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Encana Corporation, a Canadian natural gas company, has reportedly announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Texas-based Natural gas liquids company Newfield Exploration in an all-stock offer worth over $5.5 billion.
Reports cite, all Newfield shareholders would be receiving approximately 2.6719 shares of Encana Corp. per share of the Newfield common stock. Moreover, Encana would also be taking over Newfield's $2.2 billion debt.
According to a press release by Encana Corp, this strategic combination – which has garnered an unanimous approval from both companies' board of directors – would be creating an industry leading multi-basin firm with premium positions in North America's three top-quality, liquids and oil weighted plays.
Chief Executive of Encana, Doug Suttles stated that the combination advances the company's growth strategy further while being immediately accretive to its five-year plan.
The Chairman, President and CEO of Newfield Exploration, Lee Boothby stated that the deal is the best path for the company to move forward as the combination offers investors the attributes such as operational scale, a proven track record in the development of liquids-rich, large onshore resource plays, an exceptionally robust balance-sheet, and a peer-leading cost structure.
Following the announcement, shares of Newfield Exploration reportedly closed at around $20.20 at the New York Stock Exchange while the shares of Encana Corp. closed at about C$13.44 at the Toronto Stock Exchange.
After the deal's completion, Encana Corp. shareholders would reportedly own approximately 63.5% stake while shareholders of Newfield Exploration would own the remaining 36.5% of the company. Moreover, board of directors at Newfield Exploration would appoint two members to join Encana Corp's board.
Encana Corp. reportedly released a statement that revealed that the company also intends to raise its dividends approximately by 25% and expand its share buyback program to about $1.5 billion following the deal's closure.
According to reports, the deal requires a majority vote from Encana Corp. shareholders as well as the support of about two-thirds majority vote of shareholders of Newfield.
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The business of freelancing: Money: The RulesNovember 17, 2008
Over the next week or so I'll be publishing a collection of short articles on money. This is the second of a short series on running a freelance business (the first was about business insurance). In it, I'll try to answer some questions other technical writers have asked me about managing my business finances and money.
First, some disclaimers:
- I am not an accountant, financial planner, business adviser, lawyer, banker, or any other sort of financial or legal professional in ANY jurisdiction—nor do I pretend to be. Please consult your relevant financial and legal professionals before using any information in this article.
- All opinions are my own and based on the experiences of running my small (micro) business since 1999. I have never run anyone else's business.
- The information in this article assumes you are working as an independent contractor, freelancer, etc. and not through an agency.
- The terminology in this series of articles is specific to Australia and/or Western Australia. Other states and countries may have similar options available but under different names.
- The information in these articles assumes that you have sufficient work to generate an income. Getting sufficient paid work is outside the scope of these articles.
There are two rules about money that I believe in strongly. All other advice in these articles springs from these two rules.
Rule #1: You are in business to make a profit
You are in business to make a profit. That's first and foremost. Anything else is secondary to that.
You may want to save the world, be the best environmentally friendly organization on the planet, have the best invention/widget/doohickey… whatever. It's all secondary to the real reason you are in business. You must make enough profit to provide a living for yourself and your dependents. I'm not advising you to maximize your profits and gouge all your clients, but you must make a profit to remain in business, maintain your self-worth, provide for your family, etc.
If you don't make a profit, your business will fail. Period. There may be some months or years where you don't make a profit, but consistently not making a profit results in the death of your business.
Which brings me to Rule #2…
Rule #2: Positive cash flow is king!
Do not forget this—I'll repeat it: POSITIVE CASH FLOW IS KING!
It's very simple: Positive cash flow means that more money is coming into the business than is leaving it.
If you don't get paid, you can't pay your suppliers or creditors. That means that they'll start taking action against you to recover their money. At worst you could be sued, taken to court, be declared bankrupt, lose your credit rating, etc. with the resulting stress and fallout that can cause both personally and professionally.
If you've done work for someone for payment, make sure you get their payment in sufficient time to pay your expenses. If you don't have many bills this month, put that money aside and earmark it for future expenses. You will have large bills to pay every so often, such as tax, annual insurance premiums, so don't spend all the money you receive just because it's there. That's a slippery slope to financial ruin.
Now that I've got the basic rules out of the way, the rest of this collection of short articles will focus on the "Top Ten" strategies I use to ensure that my business makes a profit and that I have a positive cash flow.
- Strategy #1: Get professional advice
- Strategy #2: Keep your money separate
- Strategy #3: Invoice regularly
- Strategy #4: Pay your bills on time
- Strategy #5: Pay yourself
- Strategy #6: Set aside your tax obligations
- Strategy #7: Use accounting software of some sort
- Strategy #8: Regularly keep track of your position
- Strategy #9: Decide on a billing method
- Strategy #10: Manage any surplus funds
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I think I would like to reveal some of the parameters that will continue to fuel huge financial returns in your investment property or in real estate investment. However, in this article, I will share with you some simple tips that can help you understand what a property investor is and how you can become a famous property investor.
Because most people want to know the important things to consider when they invest in real estate and make themselves wealthy as a property investor. If you want to create passive income as an aspiring real estate investor while you sleep idly, you need to know two points: "What is a property investor? And how do I become an estate investor?" This is what I teach you now.
1. What Is A Real Estate Investor?
2. How To Be A Estate Investor
What Is A Real Estate investor?
Those people who invest in landed property or real estate and gain financial returns on their investment monthly daily are called a property or real estate investor. If you buy and sell land for huge returns, you are called a real estate investor. But if you buy, flip and sell complete building, you are also called an aspiring estate investor and if you buy and build units/shops for monthly rent, you are called a landlord that collects house rents every month.
A landlord/landlady is really a landed property investor, but not a famous property investor because he is just a landlord and she is just a landlady if they own a building that does not pay them monthly income daily or pay them monthly peanuts daily.
Every estate investor is an asset or liability estate investor. If you build units for single family, for shop, for Car Park at price and for hotel and for let/lease, you are really a residual or an asset property investor because you collect monthly/annual rents daily from tenants and customers.
Related: 5 Top Ways You Can Start Adding Feathers To Your Investment Property Nest
If you build a few face-to-face units/or shops for monthly house rent or build a house for only home and or buy land that you don't use for rent or lease, you are really a liability estate investor even if you thought you are an asset landed investor, and you are a linear landed investor if you collect monthly peanuts from your tenants. Buying or building your property can make you wealthy if you know what to do that takes you.
Many people own properties or lands yet they remain poor because they do not know what to do that can make them wealthy. They do not use space for house rent, let/lease and for business. What waste! If you don't use space for sale, for lease or monthly rent, you become a liability real estate investor.
How To Be An Estate Investor And Create Passive Income Daily.
Let me be honest with you that I am not a landed investor (because I do not own properties and I am just an inherit landlord) nor I am a landed consultant. Don't except me. Let me step you through and see if you can become a famous estate investor.
Step 1: Start with something you know you can handle. Find any market segment such as landed properties, emerging market in which I call penny estate, etc you can handle.
Step 2: Know the costs you could afford.
Step 3: Plan money well. Before making solid investment, key issues on property investment must be addressed so well. You must know the cost before making your investment decision. You must know how to negotiate with buyers or sellers well.
Step 4: Try to compare property values with rents before making a purchase. Try to carry out an enough research before making a decision. Do not be in hurry to buy or sell property if you want to double or triple on your investment property. Be wise.
