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The District has experienced strong academic growth over the last several years moving from an "Acceptable" to a "Recognized" district. Central Elementary earned the "Exemplary" rating for three consecutive years during that time. Under the new accountability system, Central ISD has received the "Met Standard" rating since 2013. Conservative financial leadership has been reflected in the management practices of the District. We have earned the highest financial rating of "Superior Achievement" on the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas for many years. The District has made a considerable investment in facilities by passing a $12.5 million dollar bond issue building a new elementary campus, as well as renovating the secondary campuses.
Our purpose is to prepare students to graduate and become productive citizens. Central ISD partners with Angelina College and Stephen F. Austin State University to prepare our students for college and the workforce. The District pays tuition for all students taking dual credit courses at Angelina College. Also, students attending Central High School are provided with Google Chromebooks giving them access to the latest technology tools. We believe in developing a college going culture and workforce readiness skills that prepare students for the future job market.
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Fairfax, VA (April 16, 2014) — A majority of Americans have begun taking precautions against the spread of bed bugs, according to the 2014 Bed Bug Awareness Week survey conducted online in the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) in March 2014 among over 2,000 U.S. adults ages 18+. The survey, which found nearly three in five (59 percent) Americans take some kind of precaution against bed bugs, is being released in conjunction with Bed Bug Awareness Week (April 20-26), a national observance to help spread awareness about bed bugs and what people can do to curb infestations.
Bed bugs are known for their hitchhiking capabilities and are easily transported, making them an elusive pest and formidable opponent. In fact, bed bugs are considered one of the most difficult pests to control by professionals, due in part to their quick breeding capabilities and tendency to hide in small, dark crevices, often unseen by the human eye, such as behind headboards and baseboards, as well as inside electrical outlets and box springs. Depending on the scope of an infestation, it can take several treatments to fully eradicate the bugs.
Industry experts agree that public awareness is key in quelling infestations. "Education and vigilance are the first steps to help stop the spread of bed bugs, and we're pleased and encouraged to hear that so many Americans are becoming more aware of their surroundings and taking measures to protect against this troublesome pest," said Missy Henriksen, vice president of public affairs for NPMA. "We hope the public will use Bed Bug Awareness Week as an opportunity to brush up on prevention techniques—especially as we head into the busy summer travel season."
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Arthur Smith is a compčre beyond compare, playwright, panellist and performer of international stature. His plays include An Evening with Gary Lineker, My Summer with Des and The Bed Show. He has also worked as a road sweeper, dustman, warehouseman and teacher.
Arthur attended a South London grammar school, became head boy and went on to the University of East Anglia where Malcolm Bradbury marked one of his plays B- and suggested he stick to comedy.
He is a stalwart of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and his latest offering was Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen which transferred to London´s West End.
Arthur presents BBC Radio 4´s weekly programme about travel and much else besides, Excess Baggage, and previously presented a Radio 4 travel documentary series, Sentimental Journey. From Argentina to Cuba, via several bars in New York, Arthur has travelled the world, amassed an unrivalled collection of shoe buffers, airline socks and anecdotes, speaks fluent French irrespective of country, can, and will, quote Dante at length. He has featured on many radio shows including a six-minute talk about Plato. He remains a regular guest on Loose Ends.
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Summary: Libya still lacks a Constitution, which has been replaced by an almost Somalia like 'arrangement by admission of most of the current ministers in Tripoli, especially the minister of Defense and surely the head of the intelligence service, whose deputy was kidnapped in broad daylight, even if only for a few hours. On November 16, Tripoli saw some of the most intense inter-militia battles of recent months and resulting in at least 40 dead, many of them bystanders.
There is a 'silver lining' of sorts, which suggests that Libya might still have a chance to emerge from the post-Qadhafi mess in one piece (even if in the form of a federation). While there can be no assurances of security or safety, the population has not been shy to express its anger and it has managed to obtain a – temporary – departure of the militias from Tripoli. The people are justifiably outraged and this may have given impetus to some sympathetic elements in government to take action.
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True golfers know how important golf shoes are. If you try to play golf in sneakers, your feet will have no traction or grip, which will cause erratic swings, which will in turn lead to poor shots. If you try to play golf in dress shoes, your feet will feel like they're swimming, you will be uncomfortable all day long, and you will probably end up with several blisters.
Golf shoes weren't just designed as an avenue for golf equipment companies to make money. They actually offer many benefits, which include comfort, grip, traction, flexibility, and much more. They can definitely improve your performance. If you don't wear golf shoes when you're playing golf, you're doing a serious disservice to yourself. The good news is that if you happen to have been playing golf up until this point in time without wearing golf shoes, and have not been shooting well, at least you have an excuse, as well as an adjustment to make that might improve your score.
Men's golf shoes are made by many different companies, including Ecco, FootJoy, and Nike. Each brand name brings a different twist, but those three names are extremely reliable. Some people will judge the quality of a pair of men's golf shoes on their price, but that is wrong. Some companies increase their price simply because of the brand name. You should always find out what type of material the golf shoes are made of, what type of special technologies have been put into the shoes, how well they are selling, what the reviews for those shoes are, what their warranty is, and how long they're expected to last. While not all of this information will be covered below, the information provided will be beneficial to you and act as a head start.
Men's FootJoy Golf Shoes
FootJoy is one of the most trusted names in the golf shoe arena. Their name is also fitting for what they have to offer. They always seem to be thinking of new ways to help you feel more comfortable without sacrificing performance. They also use high quality material and offer strong customer service. Their attention to detail has led to success, and also has the potential to help lead you to more success on the golf course.
One of men's FootJoy golf shoes is the Men's FootJoy Designer Collection, which is currently on the 'closeouts' list. If you're interested in these shoes and act fast, you might be able to get them for under $100. If you can't, don't pay much more than $100. They have been listed for that price in some places and you shouldn't overpay.
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The Men's FootJoy Designer Collection shoes are made with full grain leather uppers, which also something you should always look for. It is the quality standard in the industry. If a pair of shoes doesn't have full grain leather uppers, you should ask why.
These designer golf shoes are lightweight and offer a lot of flexibility. They're very designer-like and look more like a pair of shoes you would wear to a restaurant than a golf course, but they work. To be blunt, if you're the type of person that likes to have the nicest looking pair of shoes on the course, then these are a good option for you.
Another FootJoy option is the FootJoy DryJoy PODS. They're made of waterproof leather and sell for around $170. They have full grain leather uppers and their PODS technology offers great flexibility and stability. In other words, they really help you stay planted during your swing, without sacrificing comfort. These shoes have been a popular option for players on tour since 1989. They're extremely durable and are one of the most solid options you can find. DryJoys come with a two year limited waterproof warranty.
