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Background: The school had a 'traditional' curriculum that met EBacc / national curriculum requirements. There was a desire to develop a love of learning in Year 10 with options beyond the formal Key Stage 4 curriculum, including opportunities for more practical experiences.
Year 1: After consulting the Senior Leadership Team, governors, staff and pupils, the following enrichment options were offered to Year 10: a Level 2 Project, investigating an area of personal interest, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, Young Enterprise, Community Service, Mad Psychology, Computer Programming, Cookery, Media, Photography and Introduction to Law.
Year 2: At the end of the first term, the groups were asked to present what they had achieved / learned in their option. Additionally, students were asked to fill in a short questionnaire to evaluate the programme. This allowed staff an opportunity to see how they could improve the delivery of courses and refine them to meet student expectations. The Community Service option ran in terms two and three and was evaluated. Comments were extremely positive both from students and from the community partnerships. Unfortunately staffing allocations were reduced for enrichment and the plan to extend the options to include Year 12 had to be curtailed.
Year 3: The options were continued into Year 11 with the removal of Introduction to Law due to staffing changes. Textiles and GCSE Short Course PE ran as viable groups, but Level 2 Project did not. In December 2014, the decision was made to allocate the two lessons which had been given over to enrichment for GCSE English and Mathematics following the new specifications. As a result, the project came to a natural end.
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Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and UNESCO Assistant Director for Communication and Information Abdul Waheed Khan today signed an agreement at UNESCO headquarters in
The World Digital Library will digitize unique and rare materials from libraries and other cultural institutions around the world and make them available for free on the Internet. These materials will include manuscripts, maps, books, musical scores, sound recordings, films, prints and photographs. The objectives of the World Digital Library include promoting international and intercultural understanding, increasing the quantity and diversity of cultural materials on the Internet, and contributing to education and scholarship.
Under the terms of the agreement, the Library of Congress and UNESCO will cooperate in convening working groups of experts and other stakeholders to develop guidelines and technical specifications for the project, enlist new partners and secure the necessary support for the project from private and public sources. A key aspect of the project is to build digital library capabilities in the developing world, so that all countries and regions of the world can participate and be represented in the World Digital Library.
To test the feasibility of the project, the Library of Congress, UNESCO and five other partner institutions -- the Bibliotheca Alexandrina of Alexandria, Egypt; the National Library of Brazil; the National Library of Egypt; the National Library of Russia; and the Russian State Library -- have developed a prototype of the World Digital Library. The prototype is being demonstrated to national delegations at the UNESCO General Conference currently underway. The World Digital Library will become available to the public as a full-fledged Web site in late 2008 or early 2009.
The prototype functions in the six U.N. languages -- Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish, plus Portuguese -- and features search and browse functionality by place, time, topic and contributing institution. Input into the design of the prototype was solicited through a consultative process that involved UNESCO, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, and individuals and institutions in more than 40 countries.
"UNESCO has been an exceptional partner of the Library of Congress during the development of this important global resource," said Billington. "We look forward to strengthening our collaboration with UNESCO as we work with current and future partners in this exciting enterprise to bring the cultural treasures of the world to the world."
Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the oldest federal cultural institution in the
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The upstairs neighbours has complained several times about the noise level in the Foodlab, so now we're going to see if we can do something. As with most things, everything begins with one self, so let's see if we can do some crowd control in a manner that everyone understands - the Noiseduino project is born!
The basics is a 3-coloured signal pole controlled by an arduino that gets input from at least one OpAmp'ed electret microphone.
When certain noise levels are reached, the different levels of the signal pole will activate - going from green (or no light) to yellow and then finally red... And if that doesn't do it - lasers! Ok, maybe not, but you get the idea ;)
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- parts for OpAmp have been purchased
- LED-replacements for the signal pole needed (currently uses 24v light bulbs, should preferably be replaced with 5-12v and LEDs).
- The OpAmp is giving k2OS problems, but with a little help from friends it should be possible to crack.
- The OpAmp mystery was solved last week (remember to solder the shield on the microphone to the leg next to it..). A PCB has been sort of designed in eagle, but a little help is needed to optimize it and finally get it made (either with acid or in the mill). --k2OS 15/4-2012
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Pupils and staff at Gungrog Infants have been having fun talking rubbish with Bin Doctors Ali Thomas and Bex Syrett.
As part of their Healthy Schools week children have been learning in a fun way, how to recycle more, thinking carefully about what goes in the bin. Stories, dance and games all helped the pupils to think differently about what is rubbish and what can be used again.
John, aged 7 said, "recycling is being nice to creatures, people and our world" which sums it up nicely!
Parents also had an opportunity to get involved, talking to Bex about how to save money and cut down on food waste. Parents engaged with a visual feast of information helping them to make sense of Use by Dates, food storage and the importance of planning. Recipes cards were also popular – suggesting we all need some inspiration to help us use up those leftovers in the fridge.


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Local Elections: Spotlight on Lib Dems
In two days time, voters in 10 Midlands counties will decide who they want to run local services like schools and roads. Last week on ITV News Central, we focused on the Labour and Conservative campaigns. Tonight, we looked at the Liberal Democrats.
The Lib Dems have underperformed in the Midlands in recent years and many are predicting they will suffer a further setback in Thursday's elections. But the party remains upbeat.
Our Correspondent Gareth Owen has joined one of only two Lib Dem MPs in the region as they joined the campaign to Warwickshire.
Local election preview for East Midlands
It's less than a week until the country goes to the polls to vote in local elections. In the East Midlands, every single county council seat is up for grabs.
The last time local elections were held in 2009, just four out of 10 voters cast their ballot.
Ed Miliband and his wife visit school in Nottingham
Labour Leader Ed Miliband and his wife Justine Thornton, were in Nottingham this afternoon visiting her old school in West Bridgford.
The visit was a quick break from the local election campaign trail to spend time in the county where they got married in 2011.
