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As I've been working with neuroscientist Antonio Damasio's definition of emotions as action-requiring neurological programs, I created a flowchart to help you understand the difference between feelings and emotions. This is my simplified flowchart:
An emotionally evocative stimulus occurs → The stimulus evokes a specific emotion → You utilize your ability to feel that emotion → You name that emotion → You act on the information the emotion provides
As we all know, this flowchart can break down at any point in its progression. First, a person can misinterpret the emotionally evocative stimulus. Second, the evoked emotion may be unstable (for instance, some people move to rage, depression, or anxiety whenever any problem, large or small, occurs). Third, a person may not be tuned into his or her intrapersonal capacity to feel emotions — and may not know which emotion has been evoked. Fourth, a person may misidentify the emotion or ignore it completely. And fifth, a person may act on the emotion without thinking.
The work in The Language of Emotions exists to help you become more intelligent in each step of this process, from stimulus to emotion to action. But because there can be such trouble in the emotional realm, I've inserted a crucial step between the naming and the acting, which is cognitively questioning the emotion in a way that supports it. With this step, you become able to behave in truly rational ways that make you more intelligent about and with your emotions. When you question your emotions, you don't fight with them. You turn toward them, and you work with them:
An emotionally evocative stimulus occurs → The stimulus evokes a specific emotion → You utilize your ability to feel that emotion → You name that emotion → You question that emotion → You act on the information that emotion provides, or you decide not to act because the stimulus is invalid
This might look like an involved process, but once you get the hang of it, it's very quick — and it helps you learn to work with your emotions in focused and rational ways.
Becoming a stimulus for other people
In social relationships, we often work to evoke specific emotions in other people. For instance, in the area of happiness, I'd like you to think about the amount of time and energy you spend trying to make other people feel happy. If you think about this, you may be struck by the absurdity of the situation, because if you try to make someone else feel happy, you almost have to stop being a person in order to become a happiness-evoking stimulus.
Your needs and your private life sort of have to be set aside as you focus on the needs and emotional states of other people. This is, of course, a part of belonging to a social species. If you don't pay any attention to the needs of others, you will become a socially unsuccessful outcast.
However, you can benefit from looking at your need to make other people feel specific emotions, because while we can assume that being surrounded by upbeat and contented people is more comfortable than being surrounded by angry, anxious, or depressed people, I'd like to question that assumption. That assumption treats the emotions of other people as something we need to manage or control. In fact, it treats the emotions of other people as our personal liability; it treats the emotions of other people as a part of our work.
Understanding emotion work
In her excellent 1983 book, The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling, sociologist Arlie Hochschild described what she termed "emotional labor," or the way that our emotions and emotional states are a part of what we offer (and what is expected from us) in the workplace. For instance, flight attendants must not only understand the intricacies of their physical work on airplanes, but they must also display an open and welcoming demeanor to passengers. Even when passengers are bad-tempered or clingy, part of the labor of a flight attendant is to continually offer a calm, helpful, accepting presentation of self that is intended to evoke happiness and contentment in others.
This concept of the presentation of self is important in sociology, because it identifies humans as skilled behavioral performers in our various social worlds. Especially at work, we all learn to adopt a type of behavioral performance that is quite different from the performances we give at home, with our family, or with our friends. In each different social world, we learn to behave differently: we speak, dress, interact, gesture, and emote differently depending upon the demands of each social world we inhabit.
Hochshild's concept of emotional labor really helps us look at the behavioral rules that are expected in the workplace (but rarely stated outright) – at how we must manage our own emotions and intentionally evoke or soothe the emotions of others in order to get our jobs done.
For instance, if airline passengers are rude, a good flight attendant won't generally snap at them or ignore their requests – as he might if his friends or family treated him rudely. In fact, his normal human reactions would be frowned upon by the airline; therefore, part of his job description (though it may not be written down in black and white) is to deal with rudeness and bad behavior in unusual or even counter-productive (to him) ways. When a passenger does something that normally evokes frustration, anxiety, or anger, a good flight attendant will not display those normal human emotions. Instead, he may ignore his own emotional state and actually work to evoke calm and happiness in the offending passenger (some frequent flyers understand these unspoken emotion-work rules and behave inexcusably on flights because they know they can usually get away with it).
This emotional labor, and emotional management of ourselves and others — this is emotion work. It's a part of our social contract with each other, and though it's not given as much importance as other areas of a job description, emotion work is possibly the most important job skill — and social skill — you possess.
As you go through your day, pay attention to the emotion work of the people who serve you, and the people you serve. You probably have very specific (yet unspoken) emotion-work rules for the owners and employees of businesses you visit (especially restaurants and stores), even if you've never set eyes on anyone in the business before. You know how every person in the business is supposed to behave, how you're supposed to behave, and how other customers are supposed to behave. You know which emotions the workers are supposed to evoke in you, and which emotions you're supposed to evoke in them.
We each have a very specific part to play, and a specific emotion presentation that is expected of us. Strangely, most of us have never been explicitly taught about any of this emotion work; we're just supposed to pick it up through cultural osmosis.
For instance, it's nearly always unacceptable to speak or laugh loudly at work (unless you're on a cellphone, sigh), to display jealousy and envy openly (they're often handled inside gossip chains), to openly display anger, grief, fear, or joy, or to tell your co-workers when they have hurt or embarrassed you. No one directly teaches you these rules – you often learn them through trial and error. If you break an emotion rule at work, people might become silent, they might stare you down or studiously ignore you, or they might isolate you. And if you study your own behavior, you'll see that you also engage in this unspoken emotion training with your co-workers.
At your own job, you have very specific emotion-work expectations for yourself, your co-workers, your employees and contractors, and your managers or bosses. Yet even though we all know how everyone is supposed to behave, this knowledge is not made explicit, and it's almost never written down. We just know when emotion work is not being performed correctly, yet we have very few ways to explain this knowledge to each other.
Accordingly, a great deal of the trouble I see in the workplace revolves around emotion work that is either not being performed (the problem employee), or is being performed but not valued (the put-upon, or heading-for-burnout employee). The workplace can become really miserable when there is trouble in the sphere of emotion work.
Our underground awareness of emotion work
As a younger woman, I was hilariously out of place in many jobs, because emotion work was so obvious to me that I didn't realize other people couldn't see it. I tended to get into trouble because I would say out loud, "Hey, why don't you tell your assistant the truth instead of doing his work for him?" or "That person is working way past her abilities, and she's bossy and snappy because of it," or "This person is heading for burnout, and if you call yourself a manager, then manage the tension in this job and protect your workers!"
Empathically speaking, I saw poorly-managed emotions and unjust emotion work as an integral part of the unprofitability and inefficiency of the workplace – but until I discovered Arlie Hochshild's concepts of emotional labor and emotion work, I had no vocabulary for it.
Due to my persistent questions about the emotionally detrimental atmosphere of so many workplaces, I decided to minor in the Sociology of Work and Occupations (this is in addition to my BA in Social Science and my work as a researcher). I also became certified in Career Testing & Guidance, and in Human Resource Administration – because I wanted to know: What do the experts say about this emotion work situation?
After four years of study, the answer is: The experts say almost nothing.
Career Guidance and HR Administration programs spend almost no time on emotion work. There are a few psychology courses here and there, but the focus is more on how to punish, coddle, or isolate problem employees than it is on understanding the nuances of emotion work and how an unsupportive workplace can create an unproductive emotional atmosphere … and how that atmosphere can create problem employees!
There's also very little awareness of why people burn out; a great deal of the burnout prevention I was taught focused on making jobs more interesting or varied, but there was almost no awareness of the burnout potential of unsupported, unjust, or unreasonable emotion work. Being an unacknowledged and unpaid emotion-evoking stimulus for other people can be exhausting.
Sadly, the Career Guidance professionals whose job it is to help us find work, and the Human Resource professionals who oversee the workplace … unless they've done extracurricular study, these people usually have no direct education in or understanding of emotion work, which is the central human skill that makes the workplace functional (or, more commonly, dysfunctional!). Whoops!
But hey, at least I discovered where the problem lies. Score one for the empath!
Bringing emotion work out into the open
People who are highly empathic tend to act as emotion-work janitors, both in the workplace and in their personal relationships. We who are empathically sensitive tend to pick up on – and then address – the emotional troubles around us. However, because emotions and emotion work live in the shadows, we are often unaware that we are engaged in perpetual, unpaid emotion work.
We tend to clean up the emotional troubles around us. We mediate between people who can't get along. We jolly the grumpy people in our lives. We translate emotions into easily digestible chunks for our emotionally unaware friends and family. We calm people who are unaccountably anxious. We confront people who are unaccountably furious. We always seem to sit next to the person who wants a confidante, and we are often at the center of gossip chains – even if we don't like gossip.
People tend to bring us their troubles and their conflicts … and no matter what our stated job description is, we have a second full-time job: We're professional emotion workers. But because our work isn't identified as work, we can burn out without knowing why – and without realizing that we need a vacation from all this unpaid work.
All of the information in The Language of Emotions was created to help empathic people and unpaid emotions workers learn what emotions are, how they work, and how to work with them. The five emotional mindfulness skills I've developed were also specifically created to make emotion work less taxing, and less likely to lead to burnout.
The emotional mindfulness skills of Grounding and focusing help you develop your interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence; the skill of Boundary-setting helps you develop a sense of privacy so that your emotion work can become intentional rather than accidental; the skills Burning Contracts and Conscious Complaining help you address and unload the emotional baggage you carry for others; and the skill of Rejuvenation gives you a healthy self-soothing skill you can use whenever you head toward burnout.
Burning Contracts and Conscious Complaining are especially helpful, since nearly all empathic activities occur in the unheralded, unnoticed, yet absolutely crucial area of emotion work. Both of these mindfulness skills help you bring your seemingly ephemeral empathic behaviors into visual, verbal, and tangible form so that you can identify, separate from, and change those behaviors.
Conscious Complaining can help you get to the core of what's bothering you, and Burning Contracts can help you treat your emotion work as a choice and a presentation of self – as a performance and not as your destiny. When you can visualize or make tangible the behaviors you've donned as an unheralded and unpaid emotion worker, you can burn your contracts with those behaviors and make way for a new, more conscious, and more emotionally rewarding approach to your relationships.
Identifying your own emotion work
What kind of emotional labor do you do at work, and is it stated as part of your job description?
At work, are you doing any emotional management for a colleague, such as soothing tempers if your colleague blows up, translating for your colleague when others don't understand her behavior or her needs, or taking the lead if another colleague cannot speak up on his own?
In your personal life, do your friends, mate, and family openly acknowledge your emotion work? Are you mediating between family members, translating emotions for friends, or working hard to keep your mate happy (as if you are a happiness-evoking stimulus), even though your own needs are going untended? What emotion work do you do? Is it recognized? Is it working for you?
And in the larger empathic sense, is your emotion work working for other people, really? Specifically, how much emotion work are you doing in the area of happiness-creation for others? Is it all right with you when other people feel angry (see Understanding and befriending anger), or do you often try to soothe anger away? If so, could you be training people how not to set boundaries for themselves?
Can you allow people to feel appropriate shame (see Embracing guilt and shame) so that they can learn how to moderate their own behavior, or do you soothe shame away as well? If so, could you be training people how not to amend their own troublesome behaviors?
Can you allow people to feel anxiety (see Welcoming the gifts of anxiety) so that they can get their work done, or do you step in and help them complete the tasks they've been procrastinating about? If so, could you be training them how not to become conscientious and self-aware?
Are all emotions safe in your presence, or are you actually helping people remain emotionally unskilled in the presence of any emotions that aren't happiness?
As you examine your own emotion work, check in with any possible valencing (see There are no negative emotions) you might be imposing upon others — and upon yourself. Remember that there's no such thing as a positive or negative emotion; emotions are action-requiring neurological programs that exist in context, and you can't know if an emotion is appropriate until you understand why it was evoked.
In each of the emotion chapters in The Language of Emotions, we discover ways to do emotion work that allows other people to honestly feel the way they feel – which means that you'll actually support them in developing their own emotional skills.
That's good emotion work if you can get it! And I'm saying you can get it.