FootJoy also has a shoe called GreenJoys. These are a lot cheaper, selling for around $65. They come in white smooth/black smooth trim and white smooth. They have synthetic uppers and soft sponge rubber insoles. They're very comfortable and durable at the same time. They're a great option for the weekly player who doesn't want to spend too much.
Men's Ecco Golf Shoes
Ecco golf shoes have many different styles of golf shoes. You can go with the Mens Ecco Casual Cool option, which look like soccer cleats, but play like golf shoes. They sell for about $170. They're a hardcore shoe in regards to appearance and durability. They're also water repellent.
Another option for Ecco men's golf shoes is the Men's Ecco Flexor. These shoes will make you look as though you just stepped out of the 1950s and onto the golf course, and that's meant in a good way. They bring a classy style to the game while also offering solid performance.
If those aren't the types of shoes you're looking for, you can consider the Ecco Flexor Hydromax. These are extremely flexible shoes that sell for around $190. They even have molded traction bars to improve your grip while you're swinging. They're comfortable and water repellent.
Ecco also has a golf shoe called Ecco Casual Cool II Premier. Their lava/black/white color combination certainly makes them stand out. As far as quality goes, their uppers are made of distressed leather with rubber detailing. Their greatest assets are breathability and comfort.
A final men's Ecco golf shoes option is the Ecco Classic Premier. These shoes have a more standard color combination, which are black and white. Their masterfully finished leather uppers are a great help toward comfort and performance. The technology of this shoe also focuses on allowing you to have maximum stability throughout your entire swing. They have great cushioning and are climate controlled. If you're looking for stability, grip and appearance, this a good option to consider.
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As you can probably tell by now, there's a lot of thought, work, and technology put into the golf shoes listed above. It's advantageous to the golfer that these companies are so competitive with one another. It keeps pushing the technology further and further along, allowing us (golfers) to reap the benefits. Another benefit is that they're always trying to under-price one another. So, essentially, we're getting a better product with more advanced technology than years ago, and for a cheaper price.
If you're into golf and taking full advantage of opportunities when they're presented to you, then now is the time to buy golf shoes. The recent deep recession has also dropped prices, and with the country on a verge of a comeback, prices will only rise. Act now to save a few bucks.


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Herbie took me on the freeway yesterday. Wasn't Herbie # 53 though? I love VW bugs, but you hardly see them anymore. Too old now I guess. On long family road trips my sister and I used to play a game which involved screaming "Herbie" at the top of our voice every time we saw a V Dub. There were heaps of them back then, I'm sure our parents loved us playing that game. Doubt it would be much fun these days, maybe you could shout "Commodore"! Hmmmm ....doesn't quite work does it?
Punch buggy blue "smack"
That's how it happened in the back seat of our family car
That's how it happened in the back seat of our family car
hahahaha you obviously had a tougher sister ;)
We call it "Turtle" in our country. There are lots of these cars here. Probably its because its the "Third World Country".
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Two strikingly different ensembles came to Atlanta over the weekend, each excavating their musical histories. But the assembled artists, who sounded and looked nothing alike, had one key thing in common: they played ethnomusicologists for the day, exposing audiences to the history of their art forms.
On Saturday, trumpeter Jon Faddis, who rose to prominence while playing with Lionel Hampton and Charles Mingus, led his Jazz Orchestra of New York in a tribute to Duke Ellington at the Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech. Less than 24 hours later, the 66-member Taipei Chinese Orchestra began its concert at Emory's Emerson Concert Hall with the triumphant opening chords of Leung-Fai Lo's "Ceremonial Music Joyful Dance."
For listeners eager to hear the roots of modern jazz, there's really no better music than the pieces Ellington and his composition partner Billy Strayhorn made famous during the swing era. Many of the tunes are etched into America's collective subconscious. It's a safe bet to assume that most people, even those of high school age and younger, have at least a passing familiarity with "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got that Swing)" or "Don't Get Around Much Anymore."
But the omnipresence of Ellington's music can be a stumbling block to the many bands that perform the material — even those as stacked with professional talent as Faddis'. To deliver a thrilling performance, these artists need to either carve out a unique interpretation or play Ellington's music with unbridled energy and impeccable adherence to style.
For the first half of Saturday night's concert, such energy was evident only in short bursts, mainly during solos. Enthusiastic and inventive improvisers staff this band, but as a whole, their ensemble playing on Saturday lacked drive. After Faddis displayed his technique — a big, brassy sound marked by a stylistic resistance (it sounds like he's really, really working to push out those notes) that can extend to vertiginous heights — he picked up his horn only sparingly. He chose instead to conduct the band through renderings of "The Mooche," "Boy Meets Horn" and other numbers. Perhaps a bit of the band's vitality was zapped by the clotted, cinder-block acoustics of the Ferst Center hall, which immediately swallowed up the ensemble's sound once it left the stage.
Charenee Wade joined the group midway through the first set to sing some Ellington classics, and the band perked up a bit, foreshadowing its dynamic second-half performance of Ellington's orchestral jazz band suite "Black, Brown and Beige." During the 40-minte second set, Faddis coaxed a lively performance from his players, saving what had seemed destined to be an uninspired evening.
Where Faddis' music was recognizable to most Americans, everything about the Taipei Chinese Orchestra, from the instruments to the musicians' brightly colored suits and dresses (how strange not to see a sea of tuxedoes on stage!), was unfamiliar. Basses, cellos and a timpani were the only recognizable instruments on the stage; the rest consisted of various plucked, bowed and strummed string devices, trumpet-like reed instruments, a wind instrument made of what looked like tiny organ pipes, and lots of exotic percussion. The ensemble, augmented by string soloists Wu Man on pipa (plucked) and Ming-Yu Wang on daguangxian and Ke Zai Xian (both bowed), presented a wide swath of Asian classical music, enough to give listeners a good taste of another culture.
Lo's "Ceremonial Music" and Yi-Chen Chou's "Portrait of Taiwanese Opera" were full of luscious, film-score passages played nimbly by the ensemble. It has a gorgeous sound, and conductor Yiu-Kwong Chung coaxed a wide range of dynamic contrasts and emotions from the group. It's odd to hear a whole section's worth of reedy instruments capable of piercing shrieks create such a quiet, lyrical sound.
The allure of experiencing a foreign music got people into the seats, and Chung delivered a big payoff, navigating an enthralling program full of interesting pieces. Chung's "The Yang's Saga," with the celebrated Wu Man on pipa, and "Northwest Suite," by China's most famous living composer, Tan Dun, were standouts of the evening. The pipa concerto introduced the style of that stringed instrument — single lines played with a heavy tremolo and liberal ornamentation, frenzied chordal strums — and Tan's piece brought European classical ideas to the ensemble.
