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Ashleigh Lawrence currently holds the position of DressHead Consumer Advisor. With more than twenty years experience in high tech, including managerial positions with DressHead,Apple, Ifocus, Lomega, Digimarc, Extensis and Ensequence, Ashleigh Lawrence possess the specific skill set for technological problem solving and customer relations. He has designed software to be used in digital media creating and consumption, connected devices and experiences. He preciously served as DressHead's VP of Mobile Products and Vice President of Marketing and Product Management for Ensequence. He received a BS in Philosophy from the University of Utah and an MBA from Portland State University. At DressHead, Ashleigh Lawrence is also responsible for the sales of the following products: WMNS Peplum Chiffon Dress – Trendy / Lace / Black / Stretch, Fit and Flare Dress – Two Piece / Grey Top / Black Skirt, Polka Dot Dress – Short Sexy / Halter Top Dress, Womens Peach Dress – Chiffon Shaker Dress / Matching Sweater, Women's Chiffon Shift Dress – White / Layered Look / V Neck, Womens Floral Dress – White Blue Red / No Sleeve / Square Collar / Bow, Women's Chiffon Skater Dress – Double Layer / Scenic Print in Pink and Blue, Women's Sheer Long Shirt Dress – Black / Floral, Womens Floral Dress – White Dark Blue Contrast / Seven Sleeves, One Shoulder Short Sexy Dress – All Gray, Womens Chiffon Dress – Modern Abstract Pattern / Capped Cuff / A-Line, Womens Long Dress – Zebra Printed / Cape Cut Shoulders, Women's One Shoulder Short Dress – Bright Pink / Layered Ruffle, Peplum Dress- Short / Any Occasion / Cotton, Womens Bodycon Dress – Multi-Dimensional Striped Wrap / Black / White.
Besides working at DressHead.com Inc., Ashleigh Lawrence also maintains the website of icra2013.org. This is the home page for the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. You will see that if you are on the home page it is possible to see the conference application with all of the information that you will need. There is even a link that you can use to answer a survey if you have been there before. …..
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Those that are interested in knowing about the 2013 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation will see the online program on this page. All you have to do is click on the link. It is also important to know that there will be a conference schedule along with information about each session. …. See the conference schedule for general information about session distribution throughout the conference…(by Ashleigh Lawrence)
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This is where you will find the workshops and tutorials related to the conference. It will be possible for you to find out who the presenters are and the title of the conference as well. What is really nice is that you can click on the title and get more details about it. This is great because you can learn more about what is offered. … Houman Dallali*, Gustavo Medrano-Cerda, Paul Fisette, Nikolaos Tsagarakis, Jochen J. Steil,….
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Individuals will find that they can register for the 2013 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation from this page. Individuals will also find out about early registration on this page. Many people will like the fact that payment options are addressed on this page so you can determine how you would like to pay for your conference. …. Buy "One-day ticket" if you plan to attend only one of the workshops/tutorials days and not the main conference…
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Finding your way around the 2013 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation is very easy if you look at this page. You will find a map with all of the different rooms and sessions listed on it. This is nice because it can be frustrating to go to a new location and find your way around. …….
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Any individual that would like to submit a paper to the 2013 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation will find all of the details that they need on this page. You will find cut off dates and even how to go about making a submission. It is a great way to learn about what you need to do so that your paper is accepted. …. Oral sessions will contain 15 minutes of presentation in parallel sessions….
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Would you like to know more about the awards that will be given at the 2013 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation? There is no need to wonder anymore. You will find all of the awards listed on this page as well as an explanation of what each award is and why it is given…. Relevant topics may include the design and development of novel devices and robotic systems….(by Ashleigh Lawrence)


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This is Ipek Kiziltas.
I actually am a lawyer.
Between 1995-2010, I managed the design department of our family company.
Following that, worked on the similar role for Mudo and Vizyon Deri, 2 years each.
Early 2018, I founded IP 217 Acc. Art
My original desire was to do some sort of collaboration with Young Turkish Designers, but had to put that on hold for the time being.
That being said, obviously during the development of this brand, especially on areas like graphic design, product development, photo shoots and web design, talented young professionals assisted me quite a bit.
Also, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my valued supplies.
During my years of experience, I came to realize the most efficient form of creativity can only be achieved through combining analytical mindset that I developed during my career in law, with creative perspective and commercial realities.
As a member of the Fashion Designers Association, I aimed to prepare a fashion line that is in line with the latest word trends, yet timeless, modern and civilized.
In addition to the fashion line, I added a small collection of art as well, due to my desire to be present on that field as well.
Hope I was able to come up with a line that is worth your attention.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank:
Duygu Ölçek Döner,
Damla Deniz Bayraktar,
İlker Sürek,
Saliha Yılmaz,
Hasan Süren,
Kadri Soygül,
Coşkun Kutbay,
Ali Begdeş,
Hakan Yantır,
Tolga Döner,
Sinan Mısırlı,
Cihan İçlek
Berke Kızıltaş
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Last Updated on November 11, 2020 by Cristina
Worried about a curly and unruly beard? Essentially, men guys groom facial hair to improve their appearance and it also symbolizes power, authority, and discipline. However, when your beard appears shabby, it ceases to serve its purpose. The good news is that you can use a beard straightener to make your hair straight. There are different types of beard straightening tools that you can consider to improve your grooming routine. As such, read on to learn how to choose the best beard straightener.
Choosing the Best Beard Straightener
There are several beard straightening tools that you can consider getting from the market. However, there are different things that you need to take into account so that you can get the right product that suits your needs. The following are some of the factors that can help you choose the best straightener for your facial hair.
Type of Straightener
There are mainly three types of heating beard straighteners that you can get on the market and they include the following:
- Cordless beard straightener
- Beard straitening brush
- Mini flat iron beard straighteners
These three tools significantly differ, so you should choose something that suits your needs.
Weight and Size
The weight and size of a beard straightener matter especially if you are mobile. Portable straighteners are ideal for business executives that often travel to different places. You must get a tool that can fit easily in your beard grooming kit.
Beard Type
You should take into account the type of your beard before you buy a straightener. If you have a short and thin beard, it is important to avoid heated tools since they can burn your skin. A comb or brush with shorter bristles can work well on your stub. On the other hand, you will need a heated tool when you have long and curly beards.
Safety Features
Like any other powered tool, you must consider the safety features of electric beard straighteners. Facial hair and skin are sensitive, so it is important to ensure that you get a straightener that can prevent accidental harm to your skin. For instance, a tool with an auto-shutoff feature is ideal since it can automatically switch off to prevent damage if something wrong happens. You should also choose a beard straightening tool with adjustable temperature options to avoid burning your skin while you straighten your facial hair.
When buying a beard straightener, you must set a realistic budget so that you can get something that you can afford. Some products are pricey and they are beyond the reach of ordinary men. Therefore, it is vital to do your homework first so that you get the best tool that is within your reach. More importantly, you must not force yourself to spend money that you do not have.
While the most popular types of facial hair straighteners include brushes and heating combs, there are also chemical options that you can consider. These include balms, oils, and beard straightening cream. However, the major challenge about topical products is that they contain different types of ingredients. Likewise, you should get products with natural ingredients since they suit different types of skin. On the other hand, some products that contain artificial ingredients have side effects and they can cause skin irritation and dryness of beard.
Benefits of Using a Straightener
Non-chemical beard straighteners in that they do not impact your skin in any way. There is nothing that you apply on your beard or skin that can cause irritation or other undesired effects. Heated power tools such as brushes and combs are noninvasive meaning that they do not cause any issue on your skin. These tools are easy to use and you do not spend a lot of time working on your facial hair. Another benefit is that hair straighteners with ionic technology can seal moisture into your hair. This helps to reduce frizz and flyaway of hair and you will enjoy a lasting hold of your beard.
Attributes to Look For in a Beard Straightener
If you want to buy an electronic beard straightener, you must check if it is rechargeable or cordless such that you can freely move around with your gadget. Additionally, you must also check the battery lifespan after a full recharge. Some straightening tools are convenient and you can use them in any place without experiencing any hassles.
How to Use the Product
Hair straightening products are easy to use and some of them work together with other beard products. After showering, make sure you dry your beard and apply your daily grooming products like beard oil and balm. Then you can take your heating comb or straightening brush to tame unruly hair. There is no strict timetable to follow as you can straighten your facial hair whenever you want. However, you must ensure that your hair is clean before you a heating comb since it can melt some debris to form some residue on your beard that can be unsightly.
Review of the Best Beard Straightener
As you are now aware, there are different types of beard straighteners, so your ultimate choice is a matter of personal preference. However, the following are some of the products that we think offer the best features that can satisfy the needs of many people.
#1 Andis 38300 Professional Mens Beard Straightener Brush
This beard straightener is ideal for thick and coarse hair and it consists of multiple temperature heat settings. The gold plated comb is capable of retaining heat while at the same time making your hair frizz-free, shinier, and silkier. The heat settings give you the autonomy to adjust the temperature to suit different types of hair. Multi-temperature high heat straightens thick and coarse hair; Real gold plated comb retains high heat. The straightener has a soft grip and it also consists of auto shut-off.
- Fast heating up to 450 degrees in 30 seconds
- 20 variable heat settings suitable for all hair types
- The gold ceramic comb able to retain heat
- Boasts of tangle-free swivel cord
- Auto-off safety feature
- May not be ideal for short hair
#2 Vikicon Beard Straightening Comb
This VIKICON cordless beard straightener is lightweight and it is ideal for home, party, travel, office, and outdoor use. It is designed to straighten your hair without damaging it. The straightener boasts of advanced ionic heat technology and it can effortlessly straighten your facial hair giving it a natural shine. The device also has auto-shutoff and temperature control for maximum safety.
- Ideal for traveling
- Auto shut off feature
- Cordless
- Portable
- Suitable different types of hair
- A bit pricey
#3 Mini Flat Iron Tourmaline Ceramic Hair Straightener
This Tourmaline ceramic hair straightener gives you a silky texture of hair after straightening it. The tool is extremely lightweight and it gives you a non-slip grip that is designed to give you comfort. The switch is easy to use and the straightener heats up quickly. The other plus for this straightening tool is that it is lightweight and portable such that you can use it in any place.
- Easy to use
- Portable
- Heats up in 60 seconds
- Affordable
- Appropriate for short and thin hair only
#4 Bossman Beard Oil
This beard oil serves multiple purposes on your facial as a result of its thicker viscosity and it offers a coat that lasts longer. It is made of all-natural ingredients and it eliminates beard itch, promotes the growth of thicker and fuller beard. The oil can moisturize and soften your beard so that it becomes easier to tame your beard. With this product, you can maintain a shiny and well-groomed beard since you can style it the way you want. To maintain an attractive beard, you can apply the oil in the morning and evening before you go to bed.
- Large quantity
- All-natural
- Nongreasy
- Masculine scent
- Thicker growth
- Beard softener
#5 Grow Alpha Beard- Beard Straightener Comb for Men
The Beard Straightener Brush for Men is designed to offer you detangling and styling functions that help maintain your beard in good shape and appearance. The tool is great for home use and travel and it is made from durable raw materials that can last longer. It also has adjustable temperature and suitable for all types of beards.
- Affordable
- Anti-scald function
- Portable heating tool
- Simple to use
From the products reviewed above, we believe that Bossman Beard Oil is our top pick. This product suits well in your daily grooming routine and you do not need to worry about things like low battery power or inaccessibility to electricity. Though it is a topical product, it is ideal for all types of skin since it boasts of natural ingredients plus a bigger container. All the same, your ultimate choice of the best beard straightener depends on your needs. Something that works for another person might not be right for you.


