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As is commonly said Diligent work pays off.
Investing energy with pioneers and masters gives you the ability to come up with ideas. Ideas that can generate money and leveraging opportunities. The types of opportunities that are generated will be leveraging for the people around you as well.
On June 1st, 2016, I was asked to conduct a Social Media Marketing plan and Mentoring session with a very well known and profound NGO in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. YDKKM Yes I am also their web designer and consultant. I was excited to start this 6-hour training session.
Let me tell you that I like being in the spot light and getting attention, but I am not much of a public speaker. I haven`t conducted any training offline before 12th June 2016, as in a workshop.
Most of the entrepreneur's next step, when they create an opportunity for themselves, is going to their mentor and telling them. "Yay, I did it!" They say this to express that they came a long way, the feeling of doing something worth while, and the feeling of successfully achieving and completing a goal.
Looking back on when I would say that, it`s kinda immature, and I started to understand that when business started to pick up, and when a gained experience.
So, As soon as we confirmed the training. I went straight up to Mother and told her, and she was glad. I was confused by the way she reacted. I was happy as can be, you could even say the happiest I've ever been. While my mom just said, "Cool" and "it is a decent accomplishment yet not something I ought to be truly energized about." I thought to myself, "I have all the more hard work to do in order to accomplish what I am setting out to do." Yet, she said, "Whatever you do, Do your best."
Whatever you do, Do your best.
– Sam`s Mom
I went to somebody who has been truly a motivating and astonishing coach to me. His name legally has the word Entrepreneur in it. Which is kinda Cool!
Find him out on facebook : PJ Entrepreneur
To be honest, I have many clients who want to me to handle their social media posts and etc.
Strategising, Implementing and Executing everything with dead lines really help, because without these you may get lazy and tell the client that I'll have it done whenever. That's what they don't want to hear. But I was unsure on how to talk about it.
I am actually pretty enthusiastic when I discuss social media plans. It gets me excited, alot!
PJ suggested some of the videos from lynda.com to look over and learn more in details so I can disscuss it and elaborate in detail what it means, how to do it, and how it should be done efficiently and professionally.
He said, "I believe in you, and I am sure you are gonna do an awesome job."
The words "I believe in you" doesn`t really make sense in normal life. I mean it seems so awkward to say to someone in normal life unless you are marrying them. 😛
However, believe me, some of the time these words mean something. You can really accomplish something even though you don`t believe in yourself just by being told you that you can do it by someone you look up to.
Lynda.com I highly recommend using Lynda.com for anything that you need help with that you don't understand.
I was watching these boring videos about Digital Marketing, I say it boring cause most of the things I heard from the video are about implementing things that you know and have learned into you job, and most of the guys was saying I already knew about.
So, I was watching these videos and the narrator started showing slides. Then it hit me.
SAM! You need to come up with slides. So I stopped the video went straight to find some cool templates. I chose one and then I went to work. It was long, tiring, and boring work, but somehow at last I was able to make 19 messy slides with a help of a friend, which then she made presentable.
Proud of my friends. 😀
So, what happen is I watched couple of videos on NGOs Marketing, Growth Hacking, Analytics and Digital Marketing site. Then, I watched some videos on the people who have done training. I wanted to observe and actually see how ONE can execute and produce a sexy workshop.
Videos will always help you learn fancy and new words. So, it is worth spending your time watching the videos you think you already know.
It was Sunday morning on the 12 of June 2016, I went in there. I saw really cute and innocent faces. Full of curiosity. I read their faces and knew that they were hungry for Education. They were eager to learn.
I planned to ask them for the intro, but they told it and started it and asked me.
This was the time I was like, Sam RUN!!!!!
Because it started in a not so planned way. To me, everything should be in the flow. But if everything will be in the flow. If everything works out the way we plan it, we will be missing huge fun. The feeling when you get hyper, when you get excited, when you get Oh FML.
If you just stop there for a second, flips the coin and change the impact of the feeling from negativity, troubling and stressing. It will convert to the excessive positive energy that your body can transfer it to the people around you, and that will make people a fan of yours. But it takes practise.
That time, I quietly took 3 deep breaths, I said I'm nervous. Hold On guys.
The sweetness of them, the stopped looking at me. It made me feel more comfortable and then I started to relax and calm down.
Guess what?
After watching videos on Digital Marketing, I wrote down the whole freaking transcript of 3000 words with different exercises.
But as soon as I started, I forgot everything. I have the papers in my hand. But I didn`t look at them for help.
I got into a very smooth flow. I felt like I was driving a Ferrari on a long high way. Everything was smooth, quite, comfortable, serene, and yet also down to earth.
I literally didn't look at any sentence of the paper. No, I didn't memorize the transcript nor do I remember anything from it. I hardly read it.
I am not saying don`t prepare yourself. Do prepare yourself. But be a super creative, fun, unique, and imaginative person.
Choose the venue yourself and maybe visit the venue before conducting the training.
Yeah, The venue didn't have very good internet speed. That`s when I told myself, next time I will be choosing the venue.
That`s all I can share for now.
The testimonial was so cool. I am gonna share what they think of the training in a video blog later this week.
Please do comment on what you think about my statements. I would be glad to answer any inquiries.