For Atlantans savvy enough to attend both concerts, the two events worked together to provide a unique glimpse at orchestral music that lies outside the standard European tradition, a delight in itself.


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Six Sigma was first introduced by Motorola in 1986 with a mission of improving the quality of processing by identifying and removing the causes of errors in the manufacturing industry. It uses a set of quality management methods and creates a special team of people within the company who are experts in Six Sigma methodology. These experts are ranked depending on their certification levels as either "white belt," "yellow belt," "green belt," "black belt," or "master black belt." Those experts work on "projects," which have a goal to produce significant improvements in a process. The two Six Sigma projects are DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve and control) in order to improve a current process or DMADV (define, measure, analyze, design, verify) in order to create a new process. As more projects are put into place together, organizations experience a nearly defect-free performance. Notable companies that claimed to have used Six Sigma include Boeing, Ford Motor Company, Dell & General Electric.
In recent years, Lean Manufacturing, a system of eliminating waste within a manufacturing system, has been combined with Six Sigma and labeled Lean Six Sigma in an effort to eliminate the eight types of waste: defects, overproduction, waiting, non-utilized talent, transportation, inventory, motion, extra-processing. These are abbreviated as "DOWNTIME." Companies including 3M, ACME and Louisiana-Pacific Corp. have reported successful results from using Lean Six Sigma. Similar to Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma uses the five phases of the DMAIC project as well as a belt certification system as listed in the charge below:
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The inarguable positive impact Lean Six Sigma has had on the bottom lines of companies around the world has led to the usage of its methodologies being used by various industries.
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Playing action-based video games has been shown to improve attentional processing.
Carrot sticks or joysticks: video games improve vision
by: Gideon P Caplovitz & Sabine Kastner
Nature Neuroscience 12, 527 - 528 (3/29/2009)
Playing action-based video games has been shown to improve attentional processing. A study now finds that it also induces long-lasting improvements in contrast sensitivity, a basic visual function that commonly deteriorates with age. These improvements do not happen for an equivalent group who played a non-action video game.
How well we see primarily depends on the physical condition of the structures of our eyes, components such as the cornea and lens that determine the amount and focus of light that impinges on our retinas. During development and over the course of a lifetime, changes in these structures or accidental damage to them can lead to visual impairments that have been alleviated for centuries through the use of corrective lenses (such as myopia) or more recently through surgical procedures (for example, cataracts).
The authors are in the Department of Psychology and Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.


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HMS Colossus was a 74-gun warship built in 1787 and wrecked 11 years later on the Isles of Scilly. She was the first Royal Navy ship of that name; five more were built over the years, culminating in an aircraft carrier launched in 1943. The '74' was one of the most successful design-types of its period, and ships of this class formed the backbone of the naval battle fleet during the Napoleonic wars.
Roland Morris' investigations
Investigation of the Colossus has a long and varied history, from the search for the wreck, begun in 1967 by the Penzance salvor, restaurateur, and museum proprietor Roland Morris; to the work undertaken exactly fifty years later by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Maritime Archaeology Society (CISMAS).
During that time perceptions of the wrecking process have changed significantly, as is demonstrated by the fact that, between 1974 – when Morris finally found the wreck – and the present day, three completely different designated areas have existed around this protected wreck site. The final understanding has only been reached in the last year, thanks to Historic England-funded fieldwork by CISMAS.
Roland Morris spent nine years investigating the site. Most notably, he discovered over 30,000 shards of ancient Greek pottery – part of Sir William Hamilton's collection, which Colossus was transporting to England (it is now in the British Museum). The plan published by Morris shows a site which is widely dispersed, being over 250 metres long from east to west.
It is worth describing how Morris understood the distribution of the material he spent so long excavating. He was convinced the hull lay with its stern to the west (where he found four rudder pintels) while the galley area (with its 'smoke blackened marble slabs') was over 200 metres to the east. By 1984 he was convinced there was nothing left to find on the site, and it was de-designated and then largely forgotten.
Today, although the general area where Morris worked is clear, it is difficult to establish the exact location of his investigations. That said, in harmony with our theme, much of the area he examined was located at (and beyond) the edge of the site's then-designated area. At this point, then, our perception was of a dispersed site, situated to the east of the Southard Well reef, where the Colossus had foundered.
A second part to the site discovered
This all changed in 2001, when several iron guns and an area of ship structure were discovered about 400 metres to the east of the Morris site.
'Incredibly, the cannons were still within the gun-ports of the hull'
The remains were spectacular, consisting of the port side of the ship from mainmast to stern. The timbers looked flawless when first exposed. Five iron cannon stood upright on the seabed, their muzzles buried in the sand – incredibly, they were still within the gun-ports of the hull.
A carved human figure, part of the stern decoration, lay on the seabed. A new designation was enacted, this time centred on the newly discovered remains, and positioned over 700 metres to the north-west of the previous designation.
Clearly this was now a site of two parts. Subsequent survey work established that the two sites were in fact connected by a motley scatter of wreck debris. It was still thought that the wreck itself occurred on the Morris site, which now became known as the bow site, and we assumed that the stern had travelled to its present location some time after the ship had been wrecked.
Our changing perceptions of the site created a number of misconceptions. It has been written variously that the Colossus was demoted to a stores ship; was badly damaged at the battle of Cape St Vincent; and that it participated in the Battle of the Nile, and had over 200 wounded from that battle on board- hapless individuals who were saved as the ship foundered by being lashed into the rigging. None of these assertions is true, and yet they continue to surface in diverse publications and inevitably colour our perceptions of the wreck.
Perhaps the most irksome perception is rooted in the fact that Colossus was one of four ships in her class said to have been a direct copy of the captured French 74 Courageux. It is often opined that French 74s were superior sailors to British-built 74s, the design of which they influenced. This is a complex issue, which would require far more space than we have here for my hobby horse to canter in. However, the fact that Courageux was captured by the British 74 Bellona in 1761 after a long stern chase perhaps illustrates that all is not quite as it seems. (Bellona was designed by Sir Thomas Slade, most famous for being the architect of HMS Victory of Trafalgar fame).
Work since 2001
Over the fifteen years from 2001, the stern of Colossus was the subject of a number of research projects.
These included a detailed baseline survey, trials of different methods of stabilising the wreck, a long-term artefact reburial assessment and two small scale excavations, aimed at answering specific questions about the site. In addition, a dive trail around the visible remains was installed in 2009 along with a waterproof printed visitor's guide. A web-based virtual dive trail allows non-divers a degree of access to the site. As this work progressed, it became clear that our view of the wrecking process the ship underwent still did not accord with the observed disposition of artefacts on and around the site.
One of the abiding enigmas of the stern site was how the five upper deck cannons came to rest in their unusual positions. In the conventional wrecking scenario, the ship foundered at Southard Well and a section of the stern then drifted east to its current position.
