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Is General Schwarzkopf referring only to military strategy? No! The General's comment refers to anyone and any strategy. Without a strong set of core values, one's plan of action will be unrestrained, never a thought any value system. Recent history is replete with examples of actions and behaviors toward material rewards without a serious thought of any moral and ethical standard.
But, is it always only about morals and ethics. Leadership authors and professionals tell us that Core Values encompasses several other leadership traits and behaviors.
Maybe it is time for a review of Core Values, its origin, principles and ideals. So what are Core Values, and what is the make-up of these personal guidelines? Why do leaders exhibit amoral and immoral behaviors, knowing of the high moral standards of society?
The derivative ideal of morals and ethics is the Natural Law, which as Aristotle points out in his Nicomachean Ethics[i] centers on the ideal of "doing good." Doing good is also related to the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." The philosophy of human affairs center around the idea of happiness. The virtue of happiness goes well beyond the feelings and pleasure of the moment. Ultimately the intrinsic reward of happiness is found in the excellence of human moral principles and ethical behaviors. In other words, the very base of who we are and of what is our make-up.
Character is defined as the attributes or features that make up and distinguish an individual. Human rectitude is defined by Natural Law moral and ethical principles, which is also encompassed with several other core values defined by Aristotle as the Eleven Moral Virtues. Character Counts outlines Six Pillars of Character as the core ethical values. These traits are behavioral expectations of all people. A short review of these concepts is at times necessary to remind us of our base behavior toward mankind.
The base of Core Values – morality – is defined as the most important code of conduct put forward by a society and accepted by the member of that society.[ii] Morals are the principles and guidelines by which we follow to restrain our Ethical behaviors. Morals refer to a code of conduct that, given specified conditions, would be put forward by all rational persons.
Ethics is defined as the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation; the principles of conduct governing an individual or group.[iii] Ethics are the practices we exhibit in our daily conduct of doing good, doing what is right, and the rectitude described in our moral standards.
Several organizations and writers have described several attributes or practices under the title of core values evolving from Aristotle's moral virtues. Character Counts lists Six Pillars of Character[iv] as their core values. Basic definitions are provided my Merriam-Webster.
Trustworthiness. Worthiness as a recipient of another's trust or confidence. Dependability, reliability, infallibility, or creditability. Think "true blue". Be honest. Don't deceive, cheat or steal. Do what you say you will do. Have the mental, physical and moral courage to do the right thing. Build a good reputation. Be loyal – stand by your family, friends, and country.
Respect. A relation or reference to a particular thing or situation; act of giving particular attention; consideration; high regard; esteem; quality or state of being esteemed. Every individual deserves a certain level of respect based on their very existence. How high or low that level of respect is determined by their individual behavior, performance or achievements – i.e. earned respect. Follow the Golden Rule. Be tolerant and accepting of differences. Use good manners, not bad language. Be considerate of all feelings of others. Don't threaten, hit or hurt anyone. Deal peacefully with anger, insults and disagreements.
Responsibility. The quality or state of being responsible: such as moral, legal, or mental accountability. Reliability, trustworthiness. Burden. Do what you are supposed to do. Plan ahead. Be diligent – practice due diligence. Persevere. Do your best. Use self-control. Be self-disciplined. Think before you act. Be accountable for your words, actions and attitudes. Set a good example for others.
Fairness. The qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses. Play by the rules. Take turns and share. Be open-minded; listen to others. Don't take advantage of others. Don't blame others carelessly. Treat all people fairly. In a recent study by Robert Half Management Resources on the most important leadership attribute, Integrity and fairness were rated 1 and 2.[v]
Caring. Feeling or showing concern for or kindness to others. Be kind. Be compassionate and show you care. Express gratitude, forgive others. Help people in need. Be charitable and altruistic. As the saying goes, "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."
Citizenship. State of being a citizen. Membership in a community (state, city, organization). The quality of an individual's response to membership in a community. Do your share to make your community better. Cooperate. Get involved in community (organizational) affairs. Stay informed. Be a good neighbor. Obey laws and rules. Respect authority. Protect the environment. Volunteer.
Core values are basic to existence in society. As stated there are other traits, such as learning that is integrated with personal development. Moderation is another, don't over-indulge. Justice, which includes not only the legal attributes of the law, but also the fair and just treatment of others.
Core Values define "who we are" as individuals. These are the basic attributes, traits and behaviors we are to follow in our individual lives; not just at home, but twenty-four, seven, 365 days a year in every aspect of our interactions with other in private, public, business, religion, and personal leadership.
I ask you, "Who are You? What is the base ideal of your daily leadership and practice in building relationships with other?"
[i] Bartlett, Robert and Collins, Susan. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
[ii] Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/morality-definition/.
[iii] Merriam-Webster Dictionary at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethic.
[iv] Character Counts at https://charactercounts.org/program-overview/six-pillars/.
[v] Forbes online at https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2016/10/25/the-most-important-leadership-attribute-new-study-has-clear-answer/#28e06a204df2, October 25, 2016.


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Following the news that Suntech owner, Shunfeng will acquire a 63.13% stake in high efficiency crystalline silicon cell and module manufacturer, Suniva for $57.8 million, Suniva has said it will increase its U.S. manufacturing capacity to over 400 MW on the back of high demand, thus creating 300 new jobs.
"High demand for our products continues to validate that as the U.S. solar market matures, sophisticated buyers are increasingly valuing power density and quality," stated John Baumstark, chairman and CEO of Suniva. "This expansion was encouraged by the U.S. markets interest in high quality, high-value American-made solar products."
The ramp up represents an increase of just 30 MW, with current manufacturing capacity sitting at around 370 MW. Bloomberg reports, however, both parties have agreed that Suniva will increase manufacturing capacity to 1 GW.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Shunfeng CEO, Eric Luo, added, "We wanted something that could move quickly and maintain the U.S. brand. The U.S. has always been considered a strategic market." He believes the country's solar market will grow from 6.2 GW in 2014, to 7 to 8 GW a year.
The acquisition
According to documents filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Shunfeng will pay $12 million of the $57.8 million in cash to Suniva, with the remaining issued as shares (around 70 million). The acquisition will present the Chinese giant the opportunity "to reap the huge potentials of the solar market in the United States." The possibility to enter America without facing trade tariffs will have also made Suniva an attractive target.
Shunfeng further explained the U.S. manufacturer was a valuable acquisition, due to its "cutting-edge technology in high conversion efficiency cells manufacturing and a solid track record to deliver high-power solar cells and modules while reducing the cost of the photovoltaics value chain," adding that its 19% conversion efficiencies render it the "worlds highest commercially-available cell efficiencies using low manufacturing costs."
In November 2008, Suniva completed its first 38 MW manufacturing line. It added a further 64 MW, which were completed in 2009. A year later, the company increased its 96 MW capacity to 170. Late last year, it bumped this up to around 370.
In the documents filed by Shunfeng, Suniva had a net loss (after taxation) of $44.4 million in 2013. This improved the following year, in 2014, to a loss of $15.5 million. The Chinese company further calculates assets totaling $74.6 million as of December 31, 2014.
Aside from Shunfeng, other shareholders in the company include Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates, Warburg-Pincus and Prelude Ventures.

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WordPress is an extremely popular blogging platform that makes extensibility easy through thousands of third-party plug-ins. Now one of those plug-ins, called MailPoet (link), is causing issues for thousands of sites (some estimate the number to be between 50,000-100,000).