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March 16 (UPI) -- An Australian snake catcher said he was called out to a home where a couple found a python in their carport that was as long as a sedan.
Matt Hagan of Cairns Snake Catcher said he was called out to a Mooroobool home where a couple reported arriving home to find a massive 16-foot python parked in their carport.
"They called me out and I was intrigued to find such a large snake coiled up in such an open space!" Hagan wrote on Facebook.
He said the snake was lethargic and it soon became apparent that it was recovering from an injury.
"The scrub python may have been ran over by a car at some point," Hagan wrote. "Big snakes like these often span the whole width of the road and are susceptible to car strikes."
The snake catcher said he took the big python to veterinarian, who determined it was healing from the injury and was healthy enough to release.
"Snakes often cross or warm themselves on roads at night and can be hard to see, so be careful if you do see a small stick or a large log on the road at night as it might be a snake!" Hagan wrote.


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The SRG Safety Committee needs Soulard residents to attend a sentencing hearing at 9 a.m. on Friday, June 5 (ending time is uncertain). The case is State v. Anthony Swift, Case No. 1322-CR06073.
The defendant pleaded guilty to an armed robbery that occurred in November 2013 on South 11th Street near Russell Boulevard. One of the victims was a Soulard resident.
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Semi-Finals providing close games….B. Leffler and J. Ulmer provide game winners in their series....twice....
There are two games completed in each semi-final series and all four games have been one goal games. The Wynyard Monarchs defeated the Cupar Canucks 3-2 last Wednesday to take a 2-0 lead in the semi-final. For the second game in a row Brett Leffler scored on the power play with the winning goal with two minutes left in the third period. In this game the Monarchs scored early on a goal by Dale Spelchen and midway through the first period the Canucks would score on the power play on a goal by Kyle Ross. The Canucks would take the lead in the second period on Ryan Moore's goal and the Monarchs would tie the game just two and a half minutes later on a Dillon Shewchuk goal. There would be no scoring until Leffler's game winning goal in the third period. Dave Perkin picked up his fourth win of the playoffs and Jamie Wutke was in net for the Canucks. The Monarchs were assessed five minor penalties while the Canucks had eight penalties. Game three of this series is Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in Wynyard. If a fourth game is required it will be in Cupar on Friday evening.
In the other semi-final both games went to overtime. In the first game last Tuesday evening in Avonlea, the Bethune Bulldogs scored once in the first period and twice in the second period to take a 3-0 lead. Jake Ulmer scored in the first period and then Mitch Boucher notched a power play goal early in the second period and that was followed by a goal by Derek Fuchs. Late in the second period Calvin Watson scored on the power play and it was 3-1 going into the third period. Midway through the third period Gavin Mievre would score and then with just 1:18 left on the clock James Ardelan would score to send the game into overtime. It took until the second overtime for this tie to be broken as Jake Ulmer scored his second goal of the evening. Ryan Seibel picked up the win in net for the Bulldogs and Nathan Fischl was in net for the Arrows. Both goalies played almost 85 minutes in this game. The Arrows had four minor penalties and the Bulldogs took eight penalties.
Game two of this series took place this past Sunday. You would say this game was just the opposite of the first game considering that Avonlea got goals from Brendon Vanthuyne, James Ardelan and Calder Neufeld to take a 3-0 lead after one period. In the second period Mike Reich scored a power play goal and it was 3-1 heading into the third period. Early in the third period Tory Willfong scored to get the Bulldogs within one goal only to see Avonlea respond quickly with two power play goals from Calder Neufeld and Brendon Vanthuyne and take a 5-2 lead. Midway through the third period Derek Fuchs would score on the power play to get the Bulldogs to within two goals. With 2:48 left in the game Lucas Ulmer would score a shorthanded goal and then with just under two minutes left in the third period Mitch Boucher scored to send the game into overtime again. With just twelve seconds left in overtime period one Jake Ulmer scored the game winner for the second game in a row and the Bulldogs completed the comeback. Ryan Seibel picked up the win in net for the Bulldogs and Nathan Fischl was in net for the Arrows. Both goalies have now played just under 175 minutes in the first two games of this series. The Bulldogs had five minor penalties and the Arrows had four. There were four power play goals and one shorthanded goal on special teams. Game three of this series is Wednesday in Avonlea.
Mike Reich from Bethune leads all scorers in the playoffs with a playoff high seven goals along with six assists for a total of thirteen points. Calvin Watson from Avonlea and Bryan Kauk from Wynyard are next with twelve points. Kauk leads all scorers with ten assists. Chad Mazurak from Wynyard has ten points and he is followed by James Ardelan from Avonlea, Kyle Ross from Cupar and Dustin MacAngus from Bethune each with nine points. Jamie Wutke (2-2) and David Perkin (4-0) from Wynyard lead all goalies with 2.50 GAA's. Ryan Seibel (4-1) from Bethune with 346 minutes played and Nathan Fischl (2-3) from Avonlea with 334 minutes played lead all goalies in minutes played.
In Provincial 'A' play, the Wynyard Monarchs lost to the Bienfait Coalers 4-2 on Saturday evening and then responded with a 6-2 win on Sunday afternoon to force a game three in the semi-final next Sunday evening in Bienfait. In Provincial 'D' play the Avonlea Arrows lost to Gull Lake 4-2 on Friday evening and will play Gull Lake at home next Saturday evening in Avonlea at 8:00 p.m. If a third game is required it will be played in Gull Lake on Sunday.
Gerry Tomkins
HHL President
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No doubt Christmas plans were very much on the agenda when Kate, Carole and Pippa enjoyed dinner out at romantic Covent Garden restaurant Clos Maggiore on Tuesday night, much to the surprise of other diners. The restaurant is a very popular venue for pre and post show dinners, and it's entirely possible the trio took in a show after their meal. Rod Stewart also had dinner there the same night. The Duchess wore a white top for the evening out (with thanks to Ashley for the tip).
|Equine High Style Twitter Feed
The eatery offers French cuisine and is influenced by the country inns of Provence and Tuscany. Chef Marcellin Marc's love of Provençal cuisine is recreated with individual style and flair. Marcellin is committed to sourcing local and seasonal products throughout the year to create perfectly balanced menus which have consistently been recognised and awarded with AA-rosette awards. Below, a look at the apple blossom-adorned conservancy.
|Clos Maggiore
A look at the restaurant's festive exterior. One customer described it as "the most festive restaurant in London".
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A snap of Carole from the night.
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Before we look at William and Kate's plans for this year, let's take a quick look back at how they spend the holidays thus far. In 2011, the couple joined the Royal family at Sandringham. It's a packed day for the royals with no less than five outfit changes. The Duchess of York once famously complained about changing seven times in one day. More than twenty royals traditionally join the Queen and Prince Philip for the festivities. Upon arrival, guests are ushered to their rooms, furnished in the post-war Spartan style.
In 2012, the Cambridges opted to celebrate with the Middletons at their home in Bucklebury. Kate was expecting Prince George and had recently been hospitalised with Hyperemesis gravidarum. Still feeling quite poorly, it was reported Kate wanted to spend her last Christmas before motherhood with her family.
It is understood the Duke and Duchess were very eager to model their home and their Christmases on the relaxed, family-filled and fun days the Middletons enjoy rather than the usual formality of royal life.
During an interview with trainee journalist Sophia Kichou, who landed the exclusive due to a promise William made her four years ago when she was homeless, the prince revealed: "If he gets any sleep on Christmas Eve it will be good". Needless to say George is more than a little excited :)
|The Big Issue
More on the Cambridges' festive plans from the Mail Online:
'So that will be two children, one who suddenly appreciates Christmas, which could be quite challenging. But I'm looking forward to it.' Speaking further about his festive plans with wife Kate, George, two, and Charlotte, seven months, the Prince said: 'We'll go to church as a family on Christmas Day, as we always do.
Then we'll watch George try to tackle his presents as he tries to unwrap them. It's a very different experience at Christmas, having a family of your own. It'd be nice if we got a white Christmas because we haven't had one in many years.'
This year is expected to follow the same plans as last year. We'll see the Cambridges making the walk to church before they tuck into a traditional Christmas lunch of roast turkey with all the trimmings, warming soups and Christmas pudding for dessert.
It's all about board games, opening stockings with the children, walks with the dogs, and relaxing by the fire. One imagines the Downton Abbey Christmas special will feature in their evening itinerary too. It will be one to watch as it is the last episode of the show...ever (I know I'm one of many who will miss it). Below we see Kate with Lady Mary and Anna during her visit to the set in March.
At Anmer Hall, Kate will be busy making plans to ready the house for entertaining over the coming weeks, while also shopping for gifts. The Duchess is regularly spotted at the local flower market where she favours roses and white freesias to fill her country home. Decorative candles and centrepieces will add a fabulous festive touch. A keen cook, Kate will be sourcing local ingredients for family meals and making jam which she reportedly gives to members of the Royal family as presents.
Carole Middleton shared some insight into Princess Charlotte's first Christmas in her column for Baby London magazine along, with plans to make the month ahead special. Carole and Kate are very close and Mrs Middleton will have an integral part in preparations at Anmer. More from Hello!:
'"Relax and enjoy baby's first Christmas," Carole wrote. "They won't remember it, but you'll have fond memories. We're all busy planning festive parties and get-togethers, but taking time to choose and make those all-important festive touches is a must."
Hoping to get the little ones excited about the upcoming festivities, Kate's mum has suggested making a "paper-and-string sew your own Christmas garland", which is a great family activity as it's perfect for "young helpers to personalize".
As well as getting crafty, little George and Charlotte can look forward to some baking with their grandmother. They can roll up their sleeves and get stuck in with the "Very Merry Cupcake Set" because, as Carole says, "all children love to bake".'
Annual Christmas events for the family have begun already with Prince William, Carole and Pippa Middleton attending the annual carol service at St Luke's Church for the Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund. Interestingly, both ladies repeated the coats they wore last Christmas Day with Pippa in French Connection whilst Carole selected her green Really Wild Bottle Green Pelham Coat (now reduced from £425 to £150) and boots that look identical to Kate's Aquatalia 'Royal' booties.
The Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund is a member of the charities forum and currently helps over 28,000 children in Uganda by improving the quality of education, buildings and hygiene. The carol service is an event the Duchess used to attend annually before the royal wedding and it's one we miss seeing her at. In previous years, Kate played an active role helping out by preparing refreshments and tidying up afterwards.
What is on William and Kate's agenda over the next couple of weeks? The royals will treat over twenty members of their staff to the traditional Christmas luncheon over the next couple of weeks. In previous years, their chosen venue has been popular eatery Bumpkin in South Kensington. We don't expect to see photos, although it should be a lovely afternoon.
|Bumpkin Facebook Page
The Duke and Duchess will also attend the Queen's pre-Christmas luncheon at Buckingham Palace before Her Majesty and Prince Philip depart for Sandringham. We can expect to see arrival and departure photos as usual.
There's also a possibility we'll see a portrait of Prince George and Princess Charlotte released. There's no official word on this, but it would be lovely to see another photo of the adorable twosome together :)
In terms of royal engagements for the month, William and Kate are attending the annual ICAP Charity day next Wednesday. On Thursday Kate will visit Warminster to visit the Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies. Also taking place next Tuesday, 8 December - the annual Diplomatic Reception. Attendance is never confirmed but there are whispers the couple will be there. If so, we should see arrival photos. The Duchess will be wearing a tiara and a gown similar to the stunning lavender lace Alexander McQueen dress she wore to the white-tie event in 2013.
Are you excited for the festivities? How will you be spending them this year?


