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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 9:30am CDTCategories: Movie Related News, Rumors, People News, Digital Media News
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In the discussion they talk about voice-acting and the contents of the upcoming home video releases of the movie, like a game that lets you create your own Transformer. The group also claims that among the DVD contents will be an 'easter egg' in the form of a video featuring director Michael Bay. This video claims to be a bit of a spoiler for the next installment of the Transformers movie franchise, a very large rumor generator, if you will.
If you want to know the next rumor for Transformers 3 (the first was that Megan Fox's character Mikaela would be killed off in the third movie) then scroll the the very bottom of this article.
You can read the entire article by clicking here.
The Michael Bay video claims that none other than the planet devouring giant, Unicron will play a role in Transformers 3!
As this is an unconfirmed rumor we advise you to take it with a grain of salt.
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Posted by ACIDSTORM on October 13th, 2009 @ 11:06am CDT
Ravage XK wrote:Place your bets on what they will change Unicron into! I have a feeling he will be much smaller and be able to walk on the planet. I dont think M Bay would see the point in a planet eating robot, if they dont need ships to travel in space then why would Unicron need to eat?
it's micheal bay ,i think he probably would make a giant planet eating robot so he can blow it up at the end and then hasbro can make another toy that claims to be nearly 2 foot tall and then they'll tell you it won't transform.
Posted by Sabrblade on October 13th, 2009 @ 11:34am CDT
Posted by Forgotten on October 13th, 2009 @ 12:49pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Unicron, A.K.A. F4:RotSS Galactus ver. 2.0!
Dude, I can't tell you how much I hope you're wrong, but I'm pretty sure you're going to end up being right.
Posted by --B-- on October 13th, 2009 @ 12:51pm CDT
I've said it once, and I'll say it again, Epps' (paraphrased) line in RotF "If God made man in his image, who made transformers in their image" was just a big hint. It seems so "just added to be there" compaired to the rest of the scene it was in that it stuck with me after the movie.
Posted by Megatron Wolf on October 13th, 2009 @ 2:09pm CDT
Posted by megatron7 on October 13th, 2009 @ 2:32pm CDT
Megatron Wolf wrote:Well thats it if this is true theres no hope for this franchise being redeemed in the 3rd one and im done with it. Hes going to screw up Unicron and make the way they destroy him so completely stupid. And we should already be considering this as true since Bay has a one track mind. Remember when there were "rumors" that the 2nd movie was going to have the fallen and every one said "oh no its a rumor" and "no we changed it" look what we got.
well as long as he isnt destroyed by opening up a necklace with a horrible song playing in the background i'm ok with it, thats just my opinion
Posted by Jacob P. Galvatron on October 13th, 2009 @ 2:42pm CDT
Posted by First-Aid on October 13th, 2009 @ 2:56pm CDT
Ravage XK wrote: I dont think M Bay would see the point in a planet eating robot, if they dont need ships to travel in space then why would Unicron need to eat?
The logic behing them not needing ships is actually very good. Remember that in ROTF they DID have a ship though...I'd wager he decided they didn't have the energy to make long distance voyages (which would mean that the Autobots have a ship near Earth somewhere...hint perhaps?)
As far as Unicron eating, it makes total sense. He would need IMMENSE amounts of energy to move through space, especially if you consider HOW he would move and where. The space between solar systems is cosmic (no pun intended). The only real way get the energy to move (whether by some type or propulsion or by wormhole generation or whatnot) is to destroy and consume the natural resources of a planet...indeed the entire solar system would have to be consumed for the journey to the next one. If he stops moving, he conserves energy, but even then it will eventually fail.
My guess is that Unicron is going to appear now that the Allspark has been destroyed. Perhaps he fears the Allspark in the same way he was afraid of the Matrix in the '86 movie. Just my guess, but it makes sense with what we've seen. Then Unicron will transform and hump the moon...
Posted by noctorro on October 13th, 2009 @ 3:10pm CDT
Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:As long as Optimus doesn't mutilate him, I'm cool with it.
haha, I second that. That was so out of character, even Decepticons take prisoners (Combaticons).
Autobots wouldn't kill a few renegade decepticons, they hardly kill decepticons... ever!
Primus I hope Unicron will be a planet, and an even bigger toy then Armada Unicron.
Now that I think about it, Armada did a pretty good job in giving Unicron a role.
I have my hopes up, it will kick ass. Just remember to expect corny teenage scenes besides the über actionscenes which I really liked in TF1/TF2.
New Prime altmode please!
Posted by UltraPrimal on October 13th, 2009 @ 4:28pm CDT
Posted by padfoo on October 13th, 2009 @ 4:55pm CDT
--B-- wrote:Honestly, there really wasn't any other place for him to go.
I've said it once, and I'll say it again, Epps' (paraphrased) line in RotF "If God made man in his image, who made transformers in their image" was just a big hint. It seems so "just added to be there" compaired to the rest of the scene it was in that it stuck with me after the movie.
You are so right, that is the first thing I thought of when I watched the movie, and heard that line.
Posted by DCybertron on October 13th, 2009 @ 5:38pm CDT
Dead Metal wrote:As this is an unconfirmed rumour we advise you to take it with a grain of salt.
Sorry, but i used up all of my salt.
Posted by BATTLEMASTER IIC on October 13th, 2009 @ 6:10pm CDT
Maybe Planet Earth will transform into Primus? Hehehe...
Posted by Ungie on October 13th, 2009 @ 6:40pm CDT
Posted by g2grimmy64 on October 14th, 2009 @ 12:47am CDT
set it in the year 2012, we figure out that some early Cybertronians (like in the RotF prologue) figured Unicron'd get here about December 2012, took pity on the humans they came into contact with (namely the Mayans) and left us with a warning, shortly before the whole fiasco with The Fallen started.
whatever the story is, though, PLEASE, Micheal, ya did good with the first movie (imho), the second was a little disappointing, from the bottom of my heart and with the utmost respecet, PLEASE give me a film about giant f*cking robots that I can pridefully and shamelessly enjoy. I got faith in ya, buddy, I know you can do it!
Posted by kviesgaard on October 14th, 2009 @ 4:48am CDT
This is a Michael Bay movie after all, and therefor everything has to be bigger and larger than the previous movie. By that logic i think Unicron would fit the goal. Then there is the question: Would it fit storywise? I do not know, and in my own humble opion i do not think that it really matters that much. For me personally the stories in the transformers movies by Michael Bay were never that good. So what he does this time around, will probably not be of a big concern for my part. Especially since he and the new writer claims to already have the new story ready.
What i am interested in is what kind of design they are going to apply to Unicron. Not that i really like the moviedesigns for the transformers. Some of them i do not get at all, but they are none the less interesting to study, and sometimes to be inspired by. So that is basically what i am looking forward to in the third movie. The designs and what new transformers Michael bay will introduce to us.
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Thanks to Minneapolis, the city will be gaining a new small business office some time this year, according to Minnesota Daily.
Although the office will help Minnesota small businesses in general, particular focus will be placed on immigrant-owned and women-owned small businesses.
The Minneapolis City Council recently approved the creation of the small business office.
The office will administer loans and grants, act as a one-stop shop for business owners, and direct them to resources to help navigate the business world, according to Ward 6 City Council Member Abdi Warsame.
"The idea is to have a small office dedicated to help small businesses," he said. "Small businesses are drivers of business."
This office will be especially helpful in Minnesota because the state has 47,277 minority-owned businesses, according to the SBA. Small businesses in Minnesota in general total 509,732.
Warsame adds that he hopes the office also will inform future policy decisions, depending on feedback the council gets from the community.
The office will be quite helpful to small businesses in the Twin Cities, who are facing a possible minimum wage increase, according to the Star Tribune. And there are other pressing regulations that hinder Minnesota small businesses, such as using eco-friendly materials and providing sick time.
But the new office isn't the only way Minneapolis is helping Minnesota small businesses. The city also introduced the "Target Market Program," a new initiative that will allow small businesses to compete with each other for city contracts rather than with more high-profile businesses.
Warsame said this new program could be helpful to the minority-owned and women-owned businesses the small business office is set on helping, because the program helps smaller businesses break into bigger projects and grow as a result.
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By Sam Fraser, Managing Editor-in-Chief
When heavily armed gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo last month, killing twelve people, both newspaper staff and police, France, along with the international community was stunned.
At first, the French people, world leaders and internet users everywhere seemed united, joining together behind the slogan and Twitter hashtag "Je suis Charlie" (I am Charlie). Millions gathered in Paris on the Sunday after the attack, marching in solidarity with the victims and in support of free expression. Over 40 world leaders joined in the march, including leaders of France, Britain, Germany, Israel, Turkey and many more.
Unfortunately these may not be the grand gestures they appear to be.
While it may sound counterintuitive, it is easy to stand up for freedom of expression in the face of terrorists. As a western politician, demonstrating your opposition to terrorism is not brave. It is simply natural, and politically expedient. And unfortunately, while clearly aligning themselves against the terrorists in France and claiming to stand on the side of free expression, many of these leaders are far too slow to defend free speech day to day in their own nations.
For the rest of us, it is easy to align ourselves with free speech in an abstract sense. We want to declare solidarity with Charlie Hebdo, or with Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger who has been sentenced to receive 1,000 lashes for starting a liberal political discussion website. However, living in America, or in most Western countries, very few of us will ever have to worry about being killed or facing any kind of punishment for what we say.
As we declare our unequivocal support for free speech overseas, or especially in the loosely-described Muslim world, where in many nations "blasphemy" is punishable by corporal or capital punishment, it has become increasingly acceptable at home to let free expression go by the wayside in favor of political correctness.
Political correctness is acceptable to a point. Society should not condone pointless bigotry, and people like Donald Sterling who express hateful views should be held accountable, not in court or by the government, but informally as Sterling was.
Political correctness becomes a problem, however, once it begins to shut down free discourse and obscure reality.
Thanks in part to social media this is happening more than ever. Just as people took to Twitter and Facebook to stand for free speech following the Charlie Hebdo attacks, they take to these same platforms to crush the exact kind of expression that defined Charlie Hebdo.
For decades, the legal limit to free speech has been defined by doctrines like "fighting words" and "incitement of imminent lawless action." However, many today have decided that the threshold for suppressing speech is much lower. These people, who are increasingly concentrated among the progressive left, have effectively made the decision that free speech does not truly protect things that are offensive to any group of people.
Dubbed "The But Brigade" by British author Salman Rushdie–who himself was subjected to a fatwa, an assassination order from the Irani government following his publication of The Satanic Verses in 1988–this group offers qualified support for free speech, declaring "I believe in free speech, but…." This is usually followed by "not if it offends people" or "you can't insult people's religion."
This attitude represents a fundamental misunderstanding of what free speech is. Why do we have constitutionally protected free speech? It is certainly not to protect statements or opinions that no one objects to. The very reason we have the 1st Amendment is to protect speech that any party, no matter who that is, would rather not be said at all.
This is the fundamental fact that the so-called progressives who so stringently enforce political correctness fail to understand. The 1st Amendment does not come with qualifications.
Nowhere is this failure more apparent than on our nation's college campuses.
I wrote a column last spring about a series of commencement speakers who were disinvited after small student groups objected to these speakers comments and views. One such speaker was Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who criticizes the treatment of women under Fundamentalist Islam. In this column I addressed the fact that I would be going to college in little over a year, and said "I can only hope that my destination will be a place where the value of free and open discourse has not been lost."
My hope for this is waning. Let me be clear: our institutions of higher education, with notable exceptions, are not the bastions of free discourse they should be, or once were. Rather than existing as pockets of free thought, they exist as pockets of restricted expression and enforced political correctness.
Colleges and universities have increasingly shown themselves to be unwilling to protect free expression in the face of PC bullying. Following the Ferguson incidents and ensuing controversy, the President of Smith College was forced to apologize for writing that "All lives matter." A UCLA professor was compelled to apologize for posing a question to his law students about whether a Ferguson protester's yelling of "burn this bitch down" after which riots ensued, legally constituted incitement.
At UC Berkeley, another student group tried (albeit unsuccessfully) to prevent comedian Bill Maher from delivering the December commencement address due to his criticism of certain practices of Islam, and their broad-based support in many Muslim countries.
Don't get me wrong, these are touchy subjects. Race issues and Islamophobia are massive problems that must be addressed. However, to address these issues we need to discuss them, and if we allow ourselves to be forced to walk on eggshells while doing so we do ourselves a great disservice.
So yes, while few of us will ever have to fear death for making a statement or drawing a picture, we can all learn a lesson from Charlie Hebdo. If you are a person who thinks critically, and has views of any significance, there will be people who object to those views. They may want to stop you from expressing them. They may try very hard to do so. But you cannot let them. In that sense, we are all Charlie.
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Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), the incoming chair of the House Judiciary Committee, told CNN's Jake Tapper on State of the Union Sunday morning that President Donald Trump had committed "impeachable offenses" by allegedly telling his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay two women during the 2016 presidential election.
Trump claimed Friday that federal prosecutors' sentencing memo in the Cohen case "Totally clears the President." Tapper opined that the president's claim was "false," then asked Nadler: "Federal prosecutors are saying that the presidnt ordered Michael Cohen to commit two federal campaign finance felonies. In your view, does that rise to the level of an impeachable offense?"
Nadler dodged the question at first, responding merely that "the president was at the center of a massive fraud — several massive frauds against the American people." Tapper returned again: "If proven, would they be impeachable offenses?" Nadler replied, "They would be. Whether they're important enough to justify an impeachment is another question."
He acknowledged that the alleged offenses would have taken place before Trump took office, but said that would make them impeachable anyway because "they were committed in the service of fraudulently obtaining the office." He added that his committee would investigate the matter — as well as questions about Trump's "business dealings with the Russians" and his knowledge of "the Russian interference in the campaign." He said that he disagreed with Special Counsel Robert Mueller and others who suggested that a sitting president could not be indicted.
Tapper and Nadler presume that Cohen must have been telling the truth, and that Trump must have committed a crime. But some legal opinions differ. Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz, addressing the Cohen claims in August, said that Trump could not have committed a crime, given the allegations as described. He called them "a catch-22 for the prosecution" on MSNBC:
The president is entitled to pay hush money to anyone he wants during a campaign. There are no restrictions on what a candidate can contribute to his own campaign. So if, in fact, the president directed Cohen to do it as his lawyer and was going to compensate him for it, the president committed no crime. if Cohen did it on his own … then Cohen commits the crime.
If they claim that the president authorized him to do it or directed him to do it, it is not a crime for anybody. If Cohen did it on his own, then it is a crime for Cohen but not the president.
This is going to be a very difficult case for the prosecution to make, precisely because the laws on election are so convoluted.
Dershowitz, a Hillary Clinton supporter in 2016, elaborated in The Hill:
If, on the other hand, Cohen made the payments by himself, without direction from the president, that would constitute an impermissible campaign contribution from a third party. But if Cohen was merely acting as a lawyer for Trump and advancing the payments, with an expectation of repayment, then it would be hard to find a campaign finance crime other than failure to report by the campaign.
Failure to report all campaign contributions is fairly common in political campaigns in the United States. Moreover, the offense is committed not by the candidate but, rather, by the campaign and is generally subject to a fine. Though it is wrong, it certainly is not the kind of high crime and misdemeanor that could serve as the basis for a constitutionally authorized impeachment and removal of a duly elected president.
Neither Tapper nor Nadler appear to have considered that contrary opinion in their discussion, though Dershowitz restated it on Friday, calling the case against Trump "extraordinarily weak."
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. He is also the co-author of How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, which is available from Regnery. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.