A MailPoet vulnerability has been discovered and exploited in the wild that allows attackers to inject malware, spam or defacement webpages into any site running the vulnerable plug-in without authenticating.
CEO of Sucuri, a security research firm, has seen a huge spike in sites being compromised by cybercriminals to install and deploy backdoors. (link)


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There's more to spring than flowers
By Namrata Sachdev | May 28, 2018
Globally, spring literally brings a splash of colours after the barren and drab season of winter. In a tropical country like ours, where the seasonal change is not so drastic, can we improvise on the effervescent floral VM? Namrata Sachdev, Design Consultant at NVISAGE, finds an answer and gives alternatives.
Spring, the season for rebirth, rejuvenation and regrowth, is often symbolized by the burst of blossoms, floral arcades and picket fences. Globally, the season brings lazy picnic afternoons and sun-kissed meadows to mind. Alike the West, flowers are one of the favourite forms, along with lush greenery, to represent spring in India as well. Spring windows and VM representations have been widely used since the last few years. Other popular expressions include ice-cream candy sticks, nautical escapes and paint palettes. The idea is keeping the mood fresh, young and peppy. Talking about spring VM, floral representations are common mostly because they speak about colours. Womenswear including intimate wear, kids wear and fashion segments follow the floral trend largely. On the other hand, in the Men's wear segment, promotional displays tend to have more weightage over seasonal ones.
Largely, flowers are chosen for their vivid colours. But we took a different view of representing the colours for a window executed recently for footwear brand Trèsmode. As windows have taken a turn towards minimalism these days, we chose to use the sheer power of pure colours sans shapes and forms while adding meanings to their merchandise. Solid, bright colour panels were juxtaposed against each other, adding to the vibrancy. Sets of tall podiums matching the colours of the panels were positioned for the merchandises. The monotony of each colour panel was broken by adding a touch of the other juxtaposed colours. The display turned out to be sleek and simple along with being powerful, effective and promotional. This presentation also spoke volumes about the brand without any use of symbolism.
Extending the theme of colour to another presentation, is the temporary art installation done for the booth of Cenzer Industries Ltd at In-store Asia 2018. Cenzer, a lighting solutions company was very clear that they would like to create an experiential booth sans merchandise. The conundrum was whether we do a window that people walk past or a powerful installation that immerses and engages people. We chose the latter and created an installation that showcased the co-relation between 'Light' and 'Colour'. Remember, one cannot exist in the absence of the other? An analogous colour palette was chosen for each subset. The allegory of 'Light' both in terms of illumination as well as weightlessness was further emphasized by using the form of the butterfly. This kaleidoscope of light, fluttery paper butterflies incited splendid reactions among the creative community present at the convention-cum-exhibition.
If you look at the history of VM, it has gone through its own cycles similar to fashion. Originally, display windows often provided a theatrical experience before becoming minimalistic, promotional and sales driven. Besides the science behind it, VM is an art form and we must keep it alive. If we take a look at global trends, art installations are an emerging trend. So for a country like India, which is rich in art forms and traditions, how about exploring art installations? In the recent past, the Lifestyle group has explored integrating technology and kinetics in their windows; other retailers can follow suit by adding multi-sensorial experience or interactive elements to them.
Lastly, being true to VM as an art form, aesthetics and inviting windows are a given. Installations wow you when you walk past but they also have the power to engage and invite you to stay longer.
Namrata Sachdev, a solopreneur and founder of NVISAGE, has over 16 years of experience designing and styling visual concepts for premium national and international brands. Recognizing the need of the industry for a specialized and creative service, she launched her signature consultancy 'NVISAGE' in 2016. The consultancy service offers strategic design solutions for enhancing business and profitability.
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Natchez National Historical Park Sites Closed during Government Shutdown
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December 26, 2018 - ListenUpYall.com
Natchez, Mississippi – Due to the lapse of appropriations and the subsequent shutdown of the federal government, the Melrose and William Johnson House sites of Natchez National Historical Park are closed for the safety of visitors and park resources. The park's Fort Rosalie site remains open to the public during daylight hours, and The Natchez Shop at the Natchez Visitor Center will be open to the public.
Many other national park sites across the country will remain as accessible as possible while still following all applicable laws and procedures. Park roads, lookouts, trails and open-air memorials at, will remain accessible to visitors, but emergency and rescue services will be limited.
Please visit www.nps.gov and select "Find a Park" for additional information about access to other parks and sites in this area. However, note that because of the federal government shutdown, NPS social media and websites are not being monitored or updated and may not reflect current conditions.
For updates on the shutdown, please visit www.doi.gov/shutdown.


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To the Editor:
"Closing the Courthouse Door" (editorial, Aug. 10) was spot on: Arbitration and class action waiver clauses effectively immunize companies from illegal and fraudulent conduct. Virtually every sizable company has such clauses.
There are several reasons that companies have these provisions: 1) arbitrations are almost impossible for customers to pursue because they are too expensive (class actions allow costs to be shared over thousands of wronged individuals); 2) arbitrations do not allow discovery of the institution's internal records (as lawsuits do); 3) arbitrations are often required to be held in a city far from the wronged party; and 4) the arbitrators tend to favor the institutions, which can offer them repeat business. This is a perfect example of what many have called a system rigged against the average person.
Congress (Democrats and Republicans alike) could not find the gumption to act on the proposed Arbitration Fairness Act, first introduced in 2009, which would have outlawed such provisions in consumer and employment contracts. Finally, years later the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau adopted a rule that would achieve some of that goal, and now the Republicans in Congress are trying to undo that rule before it goes into effect.
Until and unless wrongdoers know that they face the risk of having to actually answer to those they wrong, they will never change their conduct.
The writer is a lawyer.


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Every cloud/hosting provider has its own set of hardware and mechanisms for managing and provisioning servers. While Aerospike can be configured for use in a variety of different ways, we have partnered with these providers to make sure we know in advance the best way to implement Aerospike in their environments. Aerospike conducts benchmark tests that test the limits of the provider's CPU, SSD, and network.
As good partners, we provide feedback to both the provider. In many cases, the providers have made improvements in their environment that benefit a number of applications, not only Aerospike. If you use one of the Aerospike Cloud/Hosting Providers, you can be assured that they have configurations that will reliably work with Aerospike.
Aerospike partners with Cloud providers to publish best practices.
Read more about our Cloud / IaaS Partners:
The AWS Partner Network is made up of a strong and growing community of companies that offer a wide range of products and services on the AWS platform. APN Technology Partners include commercial software and internet services companies that build solutions that run on, or are complementary to, AWS. Aerospike is proud to be a member of the AWS Advanced Technology Partner tier. Check out the page on installing Aerospike on Amazon and get started.
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NEW DELHI: The Yuvraj Singh Foundation embarked on its mission to create awareness about cancer as they participated in The Pink Hands – Fight against Cancer event which was organized by Jashn-E-Sai – a group of 70,000 members following the principles of Sai Baba on August 4, 2018 at Satya Sai Baba Auditorium, Lodhi Road.
The event was also supported by Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital and Red Rocks Entertainment.
The event witnessed exemplary participation of more than 500 active citizens who came together in aiding a total of 50 Underprivileged Cancer Patients from below the Poverty Line who will be treated at the Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital.
Celebrated cricketer Yuvraj Singh's mother and Chairperson of YouWeCan Foundation, Ms. Shabnam Singh graced the occasion with her presence as the guest speaker, and was joined by Gaurav Arora- Founder of Jashn E Sai, and Dr. Anshuman, Director – Surgical Oncology, Dharamashila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital.