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#Karthi #Kaashmora #FirstLookdate #Gokul #ManiRatnam #KaatruVeliyidai #Nayanthara #SriDivya #Agust18 #Kollywood #Salsca
Karthi's Most Awaited Film Kaashmora To End This Week!
After 3 back to back hit films, Kollywood star Karthi has completed shooting for the mega-budget fantasy and horror flick 'Kaashmora' directed by Gokul and he is currently shooting for director Mani Ratnam's 'Kaatru Veliyidai'.
'Kaashmora' which is in post-production stage is expected to hit the screens as a Deepavali feast in 2016 October. The team has managed to check the leakage of any stills relating to the film and this has increased the excitement over the first look and Karthi's looks in the film. Interestingly the 'Madras' star is said to be playing triple roles in the film with Nayanthara and Sri Divya pairing up with him as female leads.
Now as per the sources, it has been confirmed that the much expected first look of 'Kaashmora' will be released at 12.01 AM on 18th of August (Thursday). Actor Karthi has announced this in his official social media page.


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Here's the details from Loz......
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Here's a link to Blades-UK's Facebook page where you need to upload your pics - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blades-UKcom/194546086470
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Your Placement/Study Abroad Year
Your Placement / Study Abroad Year
CSER3030 Your Placement / Study Abroad Year: valuing and articulating the experience
Personal and Professional Development Discovery Theme Module
This 20 credit, Level 3 module is designed to help you structure the way you reflect on and articulate the benefits you have gained from your placement or study abroad year. Through a series of practical workshops we will look at:
- How to identify and present the experience to potential employers
- Reflecting on and applying skills gained to your final year studies
- Aspects of cultural awareness and identity in relation to personal and professional development
- Dealing effectively with transitions in between academic / work place contexts
You will work both individually and in small groups further developing research skills, team working, presentation ability and higher level reflection and communication skills. The focus will be on helping you to use these skills, and understanding of the value of your year, to your benefit in a personal, academic and employment context. The three practical assessments are linked closely to the workshops:
1) An individual reflection 2) a group poster presentation 3) a resource development for other students.
The module is taught by careers professionals with academic and employer input.
Student feedback on the module:
I feel that I am well on the way to bridging the gap between where I was post study abroad and where I want to be as a graduate
This module has definitely helped me build on the skills I acquired during my year abroad
Definitely a useful and enjoyable module and helpful for transition to being a graduate and applying / understanding development
I have loved the content, class interaction, support from the tutor and I have felt really able to relax and enjoy the module
I think it is a great way to reflect on the year away and bring it to a close while gaining credits. It helped me by allowing me to talk about my experiences upon return, compared to losing touch with the experiences had and so feeling like the whole experience didn't happen.
All the students who took the module in academic session 15/16, its first year, said they would recommend it to other students.
Please note this 20 credit module is only open, as a Discovery Theme module, to students who have successfully completed a study abroad or industrial placement year module as a credit bearing part of their degree.
When you have completed this module you will have:
- Further developed and applied a range of core skills (including group work, research, critical thinking, networking and independent review) in order to effectively articulate your experience in the context of your own personal and professional development
- Explored and related concepts of culture, identity and transition to your experience
- Shared your experience and learning with other students / staff at the University of Leeds and contributed to a legacy that will inform future study abroad / placement year students.
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2019 Summit Lapidary Club Officers
PRESIDENT: Becky Koscso
VICE PRESIDENT: Julie Fultz
SECRETARY: Laura McElroy
Co-TREASURERS: Nancy Halloran and Laura Thomas
TRUSTEES: Tom McLaughlin, David Rich & Bob Spore
David Rich
Bob Spore
Nancy Halloran
Becky Koscso
Regular Business Meetings and programs are held the first Tuesday
of the month at the Quirk Cultural Center, 1201 Grant Ave,
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Meetings begin at 7:00 PM.
Visitors and Guests are always welcome!
Our Club House is open on Tuesdays from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM and
Saturdays 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Please feel free to drop in!
Club House: 244 Chestnut Ave., Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
Phone: 330-929-3708
Laura McElroy
Our Club is a member-driven organization. From club officers to class teachers, all are individuals who have volunteered their time to help sustain and grow our club. As a club we feel an obligation to the communities we live in. We annually sponsor a local "Adopt-A-Spot", make and donate trees and ornaments to the Annual Holiday Tree Festival benefiting Akron Children's Hospital. These are just a few things we gladly do to help in our communities.
Tom McLaughlin
Julie Fultz
Our Club, along with Akron Mineral Society sponsors the Gemboree twice a year. This educational fundraising activity helps both clubs defray the costs of operations. This is in keeping with our Mission Statement:
"To afford the opportunity to share interest in Lapidary Knowledge and Working Techniques".
Laura Thomas
The Summit Lapidary Club began in 1946 as The Falls Gem Club. In 1974, it was reorganized as The Summit Lapidary Club. In 1982, we became a member of the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies.
Our membership consists of over 100 individuals all brought together by their interest in the art of lapidary. Our members' interests range from gem and mineral collecting, jewelry making, faceting and silversmithing. Our membership has access to our on-site equipment which includes slab and trim saws, grinders and polishers.
As a member of The Summit Lapidary Club you are able to participate in the many classes that are offered at our Club House. All of our classes are taught in house, by our members who volunteer their time and knowledge to help us grow as a group. Club sponsored trips are another benefit of being a member. Some recent excursions include The Agate Expo, Mining in North Carolina, and many collecting trips for our State Gem-OHIO FLINT. But the best benefit is meeting and exploring the knowledge of other members. With knowledge comes growth!


