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Since we first heard 'I Am Not An End' and 'I'm A Fantastic Wreck', we've been big fans of Sydney's Montaigne. Then we got to hear her debut EP, Life Of Montaigne and we were even bigger fans. So now we're like her biggest fans ever or something. Deal with it. Anywho, our current Artist of the Month took some time out while she's touring alongside Megan Washington to have a chat about Life Of Montaigne, albums to save in a zombie apocalypse, The Jonas Brothers and more. Enjoy!
Interview by Matt Bond
Montaigne! Welcome to It's My Kind of Scene. How are you on this fine day and what have you been getting up to?
Montaigne: Today? I have been working my casual job, had a nice vegan wrap for lunch, and went to my favourite Japanese restaurant with my boyfriend. Pretty solid, standard day.
Let's start with an easy one; what music have you been listening to and loving lately?
Montaigne: Heheh, well, right now, I am listening to the Glee cover of 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?' by Rod Stewart. Freaking gawld. Apart from that, I'm finding Bat For Lashes' album The Haunted Man really enthralling, especially after reading Pitchfork's feature on it.
Don't stop believing, Montaigne. Don't. Stop. Believing. Your debut EP, Life of Montaigne was released late last year and it was a beautiful introduction to your music. What would you say is the driving theme behind the five tracks and what was it like getting your first collection of work out into the world?
Montaigne: There are many driving themes to this EP. The great, overarching one is inner conflict - having feelings for someone and dealing with the reality that those feelings are unreciprocated; being aware of your flaws and trying to accept them and not being able to do so and being frustrated at your inability to do so; being told your qualities or identity is wrong, or inadequate, or offensive even though you're sure they're not and dealing with the confusion and frustration that comes with that; general disillusionment about life. It's pretty serious. Most of my songs are serious.
I'm going to be totally selfish and ask about 'A Cinematic Plea For An End', because I can't stop listening to it. What's the story behind this particular song? It seems like it could be one that ends with me wanting to punch someone in the face for you?
Montaigne: Oh no no no no. Don't worry, no punching needs to be done. Unless you want to punch me in the face, but I feel like you'd not do it if I asked you. The song is mostly a letter to myself. It's 41% Hollywood fiction, 59% autobiographical. I have always been a romantic idealist (I possess a small degree of realism, or at least rationality now) and that outlook always used to get me into an emotional place that isn't good for me. Nor for my relationship with the person for whom I have feelings. The song, plotwise, is about party 1 in a relationship expecting party 2 in the relationship to come running back as happens in movies, but party 1 isn't actually doing any work or self-development that merits the triumphant return. And party 2 doesn't like that. But ultimately, party 2 acknowledges that it is important that party 1 make this mistake so that they can learn from it and become a better person, a better lover. That's what life is right? We fuck up so that we learn from it and do it better next time. I sped, got some harsh speeding fines, and I'm never going to do it again. I tried whiskey once, it was awful, I'll never do that again. I once communicated poorly in a relationship, massive consequences, I'll never do it again. That, too, is a big part of the EP.
For the record, I do not want to punch you in the face and if you asked, like you said, I would politely decline. 'I'm A Fantastic Wreck' was your first music video! How did you find the process of putting a clip together? And can we expect to see a video for any of the other tracks from Life Of Montaigne?
Montaigne: I didn't myself put the clip together, I acted in it, but the idea, editing and direction were all Guy Franklin and John Gavin and their team. It was really cool though. The location was majestically rustic, the team was lovely, and even though it was so cold I had to wear a down jacket and two bath robes and cradle two hot water bottles in between takes, it was cool to get done. In terms of other videos, there will, I think definitely, be at least one more.
You've got a busy tour schedule building up at the moment. Megan Washington's There There tour is underway and your own headline tour kicks off April 23 in Brisbane at The Milk Factory (woo!). For the uninitiated, can you tell us about the Montaigne live experience? And how have you found touring with the likes of Megan Washington and San Cisco?
Montaigne: I don't have anything fancy going on visually just yet, it's all about the music for now. I play with a full band and people seem to really enjoy the music. We've got a pretty big sound, which I am proud of. At the moment we're playing the EP and five other songs I've written, and I don't want to sound arrogant but we sound really good. People should be allowed to admit their strengths, right? People should be allowed to declare that they are good at things. We happen to be good at playing together, and at playing my music. I love touring, a lot. I love playing to people and singing and meeting people and finding out that my music actually makes people feel something meaningful. I like hanging out (and occasionally falling asleep) backstage, I like hanging out with the other artists and meeting their bros. I really like it.
People should be allowed to admit their strengths! Just not in a Kanye way. Maybe. In between touring and shooting videos and hopefully relaxing every now and then, are you hard at work on new material? Can we expect another release from you this year and if so, what kinda release are we talking about? We're not so secretly hoping for a debut album.
Montaigne: There maaaaaay be an album either end of this year or early next. I'm writing always so, take that for what you will.
If you had to pick five albums that have shaped who you are as a person (or if the zombie apocalypse happened and you could only grab 5 albums to keep with you forever), what would they be and why?
Montaigne: Worst question, okay, I'll choose zombie apocalypse scenario:
1. Go by Jónsi - this is the sound of life to me. My view of the world is quite optimistic, probably because I'm quite a fortunate person, but I see a lot of beauty in the world. In people, in nature, in music. I believe everything is connected somehow, in the way that children who don't know each other will immediately socialise with their peers when taken to playgrounds by their parents. Artificial barriers are created when we get older I think. This song reminds me to try to revive my child-like spirit, my free and uninhibited youth. Of course it's not an easy thing to do in this society of ours, but it's good to keep that idea painted on the borders of your mind. This album helps.