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Yoga is a system through which we gain insight into the mystery and for some mastery over the inner and outer systems. What's closer to us than our heart! Some are thrilled by the tales of yogis who can slow or stop its beating. The heart muscle is the first organ to form in the body. Its life, a poise of strength and elasticity, epitomises Yoga; it mediates energy via the balancing of tension and relaxation throughout the organism. The Heart's four chambers work in two pairs, contracting to transmit or relaxing to receive blood. It is surrounded by connective tissue with myofascial integrity; if the mind or emotions clench, this impedes regular flow and causes stagnation. Balancing arteries (yang) moving blood outward with veins (yin), gathering back in to centre, provides a regular pulse. This cardiac stability promotes well being and insight that we have all we need within, if only we listen to our heart. Through breathing and relaxation techniques we access voluntary and involuntary nervous systems, gaining an element of control over the chemical production in the bloodstream. The body is bio electro magnetic; tuning in to, receiving, conducting, transporting and storing currents. The heart is the body's greatest battery, able to generate a higher electro-magnetic charge than any other 'cell'. It produces this electrical charge within its cells and is an awareness transmitter and receiver for both physical and spiritual life. Floating between the pressures of gravity and levity, one gains insight into balancing blood pressure and nerve tension. A healthy system self regulates; free flowing blood is cleansed, supplying more oxygen and effectively discharging waste upon venous return. Blood pressure (yin) and circulation (yang) partner to facilitate maximum vitality absorption. Bodily and emotional pain is reduced as healthy hormones, painkillers and sedatives are released throughout the system. Awareness allows one to maximise diaphragmatic pressure, which keeps the traffic (blood) moving through the system. This dramatically reduces the amount the heart has to work, allowing it to function on a higher level. When the belly relaxes we gravitate to earth; diaphragms move, air flows to or from the lungs and blood moves into or out of the heart's chambers. This rhythmic breathing relaxes the autonomic nervous system, reducing excess tension within the 'fight of flight' branch and stress hormones circulating through the heart. This soothes and retunes its pace and balances all other physiological processes. Applying conscious breathing with movement-stillness synthesis, yoga accesses the heart's mind and through meditation and relaxation, the mind's heart. Correct practice triggers the central nervous system to function optimally; electrical wires (nerves) are cleansed, glands and neural pathways tune to cosmic harmonics. Health is a balance of fullness and emptiness. Disease occurs when we try to fill our emptiness when it is inappropriate. When we learn to embrace having and not having, doing and not doing, we find true and permanent peace. Copyright Matt Gluck 2010 About Matt Gluck: Matt has just written his second book and DVD series, 'How To Breathe'. For more information, please visit his website below. Matt Gluck embodied Pranasana Yoga as a way to enjoy and share life with others of like minded heart. Matt is a British Wheel of Yoga and Life Centre qualified teacher and mentor, helping yoga teachers in training. He has been teaching Chinese martial arts, (including Tai Chi and Qi Gong) and Hatha Yoga for twenty three years. Matt teaches in classes and privately in Hertfordshire and London and runs workshops and retreats every few months. Most of his free time is given to sharing and discovering the yogic way with friends, on a day by day and moment by moment basis. For more information, please visit his website www.pranasanayoga.com
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It is that time of year again to turn our attention to the start of the school year. I am excited for the new possibilities and opportunities that will be occurring this 2017-2018 school year.
At the Secondary Campus, we will explore the theme of "Whatever it Takes." The theme reminds me of a situation that occurred this summer. I am sure that this summer you noticed and saw the effect from the forest fires in the Lower Mainland. I remember how I tried to explain to our out of town guests what Vancouver should look like as we entered the city for the first time on their visit. It seems the smoke from the forest fires made Vancouver into a shadow of its reality as the gorgeous mountains hid behind the smoke that had severely limited our vision. In 1 Corinthians 13:12 it says, "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known." Vancouver's smoke echoes the visual metaphor of this passage and our theme for the year.
We live in a broken world that is burning from the consequences of sin. We cannot see the full reality as we look at this world and our lives. Even though we see dimly we can still find hope that we can be fully known by Christ. Being known by Christ and knowing Christ reminds us of the true reality we live in. Jesus Christ, the Alpha and Omega sits on the throne in control over all the cosmos. Jesus has conquered death through His resurrection and is still personal and active in our world today. This reality is constantly being challenged as we live out our days amongst the smoke that limits our vision and distorts reality in what we should chase after in this life.
This year we want to examine how Jesus fulfills this theme of doing whatever it takes to restore the universe from the consequences of sin. Also, the theme of whatever it takes will explore the need to reflect how easy it is to lose sight of the beautiful Kingdom of God. Comfort, Family, Materialism, Careers, Politics and even Academics all can slip onto our throne that Jesus should be sitting upon. One day the smoke will clear and the mountains will be visible and our vision fully restored but until then RCS will focus on whatever it takes to seek after a deeper relationship with Jesus that will shape and direct our lives in all aspects of life.
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Our vision at Richmond Christian Secondary Campus is to provide students with a quality holistic education that invites the opportunity for the Holy Spirit to restore and ignite passionate Christ-followers who display a depth of character and leadership, are driven by wonder and the desire to worship God, and are inspired by the Gospel to use their skills, talents and attributes to meaningfully impact our communities and world.


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A projector or image projector is an optical device that projects an image (or moving images) onto a surface, commonly a projection screen. Most projectors create an image by shining a light through a small transparent lens, but some newer types of projectors can project the image directly, by using lasers. A virtual retinal display, or retinal projector, is a projector that projects an image directly on the retina instead of using an external projection screen.
The most common type of projector used today is called a video projector. Video projectors are digital replacements for earlier types of projectors such as slide projectors and overhead projectors. These earlier types of projectors were mostly replaced with digital video projectors throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, but old analog projectors are still used at some places. The newest types of projectors are handheld projectors that use lasers or LEDs to project images. Their projections are hard to see if there is too much ambient light.
Movie theaters used a type of projector called a movie projector, nowadays mostly replaced with digital cinema video projectors.
Overview of different projector types
Direct input
Still images
Moving images
There probably existed quite a few other types of projectors than the examples described below, but evidence is scarce and reports are often unclear about their nature. Spectators not always provided the details needed to differentiate between for instance a shadow play and a lantern projection. Many did not understand the nature of what they had seen and few had ever seen other comparable media. Projections were often presented or perceived as magic or even as religious experiences, with most projectionists unwilling to share their secrets. Joseph Needham sums up some possible projection examples from China in his 1962 book series Science and Civilization in China
Prehistory to 1000 CE
Shadow play
The earliest projection of images was most likely done in primitive shadowgraphy dating back to prehistory. Shadow play usually does not involve a projection device, but can be seen as a first step in the development of projectors. It evolved into more refined forms of shadow puppetry in Asia, where it has a long history in Indonesia (records relating to Wayang since 840 CE), Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, China (records since around 1000 CE), India and Nepal.
Camera obscura
Projectors share a common history with cameras in the camera obscura. Camera obscura (Latin for "dark room") is the natural optical phenomenon that occurs when an image of a scene at the other side of a screen (or for instance a wall) is projected through a small hole in that screen to form an inverted image (left to right and upside down) on a surface opposite to the opening. The oldest known record of this principle is a description by Han Chinese philosopher Mozi (ca. 470 to ca. 391 BC). Mozi correctly asserted that the camera obscura image is inverted because light travels in straight lines from its source. In the 11th century Arab physicist Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) described experiments with light through a small opening in a darkened room and realized that a smaller hole provided a sharper image.
