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Each year, Raven team members around the world celebrate Peak Performance, one of our strategic Dimensions of Competition. Simply put, Peak Performance is our commitment to prepare ourselves as individuals, as well as a corporation, to be our best. In a week-long celebration that we call Peak Week, team members are encouraged to embrace our commitment to continual improvement and participate in activities that help them improve their personal wellness in the areas of Mind, Body, and Spirit. Overall, Peak Week is an opportunity for Raven team members to strive further in their individual Peak Performance endeavors, try new activities, and set well-being goals — while having some fun along the way! This year, over 200 team members participated. Here are some examples of activities that they completed throughout the week:
- On Mind Day, team members viewed TED Talks, read books, took part in the Sioux Falls SculptureWalk, attended Raven U courses, and learned a wide variety of skills. They also displayed their creativity through various forms of art.
I particularly enjoy the Mind aspect of Peak Performance. I endeavor to always be learning something new, whether it be a technical skill, history, or a self-improvement concept."— John Gaard, Test Engineer
- On Body Day, team members participated in many physical activities, including biking, running, walking, tennis, and more. They also cooked numerous healthy meals, as nutrition is an important component of physical well-being.
Many members on my team look forward to the fun and events that take place every year. Specifically, they continue to compliment the experts brought in to teach classes and the always educational learning opportunities put on by Raven U."— Zachary Andersen, Production Supervisor
- On Spirit Day, we encouraged team members to pursue a deeper sense of purpose and connectedness. Team members around the world worked on their inner spiritual well-being through practicing yoga, writing in journals, and spending time in personal meditation and reflection. Team members from around the company also left a great impact on our communities by volunteering. Team members in Sioux Falls, SD volunteered at The Banquet, where they served a meal to 205 adults and 16 children; and at Feeding South Dakota, where team members packed 550 bags of food for communities around South Dakota. In Madison, SD, team members served lunches at Madison Middle and High School.
The week culminated in Peak Celebration events across the company, with all Raven locations hosting their own festivities. They enjoyed a variety of team-building activities, including calisthenics, stretching and yoga, a two-mile walk, bowling, and golf.
To conclude the week, team members were encouraged to spend some time to set Peak Performance goals that will help them maintain a level of continuous well-being and improvement in the coming year. Internally, Peak Week isn't viewed as simply a set of celebrations, but rather as an opportunity for Raven team members to explore new activities and push themselves further in their personal performance and well-being.
I've participated in various activities during Peak Week since its inception in 2016. It's the perfect time to reflect on what habits I can add, change, or learn something new. I believe when we take time to care of ourselves, we feel invigorated and energized to perform at our peak. Peak Week reinforces this so that we can be innovative and productive team members within our organization to better serve our customers."— Beth Bird, Digital Marketing Specialist
Raven is grateful to the team members who participated in this wonderful celebration of Peak Performance, and we look forward to continuing the celebration next year!


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Odysseus, played by Viraga Perera, falls under the spell of the enchantress, Circe, played by Sara Hufnagle.
Widener's FreshBaked Theatre Company to Perform "The Odyssey," Homer's Classic Adventure, for Young Audiences
CHESTER, Pa. - Widener University's FreshBaked Theatre Company will present "The Odyssey" on two consecutive Sundays, November 9 and 16, at 2 p.m. The company will also host special matinee performances for local schools and homeschooling families in addition to the general public on Monday, Nov. 10 at 1 p.m. and Friday, Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. All performances take place in Alumni Auditorium, located on Widener's Main Campus in Chester, Pa. The play is recommended for ages 8 and up and families. Running time is 55 minutes.
Reservations are required for schools and groups, but not for individuals. To make a reservation, contact Director Lisa Eckley Cocchiarale at email@example.com.
Admission to all performances of "The Odyssey" is by free will cash donation, with all funds benefiting community aid organizations in Chester. The suggested donation is $2 per person.
"When the battle was over, there were few of us left to celebrate our victory. And after ten years of fighting, we didn't feel much like celebrating anyway. We were tired and we wanted to go home!"
So starts this creative adaptation of Homer's classic – and timeless – account of the aftermath of war and the harrowing journey of a hero and his faithful crew. Along the way, Odysseus and his mates encounter tests of wisdom, bravery and humility as they struggle to reach their home across the tumultuous sea. They meet a one-eyed cyclops, sirens, lotus eaters, the enchantress Circe, the monster Scylla, the whirlpool Charybdis and the oracle Tiresias as they journey to overcome their personal demons.
Conceived and written by Creative Educational Systems, "The Odyssey" is an engaging, spirited exploration for young audiences of honor, bravery, self-doubt, sacrifice, loyalty and the discovery that "being a hero isn't all trumpets and flag-waving. There's more to it than winning battles and covering yourself with glory."
"The Odyssey" features Widener University students Luis Aguilar, Sarah Hufnagle, Autumn Heisler, Joann Klein, Carolyn Lodge, Viraga Perera, Kirk Reichart and Lizzy Yenser. It is directed by Lisa Eckley Cocchiarale with technical direction by Daniel Castagna.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Children's Theatre for a Good Cause
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Naming a blog terrifies me to pieces. A blog is an online representation of you—your entire essence—the youness of you. The trouble is there is so much to me that I can never just decide which me I want to be (Also, to have a blog you need to be undeniably clever or have a great hook, neither of which I really have...).
Though some will argue that the use of the word "girl" is somehow derogatory to women, the truth is I don't necessarily feel like I am more than a girl yet anyhow. Don't get me wrong, I am an extremely intelligent and competent woman, but part of me—the part of me that still doesn't know what I want to be when I grow up despite being nearly 30—is still a girl trying to figure it all out.
"The Girl I Mean to Be" is a song from the 1991 Norman-Simon musical the Secret Garden. "The girl I mean to be," the blog, will be an outlet for my multiple personalities—the musical theatre geek who longs for a performance outlet; the Anglophile (yes, I spelled theatre the British way—get over it) who loves all things from those lovely Isles; the writer who wishes she had more time to devote to the stories in her head (but also fears letting those stories out—once something is started you must finish, and she is terrified she cannot); the reader who cannot seem to soak up enough imaginary worlds (yet struggles to live in the one she inhabits); the media addict who loves her TV shows, wants to be a screenwriter, owns way too much music (but can't seem to stop looking for more), and can't get over her need for pop culture trivia; the cook who longs to be a chef (and longs for an endless pantry of supplies to work with); the feminist who isn't sure she buys into that label but is emphatic about celebrating the women in her life; the cubicle dweller who longs for travel and adventure; the outward cynic who is really just a hopeless romantic; the daughter and sister who wants to connect more with her family but also keep them a psychologically healthy distance; and the daughter of God who loves His gospel but struggles to live it while trying to find her place in His church. Add puzzles, books, friends, philanthropy, classic films, a mortgage, family history, a healthy dollop of nerdy geekdom, some random spices, and shake not stir. . .
I know we are all a little schizophrenic, but I feel like I am a little more so than the people around me or maybe they hide it better. Either way, welcome to the start of the girl I mean to be (minus the 30 odd years I have been working on it before this).


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All teens are welcome!
If you are a high school youth (Grades 9-12) please join us for fun, fellowship, and a journey of faith.
Every Sunday we begin with our Life Teen Mass at 5pm in the downtown church. Mass is followed by a Life Night at 6:30pm in the Gathering Space. Each night we explore a different relevant topic about faith, current cultural issues, or church teaching. We begin each night with some food and fun activities. This is a great place for teens to meet other Catholic youth and explore their faith in a loved-filled community. We hope you find a home here at Saint Michael Parish. Come and visit!
For more information, contact Brandon Jones, Steward for Life Teen, at (360) 292-7108 or email@example.com.


