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There is a whole brand-new world underwater is exactly what numerous snorkelers and divers would inform you. Checking out the diverse environment under the sea can be a thrilling experience. You can see different marine wildlives that might never be seen on land. Forutnately, we can also delight in taking a look at underwater pictures taken by expensive underwater cameras.
If they have been underwater for a long period of time, another area where welders who work underwater might require to be cautious about is that they are vulnerable to decompression illness. They might be breathing an enhanced pressure of gases throughout this the time they are welding and this can produce issues for them when they come out of the water.
This is a newer design that is designed for a number of Canon Ixus and Ixy cameras. The best feature of it is you can use it for as deep as 30 feet. It utilizes a UV layered polycarbonate lens that provides you clear pictures. It also allows you to quickly manage the electronic camera with easy access to the buttons. You also don't have to worry about losing your video camera underwater due to the fact that it will drift. Simply bear in mind to examine to see if it's compatible with your cam.
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If you don't desire to spend too much, this is a great choice. This is an economical underwater video camera bag just like the Aquapac. But unlike the Aquapac, you can use it for cameras that have zoom functions.
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Explore the wonders of the sea or just have a good time taking pictures in the pool with an electronic camera that is safeguarded by a waterproof bag. You don't require an expensive waterproof camera in order to do so. You can use your existing video camera with the assistance of one of these three.


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We usually start our day at first light, travel down the Mississippi River to the area we'll be fishing and head back to the Venice Marina, Cypress Cove Marina or Yellow Cotton Bay launch between 1pm and 2pm. During the Summer months we get out early and during the Winter months not so early.
The Mississippi River delta is truly a unique and fertile fishery, and offers great fishing 12 months a year.
In Spring, we typically find ourselves fishing the outside bays and beaches searching for the Redfish and Speckled Trout. March, April, May, and June are outstanding months to target the big "bull" Redfish around the coastal bays and beaches that surround the Mississippi River Delta. May and June are the best months for a chance to catch a wall hanger Trout, as well. This is the peak of Speckled Trout spawn when these large female Trout mingle with the smaller male Trout, and they are easier to target. The Redfish are there as well. We use a variety of artificial lures in a cast and retrieve technique to draw strikes from the fish. Some of my favorite lures are topwater plugs, spinnerbaits, soft plastics under a popping cork, and a soft plastic with a lead head. It is very much like Bass fishing, except it is not as difficult, because the saltwater fish are usually much more aggressive. This type of fishing is definitely not like Snapper fishing, where you are just dropping the bait straight down and waiting for something to come along and hit the bait.
As the Summer months come I find that the huge Redfish are running along the outside beaches. July, August, and September are great months to target these line stripping brutes. When you get these big Redfish hooked you find yourself walking to the front and back of the boat while your fishing rod is bent over and the drag on your reel is screaming. It's called light tackle fishing at its best. You have to wear the fish down before it can be netted. You can't just stand in one spot on the boat and fight these Redfish, because the boat is probably in 2-4ft. of water and the Redfish will get the line wrapped around the engine or something. Usually, we will catch Speckled Trout along with these Summertime Redfish, especially if we are fishing a petroleum platform.These platforms act as terrific vertical artificial reefs.
As the fall months come, the water temperature drops, the days get shorter, the baitfish that the gamefish eat move into the marsh, so that is when mother nature lets us know to concentrate our fishing in the interior bays of the delta and the main channels of the Mississippi River. Depending on the river stage, the Redfish, Trout, and Flounder move into the river and mingle with the freshwater fish. October, November, and December are,again, a great time to target big Redfish, but it is also the best time of year to catch eating size Speckled Trout. Fall is the time of year when we have the option of fishing in the clean green waters of the Mississippi River or the outside coastline. Some people consider this the best season to fish the area due to the low river stage. The fish are very predictable during this time of year. It's the time of year that is comfortable to fish as far as the mild temperature, and not much boat riding time, because the fish are "in", and they are usually ganged up.
As the winter months come we are still fishing hard, and between the strong fronts is some very productive fishing. Capt. Shawn does not hunt, so I am fishing 12 months a year. The big Redfish are here during the winter months as well. They do not leave to go somewhere else. For those of you that might be living up North somewhere, where you are snowed in, let me let you in on a pleasant surprise:January and February. For some reason, January and February are outstanding months for Redfish action. For shear numbers of Redfish, February produces. Maybe, they like Mardi Gras or something, but they are there in force. I also have some great trips in March throwing topwater lures for the big pre-spawn Speckled Trout, and , as you might expect, a big Red will hammer that same topwater on the next cast.
Because of its location at the mouth of the Mississippi River, the Venice Louisiana fishing inshore or offshore, offers all year long all the excitement you might be looking for.
To see some fishing action Google: " Louisiana tripletail" and you will see Captain Shawn taking Captain Jimmy Nelson from the TV show Extreme Fishing Adventures out on a Tripletail trip. Lots of fun! It is on You Tube.
To see what the weather is doing in our area check out:
www.noaa.gov and check zip code 70038 for Boothville, 70091 for Venice or 70041 for Buras.
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Outgoing FBI director warns how Syrian situation is dangerous for US homeland security
The outgoing FBI director Robert Mueller is warning that some American Al Qaeda supporters are traveling to Syria with the intention of learning how to use chemical weapons or WMD's, and smuggling them back home.
Official, however, the Obama administration has not confirmed that the Assad regime used chemical weapons (like sarin) on its own people. If it did, the scale of the attacks may well exceed those of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq in the late 1980's.
The ABC news story and video is here.
In the previous decade, the Bush administration claimed that Saddam Hussein presented a direct and existential threat to homeland security in the US. A lot of us believed it. I did. Maybe he did after all. Appearances make the situation in Syria look worse.
I wonder, has Assad tried to use "local" flux EMP-type weapons against dissidents?
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Please think good thoughts for Benny's girlfriend Fibi, who has been in intensive care since Wednesday night.
Fibi hadn't been acting herself. On Wednesday she wasn't playing at all in daycare, just napping. I pulled her out towards the end of the day and put her with Benny in my office. She didn't run around playing with him like usual – just a few little half-hearted play-wrestles. I talked to her mommy after we closed and we were both really worried, but hoping it was just stress from her daddy being away.
The next day, I found out she had gone to the vet that night and been diagnosed with Autoimmune Anemia and had had a blood transfusion. She is in very critical condition.
My heart is breaking over this. She is one of my absolute favorite dogs in the whole world, Benny's sweet, bossy girlfriend and her mommy is one of the kindest women I know.
Please, please get well soon, Fibi.
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Heartbreaking Reason Modern Family May Be Coming To An End
I don't think it would be too out of school to say that almost everyone enjoys a bit of Modern Family.