2. Takk… by Sigur Rós - TRANSCENDENT. That's all I can say.
3. Pure Heroine by Lorde - because that was the soundtrack to my transition from adolescence to adulthood, and it articulated everything I felt about that period of my life, and a stretch before it, and I really like how unashamedly adolescent it is. Adolescence is probably one of the most important parts of your life, it's definitely a formative part, and though we do and think so many shitty things during this time, there's no shame in it. People are allowed to make mistakes. Of course, if they don't seek to improve themselves after making mistakes, that's just not acceptable. But if they do, forgive them. Move on. Life's too short. Moreover, not all teenagers are vapid fools. Lorde proves that in many things she says. One of my favourite lines of hers, about being a famous teenager, is: "Only bad people live to see their likeness set in stone, so what does that make me?"
4. Neon Bible by Arcade Fire - because I don't think I could live in a world where I don't hear the song No Cars Go. The rest of the album is also immensely important to me.
5. High Violet by The National - Depth. Depth depth depth. Depth.
Quick Hits:
A song guaranteed to make you dance is…
Montaigne: 'Come On Eileen' by Dexy's Midnight Runners.
Your favourite songwriter would have to be…
Montaigne: Owen Pallett.
Which means the song you most wish you had written is…
Montaigne: Not one of his! I mean I definitely wish I'd written some of his songs, as with any artist I admire, but I really resent the fact that I didn't write 'No Cars Go' by Arcade Fire.
If you could play any festival in the world you would choose…
Montaigne: Coachella would be gr9.
Your ultimate music guilty pleasure is…
Montaigne: I don't really believe in guilty pleasures, but something that others would perceive as something I should feel guilty about is probably 'Lovebug' by the Jonas Brothers. I had a HUGE Jonas Brothers phase.
When they air Montaigne's MTV Behind The Music special 38 years from now, what will they say about you?
Montaigne: I actually have no idea. I don't really know how other people perceive me. I think they like me??? But that's it.


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Port of Camas-Washougal Reviews 2012 and Previews New Year
Monday, December 03, 2012
The Port of Camas-Washougal today reflected on the completion of several projects and activities during 2012 and forecast a positive outlook for 2013.
"We expect dynamic and very positive changes in the year to come following our most recent property purchase of the former Hambleton Lumber Co. site and the Steigerwald Commerce Center development now moving ahead," said David Ripp, executive director for the port. "It's shaping up to be a very exciting year for the port, particularly with some of the projects that have only been on the drawing board and are now becoming a reality."
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Vision & Mission
Peterson Rudgers Group is a consulting firm focused on strategic planning, vision and goal setting, communications, leadership and organizational development for higher education and related institutions. We do this critical work in support of organizations that advance the world's knowledge, including colleges and universities, independent schools, associations, foundations, cultural organizations, nonprofits, start-ups, and other entities with a related mission.
We believe in the power of these organizations to transform the world through research, analysis, education, and the development of human and intellectual capital. No other set of institutions in the world has generated as much societal benefit and impact over time. Yet this is a time of enormous change and challenge. The public compact and business models on which such institutions have relied face numerous threats: wavering demand, diminished public funding, questions about cost and value, ever-growing community expectations, and increasingly polarized beliefs about the roles of data and science in shaping policy.
As counselors to some of the nation's leading universities and other mission-driven organizations, we understand higher education's culture and complexity in the midst of this shifting landscape. Leadership teams need ever-more-sophisticated strategies to chart an ambitious course, carve out a distinctive position, convey the value they deliver, and build positive, long-term relationships with their stakeholders. Strength in reputation and market position require institutional focus, sharp messaging, and differentiation. Leaders must develop a distinctive voice and effective processes for successful change.
An institution's public perception is deeply important, and this perception is driven first and foremost by what it chooses to invest in and how it prioritizes leadership attention. How does an institution best deliver on its promises to stakeholders and for the greater good? What decisions will an institution make that build momentum, spark investment, inspire partnerships, and increase demand? What distinctive characteristics and programs? What exciting future vision? What new knowledge and new value? What compelling leadership voices?