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Growing beans can be a simple garden exercise for children who are just starting their first gardens or adult gardeners looking to branch out from nursery raised plants. They're generally hardy, but have a few diseases that can wipe them out rapidly. Anthracnose is one, but this article will help you better understand how to control anthracnose on beans.
What is Anthracnose on Beans?
It can be incredibly rewarding to grow your own food, especially when you start to move beyond the seedlings you can buy at your local nursery. Beans are usually a pretty easy garden plant to grow directly from seed, since they produce abundantly and have few common problems in most areas. Unfortunately, anthracnose in beans can be a serious problem for some gardeners, but there are steps you can take to protect your plants.
Like many fungal plant diseases, anthracnose can present very differently on different types of plants. On beans, anthracnose symptoms may appear at first as black to brown lesions on the cotyledons and stems of plants. As the anthracnose progresses, the lesions spread and pink fungal spores form in their centers. Severely infected plants are sometimes killed or suffer from girdling of leaves and stems; pods and seeds will show distinct circular red-brown lesions.
Anthracnose is primarily a seed-borne disease in beans, but when conditions are wet and temperatures are cool to moderately warm, spores will spread readily to uninfected plants as well. These spores can come from active plant infections nearby or from spores that were lying dormant on bean foliage from past years.
Managing Bean Plant Anthracnose
Treating anthracnose on bean pods is a losing battle. If your pods are already infected, it's too late to salvage them, though you can slow the spread of anthracnose in your current and future bean plantings. There are no known chemical treatments for anthracnose, but cultural control of bean anthracnose is fairly effective.
First, always allow beans to dry completely before touching or entering a bean planting. Anthracnose spreads rapidly in the presence of water, so by eliminating this important vector you can often protect the plants that haven't been infected yet. Secondly, be sure to always clean the tools you're using in the bean garden before using them elsewhere. Spores can hitchhike rides on these gardening implements.
If you're trying to salvage this year's harvest, wait for a very dry day and remove as many infected plants as you can find. This will remove potential infection points, giving you a better chance of having some kind of harvest. When anthracnose appears early in the growing season, you can often replace bean plants you've pulled with new seed, provided you were careful to collect all the debris. Do not collect seed for sowing next year, since the seeds stand a high chance of vectoring fungal spores.
In subsequent seasons, spread your beans further apart to make it more difficult for raindrops and animals to transmit anthracnose between plants. Also, practicing a two-year crop rotation with a green manure can both help to bulk up the soil and break the infection cycle. There are a few anthracnose-resistant beans on the market, but none are resistant to all anthracnose strains. If you want to experiment with anthracnose-resistant beans, be patient and record your findings so you'll know which varieties are best suited to your local conditions.


