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Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management - PatisserieLe Cordon Bleu Australia
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Program description
Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management - Patisserie
This Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management from Le Cordon Bleu is designed to give participants the skills and knowledge needed in the hospitality industry to succeed in supervisory and management positions.
During the course, students' pâtisserie skills will be enhanced, along with the addition of management and leadership skills such as marketing, human resources, business planning and financial control.
During the first 15 months of this programme students will complete the Diplôme de Pâtisserie/Certificate III in Pâtisserie and a six month industry placement.
Program 1: STAGE 1 (6 Months)
Prerequisite: Certificate III in Patisserie
French Study Modules
- Decorative showpieces - Advanced sugar and chocolate work to produce original showpieces. Includes silicone mould making
- Confiserie - Advanced chocolate and sugar confections. Packaging and presentation of confectionery
- Petits fours
- Marzipan - Shaping, modelling and finishing figures
- Caramel and nougatine
Australian Units of Competency
- Produce chocolate confectionery
- Model sugar-based decorations
- Design and produce sweet buffet showpieces
- Coordinate cooking operations
- Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
- Prepare and monitor budgets
- Manage finances within a budget
- Manage diversity in the workplace
- Lead and manage people
- Monitor work operations
- Implement and monitor work health and safety practices
- Establish and maintain a work health and safety system
Program 2: STAGE 2 (6 Months)
Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management
Australian Units of Competency
- Serve food and beverage
- Develop and manage quality customer service practices
- Develop and implement a business plan
- Manage operational plan
- Manage physical assets
- Develop and implement marketing strategies
- Establish and conduct business relationships
- Research and comply with regulatory requirements
- Recruit, select and induct staff
- Monitor staff performance
- Manage finances
Admission requirements
This program is designed for students who wish to further develop their culinary and hospitality business skills, and who want to either manage or own their own Patisserie business.
Duration: 2 years in Adelaide, 27 months in Melbourne and Sydney.
This includes completion of the Diplôme de Pâtisserie/Certificate III in Pâtisserie and a six month industry placement during the first 15 months.
Age: 18.
English proficiency: 5.5 Academic IELTS with no band score below 5.
Entry requirements: School leavers need to have satisfactorily completed Australian Year 11 or equivalent overseas secondary education (e.g. International Baccalaureate) and demonstrated the ability to undertake tertiary study.
Tuition fees
AU$59,667 for international students. AU$58,330 for Australian students.
Graduates will gain a Certificate III in Pâtisserie as well as the Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management.
Career opportunities
This programme leads to career paths in employment such as
- Patissier
- Sous Chef
- Executive Chef
- Restaurateur
- Restaurant Manager
- Banquet Manager
- Food & Beverage Manager
- Kitchen Operations Manager
- Catering Manager
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Welcome to Le Cordon Bleu Australia
Le Cordon Bleu Australia has opened the door to one of the world's most highly regarded hospitality qualifications. Known as the leading provider of studies in hospitality management, gastronomy and culinary arts worldwide, Le Cordon Bleu educates over 20,000 students each...
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Have a Backup Plan
You need to have a backup plan in case it will rain on the day of the event. If the event will happen in a school campus, you need to prepare the gymnasium and ask the inflatable screen hire company if they can install another inflatable screen inside the gym. Hence, you need to find a screen rental company that can cover both indoor and outdoor cinema setting. This might come with an extra cost, so be aware of that.
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In this rainy season, you need to hire a rental service that can adapt to the weather. The big screen hire company should know what to do in this kind of weather. They should have the right equipment to use if the rain pours heavily. In that way, you can still continue the event even if it's raining.
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Insurance is essential not only for your family but for your business, as well. Insurance will secure your money in case the event is canceled due to the bad weather. It will protect you from this situation as it won't let you carry the weight if the rain pours and you need to cancel the event.
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Global Conference 2017
AJ Murphy
Speaker's Biography
AJ Murphy
Head of Global Capital Markets, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
AJ Murphy is a managing director and head of Global Capital Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In this role, she leads a team of Capital Markets professionals across Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets and origination of Corporate Derivatives and FX globally. Previously, she was head of Global Leveraged Finance responsible for the origination, structuring and syndication of loan and bond financings in the non-investment grade coverage area. Prior to rejoining the firm in 2015, Murphy was a partner at Goldman Sachs where she served as co-head of leveraged finance in the Americas. Murphy first joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in 2009 as head of Leveraged Loan Capital Markets and Leveraged Loan Primary Sales. She was named co-head of Americas Leveraged Finance Capital Markets in 2011 before assuming the role of co-head of Global Leveraged Finance later that year. Murphy was selected by Investment Dealers' Digest in 2011 as one of the "40 under 40" bankers.


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The other day someone said to me, "I admire you for your self-discipline."
I looked at that sentence, and my first impulse was to laugh my head of. I am in no way self-disciplined, I thought, this is really funny.
Then I remembered that the same thing happened a few times in the past few months, first when people noticed that I had lost weight, and then when I started talking about how much I love exercising, and that I want to do more of it. So that was odd. (By the way the exercise and the weight loss are in no way related to each other. No, really.)
And then I realized that those people only knew me as the woman who loses weight and exercises six times a week. Not as the woman who has to learn every new habit four times and then can never be sure that it will stick.
The thing is that I have been trying to become a person who has a grip on her life, who is tidy, and has healthy habits ever since I turned eight. That was when I realized that not everybody is constantly losing keys, and mittens, and umbrellas, and so I set out to learn how to become a person who doesn't lose things.
At that point I thought if I willed it strong enough I would succeed. Well, after decades of trying that approach I can say that it doesn't work at all. Willpower is a finite resource and wishing and willing doesn't help you over the days where you just don't care if you reach your longtime goals.
Still, I never gave up. (First time I decided to become more athletic was when I was ten. I ran every night for about a week, hated every second, and stopped because of the first day of snow. I never tried again but decided that running just wasn't for me. Well, until about ten years ago.)
I started reading time-management books in my teens, and have read tons of self-help for decades as well. Some things helped, others didn't.
Still, deep in my heart I've always wished that some day I would wake up and be this different person, this improved version of myself. The one who would fold her clothes every night, brushed her teeth twice a day, had a nice a tidy room, didn't lose things, and generally did things right.
And then I turned older and found that that will never happen. On the contrary it seems that I am someone for whom learning how to floss might take up to ten years. Which is ridiculous for such a small habit but there you are.
Of course I could give up and say, "Well, I guess I'm just not that person. It takes all kinds." But I still think that a reasonably healthy adult should be able to change things about herself that drive her crazy.
I have learned a lot about myself along the way. Which things are hard. And which aren't. And that I do better with rules than with deciding everything on the spot. (I'm not the only one.) For example ever since I found out that I am fructose-intolerant and that my body doesn't really like to digest sugar at all I made a rule that when I go to a potluck thing I will only eat whatever I prepared myself. That rule is interestingly easy to follow because every time I break it I feel lousy afterwards. So all it takes to follow the rule is to remind myself of how I felt the last time I didn't follow it.