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We partner with presidents, chancellors, boards, and leadership teams to facilitate and advance an institution's vision, distinction, and reputation. To achieve these goals we:
- Assess the competitive landscape to anticipate opportunities to stake out a distinctive position and mitigate risks that can damage institutional standing
- Identify institutional strengths, vulnerabilities, opportunities, and competitive advantages
- Design research that delivers insights about how the institution fits into the competitive landscape, how it is regarded by important stakeholders, and how its potential directions and decisions will affect its relative position
- Conduct strategic planning retreats and processes for institutions, academic units, and strategic initiatives
- Work with governing boards to conduct self-assessments and align their structures and practices with the strategic imperatives of the institution
- Design and implement branding and brand refresh processes that reflect the institution's distinct mission and offerings
- Develop processes for change that are biased toward action and responsive to market demand while effectively engaging internal and external communities
- Translate leadership vision and action plans into compelling messaging and communication strategies
- Work with new and current presidents and other senior leaders to establish voice, point of view, and thought leadership platforms via speeches, opinion essays, and other channels
- Provide expert guidance and counsel to navigate institutional change and leadership transitions
- Provide personalized coaching and support for emerging leaders and teams
- Deliver customized communication, media, and presentation training programs
- Assess organizational structures and effectiveness of leadership teams in a range of functional areas, with a particular expertise in communications and marketing
- Advise on leadership search processes that convey the institution's distinctiveness and momentum to prospective candidates; recommend search firms and assist the organization in evaluating candidates
- Plan and help to launch exciting new initiatives and special projects for maximum impact
Client list
Current and past clients include:
- Academy of Management
- Associated Colleges of the Midwest
- Association of American Universities (AAU)
- Barnard College
- Bellarmine University
- Bentley University
- BigTen Academic Alliance (formerly CIC)
- The Bryn Mawr School
- The University at Buffalo
- Caltech
- Carnegie Mellon University
- University of Chicago
- University of Chicago Civic Leadership Academy
- University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
- University of Chicago Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation
- University of Chicago Urban Labs
- The Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success
- Colby College
- Columbia College in Chicago
- Dartmouth Tuck School of Business
- Eastern Michigan University
- Erikson Institute
- Furman University
- Grand Valley State University
- Fannie & John Hertz Foundation
- The Hockaday School
- University of Illinois
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
- The Juilliard School
- University of Michigan
- University of Michigan Law School
- University of Michigan Robotics Institute
- University of Michigan School of Dentistry
- University of Michigan School of Social Work
- University of Michigan-Flint
- University of Michigan-Dearborn
- University of Montana
- Mount Holyoke College
- New York University
- The Sphinx Organization
- Stanford University
- Susquehanna University
- University of Texas at Arlington
- University of Texas at Austin
- Towson University
- University Research Corridor (Michigan)
- Washington University in St. Louis
Julie A. Peterson
Julie A. Peterson is co-founder and partner of Peterson Rudgers Group. Prior to launching a successful consulting practice in 2015, Peterson spent more than 30 years in higher education leadership roles, as well as teaching and presenting on strategy, leadership, communications, and issues management. She has led communications for a wide range of topics across higher education, including academic medical centers, college athletics, student life, fundraising campaigns, admissions and student recruitment, civic engagement, diversity and inclusion, and the launch of new academic programs.
As Vice President for Communications at the University of Chicago from 2007-15, Peterson was responsible for transforming the external visibility and reputation of the university among a broad range of audiences in the United States and around the world. Her work helped to elevate the university in the U.S. News rankings from 15 to 4, more than triple student applications to the College, strengthen faculty recruitment, and dramatically increase fundraising. The university's homepage (www.uchicago.edu), developed under her creative leadership, won two prestigious Webby awards in 2014. She led the communications for the university's successful bid to win the Barack Obama Presidential Library to Chicago's South Side.
Before joining the University of Chicago, Peterson served as interim vice president for communications at the University of Michigan, overseeing all aspects of both internal and external communications. As associate vice president for media relations and public affairs at Michigan from 2000 to 2007, she managed emerging public issues, guided communications for university strategic priorities and initiatives, and became a senior adviser to the president and executive leadership team, providing critical leadership for a number of important challenges including the Michigan affirmative action lawsuits that went to the Supreme Court. Prior to that, she served 6 years as the news director at the University of Michigan and 10 years at Indiana University as managing editor of the news service and as a public relations representative for the business school.
Peterson holds a BA in journalism and psychology with high distinction from Indiana University and an MBA in marketing research from IU's Kelley School of Business. She has taught in the University of Chicago Civic Leadership Academy and Chicago Booth's Advanced Management Program as well as its Executive Program for Emerging Leaders, and is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Seminary Co-op Bookstore in Chicago.
She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, the American Marketing Association, and the Higher Education Roundtable. She has served on the UChicago Diversity Leadership Council, the public affairs committee of the Association of American Universities, the public issues committee of the Consortium on Financing of Higher Education, and the founding council of Futurity.
Lisa M. Rudgers
Lisa M. Rudgers is co-founder and partner of Peterson Rudgers Group, and has more than 30 years experience in higher education, strategy, marketing, public affairs, issues management and leadership coaching. She has served as in-house counsel to seven university presidents. Previously, Rudgers was the University of Michigan's vice president for global communications and strategic initiatives. She served a total of 12 years in that role, and was responsible for developing communication strategies to enhance U-M's visibility locally, nationally and internationally.
As an executive officer at the University of Michigan, Rudgers was a member of the cabinet-level leadership team and served as senior counselor to the president and other executive officers. She directed and managed the global communications division, including marketing, public affairs, internal communications, news, social media, photography, and presidential communications as well as the university's top-ranked public radio station, Michigan Radio.
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Bibliography on Children and the Physical Environment: Child Care Centers, Outdoor Play Environments, and Other Children's Environments.
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A comprehensive and systematic search was conducted for all literature pertaining to the planning and design of children's indoor and outdoor facilities. Emphasis was placed on compiling a list of empirical and professional literature on child care facilities and outdoor play environments dealing with the following issues: (1) the role of the physical environment in child development and in overcoming developmental disabilities; (2) child care workers and family child care homes; (3) outdoor playgrounds of various types, including adventure playgrounds and comprehensive playgrounds; and (4) the role of the overall housing and neighborhood environment in children's play and development. Additional information on children's environments included children's hospitals, recreation centers, elementary and secondary schools, libraries, housing, zoos, science museums, and designing for handicapped children. Over 1500 items--books, reports, and articles--are included in this bibliography. (Author/RH)
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The Queen Layla McCarter Seeks Her Throne
By Felipe Leon
If you've followed female boxing for the last 20 years then you know who Layla "Amazing" McCarter is. No introduction needed.
She is considered by many the current best pound for pound female fighter despite of the existence of Cecilia Braekhus, the undefeated unified welterweight champion. The recently turned 38-year-old McCarter holds a record of 38-13-5, 9KOs, but has not lost since 2007.
McCarter (38-13-5, 9 Kos) meets Hungary's Szilvia Szabados (16-9, 7 Kos) on Saturday April 29, at Sam's Town Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fox Sports 2 will televise the female welterweight clash.
