America today is exactly what the newlyweds say it is: a loving relationship of undetermined duration created of the couple, by the couple, and for the couple.
Our tendency may be to shrug off the significance of formal marriage vows, viewing them as purely ceremonial, without much impact on the "real" marriage.Yet believing that the vow is only some words is similar to believing that the marriage certificate is only a piece of paper. Both views are technically true but profoundly false. Either, when believed by the marrying couple, is probably a sign of a marriage off to a bad start. In fact, the marriage vow is deeply connected to the marriage relationship. The vow helps the couple to name and fashion their marriage's innermost meaning. The vow is foundational: the couple's first and most formal effort to define and therefore understand exactly what their marriage is.
Recent research into the determinants of marital success, especially the significance in marriage of what the scholars Scott M. Stanley and Howard J. Markman call "dedication," underscores the central importance of the vow. As much as shared interests, or good communications skills, or even erotic attraction or feelings of true love, it is the content and integrity of the dedicating promise itself--what we say and mean when we say, "I do"--that shapes the nature and destiny of the marriage.
In recent years, two basic innovations have transformed the marriage vow in the United States. Both innovations are particularly widespread in both mainline and evangelical Protestant churches, in which about half of all U.S. marriages occur.
First, as Barbara Dafoe Whitehead points out in "The Divorce Culture", marriage vows today commonly downplay or avoid altogether any pledge of marital permanence. The old vow was "till death do us part" or "so long as we both shall live." Most new vows simply leave the question of marital duration unasked and unanswered, as if the issue were either irrelevant or beyond knowing. Other new vows incorporate hopeful but qualified phrases such as "as long as love lasts."
The second change is more subtle but far more profound. Today, growing numbers of couples--perhaps most couples--compose their own vows. My wife and I did in 1986; most couples we know did. I cannot find any data to verify the dimensions of this trend, but my sense is that, principally excepting Orthodox Jewish and most Catholic weddings, self-composed vows are more the rule than the exception today. One wedding book, by Steven Neel, an ordained minister advises couples, "Your wedding ceremony can be highly distinctive and individualized if you use your imagination to personalize your expression of love and commitment." Consequently, Neel urges couples to "accept the challenge of writing your own vows."
It would be hard to exaggerate the symbolic importance of this shift toward self-composed vows. The old vows were created by society and presented to the couple, signifying the goal of conforming the couple to marriage. The new vows are created by the couple and presented to society, signifying the goal of conforming marriage to the couple. The two approaches reflect strikingly divergent views of marriage and of reality itself.
In one view, the vow is prior to the couple. The vow exists on its own, exerting social and sacred authority that is independent of the couple. In this sense, the vow helps to create the couple. In making the same promise that others before them have made and that others after them will make, the couple vows on their wedding day to become accountable to an ideal of marriage that is outside of them and bigger than they are.
In the other, the couple is prior to the promise. The vow is not an external reality, like gravity or the weather, but instead a subjective projection, deriving its meaning solely from the couple. From this perspective, the couple approaches the vow as a painter approaches a canvas. Rather than the vow creating the couple, the couple creates the vow. With this one procedural change in the making and exchanging of vows, a ceremony of continuity and idealized forms is displaced by a ceremony of creativity and personal expression.
The essence of this change reflects a dramatic shrinking of our idea of marriage. With the new vows, the robust expectation of marital permanence shrinks to a frail, often unstated hope. Marriage as a vital communal institution shrinks to marriage as a frail, often unstated hope. As the idea of marriage gets weaker, so does the reality. In this sense, the new vows are important philosophical authorizations for our divorce culture. They are both minor causes and revealing results of a society in which marriage as an institution is decomposing before our eyes.


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This section of the website aims to describe the processes involved with each of the different energy storage technologies, as well as provide some information about the "state-of-the-art". The potential areas of application from each of the technologies are listed and the main advantages and disadvantages of each of the technologies are also briefly discussed.
Please click the links under the technology header in the menu above or alternatively links to the pages containing the information on each of the technologies can be found below.
- Pumped Hydroelectric Storage (PHS)
- Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)
- the main electrochemical battery technologies
- flow-batteries
- hydrogen energy storage and Fuel Cells (FC)
- flywheels
- supercapacitors
- Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES)
- liquid air energy storage
- liquid metal batteries
- Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage (PTES)
- Fuel-less CAES variations
- Thermal Energy Storage
The Figure below shows the power ranges (in MW) of many different energy storage technologies as well as the duration over which they can provide power (seconds to hours). Possible uses for EES technologies include reserve and response services, transmission and distribution grid support and bulk power management.
A really useful energy storage resource is the US DOE Energy Storage Database made by Sandia National Laboratories.