Milibands visit Nottingham school
Labour leader Ed Miliband and his wife Justine Thornton, are today visiting her old school at West Bridgford in Nottingham.
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PM officially opens new Ocado hub
David Cameron speaking in Nuneaton
The Prime Minister has launched a scathing attack on the Labour party accusing them of being fundamentally out of touch.
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I used to have a page of useful Genealogy links but I have removed it now.
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link. He also gives Genealogy talks and does Genealogy research.
Many family history societies run a gravestone transcription project. These
can be very useful but can be hard to find. Charles Sales started a project some time ago to
photograph and catalogue on the web the Gravestones of UK which date prior to 1901. This has
now spread to cover the world and is no longer limited to prior to 1901. This is a huge
undertaking and depends on support from volunteers. You can read more about it on this
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#5 - What Makes up a Mix?
For years, building and maintaining baseball/softball infields was considered an art. What one groundskeeper thought was a great infield, another thought it was a poor infield.
The process was subjective and creative. How many times have you heard, "I'm looking for some black dirt." Or, "I'm looking for some red clay." Times are changing and the tide is turning to science. Why?
Simply stated, when the process is a science, soils are tested and results can be predictable, and replicable.
Three components of good infield mix:
- The deepest part of the profile is a compacted native soil sub base that is 3-6 inches below the surface.
- The infield mix exists. The mix is the "meat" of the infield. The material is usually engineered, imported, compacted firmly, and has surface drainage.
- 3.1/8-1/4 inch of topdressing rests on the surface much like mulch.
Sand, the largest soil particle, provides the structural integrity of the infield. The targeted range is 58-75% and over 50% of the sand should be retained on the medium sieve.
Silt, the second largest soil particle, acts as a bridge between the sand and the clay. 10-35% is the acceptable range.
Clay, the smallest soil particle, provides the color of the mix and retains moisture. 15-35% is the acceptable range.
The take home message on silt/clay is that the ratio of silt/clay should NEVER be higher than 1:1.
So, what makes a good mix? Three important factors: traction, playability, and consistency.
A mix should provide consistent traction, the ability for athletes to play the game without sliding/slipping around the infield. The infield should play consistently in a variety of weather conditions.
How many time have you heard, "I hope it doesn't rain, we will be shut down for 3 days!"
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Controversial waste disposal plans including landfill expansion look set to return to the city's agenda, even as residents call for the closure of the Tseung Kwan O rubbish facility.
Undersecretary for the environment Christine Loh Kung-wai yesterday described landfills as a problem left by the previous administration.
"Maybe I am unfortunate; the 'wok' [meaning a big mess] has landed in my lap," Loh said.
"Are there shortcomings in previous [environmental] policies? Maybe yes. The new administration has about five years and we will make a good start [on waste disposal] during this time."
Loh was responding to criticism from a Tseung Kwan O resident that the government had done a poor job in managing waste in the past 15 years.
Another resident also complained about the landfill. "It is so near our homes," said Ng Mei-lan, 61, who lives on the 45th floor of a residential block in Wan Po Road, where dozens of rubbish trucks go past every day on their way to the landfill.
"We breathe in not only stinky air, but also toxic elements from construction waste. The ash [in my home] is terrible and my health has deteriorated two years after I moved here."
The two were among about 100 residents Loh met at the Lohas Park Community Hall after her two-hour visit to the Tseung Kwan O landfill yesterday morning. They called for a complete shutdown of the facility this year.
Loh said it was impossible not to expand the landfill, given the considerable amount of waste generated daily.
The authorities would work on alleviating the problems, including the smell, noise, air pollution and the rubbish trucks. Residents had complained about leaked solid and liquid waste being left on the road, she said.
Loh did not comment on the construction of incinerators as it is subject to judicial review.
"I definitely hear their pain," she said. "But it's extremely difficult at this stage to put aside [plans of] landfill expansion and an incinerator … It's difficult to give up [the two plans]. I personally think we are slow in reducing waste."
Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing said waste disposal was a long-standing problem and required public consensus to resolve it.
In April, the Environment Bureau abandoned a HK$23 billion plan to expand landfills in Tseung Kwan O, North District and Tuen Mun, and to build a waste incinerator on Shek Kwu Chau, off the southern coast of Lantau, as members of the Legislative Council public works subcommittee and Finance Committee withheld their support. Then-environment minister Edward Yau Tang-wah said new plans were needed before landfills became full in 2018.
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Obesity in both Britain and America is reaching worrying levels. Obesity amongst children is reaching worrying level with 11% of United Kingdom children aged 2 to 15 classified as obese in 1995 increasing to 16% in 2006. Yet the government still fails to regulate companies, which market sweetened, salty, fat laden, food directly to children. Many companies do this but among the worst offenders are the breakfast cereal companies. They are amongst those who deceive, because they market their products as being healthy for children.
Many companies did indeed build their reputations on producing healthy breakfast cereals; however, a walk along the cereals aisle at any supermarket reveals a huge variety of sweetened cereals, and the latest 'which' report on breakfast cereals reveals that these companies long ago left that healthy reputation behind. They all market their products with cartoons, and children's television characters and many give small promotional toy gifts in the packets, to encourage children's interest. Their television ads feature catchy jingles and even babies, barely able to speak, recognize the ads and can equate the jingle with the product in the shops. The few healthy cereals are not advertised in a way that attracts children. Only two of the popular children's cereals did not make a health claim on the packaging.
Children are very vulnerable to these messages. 'Which', the consumer organization recently enquired into breakfast cereals. Their table showing the fat, sugar, salt, and carbohydrate contents of cereals makes for interesting and worrying reading. The table uses the popular traffic light system, making it very readable and informative. The huge blocks of red and orange on the table far outstrip the green.