Like many female boxers in the last two decades, McCarter has taken fights on short notice and in weight classes higher than hers on small cards in the hometowns of her opponent just to keep calling herself a fighter and thus her loss column in the double digits.
"Pound for pound is very subjective," she stated to the 2-Min Round, the all-female boxing podcast on the Leave It in the Ring Network. "A lot of people put a lot of stock in the wrong ratings. I think you can't be the pound for pound greatest if you haven't proven yourself out of your comfort zone, stepped out of your home to fight the best. For the last two years I have been rated #1 at welterweight consistently and Braekhus has chosen to fight the #3, the #2, sometimes lower on the scale. I get it, she makes the same money whether she fights me or somebody else, and she has the TV in Europe so I understand her decision. Who wants to get beat and embarrassed? At some point you have to step up and prove if you think you are the best that you are. She hasn't made it to that point yet and I have consistently done that in my career and proven it. I don't know if she will ever fight me but I will continue to stay #1 at welterweight as long as I can and hope to fight that match with Showtime. They have expressed interest in televising that match on television this year so hopefully that happens."
Recently, McCarter, 38, announced her signing to Mayweather Promotions and with that as she heads into the twilight of her illustrious career, she expects big fights with bigger purses. Her next fight will be featured on Fox Sports 1 along with Carlos Zambrano vs Claudio Marrero for the interim WBA featherweight title fight from the Sam's Town Casino Resort in her adoptive hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada.
"A lot of people see signing with a promoter is like winning the lottery, but in my career I have done everything with Luis Tapia, "McCarter mentions her long-time trainer and manager. "He made my career; we did everything on our own all of these years, the hard way. To sign with a promoter makes sense at this point. I hope we can do great things together. I am waiting to see where we go from here. I know I am willing to do my part and I know they are putting in some effort. Good things can come from this partnership. I am really hopeful for that. The main thing is staying busy, I wanted to stay active. I consider this the last couple few years of my career and so I figured I could get some activity and stay busy especially here in my hometown of Las Vegas that would be the best. I am hoping they can get me the bigger money fights with the TV and that is the real factor there. To get those kind of opportunities. They offered me three fights a year, two fights if I am holding a title. That is good enough. At this stage is what I can expect but I am hoping for the big money fights this year and the following year. The Cecilia Braekhus or Erica Farias or any of the champions who want to fight. Looking forward to all that."
Her first fight under the Mayweather Promotions banner is this Saturday. But although McCarter is happy to be inside a ring again, the choice of opponent leaves much to be desired by her.
Problems with NSAC
"We went through a lot of confusion with the opponent. The fight is set for the 29th of this month and we had some difficulty getting somebody the commission would approve. Searching far and wide we tried with Mary McGee but for some reason they turned her down, she is 23-3, rated #5, I don't understand why he (Bob Bennett, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission) would turn that down. Mary McGee is a good fighter, she is from Ohio, tough girl, never been stopped and her only losses where to champions in their own countries or towns. She lost to Farias in Argentina, Holly Holm in Albuquerque, so I don't understand that decision. We kept submitting other opponents and the only one we ended up with, big surprise, is Melissa Hernandez again."
McCarter is a veteran who has fought nearly everybody in and around her weight division in her twenty years as a pro. Some of the more prominent names she has faced are Laura Serrano, Elena Reid, Alicia Ashley, Ada Velez, Kelsey Jeffries, Chevelle Hallback, Jelena Mrdjenovich, Belinda Laracuente and Cindy Serrano among others. After nearly 60 professional fights, the ones that stick out on her mind is the three against the current WBC and WBA featherweight champion Jelena Mrdjenovich.
"The trilogy with Jelena Mrdjenovich has to be the ones that really stick in my mind because it was such a dramatic trilogy," she explained. "I beat her when she was undefeated in Edmonton, Canada, came back some months later determined to knock her out and instead I ended up breaking my forearm on her head. I lost the decision. We were one and one and it took me three years to get that final match and I was able to pull that victory defending my WBA lightweight title. That was probably one of my sweetest victories of my career, definitely one of the sweetest."
BKB, television and Olympians
During her career, McCarter has stepped away from traditional boxing a few times, competing in kickboxing and in the defunct Big Knockout Boxing (BKB) series where she fought and defeated the respected Diana Prazak. "She was the WBC super featherweight champion and we fought in the pit as they call it for the first and only female title fight. That was a great experience and great exposure in my career. We fought on PPV and it was a neat format. It was one of my best performances. I did what Layla McCarter is supposed to do. I displayed some boxing and everything we have been training to do all these years and I feel that we expressed in the pit. It felt good."
The recent upswing in female boxing since last year has not escaped McCarter's watchful eye but she is still a bit skeptical of the future since she has seen it all in the sport.
"I am sitting back to see what happens. I see some signs of positive things happening in women's boxing but it has come to full fruition yet so I would like to see what happens this year," McCarter stated tactfully. "When the pay gets better, the TV exposure gets better, and then I will believe. Right now I am watching and there are a lot of positive signs. I am hopeful for this year; it might be the year of women's boxing again."
Layla is willing to put her part to make the best fights possible so that women's boxing can get to a level it has never been before and to achieve it the best fights have to happen. "I fight anybody and everybody and I have already fought everybody but any of the top champions that want to come to fight I am happy to fight. If Braekhus wants to keep avoiding me, we can definitely fight Farias at 140 if she is interested, I don't know who else is in or around my weight but bring them all, bring them on."
Obviously McCarter is well aware of the new crop of fighters coming up. She has strong opinions about two of the current biggest up and coming fighters in the world.