Step 5: Take your decision fast when you are introduced to any real estate opportunity. Do not wait because of your financial situation. Remember time waits for no one? Then property opportunity waits too for nobody.
Step 6: Knowing your customers counts (or knowing where your buyers/tenants come from) helps your sales strategy well vis-à-vis follow-up, pricing, etc.
Step 7: Never rush into anything in the undeveloped or developed environment without thorough inspection. If you are not sure how worthy this value is, call or hire professionals to examine it or estimate it well.
Step 8: Be a developer of the knowledge on Property Investment issues in the local paper. Be an attendee of the property issues in any organization based by expert estate facilitators, with some questions you want to learn more.
Step 9: Make a person your estate lawyer and be a good friend to her or him that will help you protect against secret plots or unscrupulous tenants.
Step 10: Be a player of the property investment in the marketing sector. Buy low and sell high. Buy, flip and sell it. Turn your used space into let/lease, car park, etc for monthly/annual income daily as a property investor.
If you understand what a property investor is and apply what I teach you above, I guaranteed that you never work for the rest of your life. I hope this lesson benefit you much? Subscribe to my newsletter at the right sidebar for more information on forex trading, stock trading, property investment, business, etc.


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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang
St. Paul's on the Green, Norwalk, CT
The First Sunday of Lent – March 9, 2014
The world is often found by passing through the wilderness, but we go there in courage because Christ has walked that way before us. Amen.
I just heard about a new bumper sticker: "Eve was framed!" Funny, but it makes a good point. Poor Eve has gotten a bad rap throughout the ages. We've placed the blame at her feet for having to live in a world full of evil. If only she had resisted, the good sisters told us in grammar school, we'd all be living in Paradise. Of course, our eight year old minds translated that to we wouldn't need to go to school.
And as sophisticated as we may think the world is today, that error in interpretation still lurks in the hearts of some preachers and biblical literalist denominations. So I thought today we might talk about a very popular subject: Sin!
The lectionary gives us two stories about temptation and fasting. The first of these is the very familiar one of Adam and Eve in the garden. No need for me to retell it. We've heard it loud and clear. The devil tempts Adam and Eve. They fail the test. They get exiled from Paradise. But nowhere in the story is the word "sin" mentioned, much less the concept of "original sin."
The second is the temptation of Jesus by Satan at the conclusion of a 40 day period of fasting in the wilderness. Jesus passes the test. Angels come to his aid and probably bring dinner with them. After all, he is famished.
For me a common denominator in the two stories is not only the testing, the temptation, but the experience of wilderness, wasteland, and desert, rough and wild country. It is a place of contradictions. It is bare and arid and hostile. People hungered there and bandits hid out there. There were scorpions and vipers and other wild animals. In the wilderness, one was unprotected and exposed.
It was also a place where people took refuge and where sometimes people even encountered God. The children of Israel were guided through it and fed Manna by God. It was in the desert that God gave them the Ten Commandments.
The wilderness could also be a place of renewal and where hope was born. After the rains of spring arrive, this parched land brings forth the green of earth and covering of flowers. The prophet Isaiah tells us that "The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom."
The wilderness is a strange place where we can face the very worst and at other times find the very best. We might encounter our demons there and we might find God. So it is understandable why, on this first Sunday in Lent, we are pointed by God's Word in the direction of the wilderness.
For Jesus, the testing did not end in the desert. Nor did the temptations. His friend Peter told him to avoid the cross and death and we know what happened in the garden the night of his betrayal. For us, the story is the same: testing never ends. That is why we pray the words, "Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil."
When I say the word "sin," I wonder what images come to mind for you? The stolen candy bar, the concealed crib notes used to pass an exam, the questionable deductions on a tax return, brown sludge pouring into a once pristine lake, war-torn countries in the Middle East, the brutal murder of a young gay man in Wyoming, homeless people sleeping under a bridge trying to keep warm on a frigid night. I suspect we all get a different picture.
It's hard to preach on sin. Either we can use it to bully the congregation or dress it up in finery and sugar coating. Let's be honest about it. It is difficult to speak about sin in church because we know what a turn off it is and because we have our own baggage around the language of sin instilled in us from childhood and maybe from our affiliation with other churches and denominations.
There is a story about a mother who took her nine-year-old daughter, Jenny, to an early morning Ash Wednesday service many years ago when the 1928 Book of Common Prayer was still in use in the Episcopal Church. The language of that service was extremely penitential and tedious. It talked about the "vile earth" and us "miserable offenders." If you didn't feel convicted of your sins before the service, you certainly did when it was finished. In the hushed silence of the church, Jenny turned to her mother and said in a stage whisper, "Mom, I know I'm bad, but I'm not that bad!"
Lent is a good time to look hard at our world and recognize that sin and evil are not the fault of a woman in an ancient story about creation—it's the fault of us all every time we fail the test and ignore God's command to love.
Enlightened people might say that the story of Adam and Eve is a myth. Joseph Campbell, a famous authority on American mythology, says that myths are stories of things that never happened but are always true. Theologian, Frederick Buechner says that the Bible is not first of all a book of moral truth. He calls it a book of truth about the way life is.
Truth about the way life is. The truth is there is something hugely wrong in the world—on a global level, in our cities and neighborhoods, and I think we're all looking for ways to make sense of it and even in some small way to make it better and more godly.
God's Word for us today is that we really are free to make disastrous decisions and those choices do have consequences. Consider the situation unfolding in the Ukraine.
Whether or not it comes in the form of a talking snake and crafty slithering serpent, temptation is real and may seduce us to choose things that we know are ruinous for us and for the whole creation. God has given us both permission and prohibition, gifts that are most fully experienced in community. We have purpose, we have freedom, we have limitations, and we need each other to find the proper balance between them. Each of us faces the Catch-22 of learning how to do that.
Author Barbara Brown Taylor writes, "Christian theology is neither no-fault nor full-fault. We do wrong, but we do not do wrong all alone. We live in a web of creation that binds us to all other living beings. If we want to be saved, then we had better figure out how to do it together, since none of us can resign from this web of relationship."
So we gather in this Lenten wilderness as the community of faithful ones, God's people, to hear these stories and those that will be told throughout the next five weeks and garner as much as we can from these ancient texts—stories that are not about the temptation not to be a good human being but rather about the temptation not to be a human being at all.
Sin may be our new best friend, because the recognition that something is wrong is the first step toward setting it right again. We can't expect to repair something if we don't admit that it is broken. There is no hope that we can change what is wrong in the world if we accept that it is irreversibly damaged.
Avoiding sin is not merely about doing things that make us less admirable. It is about the reordering of our hearts, allowing God to meet us where we are, and claiming our true identity as an extension of God's love in a tortuous world.
If we've opted to do Lent this year in whatever form that may take for us, we will certainly find ourselves navigating the wilderness—a strange place where we can face the very worst and at other times find the very best. Yes, we might encounter our demons there, and we might just find God—or let God find us.


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Montville Democrats struggle to understand Election Day defeats
Montville — "They wanted a change," former Democratic mayor Joe Jaskiewicz said, over and over, Tuesday night. "The people have spoken, they wanted a change."
Democrats stationed at the town's four polling places on Election Day had not even finished calling Jaskiewicz's cell phone with vote totals for each of the 12 candidates for the Town Council. But as Jaskiewicz called out the numbers he was hearing and watching them written on a whiteboard, the room at the Uncasville Diner where the town's Democrats had gathered became quiet, then almost silent.
