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Knowing Outdoor Experience: A Field Guide for the Discovery of the Literatures and Landscapes of Home Knowing Outdoor Experience
Table of Contents
Introduction by Clayton T. Russell
Comments from Students
The Heart that Gives Life to All by Tim Palmer-pdf: TheHeartOfAmerica_TimPalmerChapter
The Value of Phenology by Ted Gostomski-pdf: TheValueOfPhenology
What Happens When We Journal by Melody Bynum Pickle Ph.D.-pdf: JournalWhatHappensWhen
Autumn- Sigurd F. Olson Quote and Outdoor Activity Suggestions
Hey, What's in Your Pack
Winter- Sigurd F. Olson Quote and Outdoor Activity Suggestions
Mapping Wildness
Take a Self Directed Nature Walk
Exploring and Appreciating Night
Spring- Sigurd F. Olson Quote and Outdoor Activity Suggestions
Knowing and Appreciating Trees
Appreciating Animals
Your Listening Point
Summer- Sigurd F. Olson Quote and Outdoor Activity Suggestions
Beaver Pond
Meeting our Neighbors
Sigurd Olson's first High School teaching experience was in a small, rural town in northern Minnesota, named Nashwauk. Olson's gravitation towards an outdoor pedagogy was not taught, rather it was instinctual. In chapter 10 from his book, Open Horizons, he describes a style of teaching long promoted by outdoor and environmental educators.
"During that first fall, I practically deserted the classroom, discovered anew the tremendous value of field observation no matter what the general coursework involved. Slides, dissections and books were vital, but only in reference to the living world; better to know a bird, a flower, or a rock in its natural setting than to rely solely on routine identification and description. This kind of teaching had as much to do with awareness and appreciation as the actual accumulation of knowledge. Observations on the ground, I decided, were just as important as laboratory experiments: in fact, they went hand in hand, and one without the other was meaningless." (70)
This observation is perhaps even truer today as the sheer amount of information has grown and the speed at which new ideas replace older ones has increased. Our best efforts are aimed at helping students "learn to learn how to learn" and nurturing their sense of wonder, awe, awareness and appreciation for learning. And the best place for this to happen is in the real world in which we live.
In my teaching at Northland College I have found that even simple outdoor activities, like the ones in this guide, have reawakened in my students a childlike joy for learning and exploring in the out of doors. They have told me of a rekindled sense of awe and wonder for the natural world; a feeling some report having "lost" or "not felt for years." Students have also reported feeling a greater appreciation for the role of play in teaching and learning and a greater interest in their own thinking and reflection about nature and their sense of commitment to the world in which they live. The exercises in this guide have created in my students both a deeper learning and a personal commitment to continue to provide quality outdoor experiences to their future students.
Aims of This Guide
Overall my intention is to get educators and people in general outdoors again! Give them an excuse to head out to the back 40, breathe fresh air and stretch out the limbs in pursuit of both structured and unstructured time in nature. The benefits for the educational endeavor, health and personal well being are well supported. The structure of these activities has 3 distinct purposes. First, to expose participants to inspired nature writing and especially the writings of Sigurd F. Olson. A fine overview of Olson's life and work can be found on David Backes' award winning web site. For a more in depth look at Olson you may wish to read the Olson Biography, A Wilderness Within also by David Backes. It is an inspired and revealing biography of one of America's preeminent conservationists, nature writers and wilderness travelers.
Second, to get participants and teachers outside of the classroom walls with the purpose to explore, chronicle and more deeply experience the wider wilder world. And finally, my hope is that these activities will encourage participants to keep their own nature journals, record phenological events, sketch, draw, paint, take pictures, keep lists and write stories expressing what they have found and more importantly what it means to them and their future.
How It Works
Since my earliest days a s a naturalist, I have stuffed my daypack with books containing highlighted quotes that I felt might help the participants to better understand or think more broadly about nature and our obligations as one of the myriad of travelers on this planet. I believe the inspiration for this came from my love of reading and early environmental role models at Canyon Camp in the northwestern corner of Illinois. It was the early 70's after all and the Ecology flag sewn to my uniform sleeve, a violation of uniform code to be sure, was an affirmation of this belief.
In graduate school I discovered Steve Simpson's article, "Speaking for the Trees: The Use of Literature to Convey Outdoor Education Themes" in the Journal of Environmental Education.
Here was more proof for an educational technique that had been working for me for over 15 years. Simpson notes that"…using literature in outdoor education…illustrates perceptions the reader already realizes and presents new perceptions that the reader has, to the point, never considered." (30) The potency of this statement was driven home to me as time and time again, people who had read Sigurd Olson would say, "He writes what I have felt"
So, using nature writing in conjunction with outdoor environmental activities serves to awaken for some and deepen for others, the nature-human relationship. Before concluding Simpson goes on to point out that outdoor educators should take this one step further by instructing participants in how to chart phenology or keep a nature or field journal or even make their own attempts at nature writing. Comparing the writings and field notes of our participants with those of regional and historic naturalists creates fertile grounds for discovery and discussion.
The Essays
In the opening essay, Tim Palmer describes a childhood that many of us have had to one degree or another, a life at play in the larger world of nature. As a youth it was his imagination and wonderings about the early history of the Ohio River that set him on a course towards searching out and learning about the great landscapes of this country. In this beautiful essay, originally penned as the Introduction to his book, The Heart of America, Palmer helps us to discover the many splendors of this land we call America. In doing so he helps us to see how far we have come from a meaningful relationship with nature and what exactly we might do to preserve the natural beauty we still possess.
Ted Gostomski speaks of his desire to use phenology as one way of making sense of the world. For him it has nurtured a lifetime of scientific interest and curiosity. Keeping track of phenology allows us to be a part of the great unfolding and enfolding drama of the seasons. For Gostomski and many of us, being attentive to our surroundings nurtures questions about and interest in nature. Who sings that way? What is that flower? What is that smell? What is our relationship to all these things and what would it be if some of them were to disappear? For many of us, phenology can be the beginning of a rich and unending bond with the wider wilder world and its many inhabitants.