Now about exercise. I trick myself into it. In the beginning my only goal was to move in some way for ten minutes a day. Walking to the grocery store counted, doing yoga counted, everything counted.
Then I set a goal of starting to run again. Then I changed everything completely up because I was so motivated from reading "Younger Next Year" that I strived to exercise 6 times a week for at least 45 minutes.
The thing is that most weeks I don't. I always think I do but when I actually write it down it's more like four or five times a week. But that's not failure. That's still a lot of exercise and much better than sitting on my butt all the time.
So I'm usually doing strength training on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I made my son join me in that because he doesn't move enough as well, and having strong muscles is very cool. Now I really have to do it because I need to be a good example.
Which leaves the running that I try to do three other days a week. (Or ideally every day but I'm not there yet.) Now running is enjoyable because I get to listen to podcasts while I do it. Or to music. Running or walking are the only times I listen to podcasts and I like listening to podcasts. So the thought of, "There is this new podcast episode, this will be fun." is often what gets me into my running shoes.
But the foremost reason why I exercise so much is this:
When I exercise I don't hurt.
I have had chronic back pain, knee pain, and hip pain every since I was 15. I used to sit just so, and bend just so because I always hurt.
These days I'm 48 and as long as I exercise I don't hurt at all. Not the least little bit.
As soon as I stop exercising – like right now because I have a bad cold – the pain comes back. As I'm typing this my knees hurt, and my back a little, and my right hip.
See, no self-discipline needed.
I just try, and fail, and try, and fail, and get better at things, and then worse, and then better again. But the one thing I never do is give up. I want to be a person who exercises six times a week, and so I will do everything I can to make that happen.
I trick myself, sometimes I bribe myself, I give myself gold stars – whatever works. But I never ever beat myself up. I treat my change of habits more like an experiment, and think about what worked, and what didn't, and what I can tweak to make it better.
And then it turns out that exercising makes me really, really happy.
Who would have thought?
One Response to "Self-discipline"
Na wenn Du das alles automatisch machen würdest, bräuchtest Du keine Disziplin. Das ist wie der Unterschied zwischen Mut und Sorglosigkeit oder gar Leichtsinn. Mutig ist man, wenn man etwas tut, obwohl man Angst davor hat. Und so ist Selbstdisziplin, wenn Du etwas tust, obwohl Du eigentlich keine Lust dazu hast und es Dir auch kein anderer befiehlt.
Ich glaube auch, früher hat man sich in der Kindererziehung längst nicht so viel Mühe gegeben, wie wir das heute machen. Da hat man einem Kind eine Zahnbürste ins Bad gestellt und erwartet, dass das Kind die Zähne putzt. Und wenn bei der Kontrolle Karies festgestellt wurde, hat man dem Kind einmal gesagt: "Du musst dreimal am Tag die Zähne putzen." Heute passt man auf, dass die Kinder die richtigen Bewegungen machen und putzt hinterher noch nach.
Wir sind früher schon in der ersten Klasse allein zur Schule gelaufen oder mit dem Bus gefahren. Heute bringen viele Leute ihre Kinder die gesamte Grundschulzeit (in Berlin sind das 6 Jahre!) jeden Tag zur Schule und holen sie ab. Die meisten Kinder haben auch keinen eigenen Schlüssel, also können sie ihn gar nicht verlieren.
Es gibt Menschen, die lernen dieses ganzen Regeln von ihren Eltern. Es gibt Menschen, die erarbeiten sie sich selbst (wie Du und ich) und es gibt Menschen, die lernen sie nie (wie die Leute, die immer ihre Zopfnadeln und Handschuhe verlieren).
Ich finde es sehr inspirierend, Deine Strategien zu lesen!
Sobald meine blöde Bronchitis weg ist, werde ich auch zuhause joggen. Zum Glück wohnt niemand unter uns.
Was für Krafttraining machst Du eigentlich genau?
Vielen Dank, dass Du Deine Erfahrungen und Gedanken hier im Netz teilst!
Liebe Grüße,


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One of my favorite places in the world- Lake Arrowhead. This is where I spent part of my Memorial Day Weekend. My family has a cabin up there that I have been going to since I was a wee little tot! So peaceful, and a great way to get out of the city and enjoy nature. We ate tons of food, and relaxed on the doc with all four puppies, yes, four- I have one (btw isn't she absolutely adorable?!), and my sister has 3! It was puppy madness!
+ Kimichi and Blue fringe kimono, Cooperative Eyelet strapless top, Lux shorts, Dolce Vita sandals, Spitfire Anglo Sunglasses


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Updated 04/20/2017
Can an introvert, someone not associated with
attention-grabbing impact and unforgettable
first impressions, survive an Interview?
Yes... just get comfortable and react to the
simulations by carefully processing stimuli
mentally, before delivering your response.
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5 Survival Tricks Every Introvert Needs to Know Before Going on an Interview
| TheMuse.com, Aja Frost
Interviews are already nerve-wracking—and when you're an introvert like me, they're
downright, wake-up-in-a-cold-sweat, I'd-rather-get-my-teeth-pulled terrifying.
Unfortunately, if we introverts ever want to work, we have to do them, and we have to do
them well. So, check out my five techniques for getting through the process like a champ
(a soon-to-be-employed champ, at that!).
How Introverts Can Win The Interview | Linkedin, Brian Fink 04/19/2017
Most people don't typically associate introverts with the idea of attention-grabbing impact
and unforgettable first impressions. There's an entire school of thought surrounded why
they might have social anxiety, but they contribute more to group projects than the office
extroverts. When they get comfortable, they tend to react to new situations by carefully
processing stimuli mentally, before delivering a response.
Interview Tips for Introverts | Monster.com, Peter Vogt
The typical job interview includes many activities and situations most introverts could live
without, including handshakes and introductory greetings, being the center of attention,
getting peppered with interview questions, thinking while they're talking and tooting their
own horn. An interview is, in essence, a few hours or even an entire day of being on -- with
a job at stake.
Introvert Interview Fears AND the Antidotes | Job-Hunt.com, Wendy Gelberg
Most people find interviews stressful, but if you're an introvert, interviewing poses special
challenges. Let's look at some of the most common fears and how to address them to help
you master the interview.
Introverts and Interviews | The Chronical of Higher Education, Amy Crutchfield 01/09/2017
In the years since the publication of Susan Cain's popular book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts
in a World That Can't Stop Talking, a lot has been written and said about introverts. For an
introvert like me, it almost felt like a movement or a Quiet Revolution. We could embrace our
true selves and no longer have to pretend to be extroverts — I probably wasn't fooling anyone,
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Wizard! Chapter 264
"Hey, you two, can you take this rock out of here?" The owner of the farm asked William and Stefan, after they filled the tunnel and confirmed the formation was working properly. "I know it's not your job, just getting that… cooler… working, but since you're here…"
"I mean… we can, but don't you want it?"
"Why would I want a big rock? I've got tons of those, and many more I put a lot of effort getting off my farm."