The problem with this is that we know the ship fell onto her beam-ends (side) within hours of her abandonment. It is hard to see how the upper deck guns could have stayed in place throughout such a process. As she rolled over onto her beam-ends, the ship's guns and ballast would have shifted and she would be likely to remain on her side.
The stern section would then need to have travelled east, lying on its side, for 300 to 400 metres, making the present disposition of the guns even more incredible. In addition, during 2015 it became clear that there were other anomalies in the distribution of the material on the seabed, and that a different wrecking scenario was required to explain them.
Latest findings
Accordingly, in 2017, CISMAS was commissioned by Historic England to investigate the edges of the site. The aim was to come to a better understanding of the wrecking of Colossus. The project involved 25 detailed searches of the area beyond the known site, covering over 34,000 square metres of seabed. The process was strenuous and often monotonous, particularly in areas where there were few artefacts. But the absence of wreckage in certain areas proved as informative as the locations where some numbers of items could be found.
The conclusion of this survey was that Colossus foundered a short distance from the location of the stern remains, rather than at the Morris (bow) site near Southard Well reef. Thus our perceptions of this wreck have shifted once again, this time not by a careful study of the known and familiar, but by looking beyond the edges.
Kevin Camidge, MCIfA
Kevin is a freelance maritime archaeologist and Archaeological Director of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Maritime Archaeology Society (CISMAS).
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A quick and easy Microwave Lobster Thermidor recipe. Serve on a bed of greens.
Ingredients4 cooked lobsters (575g each)
60g butter or margarine
115g mushrooms, cut into quarters
1 x 300g can condensed cream of mushroom soup
60ml milk
2 tablespoons medium sherry
Garnish – parsley
Microwave cookware – Large bowl
MethodPrepare lobster; break off claws and legs. With nut cracker, crack large claws. Remove claw meat from shell; place in mixing bowl.
With kitchen shears, cut thin underside shell from tail of each lobster; gently pull meat from shell. Place green meat (tomalley) and any roe (coral) in bowl with claw meat. De-vein tail meat; cut into chunks. Add chunks to bowl.
Lift out bony portion from head shell; add green meat or roe to bowl. Discard sac and spongy grey gills from top of head. Break bony portion apart. Pick out any meat; add to bowl. Rinse whole lobster shells; set aside.
In bowl place butter or margarine and mushrooms. Cook on High for 4 minutes. Stir in soup and milk. Cook on high for 4 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking.
Into mushroom mixture, stir lobster meat and sherry. Cook on High for 4 minutes or until lobster is hot, stirring halfway through cooking.
To serve: place reserved lobster shells on warmed dinner plates; spoon equal amount of lobster mixture into each shell.
Garnish with parsley.
Less than 20 mins preparation time
About 20 minutes cooking time
Serves 4


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In a weak bid to imitate Hugh fernley Whitingstall and his river cottage culinary delights I have failed yet again. The locally picked damsons didnt make it to the demijohn. But I did discover some fine new materials to try in my desire to make fire by hand drill. Bowdrill I'm fine with, I have my favourites and my little secrets, but hand drill I havent fully mastered yet. I'm drying our some Mullions/Aarons rod that grows right outside the cabin gate and also some budlia from the top of the forest track to compare the the old favourite of elderberry. I have some clematice from some forest clearance in the spring but I think I'm going to have to find someone locally who has a band saw, splitting it has proved too wasteful for this precious commodity.
Anything electrical is not too much use to me as I hate the sound of the generator and our solar panels offer very little above email and an odd video in the evening, we don't get telly of course.
Owl calling. we were on the veranda the other evening listening to the owles hunting. Three of them I think. I began to imitate their hoot and was answered immediately, and twice got one to swoop over us looking for the source or a perch nearby. I'm going to practice this till I can call them. Just another thing to add to my list of the charms of this place.
We have a quite week ahead then a small explosion of activity with bushcraft/survival classes delivered twice a day for nearly two weeks.
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Arriva Engineers excel at 2015 IRTE Skills Challenge
Pioneered by the IRTE (Institute of Road Transport Engineers), the IRTE Skills Challenge champions and rewards the vital work and skills of bus engineers across the UK.
This year's competition, held over 5 days from 1st to 5th June 2015 at the S&B Automotive Academy in Bristol saw bus and coach operators from all over the UK put forward teams to compete in a series of engineering challenges covering three disciplines of mechanical, electrical and bodywork to see who has the best technicians in the industry.
Arriva UK Bus, who competed on 2nd June, was strongly represented by engineers from Arriva London, Christos Efstathiou (Clapton garage) along with apprentices Tom King (Norwood), George Perry (Barking) and Adam Vale (Tottenham).
The competition was fiercely contested with the results only revealed at the presentation ceremony, held Thursday 16 July at the National Motor Cycle museum in Birmingham. Norwood's Tom King was amongst the Arriva successes, not only was he the winner of the Top Scoring Electrical Apprentice award, but he was also teamed up with Arriva Midlands colleague Pamela Chapman to win the Electrical & Mechanical Award. Well done to them both!
Published : Thu 17th Aug. 2017 - Thu 5th Oct. 2017
Buses are an important part of Barking & Dagenham's Older People Celebration Week
Last week, Arriva London were invited to take part in the Older People's Celebration Week across Barking and Dagenham.
Arriva London hold Macmillan Coffee Mornings in their garages
When our garage staff asked if they could support this year's Macmillan Coffee Morning, we were delighted to encourage them to do so.
Bees back at Brixton garage following green-fingered Roy's gardening efforts
At Arriva London, we are always looking for ways to improve our environmental footprint, and are excited when our staff suggest ways in which they can also contribute to this aim.
Old and new Arriva London Routemasters help raise funds for charities at Imber 2017
On Saturday 26th August, Arriva London was pleased to support the eighth annual bus service to the normally deserted Wiltshire village of Imber, situated in the middle of Salisbury Plain military training area.
Continuous training for our drivers helps them deal with accessibility issues
As part of our continuous ongoing staff training and development programme, this week, together with colleagues from TfL, we conducted a Hello London Accessibility Forum at our Brixton garage, and invited our drivers to participate in the discussion.
Treat yourselves this summer with an historic Arriva London Heritage Fleet Routemaster bus
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Living legend Jushin Liger will face Fergal 'Prince' Devitt in his first match on British soil for over 20 years, Mirror Online can exclusively reveal.
The Japanese superstar, 48, is set to clash with his former Control Terrorism Unit stablemate as part of Revolution Pro's huge 'When Thunder Strikes' card in June.
Known as Fuji Yamada in his pre-mask days in the late 1980s, Liger proved an instant sensation with UK fans and went on to win the World Heavy Middleweight Championship twice.