'Which also looked at alternative breakfast foods, such as a boiled egg, porridge, toast and jam, and smoothies, and calculated the fat, salt, sugar and carbohydrate content of each? The comparison between these and typical children's breakfast cereals is enlightening. 'Which' calls for the following improvements, food companies should stop marketing high fat, high sugar, or high salt, cereals to children. Food companies should use a common labeling system, which works for customers, such as the Food Standards Agency's traffic light system, making it easy to understand and identify fat, sugar, salt, and saturates in foods and cut these wherever possible. That food companies cease making misleading health and nutrition claims on products. 'Which' believes that companies should develop and market healthy cereals to give customers healthy choices. 'Which' recommends extending television advertising restrictions, to forbid companies' targeting their advertising at children during those television programmes that they are likely to watch. They further believe that advertising restrictions should cover packaging, the internet, and other non-broadcast means, currently used to promote less healthy food to children.
However, there is unlikely to be any change to the current practices, in the United Kingdom. The current Conservative-led coalition government believes that it can change food industry practices by gentle persuasion and negotiation. Placing food industry giants on the committee writing government policy on obesity, alcohol and diet-related disease is akin to putting the tobacco companies in charge of smoking policy. Until the government changes, Which's sensible report falls on deaf ears and the breakfast cereal company's will laugh all the way to the bank as they promote their sugary and salty cereals to children, all the while claiming that they constitute a healthy breakfast for growing children. Customers will continue to buy these products, believing that they are buying healthy breakfast foods for their children.
I don't agree with breakfast cereals full stop. Neither do I 'buy' into the government wanting to make changes. That would mean that children be much healthier. And why would they want that where they make profit from parents running to the doctor and using the pharmaceuticals. It's all just a money making for all of them.
And don't be fooled. Just because it is available on shop shelves doens't mean it is healthy!


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A possible new corporate governance model law, recent international developments involving regulations for global insurers, and work on principles-based reserving will be among the topics of interest for industry groups at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Summer 2013 National Meeting set for Aug. 23-27 in Indianapolis.
Some NAIC panels are beginning work to establish final votes at the National Meeting to be held in Washington, D.C. in December. The corporate governance working group will hear testimony toward a new corporate governance model law requiring insurers to make corporate governance filings annually instead of every three to five years.
The NAIC recently gave its approval for a working group to begin drafting a model law on the matter. Property Casualty Insurers Association of America officials will be watching several groups at the NAIC as they consider various corporate governance issues.
Adam Kerns, assistant general counsel at the American Insurance Association, said the group is ready to bring the panel an industry plan, on which AIA has been meeting with working group members. The report is expected to urge the removal of redundancies in filing corporate governance information in other areas of the corporate governance system. Working Group Chairwoman Susan Donegan said the panel wants a model law that has clear rules regarding confidentiality.
PCI will be watching discussions in the international insurance relations committee concerning recent overseas developments, said David Snyder, PCI vice president of international policy.
In July, the G-20 Financial Stability Board released its first list of globally systemically important insurers who would face additional regulatory oversight and tighter capital requirements starting in January 2019. Details about the requirements are expected to be issued by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors during next year's G-20 summit. Nine GSIIs have been identified and the requirements also apply to any others identified before November 2017..
Snyder expressed concern about FSB's push to require global cap standards for companies designated as GSIIs and internationally active insurance groups. "This has consistently been opposed by insurers both here and abroad," he told Best's News Service.
The NAIC narrowly approved principles-based reserving for life insurers last December, touting it as a way to right-size reserves and having the most impact on types of captives such as special purpose vehicles and life insurers writing universal life with secondary death-benefit guarantees.
States such as New York and California have been critical of the plan, in part because of concerns that states will not have enough resources to implement reserving, and the NAIC formed a principles-based reserving implementation task force to address such concerns. In Indianapolis, the group is to hold its second meeting, in which it is expected to discuss the data collection process and time lines and receive recommendations from the captive and special purpose vehicle use subgroup that has been working on the principles-based reserving issue.
New York has called for a moratorium against all captive transactions after finding some captives had made $48 billion in transactions in other states and offshore locations. The Department of Financial Services said the NAIC and other groups should conduct investigations in the same manner as New York's to determine the scope of such work nationwide (Best's News Service, June 17, 2013). The Indianapolis meeting follows the passage of a White Paper on captives approved in July by the NAIC financial condition committee and the development of the task force's implementation plan.
The white paper's recommendations are under consideration by the principles-based reserving task force and by a reinsurance task force. "We are fully supportive of the NAIC white paper recommendations on captives and that we continue to work with the various working groups established by the NAIC to develop an effective plan to implement [principles-based reserving] and ensure that there are adequate resources available to ensure that there is adequate regulatory oversight of the implementation of [principles-based reserving]," said California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in a statement.
In other areas, the conference also will feature the first meeting of a new Affordable Care Act medical professional liability working group.
Brian Atchinson, president and chief executive officer at the PIAA, formerly the Physicians Insurance Association of America, is preparing testimony for the Sunday, Aug. 25 meeting concerning the potential for increased liability faced by medical practitioners under the new Affordable Care Act rules set to take effect Jan. 1 2014.
The new panel is charged with studying the potential impact of the new ACA on professional liability exposures of medical providers. Special attention would be given to potential increases in such exposures as a result of provisions that discourage the practice of defensive medicine. It is regarded as an important task for the NAIC.
Atchinson said a Government Accountability Office report in 2012 covered some of the same ground, but did not reach any conclusion, indicating that ACA implementation would have to occur before any definitive answer could be given. PIAA is concerned that various provisions in the ACA could be considered as a new standard of care and there is legislation in Congress to prevent that from happening.
And the NAIC's catastrophic working group is scheduled to hear a presentation on catastrophic savings accounts. PCI is one of the groups supporting the catastrophic savings accounts, an idea that already has been introduced into some Gulf Coast states. Legislation passed in Alabama provides a state income tax deduction for those who can save money to build up funds for catastrophic savings. Legislation in Congress, HR 549, does essentially the same thing.