It focused on many topics, such as adoption and gay marriage, that other shows steered clear of and successfully made them widely accepted - and celebrated.
But, season nine is apparently in turmoil, as the cast haven't engaged in any contract talks yet and the show is about to wrap its eighth season.
When a show has run for as long as Modern Family, traditionally the network, which is ABC in the US, starts to fund production, rather than the sitcom's studio, 20th Century Fox TV. And, that's exactly where the problem has stemmed from.
Reports state that ABC is struggling to come to terms with the price tag needed to fund the show, despite the fact that its one of the highest revenue-generating shows currently on air.
In fact, it pulls in $2.7 million each EPISODE.
This number reportedly prompted Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell to band together after the fourth season and seek better pay.
ABCand 20th TVstill have until May to decide the show's fate but Modern Family's ratings and revenue have made its potential ninth season almost an inevitability, regardless of the amount of money the network will have to fork out.
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Common Core
Testing Indoctrination
States have adopted one of two tests that are aligned with common core. One is the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) test and the other Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC). These tests are to determine if the student is advancing in their progress with common core "standards". The reality is these tests are to determine whether or not the student has been properly indoctrinated.
Using the SBAC as an example let's take a look at just exactly what those questions really ask.
Here is a site where you can check in as a guest to look at the sample questions. Just click on the sign in button, then select a grade you would like to review, then yes as a guest. Let's look at grade 5 for fun, G5, ELA Performance Task. Click yes, then select, and then yes, start my test. Click the sound icon and make sure you can hear the music. The next site provides the instructions to the test then you can begin the test now.
The example that came up is a narrative on monkey helpers and service animals. Right off the bat you have the inclusion of the importance of animals in the world and diversity and the third source siting animal rights. Your collectivism ideology is noted in the first question by asking if businesses have to consider the well-being of all of their guests and to cite which source supports that ideology.
Another section details why there should be a longer school day and the student is to write a paragraph supporting that idea. And we all know Arne Duncan thinks school should start at age 3 and that school days should be longer and for longer weeks. Notice how the assignment is to support that idea and not object to it?
Taking an example from the 10th grade ELA the first questions is about solar power and the questions are mostly geared to the support for the use of solar power, back to the environmentalism. The next example has the student writing a letter to city council members objecting to a 9pm curfew. Of course you have the health piece with a 10th grader researching 4 preselected articles, 1 of which is from a UN affiliated organization (Discovery) and the government (National Health Institute) on hiccups. Are there more important issues a 10th grader could be writing about, like U.S. History perhaps?
In the G6 Math Performance test the first test that comes up is to determine what size a cereal box should be so less cardboard is used, the conservation of resources of course.
Here is another site to looks at test examples. An example for a 6th grader, it is once again undermining the parental role of authority and the school by having the student argue why they just have to have their cell phone.
These are just a few examples. Take some time to really search different grades and other ideological examples found in both math and ELA. The testing is nothing more than to determine if the student is making the appropriate change in their belief system.
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This website is non-partisan and is solely dedicated to removing the harmful controls placed on our state and nation through Agenda 21 and its associated programs. We invite all Idahoans to join us in this fight for freedom!
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Though Ann Arbor Active Against ALS was created as a response to a particular friend's diagnosis, the organization has become part of a much broader community aiming to help all families affected by ALS. Many of our all-volunteer board members and volunteers have lost someone to the disease. The following individuals currently direct the organization, with help from much-appreciated volunteers and past board members.
Current Active Against ALS Board Members
Joel Dalton earned his B.S.E. and M.S.E. degrees from the University of Michigan School of Engineering and an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Joel works in Ann Arbor at the Environmental Protection Agency's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory of the Office of Air and Radiation. He and his wife Jackie are avid runners as active members of the Ann Arbor Track Club and have been race directors or assistants in many favorite Ann Arbor runs, including the Burns Park Run and the Big House Big Heart Run. Joel is a founding board member. He is responsible for social media tools and race director of the Twinkie Run, the Electric Bolt, and organizer of Beerfest for ALS.
Elizabeth DeRose received her B.A. in Communications from the University of Michigan and previously worked in advertising for J. Walter Thompson. More recently, Elizabeth has focused on volunteer work for non-profit organizations, in particular for the Junior League of Ann Arbor and school PTOs. She became involved with Ann Arbor Active Against ALS when Bob Schoeni, her daughter's field hockey coach, was diagnosed with ALS in 2008. Elizabeth joined the board in January 2013 and is chair of our Let's Go! Newsletter Committee.
Anne Gilbert received her B.S.E. and M.S.E. from the University of Michigan School of Engineering. Anne worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over 18 years. She is currently a realtor with Howard Hanna in Ann Arbor. Anne was a member of our 10-year Gala committee in 2018, was the chair of our Barn Party in 2016 and 2017, and volunteered on the Family Field Day Committee for a number of years; serving as chair in 2014 and 2015. She currently serves on our Technology Committee. Anne joined the Active Against ALS board in February 2016.
Amir Gulati is currently a junior at the University of Michigan studying economics and creative writing. From a young age, he was very involved with charity work; often volunteering at local soup kitchens and working for Habitat for Humanity. Amir has also worked extensively for his cousin's foundation, Suneel's Light, which helps raise awareness and research funds for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. As a brother of the fraternity Phi Delta Theta, Amir helps organize our annual Boxcar Derby, and serves as a liaison between the brothers and the Ann Arbor Active Against ALS board.
Knut Hill earned his B.A. from Kalamazoo College, and his J.D. from Widener University School of Law (Wilmington, DE). He worked for seven years at Esperion Therapeutics in Ann Arbor before becoming an environmental attorney. He has long been committed to charity work through activities and community building. Knut has worked with Habitat for Humanity, and has run marathons and skied across Michigan to raise support for individuals in need. He is director of Boxcar Derby, chair of the Technology Committee helping to maintain the website and social media tools, and member of the Distribution Advisory Committee.
Jenny Jalet has a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Administration from Central Michigan University. She is a performance support analyst for Information Technology Services at the University of Michigan. Jenny met the Schoeni family over 10 years ago, while serving with Bob on the board of Community Day Care & Preschool. She had the opportunity to learn more about our organization, and the fight to cure ALS, as a member of the Channel for ALS relay team. While an undergrad at Michigan, Jenny was part of 4 Big Ten championship swimming & diving teams. She and her husband, Sam, are happy to be raising their two children, Martin and Winnie, in the heart of Ann Arbor. She is excited to help advance the Ann Arbor Active Against ALS mission. Jenny joined our board in February 2016. She is Treasurer of the Board.
