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Yes, it's true: I got a makeover on TLC's "What Not to Wear."
First off, let's get to the immediate questions. Yes, the show's hosts Stacy London and Clinton Kelly are as warm, friendly and sweet off camera as they are on. Yes, you really do get $5,000 to spend on clothes and shoes in two days. Yes, they take all of your old clothes away and donate them to charity. Yes, Carmindy is a genius when it comes to makeup and Ted Gibson is a hair wizard.
But probably the most pressing question—why I, a style editor at a major women's website, would need a complete "What Not to Wear" makeover—is going to take a little longer to answer.
My "What Not to Wear" ambush and subsequent full mind-and-body makeover airs tonight on TLC, and will show you all of my oversized sweater and misshapen clothes glory. Because the truth is, despite being able to recommend what others should wear, I've always struggled with my own fashion options. And that's mainly because I have what's called body dysmorphia.
If you haven't heard of it, body dysmorphia is a psychological condition wherein you become excessively concerned that one or some parts of your body are deformed or defective. Symptoms include being overly critical of one's appearance, depression and social anxiety. It's onset is usually in adolescence. For me, my dysmorphia is rooted in the distinct sense that my body feels very large and unwieldy. I look down and I see massive thighs, an immense blubbering stomach and huge, disproportional hips.
You may say, don't all women have this? Well, any woman that's looked at a fashion magazine and compared herself to a super skinny Photoshopped model has probably felt a twinge or two of self-criticism. But having body dysmorphia is different, for the sheer amount of self-loathing and discomfort you feel in your own skin. It had been holding me back from feeling really happy and comfortable, in both my work life and my personal life. How bad had it gotten? I'd taken to buying things off the rack and not even bothering to try them on, because I just couldn't deal with disrobing in a store anymore.
Click here to read the full story from The Frisky.
Catch "What Not to Wear," featuring yours truly, on TLC, Tuesday, March 29, 9 p.m. EST.
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Hi! My name is Manon Kloosterman. I live in the eastern part of the Netherlands, in a city called Doesburg. There is a delightfull nature in this part of Holland.
In daily life, I study Medicine and I hope to become a good doctor in three years. When not studying, I like to go out. I play korfball three times a week, go out for a run and go swimming as much as possible. In the summer I work as a Lifeguard for 2 years now; next summer will be my 3rd season.
My outdoorish-addiction started many years ago, when I was just a little girl. When the outdoor flyers came, I always made lists of things I thought I would need, when camping on my own, like tents, backpacks and sleepingbags. I could browse in those flyers for hours. A few years ago, I started with gathering my own stuff. My parents, brother, sister and I are camping each summer in the south of France and I could use and try my gear on those places first.
Last summer, I did my first 'big' hike on my own. I went to Fjällräven Classic and had an amazing time. The nature – beautiful, the people – great! It was then when I felt in love with Sweden. At that Classic, I decided to apply for Fjällräven Polar. Inspired by lots of people hiking Classic, I made movie and collected most votes. A dream was coming true when I joined the Polar last April. What an amazing time I had out there.
Those trips, Classic and Polar, changed my mind. I experienced nature as different, compared to 'normal life'. A once-in-a-lifetime-experience, I would say. But why leave it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience? Why not make it more 'normal life'? More accessible? And I think it doesn't count for me alone. I want to help lowering the threshold for going outdoors. My first steps are to share my stories with interested people. To enjoy and to inspire. Go out!


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Hopefully, the following Provestra Review will be of some help. This review shows the benefits of utilizing a women's sexual health supplement.
Do you know about Provestra?
There are very few products on the market which increase a woman's libido and one of them is Provestra. The supplement's promotional tagline is "Feeling sexy starts on the inside." Can the product fulfills the advertising requirements.
Going for wrong products was a lapse on my part before. Bad purchases can lead to problems and you may be aware of this. So, besides eating into your time it's a waste of money as well. Before trying a new supplement you should think abouut what led to problems with your old supplements.
Provestra is very valuable because of this. It performs as claimed.
Let's take a look at Provestra Review and investigate this supplement and what it has to offer.
Doctors agree that Provestra is safe to use. There is no need for prescription as it is not clinical product. The product was created by a group of scientists, resulting in a product that pinpoints the sexual arousal of any woman using it.
Provestra is an item that includes many important sexual health ingredients. These substances are verified to raise energy levels, blood circulation, make people more alert and act as libido enhancers. They are safe ingredients with no known severe side effects because they are natural.
We can change the idea that this product is effective for "any female" to add "all women of all ages". Some say this is the best benefit of the supplement. It's no secret that all women will eventually face menopause.
Without Provesta menopause can be tough for women to overcome.
Menopause is just one thing that can decrease a woman's libido. There are a lot of other things that can cause this problem, too.
Contributing to the lack of libido in a woman might include habitually eating unhealthy foods, living a predominantly sedentary lifestyle, taking synthetic estrogen, and the hormonal imbalances following pregnancy. A lessening of sexual desire can be realted to something as basic as "I am too tired for it".
Many women have come to this Provestra Review searching for an answer to their low libido. Provestra has been proven to deliver results.
Much can be gained from using this supplement. A good Provestra Review can indicate an increased ability to become sexually aroused. Women who have a low libido will like the results that Provestra can be produce. When you eat the supplement you will have a noticeable rise in sexual appetite.
This supplement impacts people in psychological ways, as well. Scientific testing has shown that Provestra may potentially increase a woman's chances of experiencing sexual fantasies. At first glance, most people probably won't see the significance of having increased sexual fantasies.
Well, how much value would that have? Usually, fantasizing more about sex means that libido is actually improving. All evidence says that sexual fantasies were the cause.
Provestra offers psychological and physical enhancement. The most significant would be vastly increased vaginal fluid lubrication. It's no small advantage. Lubrication is imperative to stop tearing inside and bleeding Associated pain might be significant, but can be reduced through the use of lubricants.
Hot flashes and periods that are lighter are other possible benefits. As can be seen by reading a good Provestra Review, this product can definitely make life much easier and the benefits of taking it are worthwhile.
Porvestra can help you have better orgasms. This can help one reach orgasm by further relaxing the body and the blood vessels, increasing the chances of reaching a climax.
Take the supplement as it was recommended to you so that you get optimum results. If you expect this supplement to work for you, then you need to use it on a regular basis, not just off and on. If you took more than the recommended dosage it wouldn't do anything differently to you.
The reason this supplement is capturing so much notice is because it is turning out to be a substantial product. Provestra is one of a few all natural supplements, non-pharmaceutical, that increases a woman's libido by acting on the female physiology at any age without side effects. Relatively unknown, and available online only, not many doctors know to recommend Provestra, and it may not work for everyone. Provestra is proven to deliver results. This is why women who have a low libido can be helped with this product.;


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Information and booking: 63 917 636 5770.
The names says it all. Fun & Sun is your sea guide in the south of Philippines
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Let Fun & Sun be your friendly guide in Cebu Mactan for the ultimate underwater scooter dive adventure or vacation getaway and escape from the pollution, stress and hectic life of the city. Allow us to be part of your memorable beach and sea experience! Fun & Sun is always at your service!