Conversations such as these are welcomed, said David Kodama, senior director, research and policy analysis at PCI. "The consumer is struggling to get the financial resources to pay for these deductibles," Kodama said. "Here's one mechanism to ease that burden." He said the public needs to be better educated about the availability of the program and how it can participate. Mitigation efforts are vital, because for every $1 of mitigation efforts, $4 is saved in total economic damage costs, he said.


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Colorado Mountain Goat Hunter Succumbs to Injuries from Big Fall
A Colorado goat hunter dies from a big fall in the Maroon Bells mountains near Aspen.
According to the Aspen Daily News, Ted Leach, of Littleton, died on Monday from injuries he sustained from a 60 to 80 foot fall during a limited-draw mountain goat hunt.
Leach, 42, was packing out a goat after a successful hunt on North Maroon Peak when he fell. Climbers found Leach moaning in pain early Monday morning. One of the climbers descended the hill to find help while the other stayed with Leach. Other climbers arrived on the scene and attempted to help Leach.
Members of Mountain Rescue Aspen responded to the scene with a Blackhawk helicopter and a team on foot. Rescuers administered advanced life support equipment and air-lifted Leach to a landing pad near Crater Lake. From there, Leach was transported to Aspen Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead later that morning. The official cause of death was multiple systems trauma.
Leach was camping at the Minnehaha Gulch in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area. He was carrying an estimated 100 pounds in his pack when he fell.


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Cherry harvest has begun in Green Bluff, wich is a farming community in north Spokane. The cherry season is celebrated with many festivities, one of them is the annual Cherry Picker's Trot. Though the trot has been around for 33 years this was my first year of participation. On the Green Bluff website the trot was advertised to be 4 main activities; The pit spit, tot trot, hamburgers/hotdog feed and of course the 4 mile cherry picker's trot. All money made on the event went to help the community fire department.
The Pit Spit- this is a competition where cherry pits are spit for distance. The record for men is currently sitting at 43'2″ and for women 32'9″. Each competitor gets to spit 3 times. (3 free cherries! woot woot!). I figured that I could get pretty close to the record, seeing as how I am a competitor… and I am a very good spitter. I should have practiced. My technique just wasn't getting the job done. My farthest spit was 20'9″, which didn't get it done. Next year, I will be prepared.
The Tot Trot– Wanting to take full advantage of the festival I recruited a 4 year old boy, son of my good friend to come with me. (I also brought two 6 year old boys, an 11 year old girl and my dad for a little adult back up). The tot trot was a a short loop in the grass roped off with flags. The kids were broken down in to age groups; 0-2, 3-4, and 5 year olds. The little racers were super psyched, and ultra competitive. I over heard little guys bragging about their speed and how they were going to win. Just before the kids were let loose a surprise visitor came to help them run. Otto! The local baseball stadium mascot. My little competitor's parents got married at the local baseball stadium, so you can bet he was super psyched to have such an honored guest to run with. At the end of the event, each kid received a red ribbon. I wanted one!
Hamburger and hot dog feed– for $5 people had the option to choose between 1 hamburger or 2 hot dogs. They also received a bag of chips and a pop. We fed 6 people with $20! Very nice.
The Cherry Trot– The fee to enter the race was $20 for a whole family (6 or less people), or $7 for an individual. this did not include a shirt, which were offered for an additional fee. Being a little on the broke side, I went for the family fee with no shirts. If I had been on my own I probably would have gotten a shirt and ran the race. With kids it would just be a walk, and not as t-shirt worthy. The trot was a four mile loop around the rolling hills of farm land. All of the kids did great! I carried tired little legs on my back maybe a total of 1 mile. The walk was a challenge for my dad, due to diabetic foot surgeries, but he pushed himself to the end! He was determined to not be last. our finishing time was 1hr and 30min. I am guessing the last walker made it over the finish line about 5 minutes after us.
Other stuff– It surprised me that the event included several other options for fun, if you had money to spend. There were pony rides for $5, roping for $2, a ride on a little caterpillar train pulled by a man in a tractor for $2, for .50 kids could feed a dixy cup full of grain to some donkeys, there were snow cones, ice cream cones, pie, cherries to buy, extra shirts to buy…. and a band to listen to for free. As you can guess, the kids wanted to do everything! I had planned to buy them hot dogs, and that was it. The begging was difficult, and I wished I had requested a little dough from their parents and would have if I had known so many things would be available to tempt children in to spending my money 🙂 .
My opinion– This was a FABULOUS event. I think I would have really been able to enjoy the band, and enjoy the scenery of the race if I had been on my own or just with other adults. I probably would have spent my $20 a little differently and obtained some of the delicious cherries we were all out celebrating. Running would have been a bit less exhausting then kid corralling. Going from 0 to 4 is a tough one to do in a crowd.


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religion when and where they want. Why not in schools. For children that do not come
from a religious background can learn about other peoples religion and other peoples
views. Other reasons are:
1. Kids in school who experience religion that do not come from a religious background can be more accepting of others views when they grow up.
2.It states in the constitution that we have a freedom of religion and we can practice what we believe.
3. The teaching of a peaceful religion can help the kids make better decisions when they grow older.
"And now these three remain: faith,hope,and love. But the greatest of these is love"- 1 Corinthians 13:13
"And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and woman: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house." (Ezekiel 9:5-6)
"And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain." (Deuteronomy 2:34)
"And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made the man." (Genesis 9:5-6)
"Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished." (Isaiah 13:15-16)
What a nice, positive message of love for the kids :) Look, I don't care what you believe just keep it out of public schools.
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3 point to Pro (Arguments). Reasons for voting decision: Pro states kids should be exposed to religion in Public schooling. While he does have some flaws, Con in his defense used scriptures out of conduct to try to make his point. Due to that, I give the argument to Pro.
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When confronted by Satan, Jesus appealed to the Old Testament as a source of authority by stating, "It is written," (Matt. 4:4, 7, 10).
