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I love sad music. Sit me down with a bottle of something only someone that has given up on life would drink and an appropriate soundtrack and I am just as happy as I can be. That's just the way I roll.
In general, Houston does not produce a lot of sad music. We're more of an upbeat bunch that puts a premium on enthusiastic live performance. It's rare to find something recorded here that really opens up the windows of the soul and lets the dark pour in.
Luckily for you, I happen to have heard most of it. So sit back, kick back, and make sure that all firearms and sharp objects have been stowed beyond your reach because we're going to keep things dismal as hell from here on out.
REWIND: Houston's 10 Hottest Female Singers
10. Pain Teens, "Story of Isaac" Let's pour one out real quick for a much-missed band, Bliss Blood and her Pain Teens. Better known for their raucous onstage performances, the Teens nonetheless had a knack for occasional moroseness. This cover of Leonard Cohen's "Story of Isaac," from 1993's Destroy Me, Lover, adds an empty pain to the interpretation that is missing from the original, and is creepy as hell to boot.
9. ZZ Top, "Over You" I usually ignore the bigger acts from Houston when compiling lists such as these, but Chris Gray wouldn't leave me alone until I sampled ZZ Top's "Over You" from last year's La Futura. I am so glad that I did. [Told you -- Ed.]
In addition to just being a damn good blues song in its own right, Billy Gibbons shows off a soul-searing vocal talent I have honestly never from the man before. It's also making me reconsider bitching about Rick Rubin's production so much -- though it might have benefited from a little more depth in the mix, there's a restraint to Rubin's notorious noisepunch here.
8. Poor Dumb Bastards, "Gun Room" Not everything sad has to be quiet, and Poor Dumb Bastards prove that in spades. "All I need is a small quiet room, a revolver, and some time to myself." It may be energetic, but make no mistake that this song has all the hopelessness of a good Pogues tunes screeching over the guitars. It's seriously hurtful.
Even sadder songs on the next page.
7. Kathryn Hallberg, "Move On" Yet another musician that we've lost as she recently left us to attend school in Boston, but before Kathryn Hallberg did she put out Nocturnal last year. It opens with one of the best resolute breakup songs I have ever heard, "Move On," which is just chock-full of brilliant turns of phrase on top of that special haunting quality that is the trademark of producers at Red Tree Recording Studio. It's a balm for the troubled mind, and one of the songs that I have on a continuous loop in dark days.
6. Tomas Glass, "Last Goodbye" When it comes to shocking openings of a song, it's really hard to beat Tomas Glass and "Woke up this morning to find you'd shot yourself." Really gets your attention. Glass seems to exist on the edge of perception here in town, but he's a real genius as both a vocal and visual artist on his way up. He has a soft, self-deprecating style that makes every note feel like a confession, and I've interviewed him enough times to know that when he talks about death and loss, he really freakin' means it.
5. Vertigo Blue, "Raven In the Snow" Of all the people in Houston to put out a dirge, you just don't expect it to be Mike Naus. I've seen him onstage and he's basically Dr. Teeth in black. He's the happiest damn goth I know, yet "Raven in the Snow" is just plain upsetting.
Naus told me via email that it's a song that deals with physical impairments he suffered after an ambulance accident that severely injured his neck and back during his days as an EMT. Naus never complains of his pain, but he lays it all out in this work for all to see.
REWIND: Houston's Top 10 Band Names
Even sadder songs on the next page.
4. Jandek, "I Passed By the Building" Now what would a Houston sad-bastard playlist in Houston be without the one and only Jandek? "I Passed the Building" is the Jandek song I play for people I want to introduce to him. First, because it's one of the more listenable tracks in his weird-ass tuning. Second, I can use it as part of my theory that if Jim Morrison had lived this is eventually what he would have become. And third, if you can survive the lyrics and that voice then you'll survive anything else he's put out.
3. Robin Kirby feat. Patrick Mikulin, "Stop the Pain" Robin Kirby is one of those artists I just keep forgetting exists sometimes, and that's unfortunate because she is easily one of our best voices. As a songwriter she excels at delivering a near-Joplinesque level of bluesy tearjerkers, and that husky voice makes the whole thing feel like a fever dream.
Mikulin adds a wonderful bass element to the song, calling to mind Trent Reznor dropping in on Tori Amos' "Past the Mission." The best part, though, is that there is no best part. The song offers no salvation at all. Just hurt unending. I like that.
2. Linus Pauling Quartet, "La Jete" "La Jete," a recent track from LP4, is what inspired the whole article. I must have listened to it two dozen times on repeat, pulling every ounce of hurt from the track and analyzing it from every angle.
LP4 Guitarist Ramon Medina has assured me it's not the anthem to lost love I initially interpreted it as, and is in reality quite a happy tune in its intent. Far be it from me to tell another singer what the hell his song is really about, but that's not what I get from "La Jete." I picture it being sung from the last exploded piece of the planet, a final goodbye sent out into space.
See Houston's No. 1 saddest song on the next page.
1. Evangeline, "We're Alright Down Here" Jeffery Armstreet is probably the most underrated producer in all of Houston, but he's responsible for some of my favorite songs to come out of the city. Before he went to work behind the console, he was the bassist and primary lyricist of Evangeline, and this song is without a doubt the saddest song in Houston.
It's just so... I don't even know the word. It's an ode to an existence under pain. It's a hymn to survival in world that just does not care whether you exist or not. Shut up, monkey, and make your fucking widgets. If you don't like it we'll hire someone else.
That's what the song says to me, and yet right down there at the bottom is a tiny nugget of unbeatable spirit that acknowledges every crack of the whip, accepts it, and still strives for some kind of meaning and beauty even while bleeding. It's just exceptional.
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A former investment banker has agreed to pay $504,000 to settle allegations that he improperly traded shares on confidential information that he acquired on the job at CIBC World Markets and later at UBS Securities Canada Ltd.
Richard Bruce Moore paid $204,000 in disgorgement, penalties, and investigation costs and made a voluntary payment of $300,000 as part of the settlement deal with the Ontario Securities Commission.
Moore is also prohibited from trading for 10 years, with the exception of certain investments in RRSPS and RESPs, according to the deal.
The former managing director is also prohibited from being an officer or director of a public company for 10 years, and from being an investment fund manager, promoter, or officer or director of any investment firm for 15 years.
"I believe the range and magnitude of the sanctions issued today speak for themselves," OSC commissioner Edward Kerwin said as he reprimanded Moore during a hearing on Tuesday.
"The conduct was contrary to the public interest, was abusive to the capital markets and confidence in the capital markets."
Moore declined to comment following the hearing.
His lawyer, Linda Fuerst, told the commission that Moore has expressed remorse for his conduct and taken responsibility for it.
Moore was given credit for coming clean with OSC investigators, OSC lawyer Cullen Price told the commission.
In June, 2010, Moore used an offshore account on the Channel Island of Jersey to purchase shares of Tomkins plc, a U.K.-based engineering and manufacturing company, which trade on the London Stock Exchange.