The event comprised of Awareness Talk by Dr, Anshuman, performances by Cancer Survivors and an Award Ceremony in the form of Sai Samman.
The event was commenced on a positive note in form of Sai Bhajan Sandhya and plant distribution as symbol of reaping seeds of change for Cancer Awareness and Treatment; which will be carried forward by the treatment of the Cancer Patients in the future.
The Chairperson of Yuvraj Singh Foundation, Shabnam Singh expressed her delight at helping the underprivileged children – " Our Foundation is committed towards Early Cancer Detection through Cancer Screening Camps and Awareness Programmes. We have successfully conducted more than 120 Cancer Screening Camps in different regions of the country which directly benefitted people from vulnerable and marginalized sections."
Gaurav Arora, Founder of Jashn-E-Sai also shared the overall vision of the initiative – "We have succeeded in spreading the cancer awareness and have started the treatment of poor cancer patients who are not able to pay for their treatment. We hope to make sure that we continue with our efforts this year until we reach our target of treatment of 50 cancer patients."
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Homework Helpers
Having trouble with math? Need some advice on that book report your struggling to write? Join members of the Helping Children Tomorrow club for help with your homework. The Helping Children Tomorrow club is made up of students from Fox Chapel Area High School. For grades 1-5.Find out more »
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STEAM Lab – Sharpsburg
For 2nd-6th grade, this STEAM-themed program with Ms. Alison explores scientific experimentation and observation through hands-on learning.Find out more »
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Spring Film Series
Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, built an impressive catalogue of some 54 feature films – dozens of other shorts, television series – during his 55-year directorial career. Averaging a film a year while filming in both England and the US, "Hitch" crafted one of the most impressive, influential, groundbreaking, and enduring catalogues in film history. This course will examine 7 of Hitchcock's most well-known films, all of which are excellent examples art from a man driven by innovation in both technical and narrative realms, and whose ability to marry the two is nearly peerless. While many of his most famous films are missing from our discussion, the goal of the course is to lay bare the essentials of viewing a Hitchcock film, so that as you expand your personal viewing into his cannon, you will know what to watch for to make your screenings as fulfilling as possible. Similarly, when you return to the films chosen for our class for a second viewing, you will see even more details, nuances, and techniques hidden in each of these works. The films we'll be watching and discussing are: The Lodger The 39 Steps Shadow of a Doubt Rope Strangers on a Train Rear Window Vertigo We will consider these films in the context of the impact of editing and camera movement, especially as these tools carry over from the silent era; the narrative motifs that link his works across decades; the impact of popularized theories of psychoanalysis and gender norms as part of dominant culture vis-à-vis the technical and narrative choices employed; and other aesthetic choices that become motifs throughout his films.Find out more »
Calligraphy: From Classical to Contemporary
Learn to write beautiful letters with a pointed pen in this 6-week class. We'll work with ink and a metal dip pen to create the beautiful shapes of the classic Copperplate script. Students will then learn how to vary the classical style to make expressive contemporary letters. Beginner to intermediate students welcome. Experienced students will learn how to apply calligraphy to projects. A supply fee of $30 will apply to new students payable to the instructor at the first class. Note:Class on 4/24 will be held at the instructor's nearby home to visit her art studio and view calligraphy pieces, books, and journals. Karen Nordstrom Roberts is a professional calligrapher with more than 20 years of lettering art experience. For many years she provided calligraphy services for weddings and other special events including marriage certificates and wedding blessings. Currently, her practice is focused on creating original art combining calligraphy and expressive art. She serves as vice president of the Calligraphy Guild of Pittsburgh.Find out more »
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Night Owl Storytime
Stop by for a special evening of stories, songs, and more. Ages 2 & up. Kids are welcome to come in pajamas.Find out more »
DIY After Dark – Sharpsburg
To celebrate Earth Day this month, we're making projects with recycled materials!
Ms. Alison will have 2 stations for you: plastic bottle flowers and Styrofoam printing!
This program is geared for adults. Teens 15+ may attend with a participating adult.Find out more »


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Cool Neutrals, Warm Tone/
Deborah Martin Designs contrasts color and decorative style on the North Shore
Photography by Timothy Williams
Completed in two consecutive phases, this multi-room renovation was focused on creating elegant and welcoming spaces for a young and very active family. This spacious three-level home is located on a professionally landscaped large property on Long Island's North Shore.
A gracious entry foyer opening to adjacent spaces features a demi-lune and beveled mirror. To the right of the foyer are the living room and family room dedicated to formal and informal entertainment. The green marble foyer floor and living room fireplace hearth and surround were replaced with Carrera. In the two-story foyer it is installed in a beautiful herringbone pattern.
The color story in the living room evolved from the clients' embroidered silk window coverings and large area rug. Cool gray neutrals were incorporated with the existing warm tones for a more contemporary vibe. Deborah Martin met the clients' request for ample seating in both spaces with custom Kravet upholstery. A large tufted persimmon sofa anchors the living room and is flanked by a pair of light gray barrel-back swivel chairs. A fireside wing chair upholstered in sumptuous charcoal velvet and two bespoke skirted ottomans beneath a glass and metal console on the other side of the fireplace offer additional seating. A clementine leather desk chair serving a silver finish writing desk features dressmaker detail covered buttons and matches the custom wood finish on the other seating.
In meeting the clients' request for additional ambient light, lamps were sourced for the sofa tables and console, and the wing chair is served by a dual-function floor lamp. The cocktail table and other occasional tables as well as the built-ins are minimally accessorized in continuing the light, airy aesthetic. Large coral themed art completes the fireplace focal wall. Shimmery textured wallcovering is an elegant replacement for green painted bookcase walls.
Textiles chosen for the custom ottoman, cornice and pillows extend the warm color story into the family room. Cinder gray leather seating on perpendicular walls surrounds a large storage ottoman which doubles as a footrest. Floor lamps on either side of the sofa provide illumination for reading and other task lighting activities. A plush abstract pattern area rug softens the space and repeats the cool neutral color scheme.
The dining room was completed in the second phase and centered on the redesign of the fireplace. A tall hearth was removed for better circulation, and black granite on the fireplace façade was matched to replace the wood floor beneath and surrounding the former hearth. An oval dining table and long sideboard feature a dark finish and warm metal accents. Host and hostess chairs and eight side chairs were customized in contrasting fabrics and metal elements. A pair of intaglios were installed on walls flanking the French doors which lead to country club grounds and gardens. A stunning oval crystal and brass chandelier is suspended over the dining room table beneath a custom ceiling medallion fabricated in clean concentric oval lines. The chandelier pairs beautifully with long crystal and brass sconces with ivory silk shades. Once again, accessories chosen in neutral ivory tones are kept to a minimum and paired with the intaglios. A large hand-painted Chinoiserie cachepot to the right of the sideboard is home to a lush peace lily.
On the lower amenity level, a bar and beverage area were enhanced with antique mirror. Custom wood shelving was added for display and storage.
The project's stunning results were achieved by Deborah Martin's ability to contrast traditional architectural features and millwork with more contemporary furnishings, lighting and accessories. Key spaces in this beautiful home were strategically transformed for enhanced enjoyment by this professional couple
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You can see their first dance and parent dances at the Hampshire House (Boston, MA) here:
And click below to see their wedding vows at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish (Brookline, MA):
I can't thank Megan Dupuis from Perspectives Photography enough for her amazing work. If you're looking for an extremely talented wedding photographer who is easy to work with, Megan should definitely be on your short list. She knows how to capture natural emotion and makes couples feel comfortable in front of the lens. Kudos!