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I've learned that there are some people, who regardless how kind, friendly or patient we are, will always find a way to be difficult. There was a time in my life when I felt the need to stand my ground with such folk; refuse to allow them to push me around. Well, as of late, I've changed my stance. Now, I simply shut my mouth and refuse to engage in a word volley.
For years, I entertained the necessity to prove my point, to show these antagonists what I was made of. What stopped me on a dime, was a scripture I read in the Book of Proverbs. I had seen this verse before but it never struck me until recently. I've been doing a daily devotional reading of the Psalms and Proverbs and one morning, I awakened to an epiphany in my inner being.
Proverbs 12:16 flew off the page and jolted me upright in bed. I remember thinking, "this is the answer to my problem." It reads, "A fool is quick-tempered, but a wise person stays calm when insulted," You see, I don't like to argue. I feel arguing is futile, divides family and friends and can often make us look like idiots. It can cause loved ones to become estranged and wound some so deeply, they never recover.
The words in Proverbs 12:16 was the solution I'd been searching for. Now, when someone responds to me with a rude statement or answers a question I pose sarcastically, I remind myself of Proverbs 12:16.
As of late, I've been concentrating on inner peace and joy. Ignoring words sent to harm me has been a God send, literally. May I suggest, you try it too? Perhaps you don't have the same problem I did with folk disrespecting you with their words, if not, I applaud you. If, however, you do, remember Proverbs 12:16 "A fool is quick-tempered, but a wise person stays calm when insulted." I promise you your life will be completely different.
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It's never too late to start a good idea and what better one than to open up the video vault to provide the sights and sounds to the Baltimore Ravens 2008 season. So be I am prepared to catch up retroactively since we have quickly advanced to week four.(already?) After that expect more entries to RAVENS V.O.D. (Video on Demand) for your viewing pleasure. Let's just hope that they are all as fun as the ones I have chosen already.
Week One was the start of a new era, a new coach and a new quarterback. Joe Flacco does his best Steve McNair impression, that is a young McNair.


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A series of sociable small group sessions for 2-4 people, with a choice of:
- Making food (and your money) go further
- Family mealtimes – winning the battle
- Cookery session
Making food (and your money) go further
In this session, we will explore:
- Meal planning
- Getting organised
- Shopping more efficiently
- Making food (and your money) go further
- Mealtime routines
- Meal inspiration and recipe ideas
- Stocking up
Cost: £145
Family mealtimes – winning the battle
We will be focus on:
- Your mealtime anguishes
- Your current mealtime routines
- What is causing the battles
- How you can call a truce, if not win the battle
Cost: £145
Cookery sessions
As a group, we will prepare and cook a meal for you all to share whilst I do the clearing up! Choose from one of these sessions or, if there's something you're particularly keen to do, let me know.
- Cooking for children
- Restaurant style meal on a budget
- Ditch the takeaway
- Cooking the world
Cost: £145 (plus the cost of ingredients)


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There are two kinds of WordPress sites, and depending which kind you have, your features (and ability to do certain things) will differ.
The most obvious way to determine which version you have (if you don't already know) is to login and then look at the interface for your pages. (See image above.) But if you've connected your self-hosted site to WordPress.com (in order to use JetPack or some other plugin), then the interface may be misleading. At the end of the day, you should know if you're paying for hosting somewhere or not.
WordPress.org (aka Self-Hosted)
The bulk of the GoCreate.me website is aimed at authors with self-hosted WordPress (.org) websites. In order to make use of the free files downloadable from WordPress.org, you need to pay for hosting services somewhere.
GoDaddy, BlueHost, and several other popular companies offer cheap, shared hosting, but you normally get what you pay for. Such companies may work at the beginning, but once you start getting real traffic, you will likely need to upgrade. If you need hosting but don't know which company to go with, you can read more about the companies I use, love, and recommend here.)
Advantages of WordPress.org
You can upload any theme and plugin. No limitations! This means that all themes discussed on this website would work for you.
Disadvantages of WordPress. org
You have to pay for hosting + domain name.
You must keep your WordPress installation (along with all of its plugins and themes) up-to-date to reduce the risks of getting hacked. You are also in charge of your own backups (unless your hosting company takes care of those for you).
See my recommended services page for one amazing hosting company that keeps WordPress up-to-date, does daily backups, includes a free security certificate (SSL), and takes care of beefing up security at the server level so you don't have to install (and constantly update) security plugins. They even include a staging version of your site so you can play with things without worrying about breaking your live site.
Technically speaking, you could set up a free website at WordPress.com. But, if you want to run your author business like the business that it is, you'll have to upgrade to their paid plans to get rid of ads, get your own domain name, and install certain plugins and themes that are not included. So, if you want to upload any of the (free or paid) themes discussed on this site, you'll have to upgrade to the business plan, which isn't cheap. As of September 2018, the business plan costs $25 USD/month when billed annually, which is comparable to good quality hosting and more than most shared-server hosting companies would charge, BUT WordPress.com takes care of keeping your site secure, backed up, and up-to-date, which not all hosting companies do.
Advantages of WordPress.com
The free version is completely free. If you're not sure whether WordPress's interface would work for you, give it a shot. But if you're serious about your author website, you'll likely have to upgrade.
The WordPress files are kept up-to-date by the developers, so you don't need to worry about updating those.
Disadvantages of WordPress.com
You have to pay to upgrade your plan if you want to do the things your author website needs to do, like get your own domain name and remove ads. Similarly, you'll really struggle to find a theme offered by WordPress.com that works perfectly for your author needs. But if you upgrade to the business plan, you could upload your own (or GoCreate.me's) themes and associated plugins.
You can't upload files via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and you're stuck with WordPress.com's limited interface. There's no cPanel or hosting interface that will let you do the things self-hosted WordPress owners can do.
If you need to upgrade your WordPress installation, or if you'd like to give the basic version a whirl for free, here's my (affiliate) link: https://wordpress.com/create/?aff=4019
Which is best?
If you're technically minded, are willing to get your hands dirty, and want to control EVERYTHING that appears on your site, I'd recommend the self-hosted version. With the tutorials I provide here, you will be able to create a beautiful author website, and you'll know how to keep everything up-to-date and backed up. If you're technically inclined, the WordPress.org interface and the ability to upload your own files via FTP makes everything easier.
If you get a headache just thinking about having to login to your site at least monthly to updates your plugins, then go with WordPress.com. (Or consider other alternatives such as SquareSpace or WIX, but keep in mind that you won't be able to control every little detail about the appearance and/or functionality of such sites.)
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The information above is just the tip of the iceberg.
To learn more and see an up-to-date table that compares the features of WordPress.com vs WordPress.org, consult this page.


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In honor of past District Governor, Bill Segar, work with the Monroeville Rotary Club and his involvement in the Monroeville area we would like to move his beloved caboose (picture) from his property to the Forbes Vo-Tech in Monroeville for a two (2) year volunteer refurbishing, and then to the Monroeville's Community Park where it will be used as a meeting room, kid's birthday parties, etc. The Monroeville Rotary Club, with the help of other local service-oriented groups, and the Monroeville Public Works Depts., will maintain the caboose. All proceeds collected will go towards the "Move the Caboose" campaign. In the meantime, District 7300 is searching for a crane company, or similar, that could/would move the caboose as a charitable effort for Monroeville Rotary. Please send possible names and contact information of such companies to (my name and information is below). Whatever we collect from the link on the District 7300 web site will go towards "Move the Caboose" campaign. To help support this project please visit our Go Fund Me Page.
Timothy J. Little
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4th of July Events 2019
Errol's 4th of July Celebration will be held on Saturday July 6, 2019
10:00-11:00: Registration for the Miranda Sweatt Fishing Fun Day begins. During registration a kit will be supplied to those interested in building their own handmade fishing pole. Kits include wooden pole, line, hook, & bobber.
11:00 - Noon: Fishing begins. Prizes will be given to the boy and girl who catch the biggest fish and also to the boy and girl who catch the smallest fish. There will be two divisions for the prizes, homemade poles and regular poles. Children must be 13 or younger to participate.
11:30-12:30: Kids games will take place at the school. Prizes will be donated by the Umbagog Area Chamber of Commerce.
1:00: The Parade begins. This year's theme "Your Sunday Best". Line up begins at 12:30 at the state shed on Rt. 16. Register with Ricky Blais if you would like your float judged. A number will be assigned to your float corresponding with your contact information. 1st place Prize awarded to the float who best follows the theme. Prize donated by the Umbagog Area Chamber of Commerce.
2:30: The Log Rolling Contest will take place at the kid's pond in the center of town. Prizes will be given by the Umbagog Area Chamber of Commerce to the winners. Two groups will compete. Children 15 and younger and then the adults 16 and older.
Dusk: Fireworks at the Bridge on Rt. 26, presented by The Town of Errol.


