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1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup almond milk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 can Oregon Raspberries,drained reserve syrup
3 Tbs cornstarch
2 Tbs. sugar
2 Tbs. chopped almonds
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Grease a bundt pan. Mix 2 Tbs sugar, chopped almonds and cinnamon together and sprinkle over the bottom and sides of pan. Set aside.
Combine raspberry syrup and cornstarch is a small saucepan. Wisk over medium heat until thickened and clear. Gently fold in the raspberries and set aside to cool.
Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy. Add sour cream, eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth. Combine Flour, baking soda, baking powderand salt. Reduce beater speed and gradually add the dry ingredients and beat just until well mixed. Spread batter in the prepared pan. Drop raspberry filling over the top by teaspoonfuls using about half the filling. Swirl with a knife for a marbled effect.
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A few rays start to shine on SA real estate
The outlook for listed property for the year ahead compares favourably with the outlook for assets such as bonds and cash, while the recent decrease in interest rates and the banks easing up on lending criteria bode well for the residential property sector, property analysts say.
The South African Listed Property index recorded a total return of 1.91 percent for August, while the Property Loan Stock index and the Property Unit Trust index recorded total returns of 1.78 percent and 2.28 percent for the same month.
The historic yield of the South African listed property sector was 8.73 percent for the year to August.
Zayd Sulaiman, an investment manager at Catalyst Fund Managers, says that even though growth is slowing in listed property, it is still exceeding inflation expectations, and the sector offers a better income stream than cash or bonds.
Sulaiman says that, assuming growth of about 8.5 percent in distributions over the next year, listed property offers a forward yield of about 9.47 percent (the historic yield of 8.73 percent plus growth of 8.5 percent).
"This compares favourably with a 12-month deposit rate of approximately seven percent on cash and the yield to maturity of 8.8 percent on the RSA Long Term Gilt. In addition, the income on listed property has the potential to grow, while the income on bonds is fixed," he says.
Vuyani Bekwa, a portfolio manager at Investec, says that because property lags the economy by about 12 to 18 months, it might be a while before things start to get better. "If you are investing for the long term, however, property will continue to provide distribution income growth, even though this is likely to be muted," he says.
In August, eight companies (accounting for 55 percent of the South African listed property sector by market capitalisation) released their interim or year-end results. The companies include Resilient, Pangbourne, Hyprop, Emira and Growthpoint.
Some companies performed better than others based on the quality of their property portfolios, debt and management.
"The growth in distributions received by investors across the eight companies ranged from a decrease of eight percent to an increase of 15 percent, and the market cap weighted average increase in distributions was still a robust 8.4 percent," Sulaiman says.
He says the ability of landlords to set rent escalation levels is largely driven by the length of the lease in question, the bargaining power of the tenant at the time, building cost inflation and individual circumstances.
"On average, property companies are still achieving rent escalation levels of about eight percent and more a year," he says.
Sulaiman says that although escalation levels are down from previous levels of about nine percent, so is inflation, and a one-percent drop in rental escalation levels is not dramatic. "This is still good growth. Property still offers income at a very attractive forward yield of 9.47 percent, plus the prospect of growth in this income in excess of inflation," he says.
Rental growth
On average, vacancies have increased across most property portfolios. Sulaiman says that most of these vacancies appear to follow the completion of speculative developments for which property companies are now, in the current environment, having difficulty finding tenants. And this scenario does not appear likely to improve.
Speaking at the annual Rode Property Conference recently, property economist Erwin Rode said that about 568 000 square metres of retail space - planned during the property boom years - has still to come on stream in the year ahead.
"With retail sales having contracted by about six percent compared with a year ago, this additional retail space could have serious consequences for many shopping centres across the country with landlords battling to either retain or attract new tenants, and many tenants battling to pay their rentals," he says.
Vacancy levels
"This is the offspin of consumers coming under pressure and smaller shops being forced to close or not being able to meet their rents because business is so poor," he says. Vacancies that are not a result of new developments, acquisitions or disposals are expected to increase slightly over the medium term.
Bekwa says the relative performance of the listed property sector will depend very much on how quickly the economy recovers.
"An economic recovery will allow tenants to expand businesses again," he says.
The latest listed property report from Catalyst Fund Managers states that none of the listed property companies is planning any speculative development in the current environment, although some companies will be going ahead with developments driven by tenant demand.
Residential property is looking up - experts
John Loos, a property strategist at First National Bank (FNB), says that although the FNB House Price index continued to show a year-on-year decline in August, the rate of deflation has diminished, with the index showing clearer signs that the market is starting to stabilise.
However, Loos cautions that it is important to realise that the economic growth indicators remain very weak despite some improvement. "Given the high levels of indebtedness in South Africa, the expectation is that the economic and property recovery over the next year or so will be moderate at best," he says.
On a year-on-year basis, the house price index declined by 7.4 percent in August, a significant improvement on the revised deflation rate of 8.5 percent in July.
Improved affordability due to interest rate cuts is one of the factors pointing to an improvement in the market. Interest rates have been cut six times since June last year, with the prime interest rate being reduced from 15.5 percent to its current level of 10.5 percent.
According to the FNB House Price index, the rate cuts have led to the beginning of a decline in the level of arrears for FNB clients. There has also been a sharp decline in insolvency rates - second-quarter insolvencies were down by about 40 percent year-on-year. However, Loos cautions that the recovery in households' ability to service debt is a "high risk" recovery, because it depends almost solely on interest rate cuts, and the overall level of indebtedness remains high.
Loos says that while the property market looks set to move back into price inflation early next year, the expectation is that 2010 will see single-digit inflation and probably little if any "real" house price inflation (house price inflation that outstrips consumer price inflation).
