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Work at KCDC
Make a Difference in Children's Lives!
About Us
Our TEAM members are the heart and soul of Kiwi Country Day Camp and they are 100% committed to helping our campers build life skills, forge lasting friendships and provide them with the best summer camp experience. It is their dedication, energy and talent inspire our campers to be all that they can be! If you want to spend the summer making a positive impact within a dynamic camp environment, KCDC may be right for you.
Our KCDC TEAM members are highly interactive team-players who take pride in all they do. They love kids and thrive in the camp setting. They are upbeat, enthusiastic role models willing to give their full effort to create an extraordinary camp experience. And, above all, they always put CHILDREN FIRST!
As a KCDC TEAM member you will enjoy the rewards of working with incredible children in the finest summer day camp setting available. You will become part of the close-knit KCDC team, and will build your own character and skills as you lead. Each day will bring new adventures and challenges as you learn and grow alongside your campers.
|KCDC's Expectations For All Of Our TEAM
|As a member of the KCDC Team, you are expected to:
|Available Positions
For a complete list of job descriptions, see the FAQs below.
Kiwi Country Day Camp day is now recruiting for the 2019 camp season.
Gain important resume and career building skills including: LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, MENTORING AND PROBLEM SOLVING.
We are looking for DYNAMIC individuals to lead campers throughout their day.
These positions are paid and may qualify for internship hours as well.
Kiwi Country Day Camp Scholarship Opportunity
Each year at Kiwi Country Day Camp, we award a scholarship to a deserving team member who displays all of our Kiwi values. Team members can use this money for any school related financial need. This scholarship is given on top of a paid salary. There is an application process to be completed during the summer season.
2019 Important Dates
- Opening Date: Thursday, June 27
- Closing Date: Thursday, August 22
- No Camp: July 4 & 5
Equal Employment Policy
Kiwi Country Day Camp is an equal opportunity employer. KCDC provides equal opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation.
Submit an application here!
Change Lives, Including Your Own
Applying is easy, simply click here to begin your online application. You may log back into the staff portal at anytime to update your application.
The following positions are currently available for the 2019 camp season and our year-round event team.
- Athletics Instructor - Golf experience a major plus.
- Arts and Crafts Specialist - Must be highly organized and creative.
- Ceramics Specialist - Prior experience required.
- Cooking Instructor - Prior experience required.
- Counselor - Must enjoy working with children.
- Division Leader - Experienced teachers only.
- Dance Instructor - Prior experience working with kids a plus.
- Fishing Instructor - Prior fishing experience required.
- Food Service - Prior experience in high volume, fast pace setting preferred.
- Games and Tournaments Specialist - Must be high energy and creative.
- Gate Greeter - Must be friendly and highly organized.
- Group Leader - Must be a certified teacher or parent.
- Gymnastics Instructor - Prior experience required.
- Hydration Specialist - Heavy lifting required.
- Jewelry Making Specialist - Must be highly organized.
- Lego Specialist - Must be creative, physics background a plus.
- Lifeguard - We will train you!
- Music Specialist - Prior experience working with a variety of age ranges required.
- Nature Specialist - Prior experience required.
- Pool Maintenance Coordinator - Will train; must be highly organized and detailed oriented.
- Preschool Sports Instructor - Prior experience with preschool age required.
- Photography Intern - Experience in high pace setting, capturing images of children a must.
- Ropes Course/Outdoor Adventure Facilitator - We will train you!
- Theatre Specialist - Prior experience required.
- Van Driver - Prior experience required.
- Water Safety Instructor - We will train you!
We are currently accepting applications.
YES. At Kiwi Country Day Camp we require 3 personal references and carefully check the references you provide. Applicants undergo a full criminal background check . All of our counselors and specialists are managed and coached by members of our Leadership Team. All staff, both new and returning, go through an extensive training program which enhances their overall skill level regardless of their experience level.
Kiwi Country Day Camp opens on June 27, 2019 and ends on August 22, 2019. There is no camp on July 4 or 5. Staff must work all 39 days of camp and attend all orientation sessions which occur in June. Applicants are required to be available Monday - Friday, 8:30 A.M. - 4:15 P.M. daily.
If your College Orientation conflicts with camp, you must provide KCDC with a letter from your school stating the orientation dates.
Personal appointments should not be scheduled during camp days unless absolutely necessary. If there is a commitment that is unavoidable during the summer, you must discuss this with a member of the Leadership Team and obtain their prior approval for the time missed. You will not be paid for days missed.
Emergencies, of course, happen. If you are ill or have a medical or family emergency, please call the office (914-276-2267) or email firstname.lastname@example.com to let us know right away, preferably by 7:00 AM that day (if not the evening before).