The use of a lens in the opening of a wall or closed window shutter of a darkened room has been traced back to circa 1550. The shared history of camera and projector basically split with the introduction of the magic lantern in the later half of the 17th century. The camera obscura device would mostly live on as a drawing aid in the form of tents and boxes and was adapted into the photographic camera in the first decades of the 19th century.
Chinese magic mirrors
The oldest known objects that can project images are Chinese magic mirrors. The origins of these mirrors have been traced back to the Chinese Han dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD) and are also found in Japan. The mirrors were cast in bronze with a pattern embossed at the back and a mercury amalgam laid over the polished front. The pattern seen on the back of the mirror is seen in a projection when light is reflected from the polished front onto a wall or other surface. No trace of the pattern can be discerned on the reflecting surface with the naked eye, but minute undulations on the surface are introduced during the manufacturing process and cause the reflected rays of light to form the pattern. It is very likely that the practice of image projection via drawings or text on the surface of mirrors predates the very refined ancient art of the magic mirrors, but no evidence seems to be available.
Trotting horse lamps
Revolving lanterns have been known in China as "trotting horse lamps" [走馬燈] since before 1000 CE. A trotting horse lamp is a hexagonal, cubical or round lantern which on the inside has cut-out silhouettes attached to a shaft with a paper vane impeller on top, rotated by heated air rising from a lamp. The silhouettes are projected on the thin paper sides of the lantern and appear to chase each other. Some versions showed more motion with heads, feet or hands of figures connected with fine iron wire to an extra inner layer and triggered by a transversely connected iron wire. The lamp would typically show images of horses and horse-riders. Most modern electric versions use all kinds of colorful transparent cellophane figures which are projected across the walls, mostly in nurseries.
John Locke referred to a similar device when wondering if ideas are formed in our minds at regular intervals,"not much unlike the images in the inside of a lantern, turned round by the heat of a candle." Related constructions were used as Christmas decorations in England and parts of Europe.
1000 to 1500
Concave mirrors
The inverted real image of an object reflected by a concave mirror can appear at the focal point in front of the mirror. In a construction with an object at the bottom of two opposing concave mirrors (parabolic reflectors) on top of each other, the top one with an opening in its center, the reflected image can appear at the opening as a very convincing 3D optical illusion.
The earliest description of projection with concave mirrors has been traced back to a text by French author Jean de Meun in his part of Roman de la Rose (circa 1275). A theory known as the Hockney-Falco thesis claims that artists used either concave mirrors or refractive lenses to project images onto their canvas/board as a drawing/painting aid as early as circa 1430.
It has also been thought that some encounters with spirits or gods since antiquity may have been conjured up with (concave) mirrors.
Fontana's lantern
Around 1420 the Venetian scholar and engineer Giovanni Fontana included a drawing of a person with a lantern projecting an image of a demon in his book about mechanical instruments "Bellicorum Instrumentorum Liber". The Latin text "Apparentia nocturna ad terrorem videntium" (Nocturnal appearance to frighten spectators)" clarifies its purpose, but the meaning of the undecipherable other lines is unclear. The lantern seems to simply have the light of an oil lamp or candle go through a transparent cylindrical case on which the figure is drawn to project the larger image, so it probably couldn't project an image as clearly as Fontana's drawing suggests.
Possible 15th century image projector
In 1437 Italian humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer Leon Battista Alberti is thought to have possibly projected painted pictures from a small closed box with a small hole, but it is unclear whether this actually was a projector or rather a type of show box with transparent pictures illuminated from behind and viewed through the hole.
1500 to 1700
16th to early 17th century
Leonardo da Vinci is thought to have had a projecting lantern - with a condensing lens, candle and chimney - based on a small sketch from around 1515.
In his Three Books of Occult Philosophy (1531-1533) Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa claimed that it was possible to project "images artificially painted, or written letters" onto the surface of the moon with the means of moonbeams and their "resemblances being multiplied in the air". Pythagoras would have often performed this trick.
In 1589 Giambattista della Porta published about the ancient art of projecting mirror writing in his book Magiae Naturalis - Libri Viginti.
Dutch inventor Cornelis Drebbel, who is a likely inventor of the microscope, is thought to have had some kind of projector that he used in magical performances. In a 1608 letter he described the many marvelous transformations he performed and the apparitions that he summoned by the means of his new invention based on optics. It included giants that rose from the earth and moved all their limbs very lifelike. The letter was found in the papers of his friend Constantijn Huygens, father of the likely inventor of the magic lantern Christiaan Huygens.
In 1612 Italian mathematician Benedetto Castelli wrote to his mentor, the Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher and mathematician Galileo Galilei about projecting images of the sun through a telescope (invented in 1608) to study the recently discovered sunspots. Galilei wrote about Castelli's technique to the German Jesuit priest, physicist and astronomer Christoph Scheiner.
From 1612 to at least 1630 Christoph Scheiner would keep on studying sunspots and constructing new telescopic solar projection systems. He called these "Heliotropii Telioscopici", later contracted to helioscope.
Steganographic mirror
The 1645 first edition of German Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher's book Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae included a description of his invention, the "Steganographic Mirror": a primitive projection system with a focusing lens and text or pictures painted on a concave mirror reflecting sunlight, mostly intended for long distance communication. He saw limitations in the increase of size and diminished clarity over a long distance and expressed his hope that someone would find a method to improve on this. Kircher also suggested projecting live flies and shadow puppets from the surface of the mirror. The book was quite influential and inspired many scholars, probably including Christiaan Huygens who would invent the magic lantern. Kircher was often credited as the inventor of the magic lantern, although in his 1671 edition of Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae Kircher himself credited Danish mathematician Thomas Rasmussen Walgensten for the magic lantern, which Kircher saw as a further development of his own projection system.
Although Athanasius Kircher claimed the Steganographic mirror as his own invention and wrote not to have read about anything like it, it has been suggested that Rembrandt's 1635 painting of "Belshazzar's Feast" depicts a steganographic mirror projection with God's hand writing Hebrew letters on a dusty mirror's surface.