And in a special nod to Liger's contribution to British wrestling history, the man he beat and dropped the title to on both occasions – Mark 'Rollerball' Rocco – will be guest of honour at ringside.
But this contest will be far from a nostalgic exhibition or a stroll down memory lane – as is demonstrated in the video below, current and three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Devitt is one of the most scintillating performers in wrestling today. And no doubt Liger will be on top form to ensure his legacy with British fans is in no way tainted.
Devitt, 31, from Bray, Ireland – who recently tweeted a picture of himself alongside idol Liger – should prove an excellent opponent for the former 11 time champ, with whom he has previously traded the IWGP Junior Heavweight Tag belts.
Also already confirmed to appear on the Saturday 15th show at London's York Hall bill is 'Party' Marty Scurll, recent standout for TNA Wrestling British Boot Camp.
* Tickets go on sale Monday 25th February at 6pm and there will also be a meet and greet opportunity with Jushin Liger, Fergal Devitt and Rollerball Rocco on the afternoon of the event for fans. More details at revolutionprowrestling.com.


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An algorithm for locating me:
Small to medium swell and W to NW winds = Guvvos
Large swell and W to NW winds = Shoreham (high tide only)
Small to medium swell and NE winds (or light E winds) = Gunnamatta
Large swell and NE winds = 13th Beach (if not too big)
Large swell and S to SE winds = Cat Bay (high tide only, mid-week only as too crowded on weekends)
Small to Medium swell and N winds = 13th Beach
Mid-week, medium swell, cold, cloudy winter day with NW winds = Bells Beach
Medium swell and SW winds = Urquhart Bluff if desperate (or maybe Torquay surf beach if not too crowded)
Large swell, high tide and light SW winds = Secret Spot (not telling)
About 6 hours after posting the above Phil and I headed to Urquhart Bluff. After catching a wave to the inside I realised it was breaking over a waist deep rock shelf. Soon after, I had two separate cuts requiring stiches.
Ok, all of the above is true but the injury was from hitting my own board in a wipe out rather than from rocks (which would definitely be cooler). I was very surprised to be bleeding (let alone have two deep cuts) as I didn't hit my board very hard at all. I was also surprised to discover how much local anesthetic hurts. It's like having acid injected into your face. I mean the stuff is supposed to be ANESTHETIC right? Anyway, I'm extremely annoyed because we'd barely started surfing and I'll also have to miss out on Anzac day because the stitches will still be in.


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Watch the Northeast Photographic Competition Live!
Judging for the Northeast District Photographic Competition begins tomorrow! You can tune in to watch April 21-22, 2017 starting at 9:00 am ET at Stream.theIPC.org.
If you've entered the Northeast District Competition, this is your chance to see how you did! Even if you didn't enter the competition, watching the judging is a great way to take a peek at what judges are looking for during the Photographic Open or Artistic competition.
You can also learn more about PPA's 12 Elements of a Merit Image, and we invite you to tune in and get inspired. It's a great way to prepare for the International Photographic Competition!
The judging for the IPC will be held July 30-August 2, 2017. Early registration to enter your images opens May 22-June 21, 2017 by 5pm ET. Entries after June 21 will be accepted with a late fee through July 6. But please note that no entries will be accepted after July 6, 2017 by 5pm ET.
This year's IPC has some new rules, so be sure to check them out. And don't forget to enter your images early to beat the crowds and save some money! Find out more at PPA.com/IPC.


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A love letter From a boy of land lord to a girl of tenant living in the same
Since you have arrived at this house, I feel too much delighted. Your sweet but low
singing in the bath room fetches my attention forcibly towards you . And big, beautiful
and black eyes bewitch me . Your proportionate body and female deer like your gait attract
me very much. I want to be lost in you. My feelings about you are not unpious. I have a
yearning to sit by you and talk to you hours together in a lonely place where nobody comes
to disturb us. My eyes long for watching you very closely . Only for few days ago, you
have come to my house as tenent but it seems to me that you for centuries .
Dear Ross , I have been in the contact of hundreds of girls in my college and many of them
elsewhere but believe me dear, my heart has naver been won by any one of them. In your
case , I have given my heart to you only in a look.
I trust you are the girl of my dreams. I always dreamt of a simple gentle and polite girl.
And you possess all these qualities.
I hope you will reciprocate my love.
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- Absorption cooling
Absorption systems use a heat source, such as natural gas, propane, or waste heat from a variety of processes, instead of electricity.
Chlorofluorocarbons are fluorinated compounds that were commonly used as refrigerants but have been banned by the Montreal Protocol because of significant damage to the ozone layer. They were replaced by HCFCs, which also deplete the ozone layer.
- Compressor
A compressor is a component in refrigeration and cooling equipment. It is a device used to pressurize gas (the refrigerant) to turn it into a liquid. In doing so, it acts as a pump that moves refrigerant through the refrigeration cycle and facilitates heat transfer.
- Desiccant cooling
Desiccant cooling systems are open cycle systems, using water as the refrigerant in direct contact with air. The thermally driven cooling cycle is a combination of evaporative cooling with air dehumidification by a desiccant.
- Evaporative cooling
Evaporative water coolers use heat in ambient air to evaporate water, which in turn cools the surrounding air.
- Evaporator
An evaporator is a component in refrigeration and cooling equipment. Inside it, liquid refrigerant turns into a gas, and as it evaporates extracts heat from the air around it. The cooled air is then blown into the refrigerated or air-conditioned space.
- Fluorocarbon
Fluorocarbons, or F-gases, are a group of fluorinated compounds that include CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs. They have been commonly used as refrigerants but are also used for foam, fire protection, aerosols, solvents and other industrial uses. Many have been identified as ozone depleters and potent greenhouse gases.
- Foam blowing agents
Blowing agents are used to create a cellular structure from liquid plastic resin, and in the case of foam used for insulation it functions as an insulating component of the foam.
Global warming potential (GWP) measures the potency of a greenhouse gas over a specific period of time, relative to carbon dioxide (CO2), which has a GWP of 1. It is independent of a greenhouse gas's atmospheric concentration i.e. it reflects its thermodynamic properties (how good it is at being a greenhouse gas) irrespective of how much of it is in the atmosphere. For example, HFC-134a, the most commonly used HFC, has a GWP of 1430 when measured over 100 years, and 3830 when measured over 20 years. This means that the global warming contribution of HFC-134a, is 1430 or 3830 times greater than that of CO2 depending on the time metric used.
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons are fluorinated compounds commonly used as refrigerants. They were adopted decades ago as replacements for CFCs because they did less damage to the ozone layer, but like CFCs are extremely potent greenhouse gases. They are being phased out by the Montreal Protocol but are still used heavily in many countries, especially developing countries, and in many cases are being replaced by HFCs, which are also greenhouse gases.