If you are a Christian and believe in the new testament then you believe in the old testament
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Reasons for voting decision: Pro argues children should be exposed to religion in school. Then lays out the reasons. These reasons are highly flawed and dubious. Con could easily score under the convincing argument line if Con makes even just a minimally satisfactory argument. This Con fails to do opting instead for a visceral distorted and prejudicial misrepresentation of religion especially Christianity. On a very narrow call I will give the debate to PRO
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China is serene in face of its glaring military inferiority to the Soviet Union. This contrasts sharply with the urgency displayed by the Reagan White House over Washington's arms race with Moscow.
Nowhere is the Sino-Soviet disparity more apparent than in the air, where Chinese versions of the MIG-19 and MIG-21 are perhaps 20 years behind the latest Soviet fighter planes.
Yet when Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger visited Peking at the end of last month to preach Sino-American defense cooperation against the Soviet threat , he found his hosts, military as well as political, unanimous on one point: Modernization of China's defense forces can be achieved only within the framework of overall economic modernization.
This means that agriculture, light and heavy industry, and science and technology all have priority over military modernization. In Xian, Mr. Weinberger was shown a 40,000-employee factory that produces engines for the Hong-5 and Hong-6 bombers. These are China's only bombers, the equivalent of Moscow's IL-28 and TU-16, respectively.
China started making these planes in the late 1950s under Soviet guidance. When Moscow abruptly withdrew its experts with all their technological information in 1960, the Chinese had to continue as best they could. The Hong-5 and Hong-6 are carefully made and include some improvements over the Soviet models. But they still represent a technology that is well over two decades old.
The Xian factory is well known in the West because it imported Rolls-Royce technology to make the Spey jet engine, a commercial engine that could have military applications.
The Chinese are embarrassed about the Spey engine. Apparently they did not succeed in designing an appropriate airframe for the engine. According to Chen Zheng, chief engineer of the factory, the techonology was imported in 1977 and ''about 10'' engines were actually built.
In numbers, China's Air Force is the third largest in the world, outranked only by those of the United States and the Soviet Union. It has 490,000 servicemen including 220,000 air defense personnel, according to the latest issue of ''The Military Balance,'' published annually by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies.
It has some 5,300 combat aircraft, the mainstay being some 3,000 J-6s, the equivalent of the Soviet MIG-19. The J-6s have been improved over the original MIG-19, and late versions feature a needle-nosed radar. The Air Force also has about 300 J-7s, the equivalent of the MIG-21. Its latest fighter, known by various names in the West but most commonly as the F-8, corresponds to the Soviet MIG-23 and is a variable-wing fighter.
Some Western sources believe there may be about 30 of these planes in service. But others say the plane has been beset by problems and doubt whether it is in use except on an experimental basis.
Chinese defense experts obviously are not satisfied with this. But they show none of the near desperation that their counterparts in the Pentagon might feel if facing a similar gap vis-a-vis the Soviets.
''Yes, we will spend more on fighter planes and other defense equipment, when our economy is a bit richer,'' said one Chinese source. ''But meanwhile we have our missile and nuclear weapons, and we have a huge country with a billion people in it.''
''Afghanistan is far smaller and less well-armed than China, yet look how the Soviets are stuck there. Vietnam is smaller and less powerful than China also, but look what happened to you Americans there.''
'' Do you think it is really credible that Andropov would dare to attack us?''
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''Our nation's material and technical foundation is still relatively weak,'' said armed forces Chief of Staff Yang Dezhi at the National People's Congress here in June. ''The modernization of our national defense can be achieved only step by step, stage by stage. . . . The part must subordinate itself to the whole. We must try our best to build the armed forces with the entire situation in the country as guidance.''


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Amnesty International is concerned by the harsh sentence handed down to Alyaksandr Kazulin, leader of the Belarusian Socialist Democratic Party, Narodnaya Hramada, former presidential candidate and former rector of the Belarusian State University. Alyaksandr Kazulin was sentenced to five-and-a-half years' imprisonment by the Moskovsky District Court in Minsk on 13 July 2006. Amnesty International believes that the sentence is part of an ongoing, systematic campaign of harassment, intimidation and obstruction by the Belarusian authorities against Alyaksandr Kazulin, and calls for two of the three charges to be dropped.
Alyaksandr Kazulin was charged, under the provisions of the Belarusian Criminal Code, with "hooliganism", article 339, part 2, and, with "the organization of group activities that breach public order or active participation in similar activities", article 342, part 1. The prosecutor called for Alyaksandr Kazulin to be sentenced to a total of six years' imprisonment, three years on each charge. The judge sentenced him to five and a half years.
The charge of "hooliganism" relates to two separate events. The first event took place on 17 February, when Alyaksandr Kazulin was reportedly prevented by Special Purpose Police Unit (SPPU) officers from entering the National Press Centre, where he intended to hold a press conference. The incident reportedly resulted in a clash between members of Alyaksandr Kazulin's party and the SPPU.
The second event took place on 2 March, when Alyaksandr Kazulin attempted to gain entry to the 3rd All Belarusian People's Assembly in Minsk, which was being addressed by President Lukashenka and which Alyaksandr Kazulin was legally entitled to attend as a presidential candidate. As was widely covered in the international media, Alyaksandr Kazulin was beaten and detained when he tried to register as a participant of the conference along with a group of supporters. Witnesses said that when Alyaksandr Kazulin and his supporters tried to approach the registration desk, they were beaten by a group of 30-40 plain clothes law enforcement officers.
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The second charge of "organization of group activities that breach public order or active participation in similar activities" was brought against him after the huge street demonstrations in Minsk on 25 March, when thousands of protestors filled the streets to mark Freedom Day. Following speeches in a public park, Alyaksandr Kazulin led protestors on a march to Akrestina prison, where hundreds of people had previously been detained during the demonstrations which followed the presidential elections on 19 March. Government security forces reportedly used excessive force to break up the march, at which point Alyaksandr Kazulin suggested that the demonstrators head to a nearby church to pray. Turning his back on the security officers, Alyaksandr Kazulni was reportedly struck repeatedly on the back by officers. Others were also beaten. Alyaksandr Kazulin, along with hundreds of others, was then detained at Akrestina prison.