After reading Melody Pickle's fine piece, What Happens When We Journal" I began to consider my whole approach to teaching and the way I thought about teaching. Here are concrete insights into how students construct meaning, share experience, come to know their own mind and perhaps most importantly how they can become advocates and effective activists in shaping the larger world. Read and re-read this essay! You'll be glad you did as you will be much better prepared to help individuals shape lives that matter.
The Author
Know this about me; I love the question, just about any question. I especially like Sigurd Olson's question, what kind of world do you want? And this from Rachel Carson, What other course of action is open to us? Or "What are you doing" a favorite of Outward Bound founder Kurt Hahn. I also believe that the greatest resource shortage in the world today is lack of imagination.
I also believe we have largely failed to become attached to our place, our planet, and our communities. We are on a space walk without the tether and we have no idea how serious that situation will be in a very short time. Not only are we not attached, we have become outsiders, ignorant of the intimacies of place, of time, of our fellow humans and the more than human world. We have chosen to define ourselves too narrowly.
I believe it is important that we regain-reclaim-our connection to place and the realization that we matter. We can no longer surrender to the meaningless life of consumption, acquisition and television; we must strive to reconnect with nature, people and democratic community processes. We must have a daily requirement for striving and imagining. Imagine the changes that are possible and then try to imagine a world where hope and trying to make a difference do not exist. That latter part wasn't so hard, scary, isn't it?
What you do, from the smallest attempt matters. Dare to try! Dare to make a difference! Work to create the kind of world you want-the kind of world our children's children might like to walk in. Working with young people of all ages in the out of doors makes for a full and richly imagined life. Try it; you could fall in love with much less!
Knowing Outdoor Experiences
Supportive Readings:
1.) Fleischner, Thomas L. "Revitalizing Natural History". Wild Earth: Summer 1999 (p. 81-88).
2.) Murphy, Donald. "Our Need for Nature". The Amicus Journal: Summer 1998 (p. 30-31).
3.) Sahn, Jennifer. "Knowledge That Binds: The Orion Society's Environmental Education Approach". The Orion Society: Wild Earth: Winter 1996/1997 (p. 26-28).
4.) About.com (2007). "Mental Maps: How We See The World". http://geography.about.com/cs/culturalgeography/a/mentalmaps.htm?p=1.
5.) Stanfield, R. Brian. The Courage to Lead: Ch 4. "Self-conscious Reflection: Experiencing Your Experience" (p. 74-87).
6.) Elder, John. "Teaching at the Edge". Orion Afield: Winter 1997-1998 (p. 42-43).
7.) Callicott, J. Baird. "Aldo Leopold on Education". Journal of Environmental Education (p.34-41).
8.) Leopold, Aldo. (1944). In the River of the Mother of God: "Conservation: In Whole or in Port" (p. 310).
9.) Orr, David. (October 2000). "Loving Children: A Design Problem". http://www.designshare.com/Research/Orr/Loving_Children.htm (June 27, 2006).
10.) Allen, Rick. "Green Schools: Thinking Outside the Schoolroom Box". Education Update: volume 49, number 11, November 2007 (p. 1, 4-5).
11.) Boss, Judith A. (1999). "Outdoor Education and the Development of Civic Responsibility". ERIC Digests. http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed425051.html (December 2, 2002).
12.) Pergams, Oliver R.W. and Zaraic, Patricia A. (2008). "Evidence for a fundamental and pervasive shift away from nature-based recreation". PNAS Early Edition. http://www.pnas.org/content/105/7/2295 (February 5, 2008).
13.) Knapp, Clifford E. and Woodhouse, Janice L. (2000). "Place-Based Curriculum and Instruction: Outdoor and Environmental Education Approaches". ERIC Digest. http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed448012.html (June 30, 2004).
14.) Deal, Debby and Sterling, Donna. "Kids Ask the Best Questions". Educational Leadership: March 1997. (p. 61-63).
15.) Simpson, Steve. "Speaking for the Trees: The Use of Literature to Convey Outdoor Education Themes". Journal of Environmental Education: volume 19100.3, Spring 1988. (p. 25-31).
16.) Smith, Gregory A., and Williams, Dilafruz R. Ecological Education in Action: On Weaving Education, Culture, and the Environment. Ch. 2: Krapfel, Paul. "Deepening Children's Participation through Local Ecological Investigations". (p. 47-64). State University of New York Press.


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The award is given for the most outstanding English-language article in each volume of the Canadian Journal of Education. It is based on the following criteria: importance and originality of the study; appropriateness and rigor of methods; significance of the results to the Canadian education community; and quality of writing.
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The application of membrane proteins in biotechnology requires a sound understanding of their fundamental properties. We are interested in the stability, folding, assembly and functional properties of membrane proteins. These properties differ considerably from those of their soluble counterparts. In terms of functional properties, we are especially interested in the translocation of polymers through membrane pores such as α-hemolysin (DNA), Wza (oligosaccharides) and autotransporters (polypeptides). We are also investigating the properties of various ion channels, such as the molecular mechanism of voltage-gating in potassium channels.
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Dr. Pam Yochem is the Executive Vice President and a Senior Research Scientist at Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute (HSWRI) in San Diego, California. Her current research interests include wildlife disease ecology and epidemiology, marine ecosystem health, and wildlife emergency response. Other recent projects include studies of the population biology and foraging ecology of marine mammals and seabirds in the North Pacific and Antarctic. Dr. Yochem is a USDA-accredited veterinarian and is an affiliated faculty member of the Wildlife Health Center at the University of California – Davis. Dr. Yochem chairs the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and the Fish Health Management Team for HSWRI, is a member of the Advisory Board and the Scientific Advisory Committee for the California Oiled Wildlife Care Network and is a former member of the Unified Port of San Diego's Environmental Committee. She is currently serving on two advisory committees for the Department of Commerce: the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee, which advises the Secretary of Commerce on living marine resource matters, and the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Science Program Working Group, which provides independent guidance and review to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Science Advisory Board.
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Boyce, W.M., I. Mena, P.K. Yochem, F.M.D. Gulland, A. Garcia-Sastre, N. Moreno, D.R. Perez, A.S. Gonzalez-Reiche and B.S. Stewart. 2013. Influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus infection in marine mammals in California. Emerging Microbes and Infections. (doi:10.1038/emi.2013.40)
Quinley, N., J.A.K. Mazet, R. Rivera, T.L. Schmitt, C. Dold, J. McBain, V. Fritsch and P.K. Yochem. 2013. Serologic response of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) to vaccination with a recombinant canine distemper vaccine. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 49:579-586.