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The Civil Division is responsible for serving civil process papers received from the Courts of our County, as well as other jurisdictions. In addition to process service, the Civil Division executes court orders including evictions, Writs of Possession to seize personal property, and Probate Orders to Apprehend and collect on judgments issued by the courts. The division also seizes and auctions both personal and real property when a defendant fails to voluntarily pay a judgment.
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No person is eligible to serve unless that person has been a resident of the City for twelve months prior to the date of election, continues to reside in the city during the member's period of service, and is registered and qualified to vote in municipal elections of the city. All candidates must be 21 years of age and a citizen of the United States.
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Pantone colors are trendy, they're high in demand, and they're a dreaded battle. Your closest ally? Your customers. Get them on your side with this quick lesson in color matching.
I'm not sure who the first garment printer to decide he could do a Pantone color match was. It was many years ago, and I'm sure the individual never realized the trouble he started. But I hope he had as much difficulty producing that job as most printers have today when trying to match Pantone colors, or even explaining them to their customers.
Our problems begin with the designers and the swatch books they use to select Pantone colors. These books, many designers don't realize, were made for offset printing on paper. That's why the Pantone books have "C" colors, for printing on coated white papers with a glossy finish, and "U" colors, for uncoated white papers, which have a matte finish.
So, what's wrong with this picture? Well, we aren't offset printers. We don't print paper. Many of the garments we print aren't white. Yet, this is the color reality that most garment printers must work with, at least some of the time.
Understanding the Challenge
Let's start with the "C" colors. In order to get the glossy print shown in the Pantone book, we would need to lay down a substantial amount of ink. That translates into a hard hand, which is the opposite of the soft-feeling prints that most of our clients want. Or, we could use a high-density ink printed through a thick stencil, but most clients today aren't willing to pay for HD. And while the ink in the bucket may resemble the specified "C" color, it will change after printing on a white garment because the ink will soak into the shirt, resembling something closer to a "U," matte finish.
What about the "U" inks? They'll also look glossy in the bucket, but will have a matte finish on the final shirt, so long as the ink deposit isn't too thick.
So, should we tell clients they should always specify "U" colors in order to get finished prints that are within an acceptable range of what they see in the Pantone book? No, because you'd be telling them to specify colors based on a chart that was made for specifying offset-printed colors on white paper.
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The Advent of a Tradition: Picture Book Weekends
2 June 2012
I love traditions, so we'll start one here. Every weekend we will read and review a new picture book. This weekend we'll start with Knuffle Bunny: A Cautonary Tale by Mo Willems. This precious little book almost brought tears to my eyes. So, go find this book, let yourself get a little sentimental, and we'll have the review ready on Sunday, 3 June 2012. Then, come back every Saturday for more picture book fun!


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Age: 46 Height: 5'5"
Before Weight: 181 pounds Dress/Pant Size: 16
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LIVESTRONG.COM: What was your life like before joining LIVESTRONG.COM?
Before joining LIVESTRONG.COM, I was more than 50 pounds overweight, and, more than anything else, I just didn't feel good. I had fatigue, high cholesterol, frequent migraines, allergies and an out-of-control thyroid. I looked forward to nap time every day with my kids.
I didn't feel confident and often covered my body. I mostly ate the standard American diet of meat, potatoes, rice, the occasional fast-food meal, packaged foods when on the run — and I loved cereal and Pop-Tarts.
I exercised when I was younger and was even a personal trainer in college, but when I started my career it became less important. And it was simply nonexistent after having children.
LIVESTRONG.COM: What was your inspiration to make a change?
After realizing I couldn't make it through the day without a nap and that I was on four prescription medications at age 40, I knew I had to make a change. My neighbor was a health coach, so I started working with her. I made sustainable lifestyle changes, starting with how I shopped for food. I sourced locally grown food when I could and shopped at the farmers markets as well.
LIVESTRONG.COM: How did LIVESTRONG.COM help you lose weight?
When I eventually finished working my health coach I used the tools on LIVESTRONG.COM to maintain and even further my weight loss. I love the engaging community message boards on LIVESTRONG.COM, and I constantly read the health and fitness articles. The website is full of resources, helpful information, ideas for healthy meals and more! I also sometimes used the free Stronger workouts during my journey. It took me a full year to lose 50 pounds and heal my health issues. I no longer have to take any prescription medicines!
LIVESTRONG.COM: What was your support system like?
I had support from my immediate family and the support of the LIVESTRONG.COM community members, but I kept my overall journey a secret until I hit my goal. I enrolled in nutrition school to learn as much as I could about food and healing, and my peers there also become part of my support system. I enjoy being the support system for others on a similar journey now.
LIVESTRONG.COM: What's your favorite way to work out?