The final result, confirmed Thursday after a recount, was a reversal of two decades of Democratic majority on the Town Council. In a town where politics has traditionally been a team sport, losing that majority was a blow.
Jaskiewicz, the chairman of the Democratic Town Committee and the head of the Democratic majority on the Town Council for six years, was still not sure on Sunday what had happened. The next day, he planned to go to the first meeting since 2012 in the political minority, having barely won his seat only by the grace of a state law that limits the number of seats on certain town boards that can go to a majority party.
Jaskiewicz, who was outpolled by two other Republican candidates, blamed the losses on low turnout among Democrats — as much as 5 percent lower than in the last town council election, he estimated.
"If we really lost that, then that's what happened," Jaskiewicz said. "I thought we did a good job."
The Democrats, they insisted in the days leading up to Tuesday's election for the Town Council and school board, had spent the last six years keeping tax increases as low as possible while maintaining the services people wanted.
But that wasn't enough — or, at least, it wasn't obvious enough — the voters told them Tuesday. Two longtime Democratic members of the Council, Chuck Longton and Tim May, are out. They will be replaced by Republican Town Committee Chairman Tom McNally, a former member of the Town Council who once sued the town and the current mayor; Republican Jeff Rogers, a retired state trooper who vowed to run for the Council and "drain the swamp" after he was denied a spot on the Parks & Recreation Commission; and Republican Wills Pike, a member of the town's Public Safety Commission who has often been critical of the council's budgeting practices.
Incumbent Republicans Joe Rogulski and Kathleen Pollard both won their seats back, as did Democrat Billy Caron.
The election followed weeks of public swipes on Facebook — one circulating post claimed to document the lack of meetings McNally attended during his time as a Town Council member, another alleging that the council had "failed to budget for the state cuts."
While campaigning at the town's transfer station or going door-to-door, McNally said he suspected voters might take out their frustration with state-level politics on the Democratic Town Council incumbents. But even he was surprised.
"We weren't expecting to win every seat like that," McNally said. "We didn't realize they were that unhappy."
McNally, who will likely be elected council chairman at Monday's meeting, said he hopes to be more transparent, not use municipal bonds to pay for new vehicles and ask the Mohegan Tribe for help marketing the town to new businesses.
Longton, who chaired the Council's finance committee but lost his seat on the council with the least number of votes among all the candidates on Tuesday, said he wishes success for the new council members but expects they will find some of their proposals are easier said than done.
That includes McNally's plan to save money and buy new vehicles with cash instead of bonding.
"If you take a look at our capital plan, we have been putting aside money each year," Longton said. "We have been saving and trying to pay cash. But sometimes you reach a point where the vehicle needs to be replaced before you've got it all."
"They are going to learn the hard way, just like we did, that some really good ideas are not possible because your hands are tied," he said. But, he added, "if they succeed, the town of Montville will succeed. I am planing to be there on Monday to congratulate every single one of them."
As for the presumptive new council chairman's relationship with Democratic Mayor Ronald McDaniel, whom McNally sued in 2012 and ran against in 2015, Montville's politicians were hesitantly optimistic.
"I think that's something him and the mayor are going to have to work out," Jaskiewicz said.
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Friday, March 21, 2008
Women and Electoral Politics: A New Era?
On March 18, in the Trustees Ballroom of Boston University (BU) the Women Studies Program hosted a lecture and discussion entitled, "Women and Electoral Politics: A New Era?" as the opening event to Genderfest '08 - a student initiated week of events attempting to answer the questions of Gender on Boston University's campus. The Director of the WSP, Dr. Shahla Haeri began the event with welcoming remarks and set the stage for the discussion. "We are in the midst of an intriguing Presidential election in the United States, for the first time a woman political leader is a major candidate," she exclaimed. "Women leaders have a large historical and global presence."
Pippa Norris, Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, presented on "Shattering the Marble Ceiling: Barriers Facing Women Leaders." She put the current US Presidential race in a broader international context by looking at global trends, theoretical frameworks (cultural, structural and institutional) and evidence and survey data. Dr. Norris' intriguing lecture touched on the future direction of American politics in the "post-feminism generation." Through the framework she has developed, Dr. Norris concludes that culture remains a barrier, but these barriers can be overcome with institutional reforms.
Dean Virginia Sapiro, Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences Dean, launched the event saying, "It has been a new era for a long time, but I want this new era to end, women in politics should be normal." Her discussion focused on the world of scholarship and began by looking at women in the legislature. She explained the base line in American politics: that until the 1950s only 2% of Members of Congress were women and in 2008, only 16%. "All discussions must take place in relation to the base line and if you look at the numbers it is clear that women are not equal to men in American politics." Dean Sapiro said that she does not want to give us answers; she will wait for the data, and that she is developing a framework for discussion. "We do not know who will win the Presidential election, but gender is making a big difference this year- the gender discussion is being brought to the floor."
The full house event and lively question and answer session was moderated by Professor Douglas Kriner, Department of Political Science at BU.
Story prepared by Margaret Hartley.
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Ghosts, goblins and monsters galore - it's time for trick-or-treating once more. The Collection at RiverPark invites children and their families to an evening of Halloween grandeur on Thursday, Oct. 26, from 6-8 p.m.
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This spooktacular event is sponsored by our friends at Sunny Smiles Dentistry for Children and Young Adults. Sunny Smiles Dentistry will be giving trick-or-treaters the chance to enjoy their goodies while earning money by selling back their candy. To support deployed troops, Sunny Smiles Dentistry will be sending the buy-back Halloween candy overseas in gratitude of their service. The candy buy-back is $1/lb. of candy – up to 5 pounds per household.


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I always have fun doing paper piecing, especially so when I can used up tiny pieces of scrap
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a realy nice card
Hello from Elma
Nice sweet hello card my friend... hugs...x
How cute is this..love it!
Oh this is gorgeous!! It looks so very pretty and the colours are really pretty together ...
I know what you mean about postage ... I posted a flat card to USA yesterday and it cost me £3.50 ... that's like over $5!!
Ohhhhhhh wow! This is gorgeous!! I love love love that paper piercing you did!! FABULOUS!!!!! Have a great trip!!!
You are a lucky ducky to be on a road trip. love your paper piercing.
oh my gosh, that *IS* lovely, AND a brilliant use of both paper-piecing and tiny scraps and WOW, yes, how cool to make something so fab that can be mailed for .46 cents... that's like the olympics of card-making!!! (well, it is for ME anyway!!!!) :) :) :)
This is sooooooooooooooo sweet! What a great way to say hello!
Flat cards are so fun. Love this one!
Lovely card Kirsty, it looks like actual jeans, such a great background, reminds me of my old pair of jeans, used to have similar flowers on them!
Oh my! This little card has just stolen my heart. It's irresistible and I love it!
This is absolutely GORGEOUS and flat! LOVE how it looks like fabric with stitching! FAB Kirsty!
Absolutely gorgeous! Love your paper piecing, so stunning! Thanks for playing along at our Birthday Bash! I hope you will find time to join in more of our challenges!
this is gorgeous!
So cute, Kirsty! I love the flower with the paper piecing and love that this is completely mailable. Adorable way to do the sentiment, too. Really like the little circular tabs on the side. :)
Lovely card, Kirsty, I thought I commented on your card. I guess I got so busy reading I forgot, sorry. Anyway love the paper piecing. Have a fabulous Friday!