In all cases of absence, please give KCDC as much advance notice as possible. We need to provide staff coverage so our campers' days can continue to run smoothly!
As an ACA accredited camp, we require all staff to participate in 24 hours of training over the course of two weeks in June, which will cover all aspects of camp and the expectation of you in your role as a counselor or specialist. This also gives you an opportunity to get to know the other counselors and staff. Orientation will give you useful tools in order to manage various situations you may come across at camp.
Our compensation is very competitive and varies by position. Staff are paid bi-weekly. We provide all staff with breakfast each morning from 8:00am-8:30, which includes coffee, tea, and bagels. Counselors and group leaders are expected to eat lunch with their campers daily. Program specialists will be assigned meal times to break for lunch.
KCDC provides a hot lunch, salad bar, and snacks each day. Lunch includes a hot entrée, full salad bar, pasta bars and fresh fruit. All food we serve is prepared in a nut aware environment and is readied with no nut oils or products. No food or drink (except water) is allowed to be brought in from outside. We have children at camp with severe – often life-threatening – food allergies.
Please contact a Leadership Team member before camp if you have any medical or dietary restrictions.
Yes, every staff member is required to be at Kiwi Country Day Camp every day of the camp season. Consistency and continuity with our staff is crucial to our campers' security, learning and enjoyment! If you have unexcused absences, are regularly late or leave early other than for emergencies, your employment may be compromised. Excused absences would include, but are not limited to, prior commitments for which the absence is approved by Kiwi Country Day Camp prior to the start of camp (i.e. college orientation).
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Flight Standards Information System (FSIMS) guidance incorrectly stated that a person performing a final inspection must hold a mechanic or repairman certificate. The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) waged a seven-year campaign to get the language changed. ARSA Executive Director Sarah MacLeod made the original request in 2010, arguing that "while the association appreciates that most persons performing the final inspection are also qualified to issue the approval for return to service (and therefore must be certificated under Part 65), there are repair stations that separate the final inspection function from the approval for return to service."
The agency acknowledged the discrepancy in a subsequent response, but revisions were held up during Safety Assurance System implementation. In its latest letter, the agency said the errors had been "addressed and corrected . . . [and] will be published in the coming weeks."

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In Season: Asparagus Chickpea Quinoa Salad
This quick and easy recipe features a springtime favorite veggie, asparagus! Loaded with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, this seasonal vegetable packs a healthy punch. The combo of asparagus, quinoa, chickpeas, feta and a simple lemon vinaigrette is delicious and hearty—serve on it's own (great to prep for lunch!) or as a star side dish.
For the lemon vinaigrette:
¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp Dijon mustard
I clove garlic, minced
Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste
For the salad:
2 cups water
1 cup quinoa
½ tsp olive oil
1 small bunch asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 (14 oz) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
3 green onions, sliced
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1. In a small bowl or medium jar, combine the lemon juice, olive oil, mustard and garlic. Whisk to combine or shake with the jar lid tight. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and set aside.
2. Add water, quinoa, and salt to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 5 minutes. Turn the heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until water is absorbed. Remove from heat and fluff with a fork.
3. While the quinoa is cooking, cook the asparagus. In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the asparagus and fresh lemon juice. Cook until tender, about 5 minutes.*
4. In a large bowl, combine quinoa, asparagus, chickpeas, green onions and feta cheese. Pour the dressing over the salad and stir until well coated. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve!
*If your asparagus spears are on the larger side, cut the ends in slightly smaller pieces or extend cooking time.
Recipe source: https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/asparagus-chickpea-quinoa-salad/


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Well, well, the political love-fest over the much bally-hooed and promised 13,000 employees at Foxconn is already being shot down – by Foxconn. It appears that they underestimated their labor costs in WI – WHOOPS! – whose cost for workers is much higher than those in existing Foxconn manufacturing facilities located in China, India and Third World Hell-Holes. It appears that the politicians, in their haste to help Guv. Scott Walker out of his jam for failing to produce 250,000 jobs, simply didn't understand that Foxconn would have to be able to manufacture LCD TV's at a price point low enough to sell millions of units and still make a profit. Political overreach by Politicians who know nothing about operating a profitable business – only tax and spend. TSK – TSK.
By the way – 250,000 imaginary jobs minus 13,000 imaginary jobs still leaves a deficit of 237,000 imaginary jobs. Just IMAGINE THAT! As for those 13,000 jobs – well, they may very well appear – but it still has to be determined how many jobs each i-SLAVE employee will be assigned.