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Faculty in Early Childhood Education Department (ECED), elementary faculty in the Curriculum and Instruction (CUAI) department, and teachers at University School at ETSU have been collaborating since 2017 to develop and implement an innovative model of pre-service teacher preparation in STEM education.
The collaboration covers grades Pre-K through 3rd grade for ECED and K-5th grade for CUAI's elementary education program.
Features of the Model
Features of Activity Plans
Publications from the Collaboration
Tackling Integrated STEM in Elementary Education: A Collaborative Approach
Robertson, Nivens, & Lange
Spring 2020


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3. So all hope of escaping was now cut off from the Jews, together with their liberty of going out of the city. Then did the famine widen its progress, and devoured the people by whole houses and families; the upper rooms were full of women and children that were dying by famine; and the lanes of the city were full of the dead bodies of the aged; the children also and the young men wandered about the marketplaces like shadows, all swelled with the famine, and fell down dead wheresoever their misery seized them. As for burying them, those that were sick themselves were not able to do it; and those that were hearty and well were deterred from doing it by the great multitude of those dead bodies, and by the uncertainty there was how soon they should die themselves, for many died as they were burying others, and many went to their coffins before that fatal hour was come! Nor was there any lamentation made under these calamities, nor were heard any mournful complaints; but the famine confounded all natural passions; for those who were just going to die, looked upon those that were gone to their rest before them with dry eyes and open mouths.
A deep silence also, and a kind of deadly night, had seized upon the city; while yet the robbers were still more terrible than these miseries were themselves; for they brake open those houses which were no other than graves of dead bodies, and plundered them of what they had; and carrying off the coverings of their bodies, went out laughing, and tried the points of their swords on their dead bodies; and, in order to prove what mettle they were made of, they thrust some of those through that still lay alive upon the ground; but for those that entreated them to lend them their right hand, and their sword to dispatch them, they were too proud to grant their requests, and left them to be consumed by the famine. Now every one of these died with their eyes freed upon the temple, and left the seditious alive behind them. Now the seditious at first gave orders that the dead should be buried out of the public treasury as not enduring the stench of their dead bodies. But afterwards, when they could not do that, they had them cast down from the walls into the valleys beneath.
4. However, when Titus, in going his rounds along those valleys, saw them full of dead bodies, and the thick putrefaction running about them, he gave a groan; and spreading out his hands to heaven, called God to witness that this was not his doing: and such was the sad case of the city itself. But the Romans were very joyful, since none of the seditious could now make sallies out of the city, because they were themselves disconsolate; and the famine already touched them also. These Remans besides, had great plenty of corn and other necessaries out of Syria, and out of the neighboring provinces; many of whom would stand near to the wall of the city, and show the people what great quantities of provisions they had, and so make the enemy more sensible of their famine, by the great plenty, even to satiety, which they had themselves.
However, when the seditious still showed no inclination of yielding, Titus, out of his commiseration of the people that remained, and out of his earnest desire of rescuing what was still left out of these miseries, began to raise his banks again, although materials for them were hard to be come at; for all the trees that were about the city had been already cut down for the making of the former banks. Yet did the soldiers bring with them other materials from the distance of ninety furlongs, and thereby raised banks in four parts, much greater than the former, though this was done only at the tower of Antonia. . . .
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Preparing for Armageddon, Natural Disasters, Nuclear Strikes, the Zombie Apocalypse, and Every Other Threat to Human Life on Earth. Most of us have thought about how we would handle various types of scenarios that could signal the end of the world. There are plenty of movies on the subject, psychological papers, and even survivalists that are part of reality TV shows. Perhaps you have had dreams about being one of the few left and what you would do in order to survive.


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The limit of four ATM withdrawals per month only applies to the Basic Savings Banks Deposit Accounts, SBI added. State Bank of India's Basic Savings Bank Account is a limited-services bank account aimed at encouraging savings without burden of charges or fees, according to the bank's website. This type of bank account comes with an ATM-cum-debit card free of cost and no annual maintenance charges. A basic savings bank deposit account holder is not eligible to open or keep any other savings bank account.
SBI has also revised charges for some other services for its customers, from June 1. Here are the key changes:
Cash withdrawal: Customers with a Basic Savings Bank Deposit will get four free withdrawals (including ATM) in a month, after which withdrawals will be charged – at Rs. 50 plus tax at an SBI branch, Rs. 20 plus tax at other bank ATMs and Rs 10 plus tax at SBI ATMs.
Charges on ATM cards: SBI said that issuance of new debit cards will be charged from June 1 and only the RuPay Classic Card will be issued for free.
Online transfer: Online fund transfer through IMPS will now be charged Rs. 5 plus GST of 18 per cent for amount from Rs 1,000-Rs. 1 lakh; Rs. 15 plus tax for above Rs. 1 lakh and up to Rs. 2 lakh. Money transfers up to Rs 1,000 using IMPS will not attract any charge, SBI said.
Cheque book: For savings bank account customers, if their quarterly average balance is up to Rs 1 lakh, then first 25 cheque leaves are free in a financial year and thereafter a 10-leaf cheque book will be charged Rs 30 plus tax, a 25-leaf cheque book will be charged Rs 75 plus tax and a 50-leaf cheque book @ Rs 150 plus GST of 18 per cent. However, if your quarterly average balance is more than Rs 1 lakh, then cheque books will be free, Indian's biggest lender said. Cheque books will also be free for senior citizens irrespective of their quarterly average balance. (See details here)
Exchange of soiled notes: SBI said exchanging up to 20 soiled notes or for value up to Rs. 5,000 will not attract any charges. However, more than 20 pieces of soiled notes will attract a charge of Rs. 2 per piece or Rs. 5 per Rs. 1,000 plus tax, whichever is higher on the entire tender, the bank said. For example, for 25 pieces of Rs. 500, which is equal to Rs. 12,500, the charges will be Rs. 2 per piece (Rs. 50 plus tax) or Rs. 5 per Rs. 1,000 (Rs. 62.50 plus tax), whichever is higher. The amount charged will be Rs. 62.50 plus tax. (See details)
Cash transaction through banking correspondents: SBI said cash deposits of up to Rs. 10,000 (in multiples of 100) through banking correspondents will be charged at 0.25 per cent of the value with a minimum of Rs. 2 and maximum of Rs. 8 plus tax. Cash withdrawal of up to Rs. 2,000 (in multiples of 100) through the same channel will be charged at 2.5 per cent of the transaction value (minimum of Rs. 6) plus service tax.


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Bournemouth eye transfer for £25m ace Liverpool Harry Wilson after impressing on loan at Derby
Wolves, Crystal Palace and Brighton have also been tracking the Kop youngster
LIVERPOOL winger Harry Wilson is a loan target for Bournemouth next season.
Eddie Howe has been impressed with the 22-year-old during his season at Derby where he has helped his club reach the Championship play-off final.
He is ready to offer the Wales winger Premier League football at the Vitality Stadium after establishing himself in the second tier.
Wolves, Crystal Palace and Brighton have also been tracking the Kop youngster and reckon he can step up to the top flight.
And Derby are keen on him staying at Pride Park next season if they defeat Aston Villa and reach the Prem.
Liverpool will weigh up whether to send him out on loan again but would look for £25million if clubs want him on a permanent deal.
Wilson's Derby face Villa in the play-off final next Monday and the attacker insists he is not looking beyond then.
He said: "I'd be foolish if I started looking too far ahead now.
"I'm happy with how things have gone here.
"But when you've put so much into a campaign, like we all have at Derby, I'd be letting myself down if I was stood here thinking about the summer, or about next season or about what the future holds."