Stacey Johns received her B.A. in Visual Communications, with a minor in Photography, from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids. After working as a designer for eight years in Chicago, she returned to Ann Arbor to run her company ENVISAGE Design, where she does photography, and interior staging. She also enjoys volunteering her time and efforts to several local non-profits. Stacey's father, Michael Johns, passed away from ALS in October 2010. A year later she became involved with Ann Arbor Active Against ALS to spread awareness and find a cure to beat ALS. Stacey joined the board in January 2013.
David Lowenschuss received a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from George Washington University. He has worked as an attorney in the pharmaceutical industry for over twenty years. When friend and neighbor Bob Schoeni was diagnosed with ALS in July 2008, Dave realized that the lack of investment from the pharmaceutical industry was holding back the research and development of a treatment or cure for ALS. He reached out to friends and colleagues of Bob's to create a grass roots fundraising effort that would support research aggressively seeking effective treatments and ultimately a cure – this effort turned into Ann Arbor Active Against ALS. Dave serves on the Box Car Derby and Distribution Committees.
Michael Meister received a B.S. in Psychology with an emphasis in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and a Masters of Public Administration (M.P.A.) in Public Affairs and Administration from Western Michigan University. Michael is a senior project manager for Information Technology Services for the University of Michigan. Michael previously worked in higher education budgeting and finance for over 15 years. Through personal family loss, he has experienced the devastating effects of ALS and is dedicated to raising public awareness and research funds for treatment and a cure. Michael joined the board in February 2015. He is Treasurer of the Board. He is Vice Chair of the Board.
Susan R. Miller received her B.A. from the University of Rochester and her M.A. in Social Work from the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration. She has many years of experience in direct service, program administration and human services systems building, with a focus on early childhood. A friend and neighbor of the Schoeni-Spreitzer family, Susan is a founding board member of Ann Arbor Active Against ALS. She is Chair of the Board.
Sara Robins earned her B.A. in Psychology from Michigan State University. She has worked in the Human Resources field for over 15 years and is currently the Human Resources Manager for Foresee in Ann Arbor. She and her husband, Mike, own ShutterBooth Detroit, a company that rents photo booths for special events. She has been active in several charitable organizations and first became involved with Ann Arbor Active Against ALS through her friendship with the Lowenschuss-McGuire family, volunteering on committees for several years.Sara joined the board in January 2013. She is Secretary of the Board.
Gayle Rosen earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan and received a J.D. from the Washington College of Law at American University. She is an attorney for the University of Michigan Student Legal Services. A member of our founding board, Gayle and her family have been volunteers at many of our events and are the organizers of the annual Rivalry Ride. She rejoined the board in February 2016. She is Second Vice Chair of the Board.
Kathy Siler received a B.S. and an M.S. in occupational therapy from Eastern Michigan University. She has volunteered for many of our events, including the Twinkie Run, Beerfest and Rivalry Ride, and serves on our Barn Party for ALS committee. She also helps edit our Let's Go! newsletter and assists with maintaining our social media presence on Facebook and Twitter. Kathy joined the Active Against ALS board in 2017.
Alex Sugerman is a junior at the University of Michigan majoring in biopsychology, cognition and neuroscience, with medical school planned after graduation. He is a research assistant in the Weisman Lab studying neuro-degeneration. Alex has participated in several Family Field Days and the Rivalry Ride. In 2016, Alex formed the affiliate group: Michigan Students Active Against ALS. He joined the Active Against ALS board in 2017.
Katherine Walsh received her B.A. in History and B.A. in Theatre from the University of Notre Dame, her M.A. from the University of Michigan Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, and her Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) from the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, where she studied under Bob Schoeni. Kat is currently Director of Student Engagement, Office of Development at the University of Michigan and was the program designer for the award-winning Development Summer Internship Program (D-SIP), which is now in its tenth year. Previous to her work at Michigan, Kat worked as Director of Alumni, Coordinator of Admissions, and part-time instructor at Saint Joseph Academy in Brownsville, Texas. She joined the board in February 2015 and is chair of the Fund Development Committee.
Elisabeth Weinstein earned her B.A from the University of Michigan and her M.D. from Tufts University. She is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in Ann Arbor. Elisabeth has participated in many Active Against ALS events on her own and with her family. She joined our board in 2017.
Jim Frenza earned degrees in philosophy and theology from Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit and St. John Seminary in Plymouth, and served as a catholic clergyman from 1964 – 70. He is a long-time Ann Arbor resident who retired as president of the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum in 2004. Prior to that, Jim was director of marketing and public affairs for the St. Joseph Mercy Health System. From 2004 – 2014 he was a strategic planning consultant to non-profit organizations in SE Michigan. Since 2011, Jim has facilitated three Ann Arbor Active Against ALS staff retreats as a volunteer. He is also an enthusiastic, amateur bread baker, and has taught bread-making classes for Ann Arbor Rec and Ed and other local groups.
Kristen Freshley earned her B.A. in American Studies from the University of Notre Dame and a M.S. in Journalism from the University of Illinois. She currently works at Greenhills School as Director of Publications. Kristen is a former board member, and is editor of the Ann Arbor Active Against ALS newsletter, Let's Go!
Amanda Mercer received her B.A. from Michigan State University and J.D. from Wayne State University. She has previously worked as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Washtenaw County, as an enforcement representative for the National Collegiate Athletic Association and as a solo practitioner. Amanda was a board member from January 2010 – May 2013. She captained the Channel for ALS Team of six women who broke the world record with a double- crossing of the English Channel in July 2012 and raised over $120,000 for research. Amanda is now Special Events Representative for Ann Arbor Active Against ALS.
Suzanne Ross received her B.A. from Kalamazoo College and her M.S.W. from the University of Michigan. After working as a medical social worker for many years, Suzanne has been a volunteer board member for non-profits in the Ann Arbor area since 2000. Suzanne is a founding member of Ann Arbor Active Against ALS and was Chair of the Board for the first five years of the organization. She is currently Program Administrator for the organization.


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Atlanta Collects Contemporary Art: Treasures from Atlanta's Private Collectors
Atlanta Contemporary Art Exhibit at The Breman Museum
artGuide art news blogger presents information about The Breman Museum newest exhibits, Atlanta Collects Contemporary Art: Treasures from Atlanta's Private Collectors. A leading Georgia art museum, this exhibit brings to Atlanta the top contemporary artists of our time.
The Breman Museum presents the second phase of its groundbreaking art shows from private collections with Atlanta Collects Contemporary Art: Treasures from Atlanta's Private Collectors, March 13 running through Sunday, June 11, 2017.
"The contemporary show highlights works for the 21st century that really is the art of our time, of this generation," said exhibition curator Dr. William Eiland, Director of the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia. "The idea was to investigate collectors and show the strength of collecting within the Jewish community in Atlanta."
