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Wayne Almlie
My Personal testimony
Do you believe it's possible to be baptized, to be given the Scriptures as a child, to go to Sunday school, to do all the memory work, be confirmed and made a member of the church in good standing and still be lost, to be a stranger to Jesus Christ. That's my story.
Let me start at the beginning. I was born January 4th 1954 at 6:02 AM in Hillsboro, North Dakota to Marcus and Mary Lou Almlie. On April 25th of that same year I was baptized at the Shelly Lutheran Parsonage in Shelly Minnesota. My parents were faithful in fulfilling their baptismal promises, to bring me up in the faith. They brought me regularly to church and Sunday School and on March 12 1962 gave me my first bible. I believed; I had the faith of a child. As we grow, God gives us more and more light, as David says in the Psalms, the Lord is my light. God gives us light in stages and I started to fall behind, I was exerting my will more and more.
In the eighth grade I started confirmation classes. By this time we had moved to Hendrum Mn. The pastor I grew up with, Pastor Anhalt, was an evangelist at heart. He had such a burden to see people saved. Over the years he had developed a close association with the LEM, The Lutheran Evangelistic Movement, and most every year a summer youth team would come, or a bus load of kids would travel to Minneapolis to the LEM midwinter youth conference, and in early February he would have an LEM evangelist come in to do a week of meetings at the church.
I don't remember for sure why I went, it may have been a requirement for confirmation or it may have just been that mom said we had to go. I went and the speaker was Sterling Johnson, and that's about all I remember except that God spoke to me during that week and shed some more light on me, and I came to the realization that there was another step God wanted me to take. He wanted my life; he wanted to be Lord. I know there was already sin and rebellion in my life, that I had probably broken most if not all the commandments, but it was in ignorance. But at this point in my life I defiantly told God, No! I was going to live my life my way. I was living out the principle of Heb 10:26-27
For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment. NASU
I had received the knowledge of the truth; I knew that I was a sinner. I knew that Jesus was the only sacrifice for sin, and I knew that if I died my eternal destiny was Hell. I was not deceived. I remember being fully aware of all three of those facts. But I rejected Him anyway, I looked at the cost, my friends, the popularity that I sought, the hopeful gratification of my lust, and I decided it was too much.
Now I didn't drop out of church, I continued going to confirmation, to Sunday school, continued memorizing scripture, the 10 commandments and their meanings, and the Apostles creed and its meanings, and on June 1st 1969 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hendrum, Minnesota I was confirmed.
I clearly remember the last meeting with my pastor before confirmation; he was talking about the connection between baptism and confirmation. How when we were baptized our parents and sponsors spoke for us, but now after being instructed in the faith we would speak for ourselves. Then he talked about Judgment Day and how sad it would be for him to find out how many people he had confirmed and shepherded who had only been giving lip service and weren't really saved. Many he feared, when they would stand before Jesus, He would tell them, "I never knew you."
As I said, there I was baptized, confirmed, and a member of the church in good standing, I knew the scriptures and the way of salvation, but I was lost. I had never met the real Jesus, at least not on his terms. I knew that if I died, that Hell would be my destiny, not heaven. I was one who said latter Lord, not now; I want to have some fun first. And in the meantime I hoped that nothing bad would happen to me.
The rest of the story is that God never gave up on me. I kept hanging around church, mostly because that's where all the cute girls were. And that kept me exposed to the word of God. In my junior year there was a revival that broke out amongst the youth in my little hometown. Four boys got saved and just started getting together for fellowship and prayer, but soon the group doubled and then it doubled again, then I and other unbelievers started showing up, just out of curiosity just to see what was going on. In the spring time they set up a meeting place down by the river, with a log pulpit and they would have meetings there and sing songs by a campfire and use the log pulpit to take turns sharing and giving testimonies.
In the meantime, I was hanging out with both groups. I was hanging with the cool kids, drinking and partying. And I was going to a lot of the fellowship times with the Christians as well. By the time my junior year ended and the summer started, I was seeing the emptiness of my life. Also I was seeing the power that the group had on me. When I was with my friends, I would do what ever they would do. As some of the group started getting into drugs, I saw that if I was not careful, I could really mess up my life.
In August of that summer, the Christian youth organized an outreach event in the Perly Hall, Which was the town six miles to the south of Hendrum. I road up with a friend, we had a couple beers on the way. I don't remember a lot about the meeting, except there was some singing, the Lutheran Pastor from Perly, Pastor Halverson gave a short message, and several of the Christian youth gave their testimonies. God had been working on me since eighth grade and I was ready, I was under conviction, Pastor Halverson gave an altar call, but I didn't go up, I continued to resist. My friend and I drove back to Hendrum, we had a couple more beers and I went home.
But the battle wasn't over, I was like Nebuchadnezzar, "his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him". I lay in bed wrestling with God for several hours. I just couldn't fall asleep. I was aware of my sinful condition. I was a lawbreaker, who deserved Hell. I was a liar, a thief and an adulterer at heart. I was lost, but I also knew that Jesus came to save lost people. Finally about two in the morning, I got out of bed, got on my knees and prayed. I was done running; I was ready to have Jesus take his rightful place as Lord of my life. I surrendered; did I understand fully what that meant? Did I understand what it meant to deny myself, take up my cross and follow Him? Probably not fully, but I did understand that if He was Lord, I was not.
Now I had a real advantage, I grew up with a pastor who preached the Word, who preached the need for a personal relationship with Christ. Who preached sin, righteousness and judgment? I was not saved, but I was not deceived either. I was lost and I knew I was lost and I knew if I died, Hell would be my eternal destiny. But what about the average person who sits in the pews of the churches across our country today? I don't think they are getting that message. They are sitting there hearing a feel good message, that never touches their real need, and many of them are lost but they don't know it.