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IT WILL be his first official trip overseas as the country's chief executive, but President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III has little reason to look forward to his upcoming visit to the United States.
On September 20, Aquino will be at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he is expected to present just how far the Philippines has achieved progress in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Unfortunately, in large measure because of the shortcomings of his predecessor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Aquino is bound to acknowledge before other world leaders that the country is falling short of several of these targets.
In September 2000, the Philippines and 188 other countries signed the Millennium Declaration, and committed themselves to achieving a set of eight goals by 2015. These goals – the MDGs – have since been commonly accepted as a framework for measuring development progress for both rich and poor countries.
HE IS a practicing lawyer, but Jose Luis Martin 'Chito' Gascon also wants it known that among his professions are as "democracy activist" and "social reform advocate." After all, he has been no mere spectator in watershed events in contemporary Philippine politics.
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I've recently been going through the Technology subject documents of the Middle Years Program (MYP) of the International Baccalaureate's (IB) Online Curriculum Centre (OCC). Aside from being a lot of letters, it's also where I have to go to get the latest on the MYP program that I teach. The other day, I came across this document, which has added to a stream of information that has changed my thinking on what I can and am supposed to be doing.
(source: IB OCC)
So when is technology not technology? When it's better.
The stuff of technology no longer matters. As a society, I think we've all become adept enough at embracing some form of technology. People I never suspected would do so are tweeting, gaming, checking in, and blogging. Today's software and tools (and much of the hardware, too) have a approachability to them that we haven't seen before.
But back to that document I linked to above. What I'm not supposed to be teaching in a technology class are discrete skills like graphing, spreadsheets, and video conferencing. And that's great because, taken at face value, they're really just a snapshot of what someone can do in front of a computer. I'm supposed to teach how to think about a problem and design a solution using any of a number of technologies, preferably left up to student choice and their analysis of the best tool for the job. I'm supposed to teach them how to think, apply, and make.
Speaking of making, I was absolutely blown away by an Ignite presentation given by Jaymes Dec on the Marymount School's Fab Lab. I can't do the talk any justice by trying to summarize it, but we're talking palm-meets-forehead obvious — kids inspired to design, create, and build using technology, obvious connections to school and community by creating amazing signage for a new building, and in general taking technology use and creation to a whole new level.
It's not that other schools aren't doing it — we have amazing things like MakerBots, laser cutters, and power tools — but I don't know that they're doing it on this scale.
What I love about this is that students can find themselves in uncomfortable situations while still utilizing technology. When we change the task, they can still be digital immigrants. And if we teach them how to think, design, and iterate, we're teaching them much more than we could in a conventional technology skills class.


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Paris part 2July 22, 2014
Hello lovelies,
sorry for my 12-days absence, but I have a very good reason. I have been working nearly everday on my Paris vlog. I had to split it in three parts of ~30 min and it includes the Japan Expo, the angelic pretty teaparty, Disneyland, Versailles and our shopping trips.
And it is nearly done. I only need to render it and it takes about 2h for one 30min movie to finish it, therefore I got time again so I decided to update my blog again!
Off to day 4,
It took so much time to do my hair because I did a kind of 50s style and then I went out, it rained and it was windy and in not even 10 minutes, they finished off 1,5h of hard styling work. I was so pissed.
Matthias and I went to the hard rock cafe, he bought shirts again and we only had to wait for 30min to get our table. We ordered a huge appetiser, burgers and then an oreo cheesecake for desert. The appetiser, consisting of chicken wings, bruschetta, chicken fingers, onion rings and dips were so delicious.
I could have ordered a second one instead of the burger any time. My burger was a kind of Texas sandwich with pulled meat...I didn't like it that much though. It tasted weird.
He had a burger again with bacon and it was really delicious.
And last but not least, we ate an oreo cheesecake and that was definitely the end for our stomach. I couldn't eat anything again for the rest of the day...
And do you see the curls???? BECAUSE I DON'T xsdfghjkl.
After that we went to La Fayette, which was full with (asian) tourists. But I liked the inner architecture.
And from there to Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre. There were weird looking people there, trying to sell things and probably also steal your belongings? At least two of my friends claim that when they were there, they nearly got attacked by a gang of those people at Sacré-Cœur.
We climbed up the stairs and went into the church. And everything was in French again. I was so grumpy because I'd love to read about the history but nope. Apparently, the history is only for french people, they don't want other people to know...
After visiting the Sacré-Cœur we took a strall through Montmartre and found a shop were they were selling those cute postcards for 1€ per piece.
Then we headed back home with dead feet.
Day 5, didn't we want to go to Japan Expo?
It nearly rained all day long. We got into a sightseeing bus, paid 33€ p.P. but could sit quite comfortable (in the rain) and listen to the history of the city while the buildings zoomed passed us. There were 4 different lines with 50 stops and I think we passed by at least 30 stops, including Moulin Rouge and the Eiffel tower. I would have loved to watch a show at Moulin Rouge but this was much too expensive.
We got off the Bus at Saint Germain because Matthias wanted to explore the station because of the three musketeere reference. But due to the heavy rain we didn't really stay there long and fled into a cafe. I ate a apple tartelette with ice-crema WHICH WAS SO GOOD OMG.
Matthias ate a salad with Foie Gras and he claimed it to be good :P.
After Louvre we took the Metro home to Stalingrad and passed by the bakery we already saw a couple of days ago but it was always closed. Due to the lack of food because of the lack of supermarkets in our area, we decided to eat dinner there.
And that was the best desicion of the day....
We ate salad and tarts again. noooom. So so so so goooood!
Yes, we actually wanted to go to Japan Expo on Sunday but after we went there, we decided that one day was already too much for us. Two days would have killed us :P.
In Vienna I pestered Matthias to go to Disnleyand with me and we booked the tickets, he was very sceptical and reluctant to got but at the end of the day, even he said, that he liked it. Strike!
We booked a ticket and a ride via a booking site and only paid 76€ instead of 99€, the price which was stated on the original Disneysite. So we got up at 6 and rushed to the bus which was due at 7.30.
We did so many rides, including the fairy tale boat tour, the haunted mansion, indiana jones, pirates of the carribean, space mountain, etc. Matthias was super scared in the haunted mansion and it was hilarious to hear him mutter weird things to not get scared.
We ate hamburgers for lunch including salad and ice-cream for desert. After that we strolled around, bought some souveniers and some sweets.
Matthias even bought me a crown ;3;! I'm a princess! So I was wearing a crown for the rest of the day :)! As for disney figures we saw the mad hatter, who waved at me like mad when I was in the teacup ride (alone because Matthias claimed he would get too dizzy), and Alice and Captain hook. I even saw Cinderella for a few seconds before she was hushed away.
Day 7, didn't we want to go to Versailles?
We woke up at 6 and turned off our alarm clocks. I woke up at 7 again and decided to hell not go to Versailles and slept until 11am. I WAS SO TIRED FROM 1 DAY IN DISNEYLAND and we almost slept for 11-12h!
Matthias even said I looked awful in the pictures he made...and he was right. That was by far the best...and it's not my usual small smile.
We then did what we wanted to do on the last dayand decided to go to Versailles also on the last day.
We had breakfast at the fantastic bakery again, Maison Bichon.
Afterwards went to Montmartre again and buy fabrics, we went to the Asian street and ate Okonomiyaki, matcha tiramisu, matcha bread, matcha latte and matcha melon pan....
After the food we strolled around the area and then we found a bookstore which sold the books for 1-4€ and DVDs for 4-8€. I bought four books and two dvds and was a very happy ducky after that. I really will have a library when things continue like that...
Day 8 in Versailles will be in the next entry because it is quite picture heavy!
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Dobrila Vlahović, Conservatory restorer, Magistrate Architect Faculty of Architecture in Podgorica, on Protection and revitalization of the architectural heritage.
From 1996-2011. worked in the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments – Cetinje, and by 2013 in the Directorate for the Protection of Cultural Property. Her longstanding work is dedicated to the protection and preservation of cultural heritage, where she has worked on the most complex jobs and participated in numerous projects and strategies of national and international significance.
From 2010 to 2012, she was Montenegro's representative to the Committee for Cultural and Natural Heritage and Landscape of the Council of Europe (CDPATEP). Today she is a member of the board of directors of Montenegrin and a member of the international ICOMOS.
She is the author of numerous bibliographic units in the field of protection and preservation of cultural heritage, and she also had numerous presentations at international and national conferences.
Since 2013, she has been employed by the Ministry of Culture, as a expert for immovable Cultural Heritage.