Rarely-seen works by Chuck Close, Thornton Dial, Lauren Lambrecht, Radcliffe Bailey and others form part of this brilliant exhibition, following on the heels of the first Atlanta Collects show which represented art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Aaron Berger, Executive Director of the Breman Museum, said, "What I like about this show is that it represents 'the art of the now.' The works displayed are by artists who may not necessarily be household names but are forging new ground in art worldwide." Berger said the caliber of the art on display is "truly exceptional."
Atlanta Collects Contemporary exhibitor Lisa Brill said the show "is so visually exciting, colorful, and multi-dimensional. There is glass, photography, a couple of large installation pieces. There is a Sandy Skoglund piece done with jelly beans that will spark the senses. We have a sculpture by Richard Jolley that represents the best of what he does. We also have a piece in there by British painter Fiona Rae. I just think this show is going to knock people's socks off."
Berger said the exhibition is only on for 12 weeks "and then it's gone forever." He calls it "a rare opportunity to see contemporary works that have never been exhibited together before and range from sculpture to paintings to bronze busts to photography. The thread tying these works together is the Jewish collectors of Atlanta," he praised their role in supporting emerging artists and for making a difference in the local art scene.
"This is a perfect chance to see the quality of what these collectors have brought together," Dr. Eiland said. "It will be unlike anything else they'll see. It's an exhibition that really does bring together disparate works in an interesting way on the theme of collecting."
For More Information and photographs, contact:
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Breman Museum/Marketing Director email@example.com or call 678.222.3700
About The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
One of the leading places to visit in Atlanta, GA, our Jewish culture, arts and history museum is home to the permanent exhibition Absence of Humanity: The Holocaust Years, 1933-1945; Blonder Gallery and the Schwartz Gallery, each hosting a variety of traveling and rotating exhibitions. The Museum Library and Cuba Family Archives add to our Atlanta-based attractions while The Weinberg Center for Holocaust Education provides meaningful educational resources for students, teachers, and lifelong learners.
ATLANTA COLLECTS: Contemporary Art Treasures from Atlanta's Private Collectors March 13 – June 11, 2016
GALLERY LIST (Partial)
Alben (b. 1964), French, Mao (en Pied), 2004, Accumulation sculpture, Private Collection Baily, Radcliffe (b. 1946), American, Erzulie, 1995, Mixed media, Private Collection
Close, Chuck (b. 1940),American, Self Portrait/Pulp, 2001, Stenciled handmade paper pulp in 11 grays, Private Collection
Collins, Bethany, (b. 1984), American, I Just Don't See Race in Your Work (White Noise Series), Chalk and Charcoal on Chalkboard, Private Collection
Dial, Thornton (1928-2016), American, The Lady Will Stand by Her Tiger, 1991, Watercolor and graphite, Private Collection
Jolley, Richard (b. 1952), American, Translating Substance No. 16, 2005, Glass, Private Collection
Kentridge, William, (b. 1955), South African, Music Box Tondo, 2006, Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle etching paper, Private Collection
Lambrecht, Lauren (b. 1955), American, Roy in Van Gogh's Bedroom, 1992 Archival pigment print, Private Collection
Lutter, Vera (b. 1960), German, San Giorgio, Venice IV, Silver gelatin, print, Private Collection Manchess, Gregory, (b. 1954), American, Edward Hopper, 1995, Oil on canvas board, Private collection
McGary, Dave (1958-2013), American, Hearts of Conviction, 1998, Bronze, patina, paint, Private Collection Muniz, Vik, (b. 1961), Vik, 2 Years Old, Album, 2014, Digital C-print, Private collection
Prochnow, Thomas (b. 1953 ) Bear (2002), Metal sculpture, Private Collection Rae, Fiona (b. 1952), American, Untitled, 1994, Oil on canvas, Private Collection
Skoglund, Sandy (b. 1946), American, Shimmering Madness, 1998, Jellybeans, wood, plastic and metal, Private Collection
Skoglund, Sandy (b. 1946), Shimmering Madness, 1998, Photograph, Private Collection
Walters, Joe (b. 1952), American, Second Nature, from the Mesh Series, 1999, Polymer clay, steel rod, aluminum mesh, glue, sand, paint, Private Collection
Read more about artGuide art news blogger coverage of the first part of the Atlanta Collects show.


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Papakura Museum
Papakura Museum focuses on the rich and diverse history of Papakura and districts. The permanent display encompasses text, images and local artefact and the Museum showcases 4 short-term exhibits each year. Check our website to see what's on.
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Contact Us
Papakura Museum was established in 1962 by the Papakura & Districts Historical Society. The Museum is a community establishment that focuses on telling the rich and diverse history of Papakura and surrounding districts. A permanent display of text, image and local artefact tells the story of settlement, colonisation, industry, war, farming and progress.
Each year the Museum also hosts at least four short-term exhibits, or travelling exhibitions on a variety of local, regional, national and international topics. Between 2014 and 2019 the World War I centenary will take centre stage with a number of exhibitions and activities being planned.
For further details on upcoming events keep an eye on our website:
Physical address
Papakura Museum, 209 Great South Road, Papakura, Auckland, 2244, New Zealand.
Opening times
- Business hours:
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10am-4.30pm, Wednesday 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-3pm
- Months of operation:
- All months of the year
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What is your current role?
Editorial director for AOL/Huffington Post, Executive Digital Brand Editor for DanaHolmesMedia.com, and a daily contributor to Yahoo Beauty and Yahoo Style
What motivated you to join The Remote Experience?
I've been very fortunate to have a fruitful career in digital media for many major, national publications based in New York City. After many years in cubicles and offices, I decided to make a go of freelancing in February. I knew I would eventually travel while I worked, so when I discovered I could travel with The Remote Experience for 4 months, it seemed like the obvious route. My primary motivation was the opportunity to travel with a built-in group of friends — well, soon-to-be friends. I also love the idea of staying in each country for a full month, in apartments in less touristy areas, so I can immerse myself in the culture and feel at home rather than feel like a visitor.
Did you work remotely prior to joining The Remote Experience?
Yes, but from coffee shops in Manhattan. A far cry from what I'm doing now!
What do you expect to be the biggest hurdle during your trip?
There are a few hurdles. Missing my family and friends, for one. The comfort of sleeping in my own bed and among my own furniture and belongings. I'm big on decorating and nesting, curating a place that feels like home. So I do miss my "nest," but my wanderlust overrides all of that. Finally, striking a balance between my heavy workload and enjoying my experience abroad has been a challenge. I've already been reprimanded by an expat friend who warned me that I'd regret working too much while I'm traveling. Though I'm a worker bee, I've taken his words to heart. I don't want to miss the "experience" part of The Remote Experience!
Where were you based out of prior to starting this trip?
