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Singapore, Palo Alto, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) March 30, 2011
Bubble Motion today announced that it has raised $10 million (USD) in growth capital to accelerate the roll-out of its voice-based social communications service that has attracted millions of consumers across Asia. Led by SingTel Innov8, the SingTel Group's corporate venture capital fund, this round also includes Singapore's Infocomm Investments in addition to insiders Sequoia Capital, Palomar Ventures, and NGC.
This is Bubble Motion's second round of financing since its strategic shift into becoming a social messaging company in 2009. Since Bubble Motion launched Bubbly™, its flagship voice-based social messaging service, just one year ago, it has gained over 7 million users across 4 countries (India, Indonesia, Japan and Philippines) and has delivered more than 250 million bubble messages through its service.
This strategic round of financing will be used by Bubble Motion to accelerate growth of its service into new countries, while scaling its technology platform which has become the standard voice-based mobile social networking solution for mobile operators across Asia. The company's flagship service Bubbly will expand to additional mobile platforms including additional operator networks, the mobile Web and smartphone applications.
Bubble Motion is already working closely with several large associates within the SingTel Group, including Bharti Airtel in India, Telkomsel in Indonesia, and Globe in the Philippines. SingTel brings a vast network of operator partners and contacts, as well as renowned telecom expertise and experience to Bubble Motion.
"We have been impressed with the strong growth of the Bubbly service across Asia and are excited to be joining up with the Bubble Motion team" said Yvonne Kwek, CEO of SingTel Innov8. "We are looking forward to working with the company to build and expand on their early success.
"We are excited to have SingTel and Infocomm Investments join our group of existing investors as we continue to shape the mobile social media landscape in Asia and beyond," states Bubble Motion CEO Thomas Clayton. "Given our focus in mobile social media in Asia, these two new investors are the perfect fit for our current strategy and we're very excited to have them onboard."
"Bubble Motion has assembled a world-class team in Singapore. It is yet another leading tech startup leveraging Singapore's position as a base for technology innovation and to address the fast-growing Asian market," said Dr Kuo-Yi Lim, CEO of Infocomm Investments. "Infocomm Investments is pleased to join a distinguished team of investors and be a strategic partner to Bubble Motion."
For more information about Bubble Motion, please visit http://www.bubblemotion.com or email contact(at)bubblemotion(dot)com.
About Bubble Motion
Bubble Motion is pioneering social communication for mobile phones. Bubble Motion's Bubbly™ is a social messaging service where people share SMS and voice updates with friends, family, fans and followers. Bubbly is like 'Twitter with a voice' and brings social networking to mobile phones.
About SingTel's Innov8
SingTel Innov8 (Innov8), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the SingTel Group, is a corporate venture capital fund, with its own set of decision making, approval and funding processes. It has an initial fund size of S$200 million. Innov8 focuses its investments on technologies and solutions that lead to quantum changes in network capabilities, next generation devices, digital content services and enablers to enhance customer experience.
About SingTel Group
SingTel is Asia's leading communications group providing a portfolio of services including voice and data solutions over fixed, wireless and Internet platforms as well as infocomm technology and pay TV. The Group has presence in Asia and Africa with 383 million mobile customers in 25 countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand. It also has a network of 36 offices in 19 countries and territories throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States.
About Infocomm Investments
Managing more than US$200 million worth of funds, Infocomm Investments invests alongside leading VCs in growth-stage infocomm enterprises. Through its work, it aims to attract and nurture a vibrant pool of technopreneurs and start-ups to enhance the technology depth and increase the diversity of Singapore's infocomm ecosystem. Infocomm Investments Pte Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.


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(My apologies, but typepad doesn't seem to want to link to my new blog correctly. Jealous or something. Anyway just paste or type awakeatsunrise.com in your browser and you'll get to the new sight.)
After publishing nearly a thousand posts on The Listening Ear, I have decided that it has served its purpose. Originally I thought of this blog as a way to reach out the people in my congregation and community.I have now come to the conclusion that there are better ways to do that.
I am working with our church staff to set up a Facebook page for St. Paul Lutheran that will offer congregation and community oriented information. I think there are many more people in Treynor that use Facebook, but seldom if ever read blogs. I think a Facebook page will prove to be more effective in reaching my original goal.
At the same time, I have felt a call to begin writing for a broader audience. While I hope that many people will find my writing to be interesting and informative, I plan to write especially with pastors and leaders of congregations in mind. I want to write especially for leaders in small to mid-sized congregations because I don't think there are many people who are writing specifically for the needs and interests of such leaders.
I hope that people who have been following or at least checking in on this bog occasionally will migrate over to <awakeatsunrise.com>. After a couple of introductory posts, my first project will be to do a series on discerning a vision for a congregation. One of my chief goals will be to offer ideas that can be put to use in the practice of ministry and of life.
So I invite you to join me at Awake At Sunrise for my new venture. I am excited to see where it will lead.
If you like what you see on the new blog please be sure to share it with others with a Facebook 'like,' a Tweet or any other way that you can help others discover my blog. I would be very grateful.

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Application Timeline for 2019-2020 Academic Year (Final Dates TBA)
Applications to the Graduate Department of Art must be submitted to the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) through the online admission application.
Items to be completed and submitted by this deadline:
- SGS online application
- Application fee
- Institutional email addresses of 3 referees*
*The referees will receive an email from our automated system at the time of your application fee payment with instructions to the template and a notice of their deadline date (January 2019 – date TBA). Please ensure that you have the approval of your referees before these emails are sent.
Items to be completed and submitted by this deadline:
- Letter of intent
- Graduate info sheet
- Proof of English (if applicable)
- Writing Sample
- Transcripts*
The referees have until mid-January, 2019 (date TBA) to upload their letters of reference.
*For more information on Transcript submission, please see below
Offers of admission from the Graduate Department of Art will be sent out both electronically through email and physically mailed. Admissions are decided on a rolling basis from the end of February, 2019 onward.
How to Apply
- Applications to the Graduate Department of Art must be submitted to the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) through the online admissions application. The department will consider your application only after you have completed all steps of the application.
- Once you access the SGS online admissions application and enter your contact information an applicant identification number and a password will be emailed to you.
- On the SGS online admission form, there will be a section titled, "Proposed Area of Study". Please indicate one (or more) of the following as your area of study in this section: Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern and Contemporary, East Asian, South Asian, or African.
- You can leave and return to your application at any point until you move to the payment stage. Payment is made at the time of application online using only a Visa or MasterCard credit card.
- Once your payment has been received, emails will be automatically sent to your referees for their letters of reference.
- You may return at any time to check on the status of this application.
Application Checklist
All documentation to be uploaded onto the online application system
|1. Scanned and uploaded transcript(s)
All applicants are required to upload one electronic or scanned transcript from each post-secondary institution attended.
Scanned copies of transcripts must be up to date and must include the transcript "legend" which is usually printed on the back of the paper transcript.
Please ensure that the file is complete and readable before submitting.
More information provided below.
|2. Letters of recommendation
You will be asked to supply email addresses for 3 referees.
Emails will be automatically sent to your referees once you have paid your application fee.