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Publication Date: 2014-Oct
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How to Develop an Engineering Design Task
Dankenbring, Chelsey; Capobianco, Brenda M.; Eichinger, David
Science and Children, v52 n2 p70-75 Oct 2014
In this article, the authors provide an overview of engineering and the engineering design process, and describe the steps they took to develop a fifth grade-level, standards-based engineering design task titled "Getting the Dirt on Decomposition." Their main goal was to focus more on modeling the discrete steps they took to create and write an original design brief rather than profiling a specific design task. They provide a description of each of these 7 steps: (1) Identify a standard; (2) Brainstorm ideas for design-oriented activities; (3) Contextualize a problem statement within the design task; (4) Identify necessary materials, resources, and tools; (5) Develop the design brief; (6) Implement the design task; and (7) Assess students' engagement in the design. As science teachers begin integrating engineering principles and practices into their curriculum, it is imperative that they feel comfortable creating and implementing engineering design tasks in their classroom. Engineering design tasks provide students with real-world problems situated in authentic contexts. This helps pique students' interest while making connections between science and their everyday lives.
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, Curriculum Design, Task Analysis, Grade 5, Instructional Design, Lesson Plans, Teaching Methods, Guidelines, Science Education, Educational Practices, Program Descriptions
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education
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Sponsor: National Science Foundation
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At least in South Dakota. Hopefully more generally-
With all the budget problems, finally here is a good one — USDA Wildlife Services is running out of funding for aerial predator control.
With all the budget problems, finally here is a good one — USDA Wildlife Services is running out of funding for aerial predator control.
The President has proposed cutting the budget of USDA Wildlife Services by 10-million dollars. President Obama said there needs to be shared sacrifice although so far it seems to be teachers, police, sick people, students, science, reproductive health, food inspection, and pollution control that is doing all the sacrifice under GOP pressure.
The sheep and cattle industry certainly doesn't want to be cut, and they are working their classic strategy of contacting a key U.S. Senator asking for a quiet restoration of funds. In this case they are contacting U.S. Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin. He heads the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies on the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. Senate.
If you want to fight back effectively for once, contact Senator Kohl, asking for deeper cuts, especially for aerial gunning of wildlife. bigger cuts for so-called "livestock protection," and no funding for the use of poisons like the poison 1080. Kohl's web site only accepts Wisconsin email contacts, but here are the telephone and fax numbers for his Washington office (202) 224-5653; Fax: (202) 224-9787
Obama's budget would deeply cut farm subsidies. By P.J. Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times
I kind of thought Obama might not figure this out, but his budget proposal seems to take a whack at this nasty agency as well as the heretofore unstoppable subsidy payments to rich and corporate farmers. If you want to help wildlife, please write to the President and your members of Congress urging an axe be taken to the Department of Agriculture agency Wildlife Services. Make it clear you are not asking for cuts in the Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service. These can be confused because the anti-wildlife cattle and sheep operations deliberately got the federal agency that kills wildlife, Animal Damage Control renamed "Wildlife Services."
This is not all good news because the Department of Agriculture does have some conservation programs that protect the land, although perhaps at too high a monetary cost.
It is possible that the explanation of Governor Schweitzer's behavior on both bison and wolves are the cuts to wasteful USDA programs, including the federal wolf killing agency. I personally think that cutting Wildlife Services budget is one of the best things we can do to protect our native wildlife from government directed killing.
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Cuts to Wildlife Service's proposed by Obama's budget. Note that FY 2012 begins on October 1, 2011
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Wildlife Services:
Wildlife Damage Management
2010 enacted $79 million
2011 Estimate $79 million
2012 Budget $69 million. Ask for zero, RM
Last week there was a big story about how wolves had killed a cow in the foothills above Eagle, Idaho, which most of you probably know is just west of Boise. Well, Carter Niemeyer, – the Montana western supervisor for Wildlife Services from 1975-1990 and the Wildlife Services Montana wolf specialist for the following 10 years until he took a post in Idaho as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's wolf recovery coordinator – did his own investigation and says that wolves didn't kill the cow.
Here are the comments that I received today from Carter about the findings of his own investigation: Read the rest of this entry »
From New West. An Excerpt from "Wolfer: A Memoir." By Carter Niemeyer.
Drops gassing of pups in their dens and sterilization but continues heavy handed killing of wolves.
Public Comments accepted until January 3, 2011
In anticipation of Monday's federal court hearing of a case brought by Western Watersheds Project, Wildlife Services has revised its Idaho Wolf Environmental Assessment. While the new EA drops gassing of wolf pups in their dens and use of sterilization, the preferred alternative does not consider exhaustive use of non-lethal methods to prevent wolf conflicts by intimating that it would be too expensive for ranchers to use proper animal husbandry techniques to avoid such conflicts.
Wildlife Services [sic], formerly Animal Damage Control, is an agency under the Department of Agriculture which responds to wildlife threats to agriculture. They are not related to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is under the Department of Interior and who manages endangered species, enforces the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and manages National Wildlife Refuges.
Carter Niemeyer's recent book "Wolfer" described, in great detail, the inner workings of Wildlife Services for whom he worked as their Montana western supervisor from 1975-1990 and as their Montana wolf specialist for the following 10 years until he took a post in Idaho as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's wolf recovery coordinator. In the book he describes how the incestuous relationship between the livestock industry and Wildlife Services works to maintain hegemony over how predators are blamed for livestock deaths so that they can be managed and killed and so that the taxpayer funds flow freely. He goes on to describe how the reporting of livestock depredations is routinely influenced by the higher ups in the department so that blame could be squarely placed on any number of predators instead of what usually boils down to poor animal husbandry practices.
Often times he was called to the scene of a "wolf depredation" only to find out, upon investigation, that the animal had died from other causes or that dogs had been behind the incident. When he would write up his report he would skin the animal out to look for hemorrhaging caused by the bites of a wolf or other predator, he would take pictures, he would look for tracks. This was frowned upon by his superiors and he was told to use only the small space on the investigation report form to describe whether the livestock had been killed by predators or not. Read the rest of this entry »


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In "Quantum Break," a failed time machine experiment has fractured time itself, leaving Jack Joyce to pick up the pieces. As he fights to save time, he also must fight ruthless security corporation Monarch Solutions, led by his old friend-turned-enemy Paul Serene. Jack struggles to save time as Paul seeks to end it forever.
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The words "plastic" and "fire-blasting rocket" don't typically go together, but that didn't stop MIT from pulling off the seemingly impossible. The MIT Rocket Team recently demonstrated the successful use of a rocket motor that was 3D printed from plastic, the first time this has ever been accomplished. The successful test was performed at about noon on April 21, and was the culmination of two weeks of parts' design and printing.
A total of two firing tests were performed, though the rocket was only designed to be used a single time. The first test was successful in the traditional sense, but the second test was a lot more fun to watch. The researchers explain that they used a 'more energetic' propellent the second time around, which led to the bright blue blast of fire shown above.
The first time, though, the team used a less energetic propellant that resulted in the narrow orange beam of fire shown in the video. This propellant was used for multiple reasons: it produces less heat, a lesser amount of pressure, and it was overall more gentle on the motor case, relatively speaking. Unfortunately, the second test wasn't shown on video.
As with any proper degree of curiosity, the team fired up the second test just to 'see what would happen.' The rocket had some 'damage' from the first test, including a worn throat, and as a result the second test was unable to maintain a supersonic flow. This meant there wasn't much thrust produced the second time around, and that the combustion was unstable. However, the team said it 'looks really cool in 240 fps slow motion!'
This isn't the first time we've seen rocket parts made using 3D printing technology. However, in past instances such as NASA's own efforts, this printing was performed using metals, not plastic. Even more interesting, the MIT team says they used a low-cost 3D printer that would be more suitable for the kind of budgets that small teams and hobbyists have. This means that, perhaps, we'll one day see amateur rocket enthusiasts launching their own mini rockets.