In the diving industry for 25 years., run by a professional team comprised of licensed diving instructors/divers, boatmen and friendly staff who accommodate you with the best care and service.
Being one of the leading dive teams in Cebu and the Philippines, Fun & Sun offers the best service and the best underwater scooters courses in Mactan.
Fun & Sun Mactan is located along Punta Engano Road, which is just a 15 minute drive from the airport. There are many beautiful resorts lining the coastline of Mactan such as Mövenpick Hotel, Shangri la Mactan Resort Hotel, Crimson Hotel and BE Resort (which is right beside Fun & Sun Dive & Travel).
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Regular carpet cleanings with Clawson Chem-Dry will not only you have a healthier home but it will reduce the amount of dust and allergens in your home or business. We even have a Dust Mite Anti-Allergen Treatment that is proven effective against allergens left by household dust mites. This treatment is applied by our professional technicians to carpet or upholstery after cleaning that helps neutralize common allergies. Many of our customers have reported a significant reduction in allergy symptoms after we've applied this product.
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Hello Candy Canes! Brandbuilder Lesson 3: Blogging Tips for the Holiday Season
Yes, it is that time of year again! The Holiday Season is a wonderful time for family, food, fun, sharing, love, hope, and peace. Such warmth and purity of the holiday season has drawn heavy commercialization of these intangible qualities. I was once a Cindy Lou Who for the holidays and all it had to offer. So I understand if you now feel like the Grinch because every business is almost pressured to conform to get those holiday sales and numbers. I know you want to be a Scrooge, but if you are in business, you have to join in on the holiday cheer in some way. Today, I am talking specifically about the blogger business. Even if blogging is still a hobby for you, you should still produce content that will keep your supporters engaged. Check out my 3 Blogging Tips for the Holiday Season. I had way more, but I promise to save them for later if you share and comment on this post!
1. Themes Help Always. Some may call it an objective or something else. I keep it simple. When I say THEME, I am referring to a general idea that ties in the mission statement of a business with current efforts, promotions, marketing, and/or events to draw in new customers. And plus, themes are fun! Themes keep you somewhat organized and away from randomness. Just think of themed parties. Ugly Christmas Sweaters, anyone? For instance, this year's theme for Girls Like Me, Inc.'s mentoring program is GLM Prep. All of the marketing and images are inspired by plaid, Clueless, and all things preppy. Our mentoring events this program year are all themed and named to reflect classes they would take if Girls Like Me was an actual prep school. The theme and events tie back to our mission of encouraging all girls to Go & Dream. We are preparing our girls with quality life skills they may not learn in school but need to know in life in order for them to be successful while they chase dreams. As far as blogging themes, I used to do the 25 days of Christmas where I blogged everyday leading to Christmas. The 25 Days of Christmas posts were hard. Yet, it's always fun to flex your creative muscles while utilizing the structure of a theme.
2. Be Uniquely You. You may not celebrate Christmas or Thanksgiving. You may celebrate Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or other culture specific holidays during this time. No need to feel left out by or begrudgingly toward other bloggers who are all covering the same holidays. Differentiate and personalize your content by posting about your traditions. This is a great way to tap into new readers who celebrate the same holidays. Your current readers will love learning more about you and your culture. Some may even connect more with you, engage in comments, and share your posts. This only happens when your audience and people they know can fully relate. If people unfollow you for your culture, that's not a view you want in my opinion. I believe wholeheartedly, even in the blogging game of numbers, that what is for you will come. No need to pretend to celebrate Christmas for likes when you can just be yourself.
3. GIVE. During the holidays, people are dishing out money. It can be difficult to convince people that their dollars belongs with your charity or business. However, it can be done. I know I talk about Girls Like Me, Inc. all the time, but it is the Pink Purple & Blue Print ;) GLM is on it's 4th Annual Doll Drive where we solicit donations to help families with gifts for the Christmas. Every year, it is a struggle to get donations. But I get more every year. It's an honor to give back and to have supporters follow our example of giving. As a blogger, you may sell products. You may want to do a holiday sale (that won't hurt you too much financially) to say thank you to your readers and to bring in new customers. If you aren't selling products yet, you may want to make a donation and blog about why you chose that charity. Positive promotion for you and a charity you believe in never hurt anybody. Last but certainly not least, you could do a giveaway. From my experience, giveaways do work best when you have a larger following. Do a product review for a product you love and that would make the perfect Christmas Gift. Then give one away to a supporter. You could even get the product company to sponsor the giveaway. Disclaimer: Give because you care. Don't give to get back.
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Dr Rebecca Colvin is the Knowledge Exchange Specialist of the Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University. Bec's role with the CCI is to facilitate the strengthening of links between climate change researchers and end users of the research.
In this space, Bec's research interests include how people connect to each other to bridge disciplinary divides, and the social influences on decision-making. Before joining the CCI, Bec's research at The University of Queensland explored ways of understanding social conflict about the environment through using the social identity approach to interrogate processes of stakeholder and community engagement.


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How LSD Permits Leaping Word Associations
Once a friend I used to regard as very intelligent told me that LSD made his senses extremely sharp and strong, so much so that one could hear people talk from a few miles away. I was astonished that he could be so delusional that his LSD trips were a reality for him, and I naturally lost quite a bit of respect towards his capacity to interpret life 🙂 However, I was intrigued as to the jumbling of one's brain signals by this controversial drug, and I researched it a bit, to understand how it affects our brains.
Also called psychedelics, hallucinogens alter a person's perception, mood and a slew of other mental processes. Research has suggested they primarily do their magic in the brain's cortex, where the drugs activate specific receptors that are normally triggered by serotonin. In order to function, the cortex is integrating different signals, for example glutamate signals and serotonin signals. And what hallucinogens must be doing is they are disrupting this process so that sensory perception is altered by them.
And now, the first study* of LSD and language in decades finds that the drug makes similar concepts compete for attention. It may make it easier for the brain to access distantly related words, by activating certain language networks in the brain. This may explain the giant leaps and associations an LSD user can make from one word to another. Then again, so does practicing meditation, for a first-timer 😉 However, I think this might also explain how my friend thought he developed superman hearing skills -his auditory sensors were gathering info from his leashless language networks.
The study didn't address questions about the effect of the psychedelic drug on creativity or mental health, but could lead to new research in those areas.
In my opinion, nothing that alters the chemistry of our brains so drastically may be totally harmless. Take it from a person who has seen what too many puffs can do to her friends after some years of smoking pot -which is nothing compared to LSD.
*study published Aug. 18 in the journal Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, News Via: LiveScience
The Shchukin Collection: Russia's great art rescue
They survived revolution, war and the cold. Now restored works from a legendary Moscow collection are going on show.
Henri Matisse's "L'atelier rose" (1911) being restored at the Pushkin Museum
They survived revolution, war and the cold. Now restored works from a legendary Moscow collection are going on show.
This summer, as 130 works from the collection head to Paris for an exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in October, Russian and French art experts see it as a triumph of art over the century-long onslaught of war and revolution. "Considering what they have been through, the paintings are in good condition," says Anne Baldassari, the exhibition's curator. The Soviet authorities considered the works bourgeois and not ideologically correct, so they were banned for a long period from being shown in public. It would be half a century before Shchukin's achievements as a pioneering collector were acknowledged.