In 1654 Belgian Jesuit mathematician André Tacquet used Kircher's technique to show the journey from China to Belgium of Italian Jesuit missionary Martino Martini. It is sometimes reported that Martini lectured throughout Europe with a magic lantern which he might have imported from China, but there's no evidence that anything other than Kircher's technique was used.
Magic lantern
By 1659 Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens had developed the magic lantern, which used a concave mirror to reflect and direct as much of the light of a lamp as possible through a small sheet of glass on which was the image to be projected, and onward into a focusing lens at the front of the apparatus to project the image onto a wall or screen (Huygens apparatus actually used two additional lenses). He did not publish nor publicly demonstrate his invention as he thought it was too frivolous and was ashamed about it.
The magic lantern became a very popular medium for entertainment and educational purposes in the 18th and 19th century. This popularity waned after the introduction of cinema in the 1890s. The magic lantern remained a common medium until slide projectors came into widespread use during the 1950s.
1700 to 1900
Solar microscope
A few years before his death in 1736 Polish-German-Dutch physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit reportedly constructed a solar microscope, which basically was a combination of the compound microscope with camera obscura projection. It needed bright sunlight as a light source to project a clear magnified image of transparent objects. Fahrenheit's instrument may have been seen by German physician Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn who introduced the instrument in England, where optician John Cuff improved it with a stationary optical tube and an adjustable mirror. In 1774 English instrument maker Benjamin Martin introduced his "Opake Solar Microscope" for the enlarged projection of opaque objects. He claimed:
|The Opake Microsc[o]pe, not only magnifies the natural Appearance or Size of Objects of every Sort, but at the ſame time throws ſuch a Quantity of Solar Rays upon them, as to make all their Colours appear vaſtly more vivid and ſtrong than to the naked Eye; and their Parts ſo expanded and diſtinct upon a fixed Screen, that they are not only viewed with the utmoſt Pleaſure, but may be drawn with the greateſt Eaſe by any ingenious Hand."
Opaque projectors
Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician and engineer Leonhard Euler demonstrated an opaque projector, now commonly known as an episcope, around 1756. It could project a clear image of opaque images and (small) objects. French scientist Jacques Charles is thought to have invented the similar "megascope" in 1780. He used it for his lectures. Around 1872 Henry Morton used an opaque projector in demonstrations for huge audiences, for example in the Philadelphia Opera House which could seat 3500 people. His machine did not use a condenser or reflector, but used a oxyhydrogen lamp close to the object in order to project huge clear images.
The 20th century to present day
In the early and middle parts of the 20th century, low-cost opaque projectors were produced and marketed as a toy for children. The light source in early opaque projectors was often limelight, with incandescent light bulbs and halogen lamps taking over later. Episcopes are still marketed as artists' enlargement tools to allow images to be traced on surfaces such as prepared canvas.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, overhead projectors began to be widely used in schools and businesses. The first overhead projector was used for police identification work. It used a cellophane roll over a 9-inch stage allowing facial characteristics to be rolled across the stage. The U.S. Army in 1945 was the first to use it in quantity for training as World War II wound down.
From the 1950s to the 1990s slide projectors for 35 mm photographic positive film slides were common for presentations and as a form of entertainment; family members and friends would occasionally gather to view slideshows, typically of vacation travels.
In the early 2000s, slides were largely replaced by digital images.
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Notes and references
- ^ Needham, Joseph. Science and Civilization in China, vol. IV, part 1: Physics and Physical Technology (PDF). pp. 122–124. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-07-03.
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The Maryland Volleyball Program (MVP) provides opportunities for BOYS to compete in USA Volleyball Junior Olympic competition at a local, regional, and national level. MVP was first established in 1986 and has competed in every JOV National Championship since 1987.
We are dedicated to providing quality training beyond what is available through the school systems, and competition at a local, regional, and national level. This competitive athletic experience can enhance social development, contribute to mental and physical health, and teach the values of teamwork, responsibility, self discipline, and self motivation.
It is our sincere desire to provide a solid foundation of fundamentals to enable participants to develop, not only as players, but also as persons. Given this base, we hope that these youths will continue playing well beyond their Junior Olympic years, for volleyball is truly a lifetime sport.
Junior Olympic Volleyball Background
Believe it or not, volleyball is a sport with an American origin. William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical director, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, created it in 1895 as a less strenuous alternative to basketball. It is interesting to note that basketball was also created about the same time in nearby Springfield, Massachusetts. The disparity between the popularity of the two sports in this country is not reflected on a worldwide basis. Volleyball is one of the most popular sports in the world.
The United States Volleyball Association was founded in 1928 and is the National Governing Body associated with the United States Olympic Committee for the sport. USA Volleyball (www.usavolleyball.org) has divided the Nation into over 40 Regions for organized competition during the year, which culminates in the U.S. Open Volleyball Championships for adults. Championships are conducted for the best teams in Men?s and Women?s divisions ranging from Open, AA, A, BB, and B. Competitions are also held for various age group divisions ranging from 30 and over to 75 and over. This Region is known as the Chesapeake Region (www.chrva.org) and encompasses Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, and Northern Virginia.
Competition is also provided under a Junior Olympic Volleyball (JOV) Program for high school age and younger participants ranging from 12 and under to 18 and under divisions. Under this program, USA Volleyball sponsors teams and individuals that participate in High Performance Camps, Youth National teams, Junior National teams, International Junior competitions and the JOV National Championships.
USA Volleyball also sponsors within each Region instructional camps and clinics for the development of club directors, coaches, players, and officials. Several USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program Level I and II courses have been held at the University of Maryland over the past number of years.
MVP History
This is our thirtieth season where we plan to take multiple teams to the USA Volleyball's JOV National Championships. Since our first JOV Nationals in 1987 in Albuquerque, we have seen the event grow in the number of teams participating and in the level of play by the teams. The challenge for us has always been to develop teams that can compete at the local, regional, and JOV National level. It has also always been our goal to instill within the participants an appreciation and love for the sport. We firmly subscribe to the belief that volleyball is truly a lifetime sport that can be enjoyed well after the JOV age.
We have focused our program on junior boys because of the lack of opportunities currently available for boys. In contrast to girl's volleyball, the number of college scholarship opportunities are not only very limited, but the dollar amounts are significantly lower (NCAA only allows 4.5 full scholarships for men's teams as compared with 12 for women's teams. There are only about 60 varsity men's teams and only about 20 of those are Division I.). We will do our best to prepare our players and put them in the best environment to showcase their abilities to college recruits who will be present at various tournaments.