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What's next for interest rates?
I thought they had bottomed and was planning to lock in a portion of our loans on fixed rates at the current low rates a week or so ago. Maybe I'm lucky I didn't as now there is evidence they may fall further or at least they will remain low a little longer than anticipated.
One reason I say this is that over the years, every time I lock in on fixed rates, despite getting the best advice from experts in this field, I've usually got it wrong.
So maybe the fact that I was planning to lock in was a sign that rates will fall further ( a bit like washing my car is a sure way to know it's going to rain.)
But more importantly…
Last week 2 bits of news suggested rates are unlikey to rise any time soon:
- The RBA's lower forecasts of economic growth
- Rising unemployment levels
But rather than listening to my thoughts…
Here's what Bill Evans, chief economist of Westpac had to say in his analysis of the RBA's Statement of Monetary Policy …
We were surprised to see that the Reserve Bank lowered its growth forecast for both 2014 and 2015 from 2.75% and 3.25% respectively to 2.5% and 3%.
The Bank qualifies that downgrade by noting that "the differences are well within usual ranges of uncertainty for the forecasts".
However a closer look at the indicated profile suggests the following:
1. Growth in the final three quarters of 2014 is now forecast to average 0.5% per quarter.
Under the old growth profile it seemed more likely that the Bank was expecting a solid lift in momentum in the final quarter of 2014 in the order of 0.75% compared to the implied 0.5% in the new forecast..
2. The growth rate for 2015 has been lowered from 3.25% to 3%. It appears that the profile in the first half of 2015 at around 0.75% per quarter has been retained from the May statement.
However, an implied lift in momentum in the second half of 2015 to an average of around 0.85% has been lowered to 0.75% (the same growth pace as the first half).
3. As expected, the growth range forecast for 2016 is kept at 2.75-4.25%. That implies a lift in the quarterly pace from 0.75% to 0.9%.
The two key observations which provide additional background behind this shift are:
1. "Relative to three months ago when near term prospects for non-mining activity appeared to be improving the recent softness in some indicators has increased the uncertainty around the strength and timing of the pick-up in consumption and non-mining investment";
2. On the labour market, the May Statement on Monetary Policy indicated that the unemployment rate was likely to begin declining consistently from mid 2015. In this report that is not expected to occur until 2016.
The changed growth forecast includes several 'tweaks' with a softer near term outlook for consumption and non residential construction, a further expansion in dwelling investment later in the forecast period, and some shifts in the profile of resource exports.
Interestingly, the Overview asserts that "the outlook for domestic growth is not materially different from that presented in the May Statement".
That may be understating things – certainly the change vis a vis the Bank's February Statement on Monetary Policy (when GDP growth was forecast to run at a clearly above trend 3.5%) is looking more material.
The Bank has also changed its forecast for inflation although importantly, this looks to be solely due to the repeal of the carbon tax rather than the changed growth view.
Broadly speaking the Bank expects that the removal of the tax will reduce headline inflation by 0.75ppts over the year to June 2015.
About half of that will directly affect electricity and gas prices and is unlikely to figure in underlying inflation whereas the other half reflects indirect effects on prices of other goods and services.
Accordingly the Bank has reduced its forecast for underlying inflation from 2.5% in the year to December 2014 to 2.25% and from 2.75% to 2.25% for the year to June 2015.
It has raised its forecast for the year to December 2015 reflecting the fact that the previous legislation had entailed a move to a floating price for carbon in mid 2015.
The bottom line is that there does not appear to be any change in the underlying inflation forecasts that are being driven by the lower growth outlook.
Policy implications
The important observations around these forecasts are the following
1. The Bank expects the current soft patch for growth that is apparent in the June quarter to extend through the whole of 2014.
2. Whereas in May it expected growth momentum through 2015 to lift in the second half relative to the first half it now expects that momentum to remain steady.
3. In lowering the growth forecast for 2015 from 3.25% ("at or above trend ) to 3% (at or below trend) it provides some flexibility to cut rates over the second half of 2014.
That is because any central bank that is predicting below trend growth in the year in which a policy change can be expected to have an effect, i.e. policy in 2014 will affect 2015, allows itself the flexibility to cut rates if it deems necessary.
The key to that decision appears to be in the following comment: "there is some evidence that momentum in consumption growth has waned somewhat although at this stage it is unclear whether this reflects temporary sentiment effects or a more lasting reassessment of economic conditions by households".
It is our view that if the Bank concluded the latter, and given its revised forecasts, it may decide to cut rates.
However, we expect that it is being overly conservative. To believe that the final three quarters of 2014 will average growth of 2% (annualised) seems to be assuming an overly pessimistic outlook for the consumer.
We believe that through 2014 consumer spending will gather momentum at a faster pace than is currently implied by the Bank. When it recognises that trend it is likely to upgrade its forecasts for 2014 and restore its above trend forecast for 2015. That will preclude any perceived need for lower rates.
Signals around consumer sentiment, retail sales, housing finance, house prices and dwelling construction activity all point to a more upbeat assessment of the economy than contained in the Bank's forecast.
Whilst the above analysis provides a scenario that might lead to a policy shift down the track, there is no evidence in the broader discussion in the August Statement on Monetary Policy to suggest any shift is imminent.
The key sentence that "on present indications, the most prudent course is likely to be a period of stability in interest rates" is retained unchanged from the Governor's decision statement earlier this month.
There is no indication in the rest of their wording that the RBA has moved any closer to an easing bias.
Despite the unmistakable nervousness contained in this report we remain comfortable with our view that rates will remain on hold through 2014 and well into 2015 prior to the first hike in August.

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Viva el Fox!
Yesterday I spent the morning with the students of the Kingswood-Oxford School in Connecticut. I was invited by Yom Odamtten, a beloved English and History teacher there, and hosted by the Head of School Dennis Bisgaard and his wife Monica Bisgaard. I spoke about identity, what it is, where we get it, and when and how we can change it. Then students in Yom's literature class asked me tough questions about Black, White, and Jewish. I enjoyed my time there, and am so glad to have K-O on the mental map I carry with me everywhere. Wonderful place.
Today I participated in an incredibly powerful women's conference in Charlotte. I did a talk on the New Face of Feminism and afterwards had the opportunity to spend some time with former President of Mexico Vicente Fox and his brilliant and passionate wife, Marta Sahagun de Fox. Together, they spoke about the tremendous social reforms they are working on through their new Presidential Library. One of the four items on their agenda: Gender Equality.
It was a delight to hear President Fox talking about his deep love and admiration for his wife, and how together they believe that the 21st Century is destined to be led by women, who have the compassion, love, and efficacy the future demands. They were deeply inspiring. Having grown up part-time in Mexico, I feel a particularly strong bond with the couple responsible for bringing greater transparency to the Mexican government, at least attempting to resolve the stand-off in Chiapas, and more attention to education and health care in the country.
Also, I'm usually not one to gush over corporate sponsors, but the conference was sponsored by Wachovia, an extremely woman and mother-friendly company. After spending some time with Shannon MacFayden, head of Human Resources for Wachovia and her co-workers, I'm thinking of switching banks! Also, Marie and the rest of the folks at the Tribble Group did an AMAZING job of making it all flawless.
More news from the next stop: Eckerd College in St. Petersburg. I'm looking forward to the sunshine.
Hope you're happy where you are.
Peace and love,
Labels: Dennis Bisgaard, feminism, Kingswood-Oxford School, Mar, Marta Fox, Mexican government, Vicente Fox, Wachovia, Yom Odamtten


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Barrowford's Daniel Barritt is targeting a return to form on the third round of the FIA World Rally Championship this weekend.
The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team take to the wheel of the EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC at the Rally Mexico, with co-driver Barritt and Elfyn Evans in with a chance of challenging for the podium.
Barritt and Evans, 10th in the Championship, will be looking to rejuvenate their season.
Having twice finished the Rally Mexico just shy of the podium, the Brits will be hoping to challenge for a top-three result once again.
Benefitting from a more advantageous road position, the pairing will have a good chance of making their mark.
But their later running order doesn't come without its challenges, with a constant threat of rally-ending rocks being pulled onto the racing line.
The team conducted their pre-event test in Spain, only for it to be cut short by the wintry weather that has engulfed much of Europe.
The Beast from the East may have cut the test from five days to three, but the Cumbrian squad remain well-prepared thanks to Ford's invaluable technical support.
Making use of the Blue Oval's state-of-the-art Climatic Chamber in Dunton, the team are able to replicate the altitude and expected temperatures which – combined with the data from the test – allows the engineers to configure the best maps and set-up for the challenges ahead.
Rally Mexico is one of the most colourful and exciting events of the year,and one of the most challenging, with sweltering heat and high altitude taking its toll.
The 30°C heat can be closer to 50°C in the cockpit. The crews must be in peak physical condition and every technical component must be able to withstand the punishing temperatures.
If that weren't enough, the stages climb more than 2,700 meters above sea level where the oxygen-starved air can see engine performance reduced by as much as 20%.
The drivers must adjust their driving to contend with the reduced power, and the engineers must do their research to ensure maximum performance throughout the weekend.
The gravel stages can also be rough going, especially over the second pass, and the crews must maintain their concentration levels to avoid the pitfalls that make this event a rally of attrition.