'Icons of Modern Art. The Shchukin Collection' is at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, from October 22 to February 20; fondationlouisvuitton.fr
Continue reading "The Shchukin Collection: Russia's great art rescue"
Why Do Autumn Leaves Change Color?
Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti explains how the leaves of deciduous trees perform their annual chameleon act, changing from various shades of green to hues of bronze, orange and brilliant red.
I loved watching and learning, so I wanted to share this:
The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. –T.S.Eliot
Scientists Claim to Solve Riddle of Life's Chemical Origins
The question of how life got its start on Earth is a tricky one. Life as we know it needs a genetic mechanism like DNA or RNA to record blueprints for proteins, but proteins are required for the replication of DNA in the first place — and none of that is likely to happen without a cell membrane made of lipids to keep unwanted chemicals out. Biologists have argued for years over which of these three systems might have emerged first, but new research suggests a radical solution to the chicken-and-the-egg conundrum: All three developed at once.
John Sutherland and his team at the University of Cambridge show in a paper published this week in Nature Chemistry that all the elements and energy to create the three systems would have been present in the primordial soup of early Earth. The research shows how the common compounds hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen cyanide, in a bath of UV light and water, could morph into dozens of nucleic acids and lipids. With all the building blocks formed simultaneously, the rest of the process was free to take place.
Perhaps the one prominent theory discounted by Sutherland's work is exogenesis, the idea that life may have been brought to Earth by a meteor or other celestial object. But even that gets a nod: Meteoric bombardment would have helped supply hydrogen cyanide, iron and other essential elements.
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Books worth reading, as recommended by Bill Gates, Susan Cain and more…
Find repose by exciting the mind. Some of the world's leading thinkers offer the books that inspired them and their work. Skim the list for your favorite speakers, or get nerdy on a topic you've always wanted to know more about. Below find 52 books, recommended by TED speakers.
Creative Confidence, by Tom Kelley and David Kelley
Crown Business, 2013
Recommended by: Tim Brown (TED Talk: Designers — think big!)
"'Creative confidence' is the creative mindset that goes along with design thinking's creative skill set."
See more of Tim Brown's favorite books.
Creating Minds, by Howard Gardner
Basic Books, 2011
Recommended by: Roselinde Torres (TED Talk: What it takes to be a great leader)
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Trees can talk to and help each other using an internet of fungus!
Trees can talk to and help each other using an internet of fungi!
Film fans might be reminded of James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster Avatar. On the forest moon where the movie takes place, all the organisms are connected. They can communicate and collectively manage resources, thanks to "some kind of electrochemical communication between the roots of trees". Back in the real world, it seems there is some truth to this.
In a recent BBC article, I read about mycelia, fungal formations that help communicate between plants sharing common soil. Read on here, and you will be amazed:
It's not like we are connected in a new-agey oohm-y way, but science backs up the ınterconnectivity among living beings. And for me, that is great enough.


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Below you can find information about Labour party affiliates and external women's organisations.
Labour Women's Network
The Labour Women's Network is a membership organisation providing expert training to Labour women considering seeking selection, as well as campaigning for 50:50 representation at every level of the Labour Party.
Website www.lwn.org.uk
Email email@example.com
Fabian Women's Network
The Fabian Women's Network exists as a thriving network for women to achieve social and political change and to participate in public life. It has a historic and long-standing link with Fabian parliamentarians as a wing of the Fabian Society, Britain's oldest left of centre political think tank.
Website www.fabianwomen.org.uk
Email email@example.com
The Fawcett Society
The Fawcett Society campaigns and researches issues of relevance to UK women and works to keep women's rights on the political agenda and in the public eye.
Website www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
Women's Budget Group
The Women's Budget Group brings together leading economists, researchers, policy experts and activists to analyse the gendered impacts of Government budgets, and promotes economic policies in the interests of women.
Website www.wbg.org.uk
Women's Aid
Women's Aid provides counselling, support, legal advice, information, campaigning and research for women and runs a national domestic violence helpline.
Helpline 0808 2000 247
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Thanks to Rob for sponsoring today's session!
This was the longest run I've ever done. At first I was going to just head on my usual route through Victoria Park and down the the canal to the Thames Path, but once I was there I figured I'd just keep going, and as long as I headed for a town where I knew there would be a train station, what could go wrong?
So, I kept going on the Thames Path, ran through the Isle Of Dogs, had a 28 Days Later moment running through the Greenwich foot tunnel, and arrived knackered (I forgot about the steps) in lovely Greenwich. There's something you should know about Greenwich Park. It's on a massive hill. In fact, it's a gateway to the hilly-hell that is south-east London. No offence, some of my best friends live in south-east London, but I wasn't dying to have the extra challenge.
Anyway, I forged on through Lewisham, and timed things nicely to end up at Brockley Station at mile twenty. To discover the Overground was terminating at Shadwell.
Rail Replacement after running from Dalston to Brockley? FML.


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- radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lighted up or illuminated; well-lighted: the luminous ballroom.
- brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening, as a writer or a writer's works: a luminous concept; luminous prose.
- clear; readily intelligible: a concise, luminous report.
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1. lucid, radiant, resplendent, brilliant. 3. bright, intelligent. 4. understandable, perspicuous, lucid.
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There he claims he saw a luminous object change colors several times then vanish into the night sky.1980: America's First Extraterrestrial Election
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Reviews when the play was at Steppenwolf in Chicago described her as luminous.Fall Broadway Preview: 'This Is Our Youth,' Bradley Cooper as 'The Elephant Man,' and More
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Her luminous face has been preserved forever, and multiplies with every tribute.The Day the Fairytale Died
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Silverstone will "show you the way to have a luminous, present, ailment-free pregnancy."From 'Clueless' to Clueless: Alicia Silverstone's 'The Kind Mama'
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The luminous 31-year-old actress who just took home an Academy Award has absolutely nothing to do.Does Lupita Nyong'o's Hollywood Fairytale Have a Happily Ever After?
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Historical Examples
The bridegroom regarded her with a face that was luminous of delight.Within the Law
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They were dark, luminous and velvet soft as they watched my struggle.The Bacillus of Beauty
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He looked back at it only once, and beheld the luminous glow of the campfires.The Rock of Chickamauga
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That was the soul and secret of our rapid and luminous onward march.Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863
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There was a luminous whiteness in the sky that affected the eyes, as snow does.A Spirit in Prison
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- radiating or reflecting light; shining; glowingluminous colours
- (not in technical use) exhibiting luminescenceluminous paint
- full of light; well-lit
- (of a physical quantity in photometry) evaluated according to the visual sensation produced in an observer rather than by absolute energy measurementsluminous flux; luminous intensity Compare radiant
- easily understood; lucid; clear
- enlightening or wise
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C15: from Latin lūminōsus full of light, from lūmen light
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Word Origin and History for luminous
early 15c., "full of light," from Latin luminosus "shining, full of light," from lumen (genitive luminis) "light," related to lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). Related: Luminously.