Hydrofluorocarbons are fluorinated compounds commonly used as refrigerants. Over the past twenty years they have become popular replacements for CFCs and HCFCs, which are being phased out by the Montreal Protocol because of damage to the ozone layer. While HFCs do not destroy ozone, they are potent global warming gases. The most common HFC, R134a, has a global warming potential 1,430 times greater than CO2.
Hydrofluoroolefins are unsaturated HFCs. The HFO manufacturing process is energy-intensive and expensive, requiring fluorinated feedstocks and produces fluorinated byproducts (including HFC-23 with a GWP of 14,800) that contribute to ozone depletion and/or climate change.
The use of HFOs such as HFC-1234yf is associated with the formation of explosive gas mixtures and toxic hydrogen fluoride in the event of fire or explosion.[1]
HFOs also break down into a persistent, non-biodegradable acid known as trifluoroacetic acid (TFA).
In addition, HFOs are significantly more expensive than HFC-134a, as much as 10 times more expensive. This is likely to spur illegal use of HFCs or even HCFCs in the aftercare market, as they can often operate in the HFO systems, thus negating future climate benefits and resulting in illegal trade
- Hydrocarbon
Hydrocarbons are a group of naturally occurring compounds sometimes used as refrigerants. Popular hydrocarbon refrigerants include isobutane (R600a, often used in domestic refrigeration) and propane (R290, often used in commercial refrigeration). New hydrocarbon blends, such as R441a and R443a, are also on the market.
- Natural refrigerant
Natural refrigerants refer to naturally occurring compounds that can be used in refrigeration and cooling equipment in place of synthetic, fluorinated compounds. Common natural refrigerants include carbon dioxide, ammonia, water, and hydrocarbons such as isobutane and propane.
- Trifluoroacetic acid
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) accumulates in aquatic and certain forest ecosystems with potential toxic effects on plants and animals whose long-term implications are unknown. Some unsaturated HFCs (HFOs) release high levels of TFA when they degrade in the atmosphere.
TFA concentrations of 100 μg/litre are accepted as a safe ecotoxicity threshold.[1] However, uncertainty over the impact HFC-1234yf use will have on TFA levels remains as many studies do not account for the adoption of HFC-1234yf and other HFOs across a plethora of sectors and the bio accumulation of TFA, which does not easily degrade.


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Christian Aid is hoping to alter the perception of refugees with a new campaign called Change the Story.
The charity says that the 'stories we hear and the stories we tell are important. They help us shape our thoughts, form our opinions and set the agenda. So when refugees are portrayed negatively in the media, their inherent dignity is challenged'.
Change the Story aims to encourage supporters to write, talk and pray about refugees. Initially, they are asking people to write to their newspaper advocating that refugees deserve to be treated with dignity and compassion.
For more details on Change the Story see the Focus on Refugees website.


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SOURCE: Stratex Oil & Gas Holdings, Inc.
December 10, 2013 07:25 ET
WATERTOWN, CT--(Marketwired - December 10, 2013) - Stratex OIl & Gas Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: STTX) ("Stratex" or "the Company") announced today that it entered into a Joint Development Agreement (the "JDA") with Eagleford Energy, Inc., ("Eagleford") and its wholly owned subsidiary, Eagleford Energy, Zavala Inc. ("Eagleford Zavala"). Pursuant to the JDA, Eagleford Zavala granted Stratex the exclusive right to operate and develop approximately 2,549 leasehold acres under a certain Lease, located in Zavala County, Texas, situated within the established oil rim of the Eagle Ford Shale play. Eagleford Zavala has a 100% working interest ("WI") and a 75% net revenue interest ("NRI") in the Lease.
Pursuant to the JDA, on or prior to March 31, 2014, the Company has agreed to complete, or cause to be completed, the hydraulic fracturing of the Matthews #1H well, and to pay all future costs associated therewith. Eagleford originally drilled the Matthews #1H in October 2010. Under the terms of the JDA, Stratex intends to initiate the fracture stimulation ("frac") and completion of the well, at an estimated cost of up to $2.0 million. Stratex will pay 100% of those costs, in return for a 66.67% WI, and a 50% WI after payout. The JDA further provides that, following the timely fracturing of the Matthews #1H, the Company shall have earned and be entitled to receive an assignment of an undivided 50% working interest in the entire 2,549 acres. As consideration for the rights granted to the Company under the JDA, Stratex agreed to pay $300,000 as follows: (i) $150,000 was delivered on December 4, 2013 to the lessors under the Lease, on behalf of Eagleford Zavala, (ii) $50,000 was delivered to Eagleford on December 4, 2013 and (iii) $100,000 will be delivered to Eagleford on or before December 31, 2013. The consideration was funded utilizing cash on the balance sheet.
The Matthews #1H was originally drilled to a total measured vertical depth of 8,500 feet, of which more than 5,100 feet was vertical depth into the Buda formation, which sits directly below the Eagle Ford Shale. The well was then whipstocked at the top of the Austin Chalk, directly above the Eagle Ford Shale, and drilled with an 800 foot curve into the Eagle Ford Shale. Subsequently, a 3,300 foot lateral through the Eagle Ford was drilled in order to more efficiently exploit the reservoir. A shot point sleeve from Baker Hughes was installed to protect the wellbore and accommodate a multi stage frac.
The Matthews #1H was extensively logged, and 36 sidewall cores were taken from 4 formation, including (in descending order) the San Miguel, Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford, and Buda. The logs were then interpreted by Weatherford International, Ltd., and the sidewall cores were analyzed by Core Laboratories and Weatherford. Subsequently, Ryder Scott Company, LP utilized the information, as well as other data, to prepare an evaluation of the recoverable contingent resources associated with the discovered petroleum initially in place in the Eagle Ford Shale.
The Lease is also highly prospective for other locally prolific zones, including the Austin Chalk and Buda, as well as the San Miguel (heavy oil). Local operators in the Eagle Ford are successfully exploiting the oil in place utilizing horizontal drilling and multi-stage hydraulic fracs on 60 to 80 acre spacing units. On this basis, Management believes there are up to 42 horizontal drilling locations in the Eagle Ford formation alone. Eagleford Zavala indicates 14 horizontal locations for the Austin Chalk and 32 horizontal locations for the Buda have also been mapped, with additional locations possible. In addition, there is significant heavy oil in place in the San Miguel formation. Stratex is considering various enhanced recovery methodologies, which could include waterflood or steam injection. Stratex intends to aggressively exploit the Lease following the timely frac and completion of the Matthews #1H.