Please realize that because of the vast pool of boys to choose from and the limited number of scholarship opportunities, the Division I universities can be very selective. If the gender equity issue can be resolved without overwhelming the budgets of universities' athletic departments, we anticipate an exponential growth in men's varsity programs across the country. There are also opportunities at the Division II and III levels where there are some 60+ collegiate men's programs. The increasing number of high school boys currently playing as well as the thriving men's collegiate club volleyball program is driving this. This would certainly lead to more scholarship opportunities for boys in volleyball. And of course, we will provide assistance to program participants in continuing to play volleyball beyond their JOV years. Many opportunities exist to participate whether it's through outdoor events (grass or beach), Chinese 9-man, and adult USA Volleyball competition.
Learning the right way to play the game at an early age offers easier access to these avenues of competition. It is satisfying to see so many of the alumni from our program continuing to play at high levels.


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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 31, 2014) - Africa Oil Corp. (TSX:AOI)(OMX:AOI) ("Africa Oil" or the "Company") reports that in accordance with the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act, the Company announces the following:
As a result of the exercise of employee stock options, as at July 31, 2014, the number of issued and outstanding shares of the Company is 312,333,279 common shares with voting rights.
About Africa Oil Corp.
Africa Oil Corp. is a Canadian oil and gas company with assets in Kenya and Ethiopia as well as Puntland (Somalia) through its 45% equity interest in Horn Petroleum Corporation. Africa Oil's East African holdings are within a world-class exploration play fairway with a total gross land package in this prolific region in excess of 215,000 square kilometres. The East African Rift Basin system is one of the last of the great rift basins to be explored. Seven new significant discoveries have been announced in the Northern Kenyan basin in which the Company holds a 50% interest along with operator Tullow Oil plc. The Company is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on First North at NASDAQ OMX-Stockholm under the symbol "AOI".
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Previous studies have suggested that certain neuropsychological traits, including socio- emotional information processing, emotion regulation, and behavioral inhibition/impulsivity are associated with aggression. Moreover, converging lines of animal and human lesion evidence have highlighted the role of specific neural substrates such as the amygdala (AMYG), orbital- medial prefrontal cortex (OMPFC), and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) in socio- emotional processing and behavioral inhibition (e.g., cognitive control). Therefore, the goal of the present study is to collect multimodal data on specific neuropsychological traits and functional brain reactivity using a sample of twins in order to elucidate the different genetic pathways that may be related to aggressive behavior. Specifically, we propose to measure socio-emotional information processing, emotion regulation, and behavioral inhibition/impulsivity using a series of laboratory-based neuropsychological assessments in a population-based sample of 200 adult twin pairs (100 MZ, 100 DZ) from our PENNTwins Study Program. In addition, we will further conduct BOLD-sensitive functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of Amygdala and OMPFC function during a socio-emotional information processing (SEIP) task and fMRI studies of dACC function during an impulsivity task to assess neurophsyiological patterns of brain response. By investigating the extent to which these characteristics share common genes with aggression and related behaviors, we have the unique opportunity to """"""""bridge the gap"""""""" between phenotype and genotype by examining neuropsychological traits and neurophysiological patterns of brain response as potential mediators of the genetic influence on aggression and related behaviors. Moreover, by applying theoretically-based multivariate models to multimodal assessments of aggression, socio- emotional information processing, and impulsivity, we can also begin to better understand the underlying structure of aggression. Public Health Relevance: Aggression and interpersonal violence are leading worldwide public health problems, both from the viewpoint of the individual who engages in these behaviors and of the people/property that these behaviors target. One of the goals of psychiatric genetic research on aggression is to uncover specific genetic variants that are risk factors for aggression and related disorders. However, it is unlikely that genes code for aggressive behavior directly, but rather influence behavior through indirect mechanisms or pathways. To gain a better understanding of these potential genetic mechanisms, twin studies can be used to identify biologically-based traits that may serve as endophenotpyes for aggression and related behaviors.
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The New York Times says, "The Church of England has asked people to add a new culprit to the list of ills they forsake for the six weeks of penance that begin on Ash Wednesday: plastics. Specifically, the church wants people to avoid the plastic consumer products and packaging that have become a major environmental problem, polluting oceans and rivers, fouling beaches, killing wildlife and clogging landfills."
NASHVILLE — The snow was three inches deep, a blizzard by Nashville standards, when I got a text from a parent supervising the neighborhood sledding: "It's a robin migration out in your front yard. Do you put food out there for them?" Read theThe New York Times contributing op-ed writer articel by Margaret Renki.
The New York Times reports that there's a cozy covering the Hamptons. Where once winter here meant broad, moody skies over expanses of bare potato fields, the terrain on Long Island's moneyed East End suddenly looks as domesticated as tea at the Ritz. Drive anywhere in Southampton, East Hampton, Sagaponack and Water Mill and you find lanes filled with oddly humped shapes of trees, shrubs and hedges bundled in burlap against the cold.
Once autumn leaves are down, landscapers with leaf blowers strapped to their backs pour into America's neighborhoods like hornets from a hive. Which raises a question: How much pollution does a leaf blower emit?
The short answer is more than a car, a truck or any other modern passenger vehicle.
The Wall Street Journal has a new item in its "The Numbers" series, meant to present surprising data findings. This one, by Jo Craven McGinty, It begins:
The story goes into the technological, economic, environmental, and political ramifications of the ongoing effort to phase out two-stroke engines used in lawn equipment. They are already banned, overtaken by new technology, or otherwise out of use in most other applications in the United States, including watercraft and scooters. Well worth reading.
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Hey, You! Stop Eating My Yard!The rise in popularity of wild vegetation like fiddleheads, mushrooms and seaweed is causing friction between foragers and landowners; 'fry it up and eat it.' Jennifer Levitz reports for the Wall Street Journal.
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By David Sarasohn
When the U.S. Senate returns from its two-week recess Monday, its first order of business will be to keep trying to ignore an 800-pound gorilla.
Or at least a 150-pound Supreme Court nominee.