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- Emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Excuses Excuses
Our new hot tub was going to be installed today. I was doubtful the new one was going to fit in the hole in our deck where the old one is. I was correct about that, but the problem, apparently, was getting the old one out. When I saw four large men with their heads bowed in defeat after a solid hour of trying, I knew it was a no-go.
(Before you tell me it shouldn't be stressful to get a new hot tub and I should be lucky to have one, I need to say I absolutely agree. Our old one came with the house. And it's broken three times over. It's trash on my deck. Water leaks into it despite the lid and festers because, well, it won't turn on. The new one cost less than the repairs needed for the old one. And it's the teeniest, tiniest hot tub you can buy, nothing with built-in speakers or room for six.)
I'm waiting for three contractors to call me back to remove the deck boards so the old hot tub can be freed. The first one to call wins. If you're a deck guy, please call me.
I need to decide real quick what to do about the deck. In addition to having the deck boards temporarily removed, I need to decide whether to remodel the deck while we're at it and if I still want the tub to be recessed. I came up with a plan and wish I had thought of it while the guys were here. Oh well. My husband thinks he and my older son would thoroughly enjoy ripping it up. Yay!
Did I mention we're probably selling the house anyway (which is why we need to have the dead tub replaced) - so all of this stress and money and effort isn't for us anyway? Awesome.
On top of the hot tub drama, one of the mouse traps in our garage is missing. (See last few posts regarding my extreme mouse phobia and suspicion I'm going to hell for killing them.) That means there's a mouse with it's front legs stuck to a trap suffering somewhere in my garage. Or something larger got it and is gnawing on it. Eeek.
Also, my daughter got a real job, the kind that requires 16 forms to be completed, a bank account set up, a pre-employment drug test (I'm happy to say I'm not stressed about that one), a trip to the doctor's office, and a drive to the city. Many of the things needed to complete this process are things a teen can't do without their parent. I don't remember life being this complicated as a teen. I think I applied for a job at Pizza Hut, filled out a withholding form, and started work the same night.
Yes, there's more...I had a car accident in March. The thing has still not been settled. The other party wants to settle this week (just in time to cover the cost of remodeling my deck apparently). It's a little stressful because once it's settled, it's done.
I have a physical on Friday. I am absolutely certain my blood pressure is going to be a little high. I'm behind on three cancer screenings, two of which have a decent probability of being bad based on past tests. This alone is enough to stress me out this week. If one of the tests goes bad, I get to have a needle stabbed in my neck repeatedly again. I'd rather have a mouse crawling all over me to be honest.
So I didn't write today.
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Those are a lot of good reasons. I wish I had the money for a hot tub. Though not an outdoor one. I'd like one I could use all year long. When I travel I love getting a room with a whirlpool tub in it. Nothing better after a long day than that.ReplyDeleteReplies
I wish I had the space for an indoor one. I was surprised at how little it costs - maybe not so much now that we needed a deck renovation...deck boards were old and partially rotted already.Delete
You need a nap!ReplyDelete
Sorry you won't get to enjoy the hot tub much.Replies
I do need a nap.Delete
You have a very full life, Tonja. One day at a time. I hope that everything works out with the sale of your house.ReplyDeleteReplies
I think having three kids is a guarantee of a full life. We haven't listed the house yet. We have about 100 things to fix first.Delete
That was stressful just reading about it. I hate having workmen at the house. Projects never seem to go smoothly.ReplyDeleteReplies
I was glad I got a handyman to pull up those deck boards. The ones that were nailed in had to be cut out. It took him 2 hours - would have taken us 20.Delete
Get that hot tub in asap! You need it!ReplyDelete
Also, I had a mouse trap go missing about a year ago under the cabinets in the kitchen somewhere. We never found it. But there was this slight odor that only I smelled. *sigh* Someday, someone will find it.Replies
The hot tub is on my deck in shrink wrap mocking me.Delete
I'm the only one that smells slight odors too. :/
Only you did write. A whole blog post. It counts. :))ReplyDelete
Yikes, go take a soak in that hot tub the minute it's hooked up.Replies
Yeah, but I didn't get any work done on my novel.Delete
The guys are coming on Friday to finish it. It takes a really long while to fill it and then wait for it to get warm and get the chemicals right. It's definitely an exercise in patience.
All good reasons for skipping the work-in-progress. There's always tomorrow.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, tomorrow is here now. Must double up on the writing.Delete
All those reasons sound valid... you sound very busy and seems like you've been experiencing lots of stressful moments...ReplyDeleteReplies
I think the excess of coffee doesn't help with the stress. :/Delete
Reading that made me veerrrry tired. Sometimes, life takes over the best laid plans. I wish you better luck (and contractor calls) tomorrow.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm not answering the phone today. As if our home phone is working. Darn you, cable phone!Delete
Once, I found the mouse trap with the leg still there, but nothing else.ReplyDelete
I hope your stress levels return to below nermal very soon!Replies
Yeah, that comment actually upped my blood pressure considerably. Ugh.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 24, 2012 at 8:18 AM
I hope the tests go well. Sending positive vibes!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks. I'm not doing those test on Friday - just the physical where I'm sure they are going to schedule them for me because...well...I haven't. I always thought that was stupid that my mom wouldn't go get tests done. Now I get it.Delete
You had lot of good excuses. I hope the tests go well too.ReplyDelete
My mother got a hot tub, and it wound up being a huge headache.Replies
Thanks for the good wishes (I almost typed 'fishes.')Delete
Our old tub was recessed into the deck. The access panel in the deck was a full body-length from the access panel for the hot tub. So whenever it needed to be drained or the power reset or the temperature changed, we (I) had to belly crawl in the mud and spiders. I think having it on top of the deck will make it easier.
If I were you, I'd cover the hole the hot tub made. Get rid of the hassle. As for job applications for teens..its much more complicated. I remember when I was a kid you filled out the application, spoke immediately to the manager, and bingo you got hired.ReplyDelete
And its so easy to get behind on taking care of health stuff. I do the same. As got your settlement, those things can take a while.
Hugs and chocolate,
I'm sorry you are going through so much stress. I hope things will settle down soon and you will get good news from the screenings.ReplyDelete
I had to laugh about all the hoops you and your daughter have to jump through for her job. I definitely think things were significantly simpler when I applied to work at Arby's when I was 16.
Take care!
*hugs* And a deep breath might be useful. There's definitely a lot going on. I hope everything gets worked out.ReplyDelete
YIKES! You deserve a break today! Like laundry, writing will be here for you tomorrow.ReplyDelete
I got stressed reading this. Hope it goes better, Tonja.ReplyDelete
You need to relax! Hope everything calms down and goes better for ya, Tonja! :)ReplyDelete
Good luck with everything!ReplyDelete
I don't think I could even consider writing with all that going on, although you wrote this post. It's writing, just in different form. Maybe it helped clear your head?ReplyDelete
I hope your hot tub problem is solved in the simplest way possible and your test results are better than expected. As for your daughter, congratulations for getting a "real job". That alone is an accomplishment these days! I'm sure the hassle will be worth it in the long run
Just remember that your health is the most important thing. Hope all goes well with your physical, and cancer screenings. Sorry the hot tub is such an ordeal, but it's nice that your husband will help with the deck. Congrats to your daughter, and once all the paperwork, and running around is done, she will have a very rewarding job experience. Hopefully, the mouse got carried away with the old hot tub! JulieReplyDelete


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I gave oral evidence to the 'Accountability of Civil Servants' inquiry today, which you can find out about here.