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BY all accounts, Thursday's talks between Iran and the 5+1 group of major powers represent a diplomatic coup for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he faces continued political unrest at home.
Before the talks, Ahmadinejad's opponents — among them former Prime Minister Mir-Hussein Mussavi, the man who believes he won last June's presidential election — claimed that Tehran's stance on the nuclear issue was driving the country toward "sanctions and war."
Ahmadinejad had countered the claim by promising to lock the 5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) into "long and well-planned talks" with an agenda proposed by Tehran.
Now that the talks are over, it's clear that, under pressure from the Obama administration, the 5+1 group fulfilled Ahmadinejad's promise and confounded Mussavi.
So far, Obama has made several concessions to Iran:
* The negotiations are no longer about Iran's compliance with the Security Council resolutions it has violated. Obama is careful not to even mention the resolutions in his statements.
* A new agenda, based on a "package" proposed by Iran, is to be developed. Talks on that issue will start by month's end.
* The 5+1 are no longer demanding that Iran stop uranium enrichment. Instead, they're promoting a range of ideas that would let Iran continue its program.
* Obama's delay in challenging Iran on the newly revealed Qom nuclear site also played into Ahmadinejad's hands.
Britain and France shared intelligence about the plant with the US four months ago. They wanted Obama to disclose the information when he chaired a Security Council session last month — a move that would have dramatized Iran's defiance of the United Nations. Obama refused, preferring an announcement in Pittsburgh with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and UK Premier Gordon Brown at his side. This let Ahmadinejad claim that he was facing "the Crusader-Zionist" camp rather than the whole of the UN.
* Obama got his allies in Congress to bury a resolution to impose a ban on the sale of gasoline to Iran. (The move, supported by 300 House members and 75 senators, was one of the "crippling sanctions" threatened by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.)
* For the first time in 16 years, Iran's foreign minister was granted a visa to visit Washington — sending a signal that Obama endorses the second Ahmadinejad administration.
* Obama has rejected Sarkozy and Brown's suggestion to fix a time frame for the talks to produce results. Ahmadinejad thus needs only to stall: All he wants is another 18 to 24 months, by which time Iran's nuclear program would become irreversible.
When Obama became president, Iran had 800 centrifuges enriching uranium. Now it has 8,000. By 2010, it may have twice as many — including the "ultraefficient" new ones promised by Ahmadinejad's new nuclear chief, Ali Salehi.
Ahmadinejad is intelligent enough to have understood one fact: For Obama, the way things look are more important than the way they are. The Iranian will happily feed the American's illusions. He has already done so by taking a number of steps:
* He has agreed to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect the Qom enrichment plant in a few weeks' time rather than the three months previously promised. This allows Obama to declare a diplomatic victory: "We forced Iran to open its plant in weeks rather than months," he told Charlie Rose. (Rose was too polite to ask: Why wait weeks, when IAEA inspectors could be there in an hour?)
In the process of winning this "concession," the US has fudged away the fact that Iran built the plant in defiance of UN resolutions and that its existence was kept a secret from the IAEA.
* Iran will allow retiring IAEA Director Muhammad ElBaradaei to make one last visit to create the illusion that Obama's "smart engagement strategy" is working.
* The regime-controlled media are donning kid gloves for Obama and blasting Sarkozy and Brown. The official news agency, IRNA, talks of Obama's "reasonable approach" as opposed to "conspiracies hatched by France and Britain."
Ahmadinejad can also please Obama by releasing the innocent Americans that the regime has imprisoned. In fact, this was the key subject raised by US envoy William Burns in his one-on-one encounter with Iran's Saeid Jalili.
Perhaps former President Bill Clinton will get to make another trip to win the release of US hostages. Or perhaps Iran will aim for an even more prestigious visitor: Do not underestimate Obama's and Ahmadinejad's shared love of theatricals.


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Zoe Saldana: Grub and Go!
Zoe Saldana picks up lunch on her way to a studio in Los Angeles on Wednesday (April 11).
The 33-year-old actress, who's been busy working on the Star Trek sequel, has also joined the star-studded cast of the upcoming thriller tentatively titled Out of the Furnace. Zoe will be starring alongside Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Woody Harrelson, and Forest Whitaker.
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The All India Council of Technical Education is conducting GPAT Entrance Exam on 17th January 2016. Candidates who want to take admission in Master Degree course in Pharmacy that is formerly known as M.Pharma may apply for GPAT 2016. Contenders, who decided to appear for GPAT 2016 Notification, are required to apply for online registration till 10th December 2015.
GPAT is an all India exams to provide admission in to the Post Graduate Degree course in Pharmacy which is known as the M.Pharm or in PhD programs. Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test is a PG Level national entrance test.
The GPAT is a three hour computer based online test which is conducted in a single session. More details about GPAT Exam like important Dates, Eligibility criteria, selection process, fee details etc are well uttered in the below segment by the team of recruitmentresult.com:
Eligibility Criteria:
- To get admission to M.Pharm through the GPAT entrance exam, applicants should have Bachelor degree in Pharmacy (4 years after 10+2, including lateral entry candidates) from any recognized university or institutions.
- Contenders, who are appearing final year of B.Pharmacy degree, are also eligible to apply for this exam.
Examination Fee:
- General / OBC – Rs. 1400/- + Bank charges as applicable
- SC/ ST/ PD category – Rs. 700/- + Bank charges as applicable
Mode Of Payment:
Contenders should have to pay appropriate examination fee by using online (Net Banking / Credit / Debit Card) or through challan generated online and Cash deposited in any branch of State Bank of India.
Selection Process:
Organization will select talented candidates on the basis of their marks obtained in Entrance Exam followed by other process of admission.
How to Prepare for Written Examination
Examination Pattern and Syllabus:
- Entrance test is organized through online as a computer Based Test which will consist of 125 questions of 500 marks. Time Duration of Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test will be of 180 minutes.
- There is also a provision of negative marking and one mark will be deducted for each wrong answer or multiple answers and four marks will be awarded to each right answer.