I turned my basement into a small home gym with a secondhand bike, weights and a rebounder. I love lifting light weights and using my kettlebells too. When it's nice outside I go for a two-mile walk and do 25 to 40 walking lunges on a hilly section of my route. It's always more fun when a friend can join me too.
LIVESTRONG.COM: What's your weekly exercise schedule?
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I always have fresh veggies like kale, collards and lettuce for salads and wraps in my fridge. Since I don't eat bread or make sandwiches, I use Swiss chard or romaine lettuce for my wraps. I always have in my kitchen nut butters, fresh (low-glycemic) fruit and nuts for snacking. And I always have avocados on hand. Sometimes I'll slice one and eat it with a squeeze of lemon juice and sea salt for a snack!
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I still use LIVESTRONG.COM as a guiding tool to help me find health information. It's like my Google for healthy inquiries! I'm much more confident and proud of my body, even with the little extra booty I still carry!
Ann Rusnak is LIVESTRONG's Sr. Community Manager. Her quest to lose the "baby weight" before the "baby" finished elementary school sparked an interest in health and fitness that continues to be a passion to this day. She loves hiking and yoga, and thinks the best exercise is one you can do with a good friend. Over the years, Ann's desire to fit into a certain size has evolved into what she feels is the more important goal of feeling good and having energy to live life to its fullest.


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Until yesterday, today's column was to be known as just another commentary on how desperately hard the NFL tries to stay in the headlines during its offseason especially when overshadowed by the specter of the Winter Olympics set in a seaside community where the weather is 60 degrees and sunny and the whole thing is overseen by a scowling oligarch in a mock turtleneck.
Today, the column itself has taken on a life of its own and become something else entirely: The first openly gay column. One on the cusp of starting its trudge through the hashtag storm of social media.
Regardless of how well-written the column is; how pithy and spot on the analogies; how many superfluous semi-colons; how. Many. One. Word. Sentences. There. Are. This column has already become a symbol not just of what future columns can become but how far columns have come from the very recent past.
"I'm a sports column and I'm gay," the column said on the eve of its release.
Less than a year ago, many potential columns which eventually made it to this site had to go through a rigorous series of personal vetting questions. Questions like, "Do you have a girlfriend?" "If you could stay up and read any other column, would you read a column from The Hairpin?" "Are you more a Facebook or Pinterest post?"
Though this line of questioning no longer persists, it is notable this column came out even before it, um, came out — thereby changing the way it would eventually be received by an audience.
The timing of the column's release of its sexuality for public consumption caused some to question whether it was a well-planned "event" rather than a column that could simply stand on its own merit.
That said, the sexual orientation of this column was not a closely guarded secret prior to its submission. Multiple sources said during the writing process this column's copy editors and even author had a strong suspicion it was gay.
"I remember as I was working my way from notes to actual thoughts on the page thinking I wanted to be treated just like the other sports columns on this site," the column said. "Like them, I'm just an average Girls-watching column who just wishes the series had more narrative. I know it's trendy to criticize, but I just think the show should have more than one episode of Full House worth of plot as we near the end of the third season."
Despite being gay, the column noted it wasn't "totally into Looking yet."
"I know the subject matter should resonate, but there's been no mention of the Grindr app. I mean, that's pretty much gay sitcom fodder 101. Plus, it's kind of a Girls knock-off. It reminds me when Rubik's got popular in the '80s and they started to make Rubik's triangles and orbs and it wasn't the same. It was just pandering."
Though word of this column's orientation spread just prior to submission, the column wanted to remind readers it strives to be accepted as one of the team of sports commentary here: "I look at Deconstructing Colin and Deconstructing Peyton, both great columns and columns that have proven to have staying power as top search results. I want to eventually be judged against them based on my abilities alone.
"In other words, I am syntax and structure, not gay syntax and structure."
It remains to be seen whether the subject of this column's sexuality will have staying power amongst the frenzy of other recent columns about an athlete's headline-grabbing sexuality, or if it will be forgotten with two Facebook likes and relegated to page 17 of a Google search on gay columns that are gay.
The more immediate feedback and criticism might be best seen from other media outlet's straight columns.
An ESPN column dealing with similar subject matter expressed concern: "Though I am dominating my site with my opinions on sport and sexuality, I still do not declare an orientation," it said. "I'm also a little concerned about how this (gay) column might look at me in the locker room."
One Fox Sports column declared via Twitter that all gay columns should be "rounded up, sent to an island that's nuked till it glows."
The tweet was later removed from the network's feed.
But for all the homophobic tweets and ill-advised posts, there was an overwhelming show of support from most media outlets and even search engines at the time of submission.
Other straight columns voiced support and showed enlightenment. "As long as this column never uses the word 'literally' to describe something that actually didn't really happen and doesn't say 'at the end of the day' when it's nowhere near the day's end, I don't care what it does behind closed doors," a New York Times column opined about the outed column.