Letters of reference will be part of the official student academic record; they are confidential and applicants/students will not have access to them.
|3. A sample of your written work
|The writing sample should be a research paper (or equivalent) no more than 30 pages in length. PhD applicants should normally submit a paper in their proposed research area.
|4. A letter of intent
One page or two at the most, your letter of intent should describe your academic interests and your plans for graduate study.
Please do not make this an autobiography. A bit of background information about yourself is fine, but we especially want to know about your intellectual trajectory and your current research interests and methodologies.
If you are applying as a Direct Entry PhD make it clear to us in your statement that you wish to be considered initially for the PhD program.
|6. Graduate Information Sheet
|This form is designed to declare your language facility and your proposed area of study (please choose one): Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance/Early Modern, Modern and Contemporary, East Asian, or South Asian.
|7. Proof of English language proficiency
If your primary language is not English (except Canadian citizens whose primary language may be French) and if you have graduated from a university whose primary instruction is not English you must submit proof of English language proficiency.
For more information, including minimum required scores, please see the English Facility Requirement page.
Detailed Transcript Information
Detailed requirements for scanning and submitting transcripts
The following option applies to transcripts from Canadian universities only: In lieu of a scanned copy of a paper transcript, applicants may upload a .PDF file of their academic history from their university's student web service. Printing to pdf directly from your web browser is ideal; if this is not possible you may copy and paste the information into a word processing program and print to pdf from there. Where possible, the file should include the university's grading legend and your name. Some universities do not include the same information on the student web service as they do on the transcript (e.g., class size or average). If the admissions committee determines that the file is incomplete you may be asked to submit a copy of the transcript instead.
Technical Requirements for scanning transcripts
Please scan your transcript in grayscale at the lowest dots per inch (dpi) setting that results in a legible document. We recommend 72 dpi whenever possible.
- The file must be in .PDF format. Image files, such as those in .jpg or .bmp formats, must be converted to .PDF before uploading.
- The file size of each scanned transcript file to be uploaded must not exceed 3 megabytes (MB).
- If your transcript is double-sided, please be sure to scan the front and back of each page.
- The transcript legend (usually printed on the back of a paper transcript) must appear at least once for every scanned transcript submitted.
- Scanned documents must be clearly legible and print on standard CDN/U.S. 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper.
- Do not upload a document that is password-protected or that contains macros.
Submission of Official (Paper) Transcripts
Official paper transcripts must be submitted upon offer made from the Graduate Department of Art to join the MA or PhD program
If you are given a letter of offer all newly admitted students will be registered in the graduate program at the University of Toronto. The applicant may be admitted to a graduate program on the basis of the scanned transcript, but presentation and verification of the official hard copy paper transcript will be a condition that must be met in order to retain registration status.
The University of Toronto requires an official transcript from each post-secondary institution that you have attended; it is your responsibility to submit transcripts PRIOR to the deadline unless otherwise noted by the program's instructions. Each institution will have its own procedures for issuing transcripts, and in some cases this can take weeks or even months. You must consider this timeline when requesting your transcript(s).
You may submit official transcripts in one of two ways:
- Instruct your institution(s) to mail an official transcript directly to the UofT graduate unit to which you are applying: The transcript must be issued directly to the Graduate Department of Art and sent to the mailing address provided by the graduate unit in their application instructions (please see below for mailing address to Gaby Sparks, the Graduate Assistant for the Graduate Department of Art). Documents must be sealed in the original envelope from the issuing institution, with a signature across the seal.
- Obtain an official, "issued to student" transcript from your institution and mail it to the Graduate Department of Art. Documents must be sealed in the original envelope from the issuing institution, with a signature across the seal.
In either case, photocopies, faxes, or documents arriving in previously opened envelopes will not be considered official. All non-English language documents must be officially translated into English and submitted to the University of Toronto together with the originals. If you are unable to submit official documents, please contact the graduate unit directly.
Applicants who apply while their most recent program is still in progress may be required to provide an additional final official transcript indicating the completion of that program including degree conferral. If this is the case the requirement will be indicated on the offer of admission.
If academic records are interim pending completion of studies in progress official final academic records indicating that the degree has been conferred must be submitted to the Graduate Department as soon as possible and before admission can be finalized. The School of Graduate Studies includes instructions about clearing these conditions on the offer of admission.
Want to apply to a COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM?
If you are applying to a collaborative program, its application procedures may differ from ours. Please visit the appropriate website to review the application procedures and any special admission requirements of that program. When submitting documentation ensure that you submit what is needed for the collaborative program application as well.
The following collaborative programs are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:
- Book History and Print Culture(History of Art, MA, PhD)
- Diaspora and Transnational Studies(History of Art, MA, PhD)
- Jewish Studies(History of Art, MA, PhD)
- MACS Mediterranean Archaeology Collaborative Specialization (History of Art, PhD)
- Sexual Diversity Studies(History of Art, MA, PhD)
In an UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM?
If you are currently in an undergraduate program and in the process of applying to graduate programs for September 2018, and you have an A minus average or higher, then you should seriously consider making application to scholarship programs such as the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council Masters fellowship (SSHRC). The OGS is available to non-Canadians (Visa students) who are Ontario residents at the time of application. The SSHRC has a Masters Fellowship available only to Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents who are entering a graduate program. Current University of Toronto students (especially 4th year undergraduate students and MA students) should apply through the Graduate Department of Art at UofT. If you are not a current UofT student, apply through your University, or, if you are not currently a student, apply directly to the SSHRC.
Links to Scholarship Application forms
- The 2018-19 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Competition at the University of Toronto will open on November 2018. The INTERNAL deadline, for applicants applying for the 2018-19 academic year, for the programs in the Department of Art, is April 1, 2018. OGS forms are available at: http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/currentstudents/Pages/Ontario-Graduate-Scholarship.aspx
SSHRC forms are available on their website
- The Canadian Graduate Scholarship Master's application may be found at the following link:
Internal Departmental Deadline is November 2018
- The Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program Doctoral Scholarships, and SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships application may be found at the following link:
Applying to the PhD Program
It is strongly recommended that applicants to the PhD program (including Direct Entry) visit the department and meet with the Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Elizabeth Harney (September 2018–December 2018) and the professor(s) in their area of interest. Students who are unable to visit may be interviewed via telephone after their applications are submitted. The department may contact applicants to schedule telephone interviews.
Note: Direct entry PhD applicants if unsuccessful to the PhD Program will automatically be considered for the MA Program.
Please note the following document to assist you in finding the right supervisor for you:
And please feel free to download the Graduate Supervision Guidelines from the University of Toronto:
You may proceed to the SGS online admissions application: http://apply.sgs.utoronto.ca
Contact Information
For further assistance and submitting hard copy official transcripts (if you were sent a letter of offer) please contact:
Lorna Wong, Graduate Assistant, Department of Art
100 St. George Street
Sidney Smith Hall, Room 6037A
Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada
Tel: 416-946-3960


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|Vehicles (Crime) Bill
Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): Which does the hon. Gentleman think is more unreasonable for the individualnot to extend beyond 21 days the period in which an appeal can be brought or to impose a level 3 fine on someone who does not amend the register or give notice to amend it within 14 rather than 28 days, as proposed in Opposition amendment No. 74 to clause 10?