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The laquearius gladiator or plurally know as the laquerii, these gladiators were similar to the retiarius, in that they looked to ensnare their foes and then attack. The laquearius was armed with a rope lasso and then a bladed weapon either a spear, sword or a pointard which was a shorter dagger like weapon. The laquearius could throw their lasso from distance, and look to wrap it round a head, limb or the whole body of their foe.
Despite the existence of the laquearius gladiator it is truly unknown whether this class was a fully fledged gladiator in the sense of the retiarius or the murmillo. There is many rumour that that laquearius was something of a comedy act and was more for entertainment then true combat in the amphitheatre. With the lasso this gladiator would have likely had a harder time than the similarly armed retiarius, but not by a massive amount, leading me to believe that this gladiator was a true class, but more of a varient and invented later in the timeline of the Roman gladiators and therefore not as well documented in history.
As ealier mentioned the laquearius was armed with either a spear, sword, a gladius, or a pointard, a shorter dagger. With the gladius there was more opportunity for this gladiator to fight in a more traditional sense, if armed with a shorter dagger it would almost force the laquearius to make sure they had actually caught their foe in their lasso before committing to a strike. For me the spear and the dagger seems to be the more likely weapons here, with a fully fledged sword putting them neck and neck against many other gladiators. With a spear and a dagger the fighting style would be much more varied.
Again history has not provided us to much evidence on this class, but we believe they were similarly armoured to their brother class the retiarius gladiator. This meant the laquearius was armoured with an arm guard known as a galerus, this would have protected their throwing arm from attacks from their foes.
The laquearius was nimble, agile and would move fast if attacked. With their lasso in one hand and their spear or dagger in the other, the laquearius was keen to keep distance between them and their foe. While other gladiators needed to be within striking range, the laqearius could stand as far away as the length of their lasso, giving them the opportunity to stand out of striking range.
For an opponent of the laquearius, the goal would be to safely close the distance between them both. If they could get in close, the lasso of the laquearius would be rendered useless making it easy for them to go for the kill with their weapon.
Ultimately the laquearius was always looking to land their lasso from long range, if they missed, step back or sideways and try again. If they caught them however, tighten the lasso, and move in carefully to strike. If their foe was still armed or capable of swinging, the laquearius could use the lasso to pull their opponent off balance, and make their chance of landing a strike less risky.
Late to the gladiator amphitheatres, the laquearius were something of a rarity it seems. This gladiator similarly styled to the retiarius was not as present in the amphitheatre but likely offered similar levels of entertainment when they did. The crowd would be held in anticipation for the laqueariis lasso landing on their foe, and waiting to see exactly what would happen next in this battle.