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The President's Roundtable was formed in 2001 to provide a means by which RIT's executive leadership and the President can benefit from the advice and counsel of a select group of RIT's most successful alumni and friends. Participation in the Roundtable is by invitation. The Roundtable meets twice annually, once in the spring and once in the fall.
The Roundtable consists of 50 active members. Of the 50 members, 18 reside in the Rochester area, while the remaining members reside outside of the Rochester area: Other NY (10), California (3), Connecticut (1), Florida (3), Illinois (1), Indiana (1), Maryland (1), Massachusetts (3), Michigan (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (1), South Carolina (1), Virginia (3), Washington (2).
Dr. Munson chairs the Roundtable and one or two members of the RIT Board of Trustees participate. Dr. Munson describes several strategic issues and/or initiatives for RIT's future and seeks the counsel of Roundtable members about how they can be addressed.
Summaries of the Roundtable discussions are shared with the RIT Board of Trustees, to benefit its deliberations. The Roundtable is a valuable source of guidance in charting RIT's future.
Topics Discussed
- Positioning RIT for the Future
- Diversity
- Student Life/Student Success
- Branding RIT
- RIT's Global Strategy
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation at RIT
- Sponsored Research/Corporate R&D
- Understanding Deafness/Deaf Culture
- Student Government
- Alumni Engagement Initiatives
- Emergency Preparedness
- RIT Strategic Plan
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I will seldom, if ever, provide straight answers when asked which broker I would recommend or which signals provider is best. It's not that I'm being unhelpful – quite the opposite.
The most helpful answer I can give to these questions is that the trader must make these decisions for themselves. I can just provide some advice about how to go about making this decision.
Questions such as these at least indicate that the trader realises that there are important operational and strategic decisions to be made. Sometimes I'm faced with questions that indicate that the trader has a lot more to learn.
I was recently asked by someone just starting to trade Binary Options if I could recommend a trading strategy that guaranteed high returns with very low risk.
I queried this trader in relation to what he meant by 'high' and concluded that he is doomed to lose all or most of his fund and to stop trading unless he revises his expectations.
High Returns and Expectations
It's only natural to look for a 'high' return. If not then simply put your money on deposit and get a few percent every year. Why bother with trading?
But what does 'high' mean? Put another way, what level of return is it reasonable to expect to earn?
Because if you are expecting and aiming for a level of return that is not reasonable then you will fail.
When asked what he meant by 'high' the trader did not put a specific win rate on it. I suspected he had not grasped fully what determines returns and the importance of the win rate.
He understood that only winning 2 out of 5 would ensure losses and 3 wins out of 5 did not seem to him to be much better that breakeven. So he appeared to be looking to win perhaps 4 out of every 5 trades.
Have a look at the claims made by many signals providers and implied by many brokers and this seems reasonable. But is it?
Let's assume you start with €500 and trade about 5 times a day for a month. We'll say there are 20 trading days in a month. You risk just 2% of our fund on any trade, so your stake at the start is just €10. That seems pretty conservative.
What return would you earn with a winning rate of 80% and a broker payout ratio of 75%?
Are you a Star Trader?
The answer is that you would earn a profit of €440 in a month. Does this seem reasonable? After all, you have put in a lot of effort to implement your strategy on 100 trades.
Before you decide if this is a reasonable expectation, let's say you just continue to do exactly what you are doing for a year. What will your fund be worth?
If you do the calculations you will see that on the basis of the above you will have turned €500 into over €1 million in just a year.
Does this still reasonable to you? You have multiplied your starting fund 2,000 times. But, even the best, high paid fund managers would be happy with consistent annual returns of 15 to 20%.
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What have you got as a relative newcomer that means you should expect to be such a star performer? It just won't happen.
Of course it is possible to achieve 80% wins, but is it probable? After all, if you base your strategy on a possible but highly unlikely objective then you will probably, although not absolutely certainly, fail.
The Danger of Unrealistic Expectations
The problem is that if you are not getting the returns you need, or want, then you will start to take unnecessary risks. After all, the arithmetic would seem to suggest that you could trade less but with higher risk per trade and achieve the same outcome.
So many new traders when faced with what they see as insufficient return take this path. It is the path to ruin.
Your objective is to be profitable. To achieve this you will need to win about 57% of trades. So, 60% wins might be a reasonable target.
Even so, you are unlikely to hit this from the start. What you need is a system that will make this a reasonable expectation.
Until you have developed this system you must resist the urge to take greater risks. The first step is to ensure that you know what is, and what is not, a realistic expectation for the percentage of trades you will win and the returns you will earn.