Mr. Fabricant: The hon. Gentleman, who is a good friend of mine, may have put his foot in it. He was not present this morning, for I am sure perfectly legitimate reasons. If he had been, he would know that the Minister said that the Government believe that there should be a fine on those who do not give the correct information on application.
Mr. McCabe: I was simply making the point that in this case the hon. Gentleman seeks to extend the period of time, but in the other he seeks to shorten it. Shortening the time would allow people less opportunity to avoid a fine, even though they may have legitimate reasons for doing so. The hon. Gentleman seeks under this amendment to extend the scope for appeal. I am trying to understand the logic.
5.30 pm
Mr. Fabricant: I understand what the hon. Gentleman is saying. The reason for the discrepancy, as he sees it, emerged a little in the debate this morning. In this instance, there may be reasons why someone might not be present to make an appeal. We have been reassured about this to a large degree by the Minister. The example that we gave was that if a person were struck off inadvertently for not trading because he was away for 28 days, he would not be able to make contact with the local licensing authority. In the instance that the hon. Gentleman gives of 16 days, the person would be present and able to say what changes had taken place because, for changes to take place, the business must be trading. That is why there is the discrepancy.
I do not want to labour the point, as we are going over slightly old ground, but it is clear. We have not asked for the 21-day period to be changed; we are simply saying that it is conceivable that extraordinary circumstances may prevent somebody from making the appeal within that 21-day period. If they are extraordinary circumstances, we should give the Secretary of State additional powers. It is rare for me to propose that we offer extra powers to a Labour Secretary of State, but that is what we are doing in this instance. I hopeand confidently expectthat, after the next election, it will be a Conservative Secretary of State. It certainly will not be a Liberal Democrat Secretary of State. We are simply offering the Secretary of State extra powers to enable him to decide whether the 21-day period is unreasonable in special circumstances for a business that might be a sole trader or a small limited company.
On those grounds, it would be churlish, unreasonable, cruel and unthinking and would, at the very least, demonstrate a lack of understanding of small businessesif the amendment were not accepted.
Miss McIntosh: The Secretary of StateI am sorry, the Minister; I do not wish to promote him too quicklywould have a reason to refuse to accept the amendment if he were to say that there would be good cause to receive representations in writing after the 21-day period, if that were already allowed under common law. If he were saying that today, we would probably not insist on the amendment. Could he comment on that?
Secondly, the explanatory notes put quite a high cost on introducing the Bill to industry and the public sector, through the cost to the chief police officers and the Lord Chancellor's Department and the annual cost to the Crown Prosecution Service. However, the Bill and the explanatory notes are silent on the costs of an appeal to a magistrates court. Clearly there will be the cost in loss of business to the appellant, who would have to exercise his right under the Bill if it were passed in its current form, but there will also be an annual cost to the magistrates court for administering the appeals. What would the cost be?
Mr. Clarke: It would be widely recognised as being in everybody's interests to resolve disputes of this kind as rapidly as possible. It is certainly in their interests to fight the criminal fraternity. It is also in the interests of the companies concerned to have the matter resolved as quickly as possible, a view that I believe is shared across the Committee.
It is worth going through the time that we are talking about. We are talking, first, about 28 days, or four weeks, in terms of trading, 14 days of representation to the local authority and then 21 days of the appeal process, as set out here. That is a total of 63 days or nine weeks, which is a fairly lengthy process from beginning to end.
We chose 21 days because I gather that there is a precedent in the Care Standards Act 2000, which has a comparable local authority scheme for registering homes. However, in fairness to the hon. Member for Buckingham and other Opposition Members who have spoken, they have not sought to change the 21 days as such, although arguments can be made for 25 days, 28 days or whatever it might be. They seek to establish a different framework. Although, as the hon. Member for Lichfield said, there is no obligation on the Secretary of State to grant the appeal, there would an obligation on him to consider it, and to do so reasonably, on the basis of established guidelines, procedures and information that would have to be given to the Secretary of State in making his or her judgment; a whole set of practices would be established. I can see no case for that. I am not lawyer, as I constantly say.
Helen Jones (Warrington, North): Sadly.
Mr. Clarke: I assure my hon. Friend that there is no sadness on my part, except on the grounds that I am not sharing time with my hon. Friend in court. However, my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Mr. Kidney), who is a distinguished lawyer, made the point well. We have a well-established legal structure of appeal to magistrates. We have that because the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 in our law ensure that there cannot be arbitrary justice. In this case, there is, rightly, appeal to the judiciary. The Secretary of State cannot be an alternative to the judiciary, but only a process on the way to it. To establish a complex administrative machine to advise the Secretary of State on the way in which he deals with these questions and moves the process forward is not a desirable way to proceed. I do not seek to demean the motive, but the proposal would over-complicate the situation. The hon. Gentleman's motive would be better achieved by seeking to extend the 21 days than by setting in motion a time-consuming process that would not benefit anybody.
Mr. Bercow: The Minister has provoked a thought in my mind that is not covered by our amendment but is none the less relevant. Given that the Government are anxious in this context to specify a period of 21 days within which someone should make an appeal, will he say something about the time scale within which magistrates courts would determine appeals? My hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield rightly referred to the financial implications for businesses, and clearly the efficiency, effectiveness and speed with which these appeals are determined is a matter of the highest importance.
Mr. Clarke: Before I answer that, Mr. O'Brien, I shall take an intervention from the hon. Member for Lichfield, and I shall try to deal with both of them at the same time.
Mr. Fabricant: I am grateful to the Minister. He rightly said that we have not chosen to extend the 21 days, and I concur with some of his arguments for not including our proposed paragraph. If he recognises that the 21-day period is to some degree arbitrary and that, in a crisis, 21 days may be difficult for a small business, will he consider tabling an amendment on Report to extend the 21-day period?
Mr. Clarke: I cited the period involved in the process, which adds up to nine weeksthe 28 days, 14 days and 21 days. At none of those junctures have I included the time taken by the local authority to consider whether it will suspend the registration; the time that it takes to reconsider the representations that are made; and the time taken by the magistrates court to consider the appealthe point to which the hon. Member for Buckingham referred. I do not want to comment on the specific time taken by the magistrates court, as that is a matter for the judicial process in the regular way. Nine weeks, however, is the minimum period, given that the whole process would be significantly longer.
It is not a matter of simply accepting the argument of the hon. Member for Lichfield that the 21-day period is arbitrary. I agree that an element of balance and arbitrary judgment is involved, but we chose the 21 days because local authorities use a similar system when registering homes in such circumstances and we believe that a similarity between different schemes was the way forward.
As with the previous debate, I would need to hear a positive argument to move to a system that was not already well established. I do not wish to establish a process that involves the Secretary of State contesting the local authority's judgment. In my short experience as a member of the Government, I know that there are a massive number of processes when the Government are brought in to adjudicate on specific issues. That can be time-consuming for all concerned, requiring a series of processes, which is not efficient.
