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Damn time difference. I couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to stay awake to watch the red carpet for the Oscars this year (weeeakkkk!) but it was Sunday night and I had watched 7 straight hours of 'Nashville' so I eagerly awoke this morning to (a) a barrage of whatsapp messages from my friends back in Aus discussing our friend Chai's (who you may recall lives in LA from my last post) walk down the red carpet at the Oscars in Hollywood (Just one of the perks she has in her amazing job!) and (b) view all my google alerts of who wore what to the 85th Academy Awards for 2013.
This Oscars has got to be one of the most exciting award nights that I can remember. I loved loved LOVED so many of the gowns that were worn last night and found it terribly difficult to choose a favourite so I decided to rewatch the TV red carpet special to gain more insight on how the stars looked on the night before writing this post. I certainly agree with the media and general public in their consensus of Jennifer Lawrence being best dressed in her incredibly glamorous and OTT yet totally appropriate for being nominated as Best Actress gown but If I were to stay true to my first reaction to the dresses largely driven by personal preference,
- T-Styled Me's Vote for Best Styled goes to …
Naomi Watts in Armani Prive
I know that of all the awards nights, The Oscars are when the stars bring out the big guns in terms of gowns but I just love the way this stunning custom made silver grey Armarni gown hugged Naomi's (mother of two) amazingly fit figure and the fact that she chose a gown that was both sparkling and elegant without being outdated. The unexpected one shoulder asymmetrical neckline was my favourite part of the dress and was a design I would expect from Alexander McQueen or Vivienne Westwood and not the usual romantic elegance that is Armarni Prive. I loved that she was still nervous on the red carpet after being nominated so many times and that her husband was taking iphone pics just like a good old regular bf/hubby.
To be honest, I could have easily given the best dressed T-Styled Me award to any of these three ladies below:
Jessica Chastain in Armarni Prive
Yet another gorgeous and amazing Armarni Prive gown. I don't think you can really appreciate how stunning this dress is unless you see it in real life or on TV. The pictures don't quite capture the delicate pink sequins and beading on top of the beautiful copper toned gown quite as well as on TV. Jessica's hair, Harry Winston jewellery gave her bona-fide movie star glamour and I love how the gown complemented her hair so this has got to be a close runner up!
Amy Adams in Oscar De La Renta
Amy Adams looked like the quintessential princess in her dreamy Oscar De La Renta gown. The colour surprisingly didn't wash her pale skin out although I wish the colour was a little bit stronger. Hair and make up = A, Jewellery = A+
Jennifer Lawrence in Christian Dior Haute Couture
I loved Jennifer in the movie Silver Linings Playbook for which she won the Best Actress award (if you haven't seen it yet, I'm sure you'll find it charmingly real, funny, sad and refreshing to watch) and she seems to have slimmed down a fair bit from her usual curvaceous self (shame as I think admire she voluptuous figure) There's no denying that this Blush Christian Dior Haute Couture gown was literally the biggest, most dramatic wedding-esque gown of the night but she deserved to be centre of attention. I loved the romantic smokey eyes but the part that caught my eye was how she wore the Chopard necklace down her back.
- T-Styled Me's Worst Dressed award goes to
To be honest, I was so overwhelmed with such great style this year, I couldn't really be bothered looking for the worst dressed. This picture came to mind:
Brandi Glanville in her own label Brand B
Reasons are obvious: The saying 'Less is more' is applicable here
Ooh and a few more pics of some other other favourites dressed for the night
Octavia Spencer in Tadashi Shoji
Romantic, whimiscal and I loved her hairstyle.
Zoe Saldana in Alexis Mabille
Sleek, simple and classic
Stacy Keibler in Naeem Khan
This dress fit Stacy like a glove – Gorgeous detailing and embellishments
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What were your favourite looks? What did you think of Anne Hathaway's Prada dress? I was 50:50 about it even though I loved her Tiffany & Co Necklace


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I was talking with someone today and we were moaning, as we so normally do, about our children and our lives. I was rabbiting on about #3 and her delightful talent of not being able to self settle in the night if she wakes up and how after a week of sleeping all night she suddenly decided to be a little horror last night hence why I look like a troll today. Anyway, it culminated in her saying she felt bad for moaning because she has a husband at home to help, and that my life must be really hard compared to hers.
Well actually, it's not. I mean life can be hard certainly, somewhat stressful mostly but isn't that the same for us all? Parenthood is hard for everyone, regardless of what our relationship status is. We all face challenges that are unique to our own set up. My life is really pretty great, and I am genuinely proud to be a single parent. The issue with that statement is, well, its such a taboo thing to be proud of isn't it? Because with that statement comes some pretty unique 'single parent' crap.
Like the guilt. And not the working mum guilt, although there is MASSES of that too. No I'm talking about the guilt over the fact that you chose the wrong 'person', and in my case, I made that delightful mistake twice. Yay for me. Very quickly after I fell pregnant with #3 I realized that I had picked the wrong guy and that once again I was going to be on my own. Which is something I am ok with, although not at all what I wanted for any of my children. I grew up with a mum and a dad and a really secure family unit, which is always what I anticipated would happen with my girls. It hasn't, and in fact for #3, she will never even be part of a 'broken' family really. Slowly, I am learn to deal with this guilt. Making the decision to walk away from something so broken is, in my opinion, pretty brave. It's a very hard thing to admit that you have failed, you carry around the guilt that you have let people down, it is embarrassing to an extent. You try and make it work for longer than you should because you don't want to look like you've failed. But to look in the mirror every day and watch yourself disappear into a shadow of who you are, well that is worse than any guilt that might come from walking away. I am very secure in the fact that I am a much better parent because I am a single one. I am myself, and I remain true to myself and my personality every day. My girls are better off because of that.
The stigma too. Well that is pretty shit. I read an interview with a famous today where she said she didn't feel as though society would 'let' her have a baby with her new partner. Because she already has two children from two previous relationships. Now that is something I can relate to. Regardless of the fact my tubes are shriveled and no longer required, it would be something I would need to soul search about a lot I think. Already I have '3 kids with 2 different dads'. Jesus, talk about scandalous. I can make a joke about it because I'm good with it now, but in all seriousness, its taken me a long time to be ok with it. Until recently if I didn't have to admit to it then I wouldn't. It's a pretty fucked up world we live in when we can't be ok with who we are. I think as well, society have created this whole single parent check list whereby you're single so you must be on benefits, live in a council house, don't have a job, go to Iceland in you pajamas and smoke all day whilst drinking Lambrini out the bottle. Sorry, but no. I don't like Lambrini for a start and I can't recall ever being in an Iceland. It is not fair to assume that because we are single that we are not contributing or that we have no drive or ambition. Some of the most driven, and successful people I know are single parents. Refusing to fall into the stereotype is as equally easy as it is appalling that there is even a stereotype to start with. I work hard, I study hard and I'm proud that I pay my mortgage and that my girls can see me out working and following my 'dream' as such.