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text: How to Write a Novel By Larry Brooks It's fair to ask, "What does engineering a novel mean?" And how does it lead to writing success?To paraphrase Webster, to engineer is to create and design large structures or new products or systems by using scientific methods.But writing a novel is art, not science… isn't it? Many writers develop their novels in ways anything but scientific.Which isn't necessarily the right way to go about it.Storytelling: Art or Science?A novel may have 100,000 moving parts that combine in a structured manner, so perhaps we should look at storytelling as both artful and something driven by natural laws (another name for science!).Which natural laws, you ask?Laws regarding what compels us, what moves us, what holds reader interest, and what constitutes drama versus the static imagery and analysis of a still photograph.If you accept that understanding readers lies at the core of what makes an idea interesting, then you've signed up for the science of writing novels.But which brand of human-or literary science is this, and how do we apply its principles to storytelling and writing success?How do we make our novels work?When we read a novel, we have no idea how the author got there, how the words actually reached the page in the order they did.And so, using a sea of craft textbooks, workshops, online forums and word-of-mouth resources, we are mostly on our own to determine how the novel we are writing will actually get written.And here is where the room divides.Twice, in fact.Because there are actually two conversations where writing a novel is concerned. Two realms of knowledge the writer will experience, because both are unavoidable.The first is the story development and writing process. Writing Success Through Process: Plotter, Pantser, or…?Process, at one end, could be a detailed outline (which can take many forms, none of which is an actual draft) that identifies each scene in context or goes all the way to a full awareness of the entirety of the story's character and dramatic arcs.The other end of the process continuum is the absence of any specific awareness of the forthcoming story, a void from which the author embarks on a draft seeking to discover the story's beats and arcs, and even the ending, as they go along.The former is a story planner or plotter. The latter is an organic writer, or pantser (from the term seat of the pants).Most writers eventually do some form of both (even as they lean strongly towards one), a writer's place on the continuum may vary from project to project.The liberating news is that neither is right or wrong… because of the other realm that you will face eventually.Again, that first realm, planner or panstser, is one's process.The second realm of the writing experience is an objective assessment of how well the process works from the reader's perspective.The first is like interviewing for a job. The second is whether or not you get the job.This second realm is how the story ends up playing out across its pages. It consists of benchmarks, standards, editorial and reader reviews and the metric of market performance itself, beginning with whether a novel lands an agent or a publisher—or not.The good news is that there are specific elements, sequences and criteria for all this, the sum of which forms the core of what is known as the craft of writing a novel.Be clear: your process is not your craft. Your process is the pursuit of craft. When your process gets you there, and the story is judged competent, it works. And vice versa.Because there are so many valid ways to write a competent story, your process is not story engineering. Rather, it is the collective menu of natural laws and literary devices that are at your disposal, and how you apply them to the job, be you planner or pantser.In other words, what you write, and why. The sum of those essences and elements is your own personal version of story engineering.Process–any process–makes no guarantees.Putting 80,000 words on paper, with a bare minimum of engineering–a beginning, middle and end–does not mean the story will work. Indeed, if that's all you believe is involved, success will set a very high bar.Too many writers, however, believe their process is all the engineering that's required. They neglect the raw qualitative grist that will render the process effective.Your process isn't the thing that gives you access to those qualitative criteria and tools.There are as many successful organic make-it-up-as-you-go novelists as there are ardent story planners, and neither can lay claim to a "this is how it's done" winner. A seductive trap awaits the new writer here. Because when you hear a famous keynote speaker at a conference say something like "I can't wait to get to my office every morning to see what my characters will do today," it's easy to think you've just heard the Holy Grail of storytelling, the golden key to your own optimal process.Certainly what works for Stephen King does indeed work… for Stephen King. That and only that is beyond debate. Unless you are Stephen King, with his experience and innate story sensibilities. Even then, his process may or may not be your best choice. Truth be known, while King is the most famous pantser on the planet, his first drafts are very much like the evolved outline of many a successful story planner.Choose your process wrong, though, and you distance yourself from the second realm: story engineering that will make your story work.Whatever gets you there is the best process, because that's your best shot at optimizing the requisite engineering of a story.It shouldn't be about which is more fun or which feels more flexible and creative in the moment. An outline is every bit as pliable in the writing moment as no outline, and only someone who hasn't tried it can claim otherwise. Even then, they speak only for themselves; it's not the deciding vote on which process is best for everyone.Thus, the enlightened writer looks beyond process to understand the true nature of form and function.And that is what makes such a writer a story engineer.A lack of this understanding is why so many new writers too often write themselves into a corner or need a dozen drafts to reach a professionally high bar.The more you know about story craft, the better your process will be. You'll likely use some of both approaches along the way. And you'll need fewer drafts to get there.But what is this engineering?Story Engineering: The True Nature of Form and FunctionWe live and work in a largely genre-driven world. Each genre has its own expectations about the nature of the story world, the role of both hero and villain, and the depth and flavor of dramatic tension that form the essence of a story.Even literary fiction benefits from engineering versus random tinkering. Because like genre fiction, literary fiction writers also deliver stories about not just a protagonist, but a protagonist with something to do, a problem or need or situation that demands a response, driven by stakes and potential consequences (motivation and risks), and in the face of some form of active opposition (antagonism).These are natural forces of dramatic fiction. Your process doesn't excuse you from them; in a perfect world, it brings you closer to them.These elements are rarely in dispute. What is more often the subject of debate is the nature, place and pace with which these elements are introduced into a story, and how they evolve over the arc of the narrative to optimize the reading experience in terms of emotional resonance, empathy, and the rise and fall of dramatic tension.And that's where the truest form of story engineering comes into play. It's called story structure, and while it thankfully remains a fluid and flexible author obligation, it is also built upon a core sequential flow that looks pretty much the same every time.It's like gravity, that way–a force you can harness, or if not, it can make you crash and burn. It doesn't care what you call it, it just is.This flow is the starting point to an understanding of story structure, and therefore, writing success.It is more than just beginning, middle and end. Overlaying that obvious hopscotch blueprint is a more precise model for the unspooling of a story.Basic story engineering gives us a four-part story flow which, when stated, won't surprise you because of its natural, organic obviousness.Yet it remains the most commonly fumbled aspect of storytelling among authors who haven't yet developed a story sensibility to know the length and contextual mission of the four parts themselves.Story Structure: The Four-Part FlowHere then, is story engineering 101, expressed as the contextual mission of four roughly equal segments of a story.Every scene within these four segments is driven by a mission that aligns with that context, which is that the hero needs to work for their desired outcome, they can't succeed too soon or too easily, and the motivation and consequences that drive the progression of it all need to be artfully introduced and spooled out as part of the dramatic reveal.It looks like this, in roughly equal quartile lengths:1. SetupIntroduce your hero in pursuit of a goal, present a story world (time, place, culture, natural law), inject stakes and set up the mechanics of an impending launch of (or twist to) the plot (your core dramatic arc). This is what your hero will spend the rest of the story investigating, pursuing and wrestling with.2. ResponseAfter the setup, the story needs to launch (this is the First Plot Point) and then settle into a lane that shows your hero responding to a new or altered path with stakes in play and some form of obstacle (antagonism) causing the hero to react to something they may not understand (pursue more knowledge). Or if they do, they need to deal with it in a way that keeps their ultimate goal on their horizon.3. AttackIf the hero is too heroic too soon, there isn't much drama for the reader to engage with, so we wait until this third quartile to show our hero evolve from a seeker/wanderer/responder to become a more proactive attacker of their problem or goal, both relative to the goal itself and the presence of an equally-evolving obstacle (a villain, storm, disease, approaching deadly meteor, or whatever is the source of tension and drama in the story), moving closer to a showdown and some form of…4. ResolutionThis is where all the moving parts of your story converge to put your hero face to face with their goal, and whatever blocks their path to getting what they need to get.If this smacks of formula, ask yourself when was the last time you read a genre novel that didn't play out like this, to some degree.Nearly every published (and successfully self-published) novel today aligns with this four-part flow to a significant and usually obvious degree—something you can test yourself, now that there are labels and missions attached to the four parts.Like athletes playing on an identical-sized field within their sport, or painters having only the borders of a canvas to work within, or sculptors having only so much marble or clay to work with, genius and creative freshness is measured on what does fit within the parameters of this model.There are, of course, other story engineering tools on the writer's craft bench, all fueling the author's conceptual appeal, dramatic tension, hero empathy and dramatic tension with understandable, reachable, and predictable paths and outcomes.If you are a beginning novelist, this four-part structure flow–the story engineering model–will never steer you wrong; you'll have the opportunity to see your narrative soar and achieve writing success.Pablo Picasso said, "Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist." This is exactly the lane in which story engineering puts you, once you align with these principles.You no longer have to guess what goes where, and why.It's still on you to conjure up the grist–from the original idea, concept and premise, to the specific story turns and twists. But they now have a place waiting for them to land.How do you use story engineering for writing success? Tell us in the comments!If you liked this post, do share it on social media! Tweet239Pin33Share65337 Shares