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Notice Writing
A notice is an effective and easy means of formal communication. It is used to announce or display some important information regarding some issue or event that is going to happen or be organized.
A notice is targeted to communicate the information to a specific group of people for immediate attention or participation. Notices usually reach to a large group of people in a shorter period of time.
Notices are usually put on notice boards of the schools or organizations. They are also pinned up in public places. In modern times, most of the notices issued by the government or any other big organizations appear in newspapers.
Why do we write notice?
The purpose of the notice is to disseminate or convey information in a comprehensive manner to a large group of people in a shorter period of time. It is usually an advance information about:
- A happening
- General instruction
- An event
- A function
- An inauguration
- A programme
- An important thing that you have lost or found
Important Points To Remember About Notice Writing
A notice is written by a single person, a group or an organization to attract the attention of a particular group of people for consideration.
All required information should be given in a simple, concise and attractive manner. The information should be to the point. No irrelevant or unimportant information shall be included. The word limit of a notice is 50 to 60 words.
A notice should answer 5 W's. These are What, Where, When, Who and Whom. These are detailed as below :
What is going to happen? It means the information regarding the event or programme shall be given.
Where it is going to happen. It means the information about the place where the event or programme will take place.
When it will take place. It means the information regarding the date and time of the event or programme.
Who can apply? The information about who is eligible to participate in the event or programme must be included in the notice.
Whom to contact. The information about the issuing authority much is also mentioned in the notice.
Any other detail that is essential shall be also mentioned in the notice.
The sentence should be short, simple and grammatically correct.
A notice should include the following components in the given order:
- The name of the organization issuing the notice.
- The title "NOTICE" in bold form.
- Heading of the notice.
- The date on which the notice is issued.
- The body/ subject matter of the notice.
- The writer signature and designation.
Notice Samples
Some More Sample Notices


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Secured order and payment
All parcels sent insured
In-store exchange
Released on the 7th of October 2019,
This 17th-century palace has been home to King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and their three daughters since January 2019. The palace was built in the mid-17th century for Frederik Hendrik of Orange and his wife Amalia van Solms. It is not just the residence of the royal family, but also serves a ceremonial purpose. The Oranjezaal in the palace is particularly famous for the many monumental paintings displayed there.