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- The candidate should have the requisite Educational/Technical qualifications from recognized University/Institute as on the closing date of submission of the application.
- Candidates should fill up the application in his/her own handwriting and must sign as well as put his/her left hand thumb impressions at the prescribed places.
- Applications should be filled either in English or in Hindi.
- Application should be in a good quality A4 size bond paper (80 GSM) using one side only.
- The candidates are required to sign in English or in Hindi in the prescribed places provided in Application Form and in Information Sheet.
- The signatures must be in running hand and not in block capital or disjointed letters.
- Signatures at the time of application, written examination and document verification in different style or language may result in cancellation of candidature.
- The candidates have to submit single application as instructed (Para-16) for combined categories, duly mentioning the order of priority of categories in the space provided in the Item No.1 of Application Form.
- Common examination will be conducted for such combined categories i.e., the candidate will be writing a single examination for all the categories within such combined category as per his/her choice of priority. A single roll number will be allotted to such candidates in combined category covering all the categories he/she has applied for.
- After the selection process, the category allotted by RRB to the candidate is final. Request for change in category will not be entertained.
- One envelope should contain one application only. Candidates should however note that the RRBs may hold written examination for more than one group in a single session Candidates submitting more than one application for the same category will be summarily Rejected
- Candidates should note that only the Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/High School Examination Certificate.
- Serving Defence Personnel likely to be released within one year of the closing date (i.e. 09-04-2013) can also apply against Ex-Servicemen vacancies..
- The number of vacancies indicated in this Centralised Employment Notice is provisional and may increase or decrease or even become Nil depending upon the actual needs of the Railway Administration.
- Dates of all examinations and results are published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar and also indicated in local dailies. These are also given in the website of the Railway Recruitment Board concerned.
- Call letters for written examinations are sent to candidates by business post. The candidates whose applications are rejected are also intimated through post along with the cause of rejection. The details of provisionally eligible as well as ineligible candidates for a particular post are also put on the website of the Railway Recruitment Board concerned at least one week prior to the written examination for that post.
- Selection by RRBs does not confer upon candidates any right of appointment in Railway.
- The function of the RRBs is to recommend names of suitable candidates to the Chief Personnel Officer of the Zonal Railway concerned / Production Unit who in turn issues the offer of appointment letter subject to the availability of vacancies and candidates being found medically fit and satisfying all eligibility criteria.
- Emoluments on initial appointment will be minimum pay in the pay band plus grade pay plus other allowances admissible at that time. During training period only stipend will be paid as applicable.
- Free Second Class Railway Pass as and when admissible will be issued to the candidates belonging to SC/ST communities when they are called for written examination /document verification provided they submit valid caste certificate.
- Selected male candidates who are finally appointed are liable for active service in Railway Engineer's Unit of Territorial Army.
- Female candidates are also eligible. However, it may be noted that some categories involve duties, which are arduous in nature and call for working in shifts at odd hours, at road side station also away from headquarters A candidate shall be free to apply to more than one RRB but he / she will be doing so at his / her own risk as the examination will be held by all RRBs on the same date.
- Examination for more than one Category may also be held simultaneously based on administrative convenience.
- For the serving Group 'C' and Group 'D' Railway Staff and casual labour /substitutes, the relaxation in upper age limits will be upto 40 years for Unreserved candidates, 45 years for SC/ST candidates and 43 years for OBC candidates, provided they have put in a minimum of 3 years service (continuous or in broken) spells.
- No examination fees for SC / ST / Ex-Servicemen / Physically Handicapped / Women / Minorities / Economically backward classes candidates having annual family income less than Rs. 50000/-.
- For Unreserved Male / OBC Male candidates (who is not coming within the purview of minority/Economically backward communities) Examination fee of Rs. 60/- for each application. Candidates should send separate application for each group as mentioned in para-16 as given below with separate IPO / DD as examination fee. Candidates should send separate application for each RRBs.
- The examination fee is non-refundable. It should be paid in the form of a crossed Demand Draft valid for a period of Six months to be drawn at the main branch of any of the Nationalized Banks, or in the form of Crossed Indian Postal Order drawn in favour of "Assistant Secretary, or Deputy Secretary or Secretary or Member Secretaryor Chairman of Railway Recruitment Board concerned.
- The candidates should write the Centralised Employment Notice No., Name of the post applied for, Category Number of the post and their name and postal address on the reverse side of the Bank Draft/Front side at the space provided in the Indian Postal Order.
Instructions to fill out application form
- The application format as per Annexure-1 & 2 should be filled up by the candidate in his/her own handwriting, with blue or black ballpoint pen (not in pencil, fountain pen or gel pen) dated and signed.
- Only international numerical i.e. 1, 2, 3 etc. should be used.
- The application form should be filled up in English or in Hindi only.
- Applications signed in capital letters/spaced out letters will be treated as invalid.
- The candidate's Name, Address with Pin Code, Date of Birth, Father's Name and nearest Railway Station should be written legibly in English in bold capital letters, even if the candidate fills up the application form in Hindi.
- The candidates should sign in the space provided in the box below the photograph. One identical extra colour photograph should be enclosed with the application, indicating candidate's name and category number on the reverse of the photograph.
- In item No.9 of application form, the candidates should indicate any clear visible mark of identification on their body like a mole on the nose, cut-mark on the forehead in the left side or a scar mark below the left arm, etc.
- The candidate should copy the paragraph at item No. 12 of the Information Sheet in English/Hindi in their own running handwriting (not in capital/spaced out letters),
- The candidates should put their Left Hand Thumb impression at the designated places in the Application Form and in the Information Sheet
- The envelope containing the application should be clearly super-scribed "Application for the Post/s of _________________________Category No./s __________ Centralised Employment Notice No. 01/2012 of RRB/ , Community (SC/ST/OBC/PWD/Ex-SM)".
The following enclosures as applicable to each individual candidate should be firmly
stitched along with the application in the given order:
- Application form in the prescribed format (as given in Annexure-1).
- Information sheet in the prescribed format (as given in Annexure-2)
- A valid Indian Postal Order or the Bank Draft for the amount as prescribed in the Centralised Employment Notice. Wherever required.
- One copy of identical passport size colour photograph firmly stitched to the application (apart from one copy pasted on the form).
- Self-Attested copy of Matriculation/High School Examination Certificate or an equivalent Certificate indicating date of birth.
- Self-Attested copy of educational and/or professional qualification prescribed for the post being applied.
- Self-Attested Photostat copy of caste certificate form competent authority in the case of SC/ST candidates (as given in Annexure-3) and OBC candidates (as given in Annexure-4). Self-declaration from OBC candidates regarding non-creamy layer status in the proforma as given in Annexure -5.
- Disability Certificate in prescribed format by persons with disabilities (as given in Annexure-9).
- Ex-Servicemen candidates should submit self attested Photostat copy of the discharge certificate. They should also enclose the appropriate certificate issued by the competent authority for the equivalence of their educational / technical qualifications.
- No Objection Certificate from the competent authority, if already employed in Railways or any Government department / public sector undertakings.
- Income certificate issued on the Letter head in the prescribed format as shown in the Annexure-7 foreconomically backward classes for waiver off Examination fees for RRB Examination.
- Self attested Photostat copy of requisite certificates in case of candidates claiming any other type of age relaxation.
- Self - declaration of Minority community notified by Central Government for Minority community candidate for waiver the examination fees.
The post name as in the
hi sir, i am nagaganesh
hi sir,
i am nagaganesh and i completed B.Sc,MCA and i wish to apply CENTRALISED EMPLOYMENT NOTICE No. 01/2012 and i applied for "junior engineer(it)"and i took dd rs 60 on "assistant secretary railway recruitment board chennai" since 9/4/12 and right now i apply to the post through online so there are filled first page and second page, after completion second page save the page then it give a error
"You are not eligible for this exam, because of your age or Community. Check Your age, Community and Preferred Category No(s)."
but i fill all the details so whats happens to give error sir
Must be a software problem.
Sir, Is there any website
No, It is not being done so
sir iam electrical graduate i
respected sir in the form
Dear Sir/Mam, I applied for
Dear Sir/Mam,
I applied for JE(Signal) in Railway and I already received my call letter for Exam. My exam center is in Guwahati. But sir now I am staying in Mumbai and it is difficult to go Guwahati for me.
So sir I want to change my Exam center to Mumbai. What I have to do Now? please give some suggestion. Thank you,
Change of exam centre will
dear sir, i wrote my
You will be given only Group
Dear sir, i am working as sr
Dear sir, i am working as sr TNC at HPT/SWR. And duty roster is (13.00hr-21.00hr) and (07to13hr&21hr-07hr). Sir due less strength I have forcely done 4 continues night duties (19HRS - 07hrs). Again my CTNC booked me for 5th night duty. So i refused for 5th night and got SF11 and got 1 year increment loss(NR). Sir now i got promotion as goods guard in dept quota. My promotion held up for 1 year since i got punishment. Sir kindly guide me what step i have to take further to get my promotion with out detention.
Promotion will be given only
sir i have applied four
sir i have applied four post(category) of rrb allahabad adv. 01/2012 i got admit card the exam will be same for all post .advt, said if u want to applied more than one post for the same rrb then you should sent different application but now exam is exatc same am i eligble for all post ?because i have applied all post and the exam will be same so merit will be same
Yes, you are eligible to be
but i got different roll no
but i got different roll no for different post at different centre in allahabad so i can sit only at one centre am i eligible for other post by my marks on that cat because i applied for each post(exam is same)?
i yes than a person who applied for one post is also eligible for all post?
In the RRB notification RRB
Exam center change is not
but i got different roll no
but i got different roll no for different post at different centre in allahabad so i can sit only at one centre am i eligible for other post by my marks on that cat because i applied for each post(exam is same)?
i yes than a person who applied for one post is also eligible for all post?
HII...anyone tell me howz to
HII...anyone tell me howz to find the roll no. the post of RRB Exam for Engineering jobs is on: 9th September 2012.....tell me plz anyone tell me plz this my email id :[email protected]
plzzzzzzzz tell meeeee
Respected Sir, I am Ravi Raj
Respected Sir,
I am Ravi Raj Verma. I have applied for the post of SSE (Mech.) in reference to CEN 01/2012. I am still waiting for ADMIT CARD. Kindly let me know about its probable due date. In case my application is not found in order of its acceptance, kindly let me know how I can know the basis of rejection well before and in due time.


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As a follow-up on the international Summit on horticulture technology, Van der Hoeven Horticultural Projects and partner Hoogendoorn organized a study trip to France on 10 and 11 June, 2015. During this two day trip a select group of horticultural professionals participated in a study program organized at a few of France's most innovative horticultural projects. With this trip both partners aim to stimulate knowledge exchange and international networking.
On Tuesday 9 June, 2015 the first-ever international Summit on horticulture technology took place in Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre. The goal of this conference was to inspire delegates from the horticulture industry on future sustainable technology. As a follow-up Van der Hoeven and Hoogendoorn combined strengths and organized a study trip to France for special delegates. During this two day trip the latest technological developments have been demonstrated in practice at several state-of-the art greenhouses.
Knowledge exchange
The excursion has been set up by both parties to exchange knowledge with professionals on horticultural trends and developments. On 10 and 11 June guided tours were organized at several types of greenhouses, such as semi-closed and solar powered greenhouses, to educate invitees on the latest greenhouse techniques. All the high tech greenhouses that were visited were built by Van der Hoeven and automated by Hoogendoorn.
"The visits of the ModulAIR and Solar projects, the very interesting discussions with the participants, and the amazing program have made the trip extraordinary", according to one of the growers.
International networking
The group of invitees, existing of 18 national and international horticultural professionals, all have been working in the industry for many years. This formed a strong basis to share experiences. This trip also enabled delegates to expand their international network.
The right mix of project visits, group composition, and all the good that the French coast has to offer, made the study trip a big success. The purpose of international networking and knowledge exchange has been more then achieved.
About Van der Hoeven
With over 60 employees, Van der Hoeven is a Dutch company who designs and builds turn-key horticultural projects worldwide. Always offering complete, custom made solutions for investors, modern growers and developers, allowing them to gain the maximum returns from their investment. Horticultural projects with IQ. Visit www.vanderhoeven.nl for additional information on products and services.
About Hoogendoorn
Hoogendoorn is known as the most innovative supplier of process automation systems in the horticultural industry. For almost 50 years, we have been striving towards the optimal greenhouse climate, increasing crop yields and managing costs and risks in greenhouse horticulture. For this, we deliver different kinds of process computers and labor management systems. Please visit www.hoogendoorn.nl/en for more info.