The Republican Senate leadership is standing firm in its insistence on ignoring President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the high court, on the grounds that when Obama named Garland, there were only 10 months left in Obama's term. The GOP leaders have urged their senators not to even speak to Garland, to pretend he doesn't exist, and possibly to hold their hands over their ears and just repeat "La, la, la" should he approach.
Oregon's Democratic senators, rolling through Southern Oregon last week, pronounced themselves perplexed.
"The Constitution did not foresee a Senate filled with ostriches," said Sen. Ron Wyden. "The policy 'Put your head in the sand' is nowhere in the Constitution. ... All over the state, people come up to me and say, 'Are you folks going to vote?'"
Polling suggests people are urging that in other places, too, but if you can ignore a nomination, you can also ignore polls.
"At this point, this is really a dereliction of duty by the Republicans," said Sen. Jeff Merkley. "They know it, and they're embarrassed by it."
Of course, these days, the GOP embarrassment threshold keeps getting higher.
Over the past two weeks of this recess, pressure was supposed to be building on Republican senators, and there have been some signs of it. Jerry Moran of Kansas and Susan Collins of Maine said publicly that the Senate should proceed with the nomination, and Mark Kirk of Illinois, perhaps the most endangered GOP incumbent this November, actually met with Garland -- who is, after all, from Illinois.
"It's significant that Mark Kirk met with Garland yesterday," judged Merkley, but "I don't think you can call it a major fissure yet."
Recent days have also shown another effect of the empty seat on the Supreme Court, as the justices delivered rulings on two major cases with 4-4 ties. With the Republican claim that filling the seat should wait on the next president, and the time required for that nomination to move through the process, this would be the situation for quite a while.
Points out Wyden, "We shouldn't have to wait until spring 2017 to have a full court."
And that's assuming nobody else leaves the court over the next year. Given the uncertain proposition that is life, the next president could start out with a list.
Still, the Republican Senate leaders are holding firm. Orrin Hatch of Utah wrote an op-ed for The New York Times declaring he was standing for eternal principle, although most of the piece was about how much he disliked President Obama.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley spent the recess promising Iowa audiences that he wouldn't hold hearings on Garland, although he warned that Democrats might try to hold a vote forcing the nomination out of his committee. As the Senate returns, Wyden agrees that that kind of vote might be technically possible -- although even if Democrats somehow attracted enough Republicans for a majority to get the nomination out of committee, it would still take a more-distant 60 votes to force a confirmation vote -- but says Democrats haven't actually discussed it. Merkley notes there are other strategies Democratic senators could use to try to force the Senate to take up Garland, such as refusing the unanimous consent needed to proceed on most actions, or filibustering to paralyze the Senate, but he doesn't sound enthusiastic.
"I think in general, people in the Democratic caucus think there's been enough paralysis already," Merkley said. "We'll continue just trying to win the hearts and minds of our colleagues."
This also seems to be the approach of the Obama administration, hoping that each Republican senator's willingness to have a polite conversation with Garland will somehow add up to an eventual willingness to hold an actual Senate vote on confirming him. It may not be entirely promising, and given the rigid positions of the Senate leadership, a more likely outcome might be that the paralysis consuming the Senate will spread across the street to the Supreme Court.
But who knows.
"I don't think anybody can predict," said Wyden. "This is the year when everything you predicted wouldn't happen, happened, and everything you predicted would happen, didn't."
But it really doesn't seem that the Senate can spend the entire rest of the year ignoring the 800-pound gorilla of an empty Supreme Court seat and a qualified Supreme Court nominee.
After all, it's also got an entire federal budget to neglect.
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Mt. Takao-san is 599 m high and located in western Tokyo. It is blessed with Nature's rich bounty and is designated as a national park. About an hour from the center of Tokyo, it is a popular spot for mountain hiking.
Day 1
Shinjuku -- <Keio Line Limited Express47 mins.> -- Takaosanguchi -- <5 mins. by walk> -- Kiyotaki -- Cable car -- [Mt. Takao-san] -- by walk (hiking) -- [Saru-en][ Yaso-en (monkey park and wild grass garden] -- [Tako-sugi (octopus cider)] -- [Yakuo-in Shrine] -- [Summit of Mt. Takao-san] -- <by walk> -- Takaosanguchi -- <Keio Line Limited Express47 mins.> -- Shinjuku
*The times required with public transportation are approximate.
Cable car
There are six climbing courses up Mt. Takao-san, and No. 1 introduced here is the most popular. There are many rest points along the way so hiking in casual wear is fine. One way takes about 2 hours.
You can also go up using a two-passenger lift. It takes about 12 minutes from Sanroku Station to Yamagami Station. Riding on the lift brings you closer to nature and it is also a little thrilling.
Saru-en/Yaso-en (monkey park and wild grass garden)
There are about 60 Japanese monkeys here, each known by name. You can learn about the structure of monkey society. You can also see 500 kinds of wild grass in the Yaso-en located on the same premises.
Tako-sugi(octopus cedar)
There is a huge Japanese cedar tree at the entrance to the Saru-en. Because its roots project out just like the legs of an octopus, it is called the tako-sugi (octopus cedar). This is a sacred tree revered as a deity and is mentioned in a legend associated with Tengu, a long-nosed goblin.
On Mt. Takao-san, there is a Buddhist temple that is considered a symbol of this mountain.
There are ascetic devotees undergoing strict training in this temple. The temple is devoted to Tengu and a red and green tengu mask is prominently displayed.
Tengu is a ghost said to reside in the mountains or forests and has attributes of both Buddhism and Shinto. It usually has a red face and abnormally long nose, and is described as having supernatural powers. It is said that the Tengu wears takageta (high wooden clogs) and is able to fly like a bird.
On the 2nd Sunday of March, an event is held where devotees walk on hot coals with bare feet.
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Summit of Mt. Takao-san
The summit is 599 m above sea level. Let's study the nature of Mt. Takao-san at the Visitor Center. There are shops serving beer or tea at the summit.


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It's Complicated
Maybe you know that our Jews for Jesus staff have been out presenting "Christ in the Passover" throughout the U.S. We've met people who've touched our hearts, and here's the story of one. Please read, share and pray for her.