Jacques du Toit, Absa's sectoral analyst for secured lending, says house prices are expected to decline further in nominal terms towards the end of this year and probably also into early next year, but the pace of deflation is expected to slow down in the second half of this year.
"For 2009, nominal house prices are expected to decline by between three and 3.5 percent after prices increased by 3.7 percent last year.
"In real terms (after inflation), prices are projected to decline by about 10 percent this year. Real house prices are set to decline for most of next year before turning positive, with nominal house price growth expected to be relatively low in 2010 and consumer price inflation expected to average around six percent next year," he says.
Standard Bank and Absa relax their lending criteria
In the past year, banks tightened their lending criteria and you were not able to get a home loan without first putting down a deposit of between five and 20 percent, depending on the price of the home you were buying. However, there has been a slight shift by banks. In the past two weeks, Standard Bank and Absa have announced that they will be offering bigger loans to prospective homeowners.
"We have seen increased competitiveness between the banks in the past four months and a marked increase in (home loan) approval rates across the board," Geffen says.
He says banks are targeting people who bank with other institutions.
"The move by banks to relax deposit requirements is a positive development for the property market," he says.
Standard Bank
"People in this sector have been hit hard by higher inflation, job losses and the general slowdown in the economy," he says.
First-time homeowners who buy properties for up to R1 million and who use the property as their primary residence can now get a 104-percent loan. The extra four percent is to help buyers cover their transfer and bond registration costs.
Standard Bank is granting 100-percent loans to prospective homeowners who have a maximum combined household income of R15 000 a month. The bank is also granting 100-percent loans to people who buy properties for up to R1.5 million and who apply through the bank, as opposed to using a mortgage originator.
If you want to buy a home for between R1.5 million and R2.5 million, you will still need a 10-percent deposit. Home loans for more than R2.5 million will require a 20-percent deposit.
Vutula says the interest rate cuts mean that consumers are experiencing some relief.
"Lower inflation and lower household payments mean that there should be a notable reduction in loans that are in arrears. These reasons, combined with the slight improvement in the property market, have led us to review our lending criteria," he says.
However, Vutula cautions that 100-percent home loans across the board are not likely to happen soon.
"Property economists are expecting house price growth to be between three and four percent by the end of the year. Given those figures, it doesn't make sense and it would be irresponsible to grant 100-percent home loans across the board.
"It is more important for consumers not to reach a point of negative equity - where the amount of money they owe on their home loan is greater than the value of the property," he says
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Darryl Baskin, Realtor Bio
Who is Darryl Baskin, Realtor?
Title: Oklahoma State Broker for eXp Realty
Company: The Baskin Real Estate Specialists at eXp Realty
Birth date: July 8, 1970
Favorite Quote: "It will all be OK in the end. So if it's not OK, it's not the end."
In 1989, Darryl Baskin entered the real estate industry as a young associate determined to bring a different experience to buyers and sellers.
"I saw a real need for younger agents to serve home buyers and sellers… The market at the time was served by agents over 50 years old and doing things the same way they had always been done," Baskin said.
Today, Baskin heads The Baskin Real Estate Specialists with eXp Realty closing in excess of $20 million each year in annual sales in the Tulsa metropolitan area. His innovative marketing approach specializes in high-tech service emphasizing convenience for his clients with a weekly radio show and television show, The Future of Real Estate that broadcasts on Tulsa's most listened to talk radio station, KRMG.com (am 740 and fm 102.3.) Darryl recently partner at McGraw Realtors, and owns the Ice House Fitness Center in Bixby, OK and Access Fitness of Wagoner, OK.
"I truly enjoy helping people improve the way they look, which changes the way they feel about themselves which improves their self esteem and results in life-changing effects," Baskin said.
Baskin is on the Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents, accepted into Cyberstars, a tech savvy Realtor group; and Star Power, high-volume agents who share experience and train at national events. He also serves on the Northeastern Oklahoma Real Estate Services Rules and Regulations Committee and the Oklahoma Association of Realtors Grievance Committee.
In June 2003 he was named Star of the Month for Star Power, a designation for Realtors with high annual sales volume and average over 200 transactions per year. He is a top-producing sales associate with McGraw Realtors and a past recipient of the Greater Tulsa Association of Realtor's Sales Associate of the Year award. His business, Ice House Fitness center, was awarded the 2005 New Small Business of the Year by the Bixby Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he has been listed in Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate.
His civic involvement includes serving on the board of directors for Junior Achievement and a classroom volunteer for Junior Achievement. Baskin serves on the board of Court Appointed Special Advocates, providing a voice for neglected and abused children in court. In addition, Baskin has fostered approximately 20 children since 1993 – seven of whom he's adopted.
In the past, Baskin has served on the boards of Oral Roberts University Golden Eagle Club, Oklahoma Association of Realtors, and Bixby Chamber of Commerce.


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Skin Care Products ♥Thursday, May 29, 2014
Well hello there Internet! ♥
For today I thought I'd share my Skin Care Products with you.
I have a really difficult skin to be honest. It gets oily quickly on my forehead, nose and chin. My nose tends to get red really easily and I also break out sometime on my forehead and temples, but also on my chin. Thus I usually stick to a special routine as soon as I found one working for me, when I clean my face and protect it from the sun. For about the last half year I constantly used these products below and I really started noticing my skin getting loads better. Now I barely have break-outs at all any more.
♥ Let's start with face-wash and peelings:
I use something different in the mornings and evening.
In the morning I wash my face with the Vichy Normaderm "Deep cleansing purifying gel". I love its scent and the way it feels when I massage it into my skin. After washing it of it leaves my face totally clean and really smooth.