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Radiant Wellness Yoga Therapy
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Reiki Level I
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Saturday, 4:00pm-6:30pm
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Must be Reiki Level I and II certified in the Usui Tradition of Reiki
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About Joan Ryan
Joan has been practicing Reiki for over 12 years. She was taught and continues to be mentored by
Gail Greenfield
in the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition. She became a master teacher in 2004 after several years' apprenticeship. She has been blessed with the opportunity to help children, adults and those transiting from this life using the healing energy of Reiki. .Joan has also trained in other energy healing modalities including therpaeutic touch.
As experienced practitioner for many years Joan offers Reiki Treatments and uses Reiki in her Radiant Wellness Yoga Therapy practice. She also offers many other therapies such as Integrative Yoga, Ayurveda-lifesyle coaching, Stress Management, Meditation and Guided Imagery techniques.
Joan firmly believes that by reducing stress, bringing peace, , and bringing control and balance to a person, Reiki can change lives.
Reiki Treatments
By appointment
$80.00 per hour
Reiki Training
Reiki Level I Training
& Attunements
Reiki Level II Training
& Attunements
Reiki Master Level
& Attunements
Reiki Master Mentorship (1st Level I training) investment $400.00
Reiki Level One
The first Reiki level is hands on and is for physical and emotional balance leading to personal development. Can be used on yourself, with family friends and animals.
You will learn:
Basic understanding of Reiki and the History
Go through 4 Levels of Attunement
Using the traditional hand positions you will give and receive a Reiki Treatment
Learn self treatment Reiki hand positions and do self treatment
At the end you will be a Reiki Level I Practitioner and will receive a certificate.
Reiki for Animals and Reiki Level One
Includes all of Reiki Level I training above
Plus in depth learning on how to offer various different animals Reiki Treatments
Reiki Level Two
(Pre-requisite: Reiki I)
Participants will begin by reviewing Reiki I. The Reiki Level II Attunement further opens the Crown Chakra. This increases your healing energy and gives you the abliity to channel absent/distance healing; (being able to send energy for the highest healing good) to a person, animal, place or situation.This class teaches three ancient, powerful, healing symbols. Highly effective, these symbols support healing and expansion in all areas of life, both for yourself and others. Participants will practice methods of working energetically with mental and emotional states.The techniques of Beaming and body scanning is also taught. There will be practice of distant healing as performed by a single practioneer and then adding the power of a group by creating a healing chain. Finally the power of the group is used in the hands on healing of a single person.
Reiki Level Three
(Pre-Requisites: Reiki I and II)
In this training you will:
· Be given the Reiki Master Teacher Attunement and learn how to give the attunements to others for all three levels.
· Learn the Reiki Master Symbol, how to draw it and how to use it for healing yourself and others.
· Review all of Reiki Level I Training and practice it so you feel comfortable and be capable of teaching it.
· Review all of Reiki Level II training and practice it so you feel comfortable and be capable of teaching it.
You will do a Reiki Treatment on one another.
· Learn the values and spiritual orientation of a true Reiki Master.
Call to discuss your Reiki Master Mentorship needs
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Please e-mail your order to Tony Allgood, listing the PCBs and/or the exact components you require and your country. I will then send you an e-mail with the payment details and a confirmation of the final order cost. E-mails are normally replied to within 24 hours within the working week.
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A plain text file of the Oakley Sound PCB price list can be found by clicking here. You can use this file to cut and paste into your order e-mail.
Note that the items on this price list are the only items that I sell. If any item is not in that list I do not sell it.
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The prices given on this website are in United Kingdom pounds sterling, hereafter referred to as GBP. The pound sterling is the currency of the United Kingdom/Great Britain. Typical exchange rates are around 1.3USD = 1GBP and 1.1Euro = 1GBP. However, be sure to check locally before you place any order.
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Mainland Europe, Scandinavia, North America, Australia, NZ, Japan: 5GBP
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You only pay one shipping charge for any one order. Please e-mail Tony for prices to other destinations.
Order Confirmation and Invoice
When your order is received you will be sent an 'order confirmation' e-mail. This e-mail is headed with your order number and is your order invoice as no paper invoice is included with your order. The e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you used to place your order which may well be different to your Paypal address. Please check the items listed for purchase and the shipping address within this e-mail and let me know as soon as possible if there are any discrepancies.
Shipping Information
I try to ensure that any orders will be shipped within five working days from when the 'order confirmation' e-mail was sent to you. Packages are normally posted on Tuesday and Friday mornings. Once your order has been posted you will then receive a 'shipping confirmation' e-mail which will also contain any schematics and delivery tracking numbers where applicable. The 'shipping confirmation' e-mail is only sent when your order is on its way to you. Typically, I will send out shipping confirmation e-mails on the same day the item was sent but it may be the day after.