Aww this is beautiful Kirsty… I love how you've used your leftover papers for the pretty flowers and leaves… it's a fab design! :-)
Hope you have a lovely weekend hun!
Big hugs
Sue xx
So cute Kirsty! I love the paper Piecing and I want that volkswagon at the top of your post! Have a great weekend!
So very cute!!. LOVE the flowers with the stitch-like detail :). Hugs.
Beautiful card Kirsty and double nice that it can be sent via regular postage:O)
Beautiful job on the paper piecing Kirsty!! Just love your work and the mix of papers you put together is fabulous! Enjoy your road trip and thanks for playing along with our Birthday Bash at Sketch N Scrap! :)


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The choice of plum colored rugs really needs attention. If we're not attentive to select the most suitable one to your own smaller rug, our rug is going to wind up search cluttered, gloomy, very hot and cramped. Light colors and whites are all supposed to be good to use for smaller rugs. White colors reflect sterile around. Try to remember , when it comes to paint a small rug, be certain that you have neutral colour palette you've planned before. Neutral colors are really going to make a little rug feel relaxing and comfortable. The notions below is used to make a little rug seem bigger, cozy, and clean.
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Leaving to a new Blog
December 27, 2011
Just to let you know that I have made a change in the direction of my art career. I have gone over to the "dark side "as a result of an artistic "epiphany." I have become "modern" in my subject matter, and " Molecules of Emotion" is my new blogging home. I hope my friends here will continue to follow my career as an artist and thanks again for all your comments and support.
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I wish you every success Roger. This journey to the dark side is where many fear to tread. I hope you find what you are looking for and that you can finaly express yourself more honestly and completely? Think of the ones you leave behind from time to time.
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6/10/2016 - Seasonal Library Intern - Summer Reading Program - Application Deadline: June 24th
Seasonal Library Intern – Summer Reading Program
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Part-Time Position – Available Immediately
Salary Range: $9.38 per hour
Duties: Reports to the library's children's program coordinator. Under close supervision, assists with the summer reading program and various other library duties as need and experience permit. Such tasks include, but are not limited to assisting with story times, arts, crafts, games, shelving, and outside events and activities. Also assists with technology and media projects, such as website development.
Requirements: Ability to effectively read, write, speak and understand English. Bilingual preferred. Strong communication skills. Experience with supervising and assisting children and teenagers, ages 5-17. Ability to provide own transportation to and from any remote program location.
Hours: Limited 8-week position (Late June to mid-August). 15 hours per week. Some Saturday hours required.
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Application Deadline: June 24, 2016
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More and more people are using the internet to access various societal functions. In recent years, municipalities and private enterprises have increasingly begun to explore and develop internet-based services to support public health in general and to disseminate health information in particular. This compilation thesis consists of four articles that explore and provide different perspectives on the design and implementation of new online youth counselling services for public organisations and social services, working with counselling and health information for young people. Ethnographic methods, and materials from two empirical settings, have been used to investigate how aspects of design and participation can serve to empower both potential young users and counsellors as stakeholders in the design projects. An important secondary focus is how mechanisms of empowerment play out in the design of online counselling services targeting young people. The notion of empowerment is addressed in terms of empowerment through design, focusing on normative expectations regarding young people as users of online youth counselling, as well as how to work with norms and norm-critical perspectives in the design and development of user interfaces. Another aspect of empowerment concerns participation, here seeking an increased understanding of the processes, practices and shifting roles involved in engaging professionals and young users as participants in a design project. In order to address these interrelated areas of inquiry, an eclectic theoretical and methodological approach has been used to study design in practice. An ethnomethodological approach unpacks how the participants relate to and reflect upon the design projects under study, highlighting aspects of empowerment and user agency. In addition, a sociocultural perspective on communities of practice and participation is used to increase the understanding of what it means to be a participant in participatory design projects. The findings show how embedded social norms and values have implications for users' identities as presented in the digital design of online youth counselling services. The findings also reveal ways in which user empowerment is facilitated but also restricted by the design of youth counselling e-services, including not only the designed multimodal features of such services, but also the norms that guide usage. The studies also address the outcomes of technological change and the implementation of sociotechnical systems and services for the professionals involved in design projects. Here the studies provide knowledge about the forms of practical reasoning the counsellors engage in when anticipating work-related issues associated with the new technology and how they might deal with potential challenges. Finally, the findings show how participation in a design project may enable the development of new forms of communities of practice in which the participants and their roles and participation status change as the organisation changes.
This study examines how possibilities for agency are designed into online youth counselling services, as well as how such possibilities are addressed by young prospective users during the design of the services. The data are drawn both from the design of a national website for youth clinics in Sweden and from a design project developing e-services for local youth clinics in a Swedish municipality. The agency of young users is here treated as a key concern for understanding how user empowerment is accomplished through the design of websites and e-services. Using combined research materials (i.e. two websites and focus group meetings), this study demonstrates how design features may both facilitate and restrict young people's involvement and control over sensitive and private issues. In addition, we demonstrate how the designed possibilities for empowerment may allow young users to critically approach and effectively use such services.
The present study examines a set of discussions among professional counselors in the area of youth counseling, as they participate in the development and design of an online video-mediated communication platform. With an overarching interest in how participatory design is performed through conversations, the analysis focuses on analogical reasoning through which the envisaged system is anchored to existing technologies and work practices. Three forms of analogical reasoning are identified: formulating design alternatives; challenging problem formulations; and telling stories. In various ways, these forms of analogical reasoning inform the ongoing design decision-making process, where the hypothetical technology and its organizational and work-related implications are evaluated. The study contributes to how analogical reasoning is done in interaction, and places the findings in the context of participatory design and studies of design reasoning.
This article draws on data from a participatory design project developing services for online youth counselling. It investigates the outcomes and contingencies of participation for stakeholders (here counsellors) and how they make sense of their experiences of participating in a design project. The findings show how counsellors involved in a participatory design process develop new skills and knowledge as their roles and work practices in the project change overtime. The study is longitudinal, following a project that stretches over a period of three years, and addresses temporal aspects of participation, and in particular what happens when the design efforts come to an end and the designed service is launched. It is found that a participatory design project that fails with respect to its explicitly stated goals may still have positive secondary outcomes due to the engagement and process of situated learning among the participants involved.
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Thy Kingdom Come: Part 3
What do we do as we pray, "Thy kingdom come" and as we wait for that time when God's Kingdom will be established?
[Darris McNeely] Christ told his followers to pray, "Thy kingdom come", in what we know as the Lord's prayer in Matthew chapter 6. We've been going through a series here on BT Daily about praying, "Thy kingdom come" and why exactly did Jesus tell his disciples, his followers, to pray, "Thy kingdom come"? What that means and how it helps us to focus above the problems of the world today and the agonies, and the suffering, and the corruption, and the deceit, onto the vision of a time when God's law will go forth from Jerusalem and nations will no longer make war, or learn how to make war.
But what do we do as we pray, "Thy kingdom come" and as we wait for that time when God's kingdom will be established? Well, we have to live by the laws of that kingdom today because there's one little-understood truth that we learn from the scriptures about what will happen when Christ does return. Earlier I had quoted how in Revelation 11:15 Revelation 11:15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
American King James Version×, "The kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our Lord." Now there's one thing, Jesus Christ is going to return to this earth but he's not going to use the same people who have corrupted the governments and the societies that he will replace. No. He's going to use a different group.