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"Act from, not towards"–Kat Loterzo
When you think about what it is you really want for your writing life (and your life, in general), you probably think about what you want to move towards. You want to be a bestselling novelist. You want to finish writing and publish your book. You dream of seeing your novel turned into a movie.
But where you're making a huge mistake is in what you're focusing on. You don't want to focus toward, you want to focus from. Let me explain.
When you have a goal you're trying to reach, you're often thinking about what you need to do to move closer to it. What steps or actions you need to take.
But doing that will keep you on the chase, constantly striving but never actually arriving.
And the reason is because you're taking action TOWARD the goal, rather than FROM the goal.
When you take action from a place of already having what you want (even if you don't yet have it), you send a powerful message to the Universe: I believe that what I want is mine. From this place, it's impossible for what you want to not come to life.
Yes, impossible. And I never say things like that because nothing is impossible.
But this is.
Because acting as if is the key to bringing your dreams to life.
When you act from a place of already having what you want, you will start to see it manifest in your reality, and faster than you can imagine at this point.
An Example
I'm all about examples to illustrate a point, so here's an example of the difference between acting from having already achieved a goal versus acting toward a goal. The goal? Being a bestselling novelist.
When you're acting toward that goal, here are some of the actions you'd likely take:
- Write a novel
- Publish the novel
- Figure out how to market the novel
- Try to sell as many copies as possible
But when you're acting from already having achieved that goal, here are some of the actions you'd likely take:
- Write and publish a novel you're so proud of you can't wait to shout from the rooftops to everyone about it
- Get started on your next book because you're too excited to wait
- Send emails to your email list several times a week, sharing information about your novel, your process, where you get your ideas from, what you're working on now, etc., and getting people as excited as you are
- Show up every single day and take actions to spread the word and sell more books
- Give up all excuses
See the difference?
One version is taking actions that feel generic and uninspired. The other is coming from a place of knowing that you've already achieved your goal, so every action you do take feels inspiring and intuitive.
Alright, so maybe you're not seeing much of a difference. Maybe we need another example that's more specific.
Let's say your goal is to get 5,000 people on your email list.
When you're acting toward that goal, you might:
- Send an email out once a week (you'll wait to send emails more often when you actually have 5,000 people reading them, right?)
- Mention to your friends and family that you have an email list
- Find ways to grow your email list
When you're acting from already having 5,000 people on your list, you would:
- Send several emails out every single week, no exceptions
- Pretend that every email you write is being read by 5,000 people (even if right now it's not)
- Never, ever miss an email because you know people are waiting to hear from you
- Write every single email like it's being sent out to 5,000 people
- Create tons of freebies for your website that get people subscribed to your email list
- Write several guest posts for blogs with more traffic than you have, so you can get their readers on your list
See the difference?
The first version is taking action toward the goal, and the second is acting as if the goal is already done and you already have 5,000 people on your list.
The whole point here is energy. When you show up with the energy of "I have to work hard to reach my goal," you'll feel uninspired and make excuses for why you're not consistently taking action. But when you show up with the energy of "I have already achieved this goal," it feels totally different. It feels inspiring and motivating and you'll be more consistent with your actions.
When it comes down to it, it's all about the energy you put into what you do. So stop taking actions toward your writing goal, and instead take actions from already having reached it. See what happens.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
In the Aftermath of Super Storm Sandy the White Right Must be Disappointed That There Are No "Minority Urban Youths" to Hunt and Shoot
The suburbanites want to fight and complain about not having gas.
The poor, those who are predominantly black and brown in a city whose class divides were laid bare by Super Storm Sandy, cannot use electronic bank transfer cards (otherwise known as food stamps) to eat. There are no riots. People soldier on and try to help each other.
The dreams of the White Right in which black and brown people, the poor, and those others who have been left behind by a massive transfer of wealth and income upwards to the top 1 percent while the middle class dies on the vine, and the underclass remains forgotten and ignored, remain unfulfilled.
There are no opportunities (yet) for the White Right, Free Republic, Tea Party GOP base of former Reagan Democrats, angry white men, and gun nut extremists, to go on their shooting sprees where they hunt down "Minority Urban Youths" for sport. I guess many of them are either stuck out on Long Island, Jersey, or Queens where they are fighting each other over gasoline.
This has not stopped some of the fantasy hate mongers on the Right from focusing on a few cases of obligatory knucklehead behavior--which can in turn be exaggerated into tales of rampaging mobs of black looters. The political onanism of the White Right is always on display for those willing to stomach their exhibitionist behavior.
This story about 87 year old Margaret Maynard reminds me of the conversations I have accidentally overheard between my mother and her friends:
You have to smile...and be glad that some folks are reaching out to help the most vulnerable among us. But again, the poor are the proverbial miner's canary. In a cashless society, where most people are dependent on electronic debit cards, bank cards, or other devices for monetary exchange, they too are out of the loop when the power goes out. I would imagine only a few have cash monies on hand, hidden at home, in an envelope under the bed, or safely in a can located in the freezer for safe keeping.
Question: who will break first? Those who are already used to doing with less? Or those entitled, comfortable, and well-resourced, living in the exurbs (or in exclusive zip codes in the city) who have little tolerance--or coping skills--for dealing with life's difficulties, however minor?
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Checking in from NYC, the "outrage" will come from the Copland enclaves of the NYC Metro area. What I mean by Copland(s) are the nabes that are often populated by white cops, their families, and their fellow working class white Republican brethren. These neighborhoods are an interesting mix of police privilege and entitlement, made up of (relatively) affordable housing that create an insular nature from the perps they have to deal with regularly and those that look just like them. Many of these Coplands is they they're usually shore communities along the south shore of Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island, and the original Copland Staten Island. The tragic irony is that these are some of the hardest hit areas, and many are waiting for "the looters to arrive" and exercise a little extrajudicial muscle. If I were a betting man I'd say these are where the gas riots will start.
However for the most part there are the general frustrations that are coming from lack of power in areas, the fracturing of the essential public transportation, and the fear of this economy that has many going above & beyond trying to get to work. However many NYCers have long memories, and after surviving 9/11, the winter of 2010-11, Hurricane Irene, and putting in to perspective of recent events like Katrina. Most of us in the area remain resolute, bite our collective lip and carry on. The rumblings of revolution have not gotten too loud yet, because we're all aware of the work ahead.
- November 2, 2012 at 9:27 AM
- chaunceydevega said...
@40. Glad to hear you are alright. What is it like where you are? Was the Sylvester Stallone movie of the same name a good read of that world? I personally like the movie a great deal and consider it among his best, but I have not frame of reference save for places like East Haven and West Haven in CT which seemed to have a similar vibe.
- November 2, 2012 at 12:48 PM
@CDV. I made it through unscathed. My folks out in LI are without power & all that come along with it. I had my pad in Queens open for relief, but now with gas becoming such a a scarce commodity, travel has to be well planned and executed.
The movie helped advance the term, but it represented more of the "well off" of that ilk. However the premise of the fiefdom it creates is the same.
- November 2, 2012 at 1:17 PM
- RockyMissouri said...
I care about these dear people who have had their lives changed.... Thank you for caring about them....and sharing their stories....
- November 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM
The White Right sees Big Sandy as Obama's Katrina. They are juxtaposing his photo-op on the Jersey shore with dumpster-diving and suffering in NYC.
And Benghazi will not go away.
[According to the White House pool report, Ohioans greeted the president with some unfriendly signs this morning as he headed to the Franklin County fairgrounds:
Motorcade passed small groups of onlookers, including a slightly larger cluster holding signs related to Benghazi such as: "We won't stand down …Benghazi" and "What are you hiding?"]
- November 3, 2012 at 12:16 AM
you seriously need some help....
- November 5, 2012 at 5:02 AM


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Hello , my bucket list friends ! Here is the last post about my Idaho vacation ! As you can see from the title of this post I crossed an Item of my list while in Idaho and I can't wait to tell all of you about it !
my Summer Idaho adventure
Sunday July 15th , 2018
For this trip my first full day in Idaho was Sunday . It was another morning of getting up early but not as early as the past two mornings. I was ok with getting up early because I was doing something very exciting , I was going to comic con for the first time and I was going to meet John De Lancie who is the voice of Discord on my little pony ! I was super nervous and excited at the same time . When I got to comic con in downtown Boise , I had some time before the scheduled meet and greet time so I walked around and looked at all the cool booths . After a while of looking around it was time to meet John De Lancie ! it went really quick we just said hi then took a quick picture but he was super cool and friendly ! After meeting him I and picked up my picture . I loved the way the picture turned out I'm very happy I got to meet him and get a great picture . After I went back downstairs to where the booths were but the celebrity area was also downstairs and I got to meet one more person before leaving comic con. I looked around at all of the celebrities there and I chose to meet Brent Spiner who was Data on Star Trek . He was so nice he even called me Dear ! After comic com , I went back to my grandma's house and my cousin and her friend came over . After hanging out for a bit my mom , grandma , ,my cousin her friend and, I all went to the Goodwill for some shopping ! I love going to the Good Will and this time I found some really cool stuff including an American Girl book , two My Little Pony books ,three shirts including a Disneyland shirt ,two picture frames , and some pony toys ! I also ended the day in the best way possible by going swimming !
Monday July 16th, 2018
Monday was another day of getting up early because in Idaho July is very hot . So outdoor activities are best done in the morning . Today we were going to the zoo . I had been to their zoo before when I went in October but I was excited to go again and to have my cousin and her awesome friend with my mom and I ! We all had a great time at the zoo I loved the butterfly garden there were so many butterflies everywhere one even landed on me ! The penguins are a lot of fun to watch I could spend an hour in there watching them. I also got a new snow globe to add to my collection ! It was pretty hot by the time we left . Going early was the right choice ! This was also the day that my mom and I found a really good frozen yogurt place!
Tuesday July 17th ,2018 and #78
Due to Idaho's heat Tuesday was another day of getting up early but that was fine with me because I was going to be crossing another item off my list ! When I was looking for fun things to do in Idaho I came across this really cool place called Babby farms it's only open to the public during the summer months and since my other trips to Idaho were not during the summer months this was my first opportunity to go there . I had seen pictures of some of the animals that they had there and I knew they had a Zebra and from the pictures it looked really friendly. Babby farms gives people a place to pet animals the you normally would not get to pet . It was pretty long drive to get there and it was kind of hard to find but it was worth it ! I got to feed and pet some really amazing animals including a camel , a zebu, deer and a mule but my favorite was getting to pet the zebra . I was so excited when I saw the zebra but then was a little worried that I would not get to pet him because he was in the back of his area but when he saw me he came right over ! I loved being able to pet him he was pretty sweet and of course cute ! It always feels good to cross another item off my list but this one was really awesome I hope I can go back sometime and see the Zebra ! I also got to go to the movies that night . It was overall a really good day .
Wednesday July 18th , 2018
On Wednesday my mom , my grandparents , and I went to the world center for birds of prey . It was a very interesting place that had a great museum and of course a lot of really awesome birds . The bald eagle was my favorite bird that I saw there . I had never been there before and it was a fun place to explore ! I also went swimming that night !
Thursday July 19th, 2018
This was my last full day in Idaho since we were leaving early the next morning .
we didn't have any solid plans for the day but we ended up going out to eat and going exploring . We came across some really cool parks . I wish it wouldn't have been so hot then I would have had more time to explore . I hope when I go back next time I will get to explore more parks and even go hiking ! It was a great vacation !
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New pet adoption center opens new chapter in NKLA campaign
On Thursday, August 1, the new NKLA Pet Adoption Center in Los Angeles' Westside opened to the public. Visually and functionally, it is a revelation and a revolution in pet adoption environments. The facility at 1845 Pontius in West Los Angeles offers user-friendly touch screens for public browsing of pets available for adoption, multiple air-exchange systems for disease and odor control, sound-proofed kennel pods to help maintain a calm, low-stress environment for the animals, plus numerous thoughtful touches and tweaks that make life better for the animals and staff. Work-saving food preparation areas, an industrial-strength laundry, and a fully equipped grooming room add to the efficiency of operation, and that means a greater portion of staff time can be devoted to working directly with the animals. All of this is wrapped up in a homey Cape Cod–style building intended to give the adopting public a sense of comfort and relaxation as they approach the decision of which new best friend to bring home. In fact, the reception area is really more like a well-appointed living room than anything else.
The real beauty of the NKLA Pet Adoption Center, however, is in what it will do for the animals and the campaign to turn L.A into NKLA – No-Kill Los Angeles. On any given day, the new center will be home to 60 to 90 dogs and 35 to 65 cats. All of the animals offered for adoption will be homeless pets from L.A. Animal Services shelters or from the streets of L.A. All NKLA Coalition partners will have the opportunity to showcase their adoptables and share use of the space with Best Friends on a rotation basis. A conservative projection of the number of lives that will be saved through the new NKLA Pet Adoption Center as the program gets rolling is 310 through the end of 2013 and 1,000 next year. The NKLA Coalition reduced shelter killing in the city of Los Angeles by 4,200 animals in 2012 compared with 2011, and the campaign is on track to reduce shelter deaths to a record low in 2013. Now that the NKLA Pet Adoption Center has come on line, the number of animals dying will be reduced even more.
The NKLA Pet Adoption Center was made available to the coalition through the support of the Ronald and Catherine Gershman Foundation. The Gershmans are animal lovers who want to make a difference. They commissioned the bottom-up construction of a purpose-designed structure intended to serve not only as a superb adoption center, but also as a community animal care resource. The center also includes a book and video library and a conference/classroom that NKLA Coalition partners can utilize for meetings and trainings. The reception area and interior courtyard are perfectly suited for NKLA partners to host gatherings and meet-and-greet-type events and benefits.
NKLA is working, and the city of Los Angeles has embraced the cause. The new center is just one such example and is the next step in transforming the way a major American city relates to its homeless pets.
Los Angeles will be a no-kill city. We will Save Them All.