As for the two points made by the hon. Member for Vale of York, the costs to the magistrates courts are covered in paragraph 65 of the explanatory notes, which state that the annual
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Chloe Lukasiak Promotes 'Center Stage: On Pointe' in NYC
Chloe Lukasiak speaks about her new project, Center Stage: On Pointe, during her appearance at AOL Build in New York City on Wednesday (June 1).
The 15-year-old dancer/actress opened up about the Lifetime movie, which premieres later this month and about her character, Gwen.
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Described as "a talented dancer prodigy who competes at the camp", Chloe shared of the role: "Gwen is such a bright light and I strive to be that kind of person every day."
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Just been super busy and trying to get into a routine now that school is back in session. And still getting used to having one of my d-kids in school!
Speaking of school, it is actually going pretty well. Lovebug loves it and I love the teachers and staff just as much. They have been amazing and I am so blessed to have her at such a wonderful school. I am reminded daily why I chose that school for her, despite there being no nurse on staff.
Just last week, we had a really bad day at school. Seriously of the worse all around days I have had in a while and too boot it was a Monday. Started out with the girls getting up late and me having to rush them around so they were ready in time. Then as we are walking out the door, I notice Lovebug playing with her site and ask her what she is doing. She informed me she was plugging her site back in because she forgot to plug it back in when she got dressed. WONDERFUL No breakfast bolus. I guess I will have to explain that to her teacher when I drop her off and hope that it doesn't ruin the whole day.
Two hours later I get a call from the school secretary that she in the 400's. Oh, joy. Give her a correction dose. I knew the high number was coming, just didn't think it would be quite THAT high. Then at lunch she is still still coming down, I had the secretary calibrate Dexie. Then when she was giving Lovebug her insulin the meter remote said it couldn't communicate with the pump. Great. She was standing right beside it, what is going on? SO had to talk the secretary though how to check the bolus history. I couldn't chance her not getting yet another bolus after what happened at breakfast. Good thing I had her check because she had gotten the entire bolus. Not sure why the meter remote was being funny.
The I got another call just 10 minutes later. It was the secretary again. Lovebug pulled her site out!! Yes, I do know this happens, and up until now has only happened at home but at school? And during lunch?? I started to tell her that I would be right up to school to put a new one in and the secretary told me her assistant was sure she could put a new site in. Really? Seriously? Well, Okay if you are comfortable I will walk you through it over the phone.
Sure enough she was completely comfortable and Lovebug even helped her out a bit. Come to find out the assistants mom has Type 1 and she had helped her mom change her sites before. How "cool" is that! I was relieved and amazed at the same time. That someone, a complete stranger to me, would be willing to change Lovebug's site. Did I mention how much we LOVE her school!! :)


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A student travels to Riyadh to study in the University; he leaves on Friday evening and comes back to his family and his city on Monday afternoon. Does the ruling on travellers apply to him with regard to shortening and joining prayers?.
He is undoubtedly a traveller, because he has not taken the city where he studies as his hometown, and he does not intend to settle there at all; rather he is staying there for a purpose. But if he is in a city where prayers in congregation are held regularly, then he has to attend the prayers in congregation. As for the view that is widely held among some of the common folk, that the traveller does not have to pray in congregation or offer Friday prayer, there is no basis for this. Rather praying in congregation is obligatory for the traveller even if he is in battle. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "When you (O Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are among them, and lead them in As‑Salaah (the prayer), let one party of them stand up [in Salaah (prayer)]…" [al-Nisa' 4:102]. And Friday prayer is obligatory upon everyone who can hear the call to prayer. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "O you who believe (Muslims)! When the call is proclaimed for the Salaah (prayer) on Friday (Jumu'ah prayer), come to the remembrance of Allaah [Jumu'ah religious talk (Khutbah) and Salaah (prayer)]…" [al-Jumu'ah 62:9]. But if you miss a prayer (in congregation) when you are there, or you are in a place that is far away from the mosques, then you may pray the four-rak'ah prayers as two-rak'ahs. End quote.
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It is a familiar concept that the Earth's magnetic field is predominately dipolar and aligned with the rotation axis. Yet despite huge advances in numerical geodynamo models, a full understanding of even this most basic of features remains out of reach.
My thesis focussed on the ability of simplified models, so-called kinematic dynamos, to help explain the large-scale field field structure. It has been well known since the 1930's of the impossibility of indefinitely maintaining a purely axisymmetric field, a first approximation to the geomagnetic field, by a dynamo mechanism.
However, by using techniques developed in the hydrodynamic community to understand transition to turbulence, I was able to show that on finite timescales relevant to the dynamics of the core that the generation of these fields was not only possible, but in general preferable to other field symmetries. In addition, the associated dynamo mechanism only depended on the large-scale features of the flow and can easily be understood in physical terms.
Currently a postdoc at the department of applied mathematics, Leeds University, I am investigating some of the fundamental mathematical issues associated with how turbulent, rather than well behaved laminar flows, can generate magnetic fields in planets and stars.
Since the 1960's, the popular "mean-field" theory based on the twisting effects of rotating turbulent flows on magnetic fields has been widely used and indeed has met with considerable success. However, certain fundamental aspects still remain poorly understood; using carefully thought out test-cases, these can be scrutinised in isolation and thus we can identify in what regimes, if any, they are valid.
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20:25 - Two dives this morning: Juno Ledge and Jolly Jacks. Didn't see too much: some turtles... a bunch of beautiful angelfish who wouldn't let us get close to them, and a small school of Atlantic spade fish that let me get right in the middle of them. The "other" group (the group in the front) saw a large eagle ray and many turtles.
We spent the afternoon eating, hanging out with Zoe, and doing web work. Yes, I have to do photo and web work while I'm here. It seems that I teach people this stuff wherever I go, and they put me in circumstances where I am likely to get good photographs. Sounds good to me! :)
23:00 - Classic Jimmy. Me: "Is that rain?" Jimmy: "Yeah." <pause> "Oh shit! Your stuff is outside." <pause> "Oh, shit!! MY stuff is outside!"
Jimmy: "Let's have some ice cream." Me: "Do we have any ice cream left?" Jimmy: "We're only on our second tub!"


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The solution to the scourge of the Downtown Eastside seemed more black and white when I began working down here. I figured then, as some do now, that the salve for this neighbourhood's problems was strict enforcement and harsh penalties for people who commit crimes, regardless how petty or severe.
Put a police officer on every corner. Show zero-tolerance. Send a drug addict to jail enough times and he'll eventually clean up. If not, he'll at least move out of the area. Right?
Not so much.
That hard-line view is shared by many, including a few who e-mailed to criticize my recent blog post in which I describe catching two people making a drug deal, then letting both walk away without putting them in jail.
While there are few things in this job that are as satisfying as putting a bully, a cheater or a predator behind bars, it's painfully obvious that we simply are not going to arrest our way out of this crime and drug epidemic. The Downtown Eastside already boasts the highest number of arrests in the city. Still, it continues to be the most violent and drug-adled neighbourhood by far.
So, while putting people in jail is often necessary and quite satisfying for those of us who walk the Hastings beat, enforcement is just part of the fix. The real solution, I'm beginning to learn, is to stop people from getting addicted to drugs in the first place.