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Release Date: Mar 3, 2017
Record label: R&S
Genre(s): Electronic, House, Club/Dance, Left-Field House
Catalan John Talabot and his Swedish friend Axel Boman have a lot in common as DJs and producers: both are masters of deferred gratification, using the subtlest of blend techniques to allow slow accumulation of detail, but ultimately delivering big kicks. Their first collab in 2014, 'Sideral', proved they could find a coherent voice in the studio together, but it was just one track - and despite many b2b DJ sets since, it's taken them until now to cement the Talaboman identity. What's most wonderful here is that they've brought their differences as well as their similarities into play: Boman's laid-back sunshiney funkiness and Talabot's much sharper-edged intensities could in theory be hard to reconcile, but it's done so naturally over these eight long tracks that a separate musical identity emerges.
John Talabot and Axel Boman's first track together, "Sideral," wasn't an obvious blend of their styles. It emerged on Talabot's 2013 mix for DJ Kicks, where its wobbly, Afrobeat funk stood in contrast to their solo contributions on that mix, Talabot's "Without You" and Boman's "Klinsmann." As much as both producers' tracks generally hit the dance floor's sweet spots, "Without You" and "Klinsmann" were examples of a shared love of a deeper side of house. Talabot and Boman describe The Night Land as "an attempt to reach our subconscious and to document our dreams." "Midnattssol," the first track on the album, follows that astral path.
Making electronic music is often a solitary endeavor, and sometimes, after enough lonely all-nighters in the studio, its practitioners find themselves craving company. The annals of electronica are peppered with what we might call "superduos," pairings where both members first made their names as solo artists. Sometimes these are one-offs, like Mike & Rich (the early-'90s collaboration between µ-Ziq and Aphex Twin ) and Supermayer ( Superpitcher and Michael Mayer ).
House producers Axel Boman and John Talabot initiated their Talaboman collaboration with "Sideral," a buoyant track that first appeared on Talabot's 2013 DJ-Kicks mix before being released as a single in 2014. The two kept plenty busy with their respective solo careers, so it took until 2017 for a Talaboman full-length to appear. The Night Land is appropriately casual and unhurried, with track times stretching well past the five-minute mark, and each song seeming like a document of an extended late-night session.
Having first met in the midst of the hectic club and festival DJing circuit, John Talabot and Axel Boman soon discovered they were kindred musical spirits. Each producer had already carved out a niche of their own; Talabot with his electronica-infused house, featured on his stand-out LP 'Fin', and Boman with his nocturnal club meditations, emotively present on his LP 'Family Vacation'. Yet, 2014's debut 'Sidereal' EP saw both producers come together in a truly collaborative fashion, producing a percussive, dance floor-ready selection that highlighted previously untapped elements of each artist's musical arsenal.


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Friday, February 22, 2008
Okay, It has been ridiculously long since I last posted anything. Life has just gotten so busy! Benjamin is now 17 months old...he's into everything, talking up a storm, and a tremendous joy to us! We're having so much fun with him, it's hard to believe he's not such a little baby anymore. This picture is of his first haircut....I love that dimple.
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Record numbers of Florida foreclosures put the state second in number of filings and third in foreclosure pace among all states in 2009, based on data from a California real estate information provider.
Florida also topped the second funding round of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program of the Housing and Urban Development Department in total amount received, getting a total of $348.31 million to rejuvenate its foreclosure-battered neighborhoods.
In 2009, Florida posted almost 517,000 foreclosure filings, a 34-percent jump from filings in 2008 and a 213-percent rise from postings in 2007. Its foreclosure rate of nearly six percent was the third highest rate among the states and its filings total was the second biggest.
California had the highest number of filings and Nevada and Arizona had the two highest rates.
In December, foreclosure activity also stepped up by four percent in Florida compared to November, although its fourth-quarter activity slowed down by nine percent from the third quarter.
Eight metro areas in Florida were among the 20 U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest foreclosure rates in 2009, contributing substantially to the more than half-million Florida foreclosures. The Fort Myers area was second-highest in the ranking, with a rate of 11.2 percent, second only to the Las Vegas area.
The seven other Florida areas were the Orlando area, which ranked seventh with a rate of 8.2-percent; Port Saint Lucie, ninth with a 7.6-percent rate; Miami, tenth, with a 7.2 percent rate; Naples, 13th with a 6.4-percent rate; Daytona, 16th with a 5.3-percent rate; Sarasota, 17th with a 5.3-percent rate; and Lakeland, which ranked 18th with a 5.2-percent rate.
As foreclosure postings stepped up in 2009, foreclosed home sales and pre-owned home sales also climbed up. Based on data from the industry association Florida Realtors, sales of existing homes statewide in December last year rose by 31 percent from December 2008 and by more than four percent from November 2009.
The median sales price for existing single-family homes statewide last December was $187,700, down by 24 percent from 2008. In Orlando, the median single-family sales price also dropped to $144,600 in 2009, down from the 2008 median of $201,500.
In a recent report issued by the University of Florida Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies, Florida foreclosures, including bank owned homes for sale and commercial foreclosures for sale, will continue to rise in number this year because of the double-digit jobless rate, the refusal of banks to provide refinancing, the decline in property values and the high percentage of adjustable-rate mortgage loans.


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010 | Behavioral Technology: Making Strides to Real World Issues | Why We Do What We Do
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In this episode, Abraham and RYANO talk about a really fascinating area of technology called "Behavioral Technology." It's best understood breaking into two easy concepts (1) the technology or tools, and (2) the technology of process. Tune in to learn about how this framework has been used to solve some serious societal problems (3 million + people in one project).
Shout out to Miranda Drake for the edits on the episode this week!
As promised, here's the reference we mentioned in the episode:
Layng, T. V. J., & Twyman, J.S. (2013). Education + technology + innovation = learning? In M. Murphy, S. Redding, & J. Twyman (Eds.), Handbook on innovations in learning (pp. 133-148). Philadelphia, PA: Center on Innovations in Learning, Temple University; Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Retrieved from http://www.centeril.org/
To appear in: W. L. Heward et al. (Eds.), Focus on behavior analysis in education, Vol. 3. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.
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General background: How to play Pétanque
Playing and Scoring
1. A coin is tossed to decide who starts.
2. A member of the
team winning the toss must draw a circle on the terrain of between 35cm and 50cm
diameter and at least 1 metre from the edge of the terrain or any obstacle and,
standing with both feet inside the circle, then throws the cochonnet to land
between 6m and 10m from the circle (or up to two metres shorter for teams of
very young players). The cochonnet,
when thrown, should not be closer than one metre from the boundary of the
terrain or an obstacle.
3. Each player must stand with both feet on the ground within this circle when playing their boules, and with no part of their body touching the ground outside the circle, and must stay like that until the boule they have thrown first touches the ground. There are special rules for people in wheelchairs or with only one lower limb.
4. A player from the team winning the toss (not necessarily the same one who threw the cochonnet) throws the first boule and (usually) tries to place it as close as possible to the cochonnet.
5. A player from the opposing team then throws a boule, generally trying to establish the "lead boule" either by getting theirs nearer to the cochonnet (pointing) or by knocking away the opponents' leading boule (shooting). It is also permissible to try to throw the boule to move the cochonnet in order to gain the "lead boule". Any boule thrown or shot beyond the terrain boundary is out of play, does not count in the scoring, and cannot be thrown again until the next "end".