There is also a certain feeling you get, as a parent, whether you be a Mum or a Dad, that when your child does something amazing, you feel it all the way down to your toes. That warm, heart bursting feeling of pride and love. Your kid is the most amazingly awesome child on the planet and you want to shout it from the rooftops thanks. Except no one else, except the other parent, gets the same feeling. And when you're single, well who do you tell? Sure you can text your pal or put it on Facebook and brag about it at work, but actually, none of those people really care as much as you do. And that bit sucks sometimes (all the time). There is a certain envy that comes with being a single parent that makes me jealous of the parents who can sit down at the end of a night, or on holiday, and share the joy (or the horror) of sharing children. The excitement of meeting someone, developing feelings, and making babies is gone when you become a single parent. And it's sort of like mourning something you can't ever have again. I mean it annoys the ever living shit out of me when #3 gets up in the night, but she's mine and I love her so whatever really. For someone else that shit is just, well, shit really. And when #1 got her trophy for running, and stood up at assembly in front of 500 pupils and talked about her 3.5km event she did, well it would've been nice to have someone to gush about that too.
Being a single parent can be hard. But not for the reasons people think. Every parent on the planet feels guilty for working. Every parent on the planet feels guilty that their kid don't eat healthily enough, or that they shout too much, or they don't read enough and have they been over stimulated by Uncle Grandpa and my god what if they fail at school and live at home forever!! These are things we all have to deal with, single or not. Our lives are not any harder than yours are. And actually, theres no one in my house who leaves the toilet seat up or dirty clothes next to the washing basket as opposed to in the basket. So really, I think I have the better deal.
Having said that, trying to get babysitters for three kids on a weekend where you have them all so you can go out for your friends 30th, well had I known how difficult that was going to be I might just have kept 'wrong guy' #2 around.

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Floyd Related Announcement Coming June 12th
A Source close to AFG has let slip that there will be some floyd related news announced soon.
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Why every seller who wants to sell this Spring should list NOW!
Pending Sales Are Outpacing Homes Listed
Every spring for the last three years we have looked back at winter and thought that the inventory of homes for sale could never get lower than that again. Well it has gone lower once again! This past Saturday, inventory of homes for sale across Massachusetts, was lower than it was a year ago, which if you remember was the snowiest month in the history of Massachusetts.
But why? Is no one listing their homes for sale? Nope! Actually, more people have listed their homes for sale between January 1st and February 15th this year (9,397) than the exact same time period last year (7,918) resulting in a 17% increase.
So if more homes have been listed for sale how could there be less on the market? There are two reasons:
First, we started the year with fewer homes for sale than last year. On January 1st 2016 there were 16,788 homes for sale compared to 17,320 homes for sale on January 1st 2015. That represents a 3% decrease.
The second, and bigger reason, pending sales are way up. Year to date (as of February 15th) there have been 9,294 homes pending (accepted contracts) compared to 7,487 last year at this time. That represents a 24% increase.
Early last month, we wrote a blog about how Listing in the Winter = Selling for more. It explained that when there are less homes on the market than there are buyers looking, buyers tend to compete for properties. This has happened every winter and early spring for the last three years.
Since the first of the year, inventory of homes for sale has gone down every week because homes are going pending faster than additional homes are being listed. Inventory of homes for sale is very close to being at a 14 year low. The only time inventory has been slightly lower than it is now, was right after all the snow stopped in early March of last year.
If you are selling your home this year and you want as much money as you can possibly get, you should list your property RIGHT NOW and take advantage of this supply and demand imbalance.


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Damian Hutchins '19 Learns More About Condition He's Had From Birth
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Born with a weak immune system and no pituitary gland, Damian Chance Hutchins '19 spent much of his early life in the hospital. The experience gave the Gardner-Webb University senior an appreciation for caring practitioners and a desire to help others.
Hutchins, of Cherryville, N.C., is majoring in biology with a concentration in biomedical sciences, and his goal is to become a physician assistant and clinical researcher. He was one of 13 GWU students who conducted research during the 2018 summer terms with a grant from the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. He worked 40 hours a week for five weeks on his project, which he is required to present in a professional forum. The faculty mentor who worked with him was Dr. Meredith Rowe, assistant professor of biology.
His research on growth hormone replacement helped him get answers to questions he's been asking for a long time. "I chose to do research on how growth hormone affects cognitive function in humans," Hutchins shared. "I have taken growth hormone injections since I was born. I always asked my mother why I had to get poked with a needle day after day. I was curious if there was a reason, other than the simple fact that society is less inclined to accept an infant-sized adult in the workplace."
As he reviewed recent findings, Hutchins received advice from Rowe on how to process everything he read. "She helped me become acclimated with scientific rhetoric," he observed. "There was certainly some jargon and policy that I was not accustomed to which might have caused me to make very large errors without her aid. She also helped guide me to my final research topic. I love learning and because of that I may have lacked focus early in the research session. She helped me to find a focal point for my research. I would say she helped me to become a better scientist overall."
Hutchins was astounded by what he discovered. "Growth hormone is theorized to play a large role in human cognition," he stated. "Growth hormone treatment was shown to increase both long-term and short-term memory in growth hormone-deficient patients. This effect is theorized to occur due to growth hormone's role in regulating glutamate receptors which are surmised to play a role in memory storage. My own hypothesis is that growth hormone affects memory and intelligence."
He plans to present his findings at the national Alpha Chi Honor Society conference and at GWU's Life of the Scholar Multidisciplinary Conference. He would also like to see his review published in the Gardner-Webb academic journal and Aletheia, Alpha Chi's academic journal.
While the summer study prepared him for graduate school, he also gained professional preparedness. "This whole experience was kind of like an apprenticeship for my desired career," Hutchins acknowledged. "By reading so many articles, I gained knowledge I will use for my own physical research in the future, and I learned how to write a proper scientific article. I also gained knowledge I might use to help aid future treatment of my patients. I also developed a healthy work ethic. The summer scholars program makes you the boss of your own business in a sense. You decide when and how long you work. The experience has not only prepared me to work in my field, but also to work effectively in any occupation."
Located in the North Carolina foothills, Gardner-Webb University is a private, Christian, liberal arts university that prepares students to become critical thinkers, effective leaders and compassionate servants in the global community. Emphasizing a strong student-centered experience and rigorous academics, Gardner-Webb is a place where Christian service meets inspired research. Ignite your future at Gardner-Webb.edu.