"I am not super impressed, she is a good fighter, a great amateur fighter but she is just that, an amateur turning pro," she said regarding two-time Olympian gold medalist and current NABF middleweight champion Claressa Shields. "I don't care how many amateur fights you have, I still think there is a big difference in being the best of the amateurs and being the best of the professionals. She can take her time and become a great fighter but I think Katie Taylor is way ahead of her. I think Katie Taylor is the better fighter overall, she has over 250 amateur fights. I know Claressa has a bit of experience too but I think she trips on her ego sometimes. You can't put the cart before the horse. You have to do the work and stay humble. All that bravado gets in her way I think but that is part of growing up. We were all young at one point and then we grow up."
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San Diego, CA, August 9, 2010 – Increasing physical activity is one of three critical behaviors that the We Can!® program (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition) focuses on to help keep the whole family at a healthy weight. We Can!, developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), provides parents, caregivers and whole communities with the science-based resources and strategies they need to encourage children ages 8 to 13 to eat right, reduce "screen time" and increase physical activity.
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As a little child I grew up in the light of yoga thanks to my parents. When I got older I lost touch with yoga and I graduated at university as a Psychologist. Even though I learned valuable knowledge through my studies, there was always something missing for me in the limited mental approach. And I realised I wasn't where I wanted to be in life. At some point after having several different jobs, I had a special encounter and came into contact with yoga again. From that moment on my whole life started to change.
Yoga brought me closer to myself and brought me great happiness, love, peace, health and inspiration. I started a teacher training and I travelled to India and Thailand for inspiration. I humbly give thanks to my teacher Annemiek Latour for showing me the power of yoga and guiding me to the place in life where I needed to be. I deeply thank Deep Kumar for showing me how yoga can make this world a better place and for making me believe I can share this gift with anyone on earth. Gurumukh, for making me feel more confident about my teachings while showing me I was already in the most beautiful place I could possibly be in, and needed only myself to do so. Dulce Aguilar and Jamie Clark, for pushing me forward and making me do things I never thought I could. I became deeply inspired by the power of yoga and knew I wanted to dedicate my life to sharing all that it has given to me. I love to share my teachings with anyone who wants to feel the many blessings of yoga!!! Together we can make this world a better place, be welcome.


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Bisenzio (river)
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Iced Bisenzio river at Mercatale bridge in Prato
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The Bisenzio is a 49-kilometer-long river in the municipality of Cantagallo. It flows into the Arno river in Signa (Florence). It flows through the city of Prato and the Santa Lucia weir and the hydroelectric dam in Madonna della Tosse.
The river is a tributary of the Arno arising from the southern side of the Tuscan-Emilian Appennines. Its source is generally located at the confluence of the Trogola and Bacuccio. The length of its path reaches 49 km. The upper basin is surrounded by many mountains and is surrounded by lower peaks on the east, bordering the Sieve and the upper area of Prato Marinella. It flows to the lowland continuing towards Florence, passing through San Piero a Ponti village until it flows into the river Arno by the Pass of Ponte a Signa, after travelling 29 km in the plains. The current route of the river seems to date back to the ninth century and is characterized by a sharp turn to the south that leads the river to flow near the southern edge of the mountains of Calvana. These mountains are mostly bare and stony, and form an arc from north to south. The water transported from Bisenzio has a very important role that balances the progressive lowering of the bottom of the lake basin.
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HARTFORD — Democratic leaders of the Connecticut House of Representatives said there's support for a $220 million agreement that would commit Sikorsky Aircraft to keeping its headquarters in the state.
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Last but certainly not least - you will get the chance to work closely with respective clients, land lords, agencies etc. to make sure things run smoothly for customers on their adventures abroad.
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Work for a client of ours that specialises in the renting of holiday homes all across Europe. Helping many find their dream destination is their speciality as part of a large international group. They are currently looking for a multilingual Dutch + German speaker to join their customer service team here in Dusseldorf. The is small in size but growing and we want you to be there.
Who are we looking for?
For this Multilingual Customer Service job here in Dusseldorf we are looking for you to have a near native level of both Dutch and German, as well as having a good level of English too. You will need to have excellent verbal and written skills in both Dutch and German as you will be in contact with customers and clients from the netherlands and Germany on a daily basis. We are looking for you to have some experience in the hospitality sector (i.e. reception/reservations at a holiday destination, previous customer care experience in the hospitality sector etc.) and of course wanting to genuinely live and work in Dusseldorf.
Where would you be working?
Work in the capital of the North Rhine Westphalia state of Germany - Dusseldorf. One of Germany's most prestigious industrial and financial centers with affordable housing, a vast variety of multicultural individuals accompanied with a great modern lifestyle with all that Dusseldorf can offer.
Interview & Salary:
The Interview process for this Multilingual (Dutch + German) Customer Service job is pretty straight forward - There will first of all be a Skype/Phone interview and if successful you will be asked to come for a face-to-face interview in Dusseldorf (the cost of your flight or train will be reimbursed).
When it comes to salary you can expect to earn €30,000 gross per annum with a yearly bonus of up to €2,000 gross per annum too - depending on your performance. If you are interested in this Multilingual Customer Service job - Get in contact with Mitchell via email on email@example.com or you can call directly on +353 15 24 24 20 and ask for Mitchell.


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Contains 3 PSD files, and help files.
Check the links to the individual pages:
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13 questions with freshman Tasiah Nunnery
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Freshman Tasiah Nunnery started sports at a young age and has continued to follow her passion for sports into high school. As a freshman, she was on varsity for volleyball and is currently on varsity for basketball. Nunnery also plans to be involved in track.