You can see the evidence session here And you can read my written submission here.
Expert insight, analysis and comment on key public policy issues
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
I gave oral evidence to the 'Accountability of Civil Servants' inquiry today, which you can find out about here.
You can see the evidence session here And you can read my written submission here.
Colin Talbot is a Professor of Government, a former Specialist Advisor to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee and the Public Administration Select Committee and has appeared as expert witness many times in Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and NI Assembly. He's also advised Governments from the USA to Japan.
Colin Talbot says
An anonymous former civil servant sent me this interesting note on this issue which I reproduce (with their permission) here:
Accountability of Civil Servants
1. The civil service reform plan acknowledges "accountability for implementation needs to be sharpened". Long-standing lack of effective accountability is one of the principal reasons for failure to meet ambition and potential in delivering outcomes.
2. If the object is an agile, innovative public service, it is very important that "implementation" be understood in terms of delivering outcomes, not merely undertaking an agreed list of tasks. That means accountability for the set of tasks undertaken being the best set, within the constraints of prevailing policy.
3. To what extent Parliament should hold officials directly to account is a matter for debate. But if officials are accountable to ministers, and ministers to Parliament, then Parliament can have a rôle in asking the minister to account for how officials are held to account.
4. The question arises as to how effective accountability of officials to ministers can be, if the consequences which flow from such holding to account are opaque. A "stronger rôle" in appointments could help to address this, subject to risks associated with "politicisation", or with weakening the "conservator" rôle, being adequately mitigated.
5. The opportunity to influence appointments may arise only intermittently. Theoretically, ministers feed into the performance assessment of Permanent Secretaries. If this system were strengthened and seen to operate effectively, it could provide a more regular lever to improve accountability. There is a case for increased transparency here.
6. Indeed there may be a case for more transparency more generally. It is unclear why those with responsibility for advising on, or delivering, major public services should be anonymous. Televising the discussions which test how well implementation is going and what more can be done could be entertaining, informative and, perhaps, even improve the image of both politicians and civil servants.
7. A further problem for ministers in holding officials to account is the support available to them to undertake this rôle effectively. There is a case for assistance from outside the departmental management chain. Parliamentary scrutiny could provide a source of information.
8. A difficulty with holding to account for implementation in the wider sense (as distinct from policy) is the interdependence between policy and implementation. One would want a system in which those responsible for implementation felt able to challenge – formally if necessary – policy design where evidence tended to suggest this was a barrier to achieving the policy intention. Being explicit about this expectation might help.
9. The normal model is not intended to be that those involved with policy development and design disengage once a policy is adopted: one would expect the same officials to be responsible for policy "maintenance", monitoring and evaluation. Their accountability should extend to modifying policy advice in the light of experience.
10. Ministers are accountable for policy decisions. However officials should be accountable for the policy advice they give. There is a question as to whether policy advice should be more transparent. However, without disturbing the current approach, significant elements are open to scrutiny: for example, the quality of consultation, appraisal/impact assessment and evaluation.
11. Requiring Accounting Officer sign off for implementation plans may have some symbolic value. However, one has to ask why are implementation plans not already understood to be important to the performance of a department, against which its leaders might be held to account? If defective implementation plans currently exist without sanction, will the Accounting Officer feel under any greater obligation from having signed off formally something for which he or she could already be reasonably deemed to be responsible?
12. There is always likely to be, when holding a party to account, some element of judgement as to whether the account given should lead to any reward or sanction. There is something to be said for setting out before the event the factors that would play into this judgement and their relative importance. Shortfalls in public service delivery have arisen where it has been insufficiently clear the level of ambition targeted, and what were considered reasonable lengths to which those accountable ought to have gone.
13. What if an official inherits accountability for something that is off track? It is right that where possible, the predecessor is held to account. But the successor also has a duty to assess the inheritance, flag at as early a stage as possible its problems and agree personal accountability as well.
Phillip Ward says
As a former senior civil servant and a member of the Better Government Initiative, I found your evidence on the subject of accountability very helpful. It prompts a few thoughts. I have always rationalised my conflicting roles by having allegiance to the Constitution. Tricky I know when it is not written down but it is a helpful notion which allows you to recognise the responsibility to ministers operates within the bounds of their constitutional responsibilities and they include the duties in the ministerial code – which in turn helps to identify when to say "no minister"
A second point – you do not refer to the possibility that the new Departmental Boards could have some impact on the accountability arrangements – especially around the "chief executive" role. They might in particular help with the problem created by the multiplicity of Accounting Officers.
A bigger issue for me is the nature of the accountability. I have seen Permanent Secretaries mauled by the PAC – it wasn't pretty but they carried on – mainly because no one really thought they they personally could have prevented the specific disaster user review. What they could have been accountable for would have been the systems used in their departments generally to control major projects and delegations of authority. The BGI is currently pressing the PCRC of the HoC to recommend that there should be standards for policy making and associated legislation agreed between the Executive and Parliament and that Parliament should have some quality assurance mechanism – possibly a joint Legislative Standards Committee, supported by the NAO, to make sure that standards are met. Permanent Secretaries could be held accountable for the internal arrangements to meet those standards.
Phillip Ward


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I needed to re discover this. And am shooting off into space for anyone out there who feels like me. That the spirit is flagging.
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point it at yourself
say out loud
"You Are Special"
"However you are is ok"
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You have pain, IT doesn't have you!"
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I was sitting here wondering what to write about today and stared at the screen hoping something would "pop" out at me. No luck and I guess that was a good thing because if some kind of message had come across the screen to give me a message, I would have thought that either the government was doing what they do best, and that's spy on people, divine intervention, or the worst case scenario, demonic possession of my computer!
I then decided to just sit back a few minutes and write about the first thing that popped into my head and had to go with the second thing since going to the bathroom wouldn't make much of a column...
The second thing that did pop into my mind was a trait that is usually associated with women, which caused me to wonder if men have the same trait under a different term...
The term? Women's intuition, or gut feelings. In fact, would you consider those the same things?
Everyone that knows me knows that I have an uncanny ability to "know" things that are happening or will happen. No, I am not psychic, maybe a little psychotic, but I digress...
I get those same strong feelings about people when I meet them and consider those "gut feelings" about the type of person they are and even when someone else may tell me what a great person they are, if my gut tells me otherwise, I will issue them a warning to "watch out" for that person, "just in case". I don't want to brag, but I can honestly say my percentage of being right is in the high 90's, and if I'm wrong about one person, there's a good chance they are capable of deceiving a lie detector test!
My "gift", if you will, affects me differently when it has to do with someone close to me, I actually get severe stomach pains and end up running back and forth to the...never mind, let's just say I'm not running back and forth to the mall!!!
I'm so accurate that Flyboy will actually ask me certain things when he sees a certain look on my face and no, I have never asked him not to go fly, but if I did have the symptoms I do get, he would be the first one to take them seriously!
So, my question to all of you and to all the men on my "list", (so many men, so little time), I'd like to know if men get that same intuition that women get when it comes to our kids, family, etc.