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Hey y'all! Hello November! Can you believe it's already November? I sure can't but I'm happy it is because I love this time of the year. We've been busy; here's what we've been up to….
My niece, Makenna, plays high school volleyball and they had their last home game last week, so I loaded the kids up and we went to cheer for her and the Lady Cardinals.
The kids had a field trip to a local fire station last week. While we were there the firefighters got called out so it was interesting to see them jump to action. The kids were a little afraid of everything but everyone had a good time and they really enjoyed playing on the firemen's workout equipment. And while we were there, Uncle Jeremy stopped by to say hi.
After the fire station field trip, we took the kids to the park to play. It was the most beautiful day to play in the park.
Brant's surgery was last Thursday. He did fabulous! He got his adenoids out and was suppose to get one tube in his left ear but once the doctor was in there and looked at his right ear, he decided he needed to replace that tube too so now he's got two new tubes. Waking up from surgery was rough but thankfully his recovery went well. He got to spend a lot of time with Grandma since we had several things to do this past weekend so he was in hog heaven! Thank you so much for all the prayers!
We got our first Christmas catalog in the mail last week and the kids, mostly Brady, went wild! Brady has carried that catalog around ever since he got it and he doesn't like to share it. I loves to look in it and tell us all the things he wants for Christmas.
We had a few errands to run last week and I took a kid or two with me, they love it when they get to get away from the house and their siblings and spend time with mama and daddy.
Since I didn't get a group picture of all the kids at our field trip to the pumpkin patch, I decided to give it one more try. The pictures aren't perfect, by any means, but at least everyone is in it, everyone is looking, and most are somewhat smiling…..that's a win in my book!
Saturday was Brady's last soccer game. The Jets had a great season and won several of their games. Brady improved a lot from the first game to the last game but I think it's safe to say, he's probably not going to grow up to be a soccer star! He would run the opposite direction from the ball and everyone else on the field, but the simple fact that he ran instead of standing in the middle of the field like he did during the first game was a big improvement and a win in my book!
After the game there was a soccer awards ceremony. When I saw Brady walk up on that stage to receive his trophy, I felt the tears starting to swell up in my eyes. I don't know why I'm such an emotional mom but I am. Thankfully, I held it together but I really had to work at it. I guess a little bit of it is because we went through so much to have a baby and I'm so thankful God gave us Brady. Or maybe it's because he's growing up so fast. Whatever it is, I'm super proud of my big guy and I love him so much.
We have the most amazing and supportive family; after Brady's game everyone went to eat Mexican food to celebrate a great soccer season.
Halloween was a blast and the kids were adorable. Fun was had by all!
And because today is Wednesday, I thought I'd throw a little Hump Day Humor into this post to make it extra-long for you! :)~
Well, that's all I have folks….are you as tired from reading this as I am from living it??? Apparently the Six Sweet Seals are exhausted! lol
I have a busy, crazy, and fun life and I enjoy sharing it with you; thank you for reading about our journey and being so supportive to my family. We are so blessed to have so many people who love us, support us, and pray for us!
Be blessed,


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Tony Odur recovers lost time
- Written by John Vianney Nsimbe
When Tony Odur, 23, scored a hat-trick in Uganda's 4-0 win over Burundi to qualify to the next stage of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers 5-1 on aggregate on Saturday, he was making up for lost time.
The way he rose up highest in the first half to nod in the opening goal was a sign of determination to lead by example; the 50 yards run after a pass from midfielder Musa Mudde, scorer of the fourth goal, to slide it past the Burundi goalkeeper was an epitome of calm finishing; and then the dazzling run into the box by left-back Godfrey Walusimbi who delivered a pass to the far post to an unmarked Odur to slide it home, showed the poacher's instincts in the Bunamwaya striker.
"After the 1-1 in Burundi where Henry Kisekka scored, I had to sit down and reflect on my game. I felt I could give more to the team and coming into the return leg, I was really determined to score and it's good it happened although I didn't expect it to be a hat-trick. I am really happy about this achievement," said Odur.
However, Odur realizes that this must be a springboard for more consistent displays whenever he plays that rhyme with the level of talent he has got. "I'm working very hard because I know I would have been far in terms of progress. Seeing team-mates become professionals and I'm still here makes me realize that I have lost a lot of time."
Odur broke onto the scene in 2003 as an exciting youngster at Express FC. Together with the small Mark Mwambo, who has since quit the game, in midfield, they were the new kids on the block that came off the bench at the CECAFA club Championships that year to turn the game round.
The two were the talking points at that time and very exciting and at the end of that season, they helped Express win the Kakungulu Cup. But more sticking is the wonderful late equalizer Odur scored in the 2004 Kakungulu Cup final against KCC. It was a hell of a stylish volley that you can only dream about.
However, Odur's problems have been discipline. Faruuk Ssimbwa, formerly an administrator at Express between 2005 and 2007 told The Observer that Odur was as talented as he was insubordinate. "He was the kind of player who would at times want to hold the team at ransom if he wasn't given what he wanted."
It was one of the reasons he ended up quitting the team and joining Bunamwaya. He also had a professional trials stint in Denmark although he wasn't successful. "I need to get a shot at such an opportunity again and that's why I'm working hard."
This season, Odur has had good performances for his Bunamwaya team. As club and league top-scorer with 12 goals, Odur has cut out a niche of being a changed and revitalized young man although remonstrations at referees still remain. "Many people have kept saying that I'm indisciplined but that's not true. I'm just a very aggressive player."
However, his team-mate Eddie Ssali told The Observer that Odur has now matured and moved past his childhood problems. Odur led a fight-back for Bunamwaya against Express recently when his team was trailing 3-0 at halftime. He scored a wonderful brace that sandwiched Ibrahim Juma Saddam's goal to earn his team a point. "I want to help my team win the league and also help The Cranes qualify for the CHAN."
Odur was part of the Friends of Football team that won the CECAFA under-12 championship in Eritrea in 1997. And as he enjoys a renaissance under Bobby Williamson who was all praise for him, Odur better mean it and not be another time-bomb because he has the talent and there may not be another moment to turn back the hands of time.


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The 1 day masterclass has run around Australia, seeing the largest class yet at the Gold Coast. It was a bit of rush last week between AUSOUG conferences to update the JDev 11g TP material to the 11g production release, but it was important to show the students the latest release.
I'm certainly happy with the result, here's some of the feedback:
- Excellent course without the Oracle marketing spin!
- Awesome! better, quicker than a drawn out 5 day bore.
- Perfect for Forms to JDeveloper presentation overview. Pretty impressive stuff.
- Enjoyable & informative. Good overview and reasonable overview of the tool.
- Great overview of new features.
- Yes it was a good overview to what JDeveloper/ADF Faces combination can do.
- The course satisfied my requirements: spot on!
- Chris Muir was excellent, thoughtful and knowledgeable.
- Very good overall overview of Oracle JDeveloper 11g. Enjoyed the workshop today.


text: > > I was thinking about implementing Xen for our school district. Now > > that > > I'm hearing all of this I guess I need to look at something else. > > What does everyone recommend? > > Thanks > How much money do you have? > What (how many systems, what do they do?) do you actually want to > virtualize? > Are you going to be around your school for the next couple of years? > ;-) > On a small scale, running VMware ESX3i I'd recommend the ESX3i if your server count is low (thus you won't need Virtual Center, which is not free). VMware works amazingly well, is going to be around for the forseeable future, has excellent vendor support, and a HUGE community of users. And installation/setup is akin to falling off the proverbial log.