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Nationally Competitive Teams
LUC is committed to the integrity of this level of competition and the expectations of the rowers are high. They compete in national and international regattas, including San Diego Crew Classic, Head of the Charles, and Master's Worlds, at which the team has won medals consistently throughout the years. Both the men's and women's teams have multiple guaranteed entries for the Head of the Charles. Practices and workouts are designed using a yearly training plan focusing on specific regattas. A coaching philosophy of "any seat, any day, any race" is used to build a team that is versatile and is able to match, blend and win.
Rowing Objectives
Consistent attendance and full club membership
Follow through with suggested additional aerobic work and cross training
Increase boat speed and skills to be within medal performance range
Push self and each other beyond previous physical limits
Create an atmosphere of motivation, inspiration, and team unity


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While preparing for my son's arrival, my husband and I fell in love with expensive, eco-friendly nursery furniture. Besides the clean modern design that we loved, we felt it was important to purchase something with a non-toxic finish. Thank GOD we did! Not only does it look good but it is also very tasty! Check out what my little monster did.
I pray we can have it repaired, we were hoping to eventually resell his furniture. The portion he ate is environmentally friendly, eco-friendly MDF made of recovered wood fibers with a non-toxic white water-based finish.
Yes, we had crib rail teething covers but they were completely useless (see my post about 10 useless baby items, these covers are #1 on there). My son would pull them off and continue to chew. I even tied the covers down, but he figured out how to slide them so he could munch.
He has officially done more damage than my golden retriever ever dreamed of. At least I could throw her in a kennel and lock her up when she was bad!


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In tribute to Charles Bowden, watch an interview with him here.
The fourth issue of ARID: A journal of desert art, design, and ecology is now available on line.
Jennifer Reuts of Landscape Architecture Magazine includes a short piece on ALI in her January 17, 2014 blog post.
In "Watershed Moment," Architect magazine's Reed Karaim profiles ALI and makes the case for Divining LA—the design of water-s
Madeleine Brand and Saul Gonzalez report on the centennary of water imports to Los Angeles on KCRW's Which Way LA?
Stormwater modelling by ALI for the Metropolitan Water District and World Water Forum is featured in the November 3rd issue of Archdaily.com.
Nate Berg explores the water-energy nexus in The Atlantic Cities.
Journalist Sarah Rich features ALI as she explores water scarcity and design of the built environment in Design Decoded @ Smithsonian.com.
Mark Lamster looks at the changing demographics of architecture, and cites Woodbury School of Architecture as the face of the future.
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"I was also shown the LAWS OF EXISTENCE controlling the human ability to create new circumstances and environment, relationships, achievement or failure, prosperity or poverty.
- Whatever man profoundly BELIEVES himself to be, good or bad, that will he become.
- Whatever man FEARS others will do to him, so will they do.
- Whatever man HOPES that others will do to him, he must first do to them, since he is then creating a 'consciousness pattern' which will return to bless him to the extent he has blest others.
- Whatever disease man DREADS so will he become prey to it for he will have created a 'consciousness pattern' of the very thing he least wants to experience.
- Whatever is sent forth from man's mind and heart - returns to him in due course in some form or another, but remember that like always breeds like. Strongly emotional thoughts are 'consciousness seeds' planted within a man's own orbit of consciousness. These will grow, bearing a like harvest for his reaping.
These are the fruits of free will.
There is no way that man may escape what he thinks, says or does - for he is born of the Divine Creative Consciousness power and is likewise creative in his imagining.
Those who long for good for themselves must first give it to others. Let their very existence be a blessing to others.
When such people are in harmony with all others, they are then perfectly attuned to the universal
and they are brought into the flow of the Father 'nature' which is growth, protection, nourishment (physical, mental, spiritual) healing, fulfillment of need, within a system of law and order." [Christ Returns - Speaks His Truth, Letter 1]
'It is a tiny entity of 'consciousness knowledge'. It is the 'consciousness knowledge' of what it will become. It is a fragment of 'consciousness' drawn from 'Divine Creative Consciousness'.
'It is a fragment of mind power drawn from 'Father Mind Power' ... which, when planted in the earth and watered by rain, will begin to clothe itself with the visible 'matter' of which it possesses knowledge, deep within itself. This knowledge is true, it is firm, it is strong and undeviating. This self-knowledge embodied in the seed, is a conviction in 'consciousness'.
'All of life forms arise out of this one-pointed self-knowledge - a 'conviction of consciousness'.
This 'conviction of consciousness' is what separates the inanimate soil and rocks from all that lives and grows upon the face of the earth. Where there is no 'conviction of consciousness' or 'knowledge of identity' there is no growth. The consciousness within soil and rocks remains 'consciousness' in a dormant form." [Christ Returns - Speaks His Truth, Letter 3, page 65]
See Also
Christ Consciousness
Coming Revolution of Consciousness
consciousness and matter
consciousness form
consciousness impulse
consciousness pattern
consciousness seeds
Cosmic Consciousness
creative consciousness power
Creative Force
Creative Forces
Creative Power
creative process
Dawn of Mind-Consciousness
Divine Creative Power
Divine Love
divine Presence
divine proportion
divine Source
Divine Symphony of Creation
Divine Thought
Divine Trinity
Figure 18.01 - Chart of Chakras Shown as Levels of Consciousness
Figure 18.06 - Hubbard Tone Scale of Degrees or Levels of Consciousness
God Consciousness
Law of Divine
Levels of Consciousness
Love Divine
Mind Force
Mind Consciousness
New Era of Consciousness
spiritual consciousness
stages of consciousness
Table 12.01 - The Divine Trinity
The Message of the Divine Iliad
Universal Creative Consciousness
victim consciousness
Water and Consciousness14.27 - Mind being Dominant is Creative
18.03 - Hubbard Scale of Consciousness
8.28 - Creative
9.15 - The I AM Consciousness


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Expert Videos Highlight a Company's Expertise
Skillman Video Group, a Boston Video Production Company, routinely works with clients to discover how they can grow their business or organization with video. SVG has produced many "expert videos" which work in multiple ways to benefit a company. Expert videos highlight a specific service or product in such a way as to make the seller seem an expert in their field. Expert videos can work as searchmercials, a term SVG examined in our last post, help brand a company or serve a niche.
Like other videos SVG produces, expert videos can be used on social media sites, your company website or as advertising on other sites. Expert videos focus on one idea, say social media marketing. Like a searchmercial, an expert video is founded on keywords. Searchmercials are short, specific videos designed to be found via search engines. An expert video can operate as a searchmercial. Both these forms of video can help identify and serve specific niche markets.
Expert videos, however, are less "trendy" than a searchmercial and are not necessarily a series of videos focused on different keywords. A slew of expert videos may focus on the same keyword/topic.
By centering on one topic over multiple videos, expert videos help brand a business. They show a business' expertise and give them credibility in that field.
Expert videos are partially educational videos, informing viewers of your services. For this reason they can also be easily used on your website to explain a service or product, as well as a marketing video.
Expert videos are a simple idea that can serve many functions. If you are interested in having your own video produced, contact Skillman Video Group today!
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With Monterey County lifting the tier system to qualify for Covid-19 vaccines, Big Sur Health Center is now able to vaccinate anyone 18 years of age and older.
Vaccine clinics will be held on Saturdays. Due to limited vaccine supplies, we are able to offer appointments to the following groups:• Patients of Big Sur Health Center• Residents of Big Sur, including Palo Colorado Canyon• Those who work in Big Sur
We are currently administering the Moderna vaccine.
There has been considerable concern regarding recent reports of a blood clot disorder following the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. This is very rare and all cases have occurred within the first 3 weeks following administration. There have been no reports of blood clots or other serious side effects with the Moderna vaccine.
If you received the J&J vaccine more recently and are currentlyexperiencing severe headaches, abdominal pain, leg pain or shortness of breath, you should contact your health care provider and seek medical treatment immediately.
To schedule a vaccine appointment, please call Big Sur Health Center at 667-2580.