I lived in New York City.
Biggest thing you hope to learn during the four months?
Non-attachment. Giving up the comforts of home all of the things I'm attached to — objects, people, routines, long-held concepts. Many religions and philosophies regard this as a path toward emotional and mental freedom and enlightenment. So far it hasn't been as hard as I've anticipated. I'm a long way from enlightenment, but I'm definitely learning new ways to think about my life and the world around me.
I also hope to learn if this is just a temporary jaunt — a learning experience — or if I'm truly a nomad at heart.
Most of all, I want to learn to be a happier, lighter, freer person.
Country you are most excited to visit?
Italy, for sure — I'm half Italian. Although I'm very excited to return to Spain. I haven't been to Barcelona, but I've been to Madrid, and I loved it so much I wanted to live there for several years after.
Food you'll miss the most from back home?
Oh, please. I expect the food in Europe to far surpass American food. Although I'll admit, embarrassingly, that I miss Starbucks coffee!
Top three travel essentials?
iPhone/laptop, comfortable yet stylish shoes, an open mind.


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Jeff and I met in 2002 when he moved in next door to me in college.
To say that my roommate and I weren't all like, "Heyyyyy hot new neighbor boy!" would be an understatement.
A dark complected, fit, overly nice, sweet talking, SINLGE guy? What more could you ask for in a neighbor.
Problem was? I was already in a committed relationship to a man I had planned to marry.
Yep. True story.
So the night that "hot new neighbor boy" knocked on our door with his shirt off to borrow peanut butter I tried to convince my roommate she should date him.
Except somehow, in the short 3 minutes he stood in our doorway while my roommate grabbed the JIF, I was intrigued by him.
Eventually {days later}, I learned that he was a finance major. Fitting, because I had a finance class that I desperately needed help with.
A few weeks went by, and feeling like he owed us a favor after the peanut butter borrow, I asked him if he would be willing to teach me how to use my financial calculator. Some would say the rest is history, but unfortunately it wasn't that simple.
Recall I mentioned I already had a boyfriend? Yea, issue numero uno.
But there was something that kept pulling me towards the neighbor boy. I can't say it was something I was hearing from God because at the time I wasn't a follower of Jesus and "to hear from God" would have been something I wasn't familiar with.
But, looking back, I find it no accident that Jeff Rose moved in to apartment B-2.
Our relationship started off rocky. I was still leading on my "ex" while hot neighbor boy continued to be a "playboy" so to speak. We cheated. We lied. We did things that {looking back} neither one of us are proud of. But there was something that could never pull us apart.
The connection I felt with him was like nothing I had felt EVER before with anyone. And you know that silly little saying,
"When you know…you know."
Well, I knew.
We spent the better half of our relationship trying to gain the others trust back. Truly, when you cheat and lie…it's so hard to come out of that. In fact, there were times that we both gave up.
It never lasted long.
Then in 2004, and after dating for just over a year, we were no longer neighbors and instead? We became roommates. We moved in together in a 4 bedroom house with 3 of his guy friends. Whoa, buddy.
Nothing like moving the girlfriend in to the bachelor pad.
Literally 3 months after we started living together we found out that he was being deployed {he was in the Army National Guard} to Iraq. And so we did what any young lovers would do…we got engaged.
On Halloween. Dressed as Dorothy and the Tin Man. Ahem.
We had planned to get engaged already, but with the deployment on the horizon
we he decided to push it up. The next logical step was to be married and, being the fact that he was leaving for another country within a month, we decided to elope!
That is correct.
I'm really not the type….to get married in Vegas.
Except I did.
To be completely honest with you, one of the main reasons we decided to get married prior to his deployment is so that I could have access to information about him while he was gone. It's much easier to be included if you are a "wife" rather than just a girlfriend or fiance. That's not to say we didn't love each other…we did. But, the deployment definitely expedited our marriage.
We actually already had our trip booked to Las Vegas with my parents to visit his mom {who lives there} and we weren't exactly sure if we were going to get married there or not.
Who does that? Plans a trip and says,
"Hey we may or may not get married on this trip."
It was important for me that my parents were on board with it. And, to say that that was an easy conversation….would be a big fat lie. EEEEKK!
I'm an only child and definitely a daddy's girl. I was not about to do anything that my parents did not bless.
Three days into our Vegas vacation, as we were sitting at In-N-Out Burger {go figure} we brought up the idea to my parents. They knew our history and the long road we had to finally becoming a couple. But I remember very clearly something that my dad said that day.
He said, "I don't want to be the reason you DON'T get married. I want you to do what is going to make you happy."
Not the response I expected from him. In fact, I thought he'd be on the next flight back to IL after he finished his Double Double.
That's all I needed to hear. That's all WE needed….and it was such a huge relief to have him leave the decision in our hands. I guess all those years of good grades made him trust me a little. Finally. Ha!
Not more than 24 hours later we were off to get our marriage license.
We originally booked our wedding at The Little White Chapel. Yes, the same Little White Chapel that Britney Spears got married at when she made that awful decision years ago.
The more I thought about…the more I just couldn't do it. Not get married. I wanted to get married.
But I couldn't get married at The Little White Chapel. It was too fake for me. I needed something more intimate and less baby-blue-tuxedo-ish. You know?
So we forfeited our deposit and decided to get married at the Stratosphere hotel. A much more classy option. As classy as you can get when you elope in Vegas on 2 days notice.
Our ceremony was 7 minutes. SEVEN. And I wore jeans {and what looks like a lingerie top}.
That's it. It was me, Jeff, my mom & dad, and his mom and step-dad. Oh, and our Reverend who just so happened to be from Illinois {strange}.
I was honestly so nervous that I drank a vodka/cranberry before we went up to the chapel. And if you know me, you know I don't do alcohol.
Thoughts that went through my head…
Was I giving up my idea of a perfect wedding with the white dress, 12 bridesmaids, gorgeous flowers, and wonderful guests? Was this the right decision? What would our friends back home say? How will we be married and live in a house with 3 other guys?
If I would have truly known how hard the first year would have been…I may have opted out.
As you can see, we had no perfect start. No extravagant wedding. No wedding dress.
But what we did have was the desire to make our marriage work and so far, we are holding true to that promise we made each other that day in the Chapel in the Clouds.


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Bullying is repeated inappropriate behaviour that undermines your right to dignity at work. It can be done by one or more persons and it is aimed at an individual or a group to make them feel inferior to other people. Bullying can be verbal bullying, physical bullying or cyber bullying which is carried out on the internet or mobile phones, through social networking sites, email and texts. It can take many different forms such as:
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In 2005 the Expert Advisory Group on Workplace Bullying (pdf) reported that bullying is an increasing problem in the workplace. A survey on bullying was carried out as recommended by the Group and Bullying in the Workplace, Survey Reports 2007 was published. In many European countries the term 'mobbing' is used instead of bullying to describe this type of hostile behaviour in the workplace.