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I'm so so pleased with cable network OCN's casting of Children of a Lesser God, doing the police procedural thriller justice with two fantabulous leads. The leads Kang Ji Hwan and Kim Ok Bin aren't just great actors they are also top eye candy of the unique and quirky variety. I also love their age-appropriate casting lest I need to believe a baby-faced young adult is suddenly a case savvy detective. Kang Ji Hwan and Kim Ok Bin get to preview their chemistry in the pages of the February edition of Vogue Korea, also showcasing their modeling skills which are not too shabby at all. I know OCN has been on a roll with the darker thriller dramas, I've heard great things about Voice and Tunnel but it wasn't until Black that I got sucked into the morass. I can't wait to get all down and dirty with the crime solving duo in Children next month.
Kang Ji Hwan and Kim Ok Bin Go From High Fashion in Vogue Korea to Solving Crime in New OCN Thriller Drama — 5 Comments
Kang ji hwan is a bad actor i tried to watch a drama that he acted in with yoon eun hye he was very bad with an emotionless face since than i stayed away from any work that he participated in
Lie To Me is a bad drama as a whole. It's not really the actors' faults. As bad as LTM was, I enjoyed it a lot for the great chemistry between KJH and YEH. KJH is not the famous Hallyu oppa but he had shown great acting in most of his projects.
If you like sageuk drama, try his drama Hong Gil Dong. Or if you like historical one, try his "Capital Scandal".
agree with @rhienz. KJH is good in Hong Gil Dong which I quite enjoy watching… Can't really judge an actor by one drama, especially for such an experienced actor like KJH.
OCN is one of the most reliable station these days. They have been pretty consistent in churning quality dramas, at least on thriller genre since they did badly for romance theme dramas. I have a good feeling about Children of The Lesser God esp with a strong casts like Kang Ji Hwan and Kim Ok Bin. So long they did not go the route of Criminal Minds where they wasted great actors.


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Discover the Waterlooplein market during european tours to Holland
During your visit to Amsterdam in european tours to Holland you can visit and discover the Waterlooplein market yourself or with our groups. The market will be interesting for travelers who want to know more about holland's market culture and want to buy something like presents. The best flea market in town is located behind the 'Stopera' in Amsterdam. 'Waterlooplein' (Waterloo Square) is a flea market where you'll find old records, old photographs, vintage clothes, secondhand sunglasses and many fun curiosities. The Waterloo market is open every day of the week except Sundays .


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A tearful and apologetic Tallmadge man was spared prison time by a Portage County Common Pleas Court judge for causing a fatal car crash in Suffield in March that killed his girlfriend.
Jonathon R. Clark, 20, of 247 Jessie Ave., was spared prison, according to Judge Laurie Pittman, because of the wishes of the family of victim, Alaina T. Ord, 18. Instead, based on his guilty plea to third-degree felony aggravated vehicular homicide, Pittman sentenced Clark to six months in the Portage County jail starting Dec. 26, with work release privileges during his jail term.
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Clark also will spend five years on probation, pay $557 in fines and court costs and have his driver's license suspended for four years, with driving privileges for work, probation and grief counseling appointments.
Clark must keep a full-time job throughout probation, and faces a prison term of up to five years if he violates any of the terms of his sentence, according to Pittman's orders.
Through reading victim impact statements submitted to the court, Pittman said she found the family was "very forgiving" and is "very fond of this young man."
"They are asking I not impose a prison term," she said prior to sentencing.
Clark told Pittman he is "very sorry for what I did."
"I love all you guys," he said, breaking down in tears. "I'm sorry."
"There were no drugs or alcohol involved, just stupidity, a reckless act that was obviously not an intentional act. But there is a dead young lady because of your actions," she told him.
Assistant Portage County Prosecutor Eugene Muldowney said he met with the Ord family "at length" before entering plea negotiations with Clark and his attorney.
"They do not feel it would be appropriate" to send him to prison, he said. The Ord family did not speak in court.
Defense attorney George Keith told Pittman that the March 6 crash was "an accident in the sense that no one set out to have this end in tragedy."
Clark's Jeep "left the road, went airborne and this young lady was probably killed instantly," he said. "Depressed and upset over his choices" and in counseling for "grief issues," Keith said, Clark pleaded guilty on Oct. 4.
Pittman did not order any restitution, as the Ord family has filed a civil lawsuit against Clark, she said.
According to the Ohio Highway Patrol, which investigated the fatal wreck, Clark was driving a 1995 Jeep Wrangler westbound on Trares Road near S.R. 43 in Suffield on March 6 when he recklessly drove off the right side of the road, striking an embankment and rolling the vehicle.
Both he and Ord were ejected from the Jeep, and she died at the scene, according to the highway patrol. Clark was taken to Akron City Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Ord was a 2012 graduate of Field High School.
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Book Review – The Experiencers by Val Tobin
Last summer, I had the opportunity to participate in WCYR's first annual Bookshelf event. It was there that I had a chance to pick up a copy of The Experiencers by Val Tobin.
The story follows Michael Valiant, an assassin from a secret organization that covers up alien abduction groups among other things and Carolyn Fairchild, an abductee that is gifted with psychic abilities. The two are thrown into a series of events that leads them to team up against the very organization Michael once served.
The short length of the chapters in this novel, combined with a fast pace of storytelling to match the action happening made this a very fun and light read, much in the way Dan Brown's book have short chapters but a lot goes down. What I found even more enjoyable however where the characters themselves. One could tell a lot of research went into making each individual unique and the author managed to breathe a life of their own into them. I was particularly fascinated by Carolyn's background in Reiki as it is something I've learned about recently in real life and it was neat to see that featured in a story.
Overall I really enjoyed The Experiencers and I highly recommend it to fans of sci-fi, action and the paranormal.


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Ben Garrett is one of four players who have been released by Crewe Alexandra.
The 25-year-old goalkeeper has made over 240 appearances for the club he joined as a youngster.
🤲🏼⚠ #CreweAlex fans... A farewell message from Ben Garratt ⚽ #OneOfOurOwn #ForeverAlex pic.twitter.com/mQwpAOQmTV— Crewe Alexandra F.C. (@crewealexfc) 7 May 2019
Garrett was the big name among the four players who were freed, the others were Michael Raynes, Alex Nicholls and Joe Lynch.
Thanks to all at @crewealexfc I really enjoyed my time at the club, disappointed not to have played more but enjoyable nonetheless .. All the best next season. pic.twitter.com/qBVt15qkIo— Alex Nicholls (@A1exNicholls) 7 May 2019
Skipper George Ray has turned down the offer of a new contract.