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1. "Her campaign was flawed." Maybe it's time to redefine what a "flawed campaign" really means, because her campaign was great, and nowhere nearly as "flawed" as Trump's. Do not forget that when Trump's campaign began, with the absurd scene of him descending the escalator of his decrepit New York tower, "campaign" would have been too generous a word to describe it. It certainly did not function like the kind of campaign pundits and voters expect from modern presidential candidates. He had a tiny staff, little ground game, and the consistent threat of losing support of his party. Instead of relationship mending and setting up offices to organize canvassing, he channeled his energy into staying up late at night to tap out angry, hateful missives on Twitter. His campaign's apparent missteps along the way were so numerous and odious — from his wife plagiarizing a famous speech by the nation's beloved first lady to the tape of him bragging about grabbing women "by the pussy" — they should have ruined him many times over. Clinton's campaign included an impeccable ground game, the support of her party, flawlessly orchestrated campaign events featuring stars like Beyoncé, our president, and our first lady. Sure, her campaign's slogan, "stronger together," wasn't the cleverest, most emotional one the world has ever heard. But "I'm with her" was genius — the perfect hashtag, bumper sticker, and Instagram bio. So don't try to tell us that this was her fault from the get-go.
2. "But there's a silver lining!" It's natural, in times of great grief, to look for silver linings. But as anyone who has endured a great tragedy knows, there is not always one. The greater, the more shocking the tragedy, the less likely there is to be a bright side. Optimism isn't just this thing that you can pluck from some place inside of you with the same ease that Kellyanne Conway tells lies on national television. Because we went into this with so much optimism — optimism that hateful rhetoric wouldn't win over the American electorate, optimism that centenarian women would witness the inauguration of the first woman president in their lifetimes, optimism that the war waged against women's constitutional right to control their own bodies was finally over. So now, no, I'm not going to be optimistic. I'm going to re-read David Remnick's essay and resent the doomsday scenario so many of us are now suffering through.
3. "She was a flawed candidate from the beginning." Firstly, she was the most qualified candidate to ever run for the office of president — a first lady, a senator, a secretary of state. But fine, let's go with this "she was flawed" narrative for a beat. Let's unpack that for your sake. Everybody has flaws. Everybody has said something they're not proud of. Everybody could be better at many aspects of their work. But there was no flaw in her that was worse than any flaw in him. There was not a single thing she said that came anywhere close to being worse than the multitude of ugly, vile things he said. Through service to this country, she has helped many groups of people, from the New York City firemen who needed an advocate after 9/11 to children who needed health care. He has shown interest in helping no one but himself at the expense of anyone who gets in his way. He is the man who said women should receive "some form of punishment" for getting abortions if the procedure was illegal. She is the woman who so famously declared in Beijing more than 20 years ago, "Humans rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights." So, don't tell me she — a woman of principle, experience, and incredible grace — lost because she's "flawed."
4. "Trump won't be so bad." We've gone over, so many times, the vicious remarks he's made about every group of people in this country and beyond, who are different from his privileged white maleness. These, along with the tweet he posted two days after the election criticizing the media for "inciting protests," provide every reason we need to believe he will be "so bad." But if that's not enough, let's also remember that he has been disturbingly vague on what he would actually do as president. Before meeting with President Barack Obama and deciding he might keep parts of the Affordable Care Act
Trump, also, is supposed to take the stand later this month in a fraud trial that is the result of the class-action lawsuit filed against Trump University. His lawyer went to court to ask to delay the trial because Trump is busy getting ready to be president and he's not sure testifying is "the best use of his time right now." No sitting president has ever had to take the stand for a fraud trial. So yes, evidence points to this administration being, well, bad.
5. "We didn't protest like this after Obama won." You cannot compare Trump and Obama. Obama wasn't a racist, sexist xenophobe who lied constantly and had no vision for America besides the fact that he needed to assume its highest office to validate his own megalomania. Obama represented progress, Trump represents the depressing regression of that progress. It's also worth noting that after Obama was elected, Trump called for a revolution, perhaps of the very nature of the one thrumming at the doorstep of his New York tower. The call for that revolution came in a tweet that Trump has deleted since winning the election — unsurprising, given that this is a man who views transparency to the people he serves not as an obligation, but something he can opt out of. While Obama was in office, Trump protested his administration not with signs and chants, but by architecting and promoting the birther conspiracy theory.
6. "I feel bad for my wife" or "I feel bad for my sister," when coming from a white man who does not feel quite so threatened or emotionally damaged by a Trump win. You should feel bad for yourself too. A loss for the women of this country is a loss for the men who love them, along with the children they share. While white men are less likely to be victims of hate crimes and harassment than this nation's women and minorities, they are not likely to benefit much, if at all, from a Trump administration. When Ben Carson, whose understanding of the Declaration of Independence is cursory at best, is being floated as a possible secretary of education, the only rational reaction is to fear for one's children. When Trump has filed for bankruptcy six times and laid off many workers from his own resorts, and is expected to be disastrous for the global economy, we should all feel sorry for ourselves.
7. "Bernie would have won." Bernie was not a perfect candidate either. Impressive, yes, but he had his own serious failings, including his inability to explain what the Fed's role in government is to the New York Daily News, which is certainly puzzling when your biggest initiative includes economic reform. He also is likely to have faced the challenges Clinton faced, including getting her diehard supporters over to his camp. What's more, as even his wife said, even if you do believe in your heart of hearts that Bernie could have won, it doesn't matter now. Donald Trump won, and there's no undoing that.
8. "Another woman will have a chance." But not the most qualified person, who happens to be female, to ever run for president. In our lifetime, it seems unlikely that a woman with Clinton's résumé will emerge to take the helm of either major political party. One reason Clinton's defeat stung so, so much to her female supporters was because even her experience, intelligence, and political acumen (in no easy feat, she beat Trump in all three debates!) wasn't enough to propel her over the finish line and suggests that America really wasn't ready for a female president. Even though another woman will have a chance to become president, many of our moms and grandmas will not live to see that day.
9. "America is just getting what it wanted. We voted for this." Actually, we didn't. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by more than 1.5 percentage points, which equates to more than 2 million votes, according to the New York Times. Trump won because of the electoral college, which has now denied a popular vote-winning Democrat the presidency twice since 2000, when Al Gore won the popular vote by 0.5 percentage points.
10. "People just need to come together right now and support the president-elect." People do need to come together to rally behind what they believe in, whether that's Trump's agenda or something entirely different. Freedom of speech, a hallmark value of this nation, means exercising the right to hold and express viewpoints that are different from those who run our government. And merely holding those viewpoints or taking to the streets to express them through protests and chants does not equate to rooting for the demise of this nation. People don't need to support an administration that is poised to seriously roll back reproductive freedom, environmental protections, and the health care millions and millions of Americans have come to rely on. They don't need to support a man who, with no political experience or clear political convictions, stands to be a wild card in the Oval Office on every piece of legislation. They need to exercise their constitutionally granted freedom to stand up for what they believe in, whether or not that's what the next administration will do.
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The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Notes #1: Introduction
*For purpose of these posts please see my note at the end of this article. There you will also find the edition of the book I am reading. All quotes are from this work.
At the beginning of this work is a very interesting section titled, "Biographical Note, Charles Darwin, 1809-1852" followed by a brief "Contents: The Origin of Species" section which is an entire chapter by chapter book overview.
Now I know many people skip reading these introductional type sections, but I am not one of those people. There can be a wealth of information in these sections. I would suggest reading these sections in this work by Darwin as a background to the work itself.