"Well, it's sorta valuable." William demonstrated its magnetic properties. He could have just taken it, and the farmer would probably never have been the wiser, but William wasn't the type to do so. Besides, if the farmer did find out, that would hurt his family's reputation.
"So… metal sticks to it?" The farmer shrugged. "It doesn't look that special to me, but magic rocks are good. I guess I might be able to sell it."
William nodded. "You might be able to. Though uh, I guess it's not really useful in any magical formations, at least not that I know of. I think it's pretty neat though." William really wasn't trying to undermine its value, but magnetic materials weren't that useful in formations. Maybe if it were stronger, but this one was just big, and not that powerful. William still would have liked it though.
As time passed, most of the larger farms in the area had at least one storage building installed with a refrigerator. It was enough that William and Stefan had to order some of the material specially… but there were never really that many materials in the city to begin with. After all, most people had no use for them, so there weren't that many in stock nor were they always refilled immediately. This made the prices slightly more expensive for them, but they still made reasonable profits.
Most people just accepted that there were now relatively fresh fruits and vegetables in later seasons, without thinking much about how that came to be. The shop owners cared about it, and one or two of the larger ones also commissioned coolers for some small warehouses. They mostly used the space for goods that came in from other cities, since there was a limit on the total amount of time it could help goods last. If they were merely transferred from a cooler on a farm into one in the city, goods wouldn't really have a longer lifespan than those brought into the city near the latest time they would remain fresh.
When William was twenty years old, someone finally purchased the method to construct the formations, but William never heard about any installations that were not theirs. That meant they only used it privately, or didn't use it at all. Well, William supposed they could have planned to re-sell it elsewhere, but that wasn't any of his business. They hadn't placed any restrictions on that, not that they could enforce such rules in any case. Everyone in Caister who wanted one or needed maintenance still came to the Rutten family. That could have been William, but Stefan did everything now, since William was still planning to leave. That sometimes left Stefan too busy to help on the farm, but it was profitable enough that it was still better to let him do so and hire a farmhand to replace him. William was glad that everything was going well. He was glad because that meant his parents and brother would do well without him. Though he'd had other parents, that didn't make him less grateful to this set for taking care of him. William had to admit that he was most happy about all of the success, because it meant that he could go study in Ducson.
There was a lot of crying from his family as he prepared to go. Was twenty a bit young to leave the family for a gevai? Well, maybe, but it wasn't unheard of. He hugged his mother and patted her on the head. "It's okay. I'll be back to visit."
Stefan was a bit less visibly emotional, but William had been present for his entire life, and they had grown very close. "I will miss you, Joseph."
"I'll miss you too." William was slightly surprised at how much he actually felt that would be the case. He'd never had a brother before… not that he cared about, anyway. He knew he would miss teaching him, and seeing him absorb new ideas like a sponge. "I'll make sure to write, especially if I learn something I think you would find interesting."
William found himself travelling through unfamiliar territory. There were roads most of the way, so it wasn't as if he would get lost, but he couldn't help but thinking about the fact that it was demon territory. Sure, he could say that most of the gevai were decent enough people, but the demon lords still existed, and he'd finally seen how they acted to their own people. They were even worse than the worst nobles in Ostana and Liaoyang. William supposed that might have been an atypical demon lord, and the other ones were much nicer… but he doubted it. Nobody had seemed much surprised.
Thus, William was going to be careful. He wanted to avoid them as much as possible, because he would be tempted to try to kill them and probably couldn't. Maybe if he was back to the height of hi ki potential, but in that regard he was now rather deficient. He could use magic now, and while he might be able to defeat one with nothing else involved, they would have both magical equipment and guards. William couldn't really do anything about them at this point, so it was best if he stopped thinking about it so much… but he couldn't help it.
Travel on foot was slow, but after about a month William arrived at his first destination. Ultimately, he would end up in Ducson, but first he wanted to try to find Chris. If he didn't try, and later came to the same area and found him, it would have been a huge missed opportunity. William swept his eyes over the lake. This was the only real feature nearby where he thought the battle with the Demon King had been destroyed. It was useful as a reference point for searching. Since this lake was out in the wilderness, William had expected to be the only one around… but he saw another gevai off in the distance. Maybe they would know where the site of the battle was… it couldn't hurt to ask. Probably.
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|Miniature roses coming out.
To help with timing, I set the table the night before as this gave me more time to ensure the glass and cutlery was polished, the appropriate service ware was out of the cupboard and sparkling and that the napery was ironed.
I decided that because 'new life' is what we celebrate at Easter, I would decorate the table with flowers, light, eggs and bright colours. I also wanted to use some of the napery I had stored away including a lovely vintage table runner from my Nan and a crystal vase from my Nanna. I found some lovely miniature roses at Taste for the Love of Cooking on James St at New Farm to fill the vases. They smelled divine and the off white colour matched my vintage runner. The egg shells used inside the votives for the tea light candles were the ones left from careful cracking during my Easter baking session - it was nice to give them another life. I rinsed them out and dried them on the window sill before the day so that they wouldn't attract ants and flies. The rest of my rather pink napery was from Wheel and Barrow and the collection of napkins that I made for my birthday about five / six years ago when I had a pink, white and turquoise theme. The butterflies on the wall above the table were also from this party. They live on my wall permanently but recently they had a little migration into the dining room set and the living room set (really it is just one big room).
|With the candles lit.
My brother did some roast potatoes at Christmas time that were just perfectly crispy and crunchy on the outside but soft and creamy on the inside. He told me his trick was to bring them to the boil on the stove top, drain them and rough them up with a fork before tossing them in olive oil with garlic and herbs. He then roasts them in the oven at 180C for 1 hour. My oven is a bit special so I put mine in and started roasting them as the lamb was finishing cooking so that I could finish cooking the potatoes as the lamb rested. I blitzed my potatoes and pumpkin at 240C in my slowish gas oven for 25 mins while my lamb rested. The potatoes were lovely and crisp on the outside when they were done and the pumpkin caramelized to just the right point. I was so happy as I have never managed such perfect roasted vegetables for the number of visitors I had on Easter Monday before! I now refer to these as Nathan's potatoes.
The honey glazed carrots were Dutch carrots, peeled and simmered in one part honey to two parts butter to four parts water.
The meal worked really nicely together according to my guests and my youngest guest enjoyed the carrots, the lamb (without stuffing) and the roasted potatoes the most. Unfortunately I forgot to photograph the main course which I served in vegetable dishes and on large platters for people to pass around the table.
Being Easter, I decided that a rich chocolate dessert was called for. The latest issue of delicious magazine featured two recipes that caught my eye, one was a no-bake chocolate cheesecake recipe and the other was a peanut butter chocolate tart. I thougth the chocolate peanut butter tart on its own would be a bit much but a small taste would ge good. As such I halved the recipe and then made it up as little tartlets which I could cut in half and use as a decoration when plating the dessert. I also gave my guests the option of whether or not they wanted the peanut butter tartlet decoration as I know that some of my friends and family aren't fussed on peanut paste (unlike me who loves it).