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Saint Paul
Not written much about São Paulo so far. It's a good place. Several people that I've met half-apologetically tell me it's an ugly city, and to a certain extent it's true; but, on the whole, the massive amount of tall buildings that seem to dominate the city are interesting for me. It's not a New York-style organised mass of skyscrapers; more a mess of skyscrapers, but I like it. Again, as I've said before, it's small details that are the most interesting. It's the rain shower coming over the city, turning the distinct skyscapers to a watercolour grey skyline that looks – through squinting eyes – like an old British castle. It's the dart-player style shirts of the costermongers, each with embroidered words and images on the back and chest. It's the smile and one-word question, "Jägermeister?" from a barman who'd watched me get drunk on the stuff the previous night, wondering if I wanted to repeat the experience. It's the beautiful, beautiful, really beautiful women. It's meeting an Englishman and chatting about Peter Cook half a world away. It's not getting mugged. It's eating the most delicious cheesy bread roll things called pao de queijo (any British or German cheese/bread combination will never be enough in future). It's over-flowing drains streaming down streets during a storm, making them look potentially quite kayakable. It's giggling like a foolish child at naked statues in museums. It's a fifty-something-year-old guy in front of me in the queue in a coffee shop saying something to me; and me telling him that I don't speak Portuguese, and him replying that I should go in front of him, because he's… meditating. It's the lack of billboards (not only are the posters gone, but the billboards themselves have gone now). It's the good cinemas with a refeshing lack of guff before the film itself starts. It's finally understanding why people like sushi so much after years of shrugging ambivalence. It's laughing a lot. It's hearing "Cars" by Gary Numan in a bar and enjoying it more than I've ever done before. It's eating tiny baked potatoes filled with gorgonzola. It's thinking seriously – for the first time in my life – about maybe getting a tattoo and not knowing why this subconscious thought has grown out of nothing inside my brain into a proper consideration. It's not taking many photos 'cause the person that stole my cell phone out of my backpack at Panama City airport was an idiot and stole my camera battery charger not the cell phone charger, and I've not found a shop that sells a replacement. It's shoving my clothes back into my backpack and, in an hour or so, going to the airport to fly to Brasilia to see what a city on the moon might look like.
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I lived in Brasilia all my life, and the reaction to the city allways amuses me. Most of times, people loves or hates it. I'm very curious about what you have to say…
(By the way, the best 'pao de queijo' here you can find in Casa do Biscoito Mineiro' :D)
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that was lovely..!
Brasilia! Always wanted to see that city…Please borrow a camera, don´t go there without one! x


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Farming News - Temperature resilient crops now an "achievable dream" say authors of new study
Temperature resilient crops now an "achievable dream" say authors of new study
Breeding temperature-resilient crops is an "achievable dream" in one of the most important species of commercially-cultivated plants, according to a new study by the John Innes Centre which has established a genetic link between increased temperature and the problem of pod shatter in the crop.
The research, by the team led by Dr Vinod Kumar and Professor Lars Østergaard, reveals that pod shatter is enhanced at higher temperature across diverse species in the Brassicaceae family, which also includes cauliflower, broccoli and kale.
Picture Andrew Davis John Innes Centre
This new understanding brings the prospect of creating crops that are better adapted to warmer temperatures a step closer.
Dr Kumar said: "It's almost as if there is a thermostat that controls seed dispersal, or pod shatter. As we learn how it works, we could in the future 'rewire' it so seed dispersal does not happen at the same pace at higher temperatures."
He added: "This piece of the puzzle, coupled with the use of advanced genetic tools means that developing temperature-resilient crops becomes an achievable dream."
Controlling seed dispersal, or "pod shatter" is a major issue for farmers of oilseed rape worldwide, who lose between 15-20% of yield on average per year due to prematurely dispersed seeds lost in the field.
The study set out to find out if temperature increases had a direct influence on pod shatter in oilseed rape, and how this is controlled by genetics.
"Over the last two decades, scientists have identified the genes that control pod shatter. However, it is not until now that we begin to understand how their activity is affected by the environment, and in this case temperature," said Professor Østergaard.
Dr Xinran Li, a postdoctoral researcher, monitored fruit development in Arabidopsis, a model plant related to Brassicaceae crops, at three different temperatures 17C, 22C and 27C.
This showed that stiffening of the cell wall at the tissue where pod shatter takes place is enhanced by increasing temperature leading to accelerated seed dispersal.
The team established the genetic mechanism which organises the plant response to higher temperatures.
The report concludes: "Our findings introduce an environmental factor to the current knowledge, which provide alternative avenues for crop improvement in the face of climate change."


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Rosemary's Baby is Throwin' Up the Horns
Rosemary's Baby comes from a tiny, self-generated time period where Satanic horror flicks were considered pretty in-fashion and thus deserved a nice cast and crew. It tells a tale of an innocent Catholic girl who moves into an apartment with a dark past, and slowly descends into a conspiracy against God and humanity. That sounds pretty epic, I'm sure, but the story progresses cautiously, giving you time to notice the oddities and signs that lead to the Devil. I like the acting, I like the setting, I like the film. Let's roll.
Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are a young married couple looking to rent an apartment in Manhattan. Guy's looking to secure a better career as an actor, but his luck isn't doing much for him. Rosemary's a child of strict Catholic upbringing, estranged from her parents due to their detesting Guy's mixed Jewish/Protestant upbringing. She is satisfied to be a housewife to her husband.
Guy's career takes off when his rival suddenly goes blind, a very spontaneous misfortune indeed. With his future growing brighter, he decides to ask Rosemary to have a baby. Hence the movie's title. Apparently having had studies Rosemary's ovulation cycle, he holds a "baby night." On that very night, Minnie Castevet, an older woman met earlier on, brings over a chocolate mousse for the two to eat. Rosemary doesn't like it because of a chalky undertaste, and Guy gets pissy at her for being ungrateful. She eats what she can and dumps the rest.
Enter the dream sequence. You see a lot of things here, like the Pope, Rosemary sans some clothes, a Satanic ritual, and Satan getting funky with the poor, drugged lass, and a bunch of old yet familiar people standing around and watching. One could infer that the perceived events are false, but this is a Satanic horror movie. Anything that would make the main character look "crazy" is obviously real.
The pregnancy doesn't go well. Rosemary experiences excruciating pains, but her doctor (recommended to her by Roman and Minnie Castevet, their nosy neighbors) says that it is normal. Fearing for her baby's well-being, she invites a bunch of her young friends over for a small party to get their opinions on the matter. They immediately show concern and practically order Rosemary to stop seeing the quack and get a second opinion. Once the party is over, Guy is particularly vehement that Rosemary sticks with her current doctor. Right as she's about to shout him into a corner, the pain stops.
It isn't quite all well and good from that point, though. Signs of a Satanic cult begin to pop up, centering around a strange book that hints at a plethora of anagrams. Suddenly, Roman Castevet's name begins to ring quite a different bell. But I'd rather not spoil the end of the movie for you.
After doing a bit of reading on the film, the entire plot could very well be an analogy for Rosemary's discomfort with marrying a man who wasn't Catholic born and raised. Think about that. Marrying a Jewish/Protestant man to a very devout Catholic might make her associate him with the Devil. But that's just fan speculation, so don't put too much faith in it. No pun intended.
Drew Morton of Pajiba points out that Rosemary's Baby is more of a religious psychological thriller than a horror movie, since elements like visual terror and startle factor are completely absent. As it were, the film itself is almost a word-by-word cinematic adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ira Levin. Very rarely do you see such fantastic book to movie transitions, so even if you haven't read the book, Rosemary's Baby is probably worth the watch. And, as I mentioned, Mia Farrow is cute as hell. Gander hither: http://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/rosemarys-baby-review.php
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"You can't live in the past, honey."
There's a lot to be learned from Melissa's birthday misadventures. I, for one, won't let anybody feed me shish kebabs in front of a fireplace anymore because the chances are pretty good that they are a misandric, previously conjoined twin hellbent on revenge for some catty thing I did 20 years ago.
One day, he was having a birthday party and handed out these homemade invitations. They were prefect - covered in lace and glitter and feathers, folded to perfection. Well, in a daring display of homosexual contempt, I tore the invitation up in front of all the other kids in the class. This prompted waves of laughter in the gay boys' direction seldom seen since Carrie got her period in the shower.
I'm not proud of my actions that day and karma came back to bite me in the ass years later, but that's basically what happened to Melissa Sue Anderson. Melissa threw a party and no one came but her alcoholic mother and she's been waiting patiently for ten years to exact her revenge.
"I'm a rich woman now and I'm back to shove it in their faces!"
This movie has it all: 1980s fashion, a genuine camaraderie between its characters, men in short shorts, female psychosis, emotionally and physically abusive mothers, racing cars, and a third act that flies off the rails and into the stratosphere! A lot of schlock came out during the horror craze of the early 1980s. While this movie may be ludicrous and campy, it's capably made. The production design and photography are fantastic, as are the makeup effects and gore (albeit trimmed from its original cut to garner an R rating). Kevin Williamson owes someone a residual check for ripping off the Happy Birthday to Me dénouement in his Scream movie. The real joy comes from these actors having the time of their lives on camera and giving a lot more than what was on the page to every scene. Happy Birthday to Me is a delicious piece of cake with pretty pink icing, you should treat yourself!