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The UN high commissioner for refugees has warned that the world is standing on the precipice of a global humanitarian crisis, one that the international community is unprepared and ill-equipped to face.
Speaking on Monday at the annual forum of InterAction, an alliance of NGOs based in Washington DC, António Guterres painted a bleak picture of the decades ahead.
"As humanitarian actors we are going to find the next two to three decades ones of unparalleled challenges and we are unprepared for what is to come," he said.
"We are facing increasing humanitarian challenges because … the international community has lost its ability to stop conflict … power relations have become unclear and unpredictability has become the name of the game.
"We are not coming up with any collective answers to emerging global mega-trends, such as climate change, population growth, urbanisation and food security … with dramatic human consequences."
This, he told an audience of more than 1,000 NGO workers, policymakers and political analysts, will inevitably have serious repercussions for humanitarian aid operations. "Humanitarian aid budgets are not growing proportionally to humanitarian needs," Guterres said. "We are seeing how difficult it is to mobilise resources to address the dramatic impact of the Syrian crisis. We will be called to do more and more with less."
Guterres pointed to increasing problems with access to crisis areas, and the issue of national sovereignty being used to deny people their rights.
"The very nature of conflict is changing," he said, adding that the humanitarian world has not caught up with the reality of how modern conflicts are fought. "We no longer have wars where country [fights] against country or governments against a clear opposition, which makes our ability to assess the population we need to [help] difficult."
The failure of the UN security council to halt or defuse the war in Syria has proved catastrophic, he said. The conflict is now the biggest threat to global security as well as a humanitarian black hole of unprecedented suffering and scale, he added.
The high commissioner, who has led the UNHCR through the worst of the refugee crises in Afghanistan and Iraq, this month called the Syrian conflict the worst humanitarian crisis since the end of the cold war and the most serious the UN body has had to contend with.
About 8,000 people are fleeing the country each day. The UN's most recent data estimates that 6.8 million Syrians need aid. This figure is likely to reach 10 million, half of Syria's pre-war population.
The deliberate targeting of medical staff during the Syrian conflict is particularly concerning for the humanitarian community. Hundreds of local doctors and medical staff have been killed since violence erupted in March 2011, with thousands more fleeing the country, according to the UN's independent international commission of inquiry on Syria.
"I recognise that the [humanitarian sector] is doing better but these gains are out of proportion to the needs we face to adapt to a changing world more quickly," Guterres said. "We still do business in a very traditional way. We need to take more advantage of technology and the benefits this can bring to the people we care for. We are still very scattered in terms of doing advocacy."
He pointed to the failure of many UN agencies to respond effectively to fast-moving and complex humanitarian situations unfolding in conflict zones. He criticised a tendency to try to integrate political security and humanitarian work within the UN system.
Speaking after the event, George Rupp, chief executive of the International Rescue Committee, said targeting health professionals "signals a new and destructive shift and one that fundamentally threatens the humanitarian space in which we all operate". That space, said Rupp, is being squeezed as aid workers find their access to conflict zones restricted and their impartiality threatened.
"We are seeing the nature of conflict become more brutal and more ruthless in its approach to local civilian populations. The ability of humanitarian actors to respond to these new threats must be protected and we must all work together to find ways of ensuring our work continues," he told the Guardian.
Guterres's speech coincided with the release of a report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva that said the number of people internally displaced by armed conflict, violence and rights violations had reached record-high levels of almost 29 million.


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6DEPLOY and 6DEPLOY2 are part-funded EC (IST-2007-223794 & IST-2010-261584) projects. The information/views generated by the project may not completely align with those of the individual participating companies or The European Community. Although the project's information/views are considered accurate no responsibility will be accepted for their subsequent use.
Uruguay IPv6 Task Force Workshop and Event
Date: 07 July 2008 - Location: LATU Auditory - Montevideo/Uruguay
This full day workshop was held in Spanish in Montevideo/Uruguay on July 7h, inside the Uruguayan IPv6 Task Force launch event.
Indivuduals present at the workshop included Roque Gagliano from LACNIC on behalf of 6DEPLOY, Nicolas Antoniello from UY6TF, Eduardo Cota from Engineering University, Sergio Ramírez and María Cervantes from SECIU and, Ignacio Cattivelli and Pablo García from Microsoft. Covering topics like addressing and transition plans, routing and services.
Monday July 7th (10:00 - 18:00)
The hands-on material could be found here (Spanish).


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Katie Mazeika is an illustrator with a focus in children's publishing. She loves creating illustrations with a strong narrative that are filled with color and texture. Her illustrations are primarily done in Photoshop. Katie is a member of the SCBWI.
Website: katiemazeika.com
When might a fancy leaf costume be useful for a fish? And how do fish in Antarctica keep from freezing? In Antifreeze, Leaf Costumes, and Other Fabulous Fish Adaptations, children ages 5 to 9 discover some of the amazing adaptations in the world of fish! Explore underwater habitats and discover ways fish have evolved to avoid the danger that lurks around every waving piece of seaweed. Detailed illustrations, layered text, a hands-on activity, and plentiful...View
Not all birds build nests with sticks and have good manners. Some construct nests with their own saliva, while others use vomit as a defense! Sound strange? In Spit Nests, Puke Power, and Other Brilliant Bird Adaptations, curious kids ages 5 to 9 discover many of the unique adaptations of birds. Stories of these brilliant adaptations cultivate deeper discussions about the crucial environmental science topic of adaptations in general. Using an easy narrative tone and vivid...View
How do sunscreen and mucus help amphibians survive? In Sunscreen, Frogsicles, and Other Amazing Amphibian Adaptations, kids ages 5 to 9 discover how one frog gets sunscreen to protect itself through the dry season and how another uses its own mucus to create a cocoon. Amphibians spend part of their time on land and part in the water, so they've evolved fascinating methods of surviving these different environments. Detailed illustrations, funny narrative, layered text, and...View
A lizard that walks on water? A snake that slithers sideways? These are animal adaptations! In Water-Walking, Sidewinding, and Other Remarkable Reptile Adaptations, children ages 5 to 9 learn how and why the green basilisk lizard runs on the water's surface, along with the very good reasons sidewinder snakes move the way they do. Explore these reptile adaptations and more with vivid illustrations, layered text, a hands-on activity, and plentiful back matter that motivates readers...View
How do whales make their hearing better? What do lemurs do to make a point during an argument? In Stink Fights, Earwax, and Other Marvelous Mammal Adaptations, children ages 5 to 9 learn how lemurs settle arguments and how earwax helps a whale's sense of hearing, along with a host of other deliciously strange-but-true tales! The lively conversational tone and the hilarious descriptions of bizarre adaptations engage a child's sense of wonder while providing an introduction...View
When Mary Jackson was growing up, she thought being an engineer was impossible for her. Why? After all, she was fantastic at math and science. She worked really hard to learn all she could in school. Why did this smart little girl think she couldn't be an engineer? Elementary aged readers explore America's history of segregation through the life of Mary Jackson, who overcame challenges to become the first African American woman to work at...View
What was the world like millions of years ago? Did early humans walk on all fours? Did giant sloths lie in trees? Did dinosaurs have feathers? Even as a young girl, Mary Leakey was fascinated by questions like these! In Fossil Huntress: Mary Leakey, Paleontologist, elementary aged children meet Mary as a girl growing up in France and visiting the site of archeological wonders, such as Pech Merle, Fond de Gaume, and La Mouthe. As an adult, Mary leaps at the chance...View
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When a mechanical computer arrives at the office, a human computer named Dorothy Vaughan either has to learn how to work with it or risk losing her job! Dorothy Vaughan loved things that made sense—especially numbers! In Computer Decoder: Dorothy Vaughan, Computer Scientist, elementary aged children follow Dorothy's journey from math teacher to human computer and beyond, a journey made difficult because she was an African American woman working during a time of segregation. Dorothy worked...View