I found reading this first section and learning a little about the life of Darwin very interesting. The fact that as a youth he "…to his schoolmates he boasted that he could produce variously colored flowers of the same plant by watering them with certain colored fluids." was cool to think about.
Here is a young boy who preforming science experiments that we now think of as common place. Who of us hasn't taken a stalk of celery and placed it in a glass of red colored water to watch the red food coloring travel up the veins of the celery? Or looked at the many different colored daisy's at the grocery store or florist and been unsurprised by the perfect color match to a graduation dress.
We find this idea of coloring flowers normal, everyday type stuff. We think "Everyone should know that." But during the time when Darwin was a young boy these ideas were new and he was one of the young people willing to test them out and try them.
Darwin's dad was a doctor so it is no surprise that young Darwin was interested in the study of medicine and science in general. BUT he switched gears and studied to be a country clergyman at Cambridge for a while. Darwin's love of science won out though and a professor of Botany named J. S. Henslow got Darwin a job as a naturalist on a government ship named the H. M. S. Beagle.
Darwin spent 1831 to 1836 on this ship. He traveled the "Southern waters" which included the Cape Verde Islands. I had to look this area up. It is the area west of northern Africa. Here is a map with notes I made from: Google Maps
During Darwin's travels he "…made extensive examinations of coral reefs and noted the relations of animals on the mainland to those of the adjacent islands, as well as the relation of living animals to the fossil remains of the same species."
My thoughts on this so far? Here is a very bright student. He starts out studying to be a doctor, then a clergyman, and then a person who studies nature on a ship. It seems at this point that he doesn't know what he wants to do but Darwin describes that voyage on the ship as "by far the most important event in my life."
This young man has studied science since a very young boy. He conducted lots of experiments. He has gone to school at Dr. Butler's day school which used a classical curriculum, he has been to Edinburgh to study medicine, and to Cambridge to study for the clergy, and then on a 5 year ship ride. This young man has had a very exciting life even if you don't look at all the studying he accomplished also. From the reading it seems as though Darwin had not that great an experience at his "elementary school". The text states that he had an "undistinguished career" at that day school. Maybe he was too bright, who knows, but the text also states that Darwin had "singular interests".
Relating this to our family I would say it would be like someone 🙂 who constantly thinks about flying. A young boy who thought that he could actually physically fly. This young man has wanted to fly since he could talk. The day he found out that pilots got paid to fly he was the happiest boy alive, "They get paid to just fly?" This same young boy a year later played the goose in an on stage production. He puts his costume on and states quietly, "Now I have wings I really can fly." This young boy regularly designs airplanes and builds them out of wood, k'nex, legos, paper, whatever. This boy will fly someday. He has a "singular interest" in flying.
Darwin's dad saw this interest and switched his son from that day school to the Edinburgh school. This young boy was looked after and his love of science was nurtured. But to him that voyage on the ship where he could take the time to study nature for 5 years, that was what he felt was the most important event in his life. Can you see the excitement in his eyes as he says that? Can you sense the pure joy of a person who has found and been able to do what he enjoys?
If you would like to read more about the life timeline of Darwin here is a great site: Darwin Timeline
From that site I learned that Darwin's life was not as "great" as the book I am ready says or leaves out… I guess he went to one school before that day school but during that time his mother dies. Terrible just terrible. Take the time to read some of his life story at that link above. Very interesting. As I have told my children many times make sure you know who is writing what you are reading. The views of the writer come through in the writing even if they don't mean them to. The edition I am reading finds it important to tell me that Darwin married his cousin (no note on how close a cousin) but does not tell me that he had 10 children or that his mama had died when he was young. Anyway, if you get a chance, take the time to read through the information at that site.
Did you know that Darwin wrote many others works? Most people figured he must have but don't realize how many. That link above also lists these works with links to where you can read them.
Now back to the book…
Darwin lived in London after that voyage and wrote about his studies on that voyage. He got married and had lots of kids. During those years he became quite ill and moved to Down where "he lived in seclusion for the rest of his days". He also had many friend who where scientists. While he lived in Down he spent 8 years working on his four volumes of the "classification of barnacles". Wow, he sure was dedicated.
After that work studying a specific species he started the work of figuring out the "modification of species which he had been pondering for many years." He continued to read other works from notable scientists. During his reading he decided he had figured something out and his scientific friends told him he should write it down. So he started to. But while he was doing this he got halfway through and found out that someone else had written an essay that stated the exact same thing Darwin was writing about.
What to do, what to do. He again talked with his scientist friends and they said to write a work that was a combination of both. But it seems like Darwin decided to write his own work anyway and there was a huge uproar because Darwin was saying it was his own idea and this other guy was saying that he came up with it first. On that first day the book Origins by Darwin was published "the entire first edition of 1,250 copies sold". Pretty amazing.
During the next 40 years of his life he lived on a strict schedule. He was sick a lot and used this schedule to make sure that he had time for different things. He was only able to work on his scientific studies for about 4 hours a day. An interesting comment he made about how he used his time "'a law ought to be passed' against unhappy endings to novels." He made time for reading other things besides scientific stuff.
He died in 1882 and is interred next to Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey.
Here is a picture of where he is interred: Darwin in Westminster Abbey
Next comes the table of contents which is rather interesting in that is gives a short synopsis of each chapter. Following the table of contents are a few more section before the meat of the book starts. Both of these sections are written by Darwin. This post is long enough so I will begin my next post with the next section titled: "An Historical Sketch: of the progress of opinion on the origin of species, previously to the publication of the first edition of this work".
Thoughtful Questions:
1) What are your feelings on reading this work by Darwin?
2) Christians: Do you feel as a Christian it is wrong or evil to read this work? If so, think about why you would feel this way.
3) Do you have a better understanding who Darwin is as a person when he was writing this work? If so, what impresses you most?
4) What do you find most interesting in his life leading up to the writing of this work?
5) Based on what you know now, if you had lived the life that Darwin lived, do you feel you would have done the same things he has done? Why or why not? Try and use specific parts of his life as examples.
6) Take the time right now and write down what you believe the theory of evolution to be. Writing it now before we study this work will be useful when doing the readings. Lets see if what you think you "know" now lives up to what is really in this book.
I have answered all these questions myself.
Ending thoughts:
Now, as a creationist I do not believe that the theory of evolution, as many state it, is factual. I also do not believe that all the information I have heard about Darwin's theory of evolution is factual either. So I will enjoy reading about the life and studies of Darwin's work as a textbook, as a work of a man who is excited to show what he has found out, as a work to be read not hidden or thought of as evil by some Christians. I have always wanted to know what this book says and that is why I am reading it. I want to know what it is I am against. I do not believe in evolution as others have told me. But I want to read for myself and say, "Yes, I know what evolution and I do not believe in it," and really know what I am talking about. Not just regurgitate what others have told me that Darwin says. This is not a search to check on my beliefs, this is just me reading a book. I am and will always be a Christian who is a Creationist who believes that God created all things by just saying the words. Amen
* As a Bible believing creationist I am in the process of reading through Charles Darwin's work "The Origin of Species". I will be making notes here as I read through. These notes are just thoughts I have when I am reading. They are to help me remember and understand as I am reading. But they are also written as a review and summary of my thoughts in case my children ever decide to read it they will know what their mama thought while reading each chapter. I believe I am reading this work as a textbook and so will also include thoughtful questions for myself and others at the end of each section. When speaking with my children about my ideas they agreed that others may find this information useful so I am writing them here on my blog.
EDITION: Darwin, Charles. "The Origin of Species." The Great Books, Volume 40, 1952: pages v-252. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. and The University of Chicago