In the evening on the other hand, I usually wash my face with the Alverde Foaming Cleanser 3 in 1. This doesn´t only clean my face, it also takes off the rest of my makeup (you could also use it as a eye-makeup remover) and it helps break-outs. Btw: It smells soo yummy like apple and lime *_*
Another product that I don't use on a daily basis, but sometimes if I feel the need to, is the face-peeling by Marilou Bio. It really helps me to get of all those old pieces of skin when I would have some dry patches and leaves my face with gorgeous soft skin.
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After washing my face it needs to be hydrated and therefore I always use my Vichy Normaderm "Global anti-imperfection hydrating care". This doesn't only moisturise my skin, it also helps curing break-out, discolorations and also works as a makeup base. I love the container it comes in and how easily it sinks into my skin.
If the sun is really strong outside, I will reach for my Vichy Face Cream "Skin cell sun protection" with SPF 30. I apply this under my moisturizer, to prevent my face from lookin too pale or white because of the sunscreen.
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See you soon,
Love, Sophie ♥


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Two pro-life bills ran into hours of stalling tactics this week. SB 41, sponsored by State Senator Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau), was taken up on Monday. Senators debated the bill into the early hours of Tuesday morning. The bill seeks to protect the free speech of alternative to abortion agencies and pre-empt abortion ordinances like the recent one passed by the City of St. Louis. The Senate filibuster should end and these pro-life bills should be voted on!
SB 67, sponsored by State Senator Bob Onder (R-Lake St. Louis), requires inspections of abortion clinics and prohibits the sale or donation of fetal remains. The Onder bill received some attention on Tuesday evening but then it, too, had to be laid aside when opponents refused to allow the bill to be voted on.
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The bells of panic toll again, and this time they are being pulled by the ropes of recent events in Northern Syria.
This story repeats itself everytime there is a turn in the events of the War On Syria, and sadly, many observers and analysts, including highly intelligent ones fall into the traps of despair.
The same people who panicked in March 2011, panicked again in August 2013 in the face of an imminent NATO-led attack. Panic became a habit and was turned into fearmongering when NATO decided to start striking ISIS in Syria.
In all of the above situations, and many other minor ones, analysis of events clearly showed that such wide-based NATO-led attack was highly unlikely. As I have put forward the arguments, there were many criticisms, some made very rudely, and fortunately the counterargument proved to be wrong and Syria remains standing with NATO unable to strike it.
The bells of panic are ringing again in relation to the new role of Turkey.
Over the last week only, I had to write two articles in an attempt to dispel the myth of yet a new threat that is going to break Syria's back. There is no need to repeat the same argument. For those interested in looking at it (if they haven't yet) they can go to those articles are read them.
The focus herein will be to clarify Turkey's position even more.
If someone believes that the initial coalition of forces that initiated the War On Syria back in March 2011 is still united, then there is really no point trying to convince him/her otherwise.
"…You think they are united, but their hearts are apart…" Holy Quran, Al-Hasher (59:13). Such is the station of unity of the forces of evil; each after his own bounty.
I have written over and over again about the history of America with Islamists; how the two can get together at times and then break apart when their interests diverge. To be unable to see that the interests of ISIS and the US in Syria have fallen apart is again something that no one can convince any other of. One either sees it or doesn't.
America is in a tough bind in every respect, and it has been trying for some time to disengage from the Middle East with minimal losses and as much gains as possible. Its recent deal with Iran is part-and-parcel of this disengagement. This is leaving its regional allies Israel and Saudi Arabia very upset and concerned, but America is sunk to the hilt in debt and crises with Russia and China. It needs to focus on saving its own skin.
Ever since America decided to strike ISIS, the big stick in the mud was Turkey.
"What is in it for me?" was Erdogan's question, not literally, not in a manner to be literally quoted, but that was his stand.
Erdogan is an Islamist, but he only wants to support Islamist organizations that are answerable to him. Ideologically, there is no difference between ISIS and Al-Nusra, but ISIS does not take orders from Erdogan. This did not stop him from supporting it especially after they became the dominant rebel group in Syria. He supported them because they were the only force on the ground that was prepred to fight his major enemies; the Kurds.
For Erdogan to accept an all-out war on ISIS was unfathomable because that would inadvertently mean empowering the Kurds. At "best", ISIS was seen by Erdogan as the enemy's enemy. The common enemy (the Kurds) brought the two monsters together just like the hatred of Syria brought many monsters together before.
Thus, America's interests and those of Turkey became at odds. But their historic alliance had to weather the storm. After all, they are both formal states not gangs like those fighting the Syrian Army together one day and then fighting each other the next.
It was not a slip of the tongue when Biden overtly spoke of Turkey supporting terrorism. The apology he made later did not and cannot take back his words. But as usual, diplomacy sometimes means to sit back and wait for the opportune time to revamp discussions.
The time has come for Erdogan for a number of reasons. To begin with, before he loses the ultimate power in Turkey, he wants to score a victory; albeit a partial one. Secondly, for whichever reason, he too fell out of favour with ISIS. Recent clashes between their fighters and the regular Turkish Army did not sit nicely with Erdogan any more than the recent suicide bombing attack of Suruc.
It is not by accident that soon after this event, Turkey allowed NATO fighter jets to use the Incirlik air base. A deal was struck between Turkey and the US, the details are not made to be public, and even though America insists that the deal does not include creating a safe zone for Turkey, in reality it does. The Americans might have kept this condition out of the written wording of the agreement, but Erdogan would not have agreed to open up his air base for NATO and accept an upgrading of strikes on ISIS without a tradeoff.