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To be open
An anecdote: When I was at the newspaper, I did an interview with a man who wrote about UFOs and abductions, conspiracy and paranormal theories. We talked about his philosophy of science. While interviewing him, I had this incredible sense of liberation, and I remembered why I loved journalism. Or, more, why it is good for me. In college, in politics, philosophy and theology, I would have had to engage this man as a combatant. I wouldn't have convinced him or changed him, of course, but I would have argued with him and disagreed with him. I would have had to take a position and fight him. I would have fought him and would have tried to eviscerate him, not just making a point but making it so he was humiliated, frustrated, feeling like a little boy who pissed himself during recess.
I would have done this because I am mean, because I was afraid it would be done to me, and because I believed the rightness of my idea was so assuredly right it justified everything. I would have done this in the name of an abstraction.
As a journalist, though, the rightness or wrongness of what he thought was irrelevant, and I was just interested in his story, and what he thought, and all I needed to do was hear him. I gave up fighting and felt free. I wanted to hear him, and know him, and understand him. I wanted to tell his story, whatever it was.
He had a smooth head, a Voice-of-God voice and shiny eyes; he believed he had secret knowledge, but he was willing to share it with me. He said he thought the world was weirder than we were usually willing to admit. He said we had to be open, and I said I agreed.


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I'm alone at home after several weeks of either having my parents here or being at work and it feels strange. Usually, I'm OK with being by myself and simply occupying myself with reading, watching movies or playing a game but I feel really listless and perhaps that's the reason for the strangeness … Anyway, I did watch a few movies yesterday including "The Musketeer" and "Bridget Jones's Diary". Both were great movies in their own way as far as I am concerned :p
"The Musketeer" was a re-telling of Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers" with a generous helping of artistic license applied <g> They used a lot of corny old jokes, had impossible fight sequences, kind of stilted love scenes and great big plot holes (such as people being killed left, right and center during the charging of a castle but a creaky old carriage drives right up to the castle without any problems …) but overall it was just a fun romp. As long as you can switch off your brain and simply watch the amazingly choreographed fights (one of which I know I've seen somewhere before – the fight on the ladders – perhaps, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"? I'll have to watch it again to see if that is so …) you should find it a fun movie …
"Bridget Jones's Diary" on the other had was an absolute gem 🙂 I just fell in love with Renee Zellweiger's character after about five or ten minutes of the movie and from then onwards, just went along with the story to see just what would happen to her. There are quite a few laugh-out-loud scenes and the characters (especially that of Bridget herself …) seemed very well fleshed out. Of course, there are certain similarities in plot between this one and "Picture Perfect" but for some reason, this was much more endearing a movie than the Jennifer Anniston starrer. I guess some might call it a chick-flick <g> but I loved it all the way through 🙂
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I know — you fine folks have already had a half a gut full of my rant regarding MY Coffee Mug, MY Keurig, etc. — but from where *I* sit, we haven't reached "ad nauseum" QUITE yet, so humor me here (and I will try to humor you right back!).
I don't think I am alone in my opinion that, next to an empty nutsack, the morning coffee is just about THE most important thing a man can call his own on any given day.
And like most swingin' dicks, I'm a reasonably simple man (Peggy uses a slightly different and VASTLY less complimentary descriptor for me, but let's not get into THAT right now) — I like an EXACTLY perfect, EXACTLY consistent cuppa Joe EVERY SINGLE FUCKIN' MORNING; if not, there can be no good to follow all the rest of the day.
I've only been drinking coffee since I was six years old, so I'm no expert (insert grin here), but I'd like to think that my coffee preparation process has evolved over the last 52 years — from that first cup that I STILL remember — Dad defying Mom and busting my caffeine virginity, pouring me a cup in his Alcoholics Anonomous mug (prolly THE first time that mug held anything other than gin!), liberally dosed with cream & sugar (Instant Addiction!); through grade school ( often invited into the smoke-filled "Teacher's Lounge" for a cup by my 8th grade teacher Mr. Flynn); high school (where it finally became "legal" to drink as a kid); through the GALLONS & GALLONS that were drunk to get me through the omnipresent "all-nighters"; to "adulthood", where some degree of effort was made to actually IMPROVE the quality of the beverage, and thus the entire coffee experience. In fact, I can NOT remember a time when I didn't drink coffee, except for those few years when I was crapping in my OWN britches and racing around on a tricycle in urban New Jersey.
Anyway, until yesterday, my current "system" for the last 25 years or so has been: Buy reasonably expensive (as in: ~$100+) coffee machine, use ever' day, clean fairly regularly, replace every 1-5 years when it shits the bed (after a couple attempts at dissection/troubleshooting/repair that ended VERY badly for the broken machine — "It's fuckin' BROKEN, Dick — just 'cause you can't FIX that piece of Chin-wa CRAP is no reason to pummel it into dust, you MORON!"), repeat.
Well last Friday, the most recent piece o' fine Chinese craftsmanship finally rolled snake eyes after a 3 year run; for the record, the "grinder" portion of the program lasted ~8 months before it FUBAR'd, then the timer went tits-up in year 2 (causing me to rig up a Rube Goldberg setup with an old light timer plucked from my appliance graveyard); it finally gave a weird electrical "sputter" and went fully horizontal, earning it a spot in "the morgue" (aka: the laundry room), where it's queued up for the "Dead Man Walking" accompanied stroll out through the garage to the trash bin — off to its final resting place in the Orange County Landfill.