He made the purchase after learning that the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, then a client of CIBC World Markets, was working on a transaction worth $2 billion. Moore deduced that Tomkins was the target of a takeover deal after he saw a CPPIB executive speak with the head of Tomkins at a charity event, according to OSC documents.
Moore's profit on the Tomkins shares was about $276,000.
In March, 2012, Moore bought shares of Homeq Corp., after mistakenly receiving a confidential email that said the company would be taken over by Birch Hill Equity Partners, then a client of UBS.
Instead of returning the email and advising the sender that he had received the email in error, "Moore took steps to purchase securities of HOMEQ," according to the settlement deal.
Moore's profit on the transaction was about $43,000.
Moore voluntarily brought the HOMEQ transactions to the attention of OSC staff during its investigation, and resigned from UBS immediately after, the documents say.
On Tuesday, Moore provided the OSC with certified cheques in the amounts owed, Price told the commission.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said separately Tuesday that Moore agreed to pay more than $340,000 settle insider trading charges in the U.S.
Moore used misappropriated information to buy American Depository Receipts, (or ADRs), of Tomkins, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange, the SEC said.
Moore has also been barred from the securities industry in the U.S.,
"In today's interconnected markets, the co-operative relationships among securities regulators mean that those who choose to engage in international insider trading should expect to face consequences across the globe," Scott Friestad, associate director of the SEC's enforcement division, said in a release.


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Polycom Introduces Green Services Program
Polycom announced a green services program for the collaboration industry in conjunction with Earth Day.
Polycom announced a green services program for the collaboration industry in conjunction with Earth Day. Going Green with Polycom is a three-step program that aims to help organizations reduce their carbon emissions through increased use of video applications as an alternative to travel.
The three stages of the Going Green with Polycom program include:
- Video Readiness: This first stage benchmarks service quality, operational efficiency in terms of capacity and resources, and the business benefits resulting from maximum user adoption and experience. It also helps identify the applications and workflows that are ideal for video, as well as how to optimize conferencing operations.
- Planning Rollout and Implementation or the "Green Assessment Service": This stage establishes a direct link between effective use of videoconferencing and reductions in carbon emissions, but first it establishes the role and potential for videoconferencing to support an organization's overall environmental objectives. Consultants then examine current use of conferencing and travel patterns to develop effective programs for environmentally responsible use of videoconferencing technology.
- Tracking and Measurement – This final aspect of the program uses an application called Video-Miles, from Polycom ARENA partner The Visual Environment. The software monitors and measures every videoconference by automatically calculating the number of travel miles, the amount of carbon saved, and detailed ROI from travel cost savings. Results are tracked and readily available.
"Going Green with Polycom is a new addition to Polycom's suite of Professional services offerings," said Geno Alissi, general manager and senior vice president of Polycom Global Services, in a statement. "Polycom and its partners offer the broadest service and support programs for collaboration and communication in the industry. No one knows more about how to implement collaborative communications solutions into a unified communications network than Polycom and its authorized channel partners."


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Candidates must exhibit strong academic performance, dedication to Veterinary Medicine and significant involvement within their local, global and student community. The Veterinary Medical College Application Service (AAVMC) is a central application service providing candidates access to all Veterinary Medical College applications in North America. MedApplications™ specializes in helping students create competitive applications to Veterinary programs in North America.
For a complete review of AAVMC Pre-Requisites, visit the VMCAS pre-requisite chart.
Veterinary Medicine Pre-Requisites
The requirements for each Veterinary Medical College vary and we encourage all our students to review the specific websites of each institution. As a general rule a competitive GPA will demonstrate a 3.7 in each of the science and non-science prerequisites required for the Veterinary Medical program. Within Canada, the MCAT is no longer required. In the United States, some programs may still accept the MCAT as a component of your application.
Non-Academic requirements for Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Experience: This includes either voluntary or paid shadowing experiences under the supervision of a practicing Veterinarian. These may include: clinical practice, labs, animal shelters, animal rehabilitation hospitals, public health venues or other related industries.
Animal Experience: A true passion for animals is critical to a successful application. Experiences may include working with, domestic animals, livestock, equestrian activities, pet stores, and breeding/showing species amongst others. Owning your own pet however, does not count.
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Last year a day ahead of the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire, I published a nasty attack on some of the libertarians (anarchists, agorists, voluntarists, sovereign people, however you like to be called) of the Free State Project living in New Hampshire.
I said if you weren't going to be voting for Ron Paul, that you were hypocrites. I said even worse things than that. I was very wrong in substance and style. I was petty, small-minded, and stupid. I am now embarrassed that I ever attacked you and I have removed the offending post from this website.
I am deeply sorry.
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Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100...If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this...
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do..
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve ball. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20". Drinks for the ten men would now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes So the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men ? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?
They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by a higher percentage the poorer he was, to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using, and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay.
And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% saving).
The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28% saving).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% saving).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% saving).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% saving).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings.
"I only got a dollar out of the $20 saving," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,"but he got $10!"
"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar too. It's unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!"
"That's true!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back, when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison, "we didn't get anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!"
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and government ministers, is how our tax system works. The people who already pay the highest taxes will naturally get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
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The Top 5 happenings at IMC in 2016
20. December 2016
Here a 5 of the most exciting news about what happened at IMC this year! read more
IMC's performance support system is awarded the grade "Excellent"
15. December 2016
The magazine eLearning Journal tested the IMC Process Guide in three categories read more
Test report: IMC Process Guide
15. December 2016
IMC's performance support system is rated "Excellent" by the jury of the German expert magazine eLearning Journal read more
Quick Reads – here is what to read in December
5. December 2016
Lectures for the season break read more
"Cost Effective, Quality, Skills Education for South African Youth"
29. November 2016
IMC publishes free online diagnostic tests and bridging courses in 'Numeracy' and 'English Literacy' read more
Quick Reads – here is what to read in November
9. November 2016
LMS buying tips read more
One size doesn't fit all
13. October 2016
The future is all about individual learning. read more
Quick Reads – here is what to read in October
11. October 2016
Finally results count! read more
Quick Reads – here is what to read in September
1. September 2016
How to keep your employees motivated read more
IMC opens subsidiary in Singapore
25. August 2016
Europe's leading e-learning provider further expands its market presence in Asia. read more
IMC receives international e-learning recognition
22. August 2016
LMS IMC Learning Suite has been added to the Top 20 Learning Portal Companies List the fourth time in a row read more
Quick Reads – here is what to read in August
2. August 2016
From routine activities towards activities where creativity counts read more
Quick Reads – here is what to read in July
1. July 2016
Exciting publications read for you! read more
IMC recognised as one of the leading providers for cloud solutions
10. June 2016
The German full-service provider achieved the "Microsoft Cloud Platform Gold" Competency read more
International research project DEVELOP for career planning and career development officially launched
3. June 2016
The project aims to support employees in large and medium-sized enterprises across Europe with their career planning. read more
Quick Reads – here is what to read in June
1. June 2016
Exciting publications read for you! read more
"Content is not dead": high-quality content will prevail over time
31. May 2016
Expert Interview conducted with Christian Wachter (CEO, IMC AG) and Sven R. Becker (Sales Professional, IMC AG) read more
IMC publishes latest versions of its learning technologies
30. May 2016
Innovation Pack 7 delivers more efficiency and fun through personalised learning read more
Once again IMC receives international recognition as an e-learning provider
24. May 2016
Award for creating individual e-learning content read more
Quick Reads – here is what to read in May
4. May 2016
Exciting publications read for you! read more
Importance of data protection and data security when considering e-learning
13. April 2016
4 practical ways to keep your data safe and secure read more
Quick Reads – here is what to read in April
1. April 2016
Exciting publications read for you! read more
Internet of Things (IoT) – the 4th industrial revolution
23. March 2016
Its influence on the workforce and the way we learn in future read more
Interactive training video for hospitality industry wins judges over
22. March 2016
IMC and ARBEIT UND LEBEN Berlin-Brandenburg win the sought-after e-learning award in the category "video training" read more
Quick Reads - interesting publications in March
1. March 2016
E-learning, exciting publications read for you read more
Compliance Education in the Financial Services Industry
29. February 2016
How to meet constantly changing compliance demands read more
IMC listed successfully as a services provider for U.S. government agencies
17. February 2016
Since December 2015, the IMC learning management system has been added to the GSA Schedule. Consequently, U.S. government agencies now have the possibility to purchase the system. read more
IMC Learning Suite again among Top 10 Learning Management Systems
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Craig Weiss, leading e-learning expert and thought leader, publishes his annual market overview of Learning Management Systems read more
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This was a season to forget for the New York Giants, a 3-13 debacle born of offensive incompetence, defensive indifference, persistent injuries, and highly questionable coaching. Even so, Steve Spagnuolo, the Giants' interim coach, wanted a souvenir from the season.