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I've reported several times about tearing with Nvidia's new VDPAU driver. Now it seems I've found a working solution for me, to get rid of this pretty ugly tearing effect. Here are my steps:
- Use latest driver (>=180.27) from the launchpad PPA repository. Add these lines into your
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text: I slide into Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal as day sags into night on this Friday evening. I set sail for Victoria, and not for the reasons most would expect. With attractions like a bug zoo, miniature world, and butterfly museum, you would think I am crossing the Georgia Straight to make my smarmy 5'7" self … Continue reading


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Tenille Dashwood is an Australian professional wrestler best known as Emma.
Tayla, a product of the Storm Wrestling Academy in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, reportedly earned a WWE developmental contract following a tryout at Florida Championship Wrestling's base in Tampa, Florida. She announced in July 2011 that she would be undergoing surgery on her shoulder, which had caused her problems throughout her wrestling career.
Prior to joining WWE, Tenille notably competed for Shimmer Women Athletes. She is also a two-time SuperGirls Champion, the lone championship of the SuperGirls promotion in British Columbia.


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Jukebox Server
Service software: Jinzora
Access Instructions: (Assumes local noisebridge network access)
- Add jukebox.sfo.noisebridge.net to your hosts file (ip address 172.30.0.20)
- Local TLD is enabled, so you can visit http://jukebox.noise in any web browser -- http://172.30.0.20
- Select the MPD Player to stream music over the room speakers or stream to play the files locally
- Administrator login:
- admin
- noisebridge
- You no longer have to be logged in as admin in order to play via the MPD player. You can either use the not-logged in account, or create an account for yourself.
- The scheme for putting music on the the jukebox is still to sftp in and upload whatcha got (/var/music), then go to 'Media Management' and 'Rescan Media'. There is (theoretically) a web interface for uploading more music, but, really, why bother?