So Job #1 for Saturday AM was ~90 minutes of on-line research to discover what smarter people than me considered "THE best coffee maker in the Universe". Well, there was a CLEAR winner, boys & girls — the "Technivorm MoccaMaster" — hand-assembled and individually tested in The Netherlands!
Now — I don't really know too much about The Netherlands, but I DO know a FEW things; to wit: #1.) It's supposedly REALLY fuckin' cold there (when was the last time YOU saw "Women's beach volleyball coverage — live from The Netherlands!"); #2.) they have windmills there, which I don't really know what they actually DO, but I love the way they LOOK (I missed "The Netherlands Day" in sixth grade — I was prolly stealing hubcaps); #3.) They have really great accents, and when they talk, you feel like you ALMOST know what they're saying; #4.) It's supposedly REALLY fuckin' cold there…
And since it's supposedly REALLY fuckin' cold there, The Netherlands Dudes — at least the SMARTER ones — prolly try to stay inside AS much as POSSIBLE — and if you are a smart Netherlands Dude with a cool accent with NO interest WHATSOEVER in windmills or starting up a women's beach volleyball league — you're gonna seek out OTHER smart Netherlands Dudes and say: "Hey — fellow smart Netherlands Dude — are you as tired of this shitty Mr. Coffee java as *I* am? Let's build us a better muizeval (that's Netherland-speak for "mousetrap" — don't you know ANYTHING?!) most riki-tik, so we can get wired, go outside, and start a women's beach volleyball league."
And that is JUST what they DID, fair readers! Ever' once in a while, some dudes build a "thing" that is as beautiful as it is functional — the Techivorm Moccamaster is one of those things! It's brushed stainless steel, glass — and what little plastic they DO use is really shiny, which makes it cool. This thing belongs in MoMA, I'm tellin' 'ya!
It heats the water up to what the smart Netherlands Dudes have figgered out is THE optimal and EXACT temperature to pour over ground coffee beans to make THE proper cup of coffee. Did I say "pour"? I meant "spray" — this conveyance has NINE little nozzles that spray the water equally & exactly over the ground beans (which you DID grind using your $199.00 Techivorm MoccaMaster Coffee Bean Grinder, which grinds the beans to EXACTLY the proper level of coarseness/fineness —'cause these smart Netherlands Dudes figgered THAT out too; then DROPS them using our sometime-friend Mr. Gravity down into its waiting cannister — 'cause that's how it's 'APPOSED to work); six minutes later, dark honey-liquid arrives in a glass carafe which is both robust and delicate all at the same time (like my genitals, by analogy), where the resulting PERFECT coffee waits for you at the EXACT temperature that coffee SHOULD be served at — 'cause the smart Netherlands Dudes did all the "heavy lifting" FOR me!
And it IS H-O-T, boys & girls — I mean, if you're gonna go out into the fuckin' cold and start a women's beach volleyball league, you had BETTER walk out da' d'oh with a HOT cuppa!
So, stir in your favorite condiment(s), then WAIT (assuming that you're someplace where the temperature DOESN'T start out with a minus sign) for a few minutes before bringing your favorite California mug (not MY California mug, mind you) up to your lips; you will be greeted with Coffee Nirvana!
Use you some good (non-tap) water too — but you already knew THAT, didn't you — and you'll enjoy THE BEST coffee you've EVER tasted, with NO "aftertaste"! See — the smart Netherlands Dudes gots them some bragging rights on the "no aftertaste" thang.
Now, I know what you're thinking — same thing as *I* was thinking — "coffee aftertaste" — Whaaa…? But the coffee that comes out the other end of THIS thang is SMOOVE — I never KNEW that my coffee was leaving an aftertaste in my mouth until I tried THE very same coffee brewed through the Technivorm MoccaMaster!
Oh — and remember that "backwash swill" that's ALWAYS at the bottom of the carafe and/or YOUR cup, if you're the lucky bastard to get up every morning LAST, like *I* am? Well, there IS no backwash swill in your carafe or mug — 'daz right — the smart Netherlands Dudes thought of THAT too — 'cause that's how they roll (when they're not busy "rolling" something ELSE there in Hempsterdam — if you know what I mean and I think you DO!) .
Fair warning — Coffee Perfection don't come cheap! And if you're the kinda guy who doesn't know the difference between a ten dollar crack ho' and a two thousand dollar call girl, then move along — 'nuthin' to see HERE!
But if you DO, then pony up the six Benjamin price of admission right there at the front door of Williams-Sonoma for the Smart Netherlands Dudes Technivorm MoccaMaster Grinder, Coffee Brewer, and no-dioxins stupid-expensive Technivorm Coffee Filters — they'll take your dough with a smile; then you'll go home, set it up, sleep like a baby in her mother's arms; and when you wake up in the AM you'll be in the FRONT ROW of "The Perfect Coffee Show"!


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The Margery C Ramsay and Barrett Reid scholarships are awarded by the Library Board of Victoria (State Library of Victoria) to a Victorian public library staff member to support their leadership development. The scholarships are awarded in alternate years. In 2012, the Margery C Ramsay Scholarship was awarded.
In November 2012, Yarra Plenty Regional Library's local and family history Librarian Liz Pidgeon was awarded the 2012 Scholarship for her project "Family and Local History Services in the UK and USA".
She leaves next week for a five week trip and will attend two major international genealogy conferences and visit major family history and local history research facilities in the UK and USA.
First stop is Who Do You Think You Are Live proclaimed to be "the biggest family history event in the world".
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Ohio's version of the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA), effective March 22, 2012, changed the law governing POAs. A key focus of UPOAA is preventing financial elder abuse, and, when it does occur, uncovering it and providing a remedy. The law now includes a statutory form with language designed to help prevent agents from abusing their power. The form lists actions that an agent may not take and includes a section called "Important Information for Agent," describing in plain English the agent's duties and responsibilities.
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Most POA do not specify when they end. If the document does not include a specific end date, then the agent's authority will end only when the POA is revoked or when the principal dies. An agent can never act after knowing the principal has died.