Thank you for everything ❤ @crewealexfc #CreweAlex pic.twitter.com/w2UySpMnhr— George Ray (@GeorgeRayy) 7 May 2019
Seven players were offered fresh terms, including Jordan Bowery, Oliver Finney, Travis Johnson, Regan Griffiths, Billy Sass-Davies, Josh Lundstram and Luke Offord.
Meanwhile Nicky Hunt has penned a new one year contract.
The 35-year-old was set to be out of contract this summer, but boss Dave Artell has moved quickly to tie up the veteran defender.
Hunt has played all across the back four this season, starting at right-back before enjoying a comfortable spell in the centre of defence and ending the campaign at left-back to cover for the injured Harry Pickering & Aaron Taylor-Sinclair.
Hunt made a total of 25 appearances last season, but his infectious character in and around the place was another key reason manager David Artell was keen to keep hold of the former Bolton Wanderers man.
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Reincarnation Again: Haven't We Been Here Before?
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Shifting gears from dualism and cocktails, let's get back to reincarnation. We've looked at some of the Neoplatonic background involved here, and at the teachings of Origen, who is often claimed to have taught reincarnation but probably didn't. Having lain some groundwork, I want to look at reincarnation in a Christian context. I'm not interested in proving that Christianity does or even has taught it (though some groups have); or that Christians believe it (many have and do). I'm not promoting it–I'm not particularly crazy about the notion, for reasons I've explained before–but neither do I have a philosophical bias against it, nor do I deny that it's possible.
What I'm interested in doing is a thought experiment, if you will. I'm heading toward an examination of some of the issues involved with the Fall of Mankind that I neglected in the series "Legends of the Fall", and reincarnation–as a possibility, at least–comes into the picture. Before I get there, I want to look at whether or not reincarnation can be made to be more or less compatible with more or less orthodox Christianity. I'm not claiming that orthodox theologians will accept this; rather, I'm interested in looking at the assumptions of orthodox Christianity, its official proclamations, and the underlying logic involved in reincarnation, and seeing if there is a conflict on these levels, or not. First, it's worth noting that after I looked around the net for awhile on Christian teaching, I discovered that no council, conciliar documents, or Pope or Papal teaching has ever officially condemned reincarnation as such. Even the Catholic Answers apologetic site, while quoting Church Fathers against reincarnation (remember, even the Fathers don't necessarily define dogma) admits that none of the early councils spoke of the subject.
Second as I discussed here and here, pre-existence of the soul (a necessary belief if one is to accept reincarnation) is not logically incompatible with even orthodox teaching on the creation of the soul at conception (or whatever discrete point one chooses).
Third, I think it's useful to consider the context. Church councils, Papal teachings, and other exercises of the Magisterium do not happen in a vacuum. They almost always address social, political, or theological issues at large in the greater society. In contrast to the views of many of the Church's foes–and friends–it does not sit around popping out doctrines most of the time. Usually, doctrines are proposed when it is felt vitally necessary to counter perceived error–the Trinitarian and Christological disputes in the early Church are good examples of this.
Finally, it's important to look at the context in which reincarnation was viewed at this time. As I've mentioned before, the Dharmic religions view reincarnation as part of a vast, unending cycle without beginning or end. The cosmos is held to come into existence, unfold, fall into decay, and come to destruction over the period of four yugas, only to begin again. Souls continue to be born, to die, and to be reborn throughout this cycle; and souls "left over" at the end eventually take reincarnation in the next cycle.
Neoplatonism, as I understand it, is very similar. In fact, most of the philosophical systems of the Ancient Greco-Roman world posited some kind of cyclical existence for the universe and some kind of analogue of samsara. This may be because of Dharmic influences–Alexander the Great encountered Hindu and possibly also Buddhist monks on his Indian campaign, and Buddhists were known to the Clement of Alexandria (in Egypt) by the second or third Century A.D. Whether this is the case or not, Western philosophical systems held similar views.
Pythagoras (known to us for his famous theorem, but more like what we'd call a religious leader) is known to have embraced reincarnation, though his cosmology is uncertain. Plato by implication, and later forms of Platonism more explicitly, assume a cyclic view of the world in which souls continue to be reborn until becoming philosophical enough to rise above the material world, contemplating the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, and return to the One (God) whence they came. I don't know as much of Neoplatonism as I do of the Dharmic religions, so I'm uncertain as to whether they assumed a cyclical cosmos or not. Aristotle, at any rate, assumed the world was eternal (no beginning, no end) and that civilization rose and fell with various catastrophes. Whether the cosmos was seen as being cyclical, the soul's repeated rebirths certainly were.
Stoicism, the most popular philosophy of the early Roman Empire, doesn't seem to have believed in rebirth, but it did see the cosmos as cyclical, being born from the Logos ("reason", that is, God), progressing through time, then being consumed in fire only to be re-created in a future cycle.
Epicureanism, also popular among the Romans, did not posit immortality of the soul, nor reincarnation, nor a cyclical universe (as far as I know); thus, its contribution to the matter at hand is minimal.
The important point to emphasize is that all of the non-Abrahamic religions that posited a belief in reincarnation tied that belief to two things:
1. A cyclical view of the universe, which exists eternally while passing through various cycles of creation and destruction.
2. An idea of karma (or something similar) in which continued rebirth is a sign of failure on the part of the individual soul–it comes back because it is still too attached to this world, as manifested in bad and even good deeds. Only when it is able to transcend all this (moksha in Hinduism, nirvana in Buddhism, henosis, or return to the One in Neoplatonism, etc.) does the cycle of birth and rebirth finally end.
By contrast, with the Abrahamic religions, even those that posit reincarnation do not hold a cyclical view of the universe.
In the concept of gilgul ha neshamot, originally posited in Kabbalistic Judaism, but widely accepted by Hasidim and many other Orthodox Jews, there is no karmic debt to be paid; rather, not all souls are necessarily reborn, and those that are generally are considered as doing so in order to fulfill all the 613 mitzvoth (or in the case of righteous Gentiles, to fulfill all the Noahide Laws). This is actually most similar to the idea the general public has of reincarnation–not a wheel of rebirth, but coming back to fulfill what one was unable to in previous lives. In any case, the cosmos is strictly linear: God creates the universe, it persists until the end, with all necessary gilgul taking place before the end; then, the Messiah arrives, and the World to Come is inaugurated.
Gnostic Christians covered a large range in their various belief systems (and the appropriateness of the very term "Gnostic" has been questioned, but for our purposes here, we'll continue to use it). Nevertheless, they do not seem to have embraced a cyclical cosmos, either. Souls, at least in the Sethian system (I'm not sure about the Valentinians), are reborn if they are unable to attain the saving gnosis (knowledge of their true selves). This process is not eternal, however, nor is the universe cyclical. The material universe is only temporary, the result of Sophia's fall and the birth of the Demiurge. Eventually all humanity will be redeemed (or all who can be will–the Gnostic scriptures aren't totally clear on this), perhaps even the Archons and the Demiurge (this, too, is unclear), the material universe will be dissolved (or possibly redeemed into a spiritual form), and everything will return to the Pleroma.