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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Mythology Talk: Wrecking Ball God
He is! (Realistically, most deities are interesting. That's one of the reasons we're all in this game. But let's talk about this one today!)
Takemikazuchi-no-Kami translates to Brave-Awful-Possessing Deity, because he is all of those things (brave, awful, and possessing lots of stuff); he also appears as Kashima-no-Kami (Deity of Kashima, where a major shrine to him is located), Takefutsu-no-Kami (Brave Snapping Deity), and Toyofutsu-no-Kami (Luxuriant-Snapping-Deity). He's also referred to in translation as Ikazuchi-no-Kami (Thundering Deity), although it's hard to tell if that's a literal translation, a misunderstanding of the kanji, or an intentional pun where the name was meant to be read more than one way. (Translation: the discipline where no matter how right you are, you're also always wrong.)
These are all active, serious business adjectives in this guy's name, so you know he was out there Doing Stuff.
Takemikazuchi is one of the gods created when Izanagi beheaded Kagutsuchi, the fire god, whose birth had killed his mother and Izanagi's wife, Izanami; he sprang fully formed from the blood that gushed from the wound along with several other deities, ready to get on with affecting the heavenly landscape. Once the gods have decided that the earth, newly discovered/created and full of stuff, needs to be conquered by them, they decide that Takemikazuchi is the man for the job and send him down there to claim the area for them (hilariously, his "father", Izanagi's sword, recommends him for this job, so he gets volunteered by an inanimate object and everyone nods sagely and off he goes). He descends to earth and decides to impress the locals by embedding his sword hilt-first in an ocean-wave, and then sitting happily on its very point in order to start these negotiations.
Okuninushi, the god in charge on earth at the moment (and an illegitimate son of Susano-o-no-Mikoto, one of the heavenly deities), arrives to negotiate and declares that his children, the lesser gods, get to make this decision; one of them agrees to let the heavenly deities be in charge, but the other, Takeminakata, refuses to submit unless Takemikazuchi can prove the heavenly gods are superior by beating him in a physical contest. They participate in the very first recorded sumo wrestling match, with Takemikazuchi barely triumphing after his opponent's arms turn into icicles and then swords when he grabs them, before he is able to exert his divine strength and crush them. Having won the day, he claims the earth for the heavenly deities and then heads home, and the earthly deities retire to their individual shrines to maintain much smaller areas of influence in the future. Later, when Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan who was descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu, begins to conquer his territories, Takemikazuchi refuses to come down to answer his prayer, but he does send down his famous balancing-in-the-ocean sword, which independently vanquishes Jimmu's enemies and, not coincidentally, prevents Takemikazuchi from having to come down himself and leave his cushy heavenly palace.
These are the only specific stories in the official written mythology records of Japan, the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, but there are lots of other popular myths about Takemikazuchi, as well. In his guise as Kashima, he is also considered the subduer of the great catfish Namazu, a creature the size of the entire chain of islands whose thrashing underneath them causes earthquakes; if he were not vigilantly on hand to pin the fish down with enormous stones and sometimes bang it in the head a little bit, its struggles to get out from under the islands would destroy the entire country, and even the earthquakes that happen from time to time now are enormously lessened by his efforts to keep the fish pinned. He's also considered a thunder deity, probably because his name lends itself to that reading, although he usually isn't considered the preeminent one with Susano-o and Raijin running around being more prominent.
Takemikazuchi also has some notoriety as a patron of martial arts, especially sumo and aikido, and he often has small shrines in dojos and training studios and receives especial notice when athletic competitions and exhibitions are going on. Given that he won the earth for the heavenly gods through the invention of a sport and the use of unarmed martial fighting techniques, his association with the disciplines certainly makes sense!
Like many of the other Japanese heavenly deities, he isn't particularly "active" in the sense of having ongoing and colorful tales; he has a job to do and he does it, and he established his importance early on in the Kojiki tales and has been comfortably considered a major god ever since. Artwork of him isn't as common as it might be of deities like Amaterasu or Inari, but he's still out there, fighting the good fish-nemesis fight.
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Well, Unknown got lucky last time, so I'm going to risk repeating the question :) Off the top of your head, what would the potential future Japanese Devotionals entail?ReplyDeleteReplies
I assume you mean the Shinto one, since Japanese Buddhist deities and other native pantheons, like the Ainu gods, might not share their same powers! ;)Delete
As I said, I'd need to do more research and since Japan is not yet on the radar, alas, it won't be today. But I would think the Divinity track would probably have something to so with the obligation of a kami to its area, item, or people that it acts as guardian to, and possibly with the distinction between amatsukami (heavenly deities) and kunitsukami (earthly deities), possibly with a connection to the fact that mortal people, animals, and items can and do become divinities under the right circumstances; Ritual would probably have to do with offerings and temple/shrine practice, and Theology might involve the concept of latent divinity in all things and the connection of musubi, the natural energy of the universe, to both gods and the world.
So that's my guess for now!
Yes, totally, the Shinto one... My bad :)Delete


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ZIMBABWEAN women in the UK have been a let down to fellow women compatriots.
It is really baffling why successful Zimbabwean women here are not ready to help their counterparts.
There is enough room for all the women but it seems the successful ones do not want to share in the success.
One would think that being in a foreign land would make the women band together creating strength in numbers.
Lauretta Nyangani of Northampton recounted how she was interviewed by a Zimbabwean lady who was a manageress at a care home.
"I was excited, I felt my prayers had been answered. A Zimbabwean woman would surely understand my plight. How wrong I was!."
Laurreta did not get the job, she was told Zimbabweans are liars and cannot be trusted.
This came from a fellow Zimbabwean.
It is now common knowledge that if you share your personal problems with a Zimbabwean lady, the story will, in no time, be all over the UK.
These ladies, who have become specialist rumour mongers, come to your house only to spy on what you have and do not have.
It is not surprising to find the work place abuzz with your private details.
Among our women here, it appears the 'PhD' (Pull her Down) syndrome is not a myth but a reality.
The question is why is it there?
Monalisa Basket, a nurse from London said: "I believe women are pulling their female counterparts down because, like males, they have been conditioned to believe women should not be successful."
"It's not only successful women who pull down their female colleagues, unsuccessful women do it too. You can spend a good 30 years trying to remember the last time you heard a woman admire a fellow woman without pointing out a single flaw or belittling their achievement," said Mama Nancy of Luton.
Maybe the problem is that some Zimbabwean women still live in the shadow of their men.
"I see status updates on social media like 'God bless my man's hustle so I can bath in the fragrance of his success'," said Pastor Mushonga of the African Church.
"Such thoughts suggest that some women still want to be shadows of men; they believe that's their destiny, their role in life, hence it comes as a shock when they see another woman challenging the status quo," she said.
"Women hardly appreciate another woman's success; they have erroneous beliefs when it comes to the success of their fellow sisters. They believe a successful woman either slept with some powerful man or she knew some people who pushed her to the top, or she used some funny tactics that should not be mentioned."
These are the stories women spread about one another in a bid to destroy the reputation of a woman they believe is challenging society's status quo.
Some women twist stories and tell lies while others insult other women for being strong in the face of a broken relationship or marriage.
Some women simply feel they alone must be the best and compete even with those not in competition with them.
Failure to win the competition means the gloves come off and the other woman had better be ready for a showdown.
"It is disheartening that even in our fight for equality, we are our own biggest enemies.
"Women are the biggest traitors to their own empowerment, because they often side with the opposition simply to bring down any woman they believe is a threat to them.
"They are so wrapped up in the model society has designed for them that they sometimes involuntarily fight against their own movement.
"Jealousy is a constant cloud that hangs over many Zimbabwean women and the need to be better than their friends and colleagues remains the root of their insecurity.
"They walk into rooms and compare themselves to others, only being ultimately satisfied when they have established they are better than every other woman in the room.
"They are always on the lookout for dirt on other women and any gossip or rumour they can twist or help spread is what excites them," said Valerie from London.
The logical and sensible thing for Zimbabwean women abroad is to come together and co-operate if they are to thrive.
It is a shame that where they must advance and better their fortune they are failing simply because they cannot work together.
Women failing their lot in the UK…as women hardly appreciate another
ZIMBABWEAN women in the UK have been a let down to fellow women compatriots.


text: Marie and Dasha are at it again… They planned another exciting adventure for our Early Childhood students! Apparently, the classroom mascot, 'Lucie la souris' had not yet explored the entire L'Ecole Francaise du Maine interior and exterior space. Our students had a challenge of showing Lucie special areas of the school. First, students were given picture clues and had to figure out the location of the photo. When they found the object that was pictured, they discovered a smaller photo of the same object that they had to bring back to the classroom to show the mascot. This activity was a blast!