The Eagle Ford Shale is one of the largest unconventional resource discoveries in the Lower 48 over the past 40 years, boasting a high, rich organic content shale. The play underlies much of southeastern Texas, covering a region previously known geologically for high quality multi-stacked pay. Rapidly increasing output from the Eagle Ford Shale currently accounts for approximately 25% of total Texas oil production of 2.5 million barrels per day, and is expected to surpass 1 million barrels per day in the very near future.
Stephen Funk, Chairman and CEO, stated, "Stratex is very pleased to have the opportunity to frac and complete the Matthews #1H and to drill the entirety of this high quality acreage, located in one of the most actively drilled areas of the United States. Stratex now has a formidable drilling inventory of high quality stacked locations, which we believe will enable the Company to raise additional capital in order to meaningfully increase proved reserves, production, and cash flow, which in turn should be highly accretive to shareholder value. We will aggressively commence the exploitation of our core focus area(s)."
To receive timely information on Stratex Oil & Gas Holdings' when it hits the newswire, sign up for Stratex's email news alert system at: http://ir.stockpr.com/stratex/email-alerts
About Stratex Oil & Gas Holdings, Inc.
Stratex is an independent energy company focused on the exploration, acquisition, and production of crude oil in the Bakken and Three Forks formations in North Dakota and Montana. Its oil and natural gas operations are primarily concentrated in two Rocky Mountain basins, the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana. Stratex's corporate strategy is to internally identify prospects, acquire lands encompassing those prospects, and evaluate those prospects using subsurface geology and geophysical data. Using this strategy, Stratex has developed an oil portfolio of proven reserves, as well as development opportunities on high potential oil prospects.
Stratex's core operating areas are the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana, and the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado. In the Williston Basin, Stratex focuses on oil production from multiple zones including the Bakken Shale and Three Forks Sanish Formations. In the Denver-Julesberg Basin Stratex focuses on the Niobrara and Codell Formations.
Stratex engages geologists, petroleum engineers, and geophysicists with years of relevant industry experience in the basins where the Company operates. Stratex strives to retain operations on its lands wherever possible in order to control the timing of the development of its leasehold. For more information visit: http://www.stratexoil.com
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Mrs. Christine Watkins, MTS, LCSW, is a popular Catholic speaker and author. Formerly an anti-Christian atheist living a life of sin, she began a life of service to the Catholic Church after a miraculous healing form Jesus through Mary, which saved her from death. Before her conversion, she danced professionally with the San Francisco Ballet Company, and today has twenty years of experience as a Catholic speaker, retreat leader, spiritual director, and counselor. For ten years, she worked as a hospice grief counselor and for another ten as a post-abortion healing director.
Mrs. Watkins has hosted her own shows on Radio Maria and for Shalom World television and is the Founder and CEO of Queen of Peace Media. She has authored the best-seller, FULL OF GRACE: Miraculous Stories of Healing and Conversion through Mary's Intercession, and the new and highly acclaimed, TRANSFIGURED: Patricia Sandoval's Escape from Drugs, Homelessness, and the Back Doors of Planned Parenthood.
I've invited Christine Watkins to speak at our parish more than once. She was very successful, and I highly recommend her. When she speaks, it is powerful. It is heart speaking to heart. She loves Christ and the Church, and it surely comes through. She does not water down the message. She reaches out with the truth and with a healthy sense of humor. It is an honor for me to recommend this beautiful and capable Catholic Christian for your next talk, retreat, or parish mission. Click here to read Fr. Manuel's full endorsement letter.Fr. Manuel Sousa
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If I could be any kind of Christian I wanted to be — if I could be any kind of person, period — I'd want to be like my mother.
I'm much like her in some ways. She was my mom, after all.
Alas, I'm not like her in the good ways. She constantly battled a sweet tooth and weight problems. I got that gene.
I've been thinking about her. If she'd lived, she would have turned 82 this month. Instead, she passed away in 2003.
Most of my life I didn't call her Mom. I called her Al, which was short for her given name, Alice. She seemed fine with that. She wasn't a stickler for formalities.
A few days ago, I reread a column I wrote about her when she died, and then reread a piece I'd written probably 10 years before that, when she was still in her prime. They bear out that I'm not just viewing her now through misty, rosy glasses.
I said about her way back then the sorts of things I'm about to say now. She was as near a saint as any human I've ever encountered.
Al grew up on a small tobacco farm. She never graduated from college. Mainly she served as the wife of a peripatetic rural minister and as a stay-at-home mom. Later, she also worked 22 years as a school secretary. Then she retired.
By the time she passed away, she'd been out of the workforce, and out of the public eye — to the small extent she'd ever been in it — for several years.
Yet, as word circulated in our community that she was ill, throngs of well-wishers flocked to the hospital to keep watch and pray. They lined two long corridors. Dozens of people. Scores of people.
There were so many they clogged the hallways. Nurses and aides couldn't tend their patients, and the staff finally asked Al's visitors to please go home.
Still, teenagers Al had taken under her wings sat around her bed all night until the sun came up, trying to joke with her and asking what she needed.
After she passed away a few days later, the wake and funeral were packed. People I didn't realize she'd even known wept openly. All ages and descriptions of people attended. You'd have thought a dignitary died.
That was my mom.
Basically, she wasn't in the spotlight and, as far as I know, didn't want to be.
But as I wrote shortly after she passed, she probably had more impact on more people than any 10 preachers combined, including my dad and me.
Here's what set her apart. Some of you may not like it, because it's no longer a popular virtue, if it ever was.
She was truly selfless.
She wasn't a doormat. She could — and once in a great while did — give somebody a bracing piece of her mind.
When I was about 7, we lived in an Ohio suburb terrorized by a rapist. I didn't know what a rapist was, but I understood that a bad man was breaking in houses to hurt people. My dad often worked evenings.
"What if the bad man breaks in our house?" I asked Al.
She led me to the coat closet in the main hallway. She took down a loaded .38 revolver from the shelf.
"Don't worry, honey," she said pleasantly. "If the bad man comes here, Mama will shoot him."
I'm sure my eyes bugged out.
"I'd hate to kill him," she reassured me. "I'd shoot him in the leg."
She was fully human.
But somehow she'd come by an unusually kind disposition and the ability to, with that aforementioned limit, lay aside her self-interest for the benefit of her fellow pilgrims.
When my dad took his regular notions to uproot the family and move to some other town or state, she'd pack and go, too. When I lugged home garbage sacks full of dirty laundry from college on weekends, she'd wash it.
When my nephew's buddies looked as if they might need a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies, she'd bake them, even if it was 1 a.m. When young church women discovered they'd married bozos, she'd listen to their problems for hours.
When new school teachers were overwhelmed by crazy kids or surly principals, they'd go talk to Mrs. Prather, and she'd offer them a piece of candy, then quietly put in a good word for them with administrators or recruit them better students.
People loved her.
Because she loved them first.