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WG Asia and RU just uploaded this video on the new VK 45.03:
And is also being sold on SEA and RU (including the Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. K).
Note: VK 45.03 is now available as Rental on NA as well.
Every player on every server has the ability to get one, except EU of course. I dont care if EU is 1 or 2 days behind but now it's pushing towards 1 week. Yet with update 9.15 SEA server was miles behind the rest in receiving the update..
I bet this tank will be first sold on/near tankfest which is in a few weeks…
It is bizarre how EU hasn't got this and the new Aussie tonk. You'd have thought that selling it and making money, as much money as soon as possible, would be the best business decision.
Strangest of all was the way the new British Destroyer HMS Campbeltown was delayed for what seemed an age in WoWS EU.
Mayhap the Paris floods are having an effect.
If the floods would have affected them so bad they wouldn't have given us the Crapion or the AMX crap bundle they did. As a matter of fact they wouldn't even pose articles on forums/website. Don't try and find excuses for them. This is on purpose.
It´s insane. They seem to be waiting for the soccer-europe mastery championship to release the tank but for what reason – people prefer to buy sausages, potatoe chips and beer for that, not tanks.
However, it´s somehow scary to watch nice offers and rentals on all the other servers and EU only managed to give out a cheesy old CDC bundle nobody really wants.
god dammit if wg eu pulls an fv201 a45 (as in they held out on giving it to eu for about 4 months and when every other server got the option to do a marathon to get it we got a bundle that put in £10 over the price of a tier 8 prem) with the vk4503 i will go nuts
its even more ironic because this thing would sell like nothing else would on eu people hate the lowe its too and slow firing and the gun handling with that aim time is not good at all you cant snap shot. tje vk4503 is a tank i would love to have but if they bundle it they can go suck a dick.


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While looking for a way to convert MP4 to FLV, I came across a couple free programs. Since I had problems finding free programs to convert videos to flash in the past, I'll list them here. While both are free, neither are open-source (if anyone knows of an open source converter feel free to leave a comment).
That said, both of these do work well for the simple task of converting to flash video.
Any Video Converter
I didn't pack in any screenshots of the actual program, but it's a very sleek interface, and obviously it supports quite a few formats. You can also pull video from YouTube, Google Video, MetaCafe, or Nico.
You can set the output duration, frame size, video bitrate, video framerate, audio codec, audio bitrate, audio sample rate, and a few other things as well.
A few little things to watch for though. When you Add a Video source, it'll detect the original's frame size and framerate and show them. Neither are automatically set in the output though – you'll want to make sure you manually set them. There are quick selection boxes (with presets), but in many cases you'll want to manually type in frame size you want (particularly if you're using a widescreen aspect ratio). The other issue is that the detected frame rate may not be completely correct. I used source that was at 29.97FPS, but it stated/detected it as 30FPS. Not a major issue, but you may want to double-check your source.
Doing the actual conversion used only 1 core, and for a 5 minute HD video it took about 2 minutes to convert from an x264 MP4 to a flash FLV on an i7 machine – certainly reasonable, and you can watch the progress % if you'd prefer.
You can find Any Video Converter at:
riva FLV encoder
The riva FLV encoder converts (presumably any) video to flash FLV. While it'll only convert to FLV (or JPG images if you have the need for it), it allows you to insert padding or crop, unlike Any Video Converter. There are a few downsides though – it doesn't auto-detect the source movie size or framerate, so you may need to use another program to get that info if you don't know it already, and then type in your desired values in the appropriate boxes. Also, when you actually click the Encode button, it looks like it's frozen/hung. It is in fact doing the encode and will un-freeze once it's done, but looking frozen doesn't bode well for it.
You can find riva FLV encoder at:
Both programs are decent, and of course, free.


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Ron Lykins
Ron Lykins, who worked for the American Association of adaptedSPORTSTM Programs (AAASP) as Director of Training, is a 25–year veteran in the field of disabled sports, and known internationally for his expertise. He is a USA Paralympic Coach, leading the U.S. Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team to win the gold medal at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. He also served as Head Coach for the 2001–02 Women's National Wheelchair Basketball Team; and was Head Coach for the 1990 World Championship and Paralympic silver medalist team in women's wheelchair basketball. Lykins was also assistant coach for the national women's wheelchair basketball team that competed in the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
During the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Lykins was Venue Manager for wheelchair basketball events at Morehouse College Arena. He was charged with all aspects of preparing the venue including directing a crew to manage the functional areas of security, competition, concessions, accreditation, and VIP service.
Lykins met the co–founders of AAASP in 1994 when he was commissioned by the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Organizing Committee to script and oversee the Georgia Power–produced video of disabled sports training techniques. He worked for AAASP as the Director of Training from 1998 to 2008, where he oversaw coaching standards for teaching youth adapted sports, and directed AAASP program staff in the development of training criteria, educational material, and sport policy. Lykins was the primary author for AAASP's adaptedSPORTSTM coaching publications.
As Sports Program Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater from 1985 to 1993, Lykins directed the recreation/athletic programs for students with disabilities.
Lykins' knowledge of disabled sports took root during college when he worked in the office of the Commissioner of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association and with the University of Kentucky's wheelchair basketball team. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Community Recreation, and a Masters degree in Therapeutic Recreation from the University of Kentucky.


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Family Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving with family at son's has been postponed until Sat , 'cause some have to work . That's fine with me. I had a nice turkey dinner today delivered by a local church group. They did this last year too. We are all seniors here in this complex and I appreciate the thoughtfulness and kindness of this group. I know they will be blessed by God for their good deeds.
About the new fangled camera, well I'm going to require more time to download pictures, 'cause so far I haven't deciphered the instructions yet. Actually I'd rather go shopping. LOL My main reason for shopping on a hectic day like this is to buy more memory for the camera . I should then be able to take pics w/o worry. The time is too short for me to learn this stuff and my 32 MB is used up. It would be fun to do video too, another time perhaps. God willing I will have some pictures for you.
I thank you all for your Thanksgiving wishes. I'm so blessed to have friends like and I hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving as well. Let's all remember where our blessings come from, not just on the holidays, but throughout the year. I'm very grateful for who and what God has given and I take nothing for granted. We know that HE gives and HE takes so let's be thankful and keep everyday Holy.


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The 2004 UK national windsurfing calendar drew to a close with the final event in the 'King of the Lakes' series being held at Keith Atkinson's home club, Bewl Water in Kent. This was the first time in Bewl's 30 year history that the sailing club had hosted a national two day windsurfing event.
The 21 year olds 'Formula' performance this year has been exceptionally good, having already become the 2004 seasons UK National Vice Champion in the UK National Formula class, however he needed a win on his home water to secure badly needed points for his overall UK National Ranking and the title 'Formula King of the Lakes'. Keith's main adversary at Bewl was to be his old training partner, the very experienced 38 year old 'Flying Frenchman', Xavier Ferlet. During this season Keith has beaten the Frenchman on numerous occasions, including a spectacular win over him in the Rutland Marathon during July. The two opponents are friends off the water but on water it is reminiscent of the battle of Trafalgar with experience and tactics playing a crucial part in the racing.
Both days were forecast to be light winds and not suiting the 'Formula' sailors at all, however Keith had the advantage of being at his home club where he has sailed from the age of six, he understands the difficult wind shifts that are experienced on one of the UK's most testing inland waters. Saturday dawned with a light but increasing breeze, this had filled in sufficiently by the 10.30am briefing for the UKWA race officer, to decide that racing was possible for all fleets, albeit border line for the 'Formula' class. Two races were held, back to back, before breaking for lunch. With a further two scheduled for the afternoon. The 'Formula racing was very close with Keith taking two first places and two seconds, the Frenchman had similar results two seconds followed by two firsts but was subject to two protests for his morning races, one for a sailing infringement and the other for not having signed on for racing until after the two morning races were completed. The latter protest was upheld and Xavier was disqualified from both races. The afternoon races again saw two more protests this time from the Frenchman against Keith, one was upheld so that at the close of the first day of racing Keith was in overnight first place with Xavier back in sixth.
Day two of racing produced slightly more wind but still marginal for the 'Formula' guys, four races were held with Anglo French pair battling it out for supremacy, the two morning races gave them a first and second place a piece. For the afternoon session there was a little more wind and the race officer decided to make the last race a longer distance race to finish the event. In the first of these races Keith had a bad start allowing the Frenchman to gain a lead that Keith was unable to close. For Keith to win the events 'Formula' class he had to win the last race, he was determined to keep the 'Flying Frenchman' at bay. Both windsurfers went off the line neck and neck, Xavier managed to beat slightly higher up wind but Keith knowing the wind shifts tacked early, giving Keith's supporters some very anxious moments, Keith managed to get a lift and by the next tack was measurably extending his lead which Xavier was unable to claw back, Keith finished in style well ahead of the 'Flying Frenchman' bringing back memories of Keith's earlier conquest in the 2004 Marathon back in July.
Having won the 'Formula' class at Bewl and the 'King of the Lakes' series for 'Formula' Keith now has to wait for the UKWA to ratify his overall UK 2004 national ranking.
With his friend Nick Dempsey having won a Bronze medal in Athens in the windsurfing Mistral class and the proposed switch for the 2008 games to a 'Formula' style board Keith has already been approached as a potential member of the GBR Olympic team for Beijing. As we go to press it has been announced that Neilpryde, Keith's major equipment sponsor, has been chosen to supply the next Olympic 'one design' board, which is a hybrid formula board. The ISAF & IOC now have to ratify this choice.