1. How long have you been involved with sports?
I have been involved with sports since I was six years old
2. What sparked your interest in sports?
Being at my older brothers' games made me want to try sports myself
3. What are your primary sports?
I would say volleyball and track are my primary sports, mostly volleyball though
4. Is being on varsity as a freshman complicated?
In a way, yes, because you're on of the youngest on the court and in a way, it makes me feel weird when I suggest anything.
5. As a young child, did you imagine you'd be this far in your sports career?
I did in a way, but also, I didn't. I wanted to dance until my senior year but playing sports took over my life and time. I knew I was more skilled than some kids in my class
6. How did you get to where you are today?
My mom and dad have coached me along this far. They made me a better athlete and person.
7. Who has been your biggest inspiration?
My biggest inspiration would probably be Crystal Whitten from FHSU. Crystal is a senior and will graduate this year, but going to watch Fort Hays volleyball made me want to work harder to become more like her. Being able to play like her is my goal.
8. Before any game, how do you prepare yourself?
Before my races, basketball games, and volleyball games I pray that I can compete to the best of my abilities and that there are no injuries during the time of my competition. I also listen to music and jump or dance around. During track, before I run my event I shake out my wrists and ankles and take deep breathes to calm my nerves.
9.What are your family's thoughts on your interest in sports?
My family overall is an athletic one. We've been around sports pretty much our whole lives. I think if we didn't play sports we would all be bored.
10. Even as a freshman, do you have future plans for sports?
My future plans include continuing my volleyball career at Kansas University or Kansas State University.
11. Do you plan to continue playing sports throughout high school?
I do plan to play sports throughout high school
12. Besides sports, what other activities are you involved with?
Besides sports I am involved in R3 which is my youth groups band. I play the piano, and sing.
13. Is keeping up with school work hard due to sports?
Keeping up with school work is hard at times because when every teacher assigns homework you have a lot to do. Sometimes you get home at 1 or 2 a.m. and still have to finish your homework. Lots of people do their homework on the bus, but for me it's hard to, so I have to wait until I get home.


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Out of the Ether
I fell in love again. I found my roots. My passion for photography has been rekindled.
I began my photography career 20 years ago, learning the ropes in the darkroom. Learning how to develop film and make prints. It was magic. It was rewarding. It was a lot of work.
For the first 10+ years of my career, film was king. I did head shots in black and white; developed, printed and delivered them in less then a week. I shot Polaroids to test lighting and used it for art projects, I shot colour transparencies and had to wait 2 or 3 days for the lab to process the rolls before I knew if what I shot actually turned out. I learned to use and trust a hand held light meter; there were no meters in the big cameras to rely on. I learned to manually balance flash with ambient light, I learned to trust my eye.
Then came digital. I became a slave to the camera with the big screen on the back and automatic everything. I began losing the trust, started second guessing my instincts and basically, got lazy. I got used to it too. It seemed to work... for a while.
But over the last few years it felt like something was missing from my photography, a lack of spirit, of depth, of feeling. I had tried a few times to get back into the darkroom, but for what ever reason, the timing was off.
Now, the time is right. I have discovered the "wet plate collodion" process, and I found what was missing.
Learning "the ways of the plate" is not easy, and it is a finicky, labour intensive, temperamental process. But the rewards are well worth the effort. Now instead of shooting 300 frames in an afternoon, I am truly satisfied to MAKE just one great hand-made photo in an entire day.
I found my passion again. I found it on a wet plate of aluminum as an image was appearing before my eyes; like an angel appearing out of the ether.
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Suffering scours and scrapes us clean.
Then alone, we are hollow.
Empty as the heart of a mountain,
rough-hewn by the cuts of sin and sorrow.
Sitting in our stone-carved solitudes, clattering, words falling like rocks, who does not ultimately long to be filled? To be answered?
We come of age and reach that "cross"-road where a choice must be made. A turn to the right or the left, a turn within or a turn without.
Do we believe? Is there a hand reaching into our wounded sides to touch our trembling hearts? Will it take hold of our fear and pour it out? Is this a hand we can trust?
Will we take it or will we fear again what this pierced hand holds out to us?
Will we run from Crucified Love?
Running will not heal the hurt. We must put aside the pills and ask for no more substitutes. No more Babelling Towers that rise up to our own hollow heavens. We must turn back to Love.
Love that was born in a cave in the earth.
Love that was buried in a tomb in the earth.
We find Him suffering too, scoured and scraped clean by sorrow,
our sorrow, all sorrow, heaped up and balanced on His back.
Didn't we notice He was there?
In the classroom, in the alleyway, on the gallows, under mortar fire and in the ocean deep and cold? Where else would Love be?
All death and sorrow has been swallowed up in His death.
All tears and madness are consumed in His dying.
All tombs will someday be empty because of Him.
So let's come before Crucified Love and weep; then let's peer inside and see.
Until we recognize Him in all of this, we are in the dark, alone, outside an empty tomb...
struggling to make sense of ourselves without Him.
Seeking the living among the dead.
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I've scoured the internet yet again to search for some different ways to change up the daily routine of what we eat here in my house. It's so simple to get caught up in the mundane reality of eating literally the same shit, every single day. Amirite? I know, I know. I found these delicious looking cauliflower bites with a light coating of breadcrumbs, a mixture of spices and a hint of Parmesan cheese. I can't say it's the absolutely HEALTHIEST thing, but it's not terrible and it's an alternative to something heavier, like potatoes. Here's how I made them.
Instead of using the set spice mixture that I found in the recipe online, I decided to just make my own. All I used was pepper, paprika and red pepper flakes. I like things spicy, so be sure to make your own mixture if you like certain spices and not the ones I've used. This recipe is totally customizable so go crazy! You'll also need Parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, olive oil and of course the cauliflower. To coat the pieces of cauliflower before you cook them in the pan, you will also need flower and one egg, so go ahead and grab those as well.