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Welcome back for the second chapter of our book study! This chapter was deep and really had me reflecting.
The only way that we can have the ideal classroom that we dreamed about in chapter one is if we understand our core beliefs about teaching and align our practices to match these beliefs. Miller challenges teachers to research and reflect to come up with their own list of core beliefs.
I spent lots of time thinking about my classroom beliefs and I came up with five that I feel truly define my core classroom values. I may add or change these over time!
I am striving to create a student led classroom where students have power. This goes against my OCD tendencies so it is not easy. I want to help students to be self sufficient. Therefore, I allow my students to go to the bathroom when they need to. Students are allowed to choose their own reading material and have choice when it comes time for games or centers.
I give my students the freedom to get up from their seats to get materials and supplies whenever they need to. I provide an organizational system for classroom supplies, but expect students to maintain cleanliness and order. This is not just MY classroom. It is OUR classroom.
This type of freedom is only possible when students feel trusted and safe. A classroom community must be established from the very beginning. Students must be taught how to communicate with one another so that everyone's ideas are respected. This takes lots of modeling and practice. Once the community is established students will feel more open to offering their opinions and ideas even if they are wrong! The colaboration will benefit every student in the classroom.
Students who set their own goals are more likely to meet the goals! At the beginning of every quarter, my students write their behavior and academic goals for the quarter. They keep them in their data folders so that they are seen regularly.
Throughout he quarter, students graph different pieces of data that help them to see their progress towards the goals they set.
At the end of the quarter, I like to meet with each student for just a few minutes to discuss their goals and what steps they took to meet those goals. We also talk about how they might change their goals for the next quarter. I let the student lead this conversation rather than telling them what I think! (Super hard!!!)
I also believe that students will be more motivated to reach the goals that they set if they are celebrated. I use brag tags in the classroom to celebrate academic and behavior growth. Students should be encouraged to be proud of their accomplishments!
You can find my data binder for 2nd grade HERE and for 3rd grade HERE. You can find my brag tags HERE.
I use the whole brain teaching strategies in my classroom. They allow students to move, talk, listen and laugh. My favorite part of whole brain teaching is the Teach Okay strategy. I have my students teaching each other half a dozen times per lesson. They love it because I am giving them permission to talk on a regular basis. Plus, they are saying what they heard and hearing it again from a partner. They use the hand gestures that they saw me use and they giggle. Do you let your student laugh in class? Laughing releases endorphins that help to increase memory. Times that you were having fun are some of the easiest memories to access! So let them laugh!
I assess my students on a daily basis. This does not mean that I am giving them a test every day. I actually give as few formal tests as possible. I learn the most by observing my students each day. Small group time is my favorite time for assessment. While students are playing with manipulatives, working in their interactive notebooks, discussing or reading- I am learning so much about them! I use these assessments to plan my future lessons, interventions and enrichment. I wrote yesterday about how I use interactive notebooks and mastery checklists to keep track of my informal assessment data. You can read that post by clicking HERE.
I will admit that writing my beliefs was not too difficult. The tough part will be making sure that all of my classroom practices align with my beliefs. When the practice and the belief do not align, we need to decide if we need to change the practice or the belief.
Miller suggested having a notebook and spending a few minutes reflecting on what you learned each day while teaching. I LOVE the idea! It might be a little scary to write about those times bad teacher days! But just like I want my students to learn from their mistakes, I must also be willing to reflect on my both the good and the bad. I think I will learn a lot about myself as a teacher. Will you take this challenge with me?
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guess I'll jump on the bandwagon...a few of these should be easy peasy.
1. Post the names of 20 of your favorite musicians
2. See who can guess which is your favorite song by each.
3. Once someone guesses right, bold that row and include the song.
In no particular order other than who comes to mind first!
- Ewan McGregor - Your Song guessed by thaigemini, arwensedai and ewanmesong
- Gerry Butler - Music of the Night guessed by thaigemini, arwensedai and ewanmesong
- Ashlee Simpson - La La guessed by juvenilewreck
- Britney Spears - I'm a Slave 4 U guessed by thaigemini
- Christina Aguilera
- Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) guessed by arwensedai (it's only my favorite cause in the music video...AJ dressed up as The Phantom and Howie was Dracula ;D)
- 50 Cent - Stunt 101 guessed by arwensedai
- Fatboy Slim
- Josh Groban - You Raise Me Up guessed by thaigemini
- Kylie Minogue - Red Blooded Woman guessed by okioniwa
- Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River guessed by arwensedai
- Lenny Kravitz - Lady guessed by thaigemini and arwensedai
- Wilson Phillips
- Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life guessed by thaigemini
- Paula Abdul - Straight Up guessed by juvenilewreck
- Clint Mansell - Lux Aeterna guessed by ewanmesong
- Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of the Opera guessed by thaigemini and arwensedai
- Michael Jackson
- Nicole Kidman - Sparkling Diamonds guessed by arwensedai
- Audrey Hepburn - Moon River guessed by juvenilewreck
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Three years after his whistle-blowing "hack" of Latvian government information as the pseudonymous "Neo," computer scientist Ilmars Poikans is back in prosecutors' cross-hairs.
In the spring of 2010, Mr. Poikans made headlines as "Neo" after he released salary information he obtained from a hole in the Latvian State Revenue Service (SRS) website to highlight high government salaries – despite Latvia's official austerity policies amidst a grueling economic downturn. Though Latvian authorities determined that Poikans had not violated the country's hacking laws, earlier this month they formally charged Poikans with violating laws protecting personal privacy and the confidentiality of commercial data.
But despite the legal difficulties that have beset him since, Poikans says that his whistle-blowing, arrest, and the media and public uproar that followed seem to have served the interests of more government transparency.
"The Neo incident led to a law mandating monthly disclosure of public employees' salaries. It also raised awareness of data security issues in the public sector, leading to extra audits of government IT systems and, hopefully remedies of any deficiencies found," he says.
Neo's whistleblowing
In late 2008, Latvia suffered one of the most severe economic downturns in Europe, with a double-digit drop in gross domestic product (GDP). As a result, the country adopted a variety of austerity policies, including purported cuts in public servant salaries and in salaries for managers of state-owned companies.
In the summer of 2009, Poikans, an artificial-intelligence researcher at the University of Latvia's Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, discovered a hole in the SRS website's security. By simply changing the last digit of a particular web address, usually used by taxpayers for filing or examining their own tax returns, he found that he could access salary data for most government employees.