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About a month ago, you read about our latest office challenge. Now we present to you the results from what was heralded as one of our most memorable office happy hours. The PBR flowed while the sweet sounds of Britney Spears and ABBA pumped through the lobby, and all the while we projected each music …continue reading
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OK, stop pretending you don't own or at least recognize these albums. Today saw the release of our latest office-wide challenge: an exploration of the skeleton-filled closets of our staff. Or more specifically, a catalog listing of our "eclectic" musical tastes. The challenge was published as follows: Name a song or artist that everyone hates …continue reading


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By Rev. Paul S. Osumi
Reprinted with permission
"Smothered" By Scenery
A few years ago a Chinese play, "The White Snake Lady," was staged in Honolulu. There was hardly any scenery but the lack of it was more than offset by the beautiful costumes and brilliant acting. Some plays are "smothered" by scenery. In life, one's possessions and pleasures tend to smother his soul.


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NACo hosts several educational programs throughout the year for which we encourage our members and partners to contribute content. We are always seeking new ideas, solutions and innovations to leverage opportunities and overcome challenges that confront county leaders. For each event, our goal is to create a balanced program that consistently meets the needs of our membership. In order to provide the best content for our members, we are accepting ongoing proposals that we will evaluate on a rolling basis.
Target Audience for NACo Educational Events
The primary target audience for educational content is county officials and staff.
In person educational events include:
- NACo Annual Conference (July)
- NACo Legislative Conference (Feb/Mar)
- Western Interstate Region (May)
- Large Urban County Caucus Meeting (Nov), and
- Rural Action Caucus Meeting (Dec).
Online educational opportunities include:
- Webinars
- Live Streaming, and
- Podcasts.
Content Submission Process
NACo welcomes submissions especially from counties, state associations of counties, NACo affiliates, and private and non-profit partners.
The Call for Proposal Form (CFP) will be used on a rolling basis for any of NACo's educational programs. As a speaker, you have the opportunity to submit multiple topic ideas for multiple events. Once you fill out the form, you will be automatically notified that NACo has received your proposal. You are able to submit as many proposals as you wish. If your topic idea has been selected or is in review, NACo staff will reach out to you regarding next steps. Please note, you may not hear from us immediately.
Review and Selection Process
Once NACo receives your proposal, it will be stored in a submission database. Depending on the time of year, the review and selection process will vary. In order to receive the optimum consideration for your proposal, we recommend the following:
- Ensure that each proposal is complete, accurate and clear.
- Ensure that the content is current with the issues and topics that affect county leaders.
- Ensure that the content provides innovative ideas and solutions.
- Provide clear and specific content that is linked to at least three learning objectives that show real-world applications.
- For panels or multi-speaker sessions, please ensure that you provide a balanced perspective to include diverse viewpoints, backgrounds, organizations and partners.
Submissions will be kept on file for a year. NACo may choose to utilize your topic as presented, or, in a modified manner at any of our in-person or online educational events.
Speaker Remuneration
NACo uses workshops and pre-conferences at yearly educational events as a platform for research, innovation and to share best practices. Each event has its own criteria for speaker remuneration, and if selected, you will receive more information regarding speaker remuneration criteria. Nonetheless, we value our members and partner's contribution to the field of county leadership.
Notification Process
NACo staff will periodically convene once per quarter to review submitted ideas. You will be notified on the status of your our decision within three months of submitting your idea.
How to submit your proposal.
- Click on the proposal link
- Register your information
- Submit content information and save
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Am I able to submit more than one proposal?
- Yes, you can submit as many proposals as you wish, but please do not submit duplicate proposals.
2. Am I able to edit my proposal?
- Yes, when you sign in, you will have the option to edit your proposal before hitting the submit button.
3. I am working with NACo staff on a session for a specific educational event, do I need to submit a proposal?
- No, please contact the staff person that you are working with for more information.
4. When will I be notified regarding a decision?
- NACo staff will review submitted sessions quarterly. You will be notified about your submission within three months of submitting content.


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I am consistently referred by past clients who find my style professional, level headed and reliable. Over 25 years in the industry with experience as a certified appraiser, sales broker and marketing expert. I have been a real estate instructor and mentor to colleagues
Most importantly, when we chose to work together, I consider us partners working together to make your real estate wishes come true.
Please read the client comments in the section below.
Lake and Company Real Estate, Inc.
7801 Green Lake Dr. N
Seattle, WA 98103
Working with me as your real estate professional puts you in the hands of a capable negotiator, proven pricing and valuation expert and someone who listens to your wishes. We really are partners when choosing to work together and I take my role very seriously.
We have been working in a sellers market for several years now and buyers have had to be competitive in order to purchase the homes they want! I have been assisting clients buying and selling in this area for over 25 years and understand what it takes to win.
This does not mean that sellers don't have to put in the effort however! I can identify what needs to get done, refer you to the right contractors etc., as well as strategize the right type of marketing to maximize the potential yield on your investment.
Patty Moriarty, Broker
Lake & Company
real estate company
I love working with Patty! She is easy to work with, so helpful and informative. She made a difficult transaction smooth. I recommend her to everyone!
Jenny Brown
Top Notch in every way! Patty is caring, personally attentive, conscientious, responsive, pro-active, shows attention to detail and follows through. Excellent!
Joy Delf
Lake and Company are fortunate to have you! Your help with the whole process of preparing our home for sale throughout the entire transaction was extremely valuable. There were some major hurdles you managed to work through with professionalism and patience. We appreciated your availability and positive attitude too.
John and Margaret Hennes
Patty rocks! She was wonderful throughout the entire process. She helped us navigate the Seattle real estate market to find a great new home for our family. Was accessible when we needed her and was masterful providing just enough information without confusing us with unnecessary details. We can't say enough good things about her.
Chad and Karyn Siegel
Patty did an exemplary job! I was very pleased with the service and follow up throughout the whole process. Patty is very good at explaining everything and put me at ease.
K. Nissen
Fantastic! Patty is a superstar! Very helpful. Friends saw her in action and agreed that a better agent can't be found. It was a wonderful experience, thank you.
Rebecca Staffel
Patty was absolutely instrumental in everything related to purchasing my first home. Patty knew exactly the right way to deal with all of the issues and complications that came up in the context of negotiations, inspections, etc. She made it so much easier to ride the roller coaster of real estate!
Karyn Johnson
Patty did an excellent job! Patty is friendly, professional, knowledgeable and capable. She is tactful, never pushy or impatient-a delight. I would recommend her to anyone!
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In connection with the College's fall 2017 semester theme, "Diversity, Difference, Otherness," we have been thinking about ways we can teach about these themes by connecting classroom instruction with cultural centers. We talked with Sarah Hatcher from the Mathers Museum about her ideas and suggestions.
Q: How could a faculty member design an exercise around a specific museum experience, such as the "dressing the bride" demonstration at the Mathers Museum on September 16th?
A: The wedding regalia lends itself to subjects including history, folklore, anthropology, and design. For the social sciences I would ask students to compare and contrast the exhibit and the demonstration. Questions might include:
- Why are these garments important?
- How did seeing the clothes on a person change your thinking about them?
- What did you notice at the demonstration that you might not notice otherwise?
- What values are associated with these items?
- Explore the question of cultural exchange and culture change, what evidence do you see?
Q: What are other productive ways to facilitate students' question-asking about items in your collection?
A: It is easy to ask the basic questions like "who, what, when or why," but you can make a museum visit more pedagogically valuable by encouraging follow up questions based in visual evidence. Asking students to draw the object initially elicits close looking, revealing details that might have gone unnoticed. These details feed into observations and the development of more thoughtful questions as students document their observations, and make connections to coursework and readings. These questions then foster conversations that round it all out.
If you are interested in attending the exhibit, "A Giving Heritage: Wedding Clothes and the Osage Community," see more information about the event at the Mathers Museum events page. See the IUB College of Arts and Sciences webpage to learn more about the Themester goals and activities.
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Wouldn't it be terribly convenient to simply scan the population to find out who was a criminal or not? We'd just scan everyone's brain for violent or psychopathic thoughts and then proceed accordingly. Those who pass can continue being valuable members of society. Those who don't: Prison? We'll decide that later.
But let's hold our pitchforks and torches and look at what we already know about the brains of violent criminals and psychopaths.
For one, some studies have shown that a psychopath's brain sees emotions differently than other folks. One study showed that when "normal" people viewed photos of fearful faces, blood flow increased to a part of the brain that processes facial emotion. Those with psychopathy didn't show the same increase, which gives some evidence to the idea that there is a biological basis for psychopathy [source: Deeley et al.]. Likewise, scans of the brains of murderers have shown a decrease in the development of the prefrontal cortex, which can result in a host of behavioral issues: less control over emotions, less impulse control and less risk aversion [source: Adams]. Biology wins?
Hardly. Because even if we've seen that some brain function or development is different in violent and psychopathic people, that doesn't mean that there aren't environmental factors that make someone act on violent or deceitful urges. Instead, we've learned that social and environmental factors can change the brain and perhaps even how our genes are expressed [source: Adams].
The bottom line is necessarily convoluted: A brain scan might be able to tell you if a person has a predisposition to a lack of empathy or increased risk-taking. But that doesn't indicate that he or she is, in fact, a criminal — and it certainly doesn't give you solid evidence that they might act with violence or psychopathy someday. Then again, it also doesn't give you proof that they won't.