Amnesty International notes the minor offence committed by Alyaksandr Kazulin, in breaking the glass of a portrait of President Lukashenka on 2 March. However, the sentence handed down to him of five and half years is a part of the clampdown on freedom of expression generally in Belarus, and is also illustrative of the blatant harassment that he has suffered at the hands of the Belarusian authorities. Hundreds of demonstrators who were arrested during the demonstrations that took place between 19 – 25 March were charged with "hooliganism" according to the administrative code and sentenced to between 10-15 days administrative detention.
Furthermore, Amnesty International believes that the sentence handed down for "hooliganism", based on the events of 17 February, and the second sentence of "organization of group activities that breach public order or active participation in similar activities", based on the events of 25 March, are politically motivated. Alyaksandr Kazulin's imprisonment constitutes a violation his rights to freedom of expression and assembly, as guaranteed by articles 19 and 21 respectively of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Belarus is a state party. Moreover, this harsh sentence has apparently been handed down in order to prevent Alyaksandr Kazulin's peaceful political activities and to intimidate others. The organization is calling for these charges to be dropped.
Amnesty International has monitored the Belarusian authorities' treatment of Alyaksandr Kazulin, members of his electoral campaign team, his family and his lawyer during the period of the March presidential elections. On various occasions, activists from his electoral headquarters were detained and beaten and had equipment seized by the security forces. Alyaksandr Kazulin's lawyer, Ihor Rynkevich was also charged with "petty hooliganism" following his detention on 2 March. He was subsequently acquitted due to lack of evidence. At the end of March, Alyaksandr Kazulin's brother, Uladzimir Kazulin, was arrested and sentenced to five days detention. He was charged with insubordination to police demands while trying to investigate his brother's arrest on 2 March.
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Ukraine – Bargaining Chip in the Battle Between China and USA for the EU Market
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The Role of the State to Beat the Crisis
Mikhail Khazin is Russian economist, socially active person and president of the expert consulting company "Neocon". Khazin is famous for his exact prognoses about the present financial crisis. Here is our translation of one of his video monologues that was published by Russia.ru in 2009. Although the video was made five years ago, its actuality is indisputable.
Libertarians – a Religious Sect in Economy
Libertarianism, or the concept that liberty is the highest political end, is a fashionable economic philosophy. It is based on an excessively credulous understanding of the term freedom.
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Keynesian Economics Now – Mission Impossible
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) was a prominent British economist whose theories affected macroeconomic policies in many countries around the world. Keynesian economics worked in colonialist countries before the establishment of neo-liberal policies.
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People with conservative views more and more often regard liberals as a threat to the fundamentals of human existence. Nevertheless, the majority of people can hardly comprehend what in fact makes modern-day liberals so hazardous for society.
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The agency, a DDB Needham spin-off created to keep the VW account in the Omnicom Group family, won the estimated $8 million Canadian account from DDB Needham Worldwide, Toronto. The combined North American account is estimated at $80 million.
Berlin Cameron has had VW's U.S. business for just more than a year. The move does not come as a complete surprise since Antony Denham, 48, formerly general manager-marketing and communications, VW Canada, expanded responsibilities to include the U.S. (AA, Sept. 26) in the VW consolidation.
A VW spokeswoman in Toronto said new national creative likely will be the same in the U.S. and Canada. The exception is Quebec, where distinct advertising in French will stay with Palm Publicite Marketing, Montreal, a DDB Needham affiliate. Other agencies will still serve regional marketing activities in Canada.
The Mexico City office of DDB Needham will continue doing VW ads in Mexico.
The agency's Toronto office also has done ads for Audi and Porsche in Canada. It's not clear what will happen to Audi, but Porsche Cars North America, Reno, Nev., shifted its Canadian business to the Coyote Marketing Group, Toronto. Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, is the U.S. agency.
"We want to maximize the use of our U.S. marketing material whenever appropriate, but we recognize the need for some real objectivity as to the nuances of the cultural differences between Canada and the U.S. that will affect our brand," said Joel Ewanick, Porsche Cars North America general manager-marketing.
Earlier there had been some talk about VW moving its U.S. Audi account from McKinney & Silver, Raleigh, N.C. But management now is said to be happy with new work from independent director Bob Giraldi, hired by the agency to direct the spots.
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Sochi Winter Olympic Games Become a Teachable Moment With New Resources on Pearson's Online Learning Exchange Community Platform
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ORLANDO – Jan. 29, 2014 — The Sochi Winter Olympics are right around the corner and now the games will become a "teachable moment" with free educational resources available at Pearson's OLEcommunity.com blog, announced today at FETC 2014. Looking at the historic games from a science, social studies, reading and math perspective, the resources expand Pearson's Online Learning Exchange™ platform, a searchable K-12 digital library of Common Core teaching resources. Developed by a team of Pearson authors and editors, teachers will find all the latest news on the 2014 winter games as well as Olympic-themed teaching resources on the OLE Olympic series community blog.
"All around the country, students and families will be watching the excitement of the Winter Olympics. Now with our high quality and engaging digital content, teachers can take advantage of the energy around the games to immerse students in learning across the curriculum," said Pearson Senior Vice President Lynda Cloud.
Pearson's Olympic series profiles the sporting events, athletes, and competing countries in this year's games. From alpine skiing to snowboarding the Sport Activity Packs comes with an overview and history of the sport, project-based lesson plans, and plenty of free resources to engage students. Athlete spotlights give students insight into the everyday lives of the competitors – many of whom are as young as they are. Students will be inspired as they get to follow alongside each athlete's quest for a gold medal. Plus, when the Olympics officially kick off on Feb. 7, students and teachers can follow a weekly recap of the latest news from the 2014 games on the OLE Olympics blog.