There's a wonderful scripture, one of my favorites in all the bible in Daniel 2:44 Daniel 2:44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
American King James Version×, in this great prophecy of the prophet Daniel, that speaks again to the time when God's kingdom will be set up on this earth. And it says this, "In the days of these kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed and the kingdom shall not be left to other people." Did you get that? That kingdom, the kingdom of God to be brought to this earth. The kingdom that we pray for, will not be left to other people. Christ is not going to use the people who have corrupted and created the problems that He will have to come and replace.
That means that He has been preparing and is preparing a group of people today, and actually from the very beginning, who will fit this category of those that He will give the kingdom to. Because they will have learned to live by God's way of life, in this life, in the physical life today, having accepted the calling of God and devoted their lives to living by the righteous teachings of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who came and died for our sins.
That could be you. But you have to make that choice. You have to make that commitment and accept that calling, and be a part of that group of people that God has been preparing from the beginning and is preparing to this very day to whom he will give the kingdom at the time Christ returns. And it's that group of people who are praying, perhaps most fervently of all, "Thy kingdom come."
Will you choose to be a part of that group of people? Will you commit to those who are helping to spread that news and that understanding of that kingdom to come? It's all up to you. But God's Word is sure. That kingdom is coming, and there will be a group of people prepared to help Him in turning it around. Let's all pray, "Thy kingdom come."
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Guest post from Brother FI – Brotherly Advice on Life and Money: It's in 'American' but you'll get the gist and go and visit his site for much more good stuff.
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Millennials listen up, especially broke millennials.
And if you were born between 1982-2002 you might qualify as a millennial, depends on who you ask really. As part of this elite group of IKEA enthusiasts, video game experts and fancy doughnut connoisseurs I think it's time we finally put an end to the stupid financial choices we keep making.
Thanks to an education system that doesn't prepare you for the real, "real world," more millennials than ever are struggling with debt, financing way too expensive cars and neglecting to save for the future.
Thanks to an education system that doesn't prepare you for the real, "real world," more millennials than ever are struggling with debt
There are so many issues to address on financial independence for the millennial generation, but I think I will reserve all the details for a book in the future maybe. Right now I'd like to address 10 money choices that any millennial can benefit from. As broke millennials you have the advantage to learn from those older than you. Be wise and pay attention.
1. Stop ignoring your budget
One of the least exciting choices you can make with money is budget it. One of the most responsible choices you can make with money is budget it. Budgeting helps you take control of your finances on the road to financial independence.
The earlier in life you learn this, the more financially successful you'll be. Don't think you're the exception. Every tower of wealth is built with a budget as part of the foundation. Visit my budget page for free tools to help you get started.
2. Don't try to outspend other broke millennials
This idea of trying to outshine one another is a big reason why there are so many broke millennials. You must shift the focus from spending to saving.
I challenge young people to encourage each other to save and invest for the future rather than spend and waste in the present. Surround yourself with a community of people who aren't worried about what name you're wearing or driving.
Keep friends who are making wise choices with their money. Be careful to follow money advice of those who yell "YOLO" before spending all their money in one night.
3. Stop spending more than you make
I'm not against buying stuff, but I am not ok with spending money on "wants" before "needs" and having no money at the end of each month. This is why budgeting is really important, because you can watch your spending before it happens.
make a smart money choice that won't leave you struggling to pay your bills
Before you make a purchase consider how much money you actually have and make a smart money choice that won't leave you struggling to pay your bills. This includes how much you pay for rent, groceries, subscriptions including Amazon Prime and Netflix. Make sure your monthly expenses are much lower than what you make.
4. Don't delay investing
If you don't already know by now, you should be investing in some sort of tax-advantage account. I really like Roth IRAs for any young investor. If you're not sure where to begin, low-cost Index Fund investing is a great way to start an investment portfolio.
The key is to get this part of your wealth building going as early possible.
Historical data shows that an investor who saved $100/month in the S&P 500 in any of the 40-year periods between 1928 and 2014 would have about $973,000. This is why you get started as early as possible and stick with it for the long haul.
Compound interest is a powerful phenomenon that will either work for you or against you. It's your choice.
5. Avoid financing a car
One of the biggest lessons I've learned with money is to pay cash. It doesn't matter if you get a really low-interest rate with zero money down. My advice will always be to avoid car payments.
Compound interest is a powerful phenomenon that will either work for you or against you. It's your choice
First, you don't need an expensive car to get you wherever you need to go. Secondly, you'll be paying so much money that you could otherwise be saving and investing for your future. Having a paid off car is awesome and I'll never go back to financing again.
6. Stay away from student loans
One of the greatest challenges broke millennials face is the student loan problem.
remember as I was beginning my second year of college and walking into the financial aid office with a need to figure out how to pay for the upcoming semester.
I did not know what taking student loans really meant for me long-term. Really, what 18 or 19-year-old do you know fully understands the full scope of debt and interest rates?
I still take full responsibility and thankfully today have no student loan payment! This was all due to the debt snowball method, hard work and sacrifice.
I would like to think the education on student loans has gotten better, but statistics seems to prove otherwise with the national student debt amount ever increasing.
7. Avoid credit cards or at least until you're 25
This tip could be a little controversial.
Personally, I've stopped using credit cards all together for about a year. We still keep my wife's credit card open, but only to use for work related expenses.
I've experienced the positives and negatives of having credit cards and I just cannot condone the use of a credit card no matter what.
Of course the marketing and advertising of credit cards are such big businesses you're bound to come across a very tasty offer that you can't deny.
One of the greatest challenges broke millennials face is the student loan problem
My advice is to run! Run away from credit cards and never sign up for one. And if you feel that you absolutely have to have one, be careful.
Credit cards are dangerous and if not properly and responsibly used can be damaging to your goal of financial independence. Studies show we don't actually make good decisions until we're 25 so if you want to wait till then you could save yourself a lot of headache.
8. Seriously consider life insurance
If you have a spouse and/or children this is a no brainer. When you have life insurance you protect those you love for the what-if-worst-case-scenario.
Life insurance is a tool that gives you the peace of mind while on your path to financial independence.
For millennials I really can't recommend any product other than term life insurance. It's cheap and can hold you down while you save, invest and accumulate more assets in your financial portfolio until you basically become self-insured.
At that point having other types of insurance like umbrella insurance will be useful. Even if you don't have family to support you can always get life insurance to provide for an organization or non-profit in the event you are no longer here.
9. Keep track of your net worth
One of my favorite financial activities is to keep track of my net worth, meaning how much I have in assets (what I own) minus how much I have in liabilities (what I owe).
This one thing you do can help you become more aware of your current financial situation and fix it.
Seeing my net worth go from negative to positive was such a huge motivator that I believe you will enjoy doing this task of tracking your net worth as well.
I use Personal Capital to keep track of my net worth and highly recommend it to you too. It's a very simple online based tool that you can use to list all your assets and liabilities to see how you're doing.
There's also Excel/Google sheet templates out there in case you don't like having your information in a website.
10. Stop making excuses
With the exception of a very few, the vast majority of us broke millennials have no reason why we can't win financially.
Taking a few actions early on in life will propel you towards an awesome future. You have the resources and ability to change your situation for the better.