For UK purchasers, PCBs and parts are usually sent out by Royal Mail, either by first class post or 'special delivery' services.
For overseas customers, orders are normally shipped, depending on size and destination, by large letter airmail, 'international signed for' or Airsure 'track and trace' services.
Very large orders, ie. over 500GBP, will be shipped by UPS.
Packages going overseas normally take no longer than two weeks to get to you. Indeed, most take only a few days. If your package has failed to arrive within four weeks of receiving the shipping confirmation e-mail then please let me know. In my experience most shipping delays are due to customs as they can hold packages for several weeks before releasing them to the postal service. Note also that if a signature is required then your parcel may be held at your local sorting office if they tried to deliver it while no one was there to receive it.
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Please note I am not VAT registered. This means that no UK VAT is applied nor can it be deducted.
Payment can be made by one of two methods:
1) By PayPal. Here you can pay with your credit card once you have set up an account with them. Payment should be made in pounds sterling (GBP).
I am sorry but I cannot, unless you are known to me, take Paypal if the order value (or group of orders placed over a period of less than one month) exceeds 250GBP. Please e-mail me to get my Paypal account details.
2) Payment by direct bank to bank transfer. Payment should be made in pounds sterling (GBP)
Please note that unless you are in the UK your bank will probably charge a fee for this service even if you are within the EU. If you are outside the UK you must agree to pay all transfer fees. Because of this, I am now recommending customers to try the excellent service at Transferwise.com which is really fast, cheap and safe. E-mail me to get my company bank details. Don't forget to e-mail me again when you have instigated the transfer and to let me know your preferred mailing address.
Credit cards cannot be taken directly, only via Paypal. Please e-mail if you have any further queries about payment.
IMPORTANT: Please e-mail your order first, listing the PCBs and/or the exact components you require and your country, so that I can confirm availability and delivery.
You are responsible for any import taxes or duty payable within your country. These vary and customers are advised to clarify charges with your local customs service prior to ordering. Goods are always marked 'merchandise'. I do not label items as 'gifts'.
Returns Policy and Order Cancellation
Please note that 'Oakley Sound Systems' trades entirely independantly of 'Krisp1'. No liability is accepted or implied on any similar goods supplied by Krisp1.
Returns Policy on stock items (PCBs and components)
You are entitled to return any PCBs and parts to me should you find any reason not to accept them. You are allowed ten working days from receipt of the goods to inspect your purchases. Notice to send the goods back to me should be sent by e-mail prior to returning the goods. The return postage costs shall be paid by you and goods must be returned intact and unused. Once the goods have been inspected by me and are deemed as undamaged and unused I will issue a full refund of the purchase price. Should the goods be lost in transit on their way back to me a refund will not be able to be given. You should therefore ensure that the goods are suitably insured for such a loss and that a 'signed for' service is used.
Cancelling Orders
Any PCB order may be cancelled from the time of the original payment and up to the moment the goods are shipped. Once the order has been cancelled by me a full refund will be given on all orders containing PCB(s) and parts. However, I will not be liable for additional Paypal charges or any other fees that may have been incurred in the setting up of payments.
Documentation Sales
Sorry, but once purchased, any legacy documentation, cannot be 'unpurchased'. In other words no refunds or returns are available on these products. Please ensure that you really want these items before sending any payment.
Reserving boards
The time taken between the receiving of the initial order enquiry and the receiving of the payment is called the 'reserve time'. This is usually very short if the customer is paying with Paypal or Transferwise, but may take several working days if the customer is paying by bank transfer. During this time the PCBs and parts will normally be reserved for the customer. That is the boards are held aside and are removed from sale. Up to three working days will be allowed as 'reserve time'. If I do not receive payment after this, the board(s) will be deemed as unsold and put back on sale again.
Please be aware that if board stocks are low, delay in settling payment may mean that the order cannot be completely fulfilled. Oakley Sound will not be held responsible for any losses of any kind due to this situation. I will refund any payment sent for any products not deliverable by us, but I will not pay out for any 'transfer fees' or exchange fees that you may have incurred while raising the payment.
Board issues and design upgrades
Board designs may occasionally be upgraded. The boards at issue one may be upgraded to issue two or higher. This will happen for several reasons: If the PCB design has a minor fault. If we change board supplier. If a substantial number of people request a new function that can't be implemented on the existing layout. And any other reason we care to choose. What we will guarantee is that the board you ordered is the one that you get. It is our right to withhold any information pertaining to forthcoming upgrades. We will sell most, if not all, the current issue boards before any information about any new issues are placed on this site. Please understand that it is not our intention to mislead. We have to sell most of any current issue to be able to run this business profitably.