Poikans then unobtrusively downloaded 250 gigabytes of data, including salaries from a wide range of Latvian government ministries, state-owned companies, and municipalities. He processed and, with some exceptions, anonymized the salary data for thousands of public sector employees in an effort to see whether Latvia's public sector had cut bonuses and high salaries in accordance with austerity policies.
He found that many, but not all, state and municipal institutions continued to pay high salaries and bonuses to top officials – flaunting the austerity demanded by the government, the International Monetary Fund, and other international lenders participating in the bailout of the Baltic country. While some ministries, companies, and municipalities fell into line, many institutions were spending as if the economic crisis had never happened.
Poikans leaked the data to Ilze Nagla, then a prominent Latvian television journalist, who broadcast the story in February 2010 on her Sunday night investigative news program "Defacto." He also left the data as compressed files on Internet file drops to which other journalists were alerted on Twitter after the TV report.
Catalyst for change
Poikans, who was unmasked just a few months later and briefly arrested, was quickly heralded as a hero for his whistleblowing efforts.
Ms. Nagla told the BBC at the time that "A lot of people perceive him as a modern, virtual Robin Hood."
"On the one hand of course he has stolen confidential data... and he actually has committed a crime. But at the same time there is value for the public in the sense that now a lot of information gets disclosed and the whole system maybe becomes a little more transparent," she said.
In fact, in September 2012, more than two years after his arrest, the Latvian authorities dropped an investigation into whether Mr. Poikans was guilty of hacking or breaking into the Revenue Service's computer network. Prosecutors admitted that Mr. Poikans had committed "no crime" by walking through what was an unlocked electronic doorway.
And now, many say that the Neo incident accelerated much needed reforms of information security in the Latvian public sector.
"The incident had a positive effect on subsequent developments. It brought attention to these problems and society talked about it, which was important and was one of the factors leading to the drafting of a law on information security," Maris Andzans, the chairman of Latvia's National Information Security Council and a high security official in the Ministry of Transport, told TV3 in Latvia earlier this month.
"Neo came at a time when there was a crisis of legitimacy for those in power in Latvia, and what he did influenced government decisions against the background of a public desire for change, which Neo addressed," says Ivars Ijabs, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Latvia.
"Transparency is becoming a new religion," says Mr. Ijabs. "Mr. Poikans is one of its high priests."
Media activism
Poikans' whistleblowing also indirectly led to the founding of a new, more activist journalists' organization and a series of protests in Latvia, for various causes, in which Twitter and social media played a key role.
When on May 11, 2010, police went after Neo, now exposed as Poikans, they also sent three plainclothes officers to push their way into Nagla's apartment as she came home around 10 p.m. and seize her laptop and other digital media. The young journalist, living alone at the time, first thought criminals were invading her home.
The search of a well-known television reporters' residence outraged media workers in Latvia, and 120 of them signed an open protest letter, with some of the signatories forming the core of a new Latvian Journalists' Association – after the Soviet-legacy Journalists' Union failed to act quickly on Nagla's behalf.
A "flash protest" organized on Twitter gathered several hundred demonstrators in front of the Cabinet of Ministers in downtown Riga and a second smaller demonstration took at the State Prosecutor's office. The use of social media for spontaneous protests became commonplace after these events.
As Nagla said on a recent television talk show discussing the pending charges against Poikans, the events he triggered three years ago did trigger changes, even if they were small ones.
Neo's future
The charges pending against Poikans can carry up to two years in prison, an equivalent suspended sentence, a fine, or community service work. When asked how he saw his chances of acquittal or conviction, Poikans uses a common Latvian expression for complete unpredictabiliy.
"The courts are like a swarm of bees. You never know what they will do," he says.
But the possible criminal prosecutions hanging over the computer scientist haven't detered him from continuing his awakened activism. Poikans has been involved in a series of civil lawsuits challenging what he and his lawyers allege are unfairness and a lack of transparency in the way electricity tariffs are regulated in Latvia.
"The citizens of the country have to have the possibility to check these against the facts," Poikans says. "The more transparent you make process in the government, the lesser the chance that something will be done against the interests of society."


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People with a strong will power will always have the bigger picture in mind. They will be able to forgo small pleasures in order to help attain bigger goals. You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.
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I've spent time with that too - reducing paper piles and scraps. Same thing, more ordered but still scraps in a new container (ha) - then photographs - and post cards and picture cards. But really...just pushing piles around from disorder to order. I do discover some gems though. It's kind of like living off the past in the present. Sometimes they're good for a blog post, or contacting an old friend long neglected. I wrote a poem for a friend about our stuff once when we worried over similar things:
(For Her & For Me)
by Michelle Slater
boxed and stored away;
no one to pass them to, you say,
Like me,
left holding just the artifacts
for proof.
Oh, sweet my friend,
when we, ah, when we are gone away,
gone for good and all,
no thing
save life itself lives on.
It will not need our stuff.
No 'thing' can matter when matter dissipates.
'Twas that
plain fact,
not cruel, not kind*
which in reverse brought each of us
into being, one at a time.
We two
as we are now,
will sometime no more be.
Perhaps a fragrance lingers
for those
whose hearts we touched.
A chance breeze
carries an impression
made of an impulse
now forgotten
that moves a leaf
to let a ray of sunlight in.
Did I tell you
I dream of the precise blue shade
that was my fathers eye,
hear my mothers voice when I sing.
I dream and sing.
Mary Oliver must have credit for the concept which she used as
"..neither cruel nor kind" in reference to 'nature')
Your sink hole is worrisome but no sense worrying, and the lost trees rouse my empathy yet what you say is true. Everything comes and goes. The contrasts are gorgeous.
The birds are beautiful and so too the rust marked cloths. But best of all your spirit shines on through it all.
Michelle~ Thank you so for sharing here and reminding me there are kindred spirits out there. Here's to just going...some more...together.
sinkholes make me think
they are mysteries for me
"just keep going in circles and now realize that i now have a paper pile
out in the open, bothering me instead of tucked in a drawer out of sight.
THIS just so much made me smile....there's gotta be a way out, right?
sometimes it's paper, sometimes it's thoughts....
the Raven is such a gift....Love to you.....
Yvette~ I agree 'mysteries'. This one gets deeper off to one side, pulling you in. A big one in the Valley near here, during the Big Rains, swallowed two cars!!
Grace~ Oh yes. It is so much Thoughts sometimes!! At least with paper, once gone...it is gone! I knew you'd like this Raven, it was so big, so mighty.
wow, rain, ravens, sinkholes and an idea file. Regarding the business of paper -- it is the hardest clutter to deal with, I think. Part of me wants to suggest you take it to kinko, ask them to copy on uniform sheets of paper and bind. Voila! Now it's a book of ideas. BUT! if the book (or the pile or even the stuffed and closed drawer) has the oppressive energy of a TO DO list that you will NEVER do, get rid of it. All of it. Too bad you can't shove down that sink hole and watch it all disappear!