This has all been discussed in my previous article; The Last Tango of Erdogan. What has transpired since is that Turkey is using this plan allegedly to repatriate its share of Syrian refugees. A cynical analysis indicates that Turkey wants to cherry-pick Syrians who support the opposition in order to relocate them into the buffer zone. This will serve a number of objectives for Turkey; it will enable it to off-load a big chunk of its Syrian refugees, it will create a buffer zone of Syrian-controlled area that is manned by Syrian opposition groups who answer to Turkey, and it hopes that the presence of this group will overwhelm the local Kurds and keep them at bay. Last but not least, as mentioned in a previous article, it will separate Turkish Kurds from Syrian Kurds.
The scenario that Turkey seeks is almost identical to the one that Israel tried to do and failed in South Lebanon in the 1980's. Even though Israel manned, supplied and financed the Antoun Lahed's "South Lebanon Army" members and their families in an attempt to dilute and weaken Hezbollah, the plot failed abysmally.
It must be borne in mind that this whole hope of Erdogan to be able to create a buffer zone is only his consolation prize after his initial plot of toppling President Assad has failed.
For anyone to think that Turkey is still capable or even intent of toppling the legitimate government of Syria is a mistake borne by blurred vision and lack of understanding of what is going on.
It is highly likely that this new plan will fail just like all previous plans. At the end of the day, the United States will have to come to terms with understanding that the only way to deal with the ISIS monster that it co-created is by working with the Syrian government or just simply by keeping its nose totally out of the joint.


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Pet cremation jewelry is an excellent idea to keep the memories of your beloved pet alive for years to come. In fact it is a better choice as compared to cremation urns as in an urn the ashes of your pet will just remain in a static place. But with the pet cremation jewelry, you can feel the presence of your pet wherever you go.
In the market you can find pet cremation jewelry for cats also. The playful and mischievous nature of a cat becomes an important part of a family. This is why when a cat dies it leaves behind a huge void in both the homes and the hearts of their owners.If a cat is a significant part of your life, you can keep his memories alive in a beautiful piece of cremation jewelry after his death.
There is a small compartment in each pet memorial jewelry items where you can secretly store a small amount of cremation ashes. This way you can find comfort with the idea that you have a reminder of your faithful companion always close to you. There are even some jewelry items which are designed with a hinged door where you can put a picture of your cat. In some items there are also provisions are for engraving a pet's name, his paw prints or a short inspirational message.
You can find cat memorial jewelry items in a wide assortment of shapes, designs and metal finishes such as 14kt gold, sterling silver, brass, pewter, gold plated and enameled. For sure you can buy a memorial jewelry item that suits your budget, taste and other preferences.
Here is a list of the best cat memorial jewelry in the market:
Pet Urn Pendant Bracelet – Cat
This lovely bracelet made from sterling silver is a wonderful way to memorialize your beloved cat. The design of the bracelet is such that you can wear it on daily basis. The bracelet comes with a toggle closure. The overall size of the bracelet is 7-1/2". It comes packed in a lovely gift box along with instructions and kit to fill the cremation ashes. You can even engrave the bracelet in block or script. At a price of $205.95, you can order this bracelet online from www.jewelrykeepsakes.com.
Pet Memorial Kilt Pin
The photo of your cat can be featured on the snow quartz heart gemstone on a kilt. Along with the snow quartz heart gemstone, the pin also has crystals, cat's eye beads and glass pearl teardrops.On the back of heart gemstone engraving can also be done. This jewelry available in either silver or gold plated can be worn across the collar, shirt pocket, hat band, purse strap, and so on. At a price of $21.99, you can order this beautiful piece online from www.tigercatjewelrystore.com.
Cat's Ball of Yarn Pendant
The beauty and simplicity of this pendant is extraordinary and rare. The pendant is meticulously handcrafted of either 14kt Gold or Sterling Silver. You can fill the cremation ashes inside the pendant through bottom-opening threaded stopper. The pendant comes with a FREE matching 18" chain. At a price of $239.00, you can order this interesting piece of jewelry online from www.everlifememorials.com.
Antique Paw Cat Cremation Pendant
Made of stainless steel, this pendant is created by artist jewelers. The quality of the jewelry is good and it can last for years. Inside the pendant, you can store a small amount of the cremation ashes or a piece of fur. If you wish, the pendant can even be is engraved. The pendant comes with a FREE Black Leather Cord along with the funnel and instructions to fill the Pendant. The overall size of the pendant is 1.5″ W x 1″ H and it can hold up to half a teaspoon of cremation ashes. At a price of $24.95, you can buy this paw pendant online from www.memorials.com.
Paw Print Sterling Silver Remembrance Ring
With this simple yet elegant ring, you can immortalize the paw print of their beloved cat forever. This ring is made of high quality sterling silver. Here multiple paw prints, nose prints or other prints of your cat can be placed in a channel created by polished raised edges. You cannot store cremation ashes in this ring, but you can go for engraved at an additional price to make it customized. At a price of $485.00, you can order this ring online from www.memorialgallerypets.com.
To conclude, with a beautiful piece of cat memorial jewelry you can capture the warmth and presence of your cat forever. So, order pet memorial jewelry today only to preserve the memories associated with your cat alive even after the time of grieving has passed.


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Federal Gun Violence Restraining Order
earlyagain Posts: 1,718 Senior MemberI wonder if we'll have to ware a letter A sewn to our garments or submit ourselves to burning at the stake?
The good folks that are adjudicated as righteous could ware arm bands to be easily identified.
I wonder if family members of those so fingered will be excommunicated?👀👂0
Both sides of the aisle seem to be all for disarming the citizens. Kind of like they're both racing to see who can be the one to bring full Socialism to the U.S. Graham and Blumenthal are not real strong on that oath of office they took, and only have a tenuous knowledge of the Constitution.
I may be a Deplorable, but at least I'm not a Liberal!!!5
Regarding restraining orders here is a current local news article.