Thus we see that there is a very clear divide between the Dharmic religions and Greco-Roman philosophical systems, which by and large view the universe as cyclical and reincarnation as ongoing, on the one hand; and the Abrahamic faiths, which, regardless of whether or not they accept reincarnation, definitely reject the notion of a cyclical cosmos, and which, if they do accept rebirth, view it as a limited process that will cease at the end of the world.
All right–that is the groundwork on which I wish to build as I ask: can reincarnation be interpreted in a way compatible with orthodox Christianity? My answer is a careful, qualified "yes".
When I discussed pre-existence (see the links above), I said that since the Pleroma is beyond time as we know it, it is not a contradiction to say that a soul existed for "ages" in the Pleroma but was created at the moment the body it enters was ensouled. Since Plermoic time is but an instant–or non-existent–or without reference to–cosmic time, any scheme for relating what happens in the Pleroma to what happens here is as good as any other.
From this perspective, one might also consider that all the incarnations of a soul take place simultaneously from the perspective of the Pleroma. In other words, if Soul A incarnates successively as Bob and Carol and Ted and finally Alice, the sequence is only from our perspective. From the God's-eye view of the Pleroma, they all take place at the same time.
For those of you into modern physics, you could think of it a different way. We see ourselves as three-dimensional beings, but of course, we have a fourth dimension–time. Imagine placing the point of a ball-point pen on a piece of paper. The dot is what we perceive ourselves to be. Now draw the pen along the paper. The ball rolls, producing dot after dot after dot, adjacent to each other, making a line. To use the human analogy, each dot thinks that it is just a dot. It can't see the previous dots before or ahead of it–it can't see the line (think Lineland in the novel Flatland). We, seeing the line from our perspective–analogous to God's perspective–see just a line in its entirety. From the perspective of the dot, though, it is just a dot. Its past selves are to the left, its future to the right; it never can see the whole line, which is what it is in reality.
To put it another way, we are actually four-dimensional "lines"–or if you remember those snakes of Play Dough that the squeezing clamp squeezed out, we're one of those–who can see only three-dimensional cross-sections at any given instant. From this perspective, we aren't a soul taking on different lives over time–we are all those lives at once, only being incapable of perceiving this.
Put it another way: the typical objection to reincarnation is that if bodies are changed and changed again like clothing, none of the lives is actually "really" the person in question. "I" am not really Jack or Jill or Hieronymus–or to put it another way, though each incarnation thinks he or she is a real person, he/she is incorrect, being just me in my current go-round. In short, the uniqueness of each incarnation is devalued, since "I" might have been hundreds or thousands or millions of others before. Such an argument has seemed in the past to me to be a compelling argument against the concept.
However, if one looks at it four-dimensionally–or Pleromically, which in this case is the same thing–this is not accurate. Think of it–it would be odd to say that I'm not really John Doe since I'm now 49 but I used to be 48 and before that 47 and so on, back to birth, and will eventually be 50 and so on (as long as possible!). The fact that my "incarnation" as a child ended, to be succeeded by my "incarnation" as an adolescent, and so on, does not invalidate the reality, the real me-ness, of me at 49, or any other age. Me as Dick now and Jane in a future life is not really different from me as a 15-year-old and me now; the only difference is that in the former case, death intervenes and there's a non-surgical sex change. Metaphysically, though, it can't be said that the two cases are different.
So, depending on how you look at it, one could say that there's not a unitary, continuous "self" even within a single incarnation; or from another perspective, the unity of the self isn't interrupted by death and rebirth, even assuming some kind of bardo-like intermediate state (which to my knowledge, neither gilgul nor Gnostic systems assume, but I could well be wrong).
Thus, I no longer think that there are metaphysical reasons that reincarnation cannot be harmonized with Christian doctrine. The usual fear is that it destroys the uniqueness of the individual; but as we've seen, I think that objection can be met.
One subtle objection might still be raised. The Fathers were not stupid or unsubtle men. St. Augustine, for example, was quite well aware that time did not exist before the creation of the cosmos, since it is a property of the material world, whereas God is atemporal. Certainly there were plenty of theologians and philosophers in orthodoxy who were capable of grasping the argument I've made here. Why, then, one might ask, did no one make it? Why was reincarnation, if not rejected outright by Conciliar fiat, not accepted, at least as a theologoumenon? After giving this matter considerable thought, I think the answer is the cultural context.
Recall that the one place in which the Abrahamic and the Dharmic and Hellenistic faiths differ most profoundly and irreconcilably is in their views of cosmic cycles. The Abrahamic faiths roundly reject them; the Dharmic and Hellenistic faiths accept them. I think that this is the context in which the debates had to take place. The Fathers realized that they couldn't ultimately take out reincarnation on purely metaphysical grounds (though some still objected to it). What they did have a problem with was the cyclical worldview inherent in the pagan systems that accepted reincarnation. This was obviously irreconcilable with Jewish and Christian cosmology. I suspect that this was behind the condemnation of Origen–he was, rightly or wrongly, accused of promoting a cyclical cosmos, and by the time he was condemned, he'd been dead so long, and his followers had gone off on so many tangents, that it was no longer clear what he taught.
This is also probably behind the condemnation of pre-existence. It was probably seen as tightly intertwined with the supposed cyclical cosmos of Origen, and thus had to be anathematized, too. Perhaps Origen's supposed errors left a bad taste in the mouths of Council participants, to the extent that they didn't look at the subtler issues of pre-existence. In any case, it's significant to me that while reincarnation could have been explicitly condemned at any council–and at the time of the early ones, at least, the notion was still very much in the air–it never actually was so condemned.
It's possible that the Fathers believed that if pre-existence were condemned, then reincarnation would go down with it. This, of course, does not hold water, since one could posit an initial ensoulment of the body by a non-pre-existent soul, that after the initial bodily death proceeds into various rebirths. My thinking on this is that the condemnation of Origenism and its offshoots was a proxy for condemning the cyclical cosmologies of the various non-Abrahamic faiths, rather than pre-existence (understood as I've described it) or reincarnation per se. This is actually the general way the Church has proceeded throughout history. Rarely does it preemptively condemn anything, and rarely does it condemn abstractions. Generally, condemnations and anathemas come only after an idea has been proposed; and such condemnations are usually relatively narrow and focused on the individual or group promoting it. Thus, for example, at different times Origen and Nestorius and his followers were condemned, rather than abstract entities such as "Origenism" and "Nestorianism".