- Syllabus of this exam contains topics such as Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy. Compete details can be obtained from below given link.
|Only one
|03 hrs
|No. of Questions
|Total Marks
|Type of Paper
|Objective-Type (MCQ)
|Negative Marking
|1/4 (one-fourth) mark
Process To Apply For GPAT:
When, students are going to apply for Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test, they may follow below provided steps to fill online registration form please have a look:
Step-1: Self Registration:
- First of all, appliers may register themselves through official website of organization which is www.aicte-gpat.in
- Now, from homepage select suitable link and must fill all required details in the registration form carefully and submit it.
- After that, a new login id & password will generated for you so keep your login ID and password for the future login.
Step-2: Payment Process:
- After registering themselves, you need to pay application fee by using online or cash payment mode.
- For online payment, appliers may pay fee through debit / credit card / net banking facility and Once you complete the payment through online process you will receive confirmation mail or SMS.
- If you are interested to pay fee through cash payment mode then you can download challan form that is visible on your screen and take three printouts of same. Fill the challan form and submit at branch of SBI
Step-3: Form Submission:
- After depositing examination fee, final step is to submit online application form.
- For this, appliers may login with your new generated id and password and again fill remaining part of the application form.
- You can also modify entered info by pressing view & modify button and after filling online form, submit it by pressing submit button.
- Then, a text message will be displayed on your digital display that you have successfully submitted your form for the GPAT 2016.
How to Fill Online Application Form
Important Dates:
|Events Name
|Last Date For Online Registration
|10th December 2015
|GPAT Admit Card can be obtained
|05th January 2016
|Computer Based Test Dates
|17th January 2016
|Declaration Of Result
|21st January 2016
|Print Out Of Score Cards
|21st January 2016
About GPAT 2016 Examination:
Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test is a computer based test for admission to various institutions that is offering the post graduation degree in pharmacy. It is conducted by All India Council of Technical Education yearly.
You are advised to check this Official Link for getting more information about GPAT 2016.
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1. Revisit Old Leads
Reaching out to old leads is a great way to drum up new business during your slow season. Sending promotional emails, leaving friendly voicemails and mailing handwritten reminders are perfect ways to reconnect with leads.
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Devise a strategy to shore up your seasonal slack. Whether you need an off-season savings account, a slow-season advertising budget or new skill development, planning ahead will keep your business in good shape.
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Not at all jobs are lucrative. In fact, some can even cost you money. During your slow months, take only jobs that are guaranteed to turn a profit. Jumping into time- and resource-consuming projects can take a serious toll if you're short on capital.
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This can be a great time to branch out of your normal service area. Working farther from home will require extra hours, but it can expand your customer base and grow your business during slower months.
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Looking for something to do on the South Coast?
We have come up with the top local events worth checking out. If you are staging or organising a local event and would like some free publicity then fill out the form at the bottom of the page and send us the details.
You never know it could be featured in our events list in the future.
Isle of Wight Embroiderers - 'Through a Window'
When: 1st - 6th September, 10am - 4pm
Where: St. Thomas's Church, Newport
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DiverseAbilities Gala Ball
The Second DiverseAbilities Gala Ball! Drinks reception, three course dinner (with wine) and dancing to a 12 piece band. There will also be an auction, all raising money for this great cause. Last year over £62,000 was raised!
Tickets are £750 for a table of 10 or £80 each.
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How to Make Affirmations Work for You
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. —Aristotle
Just imagine: If you could have it all, what would do and be in your life? What feats would you dare to accomplish and where would you go? Just imagine your life, lived without limits.In order to reach an intended destination, you have to know your intended destination. Affirmations—clear, definitive statements declaring something is so—solidify your ideas of where you want to go or how you want to change. Without exception, positive affirmation is the key to all advancement and achievement. The most powerful and successful affirmations are the ones we design around our goals in the areas of our life that are most important to us: money, health, spiritual connection, a job you love, and great relationships with your family and friends. If you don't take the time to decide what you want for yourself, circumstance or someone else will choose for you. This is not how life is supposed to be.
Growing up, I developed the belief that I was not very good at achieving worthwhile things in life. I ran around with a crowd of kids who were up to no good, and seemed destined for a life of failure. When I first began creating goals and visions for myself in business, it was critical that I create new beliefs around my abilities as a businessperson—otherwise my existing beliefs would end up sabotaging every new goal I set for myself.
I wrote a statement for myself that was in such stark contrast to what I had grown up believing, it still resonates with huge impact to this day:
I am a brilliant and savvy businessman.
Mind you, when I wrote this, I didn't believe it. Not one bit. And there was a very good reason: It wasn't true. Not yet. But I decided I would like it to be true. That is who I wanted to become. And the only way that would happen would be if I designed that new belief and entrained it into my brain.
Over the years, I have added to the list and redesigned the statements I tell myself…Here are a few:
Affirmations are self-fulfilling prophecies. Think of affirmations as the core principles of the life you are visualizing. Affirmations are your To Be List—powerful reminders throughout the day that keep you on track toward your goals and dreams. You deserve to decide for yourself exactly what and who you'll become and what you'll acquire along the way.
Through a process we call neural reconditioning, you can take those goals and dreams and turn them into neural patterns in your subconscious brain. Let's take the analogy of running a marathon. Whether or not you've ever actually run a marathon before, you probably have a pretty good idea of what it takes to get in shape for something like this. It's not just something you can decide one day and do the next. It takes time and consistency. It takes an applied methodical effort. You need to workout daily, breaking in your system bit by bit, toning and strengthening your muscles, training your lungs and heart, until gradually your entire system had become acclimated to the new demands you are asking of it. You see, your entire nervous system is set up to help you establish habits. After it understands that you want to perform an activity over and over again, it makes those corresponding neural pathways very efficient so that it becomes easier for you.
This is exactly what you are going to do with your brain. Positive affirmations form new facts and data for the subconscious brain to hardwire. It takes daily, consistent effort.
Here's how you can begin to recondition your brain:
Create a new, powerful, physical and mental vision. Make your goals emotionally rich and crystal clear.
Create powerful declarations and affirmations in each category—health, wealth, relationships, business and spirituality—that support your new vision.