Because day after day, in ways obvious and barely perceptible, she emptied herself of ego, or at least set her ego to the side, enough to see others' hurts and respond. She was a serious Christian, yet Zenlike in her lack of hubris.
I'd like to know how she did that, and it's too late to ask.
Maybe she was born with a gentle, self-effacing personality. Maybe she made a decision to become that person. Maybe — I'm sure this is what skeptics would argue — she acted from a lack of self-worth, or saw herself as a voiceless woman in a man's world.
Maybe it was all of the above. I can't say.
However it came to be, she was a person rarely ruffled by life's ups and downs, one who never thrust herself into the limelight, one available to comfort the wounded and then satisfied to fade into the background.
That, I think, is the epitome of what a Christian ought to be: more concerned about others than about him or herself.
It's what I am not. But Al, I'll always wish I could be like you.


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Celebrating a milestone birthday? What will you give yourself at 60? 70? 80? My first answer to this question is a common one: "The trip of my dreams!" Then, I wondered what would last longer than 2 to 3 weeks and be significant. A recent Wall Street Journal article changed my perspective on the gift to myself. The writer was a grieving widow who reestablished her piano playing skills as a way to handle her grief. She learned a lot more than new fingering techniques and how to pace her playing. She discovered the value of learning.
Adult piano lessons, even for an accomplished player, are different from our childhood lessons. I think this is true for most adult learning experiences. We bring our adult wisdom and perspective to a writing, painting, or drawing class. We experience music or acting lessons with full focus and enjoyment, instead of childhood dread. Additionally our teachers will be using different techniques now, whether because a few things have changed in instruction or because good teachers value adults' maturity. They might also expose their own challenges or stumbles to support our skill growth and its pace. In essence, it is probably easier to be a student as an adult.
These adult learning experiences can be much more valuable than gaining or refining a skill. They often introduce us to new people who share a common interest, so we widen our social connections. Social ties are crucial to happiness and keeping isolation and depression from our doors.
Even though we're older, research tells us we can still grow our mental capacity and ability. Learning new things is the essential here, as this is when we build our brains. If this sounds a bit like "use it or lose it," it's meant to; brain use and growth is a key element of healthy and happy longevity.
Another plus to adult learning is the boost in confidence and happiness we get from progressive mastery. Losses in life are a fact—whether it is portions of our health declining or the death of a parent. How we handle these losses and our own sense of control in our lives is determined by our approach and attitude to living. Gains in one area help us feel better about every area of our lives, even some sad spots.
Finally, and certainly crucial in adult learning, is fun and enjoyment. As busy as we are, we still choose to do something fun. Find your fun. Examine your youthful sources of joy for what you might do again. You can learn new aspects, refine technique and understanding, and regain the unique satisfaction of doing something fun that you love. Dale Carnegie said "People rarely success unless they have fun in what they are doing." I think this is true about living, too, whether you're in your 40's or your 80's.
I am fascinated by all the ways we can support our healthy longevity. Due to my family's experience with Alzheimer's, it is a top priority. For these reasons, I will keep reading and writing about brain health. If you would like to take a look at a former post on some basics to keeping your mind sharp, click here for the link.


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Kharta Valley Trek is a challenging yet rewarding trek around one of the isolated and less reached region of Tibet. The trek offers spectacular views of world's high mountains while passing through the traditional Tibetan villages, monasteries, steep valleys in the pristine wilderness. During the trek, we will visit Khangsung Everest Base Camp - east face of Everest. And after trekking, a visit to Everest Advanced Base Camp is made for a splendid view of Everest north face. In addition, we will spend a full two day guided sightseeing tour at Lhasa visiting several sites of religious and other significance including Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, and Norbulingka Palace.
Tibet Kharta Valley Trek with Nepal Guide Treks starts with a scenic drive along Nepal-Tibet highway, passing through Nyalam towards Kharta - the starting and ending point of the trek. After spending good acclimatization days at Nyalam and Kharta, we start our trek passing through alpine meadows, traditional Tibetan villages, ancient monasteries, glacier valleys and high mountain passes towards Everest's East base camp also known as Khangshung Everest Base Camp. From there we continue to follow on our trail with panoramic views of towering mountains towards the crossing of challenging Langma La Pass at 5320 meters. While exploring the isolated region's pristine wilderness, our journey heads back to Kharta. From Kharta Valley, we drive towards Rongbuk village. While we are at Rongbuk, we will visit Rongbuk Monastery which is the highest monastery in Tibet. We will have an early morning excursion to Everest Base Camp. After spending some quality time at the Everest Base Camp we continue our drive journey towards Lhasa - the holy city. At Lhasa, we will spend two days with full sightseeing tour. We will make visits to Potala Palace, Norbulingka Palace, Jokhang Temple, Tibet Museum, Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery and shoppers' favorite - Barkhor Bazaar. The incredible experience at Tibet Kharta Valley Trek with Nepal Guide Treks ends with a sweeping flight from Lhasa back to Kathmandu or to your preferred destination.
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I used Photoshop Elements 10, and this is what I did:
I used Photoshop Elements 10, and this is what I did:
STEP 1: the source image (yes, that's me, a picture I took myself, posing in front of the mirror...). This is your first layer in the layers panel. Duplicate it, and switch off the original. You will be working on the copy you just made.
STEP 2: first, you can prepare the 'base', just add some glow and smoothen the picture a bit (you can just go to Guided Mode- Perfect Portrait, just follow the steps. You can also skip a step if it is not necessary)
Now we must play with contrast a bit: Enhance - Adjust Lighting - Levels. To put it simply, make the darker areas of the image darker (but not too dark) and the lighter ones lighter. You may need to repeat this a few times to get the base you need for the next step.
Now, duplicate the layer, you will be working on the copy you just made next. You will also need your ORIGINAL STEP 2 layer later on.
STEP 3: now you will be making some drastic alterations, so make sure you are working on the copy of the layer you just made (and the ORIGINAL STEP 2 layer remains unaltered, you will need it later).
Go to Filter - Adjustments - Threshold, adjust the levels until you are happy with the result.
Now, duplicate the layer (you won't need your ORIGINAL STEP 3 layer anymore, but it is always good to have the original, in case you want to go back to it and try something else)
STEP 4: now you are working on the layer you just created (or a copy of it), your STEP 3 layer.
Go to Filter - Pixelate - Color Halftone.
STEP 5: this is the final stage, and you need 3 layers stacked, starting from the bottom, like this:
LAYER 1: the bottom layer is the one you created in STEP 2, blending mode Normal, Opacity 100%
LAYER 2: a Color Fill layer (I used colour cc66cc), blending mode Luminosity, Opacity 86%.
LAYER 3: the layer you created in STEP 4, blending mode Overlay, Opacity 44%
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