It is also our right to withdraw any item from sale at any time for whatever reason. However, we normally try to indicate shortages on the website and the Oakley Sound forum as soon as possible.
How to Order older issue User Guides and Schematics
Some older documentation is freely available at the legacy support page.
User Manuals, Builder's Guide and schematics for all other older issues and legacy modules are available as an e-mail PDF attachment from me at a price of 2GBP each per project.
Please e-mail your order to Tony Allgood, listing the schematics or User Guides that you require. I will then let you know if they are available and any payment details that you may need to know. I normally try to reply to e-mails within 24 hours during the working week. E-mail me by clicking here or see the contacts page for more details.
When writing an order please try to be very specific. If you require a User Guide and schematic for a specific older board please let me know the issue of the PCB. The PCB should be marked with its issue number somewhere on the top side of the board.
All current issue User's Guides, which include building instructions and parts lists, are available on the relevant project page on this site. Schematics to all current modules are only available to purchasers of the PCBs or modules.
Gerber data or board artwork is not available for any Oakley project.
Payment for any legacy documentation should be made via Paypal only. GBP ('pounds sterling') is the currency of the United Kingdom.
The file(s) will be sent to you by e-mail once the purchase has been verified. By purchasing any schematic or board data from us you agree not to use this information in any commercial capacity. All schematics and documentation remain the property of Oakley Sound Systems and are not to be redistributed in any form to any other persons. Please respect my work.
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How Can We Live?
Proper 18A-17
Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago
September 10, 2017
Five years after invasion destroyed Jerusalem, followed by exile and slavery in Babylon, the Prophet Ezekiel asked, "How then can we live?" (Ezekiel 33:10)
These words resonate with me this week as we watch four hurricanes in a row, one that swamped Houston, one that churned through Mexico, one that is tearing through Florida right now, and another following close behind. This morning our prayers are with the all the people devastated by these storms and whose lives are threatened.
Lost in news about Irma, record setting wildfires are burning throughout the West. Flakes of ash fell like snow covering Portland this week. Smoke is making the air toxic. "At one point last month, the air quality in the Seattle region was likened to that of Beijing at its worst, a threat to the old and the young, and those with respiratory problems." (Henry Fountain, NYT, SEPT. 8, 2017)
"In 1893, the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch completed his most famous painting, "The Scream," with its haunting vibe of existential dread. [According to legend] The nightmare image, with its swirls of deep reds and blues, was inspired by Munch's experience, a decade earlier, of witnessing an unearthly sunset, created in part by airborne particulates emitted by the eruption of the Indonesian volcano Krakatau, on the other side of the planet. All of the ash from the volcano scattered the blue-violet wavelengths of light, just as the smoke blanketing the West is doing now. At the sight of ruptured sky, Munch said he felt "a great, unending scream piercing through nature."" (Jason Mark, NYT, SEPT. 9, 2017)
What Munch intuited at the outset of the industrial revolution, we are beginning to see as facts wrought in the earth and the sky and the water that now impinge upon modern life from all sides. Under the weight of the brokenness we experience in our lives and in the world around us, we recognize the ways we have messed up in our own lives and we bear the burden of systemic and corporate failures, too. When we face so much need in the world and recognize our own complicity in it, we might also ask that question: "How then can we live?"
Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann says God called the Christian community into being out of nothingness to become a community of healers and reconcilers. St. Paul writes that 'we have become ambassadors for Christ.' We are called into being to reconcile people to each other and to God. (2 Cor. 5:20). In the gospel today from Matthew 18, Jesus suggests one path forward for dealing with sin and conflict on an interpersonal level. Always, we must speak the truth as we know it in love. (Ephesians 4:15)
Yet we must admit even this is not easy for us every time we encounter broken relationships. Often our attempts to resolve our own messes only create more mess.
And the church, which is given as a place to hold and mediate conflict, is itself filled with conflict and divisions – a reality we confront as we observe the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. How then can we hope to address the really big systemic challenges we face wrought by the devastating and self-defeating storms of racism, economic injustice, terrorism, and climate change? How then, can we live?
Today, we set out to be God's hands in the world with brothers and sisters at Unity, and Ebenezer to praise God and break bread with neighbors in Rogers Park. We face into the challenge knowing that ours is a world in which violence is in our homes, our streets, and in faraway war zones. Ours is a world with refugees and migrants who need hospitality and support in our local communities. Ours is a world in which people are hungry and without shelter. Ours is a world where the earth is littered with garbage and the air we breathe is polluted. We face so much that needs mending and also the reality that even sometimes our best-intended service comes with impure motives or unintended consequences. How then can we live?