Last night I had an opportunity to work with a group of beat officers that is doing just that.
Constables Brian Hobbs, Tyler Urquhart and David Steverding are part of the Beat Enforcement Team. They are also volunteers with the Odd Squad Society, a group of officers that works to educate youth about the importance of making smart choices when it comes to drugs.
They let me tag along as they took a group of players from the Western Hockey League's Kamloops Blazers on a reality tour through the Downtown Eastside. The young athletes, all trying to punch their tickets to the NHL, spent the afternoon and evening touring the back alleys and rooming houses of Hastings Street, and hearing from addicts whose lives have been wasted because they made once bad decision – to try dope.
I walked with them and listened as they talked to people on the street about addiction and how they ended up down here. I was surprised how many people's hard-wired addictions started with social drinking or smoking a bit of pot, then led to a never-ending search for a more powerful high, a search which took them through every drug and back alley they could find.
We ran into one female at the corner of Hastings and Columbia Street. She had just shot heroin into a vein in her neck, and was still clutching the uncapped rig in her right hand while swaying on the corner. After she put the needle down, she spent 20 minutes telling her story.
An admitted "dope pig," she talked about how she got hooked on heroin at age 16 and has spent almost half her adult life on skid row. Now 30, she sells her body for sex just to make money and get high. On a good night, she'll give oral sex up to 10 times, to 10 different men. If she's lucky, she'll make $40 a date.
What affected me most was when she admitted that every time she gets in a car, she knows she might not live to get out. But she doesn't care. The need to get high overpowers her better judgement.
It was a message that was neither lost on me, nor the guys from the Kamloops Blazers.
The WHL team is part of a program created by Odd Squad that aims to get the athletes, who are all role models in their community, talking to students about the dangers of drug use. The idea is that impressionable and at-risk youngsters are more likely to heed the warnings of 18- and 19-year-old hockey studs than they are to listen to another scared-straight message from a group of cops.
So, each time a WHL team rolls through Vancouver, they spend a day with the Odd Squad, learning about the Downtown Eastside and talking to people who have made the wrong choices in life. Accompanied by RCMP members from their respective communities, the players are sent home with all of the Odd Squad's presentation material. Their job is then to go into the schools of the towns they play hockey in, and spread the message.
Last year, after receiving a similar presentation from the Odd Squad, players from the Blazers went back to Kamloops and gave more than 20 presentations throughout their community, reaching approximately 4,000 youngsters.
I remember being in the audience for a similar presentation when I was growing up in North Delta. Years later, when it came time for me to make difficult choices, it was that sobering talk that helped me stay on the right path.
As the idiom goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And if a group of hockey players can convince just one at-risk youth to make the right choice, that's one less person that's going to show up on my street corner. It's one less person whose potential could be lost due to a single bad choice.


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Crab Bisque
If you want a warm, hearty and tasty soup, why not give this simple but elegant bisque a try? It happens to be my son's favorite and I recently made it as part of his birthday dinner.
6 – 8 servings
1 small onion minced
2 garlic cloves minced
4 Tbsp of butter
1/2 Cup flour
6 Cups chicken, vegetable or fish broth (I use chicken)
2 Tbsp tomato paste
2 Cups heavy cream
1 lb of cooked lump crab meat
chopped chives or scallions
bacon bits
sour cream or creme fraiche
- Saute onion and garlic in butter until translucent (careful not to burn the garlic).
- Add flour and cook for a minute or two.
- Stir in tomato paste and add chicken broth slowly, while whisking together.
- Bring to boil until soup thickens.
- Add cream until heated through, being careful not to boil or cream will curdle
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It still feels like I am in this really bad dream, and I am going to wake up and Curtis is going to call me and tell me it was an early April fools gag. I'm gonna go through the phone and tell him "bad joke Cos" This all can't be happening. Two teenage girls didn't just loose a man they knew as Dad. I really want this whole week's events to stop occupying my mind, but I just can't. I am mad, then I cry. I am worried about Pam and how she is. This was her son, a child she gave birth to, and there's no explanation. Then there's Roy . . . Mr. Strong, silent type he'd never let you know, but I know it has to be killing him inside. All of this just goes round and round. And of course Craig . . .why oh why? Did he feel like he didn't measure up to some yard stick he created for himself? And if so . . . why didn't he say something? What is it with the male species that they can't talk about anything because it makes them look WEAK! Give me a friggen break! What makes you look weak is not doing anything about it, wallowing in the junk when you could actually do something about it.
I WANT AN EXPLANATION! I WANT A REASON AND A DARN GOOD ONE CUZ I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ONE! And telling me that everything happens for a reason doesn't fly here.
I promise to be nice, and kind to all of Craig's organ recipients if I should ever meet them. I won't hurt them or try to remove the organ(s) from them because I don't believe they should have them. ; ) He should still have them and be with us, and that's my pov and I am sticking to it.


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Before marriage, my family and I used to live in a city because of my dad's job. After my marriage, I went away to my husband's place and my dad got retired and moved to our village. It is a very very small village with greenary everywhere and no traces of technology/internet. It was about 5 years since I had visited my village and stayed with my parents post my marriage. Fortunately, by God's grace, things worked out and I got to surprise my parents in the village. The look on my parents' face that day is just imprinted in my brain and can never get washed away. My parents were even more happy because they got to see my 1 year old daughter. This was my daughter's first visit to our village.
As I stepped inside my home, I saw that my parents had brought all my childhood dolls, trophies, books etc and had kept it safely. As I saw each of them, all my childhood memories flashed in front of me. For some reason, I seemed to have forgotten all those. Ah! I was so nostalgic. I took my daughter through all those things and started telling her tales behind each of those things. She is just 1 year old but still I talked for long about everything. I then went into the backyard of my home and saw that mom had made a big vegetable garden and a place for cooking with logs. It was just a perfect village home. I used to hate all this when I was little because there was no TV, no automatic hot water from the tap, no internet, no fashion but I was loving the same now. I felt so peaceful.
That night when we were getting ready to sleep, dad started killing all the mosquitoes with the mosquito bat. My daughter kept observing and found the bat very fascinating. She then started playing "peek a boo" with her grandfather with it. My depressed retired father who was just recovering from a surgery he started smiling and laughing again when my daughter played with him.
I had all tears seeing that. It felt like my daughter was slowly washing away all his mental and bodily pain.
The next morning, I got up and saw that my daughter had already woken up and she was helping her grandfather sweep the backyard!! And then, both started playing in the mud, making designs on the mud. Before this, my daughter never really got a chance to play with mud so it was all so fascinating for her.
Post lunch, we visited the vegetable market and it was so refreshing to see my dad walk hand in hand with my daughter.
In the evening, my daughter got to see my dad's hard earned rice farm, the village bulls, cows and goats. She was so thrilled. It was like the "Old McDonald's Farm" she used to see in her rhymes.
The next day, we went to meet my maternal grand mother in the neighboring village. My daughter got to meet her great grand mother!!!
This trip was even more historical because my younger brother-in-law visited us for the first time after marriage. So, the meal we had together is something we would cherish forever in our life.