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Dr. Hearon will be speaking on TMJ and rib subluxations. This is a class put on by the FCEA. It is a basic overview of how the TMJ and Ribs can misalign. It is a perfect introduction to the CCEP class on TMJ, Ribs and the Shoulder GIrdle.
To register click on the link and it will take you to the FCEA.


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On the Wednesday, after election Tuesday, I took a decisive step. My mental health was in jeopardy. I would fight to eliminate a habit – a preoccupying, distracting, futile fifty year old habit.
My students tell me that I have never grown up. I guess not. Childlike,I am still trying to make sense of my world. I read about economics to understand how money makes the world go round. I built a my own house and others and gained a sense of the physical world and how things are put together. I read chemistry to understand what makes matter matter. I read about cosmology and quantum science to understand my place in the universe. I obsessively read about politics and government to understand how people work together to thrive, or not. This last, no more.
NPR news will no longer wake me in the morning or play in the background as I eat breakfast or wash the dishes. Books on tape and silence will reign in my Camry. I will scan headlines but read no further. The opinion page will be skipped. I will resist to the best of my capacity political discussions with friends and strangers alike. I have suffered through too many dysfunctional wrong-headed presidencies. I must fight my way out of this depressive obsession with politics.
This effort will (has) created space in my brain that I need to fill with non-political thoughts. The saying goes "The devil makes work for idle hands." It is also true that "the devil makes work for idle minds." I need new things to think about.
So I am memorizing lines to a play. I am being very intentional about thinking about the next day's lectures as I go to bed. I am learning a new (for me) way of doing statistics and plan to do all the R exercises in the amazing, Rethinking Statistics by Richard McElreath. I am ordering more math books to read. I am studying more Go games and reading more about playing bridge. I already feel freer.
The last stanza of The Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit seems appropriate to the times. But I will feed my head not with LSD but by learning and using new ideas, by disciplining my thinking, and as always taking care of the ones I love.


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Commerce and Consumption in the Third Reich
- Author: S. Jonathan Wiesen, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
- Date Published: November 2010
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- isbn: 9780521746366
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When the Nazis came to power in 1933, they promised to build a vibrant consumer society. But they faced a dilemma. They recognized that consolidating support for the regime required providing Germans with the products they desired. At the same time, the Nazis worried about the degrading cultural effects of mass consumption and its association with "Jewish" interests. This book examines how both the state and private companies sought to overcome this predicament. Drawing on a wide range of sources – advertisements, exhibition programs, films, consumer research, and marketing publications – the book traces the ways National Socialists attempted to create their own distinctive world of buying and selling. At the same time, it shows how corporate leaders and everyday Germans navigated what S. Jonathan Wiesen calls "the Nazi marketplace." A groundbreaking work that combines cultural, intellectual, and business history, Creating the Nazi Marketplace offers an innovative interpretation of commerce and ideology in the Third Reich.Read more
- The first book-length study of marketing in the Third Reich
- Draws on heretofore unavailable archival materials, including the papers of the Society for Consumer Research
- Author is a prize-winning historian
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"In this deeply researched and richly argued book, S. Jonathan Wiesen suggests that, rather than illustrating the 'primacy of politics' over the economy, the Nazi marketplace was central to the regime's promise of future consumer abundance, the realization of individual achievement, and the creation of a purified 'racial community.' In addition to highlighting the contradictions in the regime's attempt to reconcile communal and private interests and its pursuit of rearmament and war while satisfying civilian needs, the Nazi marketplace also exposed the overlapping desires of business elites and marketing professionals to preserve their autonomy from political interference while advancing the Nazi Volksgemeinschaft." – Shelley Baranowski, University of AkronSee more reviews
"Shoppers, ad men, Rotary Club boosters, and market researchers are not the kinds of people we usually associate with Nazi Germany. But Wiesen makes precisely this connection as he explores the contradictory interdependence between a racist dictatorship and a modern consumer society. Meticulous research, original interpretation, and lucid writing make this a major contribution to our understanding of ordinary Germans who supported Hitler's rule." – Claudia Koonz, Duke University
"S. Jonathan Wiesen's book analyzes a still incompletely understood dimension of daily life under National Socialist rule, while also drawing attention to the larger issues of morality and violence that remain crucial to an understanding of the Nazi regime. In doing this, the work provides an original and valuable contribution to the scholarship." – Rudy Koshar, University of Wisconsin–Madison
"S. Jonathan Wiesen tells a fascinating, unsettling story: how Nazi elites attempted to engineer prosperity and how German citizens came to expect getting and taking. Racial comrades slipped easily into the role of consumers, which bound them more tightly to the imperial projects and unceasing violence of the Third Reich. Wiesen shows how Nazism was built on desire and entitlement." – Peter Fritzsche, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Highly recommended." -Choice
"I recommend this book to those who are interested in non-military aspects of WWII Germany, particularly the German home front. While I had read other books on the Nazis rise to power, this really brought home the appeal the party had for German consumer businesses and the limits of Nazi control even at the height of their power." - Steven M. Smith, Armchair Journal
"At its core, S. Jonathan Wiesen's impressively researched and thoughtful book is about the evolution of modern marketing in Germany...an indispensable resource for scholars of advertising and consumerism." - Diethelm Prowe, American Historial Review
"This carefully researched and well-written book explores an area of Nazi Germany that has been touched only lightly in the existing extensive literature about the Third Reich." -Gerhard L. Weinberg, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"...Wiesen's study is a good starting point for further research into the culture of the marketplace supplementing the discussion on its material features." -Dieter Ziegler, H-Judaic
"...an important piece of scholarship that highlights the attempt to create a veritable economic middle path between capitalism and communism— but one persistently linked to Nazi criminality." -Mark B. Cole, German Studies Review
"S Jonathan Wiesen's impressive new book on the consumer marketplace during the Third Reich demonstrates the difficulty the Nazi government had in imposing its 'racially and morally sanitised consumer capitalism' on its subjects (232)." -Victoria Harris, European History Quarterly
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- Date Published: November 2010
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521746366
- length: 292 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.4kg
- contains: 22 b/w illus.
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
1. National Socialism and the market
2. Commerce for the community: advertising, marketing, and public relations in Hitler's Germany
3. Rotary clubs, consumption, and the Nazis' achievement community
4. Finding the 'voice of the consumer': the Society for Consumer Research in the 1930s
5. World War II and the virtuous marketplace
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