I made the large cheesecake as the major component of my dessert for the day. It was very, very simple to make and I think the light texture of the end product was achieved as it was made on ricotta and mascarpone with some coffee flavoured liqueur and 70% cocoa dark chocolate finely chopped. Next time I would like to see if adding a small amount of gelatin would aid the setting process as it was a little soft when I sent to serve it, despite being refrigerated overnight.
To plate up the dish I painted each plate with a small amount of melted chocolate, I topped this with a wedge of cheesecake and then put the half peanut butter tartlet on for decoration. I put a small amount of roasted almond praline from my Easter treats (which I had crushed to dust in the food processor) in the base of an egg cup and topped it with vanilla bean ice cream. I also put some of the dust on the plates. Finally I put some chocolate curls on top of each.
|The tidy version - the cheesecake is under the chocolate curls.
|The messy version with more of the cheesecake showing.
My guests seemed very happy with their dessert too! DiDee May xo


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Edward III (Quarto 1, 1596)
- Introduction
- Texts of this edition
- Facsimiles
The Raigne of King
2490Heere stood a battaile of ten tstousand horse,
2491There twise as many pikes in quadrant wise,
2492Here Crosbowes and deadly wounding darts,
2493And in the midst like to a slender poynt,
2494Within the compasse of the horison,
2495as twere a rising bubble in the sea,
2496A Hasle wand a midst a wood of Pynes,
2497Or as a beare fast chaind vnto a stake,
2498Stood famous Edward still expecting when
2499Those doggs of Fraunce would fasten on his flesh
2500Anon the death procuring knell begins,
2501Off goe the Cannons that with trembling noyse,
2502Did shake the very Mountayne where they stood,
2503Then sound the Trumpets clangor in the aire,
2504The battailes ioyne, and when we could no more,
2505Discerne the difference twixt the friend and fo,
2506So intricate the darke confusion was,
2507Away we turnd our watrie eies with sighs,
2508as blacke as pouder fuming into smoke,
2509And thus I feare, vnhappie haue I told,
2510The most vntimely tale of Edwards fall.
2511Qu: Ah me, is this my welcome into Fraunce:
2512Is this the comfort that I lookt to haue,
2513When I should meete with my belooued sonne:
2514Sweete Ned, I would thy mother in the sea
2515Had been preuented of this mortall griefe.
2516Ki: Content thee Phillip, tis not teares will serue,
2517To call him backe, if he be taken hence,
2518Comfort thy selfe as I do gentle Queene,
2519With hope of sharpe vnheard of dyre reuenge,
2520He bids me to prouide his funerall.
2521And so I will, but all the Peeres in Fraunce,
2522Shall mourners be, and weepe out bloody teares,
2523Vntill their emptie vaines be drie and sere
2524The pillers of his hearse shall be his bones,
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I've been enjoying the 7 Random Things About Me blog posts that have been popping up around the blogosphere the last few days, but hadn't thought about doing one myself until I read this over at Vintage Indie "Now it's your turn! Consider yourself tagged with 7 Random things about you."
Ok, fine... ;)
1. I've had the same haircut my entire life, with the exception of a couple of bad experiments in the 7th grade. I tried growing my bangs out a couple of years ago, but hated not recognizing myself in the mirror every day.
2. I love watching reality TV. It started with Survivor, which I was devoted to until they did the all-star special a few years ago, which must have felt like an "end" to me, because I haven't watched it since. I don't watch the ones on network TV, just the cable ones - Bravo, VH1 and E. A girl's gotta have standards, right?
3. I eat peanut butter and jelly every day, and could live on it if I had to, as long as I had some coffee to go with it...
4. I have PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - one of the leading causes of infertility among women. I don't currently take any prescription meds for it, as I would rather control it naturally, but I struggle with "being good" and doing the things I should do (diet, exercise, supplements) for my health.
5. I want to write a book someday.
6. I used to be Wiccan, but now am more of an independently spiritual neo-pagan, if there is such a thing.
7. This is me as a baby - I was a month early, weighed 4 pounds and nearly died. None of those things really explain the alien head, though...
There you have it - 7 random things about Mitzi. I'm going to do to you what Gab did to me though - tag, you're it!


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So since I don't have enough to do already, I registered for college through BYU's Independent Studies program last fall. I've always wanted to finish my degree and since the perfect time to do it never presented itself I just decided to go for it.
Actually, that's not true at all...I've taken classes about four different times since marrying and becoming a mother, so it's not that I haven't been trying. I remember "planning" to get my diploma by the time my oldest finished high school. Yeah. He graduated in 2001. Now I've got one more child at home, so I'm planning that same thing...to finish by the time she graduates.
Anyway, I tell you all this to say since I'm an official English major again, I totally need this book...
That subtitle really hits home doesn't it?: Everything you need to know about the books you should have read (but didn't)
Here's a link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16056211-the-faker-s-guide-to-the-classics?utm_medium=api&utm_source=author_widget


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Life Insurance in Defense of Democracy
By O. J. ARNOLD, President, Northwestern National Life Insurance Company and Chairman, 35th Annual Convention of The Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, December 11, 1941
Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. VIII, pp. 184-188.
WE meet as our nation gathers itself for the greatest effort in all its history. I am sure that I speak for everyone in this room when I say that this organization and each of us as individuals pledge our unstinting support to the President, to the armed forces of our nation, tothe American people, and to our Canadian allies who are represented with us here today, in order that treachery may be answered with unity and cowardice with crushing blows.
It seems to me, therefore, it would be appropriate as our first act to authorize that a message be drawn addressed tothe President of the United States in the hope that an expression of support from us will further assure him of the unity which he so needs to uphold his hand in the tasks ahead.
(At this point Mr. Leroy Lincoln, president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, moved that the following telegram be dispatched to President Roosevelt:
December 11, 1941.
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Washington, D. C.
As the first official act of its Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting, the Association of Life Insurance Presidents composed of sixty-five legal reserve life insurance companies unanimously pledges its utmost loyal and energetic support to every effort being made under your guidance as our Commander in Chief to defeat any challenge to the liberties of our peace-loving country.
The Association of Life Insurance Presidents.
The motion was unanimously adopted.)
The blow delivered in the dark a few nights ago, far from knocking this nation groggy as it was intended to do, has suddenly cleared our national consciousness of a multitude of petty quarrels, misgivings, and uncertainties. Far from being dismayed, our resolve is just now beginning to set into the hard lines of determined action. Treachery has wrought its own fatal consequences. We as a nation have come to realize at long last that without honor among men there can be no security. And so I count it a great privilege to be presiding here today at the Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting of this organization which has, from its inception, been devoted to security through honor and integrity in the discharge of our contracts.
The thought may have struck some of you, as I confess it has struck me several times in the last few days, that this is scarcely a time to gather together to hear a series of addresses. The attack on our United States outposts arouses one dominant desire in all of us—the desire individually and collectively to in some way strike back, at once and hard. Yet I am not so sure but that careful deliberation and calm discussion of our responsibilities and opportunities in defense of democracy are even more appropriate after the events of the last few days than when our theme was selected. And I am sure, also, that whatever was developed by our speakers on that subject in the comparative calm of a few days ago may be a more thoughtful picture of our true responsibilities in defense of democracy than the more impulsive thoughts which are prompted by the excitement and heat of the moment.