Earlier, I was trying so hard to buy a huge home with so many rooms etc but our budget never allowed us to do so. So, I was always depressed about it and had almost lost hope. But this visit to my village taught me a lot. It taught me that happiness is where our heart is and no amount of money could buy us this happiness. It again gave me hope and when I left, I was so happy, peaceful, calm and filled with optimism towards life. This is indeed the power of being #together!
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Sugar was given up for adoption. She is sweet just like her name. Sugar is mellow but warms up to people quickly. Chihuahuas are great family dogs.
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Ok, how cute are these Racing Rabbits?! Last weekend was Easter, I spent a lot of quality time with family and friends... and I also got the opportunity to put together this cute dessert project with a group of awesome kiddos. They LOVED it. According to my pint-sized food critics, these Peep Easter Bunny Racers were not only fun to make, they were also DELICIOUS to eat. Some of the adults even joined in on the Twinkie car-making fun!
Of course, I found the adorable idea on Pinterest.com. There are quite a few versions of these Racing Rabbits on the internet... some use Swiss Rolls (yum), some use marshmallows for wheels, some use M&M's for headlights, and so on. The great part about this Easter food project is that you can make it your own!
All you need are a few ingredients, a few minutes, and one (or many) enthusiastic race car makers! You could do this fun food project before, or even after Easter. Now you have a creative way to put those leftover Easter Peeps to good use...
- 12 Twinkies
- 1 container vanilla frosting
- 12 marshmallow Peep rabbits
- 12 yogurt-covered pretzels
- 24 mini Golden Oreos
- 12-24 gummy Lifesavers candies
Unwrap Twinkies and put on a plate or flat surface to work on.
Place contents of frosting container in quart-sized ziploc bag; press all air out, seal and snip corner off end (or use a pre-packaged squeezable frosting).
Cut a hole in the middle of the Twinkie that is wide enough for the Peep and pretzel to fit in. Do not cut down, all the way through the Twinkie or it will fall apart!
Add small amount of frosting to bottom of the Peep and stick in the hole cut in the Twinkie.
Take a yogurt-covered pretzel and add a small dab of frosting to one end, then stick down in front of Peep as the "steering wheel".
Take 2 (or 1) gummy Lifesavers and adhere to the front of the Twinkie (with frosting) for the "headlights".
Take the mini Golden Oreos and carefully separate the top and bottom part of the cookie. Then use frosting to adhere (2) of them to each long side of the Twinkie as the "tires".
Repeat with all Twinkies.
You can get creative with this project, just choose your own ingredients to decorate the race car... the possibilities are endless!
Hope you had a great Easter. :)
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Canada has always been a land of vibrant skyscapes. As part of the Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve, skies above Elk Island National Park are naturally dark and regularly show-off twinkling stars or dancing Northern Lights. Taking place over two days at two different locations, the Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve's 13th annual Star Party will be your gateway to the stars. Featuring volunteer astronomers to provide you with stargazing tips, guest speakers to cause you to marvel at the sky, and local musical performances to fill the air with festive spirit, this 2 day event will keep your whole family entertained.
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|Day 17: The concrete has arrived!
I pulled over and parked and walked over to the home site and found this structure:
Needless to say, I was SHOCKED! I spoke with one of the workers who was there with one of the trucks. I told him that was our home and he said it was going to be "big and beautiful." He also explained to me that they were pouring concrete today and then told me some other plans for the work week, but I missed the last part of what he said because I was so intrigued by watching the men hang on to the edge of those platforms. Does anyone know what those blocks are called?
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Do you make your own homemade dryer sheets? If so, share how you make this homemade laundry supply below, or read other tips already submitted.
With a need to save money and also for environmental reasons, more and more people are making their own cleaning and laundry supplies.
However, when you are new to making your own products you can feel a bit nervous about which recipes and uses will actually work or not.
This is your chance to share your knowledge if you have a great recipe for this product, or get some tips of your own to make sure you get the best results possible.
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I love using dryer sheets in my dryer to control static cling, and also for a nice scent.
However, they can be quite expensive (especially the natural ones), and some people are allergic to the heavy scents in the commercial ones.
Whatever your reason for making your own, I would love to hear your recipe.
Please note that if you use essential oils in your recipe you can share your essential oil uses and favorite blends here.
Further, you can see my suggestions for good essential oil blends in my article about essential oils recipes for homemade laundry supplies.
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søndag 17. juni 2012
Happy Birthday Benny! + celebrating summer!
As it turned out, one of my first Svalbardian friends arrived for fieldwork this summer, and as it happens to be his birthday I had to continue the tradition from 2010; Make an epic dinner for him! Me and Marie tried to keep it secret that she would come to surprise him on his birthday, but that completely failed... And since more friends happened to be here at the same time, we had a great evening! Awesome dinner (if I may say so myself), delicous deserts, and fantastic company; what mroe can you wish for when you get older! Now that people are leaving this island for real, most people is trying to enjoy the last days as much as possible. At the same time, we need to celebrate that summer is here! So to give Øyunn a nice good-bye, we had champagne and strawberries (fresh ones! Actually tasting great!) :D
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Monday, December 8, 2008
Great Queens Soup Search: Death by Lentil Soup Part II
Brothers Pizzeria & Restaurant
185-04 Horace Harding Expwy.
Fresh Meadows
(718) 445-7888
Soup: Lentil Soup
The Good News: I was cold, craving soup and not expecting anything glorious. So, of course, what do I find at this old-fashioned pizzeria? An utterly delightful, thick brown brew of lentil goodness, chockful of adorably-stubby mini Rigatoni pasta. I couldn't get over the volume of this soup -- tasty -- and incredibly affordable ($3.50 for a hearty bowl).
The Bad News: What can I pick at..what can I pick at..well, they didn't serve the soup with crackers, which I guess would be a problem if you prefer crackers to perfectly-cooked Rigatoni pasta.
The Verdict: A great, inexpensive find. You won't find a lot of variety here, but the soup is outstanding.
Posted by Lisa at 5:36 PM
Labels: food, Restaurant, soup
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Have never had the soup, but the pizza is as good as it gets. Very traditional NY pizza, just great!
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Reviewed by Ben S. (age 7)
I think this book was good because I liked the colorful pictures. I really enjoyed the picture of the boys eating the loaf of bread. I thought the book was interesting because it was a version of Cinderella that I've never read before.
I really recommend this book because it had great illustrations and it was interesting. You should read this book if you like Cinderella because it's a different version. People who like the movie Cinderella should read this good book because it is magical like the movie.


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County Executives of America hold meetings in Buffalo for first time
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz announced Erie County is hosting the 2016 County Executives of America board of directors and general membership meeting in Buffalo today and tomorrow. County executives and directors from across New York and the country will be on hand for the meetings, which are being held here for the first time and will include presentations on economic development, tourism and public health initiatives in Erie County, along with tours of Canalside and other areas of interest to the group.
"I am honored that the CEA selected Erie County to host these meetings and look forward to this opportunity to spotlight the progress we are making, along with the opportunity to compare notes with my colleagues on effective governance and the provision of services to constituents," Poloncarz said. "Many of our guests will be making their first visit to Buffalo, so, in addition to the business of the meetings, we want to ensure that they enjoy their time here and come away with an appreciation of the energy and change happening in Erie County. We also want them to go home and spread the word about all that Buffalo and Erie County have to offer."