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Biosensors International:
Slow growth, higher opex
Price Target : 12-Month S$ 0.90 (Prev S$ 0.94)
•3Q14 below expectations as stent sales and opex disappoint
•Slower growth, lower margins playing out
•Cut FY15F/FY16F earnings by 22%/27%
•Maintain HOLD and lower TP to S$0.90
3Q14 revenue and earnings disappoint. BIG registered earnings of US$11m (-56% y-o-y) for 3Q14 on revenue of US$82.5m (+1% y-o-y). Both revenue and opex underperformed our estimates. 9M14 net profit accounts for only 67% of our full year forecast.
Slow growth, weaker margins playing out. We do not expect revenue growth to pick up significantly in the coming quarters while we believe BIG will operate at a higher opex structure going into FY15F. Reasons that revenue is unlikely to pick up significantly include management's guidance of flat revenue growth, weak ASP, increased competition and flat licensing revenue. Conversely, we also believe that more clinical trials, marketing and research expenses will lead to a higher opex structure, which is necessary to enhance topline growth.
Cut FY15F/FY16F earnings by 22%/27%. BIG has once again failed to meet our moderated expectations since our earnings cut in the previous quarter. We continue to lower our growth and margin assumptions. After factoring muted revenue growth and significantly higher opex structure going forward, we expect earnings for FY15F to decline slightly before recovering in FY16F.
Maintain HOLD, with lower TP of S$0.90. Further to our earnings reduction, our SOTP-based TP is lowered to S$0.90, and implies 29x FY15F PE, in line with peer average. Maintain HOLD.
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Publish date: 13/02/14
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Biosensors International: Slow growth, higher opex (DBSV)
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Course Overview
Master Degrees (Coursework) prepare students to apply advanced knowledge for professional practice, scholarship and further learning corresponding to AQF level 9 qualifications.
This course offers majors in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology. It provides advanced professional training in each of these areas and is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC).
Professional Recognition
Graduates of this course are eligible to register as Psychologists and commence supervision to apply for endorsement as Clinical Psychologists or Counselling Psychologists with the Psychology Board of Australia.
Career Opportunities
This course provides access to a wide variety of employment opportunities. Graduates have obtained work in a range of high profile government and non-government counselling and mental health services. Many have attained management or senior roles in these organisations. Other graduates work in private practice where they are eligible to claim rebates for their clients from Medicare and most private health funds. Graduates are eligible to apply for registration as psychologists with the Psychology Board of Australia. Following two years of supervised practice, graduates may be eligible to apply for membership of the Australian Psychological Society's (APS) College of Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology, and endorsement by the Psychological Board of Australia as a clinical psychologist or counselling psychologist.
Additional Course Expenses
Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials.
Course Entry and Completion Details
Applicants for a Master Degree (Coursework) are required to meet University academic and English language entry standards; details are provided at http://futurestudents.curtin.edu.au. Subject to the duration of the course applicants usually require a Bachelor Degree or equivalent (and may require relevant work experience), Bachelor Honours Degree, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma. Any specific course entry and completion requirements must also be met.
Specifically, applicants require a four-year Bachelor of Psychology or equivalent, approved by the Australian Psychological Society (APS).
Credit for Recognised Learning
Applications for credit towards a course are assessed on an individual basis. Credit reduces the amount of learning required to complete the course and may be granted for formal education qualifications, non-formal learning from non-award programs of study and informal learning through work experiences. Further information can be found at http://futurestudents.curtin.edu.au/non-school-leavers/rpl.cfm
Pathway to Further Study
Graduates may qualify for entry to Doctoral degrees. For further details, see the Graduate Research School website http://research.curtin.edu.au/postgraduate-research/future-research-students/entry-requirements/
Course Entry/Completion Note
Applicants for this course should refer to the Faculty website for more information on Communicable Diseases and Criminal Record Screening and Clearance.
Course Organisation
Master Degrees (Coursework) contain a series of units in a specialised area of study which may include compulsory (core), optional or elective units to cater for student preferences. They may also contain a range of majors/streams for students to choose from.
This course provides students with advanced training in either clinical or counselling psychology, through a combination of coursework, practical placements and research. There are two majors available: clinical psychology and counselling psychology. The clinical psychology major provides students with the knowledge, skills and experience needed to practise as a clinical psychologist, and focuses on understanding and applying contemporary evidence based practice in the assessment, treatment and prevention of mental health problems. The counselling psychology major prepares graduates in assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families, children and groups. Counselling psychologists work with a wide range of mental health disorders and psychological difficulties.
Course Learning Outcomes
A graduate of this course can:
1. apply psychology knowledge, principles and practice to achieve client-centred and evidence-informed outcomes
2. generate effective solutions through critical analysis, reflective practice and professional reasoning
3. critically appraise information and apply it to contemporary psychology theory and practice
4. communicate effectively and appropriately to ensure positive and effective therapeutic and inter-professional relationships; use relevant documentation and reporting processes including the ethical disclosure of professional information
5. evaluate and apply appropriate technologies to contemporary psychology practice
6. develop and apply life-long learning skills to achieve professional competence; engage in research to further develop personal and professional knowledge and skills
7. comply with APAC standards and practices through integration of local and global perspectives relevant to the field
8. practice psychology in a culturally responsive and inclusive manner incorporating perspectives of multiple stake-holders
9. work in a professional and collaborative manner to meet ethical and legal responsibilities
Duration and Availability
This course is two years full-time or equivalent part-time study. This course is available on internal availability only.
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Brielle's school hosted a daddy daughter dance this past month, and I thought it was so cute!! Elli was so excited!! She couldn't decide what to wear, so she changed like 3 times...finally when she approved of her outfit we were running low on time. I asked her are you so excited to go on a date with daddy? she told me well mom, this isnt really a date, because when you go on a date you go to the movies. I love her sooo much!! She puts a smile on my face all the time:)
They had alot of fun at the dance, they danced alot, and Elli saw alot of friends from school so spent some time with them too.
Brandon called me after the dance and said that Elli kept talking about how she wants to go on a date to the movies. She sure loves her daddy! She felt like a princess the whole night, and she couldnt have asked for a better date! I love my family so much and am so excited for alot more fun memories to come along!!


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Our Fortune 500 client in Indianapolis is seeking a Channel Marketing Manager to develop and execute focused marketing plans to grow sales within showroom channels. Paid Relocation Assistance will be offered to the right candidate. This person will work directly with the sales team to develop marketing plans aligned with sales goals. He or she will influence and inform go-to-marketing strategies with respect to focused segment. The Channel Marketing Manager will be in regular contact with customers to remain abreast of current industry trends and opportunities for growth. An essential part of this role is planning and executing marketing tactics including collateral, point of purchase ( POP ), product displays, etc. The Channel Marketing Manager is involved in cross-functional coordination with Sales, Marketing (product and brand), and CRC to optimize program and promotional spend and forecast resulting sales demand. This individual works with the appropriate personnel within the Sales department to ensure execution of segment plans. Principal Accountabilities: Manages and forecasts budget for specific customer(s)/segment Develops and executes channel planning and strategy Develops and executes campaign strategies Develops and maintains multi-level relationships within key customer's organizations Analyzes product mix within all channels Executes marketing plans for new product launches Executes customer specific advertising and marketing initiatives Develops, executes and measures customer-specific promotions Executes channel specific plans originating in the Sales department Directs channel specific display, merchandising and POS strategy Performs channel analysis and intelligence gathering Develops, analyzes, and manages customer programs Creates and manages event-marketing strategies Formalizes trade and/or retail print media plan Reads, summarizes and distributes notated articles related to area of responsibility Manages activities of external agency partners to achieve above accountabilities Frequent travel required Education and Experience/Skills: - BS in Business or Marketing related field and at least 5 years of related marketing experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience - Ability to analyze and interpret data from various sources and apply to business needs - Understanding of consumer behavior - purchase process, brand positioning and shopping behavior - Communicate effectively at all levels of the organization as well as with customers - Evaluate decisions based on the impact to the customer and display a willingness and ability to provide world-class customer service