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Lewis Hamilton locked in legal battle over Caribbean villa
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Lewis Hamilton is locked in a legal battle with a developer after he pulled out of a £3.5 million Caribbean house purchase.
The Formula One star was hoping to use the villa to spend time with his then-girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger but pulled out of the project when they split.
Italian designer Bernardo Bertucci told The Sun newspaper: "I really trusted him, and we made a lot of changes in the original design. After six months he broke up with his girlfriend. One day when the villa was half built I received an email from him saying that he didn't want to go ahead. It's a sad story but these things happen. I am pretty sure he knows he didn't behave correctly with me.
"I didn't want to take legal action but it is very difficult to sell a personalised villa like this. I met him personally and he was very excited about the villa. He told me that when he finished racing he wanted to live a quiet and relaxing life in Grenada, where his father was originally from."
The home has been designed to his specifications, including a recording studio for Nicole, who found fame as part of girl group, the Pussycat Dolls.
It is described as an "amazing waterfront villa with private gym, recording studio, gourmet kitchen, sunset lounge area and private jetty with the best view in the Caribbean".
Lewis – who gave Bernardo the go ahead over email – hadn't paid a deposit for the luxurious villa.
The first part of the case was won by Lewis, 31, at the Grenada Supreme Court in 2015. He is currently fighting an appeal.


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The CEO Swap…
The fastest way to knock off 12-18 months of your company's growth in less than 7 days.
On today's episode Russell talks about having Brandon and Kaelin Poulin trade consulting with him, and how that turned into a CEO swap. Here are some of the amazing things to look forward to in this episode:
- Find out why swapping consulting turned into swapping CEO's and how it's beneficial for both companies.
- Find out why a CEO swap could actually work for your business as well.
- And hear how the CEO swap made it possible to quickly implement things that would have taken months to implement without it.
So listen here to find out how a CEO swap could be beneficial for your business.


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This work by Mrs. Eureka McCormick is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
March Is Reading Month
Please make sure your child is reading every night
We are reading stories and determining the theme of the stories. We are also learning how to write literary essays.
AR Super Power Readers
Writing: Students are studying how to write informational writing pieces
Free Books click on this link
Free Classical Art coloring pages <--click
progressive story
Science: We are learning about Matter
Reading <------------------------?????
Did you know that your child is supposed to be reading every night for 20 minutes??? Yes, reading involves every aspect of life. People are constantly reading and in order to become fluent in reading and to comprehend what one reads one must practice and read every day. Students are still learning to read; students must comprehend what they have read. Please make sure your child is reading for at least 120 minutes per week.
Thanks for your support
2014-2015: Is your child reading books at home? I hope so because students are encouraged to read 120 minutes per week. We have recently started a really great reward system. If your child reads a book they may take the Accelerated Reader Quiz at school. Every Friday, Mr. Kitchen visits each classroom to hand out prizes to students who have successfully passed quizzes to earn certain points for various prizes at specific point levels.
Math Links
Place Value GAMES!!!!
Practice place value online (mom or dad won't have to check your answers because the computer will check the answers):
Students need to review math concepts throughout the year.
Students receive math homework every day except on Fridays!!!
Please remember there are tutorial videos on the think central website <------------Click on the word Think Central. Your child knows how to log into the site. The videos are helpful if your child needs help completing their homework. There are also great games that allow students to review math concepts that we have covered. This is great because it helps the students move towards mastering the concepts!!!!
Have your child practice multiplication facts at home. Some children may have forgotten them over the last few months. Thank you for your support! AAAMath is a great website to have students practice math concepts! Click on the link to the right of this page.
Social Studies
In social studies, we use a curriculum developed by Oakland Intermediate School District. The website is www.micitizeshipcurriculum.org. If your your child is absent from school you may go to this website to see what your child missed. We do use a lot of maps and have lots of discussions in class so often it is very difficult to make up what has been missed in class. The Social Studies textbook that we have will be used more as a reference resource to reinforce concepts that are taught using the Oakland developed Social Studies curriculum.
Want to help your child move to the "head of the class"?
If your child has access to the Internet from home have him/her do MobyMax each night for that extra edge in mastering math. The login and password is the same one that students use for their AR account. Here is the link:
Our wish list: itunes gift cards to purchase apps, headphones to listen to books on the ipads, Legos so we can build and not always use our ipads during recess, more chapter books used or new because we know the more we read the smarter we will become, dry eraser markers, and power strips to charge our ipads. Our super most ultimate items that we wish for are about four or five Chrome books. Google has a lot of useful resources to help us learn and explore globally. Everyday is a learning day!
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Paperback : 200 pages
Publisher: Harlequin
Genre – Romantic Thriller
Qiara Rana will do anything to save her mentor and their non-government organization from ruin. Even if it means visiting the city she had vowed never to return to. But within a few hours of landing in New Delhi, she is being chased by a gunman and is a potential suspect in the murder of a high-profile businessman. The only person she can turn to for help is Kabir Shorey, the man who stood her up ten years ago. Past and present collide in a deadly plot of crime and greed that moves from the cosmopolitan streets of Delhi to the bazaars and villages of Rajasthan
The Book Review
Adite Banerjie's work is all about engaging plot and smart execution of the same.She doesn't let you get bored even for the slightest moment.I was bit sad ,after having a look at the cover picture of the book.I thought "Oh No ..another Chick Flick"..but it is said never ever judge a book by its cover.
I am not against Romance but given a choice it will always be my second option.The word thriller in itself can arouse lots of apprehension and Banerjie makes it a point to keep you at the edge . While I was reading her Trouble Has A New Name ..I was having expressions like AWW.. How Sweet.But this time it was Oh No .Run Qiara..Whoa what a thrill ..cumm on Kabir ..Yeah.
The plot is fast paced with a proper beginning , middle and a climax . The romantic involvement is served like a dessert and an apetizer with a nail biting thriller as the main course.The author provides numerous twists and turns at regular intervals and it adds up to a fine reading experience.
The episodes in the state Rajasthan provides a royal touch and an exotic experience at the same time.Kabir as the romantic partner of Qiara is very matched and their chemistry is to die for. Aditie Banerjie provides a hot sizzler on the plate with Qiara and Kabir.
However the story is not that simple … Madam Banerjie serves a complex mesh of events and misunderstandings to the readers and when she decides to unravel the knots in the complex mesh ,the result is very pleasing.
The romantic duo exposes the scam and the criminal syndicate and thus provides a perfect conclusion to a romantic thriller.
No Safe Zone is an attarctive read and beileve me..you are going to enjoy every bit of it.
Verdict- 8/10
Plot is enaging
Storytelling is highly matured.
Vocabulary is just wow.
Great Characterization.
Thriller element is really good.
Sexy , smart Heroine and a dashing Hero
Setting in the bylanes of Delhi to the royal Palace of Rajasthan has been well blended to the plot.
I was looking for a great negative character.