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The Parish Council operates the Cemetery on Mansfield Lane and maintains St Wilfrid's Church Yard.
Mansfield Lane Cemetery records date back to March 1887. It will be completely full in the next few years. The Council has set aside land on Hollinwood Lane as a Cemetery for when Mansfield Lane is closed.
The Cemetery has grave plots which can each accommodate up to 2 burials (in either coffins or caskets) and cremated remains plots which can each accommodate up to 4 caskets of ashes. In addition ashes can be scattered in the Garden of Rest.
Exclusive Rights of Burial over grave plots and cremated remains plots can not be pre-purchased. Rights over plots will be allocated as required upon receipt of application for interment (form C1).
The Cemetery is lawned and, therefore, limited memorials are permitted in order to allow for regular access for maintenance.
Prior permission to place any form of memorial in any part of the Cemetery grounds must be obtained from the Parish Council (and where appropriate the owner of the Exclusive Right of Burial Deed) and the appropriate current fee must be paid.
Grave Plots – the Council permits the erection of a headstone only, and it must be within the current size guidelines of maximum height 3' and width 2'6".
Cremated Remains Plots – the Council permits flat memorial stones or wedges of maximum size 2' by 2'.
Garden of Rest – The Council permits memorial vases of maximum height 18" which must be placed in the areas set aside for such memorials and not on the lawned areas. Memorial plaques may also be erected on the board provided. For details of how to obtain memorial plaques please contact the Parish Clerk.
Memorial Benches can be sited in the Cemetery provided permission is obtained from the Council, there is a suitable location and the bench is of appropriate size and construction.
Where a memorial is found to be unsafe the owner will be informed and given a time limit to undertake repairs to make the memorial safe again. Where the time limit has lapsed the Council may undertake the repair and charge the owner or remove the memorial from the Cemetery.
The Council reserves the right to remove without notice any form of monument, memorial, stone, shrub, plant or item erected or placed in the Cemetery which does not comply with those currently permissible.
Fees and Charges
Please contact the Parish Clerk for detailed information regarding fees and charges.
Undertakers and Funeral Directors
To arrange for burials, interment and scattering of ashes the following forms will need to be completed as required:
Interment Form C1 – all cases.
Interment Form C2 – where the owner of the Right of Burial has inherited the right from the original Deed owner.
Interment Form C3 – where the Deed is not available.
Undertakers / Funeral Directors are advised to contact the Parish Council to arrange appropriate dates/times for interments at an early stage. Fully completed Interment Forms (as required) must be submitted to the Council at least 5 working days prior to the agreed interment date together with payment of appropriate fees.


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Father's Day is just a day away. If you still have not thought of a gift for your father, here are some last-minute tech gifts that you give him. Take a look our Father's Day 2019 gifting options here:
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1OnePlus 7
One among the best gifts that you gift your father on this special day is the OnePlus 7. Priced at Rs 32,999, the smartphone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor and packs a 48MP primary camera. With Amazon's ongoing contest, you can get the handset for free too, but that would delay the gift. You can read about the contest over here.


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Crooked River Roundup Horse Races 2018
The annual Crooked River Roundup is the one of the oldest family entertainment events in Oregon. Thousands of people gather to enjoy PRCA bull & bronc riding, roping, steer wrestling, and barrel racing. Join us for a little dirt flying, rough riding good time. The Crooked River Roundup and Fair Association brings two of the largest events to Prineville, Oregon every year. People from all across the United States attend these events and many make the rodeo or the races their destination vacation!


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Several of you have responded to last week's piece about social phobia and one person's use of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to counter it. One woman has used EFT to help her get over emotional upsets, headaches and bad memories. She's also used it on 40 other people who have overcome motion sickness, a fear of mice and spiders, aches and pains, and even an aversion to tomatoes. It works, it's easy to do – and it's free, she says.
Visit the website (http:www.emofree.com) to download a free manual. Several others suggest Thought Field Therapy, developed by a Dr Roger Callahan. The client thinks about his or her fear, and is shown acupressure points to tap while doing so. It sounds remarkably like EFT. Perhaps they are related.


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Among the latest and most effective exercise routine for fast fat loss, improving performance, raising fitness levels, increasing endurance or getting started on a regular fitness regime interval training has been the touted to most effective routine.
Short burst of high intensity training for a short period of time is known as Interval Training. You can do interval training with almost any kind of exercise. Interval training requires you to do a certain exercise with full power for a small duration and then rest for some time and repeat. For beginners a 1:3 ratio is recommended. It means every exercise is done for 10 seconds, also called a set, which is then repeated three times for ten seconds each without giving a gap.
Interval training helps in burning fast calories and is highly effective for someone who is looking to get into shape fast. You can do interval training with sprinting, cycling training, high intensity interval training etc. Interval training is tough but effective in improving your performance. You can increase the intensity of the exercise according to your capacity and fitness levels. You can do 60 seconds of interval training which will test your guts and then rest. You could do skipping, squat jumps, sprinting etc for high intensity interval training which will quickly burn the energy reserves and then burn the fat in your body.
This mode of training is effective for beginners as well as regular fitness enthusiasts. Interval training increases the heart rate and builds endurance and strength. It must be noted that a high intensity workout must be alternated with rest or moderate workout for recovery.
The type of interval you perform varies with your objective of Interval training. If you want to build cardio endurance then aerobics interval is suitable for you. Anaerobic interval helps improve sprinting and power for sports. Weight lifting is a kind of anaerobic training and when done with heavy weights it can be done as interval training.
Some Interval Training exercises for Weight loss and high Fitness Levels
Stair Climbing: If you live in a building with 4 floors or have access to an long alley of stairs then get started with stair climbing interval. with all your power sprint up the stairs without resting or intentionally decreasing your power. Once you reach up walk down easily and do 6-8 intervals per session. It improves your heart rate, increases performance and burns quick calories.
Swimming: If you have been lazing around in the water and looking to improve your fitness levels then change your mode of training. All you need to do is swim with high intensity for an entire length and then rest or moderately come back. Do 10-12 lengths of high intensity lengths. Same benefits as stair climbing.
Cycling: Do interval training with cycling, elliptical etc. Do high intensity cycling for atleast one minute without resting or stopping in between and then rest for 2 minutes and then again do the interval. Do 8-10 high intensity one minute or more bouts.
Treadmill: Many people religiously stick to their treadmills and continuously run on the treadmill according to their comfort levels. But for weight loss change the running to interval training. Do one - two minutes of high intensity running and then slow it down one to two levels below for 4 minutes and then run again at high intensity for two minutes and rest again with lower speed.


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Conservative pundit Ann Coulter '84 to speak May 7
By Daniel Aloi
Syndicated columnist, commentator, attorney and best-selling author Ann Coulter '84 will visit Cornell for a talk sure to please conservatives and confound liberals, May 7 at 6 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. Ticket holders for the postponed April 24 appearance will be admitted first at 5 p.m., and any available seats will be given to non-ticket holders at 5:40 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.cornellrepublicans.org.
Coulter, who writes a column for Universal Press Syndicate and is a legal correspondent for Human Events magazine, is a self-described polemicist known for her controversial, right-wing viewpoints and her unapologetic demonization of liberal politics, feminism, Democratic Party members and policies, environmentalists and Muslims.
"I like to stir up the pot. I don't pretend to be impartial or balanced, as broadcasters do," she said in 2002.
"It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact," she said in a 2003 interview.
"Liberals hate America, they hate flag-wavers, they hate abortion opponents, they hate all religions except Islam, post 9/11. Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like liberals do. They don't have the energy. If they had that much energy, they'd have indoor plumbing by now," she wrote in her 2002 book, "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right."
Her colorful, inflammatory style has made her a well-known figure on television talk shows and the subject of a Time magazine cover story in April 2005. She once tangled on-air with Katie Couric after calling the NBC "Today" anchor the "affable Eva Braun of morning TV."
Her other books include "Treason: Liberal Treachery From the Cold War to the War on Terrorism" and "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter." Her newest book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," will be published in June.
Coulter graduated cum laude from Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences, and she helped launch the conservative newspaper, the Cornell Review. She also edited the law review at University of Michigan Law School and has practiced law with the public interest firm the Center for Individual Rights and has worked for the Senate Judiciary Committee on crime and immigration issues.
Free tickets for Coulter's talk will be available beginning at 8 a.m. April 18 at the Willard Straight Hall Art Gallery, with a limit of two tickets per person with a Cornell ID. No large bags or backpacks, cameras or recording devices will be allowed in the auditorium. For ticket availability after April 18, see http://www.cornellamerican.com or contact Michael Hint at email@example.com.
Coulter's talk is funded in part by the student activity fee and is sponsored by the Cornell College Republicans, The Cornell American, TRIAD Foundation, the Bartels family, Young America's Foundation, the Cornell University Program Board, Cornell's Department of Government, and the Offices of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Vice President for Student and Academic Services and the Dean of Students.