We may regret anathemas and such, but there is actually great flexibility, in the long run, in this way of proceeding. In recent decades, the Catholic Church has come to theological rapprochement with the Oriental Orthodox Churches (formerly referred to as Monophysite) and the Assyrian Church of the East (formerly the Nestorian Church), despite having condemned them centuries ago. The way this has worked is that, since the original condemnations were aimed at individuals and at specific doctrines those individuals had proposed, it was easy to argue that there was no corporate condemnation of the Churches as a whole. Thus, when theologians on both sides were able to say that the Catholics, the "Monophysites", and the "Nestorians" held the same Christological beliefs, merely expressing them in different terms, it was possible to say, "Well, the terms were not properly understood at the time of the original condemnations; and the doctrines the churches can be shown to hold now are not heretical; and as to the individuals–Eutyches, Nestorius, and so on–we can leave them up to God; thus, we can all accept each other as teaching true doctrine in different terms."
One might argue that there should never have been condemnations in the first place, and that there ought to have been greater latitude allowed for divergent theologies; and I'd agree. However, given the complicated social and political situation at the time, with emperors jockeying for position and trying to enforce theological conformity in order to achieve unity and stability in the Empire, and the rather combative attitudes of many churchmen, a more irenic approach was, unfortunately, probably impossible. I do think it is the subtle inspiration of the Divine that was able to "blow where it wills" by causing enough leeway to be put into the decisions of Councils that situations could be salvaged centuries later. Not ideal, but better than the alternative–and the Divine does have us intransigent humans to deal with!
Therefore, I assert that the most one can say of the various conciliar actions of antiquity is that they condemned, by proxy, the Greco-Roman, Dharmic view of a cyclical cosmos suffused by samsara. Whether they consciously intended to or not, they left the question of reincarnation open, given a proper understanding of the issues involved. Therefore I assert–without necessarily either supporting or denying it–that reincarnation is, in fact, compatible with orthodox Christian dogma.
The exact way in which this may be so is not something I want to discuss at this point. I may return to the issue in the future to flesh it out more, or I may not. My main point is to establish the possibility as compatible with orthodoxy, since I think that when we look at hard polygenesis–something I dismissed in the "Legends of the Fall" series, but should have spoken to–it may be necessary to bring reincarnation into the picture, though I'm not completely sure yet.
In any case, I think I've established what I set out to establish in this, my all-time longest post so far, at over 3100 words! Whew! I'm going to post a few lighter things and rest a bit, then move on in my Bible series and then head for hard polygenesis. Stay tuned!
Part of the series Legends of the Fall.
Also part of the series Reincarnation.
Posted on 04/08/2012, in Christianity, metaphysics, philosophy, religion, theology and tagged afterlife, Christianity, metaphysics, metempsychosis, philosophy, reincarnation, religion, theology, transmigration. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.
Where is a cyclic universe explicitly condemned in a Church council?
To my knowledge, it isn't. My point was that the cosmos has been typically understood as being linear in the Abrahamic tradition, probably to the point that it was taken for granted as obvious. Given that, the cyclical nature implied by reincarnation would probably have not sat well with the Fathers. It's interesting, though, that even given this and the pervasiveness of reincarnation in classical thought, the Church still never condemned reincarnation as such.
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I Am Your Healing and Deliverance, by Christopher Conchado
I was truly moved by brother Jacob's testimony (see: "The Worst of Us, by Jacob Curie). I have a very similar one myself. His story details in many ways the horrors of this despicable monster named heroin. The power of his testimony is in its truth. This is a real life look at the devastation this addiction causes and what lives it ruins. Families torn apart, pain and suffering, loss, hurt, shame, guilt, worthlessness, and utter despair to name a few of its benefits. Anyone who has gotten into bed with this foe knows intimately it's control and seemingly unbreakable grip. So I thank Jacob for taking the time to write his testimony so that someone may be spared from it all.
Thankfully there is hope for those who are being seduced by this monster. Honestly, I have never met anyone who said that they wanted to be a drug addict or alcoholic. This is in nobody's dreams or goals in life. Yet there are many under the lie of its deception that think that this is what they want or need to feel good or cope with the circumstances of their life. Some wish to escape so-called reality, but the place of refuge is a prison of torture and torment. If Jacob or myself were aware of and truly believed the truth about heroin, or for that matter any drugs or alcohol abuse, could it have changed our course? If we believed this truth about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and trusted it, could we have been spared all the devastation? Could we have been empowered and delivered from all the havoc it has reared in our lives? Would our families and our victims have avoided the suffering as well? So now as I'm sure Jacob would agree, the point of this testimony is to prevent anyone from falling into this trap, and to rescue those bound by it.
Those of us who know the Lord Jesus Christ understand that this is most definitely a spiritual battle. This monster of addiction has come only to wreak havoc, tearing up families, and destroying lives. It only desires to steal, kill, and destroy whoever it will. But the real truth is that Jesus Christ came to set us free. I know that may sound like pie in the sky, too good to be true, too easy, or even useless – just something pious to say with no real meaning or power. However, I'm here to tell you, as a full-blown addict of the worst kind for over twenty years, that Jesus Christ has set me free from it all. He is the way, the truth, and the life that God has intended for us. He is your healer and deliverer, the real and lasting way of escape to freedom by the truth of the Gospel, if only you can believe and begin to learn how to trust Him.
So, for sure you must agree that you cannot go at this alone. You are not stronger than the spiritual forces of this wicked addiction. Many have tried, myself included, but to no avail. You may have temporary glimpses of relief, but they are not lasting.
My friend, whoever you are, I beg of you to call out to Jesus right now for help. Maybe you need to go to places like rehab or have a sponsor or some other thing, and that's all good. But honestly, in the end, we are all broken people living in a broken world. Broken people cannot cure broken people. Our help comes from above. Real lasting help comes from God who is able and willing, and already demonstrating his love to you in sending His only begotten Son into the world for you. It's true, its' real, and it's all given as a gift. You can freely receive your deliverance in Christ. By grace through faith in his death, burial, and resurrection on your behalf, you can begin a brand-new life with all of heaven's benefits here on earth. It's true – God cannot lie. Do you want it? Ask and you shall receive.
My friend, no matter who you are, no matter your addiction, condition, social status, age, race, gender, or any other thing, right now Jesus is reaching out to you. If you were to listen, He's saying:
"I love you, I always have, and I always will. I know everything about you, and I love you, and I'm here for you. I know your pain and suffering, all your heartache and misery. I know what it's like. Just simply come to me right now as you are. I accept you. You have value and worth. You are unique and precious. I paid the price for you to be free and experience life to the fullest. I will comfort you and give you rest. My peace will be yours and you will be able to just breath again and recover your life. I am your healing and deliverance."