Between the internet and the library you have every bit of information out there to be successful at no cost to you
Between the internet and the library you have every bit of information out there to be successful at no cost to you, except you time.
There are so many individuals who have come out of broken communities and difficult upbringings to show us all we can achieve greatness and financial independence.
You need to realize that you can do this and it starts with you believing in yourself and referring to these 10 tips that can help you.
My final message to broke millennials: stop making excuses and start making progress.
Ready to become financially independent?
- Sign up for your FREE Personal Capital account and start tracking your net worth. It's what I use and happily recommend to you.
- Download this FREE spreadsheet that I use to budget our money and expenses each month.
- Listen and subscribe to the BrotherFI podcast on your favorite podcast player.
- Don't forget to subscribe to the BrotherFI newsletter and receive your FREE financial independence checklist.


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Dallying with dogs improves student mental health
Libby Camp, Staff Writer
November 15, 2017
Tight circles of grinning, kneeling students usually reveal flashes of a wagging tail or a lolling tongue. Thirty-seven percent of households in the U.S. have a dog, according to the U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook. Vermont has the highest percentage of pet-owning households, as 70.8 percent of all...


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It is often a very difficult task in most parts of the planet for people to choose the best marriage counselling services.There are usually very many counselling services that are in the market. The Naya Clinics are among the best marriage counselling services that are available in the market.There are several attribute that make Naya Clinic the best in the provision of the marriage counselling. It is important for people to understand that Naya Clinics was started by Sam Nabil.
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It is important for people to note that one of the positive attributes of the marriage counselling services is that it plays a very vital role in helping people better understand their marriage partners. After one undergoes a marriage counselling services, it is important to note that they are able to better understand the needs of their partner and they are able to come up with the means of fulfilling their partner's needs.It is worth noting that the fact that the Naya Clinics has helped couples to better understand each other cannot be doubted.
Learning on the ways that one could use in the resolutions of disputes in a healthy manner is also made possible by the Naya Clinics.Hurting the other spouse will be a thing of the past after attending the Naya Clinics marriage counselling sessions as a persons will be able to express their views without hurting the other person.
Ability of people to maintain healthy marriage relationships is also made better by the marriage counselling services.In Naya Clinics, this skills on how to maintain the marriage relationships are taught in detail. This article purposes to provide some information on some of the details regarding Naya Clinics as well as some of the positive attributes of their counseling services.


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Campbelltown mayor starts campaign for greater council powers
Campbelltown mayor George Brticevic wants to see planning powers returned to publicly elected councillors.
Cr Brticevic has asked Campbelltown Council staff to write to state government ministers and the Office of Local Government "expressing the council's and the community's frustration with the NSW Government's decision to remove the powers of determination for development applications away from the elected council and the community".
The mayor is frustrated with the councillors' increasingly limited ability to made determinations on developments and planning proposals in Campbelltown because of the introduction of the Local Planning Panels (originally called Independent Hearing Assessment Panels, or IHAPs).
"In 2011 the Barry O'Farrell government was elected on a commitment that planning powers would be returned to councils," Cr Brticevic said.
"But they didn't do that.
"What happened instead was the Local Planning Panels were brought in, and there are lots of very qualified, very experienced people on these panels but oftentimes they've got a job that we can do better."
Cr Brticevic said the planning panels were "very rigid" in the way they followed the Local Environment Plan and Development Control Plans.
He said the panels were designed to see things in black and white, where councils could operate more in the grey zone and take each development on their merits.
"For example, I remember a case where a man from St Helens Park had a DA in to build a granny flat for his recently widowed mother, so she could stay with them," Cr Brticevic said. "Even though it didn't exactly fit the restrictions, he addressed the council and we decided to approve his development.
"This is what people have elected councillors to do and the state government is preventing us from doing that."
Cr Brticevic hopes his council motion will encourage other local councils to pursue similar campaigns and pressure the state government into returning power to local government.


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Western Weyr - Candidate Dorm
Carved from a natural bubble in the volcanic stone, this small dorm room has room enough to hold around two dozen occupants comfortably. Along the walls are stationed sets of cots and clothes presses, each made up to the standards of the weyrwoman. Above, the soft white light from electric lamps cast down during waking hours.
Early morning is.. early. Too early. Likely someone came in a while ago to wake up the candidates to get them started for the day's duties, but there's still a few stragglers, covering their heads with their blankets and.. well.. whatever else they can manage. There happens to be one, though, that isn't worn down at all today — in fact, he's the complete opposite. Bright-eye'd and bushy tailed, Xaleres does his own duty of being an annoying brute by starting the day of with, "GOOD Mooooooooooorrning Candidates!" The pink-frilly-shirted man flounces from cot to cot, shaking people awake. How oh-so-nice.
Brenn is one of those grumbling candidates who has remained in bed later into the morning. He attempts the usual first line of defense and pulls a pillow over his ears, but it is an ultimately futile attempt to block out the noise. Eventually he rolls over and blearily opens his eyes so he can scowl in Xaleres' direction. "You know, /some/ of us actually had to work late on chores!"
Ixieae can barely be forced to get her own food, let along get up on time. Plus, this is only her first morning as a candidate, so obviously she's going to sleep in. Yeeeah. Obviously. This excuse will be used later, no doubt. But of course, her slumber gets interrupted… by possibly the most obnoxious candidate ever. "Oh. My. Shards. Xaleres, I swear by Faranth, if you don't shut the heck up, I'm shoving a pillow down your throat and LAUGHING as your choke." Ooooh. Someone is dark in the morning! "And if you come near me, I'll cut you. With…" An eye cracks open and looks around. "My NAILS. It'll hurt. And get infected. I didn't wash my hands last night." Feeeear!
The retaliated comment just makes Xale's glimmering smile grow wider, as the boy trundles over and leans up on the end of the cot with an evil expression on his face. "Aaaawwwww, we have ourselves a /whiner!/" He rolls his eyes, coming over and grabbing the pillow with his hand, lifting it carefully away from Brenn's face. "Yeeeaah, but who cares! I certainly don't." He flounces away, only to be met again my more grumbles — this time, Ixieae. But this time, he just walks up next to her cot, arms crossed, looking down at her solumnly. "Really. You will. You certainly are fiesty, chicka. The more you are, the more I just wanna climb in bed with you. Certainly looks warm in there…" He looks SO SCARED. Really. Look at the shocked expression! Really! .. Yeah, yeah, it's not there.
Brenn grumbles something unintelligble as he sits up, rubbing at his eyes as he copes with the loss of his pillow. He's more or less incoherant for a moment, but something from the complaints of his fellow sleepy candidate seems to sink in. "Wait a minute… you're telling me this (censored) is Xaleres?" Increasingly awake now, he narrows his eyes at the annoyingly awake candidate. "I've heard plenty about you." And judging from the dark tone of his voice, it hasn't been good.
"Unfortunately," Ixieae mutters, throwing the blanket over her head as Xaleres comes over. "I have no problem inflicting pain, Xal. None at all. And if it gets me kicked out, than so be it. It'll be worth it to know I broke your face with my first." Feisty only begins to describe her in the morning. "He's a moron, just ignore him and I bet he'll go away." Clenching her eyes, she tries wishing him away. "Go crawl into someone elses bed. Someone who cares. Or find that weaver girl, she seems interested." Just leave them ALONE.