The CEA is a nonpartisan national association of elected county leaders that discusses and creates policy and advocates on issues that affect their constituents. CEA representatives and staff are expected to attend from Prince George's County, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Orange County, New York; Rockland County, New York; Erie County, Pennsylvania; Albany County, New York; Pulaski County, Arizona; and Pima County, Arizona.
Poloncarz was named to the CEA board of directors earlier this year and was slated to participate in the board's opening meeting, which will be followed by dinner for the group at an area restaurant. On Tuesday, the CEA membership meeting begins with opening remarks from Poloncarz and CEA Executive Director Michael Griffin, to be followed by presentations from ECIDA President and CEO Steve Weathers, Business Development Manager of Invest Buffalo Niagara Carolyn Powell, Visit Buffalo Niagara President and CEO Patrick Kaler, Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein, and others.
Conference attendees will also take guided tours of the Hotel Lafayette, Canalside and HARBORCENTER, and will be offered evening recreation at the conclusion of the conference on Tuesday.
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L1436L Jon
Need a rugged workhorse guaranteed to get the job done? Look no further than the 14' Lowe Delta Jon 1436L. With its wide transom, convenient grab handles, spacious bench seats and proven aluminum, riveted Lowe construction, it's perfect for all your fishing, hunting or commercial uses. Backed by the Lowe Limited Lifetime Warranty, it's with you for the long haul.
* All prices are in US Dollars and do not include dealer freight, prep, tariffs, fees, taxes and registration. Prices listed are intended only as a guideline and are subject to change. Dealer sets the final purchase price. Exact product configuration may vary, optional features may be shown. All colors are simulated. Starting at price refers to the base model, optional equipment not included. A more expensive model may be shown. To get full pricing details, see your local dealer.
Maximum Capacity
3 People
Overall Length
L1436L Jon Specifications
|Overall Length
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|144.78 cm
|Approx. Basic Hull Weight
|145 lb
|65.77 kg
|Bottom Width
|91.44 cm
|Fuel Capacity
|Hull Gauge
|1.09 mm
|Max HP Capacity
|15 hp
|11.19 kw
|Max Person Capacity
|Max Person Capacity
|350 lb
|158.76 kg
|Max Weight Capacity
|552 lb
|250.38 kg
|Side Depth
|43.18 cm
|Transom Height
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L1436L Jon Features
Included Features
- 2 bench seats
- 2 transom handles
- Bow handle
- Stainless steel bow eye
- Oar lock mounts
- Formed in spray rails
- Formed in keels
- Flat bottom, square bow
- Yes
- Transom drain plug
- Formed transom corner caps
Lowe Boats is respected for taking its warranty obligations to you very seriously. We are also well known for highly dependable and trouble-free products. However should a warranty issue occur, our goal is to make your warranty experience as hassle-free as possible and get you back on the water as quickly as possible.
Lowe will repair or replace any structural defect in material or workmanship in the hull seams reported during original purchaser's ownership.
Lowe will repair or replace a defect in any other part of the hull reported within (10) years of the date of delivery to the original purchaser, following a pro rated schedule.
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The table fills and fills and fills, and at a certain point it begins to be ridiculous
– there's no visible table anymore! –
and someone starts to giggle at the crazy excess, the sheer weight of the experience.
Sam Sifton
The New York Times
MADANGSUI "The Korean Prime Barbecue Restaurant Housed in Midtown, Manhattan"
Who could resist the multiple sensory pleasures of Korean barbecue: the spicy, salty flavors and the combination of textures and temperatures(crisp lettuce juxtaposed with succulent grilled meat and fish), not to mention the hands-on fun of going through a pile of lettuce leaves, wrapping your own individual little barbecue "sandwiches" and popping them into your mouth.


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Make sure to check out Singing in the Rain, the up coming Musical from the North Salem Theater Department. Make sure to also visit the Theater Department website at http://www.nshstheater.com/ to stay informed about up coming productions, buy NSHS Theater merchandise, buy tickets to current shows and much more!
Show times:
January 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th & 28th @ 7 P.M.
Matinee January 28th @ 2 P.M.
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Application Process
Our application process has four sequential steps in advance of enrollment. At each step, we will work with you to obtain key information necessary to determine eligibility for enrollment. All information collected at each phase remains confidential and data is managed in accordance with FERPA and HIPPA regulations.
Step 1. Student Interest Form
As a first step, please fill out this Interest Form and we will contact you.
Attend an Open House: At the Open House you will be able to tour the facility, meet the MCP staff and schedule a personalized tour and consultation meeting.
Open House Dates (6:00-7:30 pm, 125 Bethany Drive, Scotts Valley CA 95066) Click on the date to RSVP.
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To determine if MCP is a good match students are required to attend MCP, meet fellow students and participate in classes. Some students may come for part of a school day at first, and some make multiple visits in order to become gently familiar with our community.
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At Affinity Health at Work we believe in getting evidence-based tools out to the widest possible audience and encouraging ongoing learning and development. One mechanism to achieve this is to provide toolkits in online learning format and we have worked with a number of stakeholder organisations to generate freely available materials. The following online learning packages may be of particular interest:
Sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Health and Safety Executive, this site includes two different packages of online materials based on our research on management competencies for preventing and reducing stress at work: one package is a set of online learning materials for line managers who want to learn more about preventing stress in their team; and the other is a package of materials for practitioners who are supporting line managers to prevent stress in their team.
Sponsored by Business in the Community, Aramark and Places for People, this site provides online learning materials for line managers who want to improve the way they manage employee wellbeing and enhance resilience in their team. It includes modules on:
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Get debt help now. Call toll free in Manitoba 1-866-941-6353
Mike and Jennifer are a retired couple in Winnipeg who have been married for 30 years. Mike worked in the healthcare sector and retired with a small pension. His wife Jennifer ran a home-based business that she stopped operating when her husband retired.
They had done all the calculations and thought they would be able to live modestly with their life savings and Mike's pension. However, a series of unfortunate events – their house was flooded and needed extensive renovations, and one of their children needed to borrow a large sum of money – meant that they couple began using their credit cards for living expenses and to pay for their renovations. They soon found themselves in a financial mess, using one credit card to pay off another. Their debt just kept growing and soon they had no option but to file for bankruptcy protection.
They could not believe that they were facing bankruptcy at this stage in their lives. "I had never taken the easy way out," says Mike. "It felt like I had failed both myself, and my wife." After the couple met with a Grant Thornton Bankruptcy Trustee, they saw that there was hope. "He was a young guy who could relate to what we were going through because he had helped his parents get back on track when they were facing financial difficulty." The Trustee worked with the couple to set-up a manageable budget. They're still managing that budget today, and things are much better.
Mike and Jennifer's advice:
As a couple, you have to talk about your financial situation. You have to tackle it together; it's the only way that things can get better. When you get to the point where you use one credit card to pay off another, you have to stop right then and there and start looking for a professional to help you figure out what you need to do. The relief that comes with taking that first step together is priceless.