I hope and pray that you will take heed and hear Him. I finally did, and it was the best decision I ever made. If you are reading this, it is not too late. You can as well. God's arms are wide open and waiting for you to run in and be safe. Don't wait, do it now.
by Christopher Conchado
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I received a press release today telling me that Friday, March 5th is Employee Appreciation Day. The idea for the day was create 10 years ago by Dr. Bob Nelson, called "the Guru of Thank You" and one of the founders of the National Association for Employee Recognition (NAER). The purpose of the day is "for employers worldwide to thank, acknowledge, and appreciate their employees for their ongoing efforts, contributions, and performance."
Dr. Nelson stresses that workers need recognition on a continuing basis, but setting aside a day for this helps to remind managers of its importance. It makes sense to me. There's a Boss's Day, so why not a day for employees?
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Malik meted out ill-treatment, civil society must wake up: JKLF chief's sister
Srinagar, May 03 (KNO) : The family members of incarcerated Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik Friday alleged that the condition of Malik who is languishing in New Delhi's Tihar Jail is deteriorating and they were all worried about the well-being of the front chairman.
According to KNO, while addressing media men at their Maisuma residence, Malik's sister, who was flanked by her mother, said that they recently met Malik at Tihar and saw that he had turned feeble and weak. "After lot of efforts, we managed out meeting with the Malik but there was a big barrier in between us and we had to see him from a long distance," she said.
Malik's sister said that her brother has been kept in a solitary confinement where he sees only two policemen a day one of whom brings food to him in the afternoon. "We tried to give Malik two books he had sought, but jail authorities refused saying we can't allow books for Malik. He is a prisoner but we want to know that prisoner's too have their rights as per the jail guidelines," asked the front chairman's sister.
She said that Malik has turned pale, feeble and weak. "His condition has deteriorated and he is losing his weight. He was taken to unknown hospital in Delhi recently, where doctors told him that he has developed fresh complications with regard to his health," she said and appealed to civil society groups to take note of the ill treatment meted out to Malik in New Delhi's Tihar.
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I have no idea if Nicholas Castellanos owns an outfielder's glove anymore. If he does, it's likely hidden away somewhere, never seeing the light of day.
It's doubtful that he'll need it anyway.
The Tigers no longer have any intentions of putting the square peg that is third baseman Castellanos into the round hole of left field. That grand experiment, borne out of desperation and circumstance, is over with.
Castellanos came to the Tigers as a third baseman, and will probably forever remain a third baseman, until maybe his autumn years when designated hitter or first base beckon, as they do for many older players.
But in between being drafted and becoming entrenched at third, the Tigers tried to make Castellanos an outfielder.
Nicholas—he doesn't go by "Nick" anymore (unless you forget)—was given the hurry-up call and was tossed an outfielder's mitt in 2013, when Victor Martinez's knee injury had a monumental domino effect.
Martinez was prepping for his second season as the Tigers' DH and occasional catcher/first baseman when he wrecked a knee during workouts in January of 2012.
It was a major blow to the Tigers' pennant hopes, so owner Mike Ilitch merely greenlighted the signing of Prince Fielder the following month.
Fielder, a first baseman and a first baseman only, forced the team to move Miguel Cabrera back to third base.
Castellanos, at the time, was a promising third sacker making his way up the ladder in the Tigers' minor league system.
Finally, in September of 2013, the Tigers called up Castellanos for a cup of coffee.
There was only one problem: where was Nick going to play? Not only that September, but going forward?
Fielder was at the time shackled to the Tigers with an onerous contract, and therefore Cabrera was still at third base. No youngster was going to crack the lineup at the hot corner with Miggy there.
Hence the Grand Outfield Experiment.
Castellanos took his crash course. He had to, in short order, un-learn a lot about foot and glove work, and apply a different set of mechanics that outfield play required.
In the days of Little League and pick-up games as children, outfield was where the least talented kids were plopped.
But that's not the case in big league baseball. Not everyone can be put out there and thrive. Just think of some of the worst outfield defenders you've seen butcher fly balls and take routes to the ball more circuitous than an aggressive New York City cab driver.
But the Tigers had no choice. They loved Castellanos' potential and his bat, which they envisioned as being a big one someday.
If the youngster was going to be in the majors with the Tigers, it would have to be in left field.
The results were predictable.
Castellanos wasn't awful during his left field baptism by fire, but nor was he anything close to a Gold Glove candidate. He made some easy plays look hard, but nor did he cost the Tigers any ballgames with his glove.
He would just have to be a work in progress, simple as that.
A funny thing happened, however, on Castellanos' road to being the Tigers' new starting left fielder.
Fielder had another bad post-season in 2013, made some ill-advised comments about it, and before you knew it, he was gone—traded to Texas for second baseman Ian Kinsler.
More dominoes fell.
Cabrera moved back to first base. Castellanos was told to put the outfield glove away and again un-learn a bunch of mechanics. He was going to be a third baseman again—as soon as Opening Day, 2014. As a rookie, no less.
These days, the only time Castellanos will see the outfield is if he has to chase down a Texas Leaguer.
Nicholas Castellanos is not only entrenched as the Tigers' third baseman, he might bat second. Yet regardless of where he is in the batting order, Castellanos is one of the team's most important pieces.
It was a joy to see Castellanos develop as a hitter last season, when he was, by far, off to the best start of his three-year career.
Then he was hit by a pitch in August and that was that.
Castellanos was hit on August 6 and didn't play with the Tigers again until September 27, as the season drew to a close. He had 13 at-bats after being struck. He managed two hits and struck out five times.
It was a shame for a young player who seemed to be figuring out big league pitching at age 24.
Castellanos set career highs in batting average, on-base percentage, home runs and runs scored in 2016, and would have eclipsed previous highs in RBI and hits had he not missed so much time.
It's all there for Nicholas to have a terrific 2017.
Reports from spring training say that Castellanos looks comfortable batting in the two-hole. The hand is healed and he seems ready to pick up where he left off last August.
Of course, spring training baseball and performances within it should often be taken with a grain of salt. Nothing matters until the curtain is drawn on Opening Day.
"He can't just do it for six weeks in spring training," Tigers skipper Brad Ausmus said recently. "You've got to do it once the season starts for 162 games."
But this isn't 2014, when Castellanos was a question mark as a rookie. He's a bona fide big leaguer now. He has more cred, as they say.
And he doesn't have to re-learn third base.
The 2017 Tigers will have no shortage of boppers in their lineup. Their fate, as always in baseball, will be tied to their starting pitching. Castellanos could have a true breakout year and it won't mean a hill of beans if the Tigers don't pitch.