6. After these
first two boules of an "end", each subsequent boule must be thrown by
a player from the team not having the "lead boule", and
this team must then continue to throw either until their team has the "lead
boule", or until
all their team's boules are played. If
they succeed in gaining the " lead boule", the other team takes over and carries on
in the same way, until either they have the lead or they have played all of
their boules, etc. When one team
has played all its boules, the other team may continue to throw theirs, trying
either to "point" them closer to the cochonnet than the opposing boules or
"shoot" out any opposing boules that prevent any of their own from scoring
(or they can try to move the cochonnet to a more advantageous position). If they consider that the risk of losing their " lead boule(s)" is
too high if they continue to play, they do not have to play all of their
remaining boules.
7. If the two
nearest boules from the opposing sides are an equal distance from the cochonnet,
the team that played most recently must play the next boule, but then play
alternates between the two teams until either the situation changes (in which
case normal play resumes) or until both teams are out of boules.
If the nearest boule from each of the teams are still equal after all boules have been played,
the end is "void" with no score to either team, and the team that started
that end also starts the next one.
8. If the cochonnet
is moved beyond the terrain boundary during play, and both teams still have
boules to play, this also creates a "void end" as in point 7. above.
9. After all boules have been played, or the leading team decides not to play any remaining boules and the opposing team is out of boules, the team with one or more boules nearest the cochonnet wins the end. They score points equal to the number of boules they have closer to the cochonnet than the nearest one of the opposing team.
10. If the cochonnet goes out of play and only one team has boules left to play, the end is finished and the team still holding boules score points equal to the number of boules in hand.
11. A player in the team winning the end draws a new circle around the cochonnet, or as close to it as possible to meet the requirements of point 1. above, and play then continues as above until the first team reaches 13 points (usually, although for "non-competitive" play you can agree a different winning score), to win the game.


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Today, in the process of getting ready for guests arriving tomorrow, and in preparing for the upcoming retreat, I have moved mountains!!! There are those days when there is just no time for day dreaming, and it's all about performance.
Bruce's wing span is not long enough to stretch out this quilt top while holding it. However, it is ready to go to the quilters to be completed. On one of the corners I've appliqued the date and on the other bottom corner, I've appliqued my initials. I have chosen the name offered by Marty Toale, Square Dance Among Flowers.
Marty, please send me your address, so that when the pattern is completed, I will be able to send you a free pattern. Thank you everyone for the ideas you offered.
This pattern is called Love Birds, and will be the pattern
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"We quilt for so many reasons. To escape the stresses of life, to create something beautiful to cherish, or to make a gift for future generations. Yet for me the greatest joy comes from those quiet moments every quilter knows. This is the time that is my own, when I can relax, reflect, and gently sew my memories into cloth." - Jinny Beyer
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Corelle has made it to the shelves of the Nakumatt (think like a Walmart). This is fascinating to me since I brought dishes with me on our initial trip back in 2011. There are even many choices of Corllle Dinnerware. But forget the Walmart type cheap prices!! Import taxes and high markup is the price you pay.


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Guide to Product Vision for Product Managers
There is almost no product or service on the market that you can't buy from someone else for almost the same price or even cheaper. It will be at the same quality, have similar features, design and overall user experience. If you have a first-mover advantage it will, most probably, be lost in a matter of a couple of months. If you offer a novelty as "innovation", at any moment someone else will come with a better version.
Nowadays, in the ocean of useless products that become out of date in weeks or a couple of months, we need more inspiring and compelling product visions. Visions that inspire loyalty, action and creativity. Otherwise we risk to make our product a commodity.
The primary goal of a product vision is to inspire teams to want to make it a reality. When done well, the product vision may be one of the best recruitment tools a company may have.
A product vision describes the future a company is trying to create. And it usually lays a map for the next five years. For hardware companies, it is up to 10 years. And I would like to add up here that the product vision is not the same as your mission statement.
For a team to be empowered and act with any meaningful degree of autonomy, they must have a deep understanding of a broader context. A vision will make them want to change the world to a better place. It will inspire them to come to work everyday and do the small steps for a greater result. And all of this starts with a clear product vision and strategy.
The difference between good product vision and strategy is the same as the difference between good leadership and management. Leadership inspires, and management helps us get there. The product vision must be inspiring, and product strategy must be focused.
After analysing companies such as Amazon, Tesla, Apple and Google and bunch of other successful startups I came up with ten fundamental product vision principles you can steal from them. These principles will allow you to come up with a compelling product vision. Here is the much promised colourful guide:
People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe — Simon Sinek
1. Start with why
Could not begin the list without Simon Sinek's talk Start With Why. The most important point, of course, is to articulate your purpose. Everything else comes from it. Very few people or companies can clearly articulate WHY they do WHAT they do. By WHY I mean your purpose, cause or belief — WHY does your company exist? WHY do you get out of bed every morning? And WHY should anyone care?
In the ocean of peer pressure, constantly lowering prices, matching all competitor's features, give as much stuff for free as possible — your why is what will bring the customer loyalty to you. Something that will never be exchanged for a better feature or lower price that your competitors can offer.
Where there is no vision the people perish — Proverbs 29:18
2. Fall in love with the problem…
…and not with the solution. This may sound like something repeating and cliche, but still, too many companies are not following this step. You should focus all your energy on the outcome and not the output. The outcome is your focus. And usually, it comes as an inspiration from your customer. Trying to make their lives better on a daily basis is an outcome. But trying to give them a faster Internet speed is just another output that can easily be matched by your competitors.
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise — Robert Fritz
3. Don't be afraid to have a big vision
Too often we can see products that are not ambitious enough. Their goals or visions limit themselves to six months or one year max. And this is not enough to inspire anyone. Your vision and dream should scare you. It should be ambitious enough for people to join you on this journey. Accept yourself as you are, because a lot of people will identify themselves with it. Step out of the grey middle and take a bold side.
Create your future from your future, not your past — Werner Erhard
4. Put yourself out of the business
Don't be afraid to disrupt yourself, because if you don't someone else will do it for you. So many companies are focused on protecting what they have created that they stop innovating.
For example, look at Kodak, and you will have a lifetime of lessons for your business. The unwillingness of the company to innovate a brought them a disaster. They forgot that times change fast and no technology is here to remain.
Society as we know it is rapidly evolving thanks to a deluge of innovation. We live in a world where drones could soon drop the delivery to our doors 30 minutes after we place our orders. Innovations are impacting us at a substantial rate, and businesses need to move swiftly to keep pace as the market evolves.
It's not what the vision is, it's what the vision does — Peter Senge
5. Product vision has to inspire
To create a great product we need a team of missionaries and not mercenaries. An organisation that is inspired and dedicated to work for the outcome. Your vision must inspire a missionary-like passion in your company. Create something that you can get excited about that will make you love coming to work every day. It does not have to be something extraordinary. If you focus on how to genuinely help your customers have a better life than you already are on the right path.
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield— Warren Buffett
6. Determine and embrace new and meaningful trends
Too many companies ignore the trends far too long until it's late. But the problem lies not in identifying them but applying them to your organisation. You have to understand how they can impact your company and solve customer problems in new and better ways.
If you are in a large company, it's never easy to drive substantial change. There is always a long roadmap, process or office politics that will not allow these trends to be applied or even taken into account. You will to take responsibility, take small steps towards your goal that will not disturb anyone. So once you are there and the end benefit is evident to everybody, it will be more comfortable to onboard people with your vision.