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Safe Haven Certification for Referees is now available on line! Go to www.aysotraining.org.
To access the online courses and receive certification or credit, you must be a registered AYSO volunteer with an AYSO ID number, and have access to a computer with Internet and Flash Player 8. If you do not have an AYSO ID number, the system will direct you on how receive one. (Remember, there will be a delay in receiving your ID number, the system will take time to process your request.) When you first access one of the online courses, the system will recognize if your computer has Flash Player 8 capabilities or not. If not, a "Free Download" icon will appear. Follow the download instructions. Upon completion, you will be able to print a certificate of successful completion, and your volunteer record will be updated in eAYSO. (eAYSO updates occur weekly.)
This message is for the new and returning referees for the 2013 Fall season:
1: Every team U10 and above is supposed to provide one or more referee to help throughout the season in order to qualify for the play-offs. The referees are supposed to earn 12 points for the team they represent: 1 point per position per game (i.e. if a referee and AR are working the same game representing the same team, that team will get two points). If a member of the public is asked to help out as a team linesman, that team WILL NOT get point for that game; only referees in uniform are recognized for the points. This year every team is supposed to identify their referee(s) before the 1st game of the season and the referee(s) will earn the points for that team only. There will not be buying, begging or asking for points from any referee who has no affiliation with any team or any referee who has earned enough points for their team.
2: If we do not have enough referees at the beginning of the season we are not able to cover all the games so we will have to pull the referees out of the U8 division. The U8 division does not have won-loss standings and there are no play-off implications. We do not want a situation like last year where the U10 division had many games with no referees throughout the season.
3: We have always taken pride that we protect the Youth and adult referees. We had some incidents in the past where Coaches and or spectators have berated or directed some unkind words at the referees during or after the games. This is something that has never been tolerated in AYSO and certainly not here in Tierrasanta. We are going to make it clear to all coaches that their behavior and that of the parents and spectators is their responsibility. If they cannot control the unsporting behavior then any referee has the right end the game and to walk away. It will be reported to the Regional Referee Administrator or to any board member.
Tierrasanta AYSO Region 152, 10601 Tierrasanta Blvd Suite G PMB 315San Diego, California 92124


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Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's "Fresh Air" and Gatsby lover extraordinaire, offers a fresh perspective on what makes Gatsby great: its literary achievements, its debt to hard-boiled crime fiction, and its commentaries on themes of race, class, and gender.
Corrigan serves as critic-in-residence at Georgetown University. She is the author of Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading.
Recorded On: Thursday, September 18, 2014


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When we were just starting out on this road to adoption, we were humbled by the call of God to care for his precious hurting children. We attended the Model Approach to Partnership and Parenting training course in Tampa, FL. I know that when we as humans do something new and different, it is always helpful to connect with someone else who has been there. I want to communicate some of the things we learned in our classes.
Week 1
We just attended our first adoption class, and the social workers discussed the different reasons why children are put into the foster system and the feelings and behaviors that result from those specific situations.
In light of this, we are praying against those specific feelings and behaviors that will result from the abuse/neglect our future child has endured. Those feelings include fear, anger, anxiety, distrust of adults, shyness, fear of being touched, fear of getting close emotionally, shutting off emotions, and many others. Some of the specific behaviors include violence, hoarding, sexual promiscuity, controlling behavior, lying, stealing, criminal activity, being overprotective, and many more.
We believe that through the power of God, our child WILL be confident, joyful, feel safe, have faith in the right adults, be outgoing, desire affection, desire growing close to others, desire to share their emotions and be willing to be vulnerable. We speak that the child WILL know right from wrong and WILL be gentle, not violent, trusting they don't need to provide for themselves, not hoard or steal, be sexually pure, be willing to give up control, be honest and truthful, will not commit crimes
but will help others, and not act as if they will lose everything, but trust that God will provide.
1 John 5:14-15 - And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
Week 3
Well, last night we learned about different types of loss these kids feel when they are taken from their parents and homes. We learned about spiritual losses, intellectual losses, and physical losses. Spiritual losses include their sense of hope and belonging, these kids often lose hope they will find a permanent family when they bounce around in between different foster homes. Intellectual losses include a lot of things, whether it is being behind in school because they had to transfer or losing memories of their parents because they are so young when they get in the system. And physical losses include their home, toys, bed, etc.
We also learned about maturational losses and situational losses. Maturational losses are those things that we lose just because we grow up. A baby loses the security of the womb when he/she is born. These losses are something that we expect to happen and these things have automatics gains associated with them. The baby gains attention and comfort from his/her parents. But situational losses are not expected, they are dependent on circumstances that are out of the child's control. But most importantly these losses do not have automatic gains. If a kid's parents molest him, he has lost his innocence. If his parents die, he lost his closest family and the love they shared with him. There are no immediate gains to these circumstances, these gains must be "learned" or "discovered".
And finally we talked about the grief cycle, we all know it: Shock/denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance/understanding. We need to understand the losses our child has experienced, help the child identify the effects of that loss, and then help the child to the acceptance/understanding phase by helping them to "learn" or "discover" the gains they've earned through the losses.
I'm praying today for God to expose all the losses our child has felt and will feel. I pray that there will be nothing festering in the dark parts of our child's heart, but God will shine his light and expose those things hiding in the darkness. I pray that God will pour out His wisdom on us, that we too will be able to empathize with the weaknesses of our child and be able to help them discover the gains they've earned through their losses. I also praise God that he makes all things new.
Week 5
This section is actually broken up into 2 parts. This week we talked about how to combat "junk behaviors" and avoid pitfalls which prevent attachment. Junk behaviors are those that manifest either as a coping mechanism for stress or as a means to test the parents commitment. The biggest pitfall to attachment as far as the junk behavior goes is reactive parenting. Reactive parenting is better known as negative consequences usually issued in a moment that the parent is angry or frustrated. Negative consequences can be especially harmful to neglected or abused children. Taking away personal items without warning or physical punishment can cause the child to view the adoptive parents as another abuser, in which case trust is broken and attachment can't be formed. This week's focus was on what not to do, and
next week we'll learn more about proactive parenting. Setting expectations ahead of time and focusing on rewarding desired behaviors as opposed to punishing undesired behaviors.
And lastly, we talked about specificity when
address behaviors. Instead of saying the child isn't following instructions, address what they specifically were doing, for example the child is tapping on the table or playing with their hair. Specificity helps on two fronts, first you can address the specific behavior with the child, "Why are you tapping on the table, what are you thinking about when you do that?" Second, it helps you identify if the child is reverting to a coping behavior instead of just being defiant. If you know the child plays with their hair when they are stressed, then instead of reacting to disobedience, you realize something else may be stressing the child and be able to control your reaction. If you address the specific behavior, the child then knows the expectations and can succeed, but if you react to the general disobedience, the child may feel helpless and that they are not able to meet expectations
at all, so why try.
Week 2
We went to our 2nd adoption class, and we focused on the process/events a child goes through that leads them to be taken from their birth parents. It was a humbling experience. My husband and I volunteered to play the role of birth parents in a skit that results in the children being taken from their family. In some cases, kids are abused from the get go. But a lot of kids have normal family lives with loving parents who meet a challenge in their life and things go wrong. They don't react well to the stress and the children get hurt. The kids in the system may be affected by the event and may be fearful, but they still love their parents. They still want to be with their parents, but because of circumstances they can't understand, they are divorced from their parents and taken to live with someone else.
If we show compassion, understanding, and grace to the birth parents, we can begin to feel the hurt of divorce that these kids feel, and we can help the children address these feelings. And by relating to them, we can begin to form a bond of trust. They can know that it is okay to remember their birth parents and talk about them with others. They can remember the good times they had with their parents and not feel wrong for still loving them and longing to be with them one day.
The bond these children have to their parents is also a great mystery, something that should never be defiled or betrayed. Something their parents broke and are unable to mend. The kids are then divorced from their parents, but the kids didn't choose it, nor did they do anything to cause it. We pray for God to comfort these kids through the hurt of this divorce. That God can fulfill the needs of that parental bond and hold our child in safety and acceptance.
Hebrews 4:14-15 - Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Week 4
Well we're halfway done with the course and I get the feeling we are learning a lot because the information is becoming more and more familiar each week. Last night, we discussed helping these kids to form new attachments within our family. We spent some time on what they call the
Cycle of Need, and how trust is formed when needs are met and mistrust is formed when needs aren't met. It sounds simple, but often times attachments aren't formed with a child because the root of the need is unknown and the need remains unfulfilled. We are praying this week, that God will reveal all the needs of our child. Whether through therapy, conversation, or divine illumination, we pray that whatever troubles we face with our child, God will reveal the need that the child is trying to fulfill with their behavior. We also pray that God will remind us to call on him when we face these trials. That we will remember that He is our Great Physician, and that He knows all the needs of our child and will gladly intervene on our behalf, if we call on him.
Lastly in class we talked about three factors impacting trust and attachment. The first is separation and loss, depending on the hurt the child felt in their forced divorce from their family, they may be unwilling to make themselves vulnerable to that loss again by not becoming attached in the first place. Next, is abuse or neglect. If a child has determined that the only way they will meet their needs is by meeting it themselves, they may not feel a need/desire to trust anyone else. And lastly, is the adoptive parents expectations. We did a short exercise in class in where we imagined we were in our favorite spot in the house with the people and things we
loved. And then someone came a took us from our home and told us we are going to live with a new family that has been expecting us for a long time. When we were asked how we felt, I felt that I was stolen from my family so that this new family could have the kid they always wanted. That opened my eyes a bit, that these kids may see us as the reason they were taken from their home. I pray that God will keep that exercise fresh in my mind when we receive our new addition. I pray that we will manage our expectations. The child we receive may not want to be there and may not be willing to show us affection. I pray that we will not pressure the child to attach to us beyond what they are ready to do.
Week 6
We covered the remaining material from the topic last week, which focused on building attachment by staying physically close to the child. There are a whole bunch of steps that I won't list here, but they focus on making sure we show genuine interest whenever the child talks to us and ensuring the child feels comfortable in telling us anything.
Rom 5:8 - But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
I look at what Christ did for us, and I see the story of a Father who not only felt affection for a lost child, but showed that love by sending Christ to redeem us even as we were running from God and hurting Him with our sinful nature and ungratefulness. We are praying that God will fill us with His Spirit and that we will desire to show love to our child, even if they hurt us, knowing the benefits will outweigh our hurt or desire for justice.
I talked about junk behavior last week; behaviors that may be annoying or disruptive, but do not physically harm anyone. We are supposed to ignore these behaviors so that we don't reinforce the behavior with attention. It makes me realize all the junk behavior in my life that God ignores because He loves me and wants me to draw close to Him. God demonstrated this adoption process perfectly. We know that our child is not going to initiate this loving relationship, and they are not going to move into our home and just simply love us.
1 John 4:9 says - We love because He
first loved us.
Week 7
We breezed through a lot of material yesterday, mostly because a lot of it focused on being a foster parent, and most of our classmates are planning on adopting and not fostering. Of the things we learned, I wanted to focus our prayers on two areas. First we discussed preventing "disruption" and "dissolution". Disruption is when a family is matched with a child and somewhere along the process towards adoption, the family decides
they can no longer adopt the child. Dissolution is when a family has adopted a child, but then decides the adoption was a mistake and places the child back into the foster system. We discussed the harm that this does to a child in foster care and how much more withdrawn a child will become after
this happens. We discussed the stages of disruption, which focus on stressful events compounding and all the blame is placed on the adopted child. I pray that God will be ever present in our interactions with our child and will reveal to us our sources of stress and will disrupt any
thoughts we may have to blame the child. We pray that God will grant us His ability to show grace and understanding, and will give us the wisdom to use
that ability. I pray that He will continue to speak our true identities to us and prevent us from feeling hurt from the words and behaviors our child
will have for us.
Second, we saw a video of a man who had aged-out of foster care, meaning he was never adopted from age 12 to age 18. He recounted his feelings and the hurt he still feels. He said that he was a behavior problem as a foster child that it often resulted in him being put back into the foster system. At the end, he listed all of his accomplishments. Graduating high school as valedictorian, getting a graduate degree in Health & Human Services, getting multiple post-graduate degrees, becoming the director of a major charitable organization and the chief of staff to the Mayor of Washington DC. He said at the end of that list, "Who would not be proud to call me son." I pray that in all of the good and bad times, we will always
see the potential in our adopted child. We can see more than a temporary frustration, but we would see the accomplishments God has prepared for the
child we adopt, just as God sees the finished work He has for us, even though we do not currently fulfill that image.