As the Giants left the field victorious over division rival Washington, Spagnuolo wrangled a cameraman into taking a photograph of himself and quarterback Eli Manning. "We've both been through a lot, and none more than him with this season," Spagnuolo said of Manning. "But he never changed. I value that in people that can stay that balanced through ups and downs. He's had the highest of highs, and this was certainly very, very low. But he's a tremendous competitor, and I appreciate him greatly."
It's highly possible neither Spagnuolo nor Manning will be back next season. Spagnuolo will be considered for the once-again vacant head-coaching slot, but he was on the sidelines for the entirety of this season while ex-head coach Ben McAdoo ran the team into a brick wall. Manning, meanwhile, posted some of his weakest numbers in years, and saw his decade-plus streak of starts end because of infighting over the team's QB direction.
Regardless of what 2018 brings, Spagnuolo and Manning, a couple of the game's crustiest of crusty vets, had themselves one last good moment in Giant blue.
Jay Busbee is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or find him on Twitter or on Facebook.
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Just received word that Videogram's post-apocalyptic Gladiatori dell'Apocalisse 12" EP has arrived at the Cineploit HQ! Pre-orders will be shipped out immediately, many thanks to those that showed their support, you should get yours within the next two weeks! If you've yet to order it, you can do so from Cineploit direct (E18/$20, plus postage) here.
This limited-edition vinyl-only tribute to the post-apocalyptic genre comes in a gatefold sleeve, featuring full-color artwork printed with UV ink (to give it that eerie, fallout glow), pressed on 180g tri-color splatter vinyl and housed in a polylined inner sleeve.


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We are all made from stardust.
millions of particles that were created in the origin of times. For each one an anti-particle was conceived, identical and opposite in charge. For each of us exists an anti-matter paired, waiting for us out there.
Statement 2
Antimatter galaxies are indistinguishable from matter galaxies, but they are aside and isolated avoiding annihilations that would happen at the boundary between the two. Antimatter life forms exist but they are not be able to visit us although we could communicate if we used our most intense capability. Love.
Statement 3
Love is powerful, observable and it fills the whole Universe. Love can be used to connect human beings through the vast space and time. Love cannot be annihilated and can propagate through vacuum.
"I'm drawn across the universe to someone I haven't seen in my life, who has been created at my own image and likeness. Love is the one thing that we are capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space. Maybe we should trust that, even if we can't understand it°.
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Hey, I will not pick up that glove, thank you just the same. We are all musicians, gathered communally around the same water-cooler, and we all bring our opinions with us. No one here, so far as I can see, is drooling.
I think that Al Gore made a spectacular(!) use of his well-seasoned political expertise (and, position) to present a very well-reasoned argument. (In doing so, he exhibited a political maturity(!) that I frankly have not seen before nor since.) In this, he showed that he is a superlative statesman. I am very grateful for what he did, and for how he did it, and for what he has accomplished by it. (I wish that we had more "statesmen ..." )
However, it so happens that I do not immediately embrace his conclusions, since I am by nature a skeptic. Even when presented with a "compelling and Inconvenient Correlation," such as the one which Mr. Gore presented to us all, I am still not persuaded that we actually know everything that we need to know, to assert that it is, in fact, an Inconvenient "Truth." There are alternative viewpoints, and these viewpoints are also(!) supported by what appear to be compelling empirical observations ... as interpreted, of course, by their respective proponents.
And do notice, please, that I am entertaining these alternative viewpoints, without embracing them nor asserting that they are "Truth." (How the hell would I know? And, my point is simply that I don't know.) Even as some people jump headlong onto the CO2 bandwagon, I remain standing beside the road, still wondering. I am not saying that they are wrong. Rather, I am saying that I am not persuaded that they are necessarily right.
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Tuesday, July 25 2017 @ 10:51 PM CDT
Have you made any attempt to understand the science?
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Thursday, July 27 2017 @ 11:07 AM CDT
Politely, accurately and reasonably said, Victor, and again, much appreciated.
"We have to remember...when it's surrender that's called for, it's not surrender of your brains. It's surrender of your ego. It's a different thing." --Bruce Cockburn
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Re:global warming
Thursday, July 27 2017 @ 11:27 AM CDT
Let's look at this objectively and reasonably.
One person, and only one, in this thread has stooped to rude name calling.
"Drooling fanatics."
Aimed at the people who are citing vetted and peer reviewed research in their arguments, or who are supporting those who are, none of whom has chosen to name call.
Seems to me that the guy with the pitch forks and torches is the guy lobbing the accusation. There's a name for that...
"We have to remember...when it's surrender that's called for, it's not surrender of your brains. It's surrender of your ego. It's a different thing." --Bruce Cockburn
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Re:global warming
Thursday, July 27 2017 @ 12:09 PM CDT
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Name calling, per the generalized Godwin theorem, is proof of the bankruptcy of a person's argument.
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Saturday, July 29 2017 @ 01:18 PM CDT
Well Vic, not up on this like your guys but doesn't this scientific analysis consist of computer programs that supposedly can predict climate change and they have been tweaked several times to get the results they wanted? I have been neck deep in the computer age long enough to know that algorithms are only as good as the people that program them and the data that goes into them. Especially when they are going back many centuries as their starting point.