JFJ missionary Ruth Rosen doesn't remember meeting Brittany* at a church where she recently spoke. But she's pretty sure she met Brittany's mom, albeit briefly. Ruth says,
"Back at the resource table a woman stopped to tell me, 'I'm so glad you were here tonight. And I'm so glad my daughter came.' She looked sad and anxious but disappeared before I could find out what she meant.
"Later I was looking at the cards people had filled out to keep in touch with Jews for Jesus. On the back, there are boxes to be checked so people can indicate if they do or don't believe in Jesus. On Brittany's card, rather than saying whether or not she believed in Jesus she wrote, 'It's complicated.'
"I emailed back a brief note, acknowledging her comment and letting her know I prayed that God would help her work through whatever needed to be settled in her heart. Very soon I got a reply.
"Brittany explained that she'd written 'it's complicated' because, although she had been a believer for as long as she could remember, she now found herself questioning God. She lives with her dad, who's gone through a really rough few years. His questions, she said, are causing her to have questions. Why would God allow her family to suffer such crushing pain? It was hard to believe God loved her. She used to go to church all the time. Now she goes only occasionally on weekends when she's with her mom. She has other things to do.
"My heart broke for this young woman though I hadn't met her. The church wasn't large and as I scanned my memory for what might have been a mother and daughter, I remembered one pair . . . and the mom was the woman who had made the brief comment at the resource table.
"I wrote back to Brittany asking if she'd told God straight out how she was feeling. I encouraged her that it was okay to talk to God about her pain, even her anger, to ask what was going on, to tell Him she'd need Him to show her something she wasn't seeing at the moment in order to be able to trust Him. After all, King David had written 'My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?' (Psalm 22). I asked if she might be willing to take just two minutes a day for two weeks to tell God how she felt and ask if He would show her something to help her trust Him again. And I told her I'd be interested to hear her thoughts after the two weeks.
"I don't know whether Brittany is taking me up on this or not but I continue to pray for her. If I don't hear from her, I will touch base with her when the two weeks are up. Please pray for her to bring all her complications, feelings and questions to God . . . and for her heart to hear back from Him. Pray for her to receive the joy of her salvation, and for the joy of the Lord to become her strength."
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Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is defined as the deliberate, self-inflicted destruction of body tissue resulting in immediate damage. There is no suicidal intent to the act and it would not be culturally sanctioned such as piercing or tattooing.
Acts of self-injury include, but are not limited to:
- intentional carving or cutting of the skin
- subdermal tissue scratching
- burning oneself
- banging or punching objects or oneself with the intention of hurting oneself
- embedding objects under the skin
Cutting is the most frequent method of self-injury and is often done repeatedly; it is rarely a one-time event. It is usually done with sharp objects, such as razor blades, knives, pins/needles, sharp stones, and broken glass. In desert regions, cactus needles have been used to cut. Cutting can be performed on any part of the body with the hands, wrists, stomach and thighs being the most common locations. The act can result in superficial damage or cause permanent scarring. Although many injure themselves to the point that medical intervention is warranted, only 6.5% of these individuals had ever been treated for any of their wounds. Of course, this is due to the fact that self-injurers do not want to be "caught," then somehow forced to discontinue the behavior.
Self-injury and Adolescents
Self-harm is far more prevalent among girls than boys. The parents of these teens are often baffled and horrified by the behavior. They cannot imagine why their daughter would intentionally inflict pain or cause injury to her own body? Unfortunately the answer is nearly as difficult to understand as the behavior itself. By and large, she does it as a method to cope with unpleasant thoughts or painful emotions.
Adolescence holds intense challenges for young girls: physical maturation, hormonal shifts, and social pressures. Many teenage girls feel the intense need to be perfect, which usually includes being thin. This pressure to remain a small size is greatest when she has the least amount of control over her developing body. Add stress about grades, possible problems at home, conflicts with friends or boyfriends, and the result is a high level of emotional distress. A girl may feel highly anxious, angry, depressed, lonely, rejected, or any number of painful feelings. If she has not learned healthy coping skills, she may turn to a behavior such as cutting. This is because it achieves the desired result. While she is fully focused on the act of cutting herself, she is no longer enraged, depressed or anxious. In fact, she probably feels rather relaxed and peaceful, due to the calming chemicals released by the brain in reaction to the injury. This behavior becomes addictive because it works. Those who cut begin to believe that they genuinely cannot cope with life without cutting themselves.
Other Causes of Cutting
Although the primary cause for cutting is emotion regulation, there are some notable exceptions. Some young girls genuinely believe that they are just plain "bad." They often arrive at this conclusion due to their perceived culpability in something unfortunate. It could be an event as commonplace as parental divorce. A marital breakup could result from a variety of reasons: infidelity, disparate goals or values, finances or simple incompatibility. However, unaware of these complex issues, a girl may conclude that it is her fault. She wasn't the "good" daughter they wanted–her grades weren't high enough, she wasn't an accomplished athlete, she got in too many fights with her sibling, or she was the topic of much parental conflict. Therefore, she is bad, and as such, she deserves to be punished. Punishment comes in the form of harming her body.
Another cause of self-injury is sexual trauma. If a young girl or adolescent has been molested or raped, she may embrace self-injurious behavior. She may believe her body caused the violation, and therefore, it must be made to pay. Another reason is predicated on fear – the fear that the abuse may be repeated. She thinks that if she mutilates her body enough, its unattractiveness will prevent a future assault.
There are two factors that are not behind self-injury: attention seeking or suicidality. Those who harm their bodies are not trying to get attention. We know this because they usually cut or burn in areas that cannot be seen such as the lower abdomen or inner thigh. Those who cut on their arms or wrists often wear long-sleeved shirts to cover up the wounds, even during the summer months. Additionally, suicide is not the goal. They do not want to die; they just want their emotional pain to stop, even if it's just for a moment.
Treatment at Timberline Knolls
When a young person self-harms, it is exceptionally hard on the parents. They may erroneously believe that eliminating all the sharp objects in the house can extinguish the behavior. The problem is, if an individual wants to injure herself, she will find a way. What's more, most of those who cut also have other psychiatric disorders, such as depressive disorders, eating disorders, substance abuse, or trauma. They use self-injury as a way to mitigate the untreated or undertreated symptoms of these other disorders.