I don't know if it's because when raising kids, women pay closer attention to what the kids are up to at all times and men...well...the kid can be sitting right next to them giving their brother or sister a haircut with pinking shears and they wouldn't notice until mom started screaming!!!
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This is for all you ladies married to pastors. Have you ever wanted to run up to the pulpit and tell the "whole" story, when your hubbie is using an illustration about your family?
Well, Mrs. Janet Hunt did just that a couple of weeks ago during the Sunday morning service at First Woodstock. For those of you not familiar with FBCW, when she did this, she did it in front of 7000 people!! What a brave woman!
To watch it use the link below. If you have an hour or so to spare, watch the whole service. You will be blessed. If not, Pastor Johnny starts the message at about 36 minutes. He begins the illustration at 52 minutes.
Click here to watch the service!
For those of you who don't get used in sermon illustrations, this will let you know that you probably aren't always hearing the "whole" story when the pastor tells a story about his family!
Friday, April 18, 2008
One day I might do this.....
This is for all you ladies married to pastors. Have you ever wanted to run up to the pulpit and tell the "whole" story, when your hubbie is using an illustration about your family?
9 thoughts from Y*O*U:
- Cindy-Still His Girl said...
I couldn't get it. If you find I'm doing something wrong and it is clear how to watch it, let me know. :)
- April 19, 2008 at 8:20 AM
- Alene said...
Thanks girl for stopping by and praying for my little Will. I love your blog look. Bright and cheery! Blessings.
- April 19, 2008 at 2:28 PM
- Shelley said...
I thought of you today. I filled in for Nancy in the single mom's class...brought back lots of memories!
- April 20, 2008 at 10:03 PM
- Natalie said...
Looking forward to talking more...
- April 21, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- Natalie said...
One more thing...now I feel special :)
- April 21, 2008 at 3:08 PM
- Gotta GROW with it said...
I have found you through the minister's wives blogroll. It's always sweet to meet another wife! I absolutely loved this video. Being in the Kid's Ministry saves me from that part of the sermon, but I can identify nonetheless!
- April 21, 2008 at 10:34 PM
- DeeDee said...
I love it!!!!
Once I had planned to say something before a song in the morning worship (it was our anniversary). I had not told my husband... since the song was dedicated to him. You should have seen his face as I started to walk to the pulpit. He kept asking me, "what are you doing?" I just told him...it was my turn! It was great.
And... by the way, I still have not found out anything about the publishing something previously posted on our blogs... but I will let you know if when I do. :)
- April 21, 2008 at 11:26 PM
- Susanne said...
Oh my goodness!! That was too funny!!
Our pastor loves Pastor Johnny!
Found you on the Married to the Ministry blog roll. My hubby and I are church planters in SC. So nice to "meet" you.
Have a great day!
- April 22, 2008 at 9:58 AM
- Mocha with Linda said...
That is HILARIOUS!! Good for her!
- April 24, 2008 at 6:37 PM


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- the area of a floor, as in a factory or retail store, where items are actually made or sold, as opposed to offices, supply areas, etc.: There are only two salesclerks on the floor.
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- an underlying stratum, as of ore, usually flat.
- [Naut.]
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- any of a number of deep, transverse framing members at the bottom of a steel or iron hull, generally interrupted by and joined to any vertical keel or keelsons.
- the lowermost member of a frame in a wooden vessel.
- mop or wipe the floor with, [Informal.]to overwhelm completely;
defeat: He expected to mop the floor with his opponents.
- take the floor, to arise to address a meeting.
floor′less, adj.
- to cover or furnish with a floor.
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knock down: He floored his opponent with one blow.
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nonplus: I was floored by the problem.
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plat′form•less, adj.
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program: The Fabians developed an all-embracing platform promising utopia.
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- platforms, platform shoes.
- See hardware platform.
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Short Description
Always updated official Ubuntu docker image with Torusware Speedus acceleration software
Full Description
Speedus Plug&Run for Ubuntu
Ubuntu image with speedus solution for high-performance communications. Check us out at our website.
Speedus is your communications highway:
- Accelerates communications in the cloud and corporate IT systems
- Faster applications provide businesses with higher competitive advantages while reducing their IT bill
- 100% nonintrusive software solution which takes full advantage of the underlying hardware
Supported tags and respective
Dockerfile link
Each tag corresponds to the tag of the Ubuntu base image:
Launching instructions
In order to run a container with our image, execute:
sudo docker run -ti torusware/speedus-ubuntu
This will launch a
bash shell where you can execute whatever program you want.
In this image we provide a built-in communication tests, Netpipe. Execute the next lines in order to obtain the baseline performance:
NPtcp &
NPtcp -h localhost
To run the same test using Speedus:
speedus NPtcp &
speedus NPtcp -h localhost
As you can see, using Speedus is really easy and non-intrusive, just type
speedus before your application:
speedus /path/to/the/program [parameters]
If you need more information, you can check the README file inside the container or contact us at **firstname.lastname@example.com**
Check our other images in the Docker Hub
- Speedus Plug&Run for Redis
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Case Study
Aer Lingus flies free of Storage problems with Tegile Arrays
Use Cases: Virtualization
Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline has solved its storage problems by implementing Tegile's flash driven storage arrays. Swamped with an evergrowing amount of data stemming from all areas of its business, Aer Lingus needed to find a scalable, cost-effective solution to supplement its existing EMC storage. The airline chose Tegile to alleviate its storage problems due to its scalability, high performance and unique combination of compression and deduplication.


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The Fact About penang beach hotels That No One Is Suggesting
Coupled with Tough Rock's tradition of giving luxurious, high quality services and facilities with a unique Rock 'n' Roll edge, this destination resort will bring a abnormal leisure ingredient the island has nevertheless to supply.
Dorm beds have specific 'stalls' with curtain for privateness and a small mirrored cupboard and two power plugs. Scooter rental in front is not run by Reggae, but the scooters are trusted if a little bit on the pricy aspect - RM30 to the working day with RM20 deposit.
Most hotels are located on the north aspect with the island. Here is the a lot more created element. The south and southwest still have plenty of quaint kampungs and also other smaller genuine villages. A lot of hotels can be found in and all around Georgetown.
Provider is on the market towards the Perhentian Islands for one hundred thirty-one hundred fifty RM, boat included. There are lots of organizations throughout from your bus depot in Hat Yai, so Really don't take the initial selling price you are made available. It should be not more than three hundred BHT Although they will seek to tell you otherwise! By boat[edit]
The classics of mid 20th century furniture structure will also be in every space. They also have environment course amenities such as the Penaga Spa, a company centre, a yard, along with a swimming pool. From RM443.70. edit
Identical goes with the island Langkawi, Regardless that it is actually a lot better there. The beaches cannot be in comparison with the beaches around the eastside in the peninsula and also the island of Borneo wherever the beaches are astounding.
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"DHC's latest release features Marie in a range of makeup- lipstick, cheek cream and also liquid eyeshadows. DHC is primarily a skincare brand but I'm all for makeup which incorporates skincare or some form of benefit so I was quite eager to test this out.