We do not want this meeting to be colored by hysteria. Rather, we want it to be marked by eagerness to help, by willingness to work, and by a thoughtful appraisal of the means by which we can support the efforts of the President and of the armed forces of the nation in the task ahead. To that task we can bring no inconsiderable force. While it is difficult to measure where and how our resources and our skill can be best applied in the weeks and months to come, we can get some measure of our potential power to help if we review the record of our business during the past year.
Normal Operations of Life Insurance Aid Defense Program
Suggestive of the vigor of our activities is the fact that in the past year—in spite of all its uncertainties and difficulties —we have established unusually favorable gains. Life insurance in force at the end of 1941 will reach an all-timehigh of approximately $124,000,000,000, an increase of 5 per cent over 1940. New business will approximate $12,600,000,000—a gain of more than 10 per cent over the year 1940.
This is good news. Few of us realize, I think, that new sales of life insurance reached the low point of the last 15 years only two years ago, in 1939, and improved only slightly in 1940. This year's substantial improvement is gratifying because it points the way up and out of what has been a decade of slump in new sales of life insurance.
On the out-going side of the ledger, payments to policyholders and their beneficiaries for this year approximate $2,550,000,000, some 61 per cent of which will have been paid to living policyholders.
Certainly these figures are gratifying evidence of the vigor of our current activities. Just what this vigor means when translated into terms of our defense of democracy is something that is little understood by the public Few people are aware, for example, that life insurance companies in their normal investment operations of this year alone will have purchased nearly a billion and a half dollars of government bonds—almost double the entire holdings of government securities by life insurance companies at the end of World War I. To put this fact in more concrete terms, we have in the past year—with the help of our field forces—channeled back to the government new and refunded savings adequate to buy approximately 4,000 heavy bombers, or 7,000 medium bombers, or 11,000 interceptor pursuit planes, or 18,000 90-millimeter anti-aircraft guns, or 12,000 heavy tanks, or 20,000 medium tanks, or 1,000 "ugly duckling" merchant ships, or 240 modern destroyers, or sufficient to build for our navy new battleships outnumbering those in our present powerful fleet.
On the home front of defense against inflation, we hear constant warnings about the need for added savings and for the necessity of curtailing ordinary purchases in order to prevent material shortages. Yet, few people stop to think that the army of life insurance men is the best trained and most skillful army of men in the world in the business of encouraging saving, and no private institution daily contributes more to the prevention of inflation than life insurance.
Few people recognize, moreover, that because of the nature of life insurance savings they perhaps do more than any other type to protect our government against ill consequences of a vast emergency financing program. Life insurance purchases of government securities neither act to inflate the credit structure as do purchases by banks, nor do they carry the threat of demoralization of the government's credit by dumping after the emergency, as do individual holdings. While this latter point—the long-time nature of life insurance investments—may at present seem relatively unimportant, I feel certain that it may prove to be a most valuable aid to the government in meeting distressing post-war problems. And in weighing the various means of financing the present emergency program, it seems to me the Treasury Department would be wise to give serious consideration to some form of security designed to be especially attractive to institutions such as our own, which are accustomed to hold sound investments until maturity.
I think few people are aware even of the tremendous part being unselfishly played by life insurance salesmen in helping along the defense bond drive. In my own city of Minneapolis, for example, largely through the efforts of life insurance salesmen, approximately $150,000 a month in payroll deductions is flowing into defense bonds—with hundreds of firms yet to be contacted. With life insurance men in each of the48 states and also in most cities of any size now organized to carry on this job, I have no doubt this type of effort will be multiplied in weeks to come all over the land.
These direct contributions to our war economy, arising largely from our normal operations, are little known or understood by the public. Yet they typify, it seems to me, exactly what Woodrow Wilson meant when he said that no power on earth is as great as the voluntary efforts of free men and free institutions working together in a common cause. That is "all-out" defense at its best, and no so-called "New Orders" which relies upon force or compulsion can ever cope with it in the long run.
Democracy Must Be Defended from Within
So much for the direct part we are already playing in this emergency. It is safe to say that in no other country on earth could that part be duplicated by any private institution. And yet what we have accomplished in the comparative calm of the past year is only symbolic of what we have the strength and resources to accomplish in carrying this war through to its inevitable conclusion.
Perhaps even more important, however, than these direct contributions of which we are capable, will be the contribution we shall make in keeping and sustaining the morale of our people and their faith in the honesty, the humaneness and the worth of democratic institutions. Events have forced us into a shooting war. No one here doubts for a moment the outcome of that war. But whether or not that war will mean—as President Roosevelt phrased it—that this form of treachery can never endanger us again, will depend as I see it on our ability to restore to the peoples of the world some measure of faith in democratic ideals and processes. The whims and ambitions and purposes of wilful men will always remain as an explosive force in international relations so long as men are forced to turn to dictators or to ruling cliques for solution of their national problems. Yet people will turn to such leaders, unless and until faith in representative democratic processes is restored.
Unfortunately, however, you cannot impose such faith on any people through the instrumentality of war.
If the last war taught us anything, it should have taught us that winning or losing a war does not of itself make democracy safe—here or elsewhere. In this war, it was not the physical defeat of France but the inner decay of her democratic institutions, and of faith in them, that destroyed her democracy. Hitler merely became the receiver—as he had in Germany—for a bankrupt faith in democratic processes that had abandoned democratic ideals. The desire to escape the receivership of Nazism or of Japanese Imperialism is reason enough for us to take up the gage of battle and fight this war to its bitter conclusion. But make no mistake. In this war, as in the last war, the ultimate test of whether democracy survives will not be a test of arms but will be a test of the power of free democratic institutions themselves to meet the social, spiritual, and economic aspirations of the people. If democracy meets those aspirations, no physical force can destroy it; if democracy fails to meet those aspirations, no physical force can defend or save it.
Here, then, is a front in the defense of democracy which will in the long run determine whether this war which has been thrust upon us will actually bring an end to treachery and international dishonor and lead to a just and lasting peace. It is a front no government, no matter how wise or powerful, can defend alone. It can be defended only when free men and their institutions so believe in freedom that they accept wholeheartedly the responsibilities of freedom and discharge them with exacting fidelity. On this front, itseems to me, the institution of life insurance, by its very nature and its place in our social and economic life, has the opportunity to make itself felt powerfully in the ultimate task of defending democracy.
Our business is one which exists in order that certain deep aspirations of men may be fulfilled. It is our daily task to help men who are spiritually and politically free to become economically free. In so doing, we protect and fortify the family and thus defend the moral foundations of the nation. Our activities daily pay tribute to the dignity of the individual, which is the spiritual foundation of democracy. And above all, we daily recognize the supreme worth of human values in the business of living.