That there is climate change in both directions over the centuries, I have no doubt. That man made creation of CO2 has caused this to accelerate in modern times is still just an unproven theory to me. What a "scientist" believes is often influenced greatly by where his funding comes from. This is true if they are funded by an oil company or by a US government agency who has a political reason for wanting the data to conform.
Don't get me wrong. I am against Pollution in all of it's forms and the cleaner the energy the better. But don't except me to be in favor of treaties that are not enforced fairly across all countries. Or to except a world where the rich (Al Gore) can demand that we sacrifice while they fly everywhere in their private jets and produce much more CO2 while buying their way out of responsibility with a "carbon tax' which they can well afford as the rest of cannot.
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Saturday, July 29 2017 @ 05:07 PM CDT
Hating Al Gore for political or personal reasons is irrelevant. "I hate Al Gore. He's grandstanding and trying to make a buck. I don't believe a word he says." Al Gore did not convince the world of climatologists to change their research focus. Al Gore did not invent the concept. There is really no need at all to bring him into the discussion. If Charles Manson said, "Hey, eating bacon every day is not healthy," it would be pretty careless to say, "I hate Manson. He's a murdering criminal. I don't believe a word he says."
Bronco: "What a "scientist" believes is often influenced greatly by where his funding comes from."
I often see the dismissive quotes around the word "scientist." I happen to know a lot of scientists. They certainly have some of the same negative traits as the rest of humanity (imagine that!). They go where the funding is, by necessity, since they have bills to pay. However, realize that the funding agencies are prone to fund projects that are promising in one way or another. The big funding agencies are also partly staffed (and sometimes led) by scientists. They do not throw money at projects that involve misinformation and data fudging. It's not in their DNA. One thing the scientific community at large does not do is lie about their work. Sure, there are the occasional cases of fraud and plagiarism, but those eventually get exposed, and their careers are ruined as a consequence.
Now, industrial scientists, that has often been another matter. Without going off onto another tangent, I'll give you that. If a Monsanto scientist says, "Nothing to worry about," be careful. There's financial self-interest in play. They are not subject to peer review, and they don't need to publish in open journals, since there are trade secrets involved. This should be contrasted to a scientist at say, Penn State, who very much works in the open. You might notice that the funding for (mis)information on climate change originates from the corporate world (see Koch, etc.). Also useful to type "Richard Muller" into the youtube window and see what he has to say (Vic referred to him above).
Scientists at universities and federally funded research organizations don't have a particular financial interest in pushing this or that project. They are interested in what they are interested in, whether it's studying cataclysmic variable binary star systems or the evolution of blood clot formation. Their salaries fall into a fairly narrow range, from about $45K (post-doc-ish) to maybe $250K (at the top universities). Scientists don't get rich. Wealth is not their yardstick for success and fulfillment.
One thing about scientists (on average) is that they have huge egos. They are motivated by the possibility that they will figure out something to show their colleagues and competitors just how smart they are. And that works out well. That's how progress is made. There is a self-correcting mechanism built into the scientific community, a system of checks and balances that corrects errors and outright falsehoods. That can be called peer review, but it's really the ego at work. If scientist A finds that scientist B has done something better that scientist A, then scientist A will spend time and energy going over the work of scientist B, looking for flaws. Competition. If you accept that, then you can easily imagine that the scientist who comes along and says, "The global temperature is increasing, but it's not because of us! It's the polar-wandering induced re-orientation of the Earth's magnetic field and its interaction with cosmic rays, and that just happens to coincide with the perpendicular migration of the Sun's orbit around Galactic Central, thereby allowing more cosmic ray heating from extragalactic particle accelerators!," and can demonstrate it to the satisfaction of the experts, well, then, that scientist becomes a superstar, and calls his/her shots from then on. That's the legend of Einstein and Newton and Darwin. That's ego at work. There is nothing more sought after in science than overthrowing consensus. You can bet that a lot of those people are hunting for alternative explanations for the temperature rise.
The "skeptic" talking point seems to be that there is a global warming party line to toe, and that the vast majority of climatologists will sheepishly toe it under pressure from ideological funding agencies. The people who support this idea do not understand scientists or the funding process.
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President Barack Obama will host the NATO alliance Sunday in Chicago to talk of long-term commitments to Afghanistan, tempered by the fact that the countries are tired of the war, their budgets are strained and they see a need to resist what one analyst called "a rush to the exits."
The summit comes as the alliance prepares to withdraw combat forces by the end of 2014 and debates how to shore up the country after that. Among the issues still to be decided: how fast to pull out U.S. and allied combat forces, how many troops of any kind to leave behind and who'll pay the Afghan security forces after 2014.
Underlying it all is politics, in the United States and in Europe.
Here, Americans in an election year are eager to leave Afghanistan as quickly as possible, regardless of the consequences. By 2-1, Americans want to get our troops out as soon as possible rather than keep them there until the situation has stabilized, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.
The United States is pulling out some troops now, and it says it will end combat missions next year but will keep troops there to train Afghans through 2014. The American presence is costing about $100 billion a year.
In France, new President Francois Hollande swept into power in part with a promise to pull French troops out this year, even faster than the accelerated departure that former President Nicolas Sarkozy had promised.
While eager to get combat troops out, Obama and other leaders want a more orderly withdrawal, and they fear that an immediate exit by France could feed hunger to depart too soon. They hope to convince Hollande to slow down his promised rapid withdrawal.
The goal, analysts said, is to turn over responsibility to the Afghans by next year but keep a large allied force there into 2014 to back them up and make sure they succeed.
"We need to be very careful to avoid a rush to the exits," said Bruce Riedel, a former adviser to three U.S. presidents who reviewed Afghanistan policy for Obama in 2009.
"The appetite for doing much, for much longer, is going to diminish rapidly," said James Goldgeier, who's worked for the White House National Security Council and is the dean of the School of International Service at American University.
The next challenge is deciding how many foreign troops to keep there after 2014, and who should pay the $4 billion-a-year cost of the Afghan security force.
Analysts said negotiations were under way on a plan to reduce the size of the Afghan security force from 350,000 troops to 260,000 by 2018.
"They would remain fairly robust and large through 2018, then . . . reduce to a smaller and more affordable force," said James Dobbins, a former representative to Afghanistan in the George W. Bush administration who's the director of the RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center.
The United States expects to pay the biggest share – perhaps half – but it may find allies balking, even at a price that's much smaller than the war costs were.
"Most allies have not met their pledges to the existing NATO training mission in Afghanistan over the past four years," said Stephen Flanagan, a scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"So their willingness to do so after the (NATO) forces are withdrawn, when they are even more dependent on Afghan forces for their security, particularly given the incidents we've seen of late, that's a key question."
The Obama administration still is debating how many foreign troops will be needed after 2014.
First, it must figure out how many American military trainers will be required, and that will depend on how large an Afghan army the U.S. and its allies are prepared to fund.