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Sports Premium
At Fairfields Primary School we recognise the contribution of PE to the health and well-being of all children. We believe that providing a varied PE curriculum as well as extra-curricular opportunities not only promote our school's sports values but have a significant influence on the academic achievement of all children. We are committed to ensure that all pupils receive a minimum of 2 hours of PE per week, delivered by well trained and enthusiastic teachers and also professional coaches.
What is Sports Premium? The Government is providing funding of £150 million per annum for academic years 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/2016 to provide new, substantial primary school sport funding. This funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and will see money going directly to primary school headteachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children. Each school will receive £8000 plus and extra £5 per pupil each year for the next two years. The money can only be spent on improving the quality of sport and PE provision in schools.
Funding and Impact Reports
To see how we improved sport activity in the school during 2016-2017 click here.
To see how we improved access to opportunities for sport in school between 2017-18, click here.
To see our plans for this year, click here.


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Come and see what's lingering in the crazy mind of Nicole as I write about what topics come wandering through my day to day life. As boring as it is, I have a lot of opinions and views that I have to thrust upon the world....ENJOY!
Monday, June 11, 2012
THE RANDOM FANDOM - EPISODE 65: I Be There For This
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Opening/Our Week - 0:00:51
News - 0:12:40
Spotlight - 1:10:00
Listener Homework 1:45:37
Questions for the Hosts - 2:03:24
Announcements/What We Learned - 2:28:00
Song of the Week - 2:39:15
MEMORIAL - Bob Welch
MEMORIAL - Ray Bradbury
* Phantasm 5 a Reality
* Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Cancelled
* Stephen King's "IT" Gets Super-Sized
* DC Has Announced "Justice League" Movie
* 'Lost' and 'Prometheus' Writer 'World War Z' Savior?
* Oh No…Jolie to Direct "Fifty Shades of Grey"
* Def Leppard, Poison, Lita Ford 'Rock Of Ages' Hollywood Premiere
* Most Pirated TV Show
* Wait, that's not the Iron Patriot in Iron Man 3 after all!
* Hollywood Loads Up on Prequels
* 1st look at Guillermo del Toro's monster-mashing sci-fi epic, Pacific Rim
* Teen Titans is Go
TOPIC OF THE WEEK – Kurt Russell
SONG OF THE WEEK - "My Suffering" by Dead by Sunrise
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Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Krishna (an avatar of the god Vishnu), located in the town of Guruvayur in Kerala, India.
It is one of the most important places of worship for Hindus of Kerala and is often referred to as "Bhuloka Vaikunta" which translates to the
"Holy Abode of Vishnu on Earth". However, even though the shrine is considered to be one of the holiest spots for Vaishnavites (Vishnu followers), the temple is not
a part of the famous 108 Divya Desams temple list.
Punnathurkotta is a fort and former palace located in Kottapadi, about 2 km from the Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple, in Thrissur District of Kerala State in
South India. This Elephant Camp is one of its kinds in the world and is considered to be one of the largest elephant sanctuaries housing around 60
elephants. The fascinating feature is that all the elephants are offerings that are made by the devotees, at the temple. The camp also acts as a training school for the elephants.
Most of the elephants are trained to participate in major processions and daily temple rituals. This camp is visited by several tourists every year.
Maraprabhu is the biggest terracotta idol. It stands in the Guruvayoor Sreevalsom Devaswam compound, 45 meters away from the main idol Lord Guruvayoorappan.
This Silpa Incarnation of the Lord Maraprabhu is 52 ft tall. Millions of devotees throng to this rare idol every year for mental peace and to get relief. Maraprabhu is the myth and the
total embodiment of the Vishnu Sahasranama.
Chavakkad Beach is beach in Chavakkad Municipality of Thrissur District in Kerala State. It lies on
the coast of Arabian Sea and attracts domestic tourists and local people. The beach is situated 5 Kilometers from Guruvayoor Temple Sri Krishna Temple.
In this beach, the river meets the sea known as estuary. The meeting point is known as Azhimokam in Malayalam.
It is counted amongst Kerala's most popular beaches because the beach is unexplored by domestic tourists.
We arraige House Boat traveling in 15 km from Guruvayur Temple. A perfect day long getaway
with your friends, family or colleagues. Kayyaloram cruises have been the preferred choice for several corporates for day long meetings or for an outing for their clients.