In our reading from Romans today Paul offers us the answer—put on our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 13:14) Literally put on the life of Christ like you would put on a new suite of clothes. We put on the armor of light in order to lay aside the works of darkness. The answer is here in the waters of baptism with which we baptize little Autumn Victoria Woods today. We must die to our old way of life so Christ may live in us and through us. We must be transformed in this way so that our daily life and habits can finally be changed.
If we rely on our acts of service today or any other day, then we will fail. We can't save the world or ourselves, unless Christ lives in us. We can confront our own role in the brokenness of the world because of Christ's forgiveness poured out. We can face the problems that exist around us because in Christ's death and resurrection the victory of life, of love, of hope is assured. We can live because God has claimed us in baptism, uniting us to Christ's death and resurrection. We have faced the worst and seen God's bringing us to life again. We have the presence of Christ in our gathered community – wherever two or three are gathered – working new life out of our mess.
We will need to put on Christ as we engage the question of our future with Families Together Cooperative Nursery School (FTCNS). In two weeks, we will meet to decide whether to commit ourselves to an analysis of the building in light of city and state building codes for an extra or third classroom for the school and to sharing the costs of whatever changes would be required to make that happen provided it seems reasonable to us.
One question I keep hearing is why we should go through all this effort since FTCNS is secular and not religious. The assertion is we don't share the same mission. I see it differently. For decades at least, and knowing some of the history of this church, probably from the beginning, Immanuel has served the needs of everyone in the community regardless of whether they share the same faith, belong to a different faith, or no faith. For more than thirty years, it has been our mission to serve children and youth in this way through play groups, tutoring, and after-school programs involving hundreds of families and generations of neighbors. FTCNS is an extension of this mission of service. In fact, that's why we searched them out and invited them here twenty years ago. Since that time, they have been consistent and reliable good partners with us in this space. Going forward they offer a strong alliance to continue extending our mission of service to the neighborhood and maintaining this building.
Every week hundreds of children and families walk in our doors, play on the front lawn, or pray in our sanctuary, and call Immanuel their home. If our concern is the school's presence has not contributed enough to the size of our worshipping community I'd say that's on us. We are working to be better evangelists. Most congregations have to go out into the community in order to meet people to invite to church. We are blest to have them in our own rooms and hallways. So, yes, I think partnership with the school fits very well with our mission and that's why I support working with the school to expand.
How then can we live? We shall live in Christ, through Christ, by Christ. We dwell in Christ through unceasing prayer. Live in Christ with a song in your hearts. Cleave to new life in Christ like a shipwrecked sailor clinging to a life raft. Rather than cling to our old bitterness, we must let go in order to bind ourselves more closely to Christ. Brothers and sisters, you know what time it is. You can read the signs on the wind and the water. Our salvation draws near. The time is now here to be a living sanctuary of hope and grace.


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Campus Corner
UMKC's Emma Hagedorn wins NCAA Volleyball National Play of the Week
UMKC's Emma Hagedorn won the NCAA Volleyball National Play of the Week for her kill during a match last week.
Hagedorn, a senior middle hitter who graduated from Park Hill South, had what the Kangaroos' coaches called the biggest kill they've ever seen during last Thursday's match against Cal State Bakersfield.
It came in the third set of UMKC's 25-20, 27-25, 23-25, 25-23 victory. Hagedorn's kill was one of four plays up for the best of the week, and fans voted on Twitter.
Here is the play:
Your votes are in and here are the top 4 #NCAAVB Plays of the Week! pic.twitter.com/jxiXIlEdUs— NCAA Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) October 11, 2016
Other awards
▪ Rockhurst junior forward Kaleb Jackson is the Great Lakes Valley Conference men's soccer offensive player of the week. He leads the No. 1-ranked Hawks, 11-0-1, with eight goals, including game-winners at Bellarmine and Southern Indiana.
▪ Rockhurst senior outside hitter Morgan Rietzke, from Staley, is the GLVC offensive player of the week in women's volleyball. She leads the Hawks in kills per set and has won the award three times and twice in a row this year.
▪ Emporia State senior Emily Haselwood, from Olathe North, is the Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association defender of the week in women's soccer. She scored the game-winning goal against Missouri Southern, one of three consecutive shutout victories by the Hornets, a school record.
▪ Washburn senior setter Natalie Bates, from Blue Valley West, is the specialist of the week for MIAA women's volleyball. She had 59 assists in a victory over No. 3 Nebraska-Kearney.
▪ Missouri Southern freshman Cody Berry, from Blue Springs, is the MIAA men's cross country athlete of the week after winning the Missouri S&T Jackling Jocks Invite.
▪ Three Park athletes won American Midwest Conference weekly awards. Danna Gomes and Salma Shahtout were women's volleyball setter and defender of the week and Mary Beth Bailey, a junior from Richmond, Mo., is the women's cross country runner of the week.