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Prayer is the center focus of 'The Perfect Wave'
Lately, I've been reminded of the importance of praying for others despite the seeming lack of results.
I've felt frustrated and even concerned that my prayers weren't being heard. Were my entreaties unacceptable to the Lord? Because I'm not perfect in my walk with Him, will He not listen or act, even when it comes to lifting up others?
Have you ever asked that question?
There are people who prayed for the souls of others, yet didn't see results for what seemed far too long. Continuing to pray despite the apparent unanswered requests reveals faith in God. And what pleases God more than faith in Him? Nothing.
Pray earnestly, be sincere in your own walk, and trust in God. The rest is in His hands. This was the subject and the uplifting conclusion of my pastor's teaching. A week later, I saw a film that confirmed the lesson.
"The Perfect Wave" is based on a true story about a young surfer dude seeking the greatest wave experience of his life. He sells his car and, despite his parents' misgivings, travels the world's beaches as he seeks not just the perfect wave, but that moment that comes closest to "touching eternity." During his subculture sojourn, young New Zealander Ian McCormack developed friendships and experienced young love with a beautiful but troubled free spirit. Just before he was to return home, he was badly injured and had a near-death experience that changed his life.
The sea-and-surf movie genre is often used as a metaphor for life. "The Endless Summer," "Soul Surfer," "Chasing Mavericks" — these films are about young people finding themselves, distinguishing themselves, and seeking life's true meaning. The Perfect Wave also addresses those themes, plus one more.
Perhaps the most significant element to this production is the representation of the importance of prayer. A devoutly religious mother, played by Cheryl Ladd, continues to pray for her son, despite his rejection of church and his unbelief in God. She has lived a life that acknowledges and reverences God, and makes sure her son knows that "no matter how far away you are from God, if you call out from your heart, He will hear you and forgive you."
This film reveals the spiritual payoff for a lifetime of prayer. Ian McCormack didn't believe in the sacrificial gift of Jesus Christ. Then, he did. And after that fateful night, he became a minister. In the past 29 years, he has told his story of conversion to more than 60 million people.
In a recent interview with two of the film's stars, Rachel Hendrix ("October Baby") and Cheryl Ladd ("Charlie's Angels"), both devout believers, I found I was not alone when it came to grasping the understanding of continuous prayer.
"My mother is a prayer warrior," Hendrix told me. "I know she is always praying for me. That is amazing and it's an amazing lesson to learn. I believe in the power of praying for others and this film does send that message. And I know Ian McCormack was so grateful for his mother's prayers. That's been a part of his witness for so many years."
"Your prayers don't go unanswered," Ladd added, "but God's timing is different from ours. These people still have a journey and God allows that journey, even though He recognizes your prayers and your love and your care for these people.
"I had accepted Jesus as my savior when I was a teenager," Ladd said, "but I had gotten caught up in me, in my career, my life. And sure enough, I paid a price for wandering away from the Lord. I was fortunate in that there were people who continued to pray for me.
"At the height of my success as one of Charlie's Angels, I was at the lowest point of my life, emotionally. My marriage fell apart and I was the captain of my ship, rather than letting the Lord take control. But when I turned back to the Lord, the minute I did, all of the fear, the self-loathing, the disappointment, the anger, was replaced with peace. I got back on the path. I went back to church, and He wasn't just an afterthought in my life, but ruled my life. There's no question in my mind that God heard the prayers of others concerning my life."
Movie website:http://theperfectwavefilm.com/
— by Phil Boatwright | BP
Phil Boatwright reviews films for www.previewonline.org and is a regular contributor to "The World and Everything In It," a weekly radio program from WORLD News Group.


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March 9, 2015
HUGE jars of iridescent yellow liquid glow on almost every street corner in Cotonou, the commercial capital of Benin. Taxi drivers pull over to fill up their cars using a hose and funnel. Proper petrol stations, by contrast, stand empty. "It's cheaper this way," explains a taxi driver, as he tanks up using the unofficial method.
The origins of this black market lie less than an hour's drive away, across Benin's eastern border, in Nigeria, where imported fuel is sold at subsidised rates and the price paid by drivers is capped, thus generating a massive trade in illicit petrol. Known in Benin as kpayo, it is a third cheaper than the legal stuff; 80% of the petrol in Benin's cars is said to have been smuggled in. Of the 2m or so barrels of oil pumped out of wells in Nigeria each day, as many as 400,000 are reckoned to be stolen, often with the connivance of politicians.
Some argue that the black market does at least provide jobs. But Daniel Ndoye, a Senegalese economist at the African Development Bank in Cotonou, says that on balance it holds back Benin's development: "It causes huge loss of revenue for government, which affects infrastructure development and the business climate." Illegal fuel can be dangerous: people have been burnt alive in accidents with it.
Sabotage of Nigerian gas pipelines also upsets the country's neighbours. Attacks have been increasing in the approach to Nigeria's presidential and general elections expected (after a delay) later this month. Some say that opposition supporters want to create a "politically motivated disruption", reports Malte Liewerscheidt of Verisk Maplecroft, a risk consultancy.
Ghana is another country in the region that has been hurt by Nigeria's shortcomings—in the supply of gas. Nigeria has consistently failed to fulfil a contract to supply its neighbour with 120m cubic feet a day. In fact, it has recently been providing as little as half that amount, causing Ghana to fall short by as much as a third of peak demand for electricity every day.
Fuel-smuggling and gas hold-ups are not the only way in which Nigeria affects its region. Since its population, of 170m or so, and its economy are both by far the biggest in Africa, it has a huge influence in almost all spheres. Some of it is beneficial. With annual growth of over 6% in the past decade, it lifts the economy of the entire region. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which embraces 15 countries, relies on Nigeria for the lion's share of its money. In the past decade or so Nigeria's armed forces and its diplomatic muscle have helped end wars in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.
Yet Nigeria is also an exporter of insecurity, much of which can be traced to dizzying levels of corruption and political inertia. "Corruption is so pervasive in Nigeria," said a report in 2011 by Human Rights Watch, a New York-based watchdog, that "it has turned public service…into a kind of criminal enterprise"—with spillover effects across the region.
The inability of Nigeria's army to defeat or even contain Boko Haram, a violent Islamist group that has been trying to set up a caliphate from its base in the north-east, has also hurt the region, by letting the rebellion seep into Chad, Niger and Cameroon. This, too, is partly down to corruption. While Nigerian generals have pocketed vast chunks of the military budget, ill-paid, poorly equipped and demoralised soldiers have been either unable or unwilling to fight the enemy.
Piracy is another growing regional problem that can be blamed largely on Nigeria's inability to police its oily creeks in the Niger delta. Since 2012 the Gulf of Guinea has replaced the waters off Somalia as the world's piracy hotspot. Ships along the coast between Ivory Coast and Angola have been attacked. Ghana's offshore stretch is now particularly exposed, says Harry Pearce of Ambrey Risk, a British consultancy. Piracy may cost the region as much as $2 billion a year.
Nigeria also hurts the region with its protectionist trade policy. It bans the import of hundreds of goods, from cement to noodles. Yet Nigeria has failed to industrialise. The biggest beneficiaries may well be businessmen (often politicians) with ties to government. With friends in the right places, Nigerian supermarkets and posh shops can stock up with prohibited imports such as exotic beer and shoes.
Meanwhile a new regional tariff system, altered at Nigeria's insistence, levies 35% on certain imported goods, almost twice the highest level proposed by other west African countries. The International Growth Centre, part of the London School of Economics, reckons this trade policy could mean that the average level of tariffs on goods imported into Liberia, for instance, could double. Not a good way to make other west Africans love Nigeria.