Once that number if determined, the U.S. will have to decide how many American troops will be needed as "enablers" to provide logistics, intelligence, air power and other support Afghan that security forces will require. The administration also will have to figure out how many U.S. special forces to base in Afghanistan to pursue al Qaida and allied terrorist groups.
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We know the original main cast of Arrested Development is confirmed for the upcoming season on Netflix and for the eventual movie. But what about those quirky side characters?
In an interview with VH1, the ever lovely Charlize Theron gushed about getting to play Rita Leeds on the prematurely canceled cult show, calling it "one of her favorite experiences." When asked if she was going to be a part of the movie, Theron replied, "I don't know, I would love to — I also don't want to crash the party." We're not sure if Theron could ever really crash a party but here's hoping she crashes this one. Dear, Mitch Hurwitz: Put her in, please!!!
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If you'll forgive the slight off-topic-ness ... I spent a couple of years as an XML consultant. Got out of the business partly for the kinds of reasons Gerd cites. Anyway, just a couple of quick comments: Gerd Stolpmann wrote: > Thanks. Initially, I thought XML is an easy format - because it looks > easy. But the specs are really challenging - full of bad compromises, > and I would expect that a widely adopted standard has to undergo some > evaluation of its practicability before it is published. Well, yes, one would expect that. Two factors to consider are that: 1) XML is descended from SGML--which was horribly difficult to implement (hey, it was invented at IBM and used by the US Dept of Defense, so what do you expect?). Compared to full SGML, XML is very simple. 2) The process of developing W3C specs (technically they're not "standards," though I'm not sure that really matters to anyone) is vendor-driven, hence highly politicized. I mean, put Microsoft, Sun, IBM, etc. together in the same room--need I say more? Whereas the IETF groups that develop RFCs, for example, are more of a technical meritocracy, something like the Open Source software community. So it should be no surprise that RFCs tend to have fairly good technical foundations (HTTP, anyone?) while many of the W3C specs are just hideous. 3) Regarding the white-space problem, I think the design may have been influenced (rightly or wrongly) by notions about white space being helpful for human readers ... somewhat like Python with its indentation-based code blocks. > There is much more to say about shortcomings in XML, or the XML > standardization process. It is now an unnecessary complicated > technology. I would advise everybody to use it only when there is no way > around it, e.g. for exchange of structured data between organizations. And it's really not optimal for that, it's just a widely-adopted lowest common denominator. But bear in mind that XML was originally intended for structured *documents*; it got hijacked for other purposes amid all the e-commerce hype around the turn of the century. Some of the XML-based document formats (DocBook? SVG?) are, IMHO, not such bad compromises if you consider the known alternatives. -- Matt Gushee : Bantam - lightweight file manager : matt.gushee.net/software/bantam/ : : RASCL's A Simple Configuration Language : matt.gushee.net/rascl/ :


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Welcome to your course guide
To help you get the best from the course please take a few minutes to read the advice below.
Course Overview
The Academy Course is made up of 12 interactive theory modules and 12 Photographic projects. Each theory module consists of one written lesson with a multiple choice test.
To start your course use the navigation bar on the right hand side of the screen and go to 'My Courses', in the drop down, select "MPA" and this will take you to Module 1. Alternatively select course from the main menu and then select start course within the drop down menu.
The navigation is simple and intuitive in each module.
During the course there are 12 theory modules which consist of a lesson and a test to be competed to gain your grade. The photo projects, relating to the theory modules, are mandatory and designed to help you understand the course content in a practical environment. Make sure you read the project brief first and then take an appropriate shot. On completion of each project your tutor will mark your photo and add it to your grades score along with your theory grade. You should enjoy these projects and be proud of your shots when you upload them for other students to see and appreciate.
Please study each module in detail and review each module before attempting to answer the questions, as you only have ONE attempt, and your first answers will go towards your course score.
Every course module remains available for you to go over as many times as you choose but you only have one attempt at answering the questions.
Don't forget you have access to your course tutor at any time and can post a question regarding anything photographic, even if its not related to a module.
You can review your results at any time during the course to track your progress, by going to Grades in the admin menu. Don't worry if you 'have a bad day' on a particular Module as your final score is calculated as an average over all the modules, so there is time to pick up on future modules as you go through the course.
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Your final results are recorded and depending on your cumulative score you will be awarded your course certificate with your name on and showing you have competed both the theory and the practical elements of the course and passed with flying colours. You will need to achieve a minimum score of 55% to pass the course. If your score exceeds 75% your certificate will reflect a credit and above 85% you will be awarded a distinction.
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Hopefully as you have chosen to take the course to improve your photography you will enjoy the content. Set yourself some goals before you start and try to stick to them as you progress through the course.
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At the end of each module there is the option to go back and review that module as many times as you want. It is not mandatory to complete the photo assignment when you have finished each theory module, you can wait until you feel ready to submit your project and continue with the other theory modules in the meantime.
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I put myself out there a lot with the work that I do and I receive my share of negativity. Let's be real, though. There's WAY MORE good coming at me than bad. But it's the negative stuff that sinks in deep and is hard to deal with. I've had moments when I considered deleting all my content and crawling into some metaphorical hole, in order to avoid the harshness. Can you relate? Luckily, you can decide that you aren't going to let anyone change the way you live your life, convince you to dim your light, or make you feel anything about yourself or your work, that you don't believe to be true. In this article, we will explore why living authentically and sharing your gifts is absolutely top priority, and how to survive 'putting yourself out there' in your work and in your life! I'll share tips and perspective shifts for dealing effectively with criticism, negative feedback, and more so that your amazingness never stops!
Top Priority
So why is living authentically, shining your light, and being your amazing self so darn important? Happiness. That's why. Being yourself is the whole point. The most basic joy in life is being yourself and interacting with others being themselves. You can live your life being you or you can live your life trying to modify the real you. This effects others, too. When you don't do your thing and contribute your true unique gifts, personality and thoughts to the world, then you are depriving others of it and that's not cool either. Your job is not to make sure everyone (or anyone) likes you. Your one job is to live authentically. Period. If you compromise your authenticity for others approval, then you are now playing a game. Play it if you want, but you can never win. Being you is top priority.
Understanding Negativity
When you shine your light, some people will see that light and freak out. They may feel threatened, jealous, intimidated, defensive, insecure, disappointed in themselves, or they may not like what you are doing or agree with you at all. At times, people may act unconsciously, take their crap out on you or try to prove their passionate point by trying to make you wrong. Sometimes they don't know the impact of what they are saying or doing. Most of the time, they are simply reacting from their own issues and it has nothing to do with you. People can have bad days, get stressed, don't sleep enough, have people treating them badly, don't know how to deal with their emotions, and so on. You can live authentically and happily despite how others act toward you. The Albert Einstein quote says it nicely, "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
Playing Small
Despite popular belief, playing small does not keep you safe from other people's criticism, critiques, rudeness or disapproval. Criticism will happen no matter what you do, because you can't control what other people do or how they respond to you. They respond to you through their own filters. By choosing to be small, you give your power away. When you shrink your energy and give away your power you actually make yourself weak, more vulnerable and remain without the tools to face negativity in your life. Don't play small. Have the courage to be big and bright, powerful and unafraid to live authentically. The key is to develop some simple skills and perspectives for dealing with and processing criticism, critiques, rudeness or disapproval when it shows up. In no particular order:
#1 Don't Take it Personal
In The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz, one of the four principles is "Don't Take Anything Personally". This is so simple but so powerful. Another person's response to you is a reflection of what's going on in themselves, not a reflection of you. With some practice, you can feel more free to create, share and be authentic without any concern for other's positive or negative responses. It has nothing to do with you. If you can remember this principle and the perspective that it offers, you will be free from the burden of other people's judgements and reactions to you. Whenever you find yourself on the receiving end of someone's negativity, remind yourself of this truth and their effect will wear off quickly. Learn to not take things personally, and shine bright as hell no matter what.