Use a portfolio of imprinting material, which may include written, auditory, visual and subliminal pieces. Through repetition—affirmations on audio, visualization and meditation—you will begin to replace your old beliefs and habits with new ones.
Maintain a daily routine of reconditioning techniques: For five to seven minutes, three times a day, use photos, vision boards, mental movies, self-guided imagery, real-life movies, and recorded and laminated affirmations.
Practice meditation daily. Meditation can increase your focus and concentration, increase your power of concentration and attune the brain to receive the answers, tools and resources needed to fulfill that vision.
We need a vision for our lives, or else nothing we do means anything. No matter what your current circumstances, if you can imagine something better for yourself, you can create it.
Hey friends,
Here's a short, impactful video on the power of setting goals that I know will help you set goals and achieve them… and ultimately live the life of your dreams.
Enjoy and feel free to share this with others!
P.S. If you want to master goal achievement and want to live the life of your dreams, check out my free guide below to accelerate your personal success!
Hi friends,
Here's part two of my video blog series on the seven steps to your best year yet. I hope you enjoy it! View part one here & part three here.
Hi friends,
I wanted to try something new and record a video blog (vlog) to share with you. I hope you enjoy it and share your comments with me and the rest of the community.
See below for my first vlog entry on "Seven Steps to Having Your Best Year Ever." You can see part two here and part three here.
Hey Friends,
Times are tough out there and many people are hurting right now.
If you want to understand what got us in this mess read on, I'll explain.
When you and I want to buy a home, we usually go to a bank and get a loan.
Let's say your loan is at 6% annual interest. The bank sells the loan to bigger Wall Street type institutions and keeps a small fee for originating the loan.
Now these institutions bundle these mortgage loans in batches of $100 million, and sell them to even bigger institutions like hedge funds, retirement funds, etc., and they keep a small fee for that. At the end, the bigger institution may receive a 4% return on their money, while the middle men get a smaller fee, as they no longer are holding the mortgage. They basically get paid a commission for their involvement. And the more loans they process, the more money they make, with almost no risk.
Herein lies the problem: When the homeowner can't afford to make the payments (because they never should have gotten loans as big as they did in the first place) all the institutions and the banks don't get paid. This causes a cash crunch, which now extends to every person and business on the planet that isn't prepared for a downturn in the economy.
The government steps in and buys all the "bad" in-default mortgages from the institutions in hopes that it will free up their cash. This is done so they'll start lending to homeowners and businesses again, so it can be business as usual. Unfortunately, this is a temporary fix.
We must get back to lending people money based on their true ability to pay it back, and not based on the hopes and dreams that the real estate market or stock market will continue to go up without a downturn. It's never happened before and it's not going to start now.
With this said, what can you do now to make sure you stay strong and thrive in this market? You must understand that if you are focusing on the negative aspect of what is happening in the market and the economy, you cannot be focusing on how to thrive in these times.
More millionaires will be made in the next two years than in the last ten, and you too can learn how to thrive despite the economy.
It's those who learn how to think and act differently who will prosper. To learn more about how to take charge of your thinking, check out my FREE guide below.
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Education pioneers to be uncovered
The Marsden Fund for science is giving half a million dollars to Kuni Jenkins from Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi in Whakatane and Alison Jones from Auckland University to write about the relationship between missionary teachers and Maori students before the Treaty of Waitangi.
Dr Jenkins says the story probably starts with Ruatara, the chief who invited the Reverend Samuel Marsden to set up a school in the Bay of Islands.
"Ruatara to me is the founder of Maori education. In fact, he's the founder of New Zealand schooling. It was him that invited Marsden to come," Jenkins said.
Kuni Jenkins says previous histories have cast Maori as the passive recipients of schooling, rather than being the people who sought out education.
The Maori Affairs spokesperson for New Zealand First says MP's should try using marae protocols to improve behaviour in the Whare Paremata.
Pita Paraone says minor parties are increasingly upset at the behaviour of Labour and National members during question time.
Mr Paraone says he often wishes he were elsewhere.
"I wish we were on a Maori marae, because while we may have different points of view, we allow those who are speaking to have their say, and that's certainly not been the case displayed by the major parties over the past month or so, and I suspect if we don't do something about it, it's going to get even worse," Paraone said.
Pita Paraone says New Zealand First MP's are denied the chance to speak out on behalf of their constituents because of the delays caused by constant interjections.
Ngati Kahungunu are considering a group to protect their intellectual property rights and iwi heritage.
Ngatai Huata, who gave evidence for the iwi at at this weeks Wai 262 flora and fauna claim at Waipatu Marae near Hastings, says it's something other iwi should consider.
Ms Huata says not the sort of issue which would suit a pan-tribal organisation, because the interests of individual iwi may be compromised.


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The fabric was from someone's stash as I bought it from Pitt Trading's ex-personal stash and it has 70s feel to it. I originally thought this fabric could be jacket worthy but it's worked well for this shift dress.
My local sewing place found the best invisible zipper colour match for me and I was stoked. Initially I was struggling with the self-covered buttons and I bought brass jeans buttons as a substitute at Alexandria but then I got my groove back at home and the self cover buttons worked. Sweet!
I toyed with the idea of piping but I'll leave that idea for future piece of work.
You can chuckle at the red overlocking on the inside.
The ladies at work all had a story about a similar style dress they had when they first started working. I had a deep yellow dress like this to wear as 2IC at the local supermarket when I was working my way through uni.
There are two more days of the PR Vintage Contest to go and I've enjoyed managing it. I thought this might be a huge commitment but I've really enjoyed working with and learning from other vintage PR 'experts' throughout this contest.


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How to make your own SSH tunnel
Ok. So if you're looking at this page it means that you want a secure and easy way to log into your home network from a remote location. There are many applications to doing this and some common ones include: web proxy, file sharing, remote desktop, gaming.
I use my tunnel for a variety of reason, most of them I just listed. There are some situations where I want to access a website which is blocked by a local proxy server, so to get around it I log into my SSH server and socket my web data through it. This basically make it like I'm surfing at home (unrestricted). There's also been instances where the internet I'm on has packet filtering which is bad for p2p or gaming. If I socket my torrent program or game through my SSH tunnel I can avoid the latency caused by packet filtering.