The very fact that insurance has been cradled and has very notably flourished best only in the atmosphere and surroundings of democratic governments attests to this affinity between the purposes of insurance and the principles of democracy. But even if that were not true, can anyone deny that the needs of the world today are very nearly summed up in these phrases so closely identified with life insurance: Individual economic freedom, protection for the home, respect for the dignity of the individual, recognition of the supreme worth of human values, and the right of men to fulfill in a greater measure their aspirations for a better life.
Emphasis Turning to Human Tasks of Life Insurance
To put it another way, we are a human business—first and above all. And if I sense any underlying trend in the year 1941 and any worthy goal for 1942, I believe it lies in the direction of giving greater recognition to this fact in our management policies and thinking. It is extremely difficult for us who deal in billions of insurance in force, in billions of assets, and in millions of daily sales to avoid slipping into the habit of assuming these vast figures symbolise our business. For example, it is only natural for us to take pride in our financial strength; but let us not make the fundamental error of thinking that even the wisest and most skillful handling of one function of our internal management—such as investments—means we are wholly fulfilling the human aims and purposes of our business. Indicative of the true meaning of our business is the fact that even dollar-wise our human obligations—in terms of our insurance in force—are almost four times our assets. And when we weigh our responsibilities in terms of the hopes and sacrifices bound up in our millions of contracts, no dollar value can be placed on them and no dollar description can adequately portray them In terms of the particular persons affected, is an impairment of assets any more disastrous than a lapsed policy which might have been saved?
All business, large and small, exists for only one reason-to meet the needs and aspirations and demands of human beings. And in times of human distress and upheaval such as we have seen in 1941, these fundamental purposes of business are likely to be brought home to us with new force and meaning.
If I interpret properly the major events and trends of 1941, this is the underlying significance of what has been happening in the life insurance business. The TNEC., for example, were able to praise but at the same time to toss off rather lightly our strength as financial institutions, while they focused on some real and some fancied weaknesses of our conduct as human institutions responsive to the needs of the people we serve. We were pictured as great financial giants—in the latest instance as a vast cartel—with the inference that we were ruthless to the buyer, gave inequitable treatment as between buyers, and tolerated within our ownhouse a serious social problem in the economic status of the agent. These accusations were ably and thoroughly answered by our companies, and our financial record spoke volumes which no amount of innuendo could overcome; but it seems to me there has been food for thought in the fact that the men prosecuting the investigation before the TNEC—seeking grounds on which they hoped to win public support—chose to focus their most critical attack on questions other than our financial record.
During 1941 marked progress has been made on a problem which arises from the agitation for statutory recognition of modern mortality tables. In 1937 the President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners appointed a committee of very able men to study this question. Subsequently they were asked to continue their study into questions of non-forfeiture benefits and related matters. The reports of this committee have received careful attention by special committees from our business, and during the past year progress has been made toward agreement on a course of action. While this study will have many useful results in our operations, I think most of us will agree that its most useful immediate purpose is to remove in so far as possible any misconception that the present cost of insurance is not in accord with modern mortality experience. For years the companies have actually been using either their own mortality experience or recognized modern tables in calculating premium rates and dividends, thereby assuring fair and equitable cost to all policyholders. But that fact has not been easy to demonstrate to the insuring public because existing laws specify that policy valuations must be based on mortality tables which reflect obsolete experience. In recognizing the need for clarifying this situation, it seems to me we take a noteworthy step toward more exacting discharge of our responsibilities to the public.
Two years ago the Institute of Life Insurance got under way, after a period of preliminary exploration and organization. Very naturally, I believe, the Institute's Board and officers during its first year of operation were largely feeling their way toward the heart of their problem. A year of experience changed that picture substantially and I believe the Institute today looks upon their task not merely as one of telling the public what fine people we are, but as one of helping us to be more conscious and more considerate of our public responsibilities. In this effort they recently have pointed out to us the necessity of recognizing our real function of dealing with human values and have warned us against the assumption that our true nature and contribution to the public can be expressed in sterile figures—no matter how large or impressive they may be. Thus, the influence of the Institute again is an immediate cause of the change in viewpoint taking place in our business.
The field of agency organization the past year has seen more change than it has seen in perhaps two or three decades, particularly in such matters as compensation of agents, pensions for agents, and stabilization of the agency organization. These are subjects which have heretofore been only the occasional concern of the management of isolated companies. Aided by the cooperation and initiative of the Association of Life Underwriters—the Life Agency Officers Association, and the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau, through their excellent committees on compensation, on persistency, and on agency practices, have labored faithfully in these matters this past year and have made great forward strides in understanding and meeting the very human problems of the life insurance agent.
Even the pressing problem of interest earnings confronting our investment departments, it seems to me, takes a verymajor part in the pattern I have been piecing together here of a more human institution. Over the period of the twenties the companies welcomed high premium business and promoted it vigorously because of the excess interest earnings available. In the thirties the companies slowly came to recognize that such business was not to be so desirable in the future, but the flight of money to safety in those distressed times poured into our doors millions of dollars of savings seeking refuge. So, for a period of twenty years or more, a growing number of people came to look upon life insurance as an investment institution in contrast to its traditional role as the protector of the family and the refuge of the man who sought to spread a risk far too great for him to bear alone. Both because of the downward course of current rates of interest and because the so-called investing public face severe tax increases, life insurance finds itself becoming more than ever devoted to its traditional task of providing life-long protection for the average man.
I could go on filling out this pattern of 1941 with other details, but the outline by this time should be clear. The year 1941 for a great variety of immediate reasons has marked an unusual period of change in our business. Each change, either directly or as a by-product, seems to be bringing us closer to our prime responsibilities as a human institution, and away from what I believe has been a mistaken and unfortunate period of emphasis on our ability merely to accumulate large dollars-and-cents figures.
And if we as the managers of life insurance sincerely feel our responsibility to array life insurance in defense of democracy—as our theme for this meeting implies—it seems to me we can do no better than consciously and vigorously encourage in 1942 this trend toward emphasis on the human side of our tasks. For unless I am mistaken, the survival of democracy will ultimately rest on the response of its institutions to the problems and anxieties and hopes of people.
Life Insurance Answers Basic Needs for Human Welfare
In recent years, these hopes have been sadly betrayed by governments and institutions. Impatient with the seemingly slow processes of democratic government, men have sought more rapid progress by entrusting their welfare to dictators, only to find they have invited the forces of extreme reaction into the saddle to ride savagely over a large part of the world with slavery, terror and summary law offered up as the "New Order."
In recent years, we have seen governments, institutions and men default on their written and spoken promises until order has been turned into chaos and good faith replaced by hatred.
In recent years, men have seen even in the democracies the growth of license under the guise of freedom, the demand for special privilege under a plea for equal treatment, and the literal choking to death of entire nations and peoples under the assumed rights of sovereignty.
Overwhelmed by a sense of betrayal, men despair of finding human institutions which are bound by common rules of honesty, fair dealing and consideration of others. Such was the frame of mind of the French people when democracy fell in France. And unless democratic institutions which survive the present upheaval can by their words and deeds dispel such despair, democracy cannot be defended for long.