The victim applied for and was granted a county district court protective order. The order was not served because the respondent could not be located. My problem with the media is the insinuation that a person possessing the determination to murder the victim and kill themselves would have obeyed the protective order had it been served. Really!!! If the firearm used had been recently purchased legally that definitely would have been reported because the restraining order would have likely prohibited the killer from purchasing or possessing firearms and ammunition. Laws and pieces of paper are very unlikely to stop a determined murder suicide or a mass murderer/school shooter.1
shootbrownelk Senior Member Posts: 2,000 Senior MemberGraham is a RINO and should change his party affiliation to Democrat.0
Squawk Box New Member Posts: 49 MemberThat is very dangerous thinking, and it is the typical political hash that ends up as "sensible gun laws".
President Clinton and his posse of morons, cooked up The Violence Against Women Act, and it is still in force.
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Regional network building for local economic development : the local partnership model project in Poland
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This research considers local economic development (LED) practices and the development of networks to initiate and sustain community development efforts. Following examination of current and past practices in LED and discussion of network roles and structures, attributes of effective networks and recommendations for improved network building are considered. Using a case study approach, this research examines the first time the Integrated Community Adjustment Model developed by Gary Hansen was applied as a train-the-trainer initiative through the Local Partnership Model (LPM) Project in Poland. Networks established to support LPM activities supported a cadre of regional trainers skilled in facilitating the LED process within communities. Data collection was conducted through review of project documents and reports and through interviews of project managers, LED experts, and Regional Labor Officers in Poland. This research concludes that networks can be vital tools to support both LED practitioners and activities. At the regional level, networks engage stakeholders to leverage resources, to create a more collaborative environment, to build training skills and technical expertise of network members, to provide mechanisms for coordinating LED activities, and to bring marginalized populations to the planning table for LED. The research contributes to the LED field by suggesting ways regional networks can support training initiatives and provide a low-cost way to continue the experiential training activities conducted by international donors.
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Date: Friday, October 27, 2017 ~ 7:00 PM
Over the years, Loudon Wainwright III has written about being a husband, a father and a son; an adulterer, a lover, a first-class guilt-tripper, a defensive SOB who'll take the blame but not without getting his witty licks in first. Over dozens of albums, film appearances, concerts, and in a recent memoir titled "Liner Notes: On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay, & a Few of My Other Favorite Things" Loudon has endeared himself to a legion of fans who feel like extended family and find his canour and humor exhilarating and therapeutic.
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Last night was the celebration of the ancient fire festival of Bealtaine. The setting was fittingly the Hill of Uisneach, at the very centre point of Ireland. According to legend this majestic place is the gateway to the mythical fifth province of Ireland called Mide. It was also once the seat of the high kings… Continue reading Lighting your own Bealtaine fire


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The Bakersfield Police Department has identified the man who shot through a glass door at Bakersfield Heart Hospital on Friday as Brandon Clark, 44, a resident of Big Sur.
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Ah, September. As the warmth of summer fades and the school year begins I am reminded of the sounds of Fall. Through the crinkle of fall leaves and children's laughter on the playground comes the sound of coughs and sniffles. With cold and flu season looming and several district professional developments to learn about new teaching resources I've been anxiously reviewing my substitute teacher plans.
Days I need to be away from my classroom due to sickness or PD have always taken a ton of time and effort to prepare for and never really resulted in my students having the experience they needed.
I used to go into my classroom and prepare materials for a sub for hours only to return and find them in a neat pile where I left them, untouched. Overly detailed and intimidating for guest teachers, my carefully designed plans would often get tossed in favor of coloring pages and game of heads up seven up. This resulted in me leaving plans that were easy to follow but not exactly challenging for my students or common core aligned.
I don't feel too guilty about a stray coloring page or word search but if I use all my 12 sick days and attend 6 days of PD, conferences or personal days a school year my students are with a guest teacher 10% of the school year! Those sub days are precious time for my students, many of whom need to make 1.5 years of growth this year. When I think of it that way I knew I needed to level up my sub plans this year to provide high quality, common core aligned lessons that anyone can pick up and teach.
In order to design these learning experiences I zoomed out from my grade level's common core standards to the "big picture" K-12 College and Career Readiness (CCR) anchor standards. Corestandards.org explains "The CCR and grade-specific standards are necessary complements—the former providing broad standards, the latter providing additional specificity—that together define the skills and understandings that all students must demonstrate."
I'll be dedicating the next four blog posts to sub-friendly, common core aligned learning activities you can feel good about leaving with your students.
Today's hits several of the common core anchor standards for ELA;
Short term research project and presentation
This plan could be employed for one day or longer if you needed to be absent for a longer period of time. It has four easy steps; select, research, present, reflect
- Select a Topic
You could narrow it to fit the unit you're working on like selecting an animal that lives in rain forests if that's what you're studying or open it up to anything your students are interested in learning more about. You might chose to have younger students or those who may need help with this project buddy up with another kiddo or small group of students. You could do a whole class topic "How do people survive around the world?" would be a social studies example, and then have student select a subtopic like "food", "shelter" or "water". Allowing students to select their own topic will create instant buy-in and engagement.
2. Research
Students can use whatever tools you've taught them to use independently. If your students have exprience with and access to computers they can use internet searches and educational videos. If not, the research information could come from paper encyclopedias and nonfiction books. You could provide the sub with a basic graphic organizer for students to use during the research phase. Depending on the age and possibly differentiated for students I might provide a graphic organizer with a place for 3-5 details.
3. Present
After collecting information about their topics students can use tools such as powerpoint, prezzie or magazine pictures, markers and posters to organize and share their information with the class. You could even invite another grade level to come see the projects and have students teach another grade level about their topic and integrate some of the speaking and listening anchor standards.