The SSH tunnel also adds a layer of security using RSA encryption by default, so anyone trying to monitor what you're doing on it is almost impossible.
So how do you go about setting one up? Well this is designed for Windows XP or Vista users, and after some incredible amount of time I was able to compile an installer for the CYGWIN compiled version of OpenSSH. Now you technically don't need my installer to use OpenSSH, but there's a pain staking process to installing it using CYGWIN's setup. For those of you looking for a learning experience, please feel free to manually install OpenSSH using this tutorial by Nicholas Fong. But for those of you who want to get right to the good part, continue reading.
What you need:
- OpenSSH Server Installer
- Windows Vista or XP
I was only able to test this installer on Windows Vista x86 and x64 as that's only what I have. The installer uses WinRAR to unpack the files and VBScript to configure everything. The place where XP users may come into problems with is the VBScript, so report any bugs.
After you download and install the OpenSSH Server you will only need to run "start.vbs" to start the server, or "stop.vbs" to stop the server. If you want to make it start when ever Windows starts up, make a shortcut to the "start service.vbs", and copy the shortcut to the "Startup" folder located in the Programs menu. For Vista users that's located: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup. For XP users that's located: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
I tried making a VBScript to install it as an actual service, but for some reason it wasn't allowing it to start (in Vista anyway). If I ever figure it out, I'll make a new installer.
And that's it!
The OpenSSH Server is configured for with basically everything set as default. If you want to change the port the server operates on or anything like that, edit "sshd_config" in the "etc" folder in Wordpad (Notepad doesn't format it properly). Be sure to stop the server before your changes and start it again afterwards.
OpenSSH uses your Windows username and passwords as a means to login to your SSH server by default, and it also doesn't accept any accounts with empty passwords. So you'll need to create a Windows account with a password and regenerate the user/group lists using the "update.vbs". Note: Do not delete the sshd account, it's required for privilege seperation and the server won't run with out it. Please also be aware that you're creating a "hole" for potential hackers to get into, that being said make sure you make complicated passwords for your accounts so no one can guess or brute force them.
Using your SSH Tunnel:
There are lots of free programs out there for accessing SSH servers (like Putty). Personally I use the OpenSSH client and a Socks client (FreeCap) together. Using the command line OpenSSH program I can connect to my SSH server and create a local Socks Proxy. A Socks Proxy basically takes information from a program and sends it to your SSH server instead of directly to it's location. Here's a diagram:
Request for http://google.ca –> Firefox –> [Socks Proxy] –> [SSH Client] –(over the internet)–> [SSH Server] –> [Google Server]
World of Warcraft –> [Socks Proxy] –> [SSH Client] –(over the internet)–> [SSH Server] –> [World of Warcraft Server]
And in between the SSH Client and SSH there may (and should be) Firewalls, Proxies, etc. If you'd like to use my method, you can download the OpenSSH Client and edit the "Launch SSH.bat" by replacing the brackets with the required information. You'll also need to point FreeCap to localhost on port 8080 using SOCKS Version 4 for now.


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To: Members of the Bar Association for the United States District Court Eastern District of Texas
Re: Nominations for the John Hannah, Jr. Award for Public Service
Dear Counsel:
The Annual Bench Bar Conference for the Eastern District Federal Courts is scheduled for October 4-6, 2017 at the Plano Marriott at Legacy Town Center in Plano, Texas. This letter is to request the submission of nominations for the 2017 John Hannah, Jr. Award for Public Service. The ward recognizes a Texas attorney admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, who has demonstrated a superior commitment to public service. An attorney who receives the award should be distinguished by significant act or series of related acts that have contributed significantly to raising the public profile and image of the legal profession in the Eastern District of Texas. The recipient should have a record of outstanding accomplishments based on the recipient's commitment to public service that is marked by high standards of personal integrity and dedication.
In keeping with Judge Hannah's own legal experience, attorneys from all manner of professional backgrounds are eligible to receive the award. The criteria for submission for nominees are as follows:
1. The attorney must be admitted and in good standing to practice law in the State of Texas for at least five years;
2. The attorney must be admitted and in good standing to practice before the Eastern District of Texas;
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5. The attorney must have demonstrated diligent and faithful service to the State of Texas and to the United States of America.
The award recipients will be formally recognized at the October Bench Bar meeting. This is the only award presented by the Bar Association of the Eastern District of Texas and therefore, it carries with it substantial prestige and honor befitting the memory of Judge John Hannah, Jr. I urge you to give thought to nominating a deserving attorney for this award. Please send your nominations to Elizabeth Black Berry, 5258 Ariel St., Houston, Texas or firstname.lastname@example.com on or before Wednesday, September 4, 2017.
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By Scott Malone
BOSTON (Reuters) - Republican Scott Brown, a former Massachusetts Senator, plans to launch his campaign to represent New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate on Thursday with an attack on incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen's vote for Obamacare.
Brown, who moved to his native New Hampshire late last year to explore a run for office, has focused much of his energy on attacking the Affordable Care Act, an issue that Republicans are making a centerpiece of 2014 campaigns.
"I worked with Senator Shaheen in the U.S. Senate for three years. She is a nice person, but wrong on the issues facing the people of New Hampshire," Brown will tell supporters in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, according to excerpts of his planned remarks provided by his spokeswoman.
"She made that clear when she cast the deciding vote that forced Obamacare on this state and our country," he will say.
The Affordable Care Act passed the U.S. Senate in 2010 by a margin of 60-39, with all Democrats, including Shaheen, voting in favor of the measure, which was President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
The rollout of the new system has been plagued with technical glitches. A poll of New Hampshire voters released in February found that 53 percent of adults in the state opposed the law, while 34 percent favored it, a finding that made Obamacare less popular in the New England state than nationally.
Despite the early challenges that slowed online registrations, the White House released figures last week showing that 7.1 million people had enrolled through the exchanges set up by the act, exceeding most expectations.
Brown has quickly won support from national Republican groups who see the seat as one of their opportunities to reclaim a majority in the Senate, which Democrats currently control by 55 seats to the Republican's 43.
Polls show Brown trailing Shaheen in support among likely voters, though his candidacy has quickly become a top concern of state Democrats who began raising his specter in fundraising e-mails after his move to the state.