#2 Centering Technique
When you put yourself out there and then someone sends some negativity your way, it's natural to respond to that. Maybe it's anger, resentment, frustration, sadness, doubt, etc. This can bring you down if you let it, so, it's important to have the awareness to know when you're reacting intensely and when emotions are taking over. This is one of the ways I find my meditation practice has actually helped me in daily life. Being able to observe yourself, especially when there's an emotional disturbance, is invaluable to your confidence and sanity.
When you notice that you are responding to negativity, have at least one dependable technique that you can use to get centered, such as: deep breathing, repeating a mantra or a quote, going outside in nature, dancing, singing, meditating, exercise. Suppressing a natural response you have is harmful. It's better to acknowledge it and then work to move the energy with intention so that you can process what you are feeling and get perspective about it. Once you get good at this, you can shake off a rude criticism in minutes.
#3 Compassion
When someone is being crappy to you, the common reaction is to feel like a victim, often followed by anger. Of course, it's a justified feeling and there's nothing wrong with feeling that initially. If you use these other tools to process what it stirs up in you, and begin to shift your perspective, you can begin to feel neutral compassion. I used to get so annoyed when people on motorcycles would make tons of unnecessary noise as they sat at a stop light or drove by. It actually made me angry and I thought they were just being immature and inconsiderate for being so invasive and disruptive and sometimes startling the crap out of me or hurting my ears. A friend suggested having compassion for them because those people must be desperate for attention or love to be doing something so obnoxious that no one could possibly ignore them. Interesting. That may not be true about every loud motorcyclist, but the perspective is helpful.
When someone is hurtful or rude or obnoxious, you can eventually begin to feel compassion for them, if you can think of them as someone who is responding to some imbalance, negativity, or lack in their own life and they don't know how to better deal with their inner issues. Asking what is behind this person's action is a great reality check. Everyone is fighting their own battle. That doesn't excuse their behavior at all, but it can help you diffuse your own anger or resentment toward them. Generally, the more hateful a person is, the more pain they have inside. Don't compromise your joy because of someone else's pain. Shift your perspective, have compassion, and move on.
#4 Appreciate Constructive Criticism
Sometimes people can actually give us valuable constructive criticism, so be prepared to receive it and appreciate it. It can be annoying or feel hurtful if it's given when you haven't asked for it. But, learning to distinguish when someone's opinion might actually be worth considering is a very helpful skill. Are you willing to admit when criticism is warranted? Are you willing to learn from it? You've got to be ok with not being perfect, or even being wrong.
Seeing yourself as a work in progress, always developing and changing and growing,makes it easier to admit when there's truth in a critique instead of resenting it because it hurts your ego. This takes a lot of maturity and humbleness. It also means you may be confronted with your own feelings of guilt, low self-esteem or dissatisfaction, and whatever else comes up when someone points out a flaw or mistake.
Being able to process your feelings is a basic life skill and many people lack it. You are responsible for showing up and being the god/goddess that you are. There is no excuse to not learn these basic skills to get passed any bumps in the road on your path. In order to benefit from this, you must consciously do this inner work. When you are in a tizzy about a horrible comment or phone call or email or bad review, that is when you whip this out and do it.
Raising your vibes when you are drenched with emotion is hard as hell, but now you have some solid guidelines to get started. Here are the bullet points for you to reference when you need it. Print it or write it out and keep where you will see it so that you consistently implement these strategies. Add your own helpful strategies to the list as you learn what works for you!
#1 Don't take anything personal – Another person's response to you is a reflection of what's going on in themselves, not a reflection of you. Release any attachment to another's response to you.
#2 Centering Technique – When you notice that you are responding to negativity, have at least one technique that you can use to get centered. Deep breathing, repeating a mantra or a quote, going outside in nature, dancing, or a meditating.
#3 Compassion – When someone has done or said something hurtful or rude, think of them as someone who is responding to some imbalance, negativity, or lack in their own life. It doesn't excuse their behavior, but it can help you diffuse any anger or resentment toward them.
#4 Appreciate constructive criticism – Sometimes people can actually give us valuable constructive criticism, so be prepared to receive it and appreciate it. Be ok with not being perfect, or even being wrong. See yourself as a work in progress, always developing and changing and growing, and making mistakes.


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Providing for Consideration of H.R. 803, Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Actby Representative Lois Capps
Posted on 2013-03-14
CAPPS. I thank my colleague from California for yielding.
I rise in opposition to the rule and to the underlying bill. At a time when more and more people are starting their own businesses, we should be doing everything we can to encourage entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, current rules make it difficult for Workforce Investment Boards, or WIBs as we call them, to provide entrepreneurial training services or to count the successes of those programs in their outcome measures, the very thing that we ought to be doing through these Workforce Investment Boards. As a result, very few WIBs even offer these programs, depriving aspiring entrepreneurs of valuable resources to help them thrive.
That's why in the last Congress I introduced legislation to fix the guidelines for self-employment training. Our goal would make it easier for Workforce Investment Boards to offer these programs in the local community and expand access to training for aspiring entrepreneurs.
I would like to thank Mr. Tierney, Mr. Hinojosa, and Mr. Miller for including my legislation in their amendment that will be considered tomorrow. Job training and reemployment issues always have been, and always should be, bipartisan. So it's very sad that this rule and the underlying bill have come to the floor under a strictly partisan process and that they will actually harm the very programs that they're designed to support.


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Series: The Winner's Trilogy, #2
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux on March 3rd 2015
Pages: 416
Buy on Amazon
Book two of the dazzling Winner's Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of country for love.
The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria's crown prince means one celebration after another. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement... if she could only trust him. Yet can she even trust herself? For—unknown to Arin—Kestrel is becoming a skilled practitioner of deceit: an anonymous spy passing information to Herran, and close to uncovering a shocking secret.
As Arin enlists dangerous allies in the struggle to keep his country's freedom, he can't fight the suspicion that Kestrel knows more than she shows. In the end, it might not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. And when that happens, Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will cost them.