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She's still nursing about four times a day, and snacking on anything we give her. Save for sushi and peanut butter, she pretty much eats what we eat (with the caveat that we don't have red meat in our house). This month we broke some rules and introduced strawberries, pineapple, tomato and chocolate. She enjoyed all of them. She now crawls over to the kitchen table and tries to climb up to her chair when she wants food. She's a machine. Taking big drinks of water out of her sippy cup and then throwing it across the room when she's done as though she's just won a water-drinking competition -- is one of my favorite things that she does right now. Also, the "drop something and Mom will pick it up, then repeat" game has set in. I'm not a fan. We also love graham crackers.
We started brushing her teeth [mostly gums] this month. She loves it. We have one of those little soft silicone brushes that you put on your finger and bubble-gum flavored baby Orajel toothpaste. She bites it a lot but I am able to give the teeth and gums a good scrubbing I think, with no fighting from her. I should have done this when her bottom teeth came in a while back but hey, at least I started when her top teeth started coming on. Go ahead... judge me...
The jibber jabber that comes from her mouth is SO FUN. She knows she's silly and she knows it's fun and she chooses to interact with us in silly ways. I love this. We are a family that welcomes silliness of all kinds. She's also desperately trying to say words. Sometimes she holds her breath in intense concentration to get one syllable out. It's all still babbles, but we like to pretend she's saying words like Indigo. Tickle. Pickle. Asiago. Sick' em. Diddle. Piddle. Okay. Pico de Gallo. Hey You! Hiya! Adieu. She is getting really close to actually using correctly the words "Dada," "Ball," "Hi / Hey," "Yeah," and "Dog." "Mama" is not even in the running.
Putting things in containers and taking them back out is the favorite play activity as of late. I have a giant "bucket" (actually an empty Costco pretzel container) that I put toys into for her to retrieve and play with. She likes her toys and books much better when she takes them out of a container all by herself in order to play with them. Peek-a-boo above and below the coffee table is another game we play. I'm thinking one of these days she is going to surprise me and actually say the word "boo!" but she hasn't yet.
She doesn't wear shoes yet. Ever. I'm pretty sure "barefoot til age one" is not recommended. Or is it? I just don't want to make her wear any. I'm preparing for the worst when she absolutely must start wearing them.
Changing her diaper is nearly impossible most instances. She flips, she screams, she kicks, she puts her hands in her private parts, she squirms, she cries in agony. So far my only consistently successful solution is singing "This is a Song About Elmo" by Adam Sandler. Suggestions welcome.
We've prioritized a remodel of our tv/entertainment area because she has officially become a hazard to it, and it to her. I cringe at projects like this, but Dan was right, it must be done. As he secretly smirks that he finally gets to mount the tv the way he's always wanted to. I'm crossing my fingers that this localized demolition and construction will be complete before he officially starts his new job after the holiday weekend.
Daddy puts her to bed every night. It's his special time. I get to listen to his soft a'cappella renditions of 80's worship music through the baby monitor. Did someone say Twila Paris?
She sleeps not quite the little kid schedule that we would aspire to (babies sleeping 12 hours a night, could you please send some sleepies this way?) but it's better than newborn hours of yesteryear. I'd say we're at sixth-grader hours, a typical night going to sleep at 9:30pm and waking up at 7:00am the next day. I'll take it.
She sleeps not quite the little kid schedule that we would aspire to (babies sleeping 12 hours a night, could you please send some sleepies this way?) but it's better than newborn hours of yesteryear. I'd say we're at sixth-grader hours, a typical night going to sleep at 9:30pm and waking up at 7:00am the next day. I'll take it.
She's also [finally] settled napping in her crib on a daily basis. I said In Her Crib. Halle--can I get an Amen---lujah!
We took a chance and took her to a movie [Monsters University] for the first time in about six months. It was a late showing so we figured she would just conk out when it got dark. Boy were we wrong. She did end up falling asleep about two thirds of the way through the movie, but before that she had a little party in the seats. Bites of broken popcorn, climbing, babbling at other movie goers. It waa kind of a nightmare. We'll try again at an even later showing at a later date. Or continue to get a babysitter!
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