Still, it's wonderful to see a young player develop and play to his pre-big league hype. The Tigers haven't homegrown too many of those types in recent years.


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The DekkerTones are a 9 piece Ska/Trojan/Reggae covers band with Tina & Mick on vocals and a full horn section to back them up. They have been regularly playing around the South East of England with appearances at some of the top ska events. They mix up the best of the classics from the likes of Desmond Dekker, Susan Cadogan, Phyllis Dillon, Prince Buster and Symarip. Then add some 2-Tone to really get things moving. Songs to sign along to. Songs to dance to. Always a brilliant night.


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What is Chagwa?
Chagwa is a Project Management Method that integrates different project management styles into one overarching methodology. It allows Change, Waterfall and Agile driven projects to be run in parallel.
Chagwa comes with a series of ready-made processes and techniques that allow using the methodology out of the box, or integrate it in your existing Project Management methodology. Ready-made project documents help you accelerating building out your own PMO.
After this workshop you will be able to:
Combine Change, Waterfall and Agile methodologies
Choose the correct methodology based on objective arguments
Choose the right project team for your project
Choosing the right tools and templates and know how to use them
How to integrate the results of parallel running projects
Earn Education PDUs
Thursday 19 and Friday 20 November
€1.200 + VAT for the two days
Early-bird discount of €200
Subsidy for 30% of the training cost provided by kmo-portefeuille.be
Officenter Leuven, Grauwmeer 1, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
The training is given in English
Why should we use Chagwa in our organisation?
Many organisations are hesitating between an Agile and Waterfall approach for doing project management. The Chagwa theory adds Change Control to the list of project approaches and explains why and how the different project management styles can be integrated. Change, Waterfall and Agile are no longer competing, but are complementary.
The Chagwa project methodology is a full set of processes that guide you through a project end-to-end, and allows governance for each type of project. It provides rules of thumb for selecting the right project management methodology. Different types of projects also need to be managed differently.
Chagwa allows different types of projects to be run in parallel, and individual results to be integrated.
Finally, Chagwa proposes a set of documentation templates that allow projects to be executed compliant. The set of Chagwa processes and artefacts can be adopted to scale your project management organisation up to the right level of management and documentation requirements.
Course Details
This two day course consists out of six modules that describe how three Project Management methodologies can be used in parallel and still be integrated.
Module 1 : Introduction and the Distrans principle
Module 2 : What are projects
Module 3 : Making a choice
Module 4 : Chagwa introduced
Module 5 : Chagwa process structure and artefacts
Module 6 : Integration
Who is this training for?
This training focuses on individuals who want to learn more of project management, and organisations who want to start or improve their Project Management Organisation. The course will explain what Change Management, Waterfall and Agile project management is. It will also explain when to use which methodology, and how to integrate the methodologies into the organisation.
The training will also focus on processes that are used in project management, and explain project documents that support these processes. After this course you will be ready to pick from the Chagwa theory what you need, and integrate that in your existing or new Project Management Organisation.
When and where
This course will be held on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 November at Officenter Leuven Grauwmeer 1 – 3001 Leuven.
The training starts promptly at 9:00 , doors opens for a light breakfast at 8:00.
The training is given in English.
The cost for the training is €1.200 +VAT for the two days. There is an early-bird discount of €200 if your subscription is paid 30 days in advance of the training date. The training is given on Friday and Saturday to minimize impact on your daily work.
The price for the training includes the course fees, a copy of the 'Chagwa V1.0' book, templates that go with the training, meals and refreshments, and an optional exam.
The training can be paid through the Vlaamse KMO-Portefeuille, who will provide a subsidy for 30% of the training cost as. Please open an 'Opleiding' request on name of The Bayard Partnership cvba with the KMO-Portefeuille registration number DV.O220010. You can find details here: www.kmo-portefeuille.be, but don't hesitate to contact us for more details and guidance.
Our Project Management courses are a great way to earn education PDUs. All Bayard Academy trainings on Project Management and Change Management topics are approved by PMI to earn professional development units (PDUs). Register for one of our Project Management trainings to meet education requirements needed by PMI credential holders.


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News: Tinashe Announces 'JOYRIDE' Album Release Date & Cover Art
After several delays and push backs, Tinashe can now officially announce her album is indeed on the way. She initially announced her sophomore album back in 2015 here, and even released the project NIGHTRIDE in 2016. She recently gave us the first two single off the forthcoming album with 'No Drama' with Offset and 'Faded Love' featuring Future.
Now, she will deliver her sophomore album JOYRIDE on April 13th. The album will be available on iTunes for pre-order on March 30th.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Today we are having a look at how to make your very own Thanksgiving card in Google Earth. This is based on a card Frank created back in 2006 and the instructions come from last year's Thanksgiving post.
Firstly, you need an image with your Thanksgiving greeting. The easiest is to simply find a suitable image by doing a Google image search for 'Thanksgiving'. Keep in mind that there may be copyright restrictions on such images, so they should really only be for personal use. Alternatively, you can get a bit more personal by creating your own image. That way you can write your own unique message. Ideally, you want to end up with an image that is roughly the correct proportions for the location you want to display it and also has a transparent background. Keep in mind that to use transparent backgrounds you need to save the image as a .png or .gif. We used Microsoft Word to create the image then took a screen shot and used Gimp to give it a transparent background. We used some clipart from OpenClipart.org.
Next, you simply create an image overlay in Google Earth (click this icon on the toolbar). Adjust its size and location to suit and select your image to be shown.
If you wish to send your greeting to someone else, be sure to save the image overlay as a KMZ file, so that it includes the image in the file. KML files do not include images.
If you want to go all out, you could also decorate the sky, as we did for Halloween. Just download this file and replace the image in the overlay with your own Thanksgiving themed image.
An updated version showing how easy it is to do. See it for yourself in Google Earth with this KMZ file
We also came across this interesting post, which features a KML file exploring the history of Thanksgiving.
About Timothy Whitehead
Timothy has been using Google Earth since 2004 when it was still called Keyhole before it was renamed Google Earth in 2005 and has been a huge fan ever since. He is a programmer working for Red Wing Aerobatx and lives in Cape Town, South Africa.


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I found these cotton reels recently. They are the old fashioned wooden ones. They came to me along with a very old singer sewing machine, a huge box of buttons and some old, old scissors, pins and measuring tapes. I especially like the colours of the threads and the wooden reels however and enjoyed photographing them.
The most poignant thing to me though, is the cotton reels where remnants of threads have been carefully and thoughtfully wound onto another reel…from an era when nothing went to waste, not even bits of left-over thread.
It is a timely reminder of the days when things were kept "just in case" or for rainy days. The era when nothing got wasted and everything was reused. A lesson just as relevant today as it was way back then.