An installment that's near impossible to get through, especially when the lead character – under some unmistaken belief – attempts to pay for a betrayal and ends up becoming a manipulative master of deceit, yet staying cowardly and immature when it really matters most. Kestrel went exactly in the opposite way I'd hope her character development would in the second book and I found it hard to see any form of redemption in a character I couldn't bring myself to tolerate. Arin's inexplicable trust in a woman who has done nothing but show indecision, coldness and petulance was baffling as well, and I couldn't feel like I could see them as a compatible match, or even 'fated pairs'.
There's an incredible amount of time spent on the talk of games, both literally and metaphorically, which actually plays out in reality and war games and strategising where the courtroom mirrors the political situation. Yet I found myself getting tired of all the chess moves and the tactical retreat and advancing where nothing actually really happens right up until past the second half of the book.
Now incredibly wary of the third book, for fear of debilitating disappointment.


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Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Disclaimer: This review first appeared on my Goodreads profile. You can find this review and others on our Tumblr page here.
"Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic."
*takes deep, shuddering breath*
Where do I start? How to begin? How could I possibly find words to describe this utterly beautiful, perfect story? Anything I say won't do Daughter of Smoke and Bone any justice.
It's one of those books that you just... have to read, to understand where the praise is coming from. It's not your typical story (although some aspects can be easily referred to as cliché) and it's woven with magic. It's a story within a story, and one that will hook you from page one.
"Errand requiring immediate attention. Come."
In general, Karou has managed to keep her two lives in balance. On the one hand, she's a seventeen year old art student in Prague; on the other, errand-girl to a monstrous creature who is the closest thing she had to family. Raised half in our world, half in 'Elsewhere', she has never understood Brimstone's dark work now how she came into his keeping. She is a secret even to herself, plagued by the sensation that she isn't whole.
Now the doors to Elsewhere are closing, and Karou must choose between the safety of her human life and the dangers of a war-ravaged world that may hold the answers she has always sought.
When I first read the blurb, the first question I had was, "What is Elsewhere? Where is Elsewhere?" and it's a question that will plague you, dear reader, until the very end. The truth is, Elsewhere is Elsewhere. It has no place of it's own and, like in limbo, it is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Karou's not your typical heroine, but at the same time she is. She questions everything and everyone and constantly carries this feeling of being split, of not being whole, around on her small shoulders. She's an art student whose life is split in two and who seeks answers from her loved ones. So when the truth begins to leak in the form of black, scorched hand prints on Portal doors, she needs to make a decision.
And fast.
The setting
We're in Prague! No, really, it feels like you are. The cobblestones, the buildings, the shining sun on your skin... it feels so real when described by Laini Taylor
It feels so real, like you're walking alongside Karou. Everything is described in detail, but not so much as to bore you, just enough to paint a vivid, gorgeous picture in your mind's eye. It's the perfect setting for the book, and so pretty.
Goddamn, it's been a while. Who doesn't love a real, true, kick-ass heroine? A punky girl with blue hair and tattoos, that Karou. I immediately fell in love with her persona - she's funny, sweet but a real teenager in the sense that she will have a bitchfit if she feels like it. She doesn't take no for an answer, expresses wishes on little and is just awesome.
I loved her. I loved her sass (that is now a word, ok?), her bitch-please attitude towards her ex-boyfriend and I adored that she could turn from normal teenage girl to kick-ass, angel-fighting badass in a matter of seconds.
At the same moment, she became aware of the pulse in her palms that had made her curl her hands into fists at her first sight of him. It thrummed there still, a pent-up energy, and she was jolted by the certainty that it emanated from her tattoos. An impulse overcame her to throw up her hands, and she did, not in cringing surrender, but with palms powerfully outthrust, inked with the eyes she'd worn all her life without ever knowing why.
She has got to be my favourite MC of all time. You just can't get enough of her.
This is coming from someone who rarely becomes attached to an MC, purely because they're always so boring. Karou, though, is not.
He's a sexy mofo. Like, really sexy. It's easy to believe that such sexiness/beauty/whatever you want to call it, because Akiva isn't normal.
He's an angel.
He's kickass (if not a bit whiny at times, but that's okay).
He's beautiful.
Into kohl-rimmed eyes in a sun-bronzed face. Fire-colored eyes with a charge like sparks that seared a path through the air and kindled it...
Angel indeed.
He stood revealed. The blade of his long sword gleamed white from the incandescence of his wings - vast shimmering wings, their reach so great they swept the walls on either side of the alley, each feather like the wind-tugged lick of a candle flame.
Those eyes.
He's a perfect love interest and one you will love too.
Overall: a must read . If you're not into fantasy, magic or anything that isn't considered 'normal', then this isn't for you. But if you are... well, I have no idea what you're waiting for. Start reading already!
PS I will write a more coherent review at some point this week. Excuse my gushy fangirling feels.


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Alternate Career Options In I.T
We are of an age where computers play a major role in the everyday lives. It is used by teachers, by students, by nurses – by everyone it seems. Within the I.T industry however there are a number of different career options. Here are a few for those willing to get into such an industry, while utilizing their other creative talents as well.
Graphic designersResponsible for a wide range of jobs such as website development, graphic designers combine a love of drawing and art with their prolific computer skills. These designers are able to use a number of different programs depending on the task at hand such as Adobe Photoshop for editing images or Dreamweaver when working on website development.
Becoming a designer requires obtaining a bachelors degree – usually a 4 year course and also requires talent and a good eye for detail. Often those new to the industry will not be paid much, as having a wealth of experience is something prized in this industry and career.
AdvertisingThe world of advertising is immense and thus access into it can occur through a number of different channels. One such way is through obtaining a bachelors degree in media, majoring in marketing or advertising and using this to apply for a job in an advertising agencies Perth or any other capital city. Working for an advertising agency could mean using search engine optimization sites for research for clients or it could mean helping to brainstorm for new ideas for a new campaign.
In any case, when it comes to advertising, there really is no limit as to what you can do and generally most of the everyday processes are run through computers and the Internet. This covers not only communication between coworkers and even between the agency and their clients but includes how most advertisements are developed on computers – videos and photos are edited using commercial wall graphics Melbourne, logos are also created on computers and so forth.
Digital photographyIn a time where everyone with a camera phone can now be photographer, there has somewhat been an increase of people become digital photographers. Because there are a number of phone applications and software whose purpose is to edit and change images, it has become easier for people to take their hobby and swiftly turn it into a career. Some chose to upload their images on social networking sites, others print and display in galleries as is the traditional route – nevertheless this type of photography relies on the individual's computing skills in their production of a piece of art. While there are those that study photography in higher education, generally this career option is one that all can take up at any age.
There are a number of different career options for people to explore that still use computers on an everyday basis but will still use their creative side.


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Lehigh Valley Crocs vs. North Carolina Tigers
After an 8 1/2 hour trip to Raleigh Durham NC we went out against a very well recruited and solid team - the NC Tigers - made up of 8 Australians and about 16 to 17 UNC college students and Grads. They were tough, tall and physically, they outmatched us. However the 12 guys who went down, half of whom are still in high school, played the tigers closely.
We hadn't played outside for more than 5 months, and had only just really started training; therefore this proved to be our downfall. We basically ran out of fitness! The final score of 8.12 to 3.9 may seem a little one sided but as I said it all boiled down to our lack of fitness.