"I'm FAMOUS!" The boy lifts up his arms in complete triumph. Raah! Raah! "Oh yes, I'm the infamous Xaleres — and yes, I believe every word you've heard is true." There really isn't much need for exaggeration when it comes to him. His eyebrows raise at Ixi.. But he just begins to laugh. "/Well/. I can't say that I'm really all that afraid of you, Ixi-poo.. And no, I won't go away. Since you're not gonna let me in.. Guess I'm just gonna have to take you out." He just continues laughing, as he yanks at her waist and — whoosh! — flings her over his right shoulder, blanket and all, hauling her off in Brenn's direction. La dee da!
Brenn scowls, actually appearing to grit his teeth a little at the confirmation of Xaleres identity. "So you're the reason we have to wear these ridiculous uniforms? Because of some plot you had to get into a weaver girl's pants?" The beastcrafter's already dark mood continues. "You are not going to have an easy candidacy here, I… hey! Put her down!" He yells in defense of the poor abducted Ixieae.
Ixieae SCREAMS. Yes. There is no other word to describe the sound that erupts forth from her mouth but a complete scream. "YOU! DIE! FACE! IN! OHMYGAWD!" Never one to take anything in stride, Ixieae starts to flail around, trying to free her arms from the blanket that was once her protection from this other candidate. "PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE!" She yells out, towards Brenn. "Haven't you EVER heard of personal space, you simpleminded idiot? LET. ME. DOWN! There will be hell to pay for this! Do you hear me!" Flail!!!
Xaleres totally would bow, if he didn't have his hands.. ya know.. full of an evil wench. "Oh, so they even included the part about the weaver girl! Though, just for the record — she's an /artist/." A very, very bad one. "And actually, it's not /entirely/ because of that. You can blame Arkoss for making me so ornery I had to suggest it." A wink graces Xaleres eye as he begins to flinch. ".. Why should I put her down?" Seriously, he's seeing no reason, even the flailing. Flailing is /hot/. "Personal space.. No.. Can't say I've ever heard of it. .. Are you /sure/ you want him to punch me? That's just.. vulgar!" Yeah really, who'd stoop to Xale's level? "I hear you looouudd and clear, chickie. .. My, your butt looks /amazing/ from this angle!"
Brenn swears under his breath and finally gets out of his bed. "Alright, this is a little bit too much crap for me to deal with this early in the morning." He starts stomping off in Xaleres direction, trying out his best attempt at an intimidating stare. It is somewhat hindered by the fact that he still looks half asleep. "You should put her down because if you don't, I'm going to do what she says and punch you in the face. Candidate rules or no candidate rules. You've got three seconds."
Oh yeah, Ixieae is going to like Brenn. Nothing says 'oh baby' like someone threatening to punch someone else! Whoo hoo! "Yes! I do want him to! Cause if he doesn't, the moment my feet hit the ground, /I will/!" Thinking of feet… the candidate-lass starts randomly shoving her feet into whatever body part of Xaleres she can find. Hoping to find the money spot that'll get him to drop her. "Three seconds! You heard him, drop me or die, Xal! I'm /so/ not pissed, it's getting hard to breath." Add to the fact she's wrapped up in a blanket that is overheating greatly.
There isn't much else Xaleres can do at this point except sigh. "Well, violence is such a petty thing.. I'd rather not have to encourage you to do so. But — I mean, for the record — /look/ at this tushy. Isn't it fantastic?" He nubs his forefinger into the side of Ixieae's hip as he tosses a wink to Brenn. "Not to mention, you punching me would inevitably result in me dropping her on her head.. and that'd just be mean." Blink, blink. "So /not/ pissed? Well, honey dearest, you're the one that told me yesterday you loved me!" He spins her around a couple of times, before flinging her back into her empty cot, and beaming down at her with his bright, bright smile. "Alright, my dear. Hit me." Nothing says 'I love you' like a broken face. Cough.
Brenn seems to be working up the energy for a confrontation right up until Xaleres finally lets the girl go. He even starts counting off on his fingers as if preparing to follow through on his threat. He doesn't look all that satisfied when he finally does toss her back. "You're a disgusting pig." He glances over in Ixieae's direction. "If I were you, I'd do it. He's got it coming. And if anyone asks, I'll say you did it in justified self-defense."
"Not pissed…? Did I say that? Well, you know what I me—AHH!" And the world goes round and round, and then she's once again sort of right side up. It takes a few moments for Ixieae to get the room to stop moving, but as soon as that passes, she's ripping away from the blanket and getting to her feet. With fists clenched, she gets all up in Xaleres's grill. Her hand is lifted, drawn back, and then… -WHAM- her knee JERKS UP inbetween Xal's legs and… well… you can guess what she did from that. "NEVER EVER touch me again, do you hear me? Next time, I cut it off and feed it to the felines!" Her face is completely red with anger and she almost spits this in his face. Almost. Not that unladylike! Taking a few steps back, Ixieae takes calming breathes. In. Out. IIIN. Out.
"Aww pfffff. You're no fun." Xaleres rolls his eyes at Brenn. "But, thank you. I don't usually get the 'pig' part. It's a nice change when I d—" He's promptly cut off by the fact his man-parts are screaming 'Un-Happiness'. ".. Oh.. Mommy." At this point he can barely even understand what else she says (so likely, what ever it was, he won't remember), and falls promptly backwards into a cot across from Ixi's, keeled over as is proper. "So… sexy…" Is all he can manage out.
Brenn smiles for the first time this entire morning when Ixieae finally gives Xaleres his just deserts. It fades a little after just a moment, and he sighs heavily. "Something tells me he didn't learn a damn thing from that." He looks up at Ixieae and manages a little smirk. "Nice job all the same. Surprised you showed that much restraint after that sort of treatment."
Ixieae just stares, bewildered, at the candidate. "Are you serious? I kicked you where it counts and you think it's…" She just shakes her head. Men. She will never, ever understand them. Or at least this one. A hand gets jerked through her short hair, causing it to spike a bit. "I have no choice. My 'rents said if I get booted from this candidacy, they're shipping me off to the Hold to get… lady lessons. Or something of that sort. I'd die at a Hold." The thought alone causes her to shudder. "I figured this way, there will be no viewable bruises… so long as he keeps his pants on." Ixieae gives a quick grin to Brenn, along with a firm nod. "I'm with ya, I bet he'll just get worse."
Xaleres :'s eyes are still twinkling after Ixi, as if, not only did he learn nothing, but his enthusiasm to chase after the girl quadrupled. Oh brother. "She.. she.." he tries to respond to Brenn's statement, but he just sorta breaks into this huge smile, even if he's still clutching his.. you-know-what. "So serious. That was.. br.. brilliant. You really do love me, just like you said!" Ooooohhhh lordie. "… I.. think I may.. need ice." Too bad no one gives a crap.
Brenn offers Ixieae a little smile. "Hey, don't worry. Plenty of us owe this guy for the uniforms. He pulls this crap again, you just get me or someone else and we'll take care of it. No getting you shipped off to a Hold, alright?" He rolls his eyes at Xaleres' plea for medical attention. "Go cry to somebody who cares."
No one noticed Aiden sitting on his cot this whole time, watching? Well, he was being quiet, stretched out on his stomach and sucking on a stick of candy. Propping his head up with an elbow and his chin against the palm, he smirks a bit at the whole situation, the confection between his lips wiggling up and down.