The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious— John Scully
7. Don't follow the herd
An essential element of product vision is identifying the things that are changing, as well as things that won't. Some ideas are too optimistic and unrealistic at how fast things will change, and others are too conservative. This is usually the most challenging aspect of a good product vision. So make sure that others do not influence your opinion, and you take time to think about the details and see all the possible outcomes. Once you are sure about your road, follow it with confidence.
You have to know what you want. And if it seems to take you off the track, don't hold back, because perhaps that is instinctively where you want to be. And if you hold back and try to be always where you have been before, you will go dry — Gertrude Stein
8. Be stubborn on vision but flexible on details.
Jeff Bezos is right that so many companies give up on their product vision far too soon. This is called vision pivot. But mostly it is a sign of weak organisation. It is never too easy along the way, but you also have to be careful not to get tangled into the details. It is possible that you will have to adjust to a new course during the journey before you reach your desired destination. And there's nothing wrong with that. So if changing your direction means a better future, you must do it.
In order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles— David Ben-Gurion
9. Any product vision is a leap of faith
If you could genuinely validate your vision, probably it isn't ambitious enough. It will, most likely, take several years before you will find out. So make sure that you recruit people that can support you along the journey, as it will be hard. So having a vision that is meaningful for you and your organisation will smoothen the road. Like a bottle of water for a traveler in the desert.
As I already mentioned in a previous article, you can write a bestselling book in one year or a classic in five. But those five years will come with pain, agony and tears because you will see how everyone else does it and you are still not finished. So are you ready to work and wait for your vision to come to life or you will be like everyone else?
If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
10. Evangelise continuously and relentlessly
Guy Kawasaki once said that product evangelism is selling the dream. It's helping people imagine and inspire to create the future. And when inspiring them, you should be sincere and genuinely excited about what you want to create. Enthusiasm is contagious. So there are no such things as over-communicating when it comes to explaining and selling your vision.
If you are a company founder, CEO or the head of product, it is a significant and essential skill for you to acquire and have. Why? Because you will have hard times assembling a team or inspiring people to action and risks towards your product vision.
In case there is no product vision…
In the absence of one, a decision is harder to make. And when in doubt we start looking at science, data, to guide us. Some companies will tell you that the reason why they do that is because it's what their customers asked for. Quality, service, price, new features. Customers requested and output and you instantly forgot what the outcome should be.
Further reading on the topic:
Start With Why by Simon Sinek
Inspired by Marty Cagan
Shoedog by Phil Knight
Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
Kodak's Downfall Wasn't About Technology by Harvard Business Review


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Jennifer Ellison's fellow Dancing On Ice contestants are said to be angry that she has been given an extra week of rehearsals, with
Heidi Range being denied the same opportunity.
The stars are thought to be annoyed that the performance schedule â which sees contestants competing in two groups, split over two weekends â was changed to give Jennifer an extra week of rehearsals after her professional skating partner Dan Whiston picked up an injury.
The former Brookside star was able to move her performance back when Jorgie Porter offered to swap, but Heidi Range had her request for an additional week turned down when her partner Sylvain Longchambon got injured.
She was instead given a replacement partner, Andre Lipanov, but she was denied the chance to spend an extra week working with him.
A source told the Daily Mirror: 'Jennifer has a big following. Bosses believe she will be a major draw and seem determined to do all they can to keep her in.
'They insisted Jennifer be given a bonus rest week so Jorgie Porter kindly offered to swap weeks. But when Heidi's partner Sylvain pulled out through injury, she requested an extra week to bond with her new pro skater Andrei – and was denied permission.
'Jennifer is very much ITV's golden girl and it's not sitting well with everyone else.'
The second half of the contestants will take to the ice on Sunday, including Chico Slimani, Corey Feldman, Laila Morse and Rosemary Conley.
Jorgie Porter proved the most popular contestant at the show's launch, scoring a combined total of 18.5 for her routine to Birdy's Skinny Love cover.


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Pictured: Benson with 5-year-old Fiona who he meet while playing at a World Vision Child Friendly Space in a refugee settlement in northern Uganda.
Benson is one of our staff members working on the frontline in Uganda supporting South Sudanese refugees, particularly children. This World Humanitarian Day, 19th August, he shares his own story of fleeing conflict, losing family and why, instead of revenge, he opted to become a humanitarian.
Forgiveness after experiencing injustice
It took me a long while to let forgiveness take its course. My first intent was to take revenge.
I wanted to act against the people who senselessly killed my father. He was helping extremely vulnerable people who were stuck in their houses while others were fleeing violence and armed cattle raids in July 1987. I was 11 years old back then.
That fateful day, my family heard a sudden burst of gunfire. We scrambled and ran to the bush where we spent three nights without food, water and clothing. After three days, we regrouped as a family only to learn the following day, another group of warriors were approaching our home. My parents sent us ahead with a boat to a small island, about 8 miles away, and promised they would follow us. I rowed my two sisters and niece, ages 11, eight and four years, respectively.
Days later, we were reunited with our mother, but we could not connect with our father. We returned home to find my father and 20 other people had been killed by the warriors. It was painful as we searched and eventually discovered his body was lying in the bush.
I was devastated. My father was my anchor and his death left a huge responsibility on all of us.
Finding purpose once again
We did not know where to start, but we just did what we could to get food and an education. As a teenager, my heart burst with anger and frustration. I thought my future was over. Every time I saw a soldier, I wanted to join the army and find my father's killers.
When things calmed down, I went back to school. It was very hard getting fees and basic needs coming from a family of eight children as my mother had been a house wife. I cannot forget one day when my teacher scolded me for not wearing clean clothes. I just kept quiet. If he only knew that it was the only set of clothes I had. I contained my embarrassment just to be able to go to school.
I eventually finished my studies and joined an International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO) to support internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in Northern Uganda. Playing a role in the response made me realize that I can help protect children in conflict so they do not experience what I went through.
It became my goal to become an aid worker because I know what it is like to be displaced and marginalized.
Inspired to work on the frontlines
After several job applications, God finally gave me the opportunity to work with World Vision response in Karamoja in 2014. It was a very powerful experience being able to work for the conflict-affected children besieged with malnutrition from the communities where my dad's killers came from.
At least 60 per cent of those affected in this crisis are children. They are just like me and my siblings when we were running for our lives in Northern Uganda. It is unthinkable why children go through this horror when they should never be a target.
My experience in Karamoja has inspired me to work in emergencies. Now, I am the operations lead for the refugee response in Uganda for people fleeing violence in South Sudan. I do this so that we can stop other kids from experiencing what I went through.
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There are shouts, and there are whispers. The shouts are what get our attention. But the whispers are often equally worthy of note. It's through whispers that critical nuggets of information are frequently exchanged.
Take the recent round of conferences and trade shows, for example. This year, the shouting was all about two topics: blockchain and Amazon. In keynotes and breakout sessions, those subjects dominated the discussion—which is hardly a surprise given their potential to transform the practice of supply chain management.
But there were whispers as well—whispers about a development that has the potential to rock your supply chain world and to do it in ways you might never expect. The subject? Tariffs. Specifically, the tariffs the government has slapped on millions of dollars' worth of imported goods as part of an escalating trade war with China and other trade partners. While the war's outcome is still to be determined, the effects of those tariffs are already rippling through global supply chains.