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The applicator is a doe foot which is great for precise application of the product, and the texture of the eyeshadow is sort of a gel-cream and isn't runny at all.
I applied the eyeshadow as shared on DHC's site, 2 dots and blended out with my ring finger by tapping to spread. The formula doesn't dry immediately so there was time to move it around and sheer it out, or you could also build opacity with it.
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"Go for Success – ideas for the development of paint & coatings"
Dear members of VILF,
Dear friends of VILF,
More than 300 participants were interested in the topic of our annual meeting this year. We could see numerous interesting lectures about subjects around innovation in the paint and coatings industry. The program included lectures from education in paint technology, about coatings technology in the production of agricultural machines as well as pretreatment of car bodies in OEM production, improved emulsions for water based decorative coatings, new production methods for coatings and new additives.
A special highlight of the conference was Gerhard Conzelmann and the shaolin monk Shin Yan Yan with the lecture "winning without fighting". The presentation demonstrated how the mental approach could create strengths that lead to exceptional results.
The assessment of our questionnaires has shown that the lecture of Gerhard Conzelmann was very well accepted and topics outside of our daily work can provide additional value to all of us. Furthermore, your feedback showed us that the proposals from former annual meetings were converted successfully so that we were able to improve the catering at and organization of the event. Generally, the annual meeting has reached a high level of quality that needs to be kept at the next events.
The board of VILF thanks all participants for their positive feedback and would be pleased to welcome numerous members and friends of the VILF at the 2. ETCC congress in September 2014 in Cologne.
The next VILF annual meeting will take place 5.-6. November 2015 in Neu-Isenburg.
Kind regards
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TAS Fees
TAS Fees
What do we get for the money?
We understand that this will be the first question that comes to mind when you are asked to pay fees for a TAS subject. As part of our commitment to transparent and open lines of communication between staff and the community, we are very excited about the opportunity to supply you with the details of our resource management policies. We aim to provide students with engaging, hands-on, industry experience in a variety of settings. In order to do this we must purchase a variety of consumable resources and materials that unfortunately cannot be covered under school global funding.
Different subjects require different consumables and quantities; therefore fee amounts vary according to the subject. Below are the links to all of our subjects. By following these links you will be provided with information about the fees charged for each subject.
Stage 5 and 6 subjects are elective, therefore consideration of fee prices may be used to inform decision-making when students are choosing an elective subject. Fee assistance is available. Please consult the Head Teacher of Welfare for further details regarding this.
To pay fees click Make a Payment above. Click on the links below for a detailed description of what the fees for each subject are, and what they will be used for:
Stage 5:
- Child Studies fees $25
- Food technology fees $85
- Graphics fees $10
- Industrial technology Building and construction fees (year 9) $45
- Industrial technology Building and construction fees (year 10) $50
- Industrial technology Electronics (Yr9) fees $65
- Industrial technology Electronics (Yr10)fees $75
- Industrial technology Multimedia fees $15
- Industrial technology Timber fees $95
- Information Software Technology $10
- Textiles (yr 9) fees $45
- Textiles (Yr10) fees $35
Stage 6:
- Construction (SVET) fees $75 (additional $35 for white card training)
- Construction TTC (SVET) fees $300
- Design and Technology fees $40 (Preliminary) & $20 (Year 12)
- Exploring Early Childhood (preliminary & HSC) fees $25
- Food Technology (preliminary & HSC) fees $75
- Hospitality Kitchen Operations (SVET) fees $120 (additional $40 uniform hire)
- Hospitality Food and Beverage (SVET) fees $70 (additional $25 Shirt)
- Industrial Technology Graphics (preliminary & HSC) fees $15
- Industrial Technology Multimedia (preliminary & HSC) fees $15
- Industrial Technology Timber fees $60 (Preliminary) & $30 (HSC)
- Information Processing Technology (preliminary & HSC) fees $15
- Software Design and Development (preliminary & HSC) $15
- Textiles and Design (preliminary & HSC) fees $35
Thank you for your continued support
Mr T Pickett
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CCI: Hellboy, The B.P.R.D. & Beyond
"I'm Mike Mignola, and I have very little to say. There is no news on 'Hellboy 3' if you want to leave now," joked the cartoonist and creator of Dark Horse's big red paranormal detective at the start of the "Hellboy, The B.P.R.D. and Beyond" panel Saturday at the 2010 Comic-Con International in San Diego. After introducing his current "main series" collaborator, artist Duncan Fegredo, Mignola launched into a review of current projects, starting with the currently serializing "The Storm" miniseries.
"What the plan is – and we're sticking to it -Â is a three-issue 'Storm' series to be followed by a three-issue 'Fury' series, which will be collected as the third book in our big arc called 'The Storm & The Fury.' We're very clever," Mignola joked of the two-in-one project whose gap between installments comes as a way to keep Hellboy material on the stands more consistently.
"After that, I will be returning as the artist on 'Hellboy,'" the character's creator then calmly announced to a flurry of applause. "Duncan has promised he'll stay on as an artist on 'Hellboy' in the same way that Richard Corben has been an artist on 'Hellboy' -Â doing stories set in Hellboy's past as I continue with the ongoing storyline."
He then announced a two-issue Hellboy miniseries titled "The Sleeping & The Dead" which he has written for artist Scott Hampton. It'll hit next year after the debut of the incoming Corben "Double Feature of Evil" which the artist described as "two short stories with a really weird framing sequence." The shared universe title "B.P.R.D." came up even though Mignola joked, "I tend to forget about that book, but both Hellboy and B.P.R.D. have giant, world-changing, character-changing things going on this year and next year."
Mignola then moved on to fan questions, the first of which was unsurprisingly about other media plans for his characters, specifically whether there were more plans for animated Hellboy projects. "No," said the creator. "The animated thing, we'd written a third one, and they pulled the plug on it. With no giant live action movie out there to support the animation -Â I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but certainly no one's talking to me about it."
An audience member asked after Mignola and Christopher Golden's Baltimore character who will soon move to comics. "It's not an adaptation of our novel, but if anybody's read the novel, there's a big gap in the middle. We planned a bunch of stories to take place in this gap, and it's a World War I-era book about a soldier whose life is ruined by a vampire whose plague spreads and halts World War I. This is the series where the character spends many years chasing the vampire. That's where the miniseries takes us."
Someone else asked what they thought would be a common question for Mignola -Â the issue of why Hellboy left the B.P.R.D. The artist said that in actuality he didn't get asked that often but "For me, as an artist on the book…after I did the book 'Conquerer Worm,' I felt I'd done that kind of story as well as I could do it as an artist. I could still write those kinds of stories, but the thing that I wanted to explore was Hellboy's folklore/mytholoical roots more. What Hellboy had been was stories about a team full of guys who would go investigate a problem, and I guess that structure didn't interest me that much -Â certainly as a book to draw for myself. I was much more interested in these odd stories. I think when I started 'Conqueror Worm,' it wasn't my intention for Hellboy to quit, but by the end of that story I said, 'This one turned out okay, and I don't think I want to do this type of story again.'