Ixieae smacks her forehead with the palm of her hand. "Yes, Xal, I love you. I love you so much, it hurts. Hurts you, of course. Not me." Grinning at her not-exactly-funny joke, she turns away from the pained lad. He can suffer for all she cares. "Just do what I'm doing with the shirts. Adjust them. Y'know, a little improvement here and there. But pink on girls isn't quite as bad as pink on guys."
Brenn and all the other male candidates (minus Xaleres, of course) get a wince from Ixi. "It's the ruffles that get me. They're just… /ugh/! I don't know what the person was on when they listened to this idea." It's the lime green shorts that baffle her. Movement, just slight, gain her attention, and green eyes zone in on Aiden. "No telling any higher-ups about this." Xaleres gets a thumb-jerk in his direction. "It's a candidate secret."
Due to the fact that no one will likely care about poor(not) Xaleres, he just sort of picks himself up by the edge of the cot, and stumbles over to his own. "Oh yeah. Oh me for the uniforms, right, right," he mutters. "The poor girl that made them needed the money, and she likely wouldn'tve gotten ANY commissions if I hadn'tve said something on her behalf. So you, boy, can shove your self-righteousness up your behind where it belongs." Funny, how he smiles as he says all of that. He grabs what looks like some laundry from the end of his head, and then begins to hobble back. "And watching petty people like you suffer because you look a bit ridiculous brings me enough pleasure to make it worth screwing you over for that poor girl's benefit. Now if you'll excuse me… I'm actually going to do my chores instead of stand around gossiping like a bunch of fat aunties. .. Catch you later, sweetpea." Wink, and poof.
Aiden blinks once at being so suddenly singled out, snorting after the surprise wears off. "If I really wanted to tell anyone nothing you could say or do would much matter. I'd do it." he says to Ixieae in a crisp clear voice, his tone altogether bored now. Folding his arms over the tail end of his cot, he rests his chin atop. "But for that to happen, I'd have to care." His eyes dart to Xaleres briefly and then he shrugs.
"You've got that right." Brenn grumbles in response to Ixieae's comment about the pink. "We've got to find some way to get out of these things… I tried to get the weyrhealer to write a note saying I was allergic to the dyes in them, but that was a no go." Once again, his anger at Xaleres flares up again. "So you did this just to annoy people and get in some 'poor girl's' pants? You don't fool me. Go bother someone else."
Ixieae narrows her eyes and watches Aiden for another few moments, then gives a sharp nod. "Fine with me." Hey, she's all about the 'don't care' attitude. "Alright, I'm going to get another hour or so of sleep." Walking towards her cot, she grabs her blanket along the way and just flops onto the bed. She does send a look at Xaleres and, oh!, was that a look of guilt? Maybe? Well, if it was, it's gone now. "Anyway, I'll chat with you all later." Zzzzz.


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"And We'll Walk in the Sun" is what I call this series of posts from home in Greenville NC.
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Monday, September 30, 2013
A Great Trip to the South Kingdom
It was raining pretty steadily for the first few days of my trip to see Jennifer in Orlando. But on Wednesday, (or was it Thursday?), this Rainbow we spotted as I was driving my wife to work made all that gloom worth it. The trip was bright from the moment I landed because I got to be with my honey. By the weekend it was like I was a Central Floridian. We went paddle boarding, and I watched the UCF Knights fall to South Carolina on TV. We cooked, we ate, grilled, and ate some more... I built her a chair from a kit, it was like we lived together or something.
Oh, yeah, that's us, just like riding the subway with no hands...only better smelling.
We jumped for joy...we did not fall in, not once.
I also got to see a great performance of "The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later" at Rollins College. A great piece appears in the Orlando Sentinel.Copy and paste the link into your browser to read the review!
Watching the sunrise from 30,000 feet above the eastern seaboard of these amazing United States this morning, I thought of how lucky I am and how truly blessed to live in this place (or these two places) in a time where travel of a thousand miles at the speed of sound has become so routine. I am back in time to go to work this afternoon. So-long September...hello October and the second fall of living apart...it sucks more than last year, but we are proud to be able to pull this off and know that to plan our future together properly, this is the right thing to do. Thanks for checking in on me. Love to you all.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Though time will end someday for me, while I live I will never forget.
Happy Birthday to my uncle Carlo...this would have been Aunt Jo Ann's birthday, she who just passed...life moves forward. Today is a day for me to pause and reflect on the moment that changed my life, the lives of so many. Five years ago today I stood and spoke at my father's funeral in Arlington Virginia. I thanked my sisters for taking care of our dad and giving us all the chance to see him laugh with his grandchildren. 12 years ago I was in the beginning of my third year with the Buildings Department. I was on the 14th floor of 60 Hudson Street and I heard the first plane pass and explode into the North Tower. My thoughts and prayers are with all who lost loved ones on that day.
Though time will end someday for me, while I live I will never forget.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
DAVID J RANSOM November 4, 1930 - September 8, 2008
So yesterday I'm sitting in our local sports bar and the Yankees are getting pounded by the Sox...and the beer is cold...and the afternoon light is coming through the windows in just the right way so as to make me think of my dad, and how much I miss him... and it occurred to me that if a man wells up in the eye with tears remembering his father...shouldn't you order another round and drink to the memory of the man who... The man who taught you..taught you everything you ever needed to know... even if it has taken most of your life to realize it.
"He was a man, take him for all in all,
I shall not look upon his like again"
Act I Scene 2
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Leaves of Grass
One day I lay in tall grass by the sea
My single lens reflex with me
to capture a
representation of the light on a day
I lay
In tall grass
My eye one with a sky blue sky
I touch, in my mind, that day
by the sea
So limitless
So free
Monday, September 2, 2013
Labor Day
God bless those who work the land with their hands, the sowers, the reapers, the watchers and rescuers, the builders and those who maintain this artificial world of intelligence, with pride and diligence. God bless the tillers of the soil, and the miners of the unknown, those who explore the deep, dark places, and those who create light where there was once only ignorance. God bless the Mechanics. God bless the machine. God bless the fruits of our Labor.
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Pairing red and purple together is the kind of style move you don't forget, but Meghan Markle's take on the colour combo is memorable for another reason. When the duchess of Sussex stepped out on Monday in a bright Aritzia Maxwell by Babaton dress and cherry red Sentaler coat, she made us think, could it be a tribute to Princess Diana? Long before Meghan, Diana showed off the more unconventional colour combo on three separate occasions (that we have the photos of): a trip to India in 1992, a trip to Hong Kong in 1989, and on tour in Bangkok in 1988.
So, when Meghan Markle emerged wearing the same shades of purple and red, we instantly saw a bit of Princess Diana in her look. The polished separates are mixed and matched to create the same effect: bold with sophistication. And, even while a couple of Diana's looks and Meghan's falls near Valentine's Day on the calendar, none of these outfits could ever be called cheesy. They're done with just the right proportions, making the outfits feel easy, never fussy. It's a way both women have with clothes, no matter what they're wearing.
Meghan Markle mixed red and purple with ease, right down to her heels in this Aritzia dress and Sentaler coat.
Princess Diana arrived in Hong Kong on tour in 1989 carrying off a purple and red colour clash with ease.
For a dinner in Bangkok in 1988, Princess Diana pulled off a red and purple Catherine Walker gown.
In 1992, Diana again chose a purple pencil skirt topped with a red blazer for a visit Marie Stopes Clinic in India.