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Optimizing keywords in your resume is a growing trend. It's your only way to connect with the recruiter who is scouring social media and ATS systems to find someone with your exact credentials. It's like a really solid independent movie. You know if you watched it, you'd fall in love with it! Heck, you'd say it was better than the Martian (sorry Matt Damon), but you know what the problem is? You won't be able to see this fantastic low budget drama because you don't know about it, nor do you find it when searching Google for "good independent films on Netflix." It's a shame, but marketing is how you'd find out about this movie. Well the same thing goes with resume searches.
When recruiters try to find you, ala the really good independent film, they have to use "key word searches" of "buzzwords" on your resume when looking through the ATS. Now what's the ATS? It's the applicant tracking system. It's the recruiter's database of candidates. It's the funnel you go sliding down when you click "submit resume."
So to ensure you're found in these searches and actually considered for candidacy, you need to optimize the keywords in your resume. To do this, a few things need to be done:
1. mention words only your "job types" or "industry types" use. This means any software, equipment, processes, acronyms, etc. Think about those funky slang words thrown around you all day. Get those into the resume.
2. monitor other job postings similar to your job and see what buzzwords other companies are throwing around. Make sure they're relatable to what you do so you're not lying on your resume either. Get those into the resume.
3. monitor industry trends to be on the lookout for new processes, equipment, software, acronyms, etc and see if any are also relatable and able to fit. Get those into the resume.
4. look into third party sites that offer assistance with buzzword creation/tracking, like these examples:
All in all, this should be one of your #1 tasks in creating a solid resume. Remember, you're a piece of work, an art, a product. You know you can handle the job, so make sure those making the decisions can find you. Because once they do, they'll rate you a 10 on IMDB and more people might find out about you then for the next go around in your job search.
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ecf, 18/12/2012
Cycling and EuroVelo has been included in a crucial EU infrastructure vote on funding rules, opening the door to billions of euros of investment
The European Parliament's Tourism and Transport Committee has voted on crucial guidelines for EU transport infrastructure. For the first time, MEPs have decided to include cycling within the Trans-European Transport Network ('TEN-T') guidelines, opening the door for billions of Euro in cycling investments.
The decision comes after almost a year of intense campaigning by the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF), its member groups and industry allies and tens of thousands of emails sent to MEPs in the lead-up to the vote. Although not adopting the exact text proposed by ECF, the Committee voted the following amendments:
Being included within the text will give cycling the opportunity to access tens of billions of euros in infrastructure funding.
"Our voice was heard. If the cycling world hadn't mobilized, then cycling and EuroVelo would have been sidelined by other forms of transport. Even worse, large scale transport infrastructure projects would have ignored the needs of cyclists," explains Bernhard Ensink, Secretary General of ECF.
"This vote represents a significant change in attitude and a first step in the right direction. The European Parliament Transport and Tourism Committee have shown that they can improve cycling conditions across the continent by giving cycling the investment it deserves. The gates for more investment in cycling are now open."
Between 2007 and 2013, cycling was only allocated 0.7% of EU funding available for transport. For the next financial period (2014-2020), ECF has identified €6 billion or 10% of EU funding that should be dedicated to cycling but unlocking these funds will require more pressure on the European institutions from citizens that cycle.
Ensink says: "The fight is not yet over. We've got even bigger battles to come next year as the EU makes important decisions on even larger transport budgets. We're going to need your help to remind the European, national and regional institutions about the strategic importance of cycling."
The vote will now go to the Parliament's full plenary before the details are discussed and negotiated with EU Member States at the Council of the European Union later next year.
Source: ecf.com
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The House minority leader began talking at 8:38 p.m. Thursday. He stopped at 5:10 a.m. Friday.
Source: Evelyn Blackwell
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California early Friday concluded a marathon speech in opposition to the Democrats' social policy bill, after talking for eight hours and 32 minutes, surpassing one by Representative Nancy Pelosi in 2018 that held the record for the longest continuous House speech in modern history.
"Personally I didn't think I could go this long," Mr. McCarthy said toward the end of his monologue, which began after 8 p.m. Finally, after 5 a.m., he finished. "With that, Madam Speaker, I yield back," he said.
Mr. McCarthy, the top Republican, railed against President Biden and his agenda in an effort to delay the passage of the Democrats' $1.85 trillion social policy and climate change bill.
The debate over the bill had been scheduled to last 20 minutes before Mr. McCarthy took over to deliver an at times rambling speech stuffed with Republican talking points against the legislation and punctuated with riffs about history.
"I know some of you are mad at me, think I spoke too long," he said at one point. "But I've had enough. America has had enough."
Shortly after midnight Friday, when Mr. McCarthy showed no sign of yielding control of the House floor, Democratic leaders sent lawmakers home, with plans to return at 8 a.m. to finish debate and vote on the sprawling package.
While the House has no equivalent to the Senate filibuster, Mr. McCarthy used the so-called magic minute rule, which allows the House speaker, the majority leader and the minority leader to talk for as long as they want. Ms. Pelosi used the tactic when she was minority leader in 2018 to speak for just over eight hours about the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers.
The speech by Ms. Pelosi was thought at the time to have set the record for the longest continuous speech in the chamber, dating to at least 1909.
"It is a feat of epic proportions to speak for four hours straight and not produce a single memorable phrase, original insight or even a joke," Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, wrote on Twitter. "McCarthy thinks he is a wit but so far he has proved he is only half right."


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Try starting your work day with this routine, espcially if you do a lot of lifting and carrying.Remember, stretching should NOT hurt. Here are a few stretching principles to keep in mind. You should move slowly, try not to bounce, hold stretches 5-10 seconds and relax your body by breathing in deeply.
- Shoulder Roll
-Relax and hang arms at sides.
-Roll shoulders up and backwards 3 times.
-Repeat in the opposite direction.
- Body Reach and Rotation
-Stand as tall as possible and reach arms up as high as possible.
-Rotate to the left, then to the right.
-Rotate slowly, repeating 3 times.
- Calf Stretch
-Stand a little ways from a wall.
-Position one leg behind the other.
-Point your toes slightly outward and keep your knee straight.
-Gently lean into the wall until a stretch is felt in the back of the leg below the knee.
-Hold 5-10 seconds.
-Switch legs and repeat.
- Hamstring Stretch
-Place your leg on a table or chair at a comfortable height.
-Slightly bend the leg on the ground at the knee.
-Bend forward at your waist until you feel a stretch in the back of the raised leg.
-Hold for 10 seconds.
-Switch legs and repeat.
- Quadriceps Stretch
-Grasp the top of your ankle and pull heel towards buttocks until a stretch is felt in front of the thigh.
-Try not to bend forward.
-Hold for 10 seconds.
-Switch legs and repeat.
- Backward Bend
-Stand with hands on hips and knees slightly bent.
-Bend and rotate your head and shoulders backwards.
-Return to upright position.
-Hold 5-10 seconds.
-Relax and repeat 3-5 times.