In this respect, the hour may be later than we think. It is no time now for any institution to hang back and shirk its own part or, even under the stress of emergency, put to one side their fundamental democratic tasks. And life insurance, with its incomparable record of good faith, with its inherent lessons of the value of cooperation, with its central principle of making each individual responsible for the welfare of others—surely life insurance by its very nature must take a leading part in this defense of our free way of life.
Life Insurance in Defense of Democracy
As I see it, this is the armament we must build for the ultimate defense of democracy if the fight we now wage is not to have been in vain. In such an armament program, as in the current defense program, each individual and each institution in our democracy must respond according to its abilities and its opportunities. As for life insurance, I feel sure the proper response consists of consciously encouraging the very trends which, for a variety of immediate reasons, have marked the past year—namely, improving the welfare of the agent, strengthening our service to our policyholders, removing causes of public misunderstanding of our operations, studying more closely our public relations, and in general devoting ourselves to a closer examination of our responsibilities as a human institution as well as a financial institution. Indeed, I believe it is only through vigorous attention to these human phases of our business that we will ever capitalize fully the magnificent financial record we have made in recent years. Perhaps the very proper preoccupation of our management with our serious investment problems of recent years has produced some neglect of our other activities which directly bear upon the public attitude toward us. Be that as it may, surely this is a time for us to renew and strengthen each and every phase of our activity in which our human relationships come into play.
This is no maudlin or sentimental view of our business. It is the only sound view; and it in no way lessens the demand for continued skillful and effective financial management. But in it, also, lies a viewpoint of deeper import today than ever before in the history of our business. For if democracy is to be defended and preserved in the years ahead, it will be because democracy above all other forms of government gives rise to institutions like our own, which meet unfailingly the human needs of men.


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Sleeping Tapes is rapidly becoming a cult record among not just those who need help getting to sleep, but among anyone with an appreciation for surreal poetry and experimental sound design. It's a unique collaboration between actor Jeff Bridges, surrealist illustrator and writer Lou Beach, and film composer and producer Keefus Ciancia, who is also notable for having worked on the stunning score for acclaimed HBO show True Detective.
Getting The Dude to record a meditation tape sounds like something a cynical advertising exec would come up with. Indeed, that's exactly how this project was dreamed up.
But the results reach far beyond that into something special. Part performance art, part ambient soundscape, its an outsider masterpiece that blends fact and fiction.
It is one of my favourite records of 2015 so far. I tracked down Keefus to find out a bit more to the story.
He talks about how he came to be involved with the project after an email from Jeff, with whom he'd previously collaborated for the film Crazy Heart.
"I actually thought I was being pranked," says Keefus, who describes Jeff's outsider take on music as Captain Beefheart, meets Kris Kristofferson, meets music from Mars. "He's one hundred percent pure, a real and very present man and just to be around that was really inspiring."
Somewhat unbelievably, the whole record was started and finished in January this year.
"I had never seen something come together so fast, and of such great quality. We actually had a double album, but it was just getting too late. There wasn't the ability to press a double record at the time, so we had to cut off about 30 or 40 more minutes of other material."
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8 Things All LGBTQ-Friendly Wedding Businesses Should Be Doing
It's more than just a badge for your website
Now that same-sex marriage is legal in the US (yay!), we're seeing a ton of self-identified "LGBTQ-friendly" vendors rushing to service the needs of the community. This proactive strategy is a great first step towards creating a more LGBTQ-friendly wedding environment. However, as more companies attach themselves to the moniker "LGBT-friendly," the term has largely been stripped of its meaning. Without action, it mostly means that you're open to serving yet another market segment. But to truly earn the LGBT-friendly label, it's time to stop thinking about LGBTQ people as a market, and start thinking of them as people.
As a queer married photographer, I focus on serving my own community because they're my family. Through doing this work (and my former job running a resource for gay wedding planning), I've thought a lot about how to put your money where your mouth is. It goes beyond "lesbian-owned and operated." And it goes beyond "LGBT-friendly." (APW, of course, is awesome in requiring that all its vendors commit to marriage equality.) But LGBTQ couples need more than that. So I've put together a few dos and dont's for creating a company that's truly committed to LGBTQ people – beyond marriage equality – and wants to make sure their business is truly LGBTQ-friendly.
- Get actively involved in the community. Talk to people and lots of them. As the late great queer theorist, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick once wrote, "People are different from each other." That includes LGBTQ people. Your "gay friend" represents themselves, not the community at large. You can't overstate my love of drag, but going to Pride to get drunk and ogle drag queens does not make you an ally in the deepest sense of the word.
- Stay informed. Obviously, we're in the wedding industry, but queer folks care about a lot more than marriage equality, so you need to get beyond, "Isn't it great you guys can get married?!" There's lots of other LGBT-related news that's better conversation fodder (and it's pretty easy to find online).
- Ask your clients what pronouns they prefer when you are in doubt. It's far better to respectfully ask ("What pronouns do you prefer?") than to repeatedly misgender someone. Respect and adhere to what they say.
- Offer your services to real couples if you're trying to build your portfolio. If you do inspiration shoots it's super-duper awkward when the models are performing a sexual orientation or gender expression that isn't their own. Trust me, we can tell. It's not about gaydar; it's about attention to chemistry. We can always tell. It's pandering and tokenizing.
- Don't make assumptions about gender roles and expressions in relationships. There may be two brides, two grooms, or a bride and a groom, or they might hate all those labels. Listen to how your clients describe their relationship and how they interact. For the love of God, do not assume one person is the "girl" who needs to be in center and in focus of each shot, with the other person vaguely out of focus in the background. (Don't do that with straight people either—please.)
- Before you go on a tagging binge, don't assume someone identifies as gay. I have a form that I send clients with a checklist where they can check off identities, styles, etc. by which they would be comfortable with tagging their wedding ("gay" "queer" "rustic" "Indian" "religious" "plus size"). Yes, I know you want SEO as we all do, but don't prioritize that over your couple.
- Don't gender your website or materials. Your website must prioritize your clients over other vendors and even over the powers that be at Google. You might not think it's a big deal to write "Bride" and "Groom" on your contracts, but it is, and we notice. Natalie and I did a lot of crossing out when signing our contracts. It's exclusionary, and oh-so-very-easy to fix.
- Most of all, don't out people. This is particularly important if one person is trans*. Unless they tell you, you don't know if they identify as trans* or fully with another gender, and you don't know how they identify in their workplace, with their family, etc. Ask.
What it all comes down to fundamentally is to pay attention and listen. Learn. Ask. And be open to difference.


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IB Diploma Programme (DP)
The IB Diploma Programme is among the most prestigious pre-university courses in the World. It is a two year course and examinations are taken at the end of Grade 12. It is designed to provide a holistic approach towards education. This approach nurtures not just academic excellence, but also civic responsibility, articulateness and international understanding. Very early streaming often leaves students at a disadvantage in a rapidly changing World. IBDP mandates a broad based curriculum that covers all basic disciplines and also offers opportunity for increased focus in chosen ones. Essential features include the Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and the CAS component.