4. Reflect
As a conclusion to their presentation ask students to reflect (written or oral) on what they know and understand now about their topic and what they want to continue to find out. This encourages them to see research as an ongoing and developing process as opposed to an isolated "project". The recursive nature of research and design hits on all kinds of engineering and science standards too.
If you're feeling brave, give this plan a try the next time you have a sub and see what your kids do. I felt there was little to lose and a lot to gain if my students are actively engaged in high level thinking and practicing Common Core ELA standards while I nurse a cold. It makes me wonder what awesome projects I'll find when I return instead of dreading a mess or untouched plans.
What are your go-to activities for low-prep yet rigorous sub plans? I'd love to hear.
Joanna Tovar Barnes
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The University of Central Florida student who took off after killing a teenager on her bicycle will spend a year in prison.
Kila Holland was sentenced to 366 days in prison.
In December 2014, she hit Melanie and Travis Luque as they rode a bike on Colonial Drive. Melanie died and Travis was seriously injured.
Holland was charged a year later.
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Conversation with Richard Emsley, contd.
Second half
T: (laughing) -it?s moved sort of
R: (laughs) Radical shift.
T: There we are, we?re on now. It?s running now.
R: I feel inhibited now. (laughs)
T: (laughs) Your wild beast of our brains is running wild.
R: Well if you follow the notion that you just expressed about a sort of
blind evolutionary process, um, that would mean that what we fondly term as
knowledge we?re somehow inventing for ourselves as we go along. As we evolve
blindly, we?re bringing into the equation what we call knowledge as we go
through life. So that would be a rather bleak way of looking- just taking a
neo-Darwinist view it?s a rather bleak materialist atheistic view.
T: Well it?s a religion now.
R: Well, somebody might suggest, well, what is actually happening is we?re
evolving towards some sort of absolute standard of knowledge like we were
talking about Plato, there is some absolute knowledge of the universe, or
knowledge of ourselves, so it?s not a blind evolutionary thing, we?re
actually getting closer to that.
T: The idea of progress.
R: maybe it?s too comforting.
T: Well you can?t help but think, well once we?ve got to that, then what do
we do? Does this search for knowledge just evolutionarily of its own
volition just switch off?
R: What the Buddhists think of as Nirvana. You arrive at that ultimate
point of self-knowledge and you- they?re not very forthcoming about what
actually does happen, but, I think they believe that you dissolve in- you
become part of the universe. Very sort of fluffy way.
T: A selflessness. Well, do you feel a sort of kinship with that kind of
Eastern philosophy?
R: Well, yeah- when I?ve- I didn?t discover Zen Buddhism, the ideas in that,
until I was in my early thirties, and that was quite a bombshell because it-
I was suddenly reading ideas that crystallised all those half-thoughts you
have for ages and ages.
T: Yes, yeah.
R: You?ve been bumbling around looking for something to conform to your own
ideas and not finding it, and the suddenly discovering Zen was that thing
for me. Um, I think it was bound up with the idea that we use language to
think with and yet language is a human invention, or has arisen through
simply human evolution, so in that sense we?re trapped within the concept of
T: That sounds quite Wittgenstein.
R: It is, it is, yeah. Er, and so I think some of the ideas in Zen are
critical of a language based and a conceptual- a concept based approach to
living. And they?re saying let?s have a critique of language, let?s put it
in its proper place and claim other experience which Wittgenstein said is
that experience outside of... you know, beyond what we can speak of.
T: Hmm, have you read some Wittgenstein?
R: Um, actual Wittgenstein I?ve only read small bits of, because it?s pretty
tough meat. I?ve read quite a few books about Wittgenstein, things about
Wittgenstein. Yeah I... he?s kind of a comforting philosopher for artists
because he claims this territory er for the arts or for religion and so on
and for morality, it?s what he thinks is beyond er... what can be spoken
about. I?ve got certain problems with his starting point that thought is
language. I think he starts from the idea that whenever we think we think in
language. Although he must be defining the word ?think? in quite a closed
way when he says this.
T: Does that um... disallow thinking sort of visually then?
R: Well that?s what I?m a bit puzzled about because I think for him there
were lots of areas of experience beyond what he groups as thinking and
talking, so when he uses the word ?think?, he?s using it in a way that?s
associated entirely with language. So, what was it you just mentioned?
T: What? Thinking visually?
R: Visually. Well maybe he wouldn?t term that ?thinking?.
T: Right, oh I see.
R: So if a taxi suddenly veers off that road and crashes towards this table
would that be a... would we be thinking ?hang on, a taxi is...?? (laughs)
T: Well, no I was sort of thinking more... bringing it back to what we were
talking about your um- about the way in which we think about pieces, working
from the top down or bottom up or whatever, um... I feel I think quite...
vaguely er... about pieces that I?m about to write. It?s this kind of thing
that I then try and-
R: Well I think one thing that?s valuable about the arts is that we use all
of our attributes, so we think in a way that Wittgenstein would have defined
?thought?. Maybe in a conceptual, logical, language-based way. But then when
we?re making art we?re involved in a tactile way, in an emotional way, in a
imaginative way, visual way,
T: Hmm, yeah.
R: Smelly way...
T: It?s drawing threads together.
R: Somebody- I don?t know if you know Steve Holt, he claimed that one of the
things about the arts is the way that it involves all our ways of
T: Oh right. The way that we experience art?
R: Well I find, just to particularise it, say, when I'm writing these piano
pieces, just for an example, if I listen back on the computer to something,
um, as I sort of experience that and evaluate it, there a kid of huge
wealth, a richness of- I?m being emotional, I'm being rational, I?m being
tactile, or sensual
T: Yeah, I can identify with that. I find that when I?m in a piece I see
analogies for it all over the place, various situations or various points of
reference, I think ?that?s like what I?m doing now.?