Observers say he is likely to draw significant amounts of money for television ads from outside the state.
"Both parties are clearly going to be putting money into this because there are about 10 seats that could flip and this is obviously one that Democrats want to hold," said Shep Melnick, a professor of political science at Boston College who has been active in New Hampshire Democratic politics.
"The money thing will probably be a wash because if it looks competitive, both sides will pump money in," he added.
(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Dan Grebler)


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Delray Beach city officials say they are tired of comparing their city to Boca Raton, especially when it comes to crime statistics.
While the Boca Raton Police Department is boasting the lowest increase in crime of the county`s major cities - 6.1 percent - in 1985, Delray Beach posted the highest increase in the county at 25.5 percent.
Though the two cities sit side by side, Delray Beach officials say the sharp difference in crime has little to do with the performance of the respective police forces.
Delray Beach city officials say the crime increase is due to the large number of tourists who visit every year, the city`s heavy drug trade and large low-income neighborhoods.
Boca Raton, they said, is a newer, more affluent community, with more secure homes and a lower level of small-time drug trafficking.
``I get rather tired of people comparing us to Boca Raton,`` City Manager James Pennington said. ``Our crime statistics are different because the communities are different.``
``I just think you have to look at each city individually,`` Delray Beach Mayor Doak Campbell said. ``With the large number of tourists and the large number of transients we have, our crime rate is going to go up.``
Boca Raton Police Chief Peter Petracco said there are no simple reasons for his city`s ability to keep crime in check. But Petracco does not subscribe to the theory that Delray Beach`s low-income neighborhoods and active drug market breed higher crime rates only in that city. Drug trafficking contributes to crime in all cities, he said.


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'Afterlife' tops Fri. b.o. with $10.9 million
'American,' 'Takers' tie for second top spot with $1.8 millionSony Screen Gems' 3D scifi-horror fourquel "Resident Evil: Afterlife" showed there is still plenty of life in the videogame-spawned franchise when it posted an estimated $10.9 million to open atop the daily box-office rankings on Friday.
The strong start to the session keeps "Afterlife" on track for a weekend bow north of $25 million, which would represent the biggest debut yet for the 8-year-old film franchise. The most recent previous "Evil" installment -- "Resident Evil: Extinction" -- rung up $23.7 million in its first frame in September 2007 and fetched $50.6 million overall domestically.
Elsewhere among the daily rankings, Focus Features' George Clooney starrer "The American" – which topped the domestic box office last weekend – started its sophomore session with a $1.8 million haul from its tenth day in multiplexes. The Friday grosses gave the atmospheric assassin thriller $24.2 million in cumulative coin and a second-place tie on the day with Sony Screen Gems' leggy "Takers," which boasts $43.8 million in cume and gives the Sony genre label a rare pair of top-ranking releases headed into the heist actioner's third session.
Fox's crime actioner "Machete" started its second weekend in a tie for fourth place with $1.3 million in Friday business and an eight-day cume of $17.9 million. Warner Bros.' romantic comedy "Going the Distance," starring Justin Long and Drew Barrymore, wooed an identical $1.3 million to push its cume to $11.5 million over the same period.


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A buy-sell agreement is a contract that stipulates the transfer of one party's business interest to another party if a certain trigger event occurs in the seller's life. Trigger events include the seller retiring, becoming disabled or dying.Continue Reading
Life insurance is commonly used to fund the buyer in this agreement. Two frequent examples are through a cross-purchase plan and an entity purchase or stock-redemption plan.
In a cross-purchase plan, every owner in a business purchases life insurance policies on one another. If an owner dies, the death benefit is used to purchase his business share.
An entity purchase or stock-redemption plan is between the business owner and the employees. The business purchases life insurance policies on every owner. If an owner dies, his business share is transferred to his heirs. The business receives the death benefit on his life insurance policy, which can be used to purchase that business share.
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May Flower: Peony
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I was puzzled too. Is this what we must do to make room for new growth? Remove old thoughts, habits, even possessions to make room for the new, for what God wants to bring into our lives? If that's so, how do I know what is dead, what doesn't bring life?
Surveying the pile of garden rubbish I had created, I thought, it's easy to recognize dead in a plant. A branch will break easily with a dry powdery snap. The fern frond was black against the pale green. How do I recognize what is dead in my life? What in my life, in my mind, in my practice is dry and brittle, crackly, not supporting life? Where can I make space?
Even then, you're not done. Once created, preparing the soil to receive is the next step. For my back yard, that means turning the hard soil and watering 3 to 4 times over a few days with a soaker hose. The bright heads of butter lettuce marching brightly in a row were a testament to this practice.
Looking inward was a bit harder to observe. In my everyday living, what do I practice that creates the same friability in my soul? The same softness? Prayer, spending time in meditation, reading the word of God, serving others with my gifts keep me supple, when practiced. Just like working out, I lose tone if I miss. And there are times when I am hard as a rock.
My refreshed garden made me happy. I could only imagine what a refreshed soul must do. Since I couldn't figure it all out, certainly not in one day, I closed the sliding glass door for the night and asked God to show me what is dead, what doesn't bear fruit in my life, so that there is room for the new.


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Westlife set to reform?
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- 11 August 2016
Westlife are seemingly set to reform as veteran songwriter Albert Hammond has revealed he has been asked by the boy band's manager Louis Walsh to write new songs for the guys
Westlife are on the brink of a comeback, according to songwriter Albert Hammond.
The 72-year-old Gibraltarian musician has penned tracks for some of the biggest names in pop including Whitney Houston, Tina Turner and Diana Ross' 'When you Tell Me That You Love Me,' which the soul legend rerecorded as a duet with Westlife in 2005.
Hammond has now leaked that the band's manager Louis Walsh has approached him to write songs for the band because he's going to "bring back Westlife".
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper, he revealed: "I was with Louis just now in Ireland, and he asked me for some songs because he says, I'm going to bring back Westlife so can you write some songs for me.'"
The band - comprised of Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan and previously Brian McFadden - disbanded in 2012 having achieved a total of 26 UK top 10 singles over their 14-year career, and Louis is obviously keen to tap into some of that past success.