Being that I was using a frozen bag of cauliflower, I defrosted them in a glass container of water. This was nice because I didn't want to worry about 'cooking them' in the microwave before I even 'cooked them' in the pan. I prepped the one egg and the 1/2 cup of flower for the 2 cups of cauliflower I was making. You can one by one coat each piece with the egg and flour, or you can put everything in a huge bag (except your spice mixture) and shake it. Then, coat them with the spice mixture (thats what I did).
Begin to cook them in the oil. Do a couple pieces at a time, don't overcrowd the pan.
Cook them until they're crispy. Let me tell you, they are delicious. They are really easy to just pop in your mouth while you're cooking, use as a side or even as a football snack. Let me know if you're planning on giving them a try and tweet me your pictures!


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Features comparisons - an AudioBox & SFX and a taste of the future: SoundMan-Server
This could be subtitled: Keeping your sanity......and the future of serving sound on-a-budget!
An AudioBox has tools to program it that run on both the Macintosh as well as Windows. I will concentrate on the Windows tools since that is what I'm presently using.
Both sets of tools are available on the Richmond Sound Design site [ windows Macintosh ] as well as the Harmonic Function, Inc. site. Please note, the Macintosh programming software expects an AB64 while the Windows software (ABEdit) will program and control all versions of an AudioBox (1616HD, AB1616, and AB64)
In talking with Charlie, it's my understanding that the ABEdit software started out as just a programming tool but has since morphed into both a programming tool as well as a means to run a show.
Here's the links to ABEdit manual for the version that is specific to a 1616HD and AB1616 - and this is the link for ABEdit manual that is specific to an AB64.
In this section, I'd like to contrast and compare two products for playing back sound and doing "show control" in a live theater environment. Along the way, I'll indicate things that were show stoppers for me in SFX as well as what was most difficult in doing my first show using an AudioBox.
Please note that "Show Control" in the venue I'm discussing (Community Theatre) is not on par with Show Control at Disney or a cruise ship or large entertainment venue. But "Show Control" in this venue is a big savings in time, effort, and helping us give each and every audience the same experience. [well, actors not withstanding....]
Prior to SFX and later, the AudioBox; we always did doorbells, phone rings, lightening, electrical discharges (Cuckoo's Nest) and the like manually.
SFX and later the AudioBox, gave us the ability to use MIDI controlled relays ( MIDISolutions R8 ) for effects we had previously used a Stage Manager or Lighting/Sound board operator to execute. FWIW, the R8 is pretty quiet.
For phones and doorbells, I trigger them directly; for lighting and mains operated bells, I go thru a solid state relay (SSR) sized to withstand the devices current and voltage. I use a stock RadioShack 12V power supply ( 1 amps @ 12VDC P/N 273-1776) to provide power to the SSR via the R8. Any 12VDC PSU would work.
The version of SFX I'm experienced with is SFX ProAudio V5.6 build 9 which I upgraded from SFX standard - JUST to get the audio looping bit. [Note: as of November 2007, SFX has new, completely re-written versions out]
Looping comes standard with an AudioBox - ANY AudioBox.....
Also, there are many effects - such as lightening, that require the use of sound effects and lighting effects at the same time. The AudioBox made it very easy.
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I promised this would be a comparison of SFX and the Audio Box in terms of what it meant to our venue - it will be by no means an exhaustive comparison - there are others who use one or the other products (or both) daily in their work (for hire). If you're interested in pursuing the archives, then join up with the Theatre-Sound list, The Audio Box mailing list, the ShowControl mailing list, the ShowMan mailing list, and the SFX mailing list. Theatre-Sound, ShowControl & the SFX lists are quite active.
Both SFX and the Audio Box are just tools. Pure and simple.
The first show I designed with SFX was The Taming of the Shrew and had only scene change music and the like - not really a test of SFX but a means to ease me into the idea of computer controlled playback systems.
Not very fancy except I worked with a composer that was quite taken with SFX's ability to seamlessly loop his music for scene changes and the like. In fact, he gave me two versions of each selection - one that could be looped (and faded) and one that could be played to its natural end.
He wrote the music in Finale, saved to MIDI, emailed it to me, and I used Wavemaker III to render his tracks to wav files. I'm no musician, but although he is, neither one of us could afford studio musicians to record his tracks - so Wavemaker was our option. There are other rendering programs out there too - Wavemaker hit the spot at the time.
Shrew wasn't much of a test - but it was just practice for my next project - The Diary of Anne Frank.
On that show, I designed the Lighting and Sound and had a seperate board operator for sound while I was the board operator for lighting. [Usually, I'm both - "left hand = sound, right hand = lighting" - I said it was community theatre, didn't I?]
Anne Frank was much too complex for me to run both even with SFX. Aside from the normal soundscapes that this show requires, we had phone rings that were automatic and to the proper cadance, alarm bells that were very intrusive and some Foley that was pre-recorded but timed on the actors movements.
The phone rings and alarm bells were nothing more than 2 relays in a MIDISolutions R8 programmed to activate in a particular cadence on cue. In SFX, I set each device in its own list and then triggered that list from my main list.
When we did the show about 10 years ago, sound was a nightmare - Fostex 4-track cassette playback system with additional cassette playback units - most of the soundscapes were hard programmed - you couldn't slide them on the timeline at all....
So, what did SFX get me?
On Anne Frank - the ability to fine-tune electro-mechanical noise makers (phone rings, alarm bells), to wash the audience in sound-pulling them into the environment, to have multiple effects running at the same time and at a pre-determined level and location, to have a repeatible sound experience for the audience, and to integrate sound into the overall experience.