For instance, consider the headline above: Fritos, aluminum, and unintended consequences. Those don't seem like dots that could easily be connected, but they are.
Here's the deal, much of which was recently reported in a podcast from NPR:
The price of corn is in a slight decline, yet the price of Fritos, the venerable corn-based snack food, is on the rise. A spot check of local vending machines confirms the price recently jumped 20 percent—to US$1.50 from US$1.25 per bag.
An experienced supply chain professional would look immediately to what's happening on the logistics end. We all know that the price of processed foods has more to do with labor, real estate, and transportation expenses than with the cost of the raw materials—in this case, corn. And indeed, all those cost components are on the rise. Yet they don't tally up to anything close to 25 cents per bag of Fritos. So, what's going on here?
Well, for one thing, there's the matter of corporate parenthood. Fritos are produced by Frito-Lay. Frito-Lay is a subsidiary of PepsiCo.
PepsiCo happens to be one of the world's largest consumers of a raw material called aluminum.
Aluminum is one of the commodities caught in the crosshairs in the ongoing trade war. In late May, President Trump slapped a 10-percent tariff on aluminum imports, ostensibly to protect aluminum manufacturing jobs. While the effect on the job market remains to be seen, this much is already clear: Big consumers of aluminum—like producers of energy drinks, beer, and soda—stand to take a painful price hit.
Still, if PepsiCo is adjusting its prices in anticipation of a spike in the cost of aluminum, why doesn't it raise the price of a can of cola rather than a bag of corn chips? The short answer is, it can't. Or to be precise, it probably doesn't feel it's in a position to do so. It seems Americans' appetite for sugary soft drinks is declining, while the consumption of savory snack foods, like Fritos, is rising. In the face of flagging demand for soda, PepsiCo may well be reluctant to raise the price of a can of Mountain Dew or Pepsi. However, it appears confident the market will accept a 20-percent increase in the price of a bag of corn chips.
So, amid all the shouting about topics like blockchain and Amazon, keep an ear out for whispers about tariffs and trade wars. As the now-connected dots between Fritos and aluminum demonstrate, they can indeed have unintended consequences.
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One Russian diplomat will be asked to leave Ireland in response to the Salisbury spy poisoning.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has informed the Russian Ambassador of their intention to 'terminate' diplomatic credentials for one staff member.
The decision has been made after a security review by the gardaí, security services and high level officials in the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Justice and the Taoiseach's Department.
The Government don't intend to provide details about the embassy staff member who's being expelled, but say they're satisfied the most appropriate course of action is being taken.
Sources concede they can't independently verify whether Russia was behind the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripol and his daughter.
However, they're satisfied with the evidence provided by Theresa May and believe it's highly likely Russia is responsible.
Department sources also say there would be no grounds for retaliation from the Russian side to Ireland's expulsion of a diplomat, and say any retaliation against Irish officials would be entirely without foundation.
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In a statement, Tánaiste Simon Coveney said the move follows EU leaders unanimously agreeing with the UK government's assessment last week.
He explained: "I have briefed the Government on my intended course of action.
"The Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has subsequently met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation and informed him that the accreditation of a member of his staff with diplomatic status is to be terminated, in line with the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. The individual in question is required to leave the jurisdiction."
Ireland joins more than a dozen EU countries, as well as the likes of the US and Australia, in expelling Russian diplomats.
Today 14 EU Member States decided to expel Russian diplomats as direct follow-up to #EUCO discussion last week on #SalisburyAttack. Additional measures including further expulsions are not excluded in coming days, weeks.
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Hope y'all enjoyed your weekend to the fullest. We sure did. Went by too fast though as it always does! So yes, more July news for ya is here!!
On Friday, I Worked until close again—I'm such the businesswoman! For the rest of the evening, my husband and I just hung around at home –comfy ness rules! No doubt about that.
Then, Saturday rolls around. We didn't go to Port Stanley for beach time as planned because people opted out of it and the weather ended up being shitty anyways. So instead, we went to visit my parents for a couple hours or so before they had left for their anniversary cruise in the afternoon. Later, our guys aka Summers and Alan came over to hang out. They played Risk with Isaiah. I'm not really much of a fan of that particular board game though. Then, Sarah (Dylan's GF) came by to give me some of her "old" clothes. I decided to keep some and give the others away for good will. 🙂 It's awesome to get some "free" clothes sometimes if they are to my likin' though 🙂 Little later on in the night, me and the guys went out to Golden Griddle to have some late night food and just chat away LOL. We called it a night after that though.
Sunday was yesterday. We just caught up on our housechores. Summer does bring on more laziness than usual. We later had dinner and played cards with Violet and Scott (Isaiah's parents). Dylan came by in the middle of the evening with them to give me the car and I basically have it until late Tuesday night. So coolness 🙂
You'll have to wait for the next blog for today's news and the rest of the week. Sorry. LOL. But atleast your mostly updated 🙂
Now here's some some random thoughts in my world. While we're not going to be TTC for a long time (not for at least three years) we've picked out our baby names for a long time. Right now we have names picked for one girl and for two boys. Even though, we don't really have the choice in the sexes of the babies that we have when we conceive but it's nice to dream about. I was under the impression that we want to have our girl first then have our two sons. However just recently, Isaiah wants to have two girls and one boy instead. Hey, it's not very often that you hear that men want a daughter. LOL. Everywhere you hear, they like boys better. They can train them their own thing, but it's really cool that Isaiah wants not one, but two girls LOL. So I guess, we'll have four baby names picked out. Of course, we're not going to have four (too expensive!) but we'll have two kids for sure, and maybe a third one if we want to and can afford to do so. Have to be ready and safe rather than sorry though J. As of right now, our baby names are Noah, Ryan, and Jaime (we originally had picked Jennifer then decided it would be Jessica and now we don't like those two names anymore so Jaime is the one for now). We don't know yet about the other daughter's name. We'll figure out eventually.
Also, I've decided that I want to start getting my body "baby-ready" even though it's very likely I won't be showing a bump for a while LOL. I really want to have a healthy and easy pregnancy when we're ready. So I've decided that in September, I'm going to start getting myself "baby ready". That includes more exercising, eating healthier and drinking healthier and having those prenatal vitamins (and yes, I will still remain on birth control until further notice LOL). I don't want to be at the weight I am right now when we're TTC or already pregnant. I'd love to be at the weight that I was at 17 (high school graduation time)—which was at 125 and I think that's perfect "pre-preggo" weight for me. Of course, I'll make the exceptions of alcohol if I go clubbing or a really special event out such as the Christmas party. So anyway, it'll be quite of a process, but I believe that it'll be accomplished before we decide to TTC whenever that is 🙂 I'm quite excited and serious about this decision that I'm making. It'll be the experience that's worthwhile, and everybody knows that I want to be a young mom and I'll be the best at that to make that happen :). I still want to be married for at least 2-3 years before we're expecting our first. That's why I'm choosing to be baby ready now because I know there's a lot of time to get this accomplished before we are ready to TTC.
Isaiah and I haven't talked in full depth about this next thought, but we might have a fall/autumn house party. We haven't had one since June 2005 and we may as well host one more while we still have our apartment. Will keep posted 🙂
Isaiah and I are really looking forward to Toronto…. it'll be an all day trip. No overnight stay, but we'll be back really late LOL. Shopping, dinner and some clubbing is looking what'll be our t-dot fun :). We're hoping to go to C. Wonderland in late August and we'd love to have a group outin' for this one.. all the more fun, the more merrier the fun day is 🙂
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By Dr Tutu Faleni MPL, DA North West Education Spokesperson:
The Democratic Alliance in North West written to the Education MEC Ms Wendy Matsemela to request her the timeline for the filling of over 900 teacher vacancies in the province.