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We recommend the use of the Holder with any Horslyx product..
Some horses love Horslyx so much that they can become very enthusiastic when enjoying their lick, occasionally leading to damaged tubs. The Holder gives horse owners a simple and safe way of protecting their Horslyx from wayward hooves both in the field and the stable.
Having been trialled against kicks and knocks, the re-usable Lick Holder offers a totally weatherproof and cost effective feeding method. The Holder is multi-purpose and can also be used as a floor feeder in the field or stable.
Due to the unique manufacturing process of Horslyx, your lick will 'cold flow' to match the surroundings. For example, with nothing to contain the lick it would spread across the ground.
When you first put Horslyx into the holder there will be a gap around the lick. This gap will be filled as the Horslyx 'cold flows' into the space. This process can take some time, but the warmer the lick and its surroundings, the quicker the process will be.
Allowing this 'cold flow' process to take place fills the gap, and 'fixes' the lick in place, so even an enthusiastic horse will struggle to knock the lick out of the holder.
To remove the lick from its container, first flex the sides away from the lick. Turn upside down and knock sharply on the bottom of the container. Once removed from the packaging, turn the lick the right way up, before placing into the Lick Holder. See the below video to watch the process.
All prices include VAT where applicable.
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For UK delivery, we charge the following:
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For full information on our delivery charges, including prices on heavy deliveries to Scotland and abroad, see our delivery information page.
We can deliver most items to all around the world, but prices do vary. The majority of light weight orders (less than 1.5kg) can be delivered for a flat rate of £10. For an accurate estimate of the delivery charge, please put the items you require in your basket and use the "Estimate Delivery" system on the shopping basket page (you only need to enter your country and postal/zip code) for a quick quote. For deliveries to the USA you may need to go to the checkout page and enter your full address to get a quote (as some services need your state in order to quote too). For more information on international deliveries, please see our delivery information page.
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EDITOR'S DESK: Firefighters, schools and charity
We Westsiders owe a big thumbs-up to our local firefighters. They saved houses on King Street and possibly much, much more with their prompt and efficient
response to the brush fire there March 21. Another thank you is deserved by the motorist who reportedly was passing by on King Street, noticed the smoke and took
the inititative to call 911. As it turns out, even a delay of a minute or two could have meant the wind-aided fire, racing up the slope south of King, reaching the homes
themselves, instead of being allowed only to char a fence and landscape timbers outside.
In the ongoing saga of School District 11, the map on Page 1 shows the attendance areas that administrators and a committee of staff and citizens recommend to handle the geography that will be altered this August with fewer schools. Now it's up to us citizens to weigh in, if we have any major beefs. The optimum time for our side of town would seem to be the meeting at Coronado High School Thursday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. From this little window on the world, it seems as if a good job was done, for the most part, to keep kids from crossing major streets, with the main exception being the proposed attendance area for the former Pike Elementary kids, which means crossing frantic Fillmore Street at Chestnut en route to their new school, Jackson Elementary.
It will be interesting to see how the Old Colorado City merchants' first-time Charity Fair goes this weekend. The neat part is the encouragement of private giving - as opposed to the government-induced kind - and the involvement of so many non-profit groups. What's cute is the mercantile twist, in which shopping Old Town becomes a saintly activity. But we already knew that!


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How The News voted: February at table, ready to check in
Every week a panel of voters participate in The News' large and small school boys basketball polls.
And every week we let you know, like the title says ... how The News voted.
The fifth polls were published today in the Scholastic Spotlight with less than a month until the start of the Section VI boys basketball tournament (Feb. 21), and a week away from the start of February.
Here's a link to our previous How The News voted posts: last week (Jan. 18 after the MLK Classic), Jan. 11 (first poll of 2011), Dec. 21 (holiday edition) and Dec. 14 (first polls). And here's this week's:
1. Niagara Falls (11-0) [last week: 1] -- Thursday evening at Kenmore West.
2. Jamestown (9-2) [2] -- Rescheduling shuffle has Red Raiders at North on a day (Feb. 8) that I'm out of town (by design because there weren't any big games that day 🙂 ). DOH!
3. Williamsville South (10-1) [3] -- Coaches vs. Cancer week kicks of with their playing at Will East in what could be a nice matchup.
4. Canisius (10-5) [4] -- Some big games they look great in (Wilson Tournament), St. Mary's at home, I-Prep at MLK Classic, even the loss to South. Some other games, not so much: Fourth quarter against Falls, weekend trip to Aquinas (lost in a rout just like St. Joe's did). Can't wait for the 5 p.m. Saturday visit from St. Joe's.
5. Bennett (7-3) [NR] -- Too high? Maybe. Let this be a sign of how impressed I was with how they beat a team that I've been very impressed with (McKinley). A win at Riverside and handing the Macks their first loss are two very impressive results, a more impressive pair of wins than any owned by the other contenders for Nos. 5 through 10 in this poll -- especially recently.
This ballott definitely has a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately vibe. Bennett does have three losses, including one to East in the Yale Cup opener. However, as was mentioned by Tiger senior point guard William Vanoy on PrepTalkTV, they didn't have a full lineup early in the season. I checked Bennett's box score from that East game and there were three players who had key roles Friday who either didn't play or didn't score against East.
6. McKinley (8-1) [5] -- Like I said, I've been very impressed by the Macks, who have been balanced, composed, dangerous and have played together. They just got beat by a team that played with those four attributes as well.
7. St. Joe's (11-4) [7] -- The win at Timon is definitely good, but it's tough to tell where Timon fits in (see below), and the best large school results on the Marauders' schedule are: loss at home to Riverside, big loss to Aquinas, split with two good teams in Syracuse. Hmm, they do have a game on Saturday at the No. 4 large school. ...
8. Williamsville North (7-2) [9] -- North beat Batavia on a nuetral court, Timon lost at Batavia last weekend, so North gets bumped back up a spot.
9. Bishop Timon-St. Jude (10-3) [8] -- Tough to tell the Tigers' tale with a schedule that has been feast (lots of wins they should have won) or famine (they've lost their first three games of the year in their last four games, all to very good teams in St. Joe's, Batavia, Bishop Kearney).
10. Riverside (7-3) [6] -- Tempted to keep them ahead of Joe's, but that head-to-head win was in the second week of December. Another one of those what-have-you-done-for-me-lately deals.
Just getting boxed out: East, whose best win is over a depleted Bennett team. After that there is a dropoff to whoever would be next (Lancaster, Frontier, Kenmore West, Williamsville East, Cheektowaga, Maryvale, Clarence, not necessarily in that order).
1. International Prep at Grover Cleveland (9-3) [1] -- A solid No. 1 -- and that was before I saw some of their best ball of the season in beating OTC on Monday evening.
2. St. Mary's (8-6) [2] -- Will the Lancers take down one of the top 10 large schools from the Monsignor Martin Association? Coming off Sunday win over St. Francis, St. Mary's gets its first of two shots against Timon tonight.
3. Newfane (8-3) [3] -- Friday night marks Panthers' return trip to Wilson (and PrepTalkTV's first trip to the home of the Lakemen -- too bad the outstanding Wilson Boat House is closed for the season).
4. Maple Grove (10-1) [4] -- Red Dragons have won 11 in a row, with five games left -- all against teams they've routed already. The biggest challenge? Perhaps being patient while waiting to see what the Class C bracket will look like.
5. OTC Middle College (7-5) [5] -- A solid No. 5 before I saw them Monday night, when I was again impressed by the relentlessness. It will take a very good C team (like I-Prep) to fend them off.
6. Wilson (8-4) [6] -- See you Lakemen up north on Friday night. Make sure there is a parking spot for PrepTalkTV's satellite truck.
7. Dunkirk (10-0) [8] -- An undefeated team?!?!?! I neglected to realize last week that Dunkirk owned a win over Olean as well (like Maple Grove does) -- now the Marauders have two, with the latest in single digits (young Olean team is growing up). Why Maple Grove at 4 and Dunkirk three spots below? The small school poll is tough to gauge, the Southern Tier's tops are probably tougher to gauge, but it probably comes down to the fact that Maple Grove has been here before -- to borrow from political-speak, the Red Dragons have built up some serious poll capital.
8. Tapestry Charter (10-2) [7] -- Slide a spot again due to a bump to another team (Dunkirk).
9. Tonawanda (9-3) [10] -- Win over JFK still makes them the ECIC IV team to vote for.
10. Panama (11-2) [NR] -- Big win over Clymer to avenge en early-season loss. Panthers also, own win over CV, which was dropped from this spot after a loss at Silver Creek.
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