Nicky has spoken recently about the prospect of the 'Safe' hitmakers reforming, and confirmed that it was a possibility with their forthcoming 20th anniversary in 2018 being the catalyst.
The 37-year-old singer said: "I don't think it would take much to get us back together. In a couple of years' time it will be the 20th anniversary and you could probably use that and maybe people will be interested.
"It's about wanting to do it at the right time."
That right time could be sooner than the crooner thinks, as a chance meeting between Louis and Albert at a Lionel Richie gig, where Westlifer Shane was the support act, seems to have got the ball rolling.
Albert explained: "I haven't seen Louis for years. Suddenly, he walks into my dressing room, 'Albert it's Louis.' "


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On Thursday, 12 January, Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima, met with Saulius Skvernelis, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Lithuania, for whom Latvia is the first foreign visit in his office. Speaker Mūrniece emphasised that Latvia and Lithuania have always been close partners, but mutual support and coordinated action is even more important now in light of unprecedented geopolitical challenges.
Speaker Mūrniece underlined the historically close relationship and intensive bilateral cooperation between the two countries, which includes parliamentary exchanges, as illustrated by the recent visit of Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament. Lithuania is Latvia's largest trade partner and incoming tourism market. Likewise, both countries have established close cultural ties, highlighted by the well-established tradition of jointly celebrating the annual Baltic Unity Day.
Mūrniece and Skvernelis discussed the Baltic cooperation, and agreed that the pragmatic and goal-oriented approach has yielded positive results; they especially pointed out the successful cooperation in the area of security and defence.
Regarding strengthening of security in the region, Speaker Mūrniece underlined the importance of the decision of the NATO Warsaw Summit to enhance the presence of the allied forces in the Baltics and Poland. Both countries have committed to reach the 2% of GDP defence spending threshold in 2018. Speaker Mūrniece expressed appreciation for the cooperation with Canada as the framework country of the NATO battle group in Latvia. She also highlighted the importance of the presence of the USA in the Baltics even after the deployment of the NATO battle groups. The parliament of Latvia is committed to work very closely with the US Congress to strengthen the transatlantic ties.
Speaker Mūrniece and Prime Minister Skvernelis also discussed the progress achieved in implementing the Rail Baltica project, emphasising the importance of all partner countries working on the Intergovernmental Agreement, which is instrumental for the completion of the project within the planned timeframe and for attracting the EU financing in full amount.
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Pratham Books is looking for a Project Coordinator.
Pratham Books is looking for a Project Coordinator.
Location : Delhi (but the job also requires you to travel to states in North India)
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a project that will take place with partner organizations in North India
- Responsible for project planning, reporting and implementation.
- Travelling to new project sites for project implementation
- Responsible for liasioning with all partners in project
- Ability to work under tight deadlines
- Energy and drive to inspire people and promote Pratham Books' work
Key Competencies
- Minimum 2 years experience in leading projects (preferred experience in education sector)
- Excellent communication skills (Hindi and English) and interpersonal skills
- Keen desire to learn on the job
- Knowledge of MS office
- Quick thinker with ability to take decisions based on situations arising at project sites
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Please send your resume to info(at)prathambooks(dot)org with 'Project Coordinator: Delhi' in the subject line of the email.


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1.To start your owl pillow you will be needing , two pieces of fabric, your choice, felt, scissors, paper to cut your pattern for the eyes, body and nose, buttons for the center of the eyes, the felt is for the eyes and the fabric for the body.
2.Cut your pattern and then cut the fabric and felt into the body parts, the owl is 6" inches wide, and 7" inches long.
3.Here is the body of the owl cut, you should always cut the edge a little more then the pattern so you can have enought space to sew and wont be too small after..
4.Here you have the eyes bigger and smaller circles and you need the buttons too, buttons will go after you sew all the eye parts in the pink felt circle..
5.If you already know how to machine sew, make your stitch in a zig zag on level 3 stitch for the big circle of the eye.
6. After you sew on the eyes and the nose, you can handsew the buttons before you sew the body together.
7. When you finish with the eyes and buttons and nose you get both sides of the body turn inside out to sew them together, attatch them with pins around leaving a small edge to sew by, and leaving in the bottom of the body and small hole to fill the body with your poly filling. Of course when you sew this then around the edges please cut around the parts that are waved and pointed like on top of the ears cut the edge a little and around the rest, because if you don't cut just a small cut is good, so that the fabric wont be too tight after you turn it inside out..
8. This is where you need to cut around the edges, is only a little cut around .
9. If you see the fabric too wrinkle, just iron it a little in cotton medium high heat.
For the filling you can use a little stick that comes inside this bag to place the filling in all the corners of the body
10. You will have to sew machine or by hand the small hole we left open to put in the filling.
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China has failed to meet its own targets for soil, water and air pollution, its planning agency has said.
Beijing set targets for 2011 to use energy more efficiently, and cut emissions due to China's increasing dependence on imported energy.
China missed about half of these targets, including energy intensity, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions, and a measure of water pollution.
"There are a lot of complicated reasons for failing to meet the targets. The biggest is that we have not transformed our economic development model," said Zhang Ping, head of the National Development and Reform Commission.
"Our means of growth are still too coarse and our structural adjustment is lagging behind."
China's energy consumption per unit of GDP dropped by 2 per cent in 2011, short of a 3.5 per cent target, frustrating those who are attempting to change the economy so that it wastes less, and is not as dependent on coal and imported oil.
The failure to meet the energy target, as well as lower-than-expected use of hydropower due to drought, contributed to a poor showing on sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions, Zhang said.
Sulphur dioxide emissions fell by 2.2 per cent, below the 2.9 per cent goal, while nitrogen oxide, which was intended to fall by 1.5 per cent, actually rose by 5.7 per cent.
For many Chinese enterprises, it has historically been cheaper to pollute and pay the resultant fine than to install more modern, emissions-reducing equipment.
China also missed its target for chemical oxygen demand, a measure of water pollution. That dropped by 2 per cent in 2011, rather than by 2.5 per cent.
The targets for reducing energy use and emissions are central to China's arguments internationally that it is reining in pollution.
Pollution is also a growing source of concern for China's prosperous urban residents, as well as a contributing factor in rural unrest.


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