The DA is concerned after more than 900 teachers in the North West have resigned between June and July this year. What is more concerning is that the Education Department does not seem to have a strategy in place to retain these highly skilled and competent teachers who have in the past contributed to the success in our schools.
The high number of resignations of teachers raises a question of stability for the education system in the North West.
In a recent Provincial Education Portfolio committee meeting it was revealed that it takes more than two months to appoint temporary teachers to fill in the vacant posts.
The process takes so long that some schools are left without teachers for months.
In April this year, the Department of Education was placed under administration by North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo due to financial mismanagement and instability.
As a result the DA feels that the co-management of the Education Department by Treasury will, in the long run, compromise the quality of education.
The North West Treasury's protracted red tape is worsening delays in the appointment of temporary teachers.
It has been on the Provincial Education Portfolio Committee's agenda to prioritize the filling in of temporary positions and to date nothing has actually materialized.
The DA urges the Provincial Treasury and Education Department to eradicate the red tape of appointing temporary teachers and to urgently fill vacant posts.
The DA requests the MEC of Education to also launch an investigation into the reasons for the high number of resignation and to table a strategy to combat this.
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Gary Snyder chose to mark his 70th birthday in March by traveling to Paris to mark the 57th anniversary of becoming a bar mitzvah.
The Greenberg Traurig senior partner's fiancée, Ellen Monk, scoured the Internet to find a friendly synagogue that would allow Snyder to deliver the d'var Torah.
On March 18, Gavriel Ben Shmuel addressed La Synagogue Franco Americain de Paris on Parshat Ki Tisa. He recounted Moses' experience with the tablets of the Ten Commandments and our role as the chosen people.
He discussed his early years in Dayton, Ohio, which provided his springboard for living a Jewish life, as well as sending his daughters to Jewish day school and volunteering for the Jewish community in Atlanta.
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Rabbi Tom Cohen said, "It was a real pleasure having Gary come up to the Torah and share his thoughts on the parasha and what it means to him to be Jewish. He movingly related the importance of Judaism, being a source (and force) for his activism and desire to effectuate positive change in this world. And though not all of the community is fluent in English, the emotions he transmitted through his obvious love of Judaism touched the hearts of even my 'only French-speaking' members, in addition to the bilingual and English-speaking faithful. For us at Kehilat Gesher (mostly ex-pats), it is important to open up our doors to Jews around the world and help them find a welcoming and tolerant home in Paris."
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It seems like as life progresses, you've more to lose and more to worry about—life tends to get increasingly serious over time. As a man you will work your ass off to achieve your goals as well as to provide for your woman and children. It takes a lot of blood, sweat and gut busting effort.
You can go for years paring away at your life and working through a lot of difficulty. And over time you can become tremendously invested in your pursuits; emotionally invested. After all, what you want to achieve is good and worthy of everything you've got.
It can get to the point where you wear yourself so thin and ride the edge so hard that anxiety will begin to creep into your life. It will start slowly at first and you will push back by pressing even harder. And then even more of life's pressures will come raining down on you and once again you push back some more.
There is no giving in and there is no way you will stop. It can become a vicious cycle as you keep at it with stubborn perseverance. A healthy pride and healthy ambition will not allow you to let go. There is virtue in your pursuits so you will make it a point of principle to give it all you've got everyday.
And as you begin to experience more and more anxiety you simply will tough it out. This is what men do. You just handle it. You will get through it.
Except that damn vicious cycle won't seem to let go. Anxiety is beginning to overtake your life. It has sunk its teeth into you and is biting down hard.
After a while it takes less and less pressure to take you down the damn rabbit hole. Your resistance of old is beginning to fail you. So you will find ways to cope. Some of these ways may be healthy and some of them may not.
But if you can't get a handle on your anxiety there will be a price to pay. It will begin to break you down. Your life will begin to turn on itself. Your pursuits will become self destructive to your original goals.
It's at this point when you need to decide enough is enough. You are no good to anybody like this.
It's time to tell your anxiety to Keep Away; just like a toxic woman in a toxic relationship.
Call out The Enemy and tell it to Keep Away until it starts Cryin Like A Bitch:
Consider your anxiety the same as a toxic woman, no matter how attractive and seductive some of the benefits. You've got to decide once and for all this is no way to live. Take the same attitude that Sully and the boys have above and move on. Get angry. Let go and then push it away.
– Do like I told you, stay away from me. Never misunderstand me, keep away from me.
But then how do you really let go? How can you really get past it? You've conditioned yourself for years this is what you want. And you've invested so much at this point you can't see yourself any other way.
Here is your 3 step answer:
If anxiety is getting the better of you because of your pursuits or life situation the first way to take back control is to be willing to start over. This does not necessarily mean you want to start over, but that you make a concrete decision you will start over if you have to.
By definition then you are willing to let go. As soon as you're sure in your mind that if worse comes to worse you will start over, your anxiety will begin to loosen its grip. You will flip the script.
The key here is that you are willing to release that which is the cause of your stress. If you are willing to lose it all then what is there to really worry about? It might just be that simple.
Just as having a swimming pool in the back yard will allow you to enjoy the sweltering heat on a hot, stifling and muggy summer day, you will have more tolerance for the heat, pressure and stress because you know you can escape it at any time. You will be at ease because there is a way out.
Give yourself a way out by being willing to start over.
And then complement that decision by refusing to suffer.
Anxiety is emotional pain and mental anguish. At some point you've got to get fed up living like that. After a while it can become a bad habit and you will end up stressing about everything. It will pervade your life.
It is a common theme here at BFN that you need to put your Mission and yourself first in your life. This is not a selfish pursuit, but a righteous one to develop your God given potential to the fullest. This is how you best serve those you care about, yourself and the Creator.
In the same vein, if anxiety has become a toxic part of your life then do yourself and everyone you care about a favor by refusing to suffer from it. Simply saying those words and entering them into your consciousness will have a profound effect. Teach your mind what you want it to learn.
Tell it that you refuse to suffer.
Repeat the phrase "I refuse to suffer" whenever your anxiety begins to worm its way into your consciousness. Repeat it over and over again. And then combine it with "I will start over if I have to."
"I refuse to suffer and I will start over if I have to." This is how you liberate yourself.
And then liberate yourself completely by making your good character all you need; make the perfection of your character your primary goal in life.
Work at perfecting your character and you will indeed become untouchable.
If you make the perfection of your character your number one pursuit, then your other goals and life circumstances will change from desires to preferences.
If who you intrinsically are is what matters the most, it will always be easier to start over and brush anxiety aside. It will be easy to refuse to suffer. And then everything else beyond pursuing your very best can easily be reframed as a preference.
Preferences will not define who you are. They can certainly be attractive, but preferences can come and preferences can go. Desire on the other hand can become to define who you are. And desire can become toxic and eventually lead to debilitating anxiety.
Instead of allowing desire to be the fuel for your goals, use your goals as the fuel for the perfection of your character. Make your pursuits, goals and life circumstances preferences. Once again, flip the script.
When this mindset becomes your standard operating procedure each day you will indeed become untouchable.
Be willing to start over, refuse to suffer and become untouchable; liberate yourself from anxiety.
Keep Away.
All the best,
Max Panzer
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