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Tony Romo Retires and Moves to CBS
April 11, 2017 by Brad Oremland • Print Story •
Last week, in a move that managed to be surprising and somewhat expected at the same time, longtime Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo announced his retirement from football. After two years sidelined by injury, Romo — who has dealt with serious back injuries — is moving on from the Cowboys, but he's not leaving football. Instead, the former Eastern Illinois QB will find a new home in the broadcast booth, replacing Phil Simms as the top color analyst for CBS.
There's a lot to talk about here:
1. The retirement of a player who, when healthy, might be a top-10 quarterback
2. The shake-up at CBS
3. The Pro Football Hall of Fame
To address the first point, let's begin in 2014. Romo led the NFL with a 113.2 passer rating, and the Associated Press named him second-team all-pro. In the two seasons since, injuries have limited Romo to four starts and 125 pass attempts. In his one appearance last season, Romo went 3-of-4 for 29 yards and a touchdown. He looked great. But Romo is 36, and with 23-year-old Offensive Rookie of the Year Dak Prescott signed for less money, the Cowboys are moving on. No one traded to acquire Romo, since they knew the Cowboys were going to release him. Romo probably could have landed a starting job with a good team like the Texans or Broncos, and taken one or two more runs at a Super Bowl. It's a shame; I think we all wanted to see what Romo would do if he came back.
Instead, he's jumping into broadcasting. That makes sense. Tony is charismatic and bright, he knows the modern passing game as few others do, and the money is great. He's replacing Phil Simms as the lead booth analyst for CBS. Simms tried hard — maybe too hard sometimes — but he wasn't a popular analyst. Romo is getting thrown into the deep end, facing a national audience without any chance to learn the ropes first, and there are likely to be some hiccups. I, for one, will probably be unfairly harsh toward Romo a couple times this fall. But I'm also cautiously optimistic that this represents a step forward by the worst football network on television, and I'm excited to find out what Romo will bring to the table. His biggest challenge, other than the general adjustment to his new job, will be providing honest and candid criticism. The problem with using recently retired players as analysts is that they're often reluctant to criticize their friends in the game. That's understandable, but it makes for a boring and untrustworthy analyst.
But I suspect that for many fans, the final question is the most interesting. Is Tony Romo a Hall of Famer? That's really two separate questions — does he deserve it, and will he make it? The second question is easy to answer: not a chance. There are three ways to really impress Hall of Fame voters. One is to win a bunch of championships, but Romo never appeared in a conference championship game, to say nothing of winning the Super Bowl. Another is to play forever and accumulate impressive stat totals. But Romo got a late start, struggled with injuries, and is now retiring earlier than he had to. He ranks between 20th and 30th in both passing yards (34,183) and touchdowns (248), totals which are pretty good, but don't scream HOF.
Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, and Ben Roethlisberger — contemporaries who are on the Hall of Fame bubble — all out-rank Romo by over 10,000 yards and 50 TDs. Slam dunks like Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees are ahead by more like 30,000 yards and 200 TDs. HOF voters are traditionally more impressed by raw totals than by averages, and Romo's totals aren't HOF-level in today's game.
The third way to impress voters is to utterly dominate in your prime. Tony Romo was a good QB every season, but he was never the best and he was never especially close. He never led the league in passing yards or TDs, and the one year he led in passer rating, he only attempted 435 passes. So no, Tony Romo's not going to the Hall of Fame. I'd be surprised if he's ever a Finalist.
Now, none of that means Romo doesn't deserve serious consideration for Canton. He started at least half the Cowboys' games eight times, and in all eight seasons he was a good player; his passer rating was over 90 all eight years. That kind of consistency is special. He's 10th all-time in touchdown-interception differential (+131), right between Joe Montana (+134) and Steve Young (+126). Speaking of Young, he — like Romo — only had eight productive seasons. Fellow Cowboys QB and Hall of Famer Roger Staubach only played eight productive seasons. Romo's short career limits his Hall of Fame credentials, but it isn't disqualifying.
What separates Young and Staubach is that they were the best QBs of their generations. Young was all-pro six times. He won two MVP awards and a Super Bowl MVP. In the 1990s, Young led the NFL in every rate stat apart from interception percentage, where he ranked 2nd. He's also the greatest run-pass dual threat in history. Staubach retired with the highest passer rating in NFL history. He started four Super Bowls in eight years, won twice, and was named MVP of Super Bowl VI. He was the first-team QB on the NFL's All-1970s Team, and his +45 TD/INT +/- in the '70s nearly doubled the second-place tie between Fran Tarkenton and Ken Anderson (+24). Like Young, he was a brilliant runner, ranking among the top 10 rushing QBs every full season of his career. Staubach was regarded as a great clutch player, nicknamed Captain Comeback.
Perhaps the most hopeful comparison for Romo is newly-elected HOFer Kurt Warner, who only had four healthy seasons in his NFL career. But even Warner has obvious advantages: he played in three Super Bowls, winning once, and he was NFL MVP twice. There's precedent for quarterbacks with short careers to make the Hall of Fame, but only with substantially more hardware than Romo.
The most intriguing comparison for Romo is fellow Cowboy and first-ballot Hall of Famer Troy Aikman. Reasonable people can disagree on whether Romo was better than Aikman. Aikman himself has said so, though some might attribute that to graceful modesty. Personally, I score it the other way, a slight edge for Aikman. Romo's stats are probably a little better — a lot better out of context, but you can't directly compare stats from 1994 and 2011 — but Aikman played on a much different offense, and he was one of the most successful postseason QBs in history, winning three Super Bowl rings. I feel like Aikman is a deserving Hall of Famer, albeit a weak one, and Romo is not. But I also feel like the gap between Aikman and Romo is small enough to suggest an argument on Romo's behalf.