We know that each person's situation is different and that there are no quick fixes for financial difficulty. However, you are not alone. There are solutions for every situation and we are here to help.
For help getting out of debt, call us in Winnipeg at 204-594-7160 or toll free in Manitoba at 1-866-941-6353 for a free, no obligation, confidential consultation.
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text: Low-budget drama set in the city of Compton. Zion (James Aaron), 18, just arrived home from college for Christmas break and has one night to consummate his newly-formed relationship with Lanise Bell (Desiree Wynn), 16, who became the smartest, finest, and 'freakiest' girl at his high school alma mater after she lost 75 pounds this past summer at fat camp. Lanise has spent the last three months bragging about her sexual experiences. What Zion doesn't know is that Lanise is a virgin who talks big to get guys to notice her. Zion has one plan - make love to Lanise. Lanise's goal is to not let that happen - at least until she can get the experience she claimed to have. Zion's love-making plans are continually interrupted by his cronies, Lanise's seemingly uninvited friends, his nosey big sister and cracked out homeless uncle, Cripple Jnr. (Dannon Green).


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Leave Ron Paul Alone! (sobs)
The infantile, sandbox-level mentality of Ron Paul's supporters as they continue to try to deny and rationalize their Philoctetesian hero's stinking heel is a casebook psychological study. Here's a nice commentator responding to James Kirchick's follow-up to his original article:
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This site should be boycotted. This James Kirchick fellow is a guilt-ridden sodomite fag (is that redundant?) who started this whole mess to begin with. I wholeheartedly agree with clintonius.
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Admitting drinking to an AA sponsor
Whether you have experienced a relapse or a new to Alcoholics Anonymous, you probably have some fear, doubt and shame associated with the past. We review a few simple questions about the role of a sponsor and present you with some ideas to help you move forward in recovery from alcoholism.
I'm afraid of telling the truth about my drinking. What should I do?
Fear of rejection can motivate us to hide the truth of our past behaviors and actions. In order to move forward, you need to let go of fear. This is a very personal process and is different for everyone. But the basic need is that you take a leap of faith, talk openly about your drinking and hope for the best.
How can I deal with the shame of past drinking?
Just like fear, you need to cope with shame when facing a drinking problem. Although shame is a helpful motivator for recovery, at times shame can be unhealthy and get in the way of progress. Therefore, it helps to understand time in a continuum of past-present-future actions. You can only control the present. And if you are committed to not drinking RIGHT NOW, that is the best that you can do. Also, with every day sober, you are moving away from the person that you WERE and start to look more like the person you WILL BECOME. Therefore, let go of shame and trust that your present action is good enough to move you forward in sobriety.
How can I be sure an A.A. sponsor won't criticize or judge me?
Many sponsors can relate to your drinking history with their own personal history. So, before you even start to talk about yourself, you might want to ask your sponsor to share their experience as a problem drinker BEFORE you start talking. This way, you can be reassured that you are not alone and reveal all of your drinking details to an A.A. sponsor in full security.
How much about my drinking problem should I reveal to an A.A. sponsor?
Tolerance is one principle that true A.A. sponsors practice. If you've got the right sponsor, you can reveal the truth about your drinking problems without worry. A true A.A. sponsor will have completed the 12 steps of A.A., will have a sponsor themselves, and will continue to practice the 12 steps in their lives.
Other questions about drinking problems?
Ask them here. We are here to share with your our suggestions and empathy.
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In my opinion self honesty is a one of the basic required skill one needs to learn to be able to accomplish a long lasting sobriety. One of the main challenge is when an alcoholic starts the process of recovery he/she brings with him/her a long history of lies and other dishonest habits or behaviors. A solution to start breaking the inherited bad habits could be to practice honest communication or "sharing" within a safe environment (sponsor, support group) is an important step he/she should take because it could potentially overtime lead to self honesty.
I found that telling my own war stories of drinking problems had two different types of effects:
1. I got to purge the past, and know that I wasn't that person anymore.
2. Surprisingly, the worst of the drinking stories I started to laugh at and become a little bit proud of. Maybe it was because I stopped drinking early (at age 27) and didn't have totally devastating consequences, or maybe it is because I have found a new way of living and cannot imagine my former life…but I hold my horrible past as something that made me who I am today. And I love me!
Need a sponsor. Creston is too small/ would like someone from out of town that I could be completely honest with
Hi Kathe. First, you can ask around: Stick around for the causal conversations before and after A.A. meetings. Focus these conversations on positive themes. Then, drop into the conversation something like, "Hey, Rose. Do you know of anyone with some sober time who might make a good sponsor and be interested in taking on a new sponsee?" Or, "Pat, I wanted to ask for your feedback on something. What's a good strategy for finding a sponsor?" You'll be surprised by the results of your efforts…as you can never really expect what will happen next.
You can also try finding an AA sponsor online.


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Do you want to make a sustainable step change to healthy eating for the long term?
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LOS ANGELES --Amazing images show the view from a camera onboard the International Space Station.
The 18 time-lapse photos were edited together by Michael Konig and posted on Vimeo.com.
The images were taken between August and October of this year. They include the aurora borealis, Sahara desert, Philippine Sea and Europe.


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WWE Survivor Series Results: Sheamus-Big Show Rematch Sets a High Bar for TLCNovember 19, 2012
Sheamus and the Big Show put on what undoubtedly will be one of the classic matches in WWE Survivor Series history when they clashed Sunday night in Indianapolis. And while the World Heavyweight Championship belt did not change hands (even to Dolph Ziggler), everyone—including the WWE Universe—came away winners.
Big Show won because he kept the belt, albeit through disqualification. Sheamus won because he showed perhaps the greatest amount of aggression since he first burst onto the WWE landscape.
And the WWE Universe won because it is apparent that the "rubber match" in this feud is coming next month at Tables, Ladders & Chairs. If Sunday night's match was any indication of what is to come next month, it is going to be epic.
That's why it is so difficult to pick a clear-cut winner or loser from this match. Both men showed a side of themselves that had never been seen before, or at least had not been seen in some time.
Big Show further distanced himself from the big goof character he had been pigeonholed into over the past year. Even when he did his heel turn, many still saw him as slightly askew.
Not any more. He now is a solid heel, maybe not as high as CM Punk but he could be a threat to Ziggler as the company's number-two bad man.
He showed no mercy on Sheamus with hair pulls, elbow drops and ultimately the Knockout Punch. He also showed a conniving side when he threw referee Scott Armstrong into the path of the Brogue Kick.
Sheamus also appears to be putting his lovable dorkish character on the shelf, also. His aggression against Show in the ring drew some of the biggest crowd pops in the night.
And those pops turned into outright frenzy when Sheamus launched his series of chair hits on Show outside of the ring and up the ramp. The more he hit Show, the crazier the crowd got. Then, Sheamus blew the roof off the arena when he made Show beg for mercy before finally dropping him with the Brogue Kick on the ramp.
Normally when you come out of a major PPV event like Survivor Series, the follow-up event offers a bit of a letdown. With the likelihood of a third Sheamus-Show match on the card, TLC is likely to buck that trend.
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