"I don't think my strong suit was ever writing a team of guys," Mignola continued. "Hellboy just became much more interesting to me than that team became. It was never my intention to explore who Hellboy was -Â Hellboy wasn't anybody! The gag was going to be 'He's a regular guy, he just looks like the devil.' I never thought of who this guy was, but as that book went along, that character became so interesting to me that there was no room in what I wanted to do to explore those other characters. That's why, thank God, we did the 'B.P.R.D.' series which gave us a place to explore the other characters. So much of the personality of those characters has been developed by John Arcudi. I've given him broad strokes – 'This guy's this. This guy's that. It'd be nice if this character did that' -Â but John is the one who really brought those characters to life."
A fan earned a laugh from the audience and Mignola when he asked if there was an end to the Hellboy story in sight or if he was "just going to drag it on forever." The creator replied, "There's always been a plan to have an end for Hellboy. It's not right around the corner, though probably what Duncan and I are working on right now is as close to an end for that character as we've ever done. I'd say it's safe to say that what we're doing in 'The Storm & The Fury' is certainly an end to the character as you know that character." He then added jokingly that "that's a salesy kind of thing to say, right?"
"I'm a different artist than I was and a different writer than I was before, so we've been spinning this book in a particular direction that I want to do myself…but the character is a living, breathing entity with a destiny. Yes, there is a definite arc to that character where you're going to see some major changes to this guy relatively soon."
The topic of Hellboy's newfound ties to Arthurian Legend came up with a specific citation of the character's earlier use of swords serving as possible foreshadowing, to which Mignola replied, "Wouldn't it be great if I said, 'Yeah, I always knew it and I had him pick up that Sword in "Wake The Devil" because of it'?" After the resulting laughter died down, he said, "The King Arthur things I planned for a while, but certainly not way back ten years ago…since Duncan's been involved, I saw this big storyline coming. Part of why the storyline happened is because Duncan agreed to draw the series. It's too big a story for me to have done myself as an artist, but if I could find someone else to draw it, it would make me able to write this big epic story.
"With the sword thing, I realized that I've always liked drawing swords…I looked back at the comics noting several instances where he had a sword. I did establish early on that he was a terrible shot, but that's mostly because I don't like drawing him with guns because I find guns difficult to draw. Swords are easy to draw, and they're fun. But then I thought, 'Maybe that does mean something.' It was another piece that fit really nicely with this Arthurian thing I was thinking about."
Mignola later confirmed that he and Dark Horse are working on a new Lobster Johnson series, which has been delayed due to the search for the artist. "I think of things in a really bass-ackwards order. So the first Lobster Johnson series took place at the end of his career, and we thought for this next one we'd go back to the very beginning of his career. It'll happen."
The movie adaptations of Hellboy directed by Guillermo del Toro did eventually come up in conversation as Mignola explained, "I believe 'Hellboy 2' started out as an adaptation of the Roger story -Â 'Almost Colossus' -Â I'm pretty sure that's what it was. [Del Toro] did like the arc of that character, and we discussed it for a few hours before we hit a snag and went, 'Ah, let's do fairies instead!'"
Asked what his favorite Hellboy story was, Mignola sat for a moment, having a hard time at picking one single adventure. "As a writer, [it's] probably 'The Crooked Man' that I did with Richard Corben," he said. "I'm really happy with that. I couldn't have drawn that story and pulled it off. As a big story, what I'm doing with Duncan…it all breaks down into categories. My favorite big one that I did was 'Conqueror Worm.' With the short stories, my favorite non-me one is 'Crooked Man,' and I've got a real fondness for the 'Christmas Underground.' There's this one part where this old woman is going to die, and Hellboy knows it and put his big hand over her hand. That's probably the best one I ever did."
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Berlin's Hotspot(s)
Nowhere do the contrasts that are typical of Berlin clash more spectacularly than in the city's central Mitte district. And nowhere do its antagonistic energies give rise to more thrilling innovations. History is alive at the Tacheles on Oranienburger Straße, where local traditions merge with international influences. After Now surveys the area around the famous building. The time is right for a comprehensive documentary—construction on new buildings on the grounds is scheduled to begin soon. But this location book offers much more: it glows with the makers' love for Berlin's legendary heart. In addition to reviewing the history of the neighborhood, the book gives the word to the people who witnessed its metamorphosis and put their stamp on it, the architects, creative minds, restaurateurs, fashion designers, and athletes who made it what it is. "How long is now"—the question that has been emblazoned on the Tacheles's wall since 2004 inspired the idea behind this book, which lets the reader experience the transformation of Berlin-Mitte—yesterday, today, and into the future.
With conversations between the curator Klaus Biesenbach and the gallery owner Judy Lybke, Boris Radczun of Grill Royal and the culinary entrepreneur Lukas Bossert, and the people behind the fashion label Kaviar Gauche and the flower shop Marsano.


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What are the trends in U.S. retirement plans?
The vast majority of private-sector working-age Americans who have benefits obtain them through their jobs. Since 1980, significant changes have occurred in the kind of employment-based retirement plan that workers participate in: Defined benefit (so-called "traditional" pension) plans have declined (reflecting pressures on defined benefit plan sponsors to control costs and funding volatility, in addition to increased regulatory burdens), while defined contribution (401(k)-type) plans have grown.
The "gender gap" in retirement plan coverage has been steadily shrinking since the late 1980s. Also, whether a worker is offered and participates in a retirement plan at work depends greatly on what type of worker the person is: Public-sector workers have the highest level of participation in a retirement plan, while part-time workers typically are not offered a retirement plan or rarely participate when they are. Among all workers, less than half participate in a retirement plan; among full-time, full-year wage and salary workers, more than half participate in a retirement plan.
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One huge 4 feet by 30 feet camouflage printed backdrop decoration. This insta-theme wall mural will transform any room into a camo haven for your hunting, military or outdoor themed celebration. Perfect for using as your birthday party photo background!
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additional patch for TriGator user
Signal Path
Step Filter
You can control filter cutoff by step sequencer.
Slider Setting
Pattern = pattern template
SetAll = set all slider values at once
Range = range of randomized value(0 to 100%)
"R C" = randomize/clear slider values
Arrows = shifting slider values
Filter Setting
"LP BP HP" = filter type
Reso = resonance
Smooth = smoothness of slider value changing
Step Sequencer Setting
Power Button = step filter on/off
"> < >< R" = sequencer directions
Speed = sequencer speed
Strt = start point
Size = sequencer step size(1 to 32)
Gate and Envelope
gate track controls gate on/off state (upper side of grid track)
env track controls env shape of each step (lower side of grid tracks)
Envelope Setting
You can make three envelope settings.
Attack = attack time
Cur1 = curve shape1
Cur2 = curve shape2
Gate Sequencer Setting
Power Switch = sequencer on/off
"> < >< R" = directions of sequencer running
Speed = sequencer speed
Start = sequencer start point
Size = step size of sequencer running
Shift = shifting step values
Bit = bit depth
Lofi = lofi amount
Drive = drive amount
Rate = modulation rate
Offset = center freq of modulation
Depth = modulation depth
FB = feedback amount
LR = offset of modulation rate between left and right
Mix = dry/wet mix
Time = delay time
Sync = delay time sync on/off
Cross = cross feedback on/off
Output and Save/Load
Gain = output gain
Width = stereo width
You can make 8 snapshots.
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