This is why the level of treatment offered at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center has such value. We treat every aspect of the adolescent: her mind, spirit, body, and soul. Each one of these has experienced some type of hurt and deserves attention. Our highly skilled and compassionate clinical staff will ascertain the root of her psychological issues through a variety of individual and group therapies. Then, utilizing approaches such as dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), she will learn new healthy skills and tools to effectively cope with unpleasant emotions. Engaging in expressive and experiential therapies such as art, will allow her to learn new methods of communicating and expressing emotions. Participation in dance movement therapy (DMT) and possibly yoga, will help her to reconnect with her body and hopefully extend it a new level of appreciation and respect.
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People often say something along the lines of: "I want to live my life, not save every penny". Thirty years later, they find themselves $20,000 in debt.
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When an individual makes it a this-or-that situation, it's likely that they are making excuses for poor spending habits or budgeting. Sometimes, delaying gratification leads to the ability to have more freedom, when you have established yourself financially. Not necessarily waiting for retirement, but getting a budget set up, not making impulse buys, and paying off debt that costs you interest. Interest is money you could be using for fun, but instead you are just stuck paying back creditors.
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SOURCE: ZaZa Energy Corporation
February 25, 2015 07:00 ET
HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwired - February 25, 2015) -
ZaZa Energy Corporation ("ZaZa" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ZAZA) today announced 30-Day production results from its East Texas Colburn #3H horizontal well ("Colburn #3H") in Walker County, Texas and the proposal of two new Buda-Rose vertical wells in its vicinity.
Colburn #3H Lower Glen Rose "G" Formation Horizontal Well Results
The Colburn #3H (API 471-30374) has achieved 24-hour peak production of approximately 808 boe/d (with NGLs), which includes 70 b/d of 53 API oil, 2,860 mcf/d of natural gas, and 262 NGLs b/d. Over the first 30 days of production, average three-stream production for the Colburn #3H was approximately 585 boe/d, consisting of about 250 b/d of liquids and 2,021 mcf/d of natural gas. It is currently producing on a 54/64 choke. Natural gas production has been flowing to sales via pipeline since January 1, 2015, and NGL amounts are estimated based on 1,208 mmbtu gas. The well is flowing up casing, and the Company expects production to improve upon installing tubing to achieve the velocity needed to lift the fluids.
During completion operations on the Colburn #3H its 4,960' horizontal lateral was fracture stimulated in 26 separate stages with a moderate sized frac including 1,296 lbs of sand per foot of lateral. ZaZa will be proposing higher sand volumes per foot to improve production on future wells. To date 40% of the frac load has been recovered.
President and CEO Todd A. Brooks stated, "The Colburn #3H is the Company's first proof of concept horizontal test of the deep Lower Cretaceous Glen Rose "G" formation in East Texas. The Lower Glen Rose formation is present on all of the Company's East Texas leases, and we are pleased this deeper formation is producing oil and rich gas as opposed to dry gas. The Colburn #3H results demonstrate the formation's productive potential throughout our 147,000 acre JV."
The Colburn #3H is operated by EOG Resources, Inc., with ZaZa holding a 25% working interest.
Initiating Buda-Rose Vertical Well Drilling Program
Pursuant to the terms of the Company's East Texas Joint Operating Agreement with EOG Resources, ZaZa now has the right to propose new development wells in specific locations and maintain its desired minimum drilling pace. Following its technical evaluation and an internal acreage high-grading campaign focused on vertical commingled development (Buda-Rose "stack and fracs"), the Company has identified more than 800 well locations on the basis of 80-acre spacing. ZaZa has proposed the following two new AFEs for Buda-Rose vertical wells to be located in Madison and Walker Counties: (i) the Carolina Reaper #1V and (ii) the Tigerpaw #1V. Each well is estimated to cost ~$3.5 million and deliver an internal rate of return of ~30% at current commodity prices. ZaZa expects the production results of the new wells to be similar to those achieved by the Company's previous Toby #1V (cumulative one-year production of ~181,069 boe), Grisham #1V (cumulative one-year production of ~190,720 boe), and Laura Unit #1V (cumulative one-year production of ~135,911 boe) wells.
President and CEO Todd A. Brooks explained, "In a lower priced commodity environment, our strategy is focused on drilling de-risked, highly-economic Buda-Rose vertical stack and frac wells that will generate solid economic returns, continue to HBP our large acreage position, and increase our production and reserves."
About ZaZa Energy Corporation
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ZaZa Energy Corporation is a publicly-traded exploration, production, and development company with primary assets in the Eagle Ford and Eagle Ford East resource plays in Texas. More information about the Company may be found at www.zazaenergy.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, including without limitation, statements and projections regarding the Company's future financial position, operations, performance, business strategy, returns, budgets, reserves, levels of production and costs, ability to raise additional capital or refinance indebtedness, statements regarding future commodity prices and statements regarding the plans and objectives of the Company's management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The Company's forward looking statements are typically preceded by, followed by or include words such as "will," "may," "could," "would," "should," "likely," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "plan," "estimate," "target," "goal," "project," "plan," "intend" and similar words or expressions. The Company's forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are only predictions and statements of the Company's beliefs based on assumptions that may prove to be inaccurate. Forward-looking statements involve known, unknown or currently unforeseen risks and uncertainties that may be outside of the Company's control and may cause the Company's actual results and future developments to differ materially from those projected in, and contemplated by, such forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results to materially differ from the expectations reflected in the Company's forward-looking statements include, without limitation, our former registered public accounting firm has expressed doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern; fluctuations in the prices for, and demand for, oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids; our substantial level of indebtedness; problems with our joint ventures or joint venture partners; our ability to raise necessary capital in the future; exploratory risks associated with new or emerging oil and gas formations; risks associated with drilling and operating wells; inaccuracies and limitations inherent in estimates of oil and gas reserves; our ability to replace oil and gas reserves and any other factors or risks listed in the reports and other filings that the Company has filed and may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements made by the Company in this presentation and in other written and oral statements are based only on information currently available to the Company and speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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In surprising display of comedic versatility, Jay Ellis, aka Bryce "The Blueprint" Westbrook, made a hilarious special appearance in a short video for Funny or Die. The skit parodies the hit series The Bachelor, calling itself The Black Bachelor. When Jay Ellis attempts to choose who his wife will be, hilarity ensues.
Towards the end, Coby Bell makes a special appearance as part of The Black Bachelorette.
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