R: Yeah. And then the other big thing that I didn?t mention was that I?m
being musical as well, I?m referring back to the history- my whole musical
experience up until now. So it?s actually quite an incredibly rich
T: Yeah.
R: I think it?s- I always find as a composer when I?m asked to talk about my
work, um, I often begin by saying I feel very uncomfortable being asked to
talk about my work because words just don?t go anywhere near the richness of
what?s going on.
T: Well, quite. There has to be a way in, really.
R: If you think society... because we?ve got words screaming at us from
every corner, you can?t avoid that, the media as well, it?s set up this
false notion that we can exhaust the meaning of everything in words.
T: That the truth lies in the words?
R: Yeah. And it can?t.
T: Yeah, yeah. You?re one of those people who instead of delivering a
lecture on your music you?d simply play some. (laughs)
R: Yeah...
T: Programme notes as well.
R: Big problem.
T: The idea of just putting in some kind of... I mean that one that I did
yesterday for example, just a... it was notes that I?d made to myself after
I?d listened to that piece myself, you know, at some stage.
R: I like that.
T: And I just jotted them down and I thought, well let?s keep those. Because
not having heard it myself in a long while I sat down to listen to it and
all this stuff was coming at me, so...
R: I thought that was an excellent programme note
T: Oh great!
R: because it was very very short, it was concise, and you said all you
needed to say, you didn?t set out on a great dissertation about things.
T: Well some of it was I felt quite esoteric, but I included it
regardlessly. As, you know, as a- it?s not always necessary that things are
immediately understood even if they are language. Just put it in there are
something to generate... bounce off ideas or something.
R: There?s one of the American er late nineteenth century... I think it was
Emerson, one of the people Charles Ives was interested in, um, who came out
with the thought that trying to be consistent is just a..
T: Oh yes, Emerson on consistency.
R: Yeah. And if you get hung up on being consistent you?re just er...
T: Yes.
R: Try telling that to a philosopher, he?d get in an awful tizzy.
T: Or some composers!
R: Dare we say. You think some composers operate in that entirely conceptual
T: Um, I should- yeah, almost undoubtedly, but I can?t- I wouldn?t like to
start thinking of anybody.
R: I suspect it would be pretty unfair to point at composers and claim that
they were doing just that.
T: Well, it?s a sort of um... It?s an interesting thing though about
consistency because some composers are quite- have quite a kind of eclectic
output, each piece is very different, and er some composers like you I
think, this ?for piano? series has a sound to it, it?s definitely... it?s
this thing.
R: Yeah.
T: So that?s a kind of consistency in itself. A continuity in a way of
R: That's very different from um logical consistency.
T: Yeah er- oh what you mean within a piece? In terms of the actual
composition of a piece?
R: I suppose I was thinking about composers who might feel they can exhaust
the entire meaning of their work er in a verbal account of the work.
T: Oh I see, oh right.
R: In the way that conceptual art seems to consist of just the concepts.
T: Right. So there?s no need to listen to the piece now that I?ve explained
it so thoroughly.
R: Yeah. And a piece of conceptual art, somebody did the ultimate by just
writing up the ideas on a piece of paper and sticking it to the wall, so
there was no actual physical art there, just the concept. That?s definitely
not the sort of art that interests me.
T: Well, no, that?s pushing music out the door.
R: Yeah.
T: It?s very demeaning.
R: Do you think maybe for instance some of the er the ?Brit-Artists? um...
the importance of their work seems to boil down to an interpretation of the
work that could be put into words.
T: I can?t-
R: And the physical reality of the work counts for very little.
T: I... Some, yeah, but there?s a lot that I like at the moment, and also a
lot that I dislike as well, but I mean, my suspicion is that?s from a-
that?s coming from an academic origin, I think because composers suffer from
that as well, this um... explanation of your work, this justification. We
live in an age of accountability.
R: Yes.
T: You know, be it budget or be it pictures.
R: I think we do- Sorry what was that?
T: No, just be it budget - money - or pictures. ?Why a B flat? What?s the
point of that??
R: Maybe it?s because we have to watch these terrible news programmes on
television all the time where journalists are pestering these politicians
about how you account for this and that.
T: They?ve turned the tables on us.
R: Yeah. I think that?s why um... it?s important for us composers to lay
claim to spaces of experience that there?s just not any worry about giving
accounts like that.
T: Well I think it?s clear you know that people like- people who?s music I
like anyway like you and so on, are doing- are obviously all operating in
certain arenas, and its justification is coming out of itself, just having
experienced it for a while. And, you know, the first time I met you I didn?t
think ?go on then, what?s it all about then?? And then think ?ok well done,
I?m on your side.? (laughs)
R: If you had I wonder whether we?d be sitting here now. (laughs)
T: (laughs) I might have been but I don?t think you would have been!
(laughs) ?I don?t want to be interviewed by him, he wants a thesis!?
R: Which is probably exactly what I?ve given you over the last hour.
T: Well, yeah but you know, you?re- the future of your budget doesn?t depend
on it...
R: What you?ve just said er... would then introduce to me the notion of er
value. Because if we?ve started off by saying let?s rule out of court any
sort of conceptual, verbal accounts of what we?re doing because we don?t
find that particularly valuable, would there not then enter the question er
some sort of absolute artistic value, in other words, is this a good piece
of music or is it a bad piece of music? So that if I was sitting next to
Laurence during your concert last night and the two of us might have had
conversation between the pieces along the lines of ?I didn?t think that was
a terribly good piece?, ?I thought that was a lovely piece?... and so that?s
more the sort of thing us composers do talk about.