Dee~ I laughed so hard at your disposal idea! I talked to my neighbor and it turns out that sinkhole may be 20 feet deep!!! So, I guess I can put some of your paper trail down there too! haha
what a beautiful raven, 2017 is a wild ride!
Mo~ Yes s/he is magnificent! As for a wild ride, I had a feeling it would be, but would rather have calm.
tootled over and so understand your thoughts. what i did with the stack of old paper relating to my ex that was in a trunk? fire. a lovely letting go, bit by bit, one morning in front of my fireplace. i've never felt bad about it. it was all my stuff about a me that's now changed. no one else, ever needed to read that.
Hey Velma! I totally agree...I've shredded so much of my past 'feelings' and whatnot. You are right, no one needs to read that and I like feeling lighter and rid of it! PS If I had a fireplace, I'd choose that way over the violence of the shredder (but sometimes that is a fitting end too) and I have used my kettle shaped BBQ!! lol
once i burned a pile like that. But as i did I went slowly through it, letting what was there sink in. rethinking each scribble. I figured that what ever was valuable would stay in my head and come out in someway, someday, as something useful. I made a note to myself... each new thought is as good as any that came before.
love those rain photos.
Hey Jude~ Thanks. And yes, that is what I was hoping...that something would stick. Or not. I guess it doesn't really matter either way. Ha. After so many years, the rain has been wonderful!
From that grand bird to the grave hole in the ground… what a Full post! I understand the clutter, often, in an attempt to get rid, I make things much worse for a while, sometimes semi-permanently. sighs.
Hazel~ Oh things are most definitely worse! Still. lol


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Growing digital literacy and access to analytic tools is fostering a data-driven culture. What are the characteristics of a data-driven culture?
According to Gartner's How to Establish a Data-Driven Culture in the Digital Workplace, the straightforward definition of culture is ... the way we do things around here. It is the sum of attitudes, customs and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another.
Culture is transmitted from one generation to the next through language, material objects, ritual, institutions and art.
There exists, according to Gartner, a number of common characteristics in organizations that call themselves data-driven:
- Pervasive use of data in business processes. By definition, a data-driven workplace requires pervasive use of data within the execution of key business processes, as part of operational decision making.
- Data and analytics at the heart of both strategic and tactical decision making. Information can inform decision making at both strategic and tactical levels.
- Treating information as an asset. While 80% of CEOs claim to have operationalized the notion of data as an asset, only 10% say that their company actually treats it that way.
So, how does an enterpries encourage a data-driven culture on the road to digital transformation?
For starters, incorporating mindful information management practices.
A strong move to a data-driven culture should include the HR organization as a core stakeholder, with the cooperation of HR and IT departments being a core element of the digital workplace.
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While slogging through some of the reading for my Greek Exegesis class, a point was made regarding the fact that parts of our Scripture are more useful or easily applicable to our lives and thought.
My mind quickly followed the rabbit down his trail and I eventually asked myself which five books of the Bible I would keep if I were in some hypothetical scenario in which I were presented with such a choice. As I ran through the options in my mind, I quickly came up with the five that I would not be without. It was interesting to realize how quickly I came up with them, and how I was not able to come up with any arguments that would overthrow my previous choices.
I'd be very interested to hear which five books of the Bible you would choose to keep if you were forced to make the decision, and why.
This thought experiment brings up the idea of a canon within the Canon. This phrase refers to the fact that, whether we are aware of it or not, we all tend to emphasize and attach more worth to certain books of the Bible than others. This is a natural thing based on the diversity within Scripture and the diversity of its readers, but it is also a very dangerous thing. If we do indeed believe that ALL Scripture is God-breathed, and useful, etc. we must fight the temptation to spend all our time in our favorite books and ignore those which are less exciting, less clear, or more convicting. Of course different books have different purposes and different strengths, and I'm not suggesting a wooden application such that each book of the Bible receive equal time in the pulpit or in personal study, but most of us tend to pay undue attention to some books at the expense of others (and our own knowledge and edification!).
By considering this question and how you answer it, I hope you'll end up with some food for thought regarding the way you think about the Bible and the way you value its different books.
I think I will wait to share my list until a few of you have shared yours, if any of you do.


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NSHRF directors and staff are saddened to announce that our colleague and good friend, Eric Rushton, CMA passed away suddenly but peacefully at his Lawrencetown home this week. His obituary noted that his "incredible journey through life was cut short by cancer".
Eric had a professional relationship with the Foundation for several years before he joined the staff in 2009 as Chief Financial Officer, so many of us had known him for quite a while. He not only managed the finances of the organization, he represented the NSHRF on a number of committees and boards and at various events. His jovial manner, hospitality and love of life made him a wonderful ambassador for the Foundation.
In addition to his accounting and leadership skills, Eric brought to NSHRF a unique sense of humour, sharp wit and genuine care and compassion for those with whom he worked. His first task on every work day was to walk through the office to wish his colleagues good morning and ask how they were. We will miss that, and him.
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The Department of Defense is one of the biggest polluters on the planet so it should come as no surprise that members of the U.S. military are exposed its dangerous toxic waste.
Since returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, an untold number of soldiers have come down with puzzling health problems. Chronic bronchitis. Neurological defects. Even cancer. Many of them are pointing the finger at a single culprit: The open-air "burn pits" that incinerated trash — from human waste to computer parts — on military bases overseas.
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Republican Roman Army: Infantry in the center, Greek allies on the right flank, Numidian cavalry on the left
Roman left flank with velites in front of Spanish and Numidian cavalry
Numidian Cavalry
Scipio Africanus in command
So what's next? For me at least, the Thirty Years' War with its masses of pike and armor-clad cuirassier. How long will it take to produce? At my current rate, probably the better part of a year. We'll see.


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I believe that to live and work on a good farm, or to be engaged in other agricultural pursuits, is pleasant as well as challenging; for I know the joys and discomforts of agricultural life and hold an inborn fondness for those associations which even in hours of discouragement, I cannot deny.
I believe in leadership from ourselves and respect from others. I believe in my own ability to work efficiently and think clearly, with such knowlegde and skill as I can secure, and in the ability of progressive agriculturalists to serve our own public interest in producing and marketing the product of our toil.
I believe in less dependence on begging and more power in bargaining; in the life abundant and enough honest wealth to help make it so-- for others as well as myself; in less need of charity and more of it when needed; in being happy myself and playing square with those whose happiness depends on me.
I believe that rural America can and will hold true to the best traditions of our national life and that I can exert and influence in my home and community which will stand solid for my part in that inspiring task.
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