Could an AudioBox done the same thing? Yep! and more. But I didn't have one yet.
Forgot to mention, on Anne Frank, we had to integrate a video player at the top and end of the show - For the closing (the tape was the fill for the actors to get into their "curtain call" tableau) I rolled the tape while my sound op gave me a countdown as to how much time (SFX can show the remaining time or elapsed time of an audio file) we had left on the last scene change music - the idea was, at the proper time, the tape was up to speed and stable, the big screen TV was stable (on-a-budget, I said), and the audience was hearing the last of the music.
It worked most of the time - very stressful as I still had lights to contend with.
The last show I used SFX on was "The Mystery of Irma Vep" and that's because I had not allocated myself enough time to learn the AudioBox to the point I thought I could design a show on it.
Here's something to keep in mind about a SFX rig and an Audio Box.
SFX is "easy" to use - doesn't require much study to get going - but once you get past some of the bits that make it easy to use, I found that there were some things lacking. I originally purchased the Standard version - but soon upgraded to the ProAudio version just to get audio looping.
Some people say the fades aren't very smooth - it depends on your sample depth (16 bit vs. 24 bit) - and how low of a level you need - I've never had any trouble.
But what became the break point for me on the SFX vs. Audio Box front was the fact that I could have live inputs as well as hard disk playback on an Audio Box and couldn't on a SFX rig. The Audio Box's EQ, delay, 16x16 matrix were just icing on the cake.
Most shows don't require live inputs in our venue - except 2 types - musicals and a charity show we do to help out the local Salvation Army at Christmas. See http://www.zct.org/0708productions/AT17.HTM for this year's show.
In the past, we've run a feed from the keyboards to a couple of QSC 850 amps feeding on-stage monitor speakers and tried to balance the house and stage sound so the audience was not getting the majority of sound from the stage.
Our "pit" is in the lighting and sound booth. It's not really a pit nor a booth. It's what would be the balconey (choir) in a church, since that's what the venue used to be...and we're doing theatre in it....
SFX didn't have any kind of live sound ability unless you used an outboard MIDI controlled mixer such as a Yamaha 01V and the like. Which I don't own nor does the venue...Heck, the venue only owns lighting....and only some of that too.
The charity show we do each year starts out with open auditions where all comers are cast - some are seasoned actors, some are trying this out for the first time and some are in the middle. It has become very clear in the last few years that some form of musical support (feed) on-stage is needed to keep them together during the show.
This year, I used an Audio Box AB1616 to take a feed from both keyboards, run each to their own input, send the output from each keyboard to both the right & left of the on-stage monitors (a mono feed split to both speakers). We were able to mix both keyboards in such a way as the on-stage feed gave them what they needed to hear (and were used to hearing) and the audience didn't hear the feed from the stage but heard only the pit.
On top of that, I had spot sound effects, video segments with audio, video segments with a dry sound track covered by a pre-recorded track played from the Audio Box, as well as the normal pre-show and intermission music.
Alas, the video player was not controlled by the Audio Box but it could have been. Maybe next year....
Here's an eyeopener on the diffs between a SFX based show and an Audio Box based show - SFX allows you to be sloppy in your show documentation and still succeed.
An Audio Box will soon show up your documentation shortcoming and stop you in your tracks.
SFX can be considered a "streaming audio" playback system. You don't have to worry (within limits) how many cues use what groups to playback your sound. SFX supports 4 groups with each group made up of a stereo pair. You can have all your cues play via Group 1, one on top of another or layered so that a cue starts to playback before another finishes.
SFX forces you to use a stereo group hardpatched to a stereo output amp.
In a way, this is easy for newbies but deadly when you transfer to an Audio Box where there are a finite number of playback channels
In an Audio Box, you have a finite number of live or disk playback channels that can be patched to ANY output device (amp/speaker) or, in the case of an AB64, CobraNet desitination.
Now, all of a sudden, you HAVE to clean up your paperwork so YOU know what playback channels are in use and when. Lucas Cooper in this link indicates a method of working that suggests you allocate certain PB channels for specific tasks. It's not a bad idea.
A SFX rig can be limited in the number of audio files it can playback in synch - because of shortcomings of the user's PC hardware and MicroSoft's DirectX sound engine.
An Audio Box (any flavor) can easily playback any and all audio in perfect synch.
UPDATE - November 2007
It's November 2007 and alot has changed - AB1616s, and HD1616 are no longer in production and are falling from favor by us little guys because it's getting increasingly harder to get a SCSI interface to work under any of Microsoft's windows OS.
In May of 2007, I lost the ability to communicate via a SCSI card in the PC to the AudioBox AB1616 - I did that show with just spot sound.
Enter SoundMan-Server and SoundMan-Designer - which is what my next post will be about -and it's SO exciting - Theatre's that have practically NO budget can now have 4 channels of playback (equal to 2 stereo pairs), two live inputs, a stereo pair of outputs AND a full featured ShowControl system for FREE!!!!! - no license fee at all!
To get a taste of it, download the demo from here: http://www.richmondsounddesign.com/softw.html#SMD
Full requirements are on the website http://www.richmondsounddesign.com/sm-dref.html
And yes, you'll find a link to this blog there too.
Next installment (and it won't be 2 years either) will take us from ShowControl of Alcorn-McBride DVM2 MPEG-2 video servers plus sound effects for The Laramie Project to the despair of no AB1616 working with the SCSI port on our sound PC (May 2007) to running a full blown SoundMan-Designer system for a production of Foxfire (October 2007) - with many tracks of layered sound, backing tracks for live musicians and a whole lot of effects that added to the audience's experiences.
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- Carl