The Diploma has been designed as a comprehensive curriculum and is based on the pattern of no single country but incorporates the best elements of many. Responsive to the demands of an inter-connected world which demands critical thinking and problem solving, it is a uniquely balanced and challenging programme which prepares students for university and life beyond.


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Gold plated silver / Length 70 cm
Handmade necklace with a smooth look.
You definitely need this simple handmade necklace. It finishes every outfit with just the right amount of sparkles. Because of its simplicity, try combining it with other necklaceses to add a certain elegance to your look. The length of this necklace is approx. 70cm.
You can choose between two colors:
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|925 sterling silver, 24k triple gold plated
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|Length 70 cm / material thickness: 1mm
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|Handcrafted, nickel free
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- Comfortable, reclining seats
- CD player and DVD monitors
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- Spacious luggage compartments
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- 25-56 passenger seating capacity
- Air Ride suspension
- Individual reading lights
- On board Wi-fi available
- Individual power outlets
- Ample leg and head room
- Adjustable, individual arm rests
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For over 40 years, the family-owned Blue Lakes Charters & Tours has been Flint's top rated transportation service.
We have a devoted staff of professionals who want nothing more than to satisfy our Flint customers with outstanding quality and affordably priced charter buses, motor coaches and bus rentals. Our company has an impressive record of passenger safety and comfort.
That's largely due to Blue Lakes Charters & Tours customer-focused staff, our courteous and experienced drivers and proficient maintenance technicians.
Whether you are thinking about going on a short trip or a longer journey, our charter buses and motor coaches are the perfect choice. You can rely upon our proficient staff to assist you in deciding which manner of transportation is best for your circumstances. Blue Lakes Charters & Tours is Flint's finest option in transportation services.
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Flint is best known for being the birthplace of General Motors.
Flint, Michigan is the seventh largest city in Michigan with a population of 102,434. It is the county seat of Genesee County, which lies in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan. Genesee County is also the entirety of Flint's metropolitan area, the fourth largest metropolitan area in Michigan with a population of 425,790 in 2010.
Flint is best known for being the birthplace of General Motors. Recently, many Flint residents have chosen Blue Lakes Charters & Tours a Michigan Bus Company for their transportation services.
They have discovered that our affordable rates make more sense than repeatedly fueling up their vehicles for a vacation.
In addition, our Tour Department is able to customize your travel plans to contain the following accommodations: lodging, meals and sightseeing. And, the best part is that you can leave the driving to us, so that you are able to enjoy the entire trip from beginning to the end. It's no wonder that Blue Lakes Charters & Tours, Michigan based bus companies, is the leader in charter transportation service in Flint.
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As most of you know, we are rounding out a fabulous month of Linea Pelle giveaways. Each week, a new bag, a new look, a new chance to win. And today, Creative Director Andrew Cotton provides a guest post and some fun insight into what's new with Linea Pelle. (Oh, and don't forget to register for this week's giveaway, if you haven't already!) Enjoy!
Show everyone how all that working out this winter paid off from your buff arms in a hot new tank to your toned calves in a sexy pair of heels. Treat yourself to a spray tan for a healthy glow! OR grab a tube of Clarins or even Jergen's Glow. Either way please swear off all those dangerous uva/uvb rays! Promise me!
This season, you'll want to start sporting new fresh looks for Spring going in to Summer, so grab your flirty skirts & comfortable tanks & tees and of course your favorite new Linea Pelle Dylan, Alyssa or Janis handbag & start workin it! You don't have to spend a fortune to update your look! (more…)


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Spicy Classic Style Ceviche
Eating healthy and staying fit doesn't mean you can't eat delicious food. Here is one of my favorite recipes I make almost once a week. It is simple to make at home, but hard to share with others.
- 1 lb Corvina in 1/2-1/4 inch chunks
- 1 1/2 Cups of lime juice (enough to cover fish)
- 1/3 cup of chopped cilantro
- 1 Orange
- 1 or 2 jalapeños or serrano peppers
- 2 tbsp. fresh orange juice
- 1 Chopped Red Onion
- 1 chopped avocado
- 1 chopped tomato
- 1/2 tsp. of salt
- Plantain chips
Make Ahead
- Add fish, red onions, and lime juice into a bowl.
- Let sit for 3-4 hours until cooked through.
- Drain fish and onions into a separate bowl.
- Mix salt, peppers, avocados, tomatoes, squeezed orange juice, 2 tbsp. lime juice, and cilantro.
- Mix evenly and present with plantain chips.


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OHA funds exhibit on Pearl Harbor
By Curtis Lum
Advertiser Staff Writer
The state Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded $100,000 to the Arizona Memorial Museum Association for the creation of an exhibit that will depict the history of Pearl Harbor before it became a military installation.
The exhibit will be part of the new Pearl Harbor Memorial Museum and Visitor Center that is scheduled to be dedicated on Dec. 7. The first phase of the museum opened on Feb. 17.
OHA's award will fund an interpretive exhibit of the history of Ke Awalau 'Pu'uloa, now called Pearl Harbor, and will be part of the new O'ahu Gallery. Laurie Moore, spokeswoman for the Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund, said the display will "preserve the precious memories and history associated with Hawaiian culture."
"The O'ahu Gallery will discuss several aspects of Hawaiian history in an accurate and unbiased manner," Moore said. "We are honored that OHA has chosen to partner with us in this endeavor."
Ed Nishioka, OHA spokesman, said the Arizona Memorial is the state's top visitor attraction and will be the perfect place for an exhibit depicting Hawaiian history and culture.
"We felt it would be a great way to showcase the Native Hawaiian culture and what the land looked like prior to how it's being used today," Nishioka said. "A lot of people, all they know is that it's been a military base, and we can show how the land was used back then."
He said the exhibit is in the planning stages, and OHA is working with the museum to design the project. Nishioka said the award to the museum fits into OHA's new strategic plan, which includes the perpetuation of the Hawaiian culture.


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Hi, my name is Ashlyn Gearhart and I am so excited to be your child's teacher this year. I graduated from Arkansas Tech University and began teaching in 2014. I taught Special Education in the Jackson County School District for a year before coming here. I love to be outside, and enjoy hiking, camping, and running. When I'm not at school teaching or at home with my husband and son, I love to go on cruises. They're my favorite! I look forward to a great year with your child. It's a great day at Crawford!
Hi, my name is Jessica Baggett. I am a graduate of Russellville High School and Arkansas Tech University. My husband and I have two sons that keep us busy with baseball, soccer, and karate. My teacher's heart, though, belongs to my third-graders!
Hi, my name is Jamie Fulsom and I am super excited to be teaching third grade at Crawford Elementary. I graduated from East Central University in Oklahoma. I have been teaching for six years. I taught second grade and third grade for three years, and fourth grade for two years. I have been married to my husband for 24 years and we have two children in the Russellville School District. I love my family and FOOTBALL. Go Cyclones!