T: Well yeah, yeah.... I?m just gonna put a coat on.
R: Yeah, yeah. That?s something that if I were interviewing you, because as
I read you- yeah, ok, turn the microphone around.
T: Well it?s an open arena.
R: (laughs) I?m interested in er your idea of life in the everyday world is
something where things just happen. A lot of what we find in life is stuff
just happening. You know, three Chinese people have just arrived outside the
T: yeah I was just thinking that! There?s stuff going on in there, cricket
inside the pub, conversation over there.
R: Who knows what might happen.
T: And all of the traffic.
R: Well if you er celebrate that idea and you build your pieces on just that
idea, um, would you lay claim to the notion that particular pieces of yours
had any value beyond the value we might find in people just bumping into us
on the street? And if you walk down a street and er different things happen
to you, that?s by definition a very prosaic everyday experience, is that
just the sort of experience you would want a listener to find in your music?
Or, because it?s a piece of music, is it for you establishing some sort of a
value that transcends that everyday sort of experience.
T: Well, um...
R: In other words could just anything happen in your pieces?
T: No.
R: Ah! I think that?s the answer there.
T: No, or it, you know-
R: And it?s a big question with Cage, isn't it.
T: Well exactly. I don?t open the doors wide enough. And er Cage- you know,
I?m far more of a closed- I mean you?re operating within a minor third,
(laughs) I?m a little bit wider than that, but Cage is maybe a football
pitch, but still it?s-
R: I suspect even Cage would say no, like you just said no.
T: Well I feel with Cage it?s a sort of er... discipline is the sort of-
R: It?s more to do with the performance of pieces.
T: Discipline of some sort is the other side to the balance of ?well, let?s
just do anything?. That?s- it?s an openness to anything but I think that?s
where- that?s where I feel the- he um gets cross when the element of
discipline in whatever is lost.
R: Yes, if during the performance of a Cage piece at which he was present, a
drunken member of the audience staggered onto the platform and starting
chanting ?England, England!?
T: (laughs)
R: Would that have been ok by Cage?
T: Well I er did hear a story about um... something Cage had done which was
for a Merce Cunningham performance and there was an open element to it, and
um, I can?t remember where I read this, or whatever, but Christian Wolff and
whoever was around at the time performing decided that they should sing some
political songs and that this would fit within this openness, and Cage was
R: Well I?ve heard John Tilbury say that despite his putative openness, Cage
resisted students performing his work, he very much favoured his chosen few
experts for performance and you know that really begs the question about his
T: Well, in terms of performers that?s just performance practice, which is
the same for anything I feel, if we were talking about...
R: So Cage is actually creating a space with boundaries to it.
T: Definitely I think.
R: So he wants to observe randomness- radical randomness but within the er
boundaries of that space.
T: Yeah. I feel.
R: Why did he insist on the boundaries, do you think?
T: Er, because it?s a form of focus really. Because if your openness is
encompassing er, you know, everything, you have to focus in....
R: So does that mean he was interested in the experience of somebody
consuming art, experiencing art. So he was interested in sitting somebody
down in the auditorium and saying, now you are gonna witness art, even if
it?s a very random art?
T: Well, I suppose, it?s putting things in a frame, isn?t it. Just- it?s the
Duchamp wheel. It?s putting it in an arena where you would actually pay
attention to it.
R: I suppose the thing to compare it with is the Happenings in the sixties.
T: Well, yeah.
R: Which would be much more radically open to literally anything.
T: Well, yes, the Happenings are a sort of, if you like, mannerist
consequence of these kind of slightly more disciplined in somebody?s mind
things that Cage was doing earlier on. I don?t know, it?s a speculation, I
don?t know the exact history of Happenings.
R: Maybe this is er... maybe this cuts quite deep in the human psyche. We do
insist on boundaries all the time. You know, if you wanted to have a wild
sexual experience with somebody, you?d say ok I want a wild sexual
experience, but then if they went beyond the boundary of what you?re
T: Well what?s your definition of wild?
R: Yeah, you have set up boundaries even if there?s going to be wildness
within the boundaries.
T: But we all live within certain er... we all have boundaries. We live with
certain expectations, and certain...
R: I saw something-
T: tastes.
R: This isn?t relevant at all really... I was just watching television the
other day...
T: It?s still going.
R: Is it still going?
T: Yeah. I hope we haven?t just wiped, let me just stop it for a second.
R: Is that a minidisc?
T: Yeah.
R: How much time can you get?
T: Seventy six, or something, minutes.
R: do you use both sides or is there just one?
T: Just one side.
R: Like a floppy disc.
T: yeah.
R: Is it going now?
T: Yes. Just thinking about what you were just saying, with that two piano
piece last night-
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at top is an example. Somehow, someone became convinced that writing a headline with one short line is acceptable.
It's not.
It's bad headline writing and it's bad design.
All lines of a news headline should be about the same width.
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Contract type: Part Time / Full Time
Contract term: Permanent
A unique opportunity to join and help mould the SEN and learning support department at the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham.
LAE Tottenham opened in September 2017 to its pioneering year 12 cohort. It is an academically selective 16-19 free school harnessing the support of ten independent schools to offer unrivalled educational opportunities to the most ambitious and motivated 16-19 year olds from Haringey and beyond.
The successful applicant will have exceptional knowledge of how to identify and support students with learning needs, and will have an influential role in shaping the learning support we are able to deliver at LAE Tottenham. This role may be suitable for a qualified teacher who is looking to specialise in SEN support, an aspiring SENCO, or an experienced LSA or HLTA looking to take the next step in their career.
Pay negotiable and dependent on experience, circa £27,000.
Interviews taking place Monday 26 March.
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