Two years ago, I ranked Tony Romo as the 34th-best quarterback of the Modern Era. He's barely played since then, and Ben Roethlisberger has clearly passed him, so that puts Tony 35th on my list. 35th is good. It's probably not good enough for the Hall of Fame. I wouldn't vote for him.
But Tony Romo was a very good player, and his "unclutch" reputation is exaggerated and unfair. He went 78-49 (.569) as starter. In 2011, Romo led a game-winning comeback with a broken rib and a punctured lung. In 2012, he led the league with five fourth-quarter comebacks. In 2013, he threw a season-saving, last-minute, game-winning touchdown pass — on the road against a major rival — while playing with a season-ending back injury. In 2014, he played through two transverse process fractures in his back, and he was acclaimed as the greatest clutch QB of the season. I wish Romo would play football in 2017. But he's not leaving the lives of pro football fans, and hopefully he brings the same talent to the broadcast booth that he did to the field.


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text: Life, for Jean-Luc Godard's 'children of Marx and coca-cola,' was an extended meditation on politics, pop culture and the vicissitudes of dating. Peter Horvath adapts the concerns of this generation and the filmic style in which they were rendered in his new work of net cinema 'Tenderly Yours.' Here, the story of Josephine--a contemporary French woman who 'detests money/ thinks herself a marxist/ and thinks she is too old for her age'--unfolds in two simultaneous Quicktime videos. The central window illustrates her brief encounter with a like-minded young man while the smaller, peripheral frame provides ambient and intimate asides in the form of colorful abstractions and pixilated close-ups. Nodding both to the early writings found in the journal Cahiers du Cinema and Lev Manovich's more recent Soft Cinema, 'Tenderly Yours' exploits net conventions to emulate the spontaneous, fragmented and naturalistic mode of new wave filmmaking. The question is whether the quandaries of the children of Marx and coca-cola are relevant to the kids these days, or if perhaps the generation to which Josephine belongs should claim new lineage. - Lauren Cornell


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Back in the early 1960s, my brother took a job in the scientific laboratories that the Public Health Service (later the EPA) operated in support of the Atomic Energy Commission Test Site near Las Vegas. The guys in the electronics shop there used 190 proof ethyl alcohol to clean radios and other electronic components, as the 190 doesn't conduct electricity, evaporates without leaving residue, and all in all, is very useful around electronics. A sidebar benefit is that 190, aka grain neutral spirits, is the same stuff that is the active ingredient in a lot of the things we like — think Vodka, Whiskey etc.– but in 190, is about twice the strength of ordinary spirits (parties at the PHS tended to be lively affairs, as one might imagine). Of course, 190 isn't available for sale to the public in the States- probably a hangover (sic) from prohibition.
Imagine my surprise at discovering, right there on the shelf next to the diapers in a local supermarket, some 1 and 2 liter bottles labeled "Alcohol." A bit of investigating revealed that it was indeed straight 190; the label even lists mixing with fruit juice to drink as a beverage as a suggested use.
While I am more inclined to sip the delicious native Tannat wines- a national treasure- than to nip into the 190 jug, there are a clutch of neat things other than drinking that 190 can be used for. It makes a great fire starter, is a superb glass cleaner, is a disinfectant — on and on.
Probably my favorite application, however, is taking 190 on "Urban Safari." Our friend, the common house-fly, tends to be a presence in the summertime here. As it happens, flies don't tolerate 190 very well: a little spritz from a squirt bottle – just enough to get him wet – and he's toast. He might make it 3 or 4 inches, but rarely longer that 6 or 8 seconds. Lots less messy than a swatter, it's a pretty humane way to go, and the little carcass is sanitized to boot.
The crew here at Viapark make great fun of me stalking around with the squirter; a good spray bottle can drop one of the little buzzers at 10 feet. My unofficial name is El Señor Mata Mosca — Mr. Fly Killer.
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Only days after Sen. Jeff Sessions endorsed him for president, GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump announced that he had chosen Sessions to be the chairman of his National Security Advisory Committee.
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In 1905 Mina Benson Hubbard became the first white woman to cross Labrador, completing the expedition that had led to her husband's death. "The Woman Who Mapped Labrador" makes available for the first time the unguarded and personal diary that was the basis for her famous book, "A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador". Three specialists have combined their expertise to enhance the richness of this original source.
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Have you ever entered a room, and it has felt a bit different? It could be that despite there not being much furniture in there, it feels stuffy… or that you just have a sense that an argument has taken place… or that you just get a feeling about that room, but can't put your finger on it?
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The term feng shui literally translates as "wind-water" in English, however don't take it literally! What is being described here is the unseen and seen. We do not necessarily see the wind, but we are aware of it, and what it can do for us. However we can see the water, and are also aware of what it can do for us. As mentioned in Space Clearing, there is energy already around, and in Instinctive Feng Shui™ we call this Chi. Chi comes into our lives and moves around us, just like the wind. The water is a representation of the more physical elements that are around us like furniture, and as such the things that we can move.
Within Instinctive Feng Shui™, we can use our house or rooms to enhance different areas of our lives, so that we live the life we truly desire. The home is divided into nine different sections, which is also known as the Bagua. These nine different sections represent a different aspect of our lives, and what I will do with Instinctive Feng Shui™ is to work with the energy to enhance and, or balance the energy in that area.
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EmptyNEW YORK -- Jordin Sparks has signed the record contract that comes with winning "American Idol."
The 17-year-old inked a deal with Jive Records in conjunction with 19Recordings, the label managed by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller, it was announced Friday.
Her debut album is slated for release in November. She'll offer a taste of the disc with her new single, "Tattoo," to be released to radio stations Aug. 27.
"'American Idol' has truly been a life-altering experience," Sparks said in a statement. "I can't wait to share this next chapter of my story with all the fans that have supported me so far."
Sparks, who hails from Glendale, Ariz., is the youngest winner in the Fox show's six seasons.