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If most of you are unaware of exactly what the US National Archives and the Library of Congress are, Its our safe house for Historical Treasure's, of how our Country has grown, the technology, the internet, and twitters. The Library of Congress began Collection all twitters back in 2010. By the way this should be an oh shit moment for some people, because what you say is recorded in history, and this one you just can't erase nor change the name on the accounts fast enough. Are you trolls really that ignorant, to think that Twitter doesn't keep track of who is who? Are you serious.. They keep backups in case the Twitter servers go down, how often would they back up their servers.. might well be several times a day. And I keep telling you people the delete button is only a temp fix, what ever you delete remains on the top of the hard drives, and are you not smart enough to know that all servers consist of multi large hard drives? DUH!! So, keep up creating your crazy attack sites.. and then changing the names.. But while your doing this and thinking just how cleaver you are.. There is always a record saved somewhere, and it will come back and bite you in the butt. Twitter is becoming wiser to the issues at hand.. And when a complaint is filed, they want you to swear to what is occurring.. Twitter is making sure they have documentation for court actions.. DUH.. Do you sense the presence of FBI? Never know.. They could be posting right along with you, throwing out comments you wouldn't believe and collecting your post at the same time.. After all, everything you post on twitter goes into the Library of Congress.. Think about that @ Executionerreal.. and the child you are exploiting as your profile image, and the vulgarity you throw at other posters, stored away for historical purposes.. can't deny that you did do that, and in all honesty.. treasure chest for FBI to go through.. And all they will have to do is put in a search for a specific name.. Anyone want a tour? Welcome to the Library of Congress : http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Library of Congress Will Save Tweets
By STEVE LOHR
Published: April 14, 2010
But the Library of Congress, the 210-year-old guardian of knowledge and cultural history, thinks so.
The library will archive the collected works of Twitter, the blogging service, whose users currently send a daily flood of 55 million messages, all that contain 140 or fewer characters.
Library officials explained the agreement as another step in the library's embrace of digital media. Twitter, the Silicon Valley start-up, declared it "very exciting that tweets are becoming part of history."
Academic researchers seem pleased as well. For hundreds of years, they say, the historical record has tended to be somewhat elitist because of its selectivity. In books, magazines and newspapers, they say, it is the prominent and the infamous who are written about most frequently.
But although celebrities like Mr. Kutcher may have the most followers on Twitter, they make up a tiny portion of its millions of users.
"This is an entirely new addition to the historical record, the second-by-second history of ordinary people," said Fred R. Shapiro, associate librarian and lecturer at the Yale Law School.
The library reached out to the company a few months ago about adding Twitter's content to the national archives, said Matt Raymond, the library's director of communications. He cited Twitter's "immense impact on culture and history," like its use as a vital communications tool by political dissidents in Iran and Barack Obama's turning to Twitter to declare victory in the 2008 election.
The Twitter archive will join the ambitious "Web capture" project at the library, begun a decade ago. That effort has assembled Web pages, online news articles and documents, typically concerning significant events like presidential elections and the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Mr. Raymond said.
The Web capture project already has stored 167 terabytes of digital material, far more than the equivalent of the text of the 21 million books in the library's collection.
Some online commentators raised the question of whether the library's Twitter archive could threaten the privacy of users. Mr. Raymond said that the archive would be available only for scholarly and research purposes. Besides, he added, the vast majority of Twitter messages that would be archived are publicly published on the Web.
"It's not as if we're after anything that's not out there already," Mr. Raymond said. "People who sign up for Twitter agree to the terms of service."
Knowing that the Library of Congress will be preserving Twitter messages for posterity could subtly alter the habits of some users, said Paul Saffo, a visiting scholar at Stanford who specializes in technology's effect on society.
"After all," Mr. Saffo said, "your indiscretions will be able to be seen by generations and generations of graduate students."
People thinking before they post on Twitter: now that would be historic indeed.


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Hey there! Todays Sunday was the perfect summer weather here in oregon! Quick fact about me. I was born in the winter but my favorite season is summer! I absolute love the heat. All the flowers are bloomed and theres a lot more to do when the weather is nice. todays outfit details below.
Dress: This gorgeous green dress is perfect for a causal Sunday night. bought from @macys
Shoes: High heel slip on mules are so comfortable and very versatile with different outfits These lovelies are from @ninewest
Bag: Goes perfect with the color green! Got this cute bag from @etienneaigner


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Rev. Aaron Linford
When Mary of Bethany poured a flask of expensive ointment on the feet of Jesus, His disciples were shocked. "To what purpose is this waste"? they said (Matt 26:8). But John gives us another angle to this event. He points out that Judas Iscariot, who led the protest, had himself embezzled the apostolic funds. Critics should beware lest their own defects crush their criticisms.
"Waste"? Much depends on your system of values. There are times where money doesn't matter. Woe to those whose only reckoning is in terms of cash. What did it matter that the equivalent of a year's wages was expended; this was an act of adoration, and who can measure worship by wealth!
"Waste"? It happened that Mary saw more deeply than the rest: she knew that crucifixion was near, and anointed her Lord beforehand for His burial. Nicodemus loaded expensive spices on the dead body of Jesus, she gave Him her best while He was still alive. lt was a memorable act.
'Waste"? Even today the world cannot understand the life- style of lovers of the Lord Jesus. Dr Albert Schweitzer achieved greatness as theologian, philosopher, musician and doctor. When he went to Lamberene in darkest Africa the world of science bemoaned his loss, his talents buried in an outlandish place. But he chose to minister to neglected nobodies. The world could not understand, but Jesus did, and this noble missionary stands high in the list of those who loved the Lord more than wealth, fame orsuccess.


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Wassenaar Arrangement, Latvian's Export and Import Controls to be discussed at Defence Exports Conference
SMi Reports: SMi releases seven key reasons to attend the 13th annual Defence Exports conferenceLONDON, WATERLOO, UNITED KINGDOM, June 28, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SMi has released seven key reasons to attend the 13th annual Defence Exports conference, taking place 19 – 20 September 2018, in Rome, Italy. This year's event is set to provide delegates with in depth analysis of the Wassenaar Arrangement, Latvian's Export, Import Controls, and much more as leading military, government and industry experts gather to discuss globe trade compliance efficiency.
The two-day meeting will provide attendees with the opportunity to network with leading lawyers, consultants, industry professionals, and government officials involved in arms controls and export compliance from all over the world.
7 Reasons to Attend This Year's Defence Exports Conference:
1. Hear the latest updates from the best-to-date speaker line-up including leading arms exports control experts from: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UK Ministry of Defence, US Department of State, US Department of Commerce, Defense Technology Security Administration, UK Department for International Trade, Global Affairs Canada, Inspectorate of Strategic Products, Wassenaar Arrangement, French Ministry of Defence, BAFA: Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control, Spanish Secretary of State for Commerce, Rolls Royce, Fokker Technologies, Leonardo, L3 Technologies, Honeywell, Rockwell Automation, DRS Technologies, United Technologies Corporation, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Belgium Engine Center, Nexter, and many more.
2. Hear crucial updates on: the Wassenaar Arrangement, US, UK, Italian, Canadian, Swedish, Polish, Latvian's Export and Import Controls, how industry leaders trade, and new innovative transfer technology such as Cloud Computing
3. Participate in three panel discussions on:
• US export changes, featuring senior US Department of State, US Department of Commerce, and US Department of Defense officials
• Similarities and differences in European export control systems, featuring government expert panellists
• Preparing for BREXIT, looking at key trends and best practices to simplify compliance
4. Partake in 4 unique conference workshops:
• ITAR and EAR practice tips led by Global Legal Services and BAE Systems
• EAR fundamentals led by US Department of Commerce
• New technology: exploring automated export control processes and record keeping led by Rolls-Royce
• Case study on best practise approach to UK MoD exporting, led by the Waterguard ASSC Compliance lead, UK MoD
5. Benefit from the early bird offer of a £200 discount on the conference price, expiring 29th June. Special rates for military and government representatives and group booking discounts are available. Visit the website to download a complimentary copy of the event agenda and register online, alternatively please contact James Hitchen on +44 (0) 207 827 6054.
6. Confirmed attendees: Join and network with industry experts from: AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE, Amphenol Procom, CAE, Cargolux Airlines International, Fokker Technologies, Kongsberg Gruppen, MBDA, Microtecnica (UTAS), Moog, Paboban Studio Legale, Souriau, Swedish Armed Forces, Thales Netherlands, UK MoD, United Technologies Corporation (UTC), Saab, Pilatus and many more.
7. Meet and network with this year's industry leading sponsors: Deloitte LLP and Pillsbury. Limited sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact SMi Group to book one of the remaining exhibition stands.
The event brochure is available to download on the website, as well as information on the full speaker line up at: http://www.defence-exports.com/einpr
Bookings made by 29th June will be eligible for a £200 early bird discount, visit the website for more details.
The Defence Exports Conference
19th and 20th September 2018
Rome, Italy
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