Even as undermanned as we were, playing 15 a side with the 3 players they gave us, the difference halfway through the 3rd quarter was only 8 points! Our backline had been outstanding in defense - repelling attack after attack. The Loring brothers, Chris Elphick and Dale Ward were nothing short of awesome. They took on players that were bigger and taller and were often outnumbered. They gave the NC forward line a bath. North Carolina only scored goals from guys who ran down the field unchecked. Five of these goals
came in the last 5 minutes of both the 3rd and 4th Quarter - otherwise the
contest was even.
Best players: Josh Loring, Chris Elphick, Jon Loring, Dale Ward and Terry
Goalkickers: Dustin Jones 2, Rob Giabardo 1
Our real season starts the 25th of March against the powerful New York
magpies and from then we have a loaded schedule, including a return match
against NC Tigers here on Memorial Day weekend.


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I've been running some The Strange and find one of the mechanics called a "GM Intrusion".
A GM intrusion is an action taken by the GM to spin the narrative in a different direction. Often bending or breaking the normal flow or order of things.
Example intrusions can be a sudden ambush, a villain/monster acting out of turn, even end or extend the duration of an effect. Most times they twist the narrative to make conditions worse for a player. That player is considered the target.
In The Strange and Numenera the player who is the target or most effected is offered XP to take the intrusion and allow it. If he accepts than the intrusion happens and the player gains the XP. But the player can deny the intrusion by paying one XP of their own.
Intrusions are often described as "Something that the GM was probably going to do anyway".
This seems like it could be a cool mechanic for Savage Worlds as well, using bennies in the place of XP.


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Lee Johnson
Lee Johnson
Lee Johnson is an actor and presenter, who regularly contributes to Leading Change.
He is also Educational Director of the Conscious Creative, which delivers bespoke, interactive training throughout the UK and beyond to help people:
- reduce stress
- access their creativity
- change their relationship to limiting thoughts
- increase confidence, productivity and effectiveness
- and achieve a healthy life-work balance.
Working with Micci Gorrod at the June residentials, Lee teaches Queen's Young Leaders why these things are important for anyone wishing to make a sustainable difference in the world. He also offers tips and tools to help Queen's Young Leaders access creativity at will and increase confidence, productivity and effectiveness.
In 2016, after visiting Queen's Young Leader Jean d'Amour Mutoni in Rwanda, Micci and Lee contributed a film and article about the experience to Leading Change.
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come and join us on a monday evening
Jazz music
A type of music of Black American origin characterised by improvisation, syncopation, and a regular rhythm
jam session
Bring your own instruments and join the house band for some jazz tunes
Fat Cat & Canary
The place to be for real ales, delicious roasts, live music and great company
Friendly & enjoyable
Our jazz evenings are friendly and informal with a supportive audience, welcoming both young and old
Enjoy an evening of jazz music
Each and every Monday you will find a gathering of musicians who enjoy listening and playing jazz music come together for a wonderful evening of jazz at the Fat Cat & Canary on Thorpe Road in Norwich.
We have three members in the house band, including some who are well acquainted with the music scene in East Anglia and will be familiar faces to many of you.
A friendly warm welcome awaits you whether you plan to play or just listen. If the former, please bring your own instruments and give some thought in advance as to your chosen songs, and bring along four copies of the music & chord charts, or lyrics if you are a singer, so that we can help you gain the most from your evening.
bring your voice
bring your saxophone
bring your trumpet
bring your clarinet


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The design actually put me in mind of one of my great aunts. Here name was Annie also, but I was not named after her. She was born in 1882 in Russia and came to the U.S. in 1898 at the age of 16. Her outfit could definitely compete with the cross-stitched ladies' finery.
I added the little tab so that the tie-tack would be removable rather that just sewn into the lining. I doubt that he will remove it, but just in case!
My brother has received it now (after a bit of scare with weird post office tracking statuses!). The tie tack is so tiny that although he could see that it is a menorah, he couldn't see the lettering, Aleph-Zadik-Aleph which is AZA in Hebrew. He didn't recognize it at all as being something he once owned so I had to tell him what it was. I took this enlarged photo and lightened it up so the letters are a touch more visible. He certainly appreciated the effort though!


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Jan 2016
A sneak peek at our seminar sessions for Learning Technologies 2016
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Shaping the future of learning
Not long now until learn tech lovers gravitate to one of the most prestigious Learning Technology exhibitions of the year. Yes I am referring to Learning Technologies 2016 and boy has the Kineo team got a lot in store for conference goers this year!
In its 17th year, Learning Technologies 2016 showcases a whole host of latest tech for workplace learning. This year the Kineo team will be delivering four free seminar sessions alongside clients. Two of our seminars will be about our latest projects from 2015, we will be hearing from a number of clients who will be sharing their stories. Our other two sessions will be hosted from our expert team. Here we will share our findings from our Learning Insights Report as well as discuss how our creative minds use alternative techniques to deliver results.
We have some great seminars in store for attendees this year, below is a short snap shot of what's to come.
Finding true north in the digital storm:
2016's key trends in learning, development and technology
With: Stuart Chadwick (Global Solutions Director) & Nina Brebner (Account Director)
Where: Theatre 4, Day 1 – 11:45-12:15
This session will see Stuart and Nina share finding from our ever popular annual Learning Insights Report. Through interviews with leading businesses this report contains valuable views and predictions on what's going on out there in learning, development and technology. They will be sharing what's worth keeping your eye on over the next year and what you can do to future-proof your L&D.
Barclays Colleague Curriculum:
a solution that sparks employees' interest and curiosity
With: Rory Lawson (Account Director) & Iain Trundle (Group head of learning channels at Barclays)
Where: Theatre 12, Day 1 – 13:15-13:45
Iain and Rory share the success story of the Barclays Colleague Curriculum. This unique, global solution delivers 20 engaging programmes designed to help everyone at Barclays develop core skills. In this seminar you will hear how using Adapt has enabled a global organisation deliver multi-device learning that offers a truly accessible design experience.
LMS in a changing digital world:
how to engage tech-savvy learners
With: Lewis John (Solutions Consultant) & Ryan O'Malley (Solutions Architect)
Where: Theatre 11, Day 1 – 14:00-14:30
Engagement is tricky business, and with tech-savvy learners it can be even harder. Lewis and Ryan share their experiences on how to wake up your audience to drive engagement. This seminar will explore the fresh approaches to LMS that can help to reach that tech-savvy audience.
No idea is a bad idea:
using creative brainstorming to deliver results
With: Liz Smith (Lead Solutions Designer) & Adrian Day (Creative Director)
Where: Theatre 4, Day 2 – 11:45-12:15
In this session we will really get your creative juices flowing! Join us as we look at how to harness the collective mind to generate ideas and more importantly, results. We share why brainstorming is a key ingredient in the creative industry and how this approach can help to re-invigorate your designs.
We hope you can come along and join in the discussions.
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