Palayoor is famous for its Christian church, St. Thomas Church which is founded by St. Thomas the Apostle in
52 AD. It was the first Christian Church in India. St. Thomas, the Apostle, arrived in 52 AD at Crangannur (now Kodungallur)
with Jewish merchants for the propagation of Christ's message and through the sea route reached Palayoor in 52 AD and built
the Church here. Palayoor also had an ancient Jewish settlement known as the Jews' Hill. Palayoor was connected from the first
century onwards even up to this day to other ancient trade centres of Kerala, especially Muziris, by rivers and backwaters. The river and backwater system in the erstwhile Cochin State
opens out into the sea at Chettuwaye, Cranganur and Cochin with the three Thomas churches at Palayoor, Kodungallur, and Parur
connected together by this system. People from far off lands have found their way to Kerala and to Palayoor since ancient
times. The coast was familiar country to the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Arabs and the Chinese long before Vasco da Gama
arrived in 1498.
Chettuva Backwater is located in between Engandiyur Panchayat and Kadappuram Panchayat of Thrissur District in Kerala. The backwaters start at Enamakkal Lake and
empties to Arabian Sea. The destination is blessed with mangroves, Chinese fishing nets, islands, migratory birds, estuary and a fort. In 2010, Government of Kerala has
declared Chettuva as heritage village.
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The Best Accounting Software for Bookkeepers
As a professional bookkeeper, you find yourself in the unique position of being privy to the most intimate details of your clients' finances. Wherever the money goes, you're tasked with keeping accurate records and being instantly accountable for this critical data.
That requires both attention to detail and a broad overview of the direction in which your clients' finances are heading. What's more, you need to be holding yourself to the same high standards when it comes to tracking our own finances. Bookkeeping is about trust, and a perfect track record when it comes to your own practice helps clients develop that level of trust in you.
As if that weren't enough, working in finance means you also need to stay on top of fast-moving regulations and best practice. Perfect accuracy and a command of figures is fine, but if you're not up to speed when it comes to the law, it won't matter.
Best practice in accountancy for bookkeepers
When planning ahead, it helps to divide your time into daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly tasks. That way you can plan an efficient and straightforward method of checking everything gets done.
Depending on the demands on your time, daily tasks might include:
Tracking all business transactions to create a permanent financial history
Sending out any outstanding invoices
Making and recording any cash and electronic deposits
Analysing cash flow.
Weekly tasks could include:
A weekly cash flow report, cross-checked against each day's results
Running reports on accounts payable and accounts receivable
Ensuring all your creditors are paid, this helps protect your credit rating
Sending reminders to any clients with overdue accounts receivable.
Monthly tasks consist of:
Preparing a full financial review
Checking inventory of any tools and equipment you use
Check all debits and credits are in balance
Providing clients with a monthly statement.
Quarterly tasks might be:
Ensuring clients have all the information they need for their own quarterlies. It pays to be proactive here
Meeting with clients and key members of your own staff to reflect and assess overall performance
Running and submitting VAT returns for your clients.
One thing that smaller bookkeeping firms sometimes overlook is petty cash. The opinion seems to be that since your business relies on pinpoint accuracy and larger accounts, petty cash is at best irrelevant and, at worst, somehow unprofessional. We'd recommend maintaining and recording petty cash as a precaution against any ad hoc problems which might spring up over the course of your day.
Whether you're tracking your own finances or those of your clients, it can be tempting to view your record keeping piecemeal. It may seem like keeping some details in a spreadsheet, others online and others on paper makes for a more flexible system. In practice, however, this is rarely the case.
In reality, keeping data in different locations scales poorly as your business grows. In the early days it's easy to keep track of a few sets of details, but we're confident you won't want to remain small forever. Once you're handling more accounts on a larger scale, as well as tracking your own finances, it helps to have everything in one unified database.
Today, this means investing in the right online accounting software. The package you choose needs to stand up to the daily demands of your job and also leave room to expand later on.
Online accounting software for professional bookkeepers
As discussed above, the best accounting software helps streamline the day to day workings of your practice. Ideally you want one package which will cover all your record-keeping needs for your own finances and for all the work you do. This will avoid needless duplication of data further down the line.
Flexible: You also need a flexible software package. Nobody wants to start from scratch with a new set of records as soon as any changes in the law come into force. The right tools for the job are ones which help you embrace change!
Adaptable: In addition to this, you need to know that the software you're using will let you add as many clients and staff as you need, there's no sense in limiting yourself from the beginning.
Scalable: You know better than anyone what your clients need and what the demands of your job are. Choose software based on this, don't limit your services based on what your tools allow. Whether you find yourself constantly needing to provide broad, digestible overviews for clients to review, or only running more in-depth periodic breakdowns, keep your options open.
Connectivity is another word which often gets thrown into the discussion. Even the most powerful software is useless when it's only available on your office desktop and you're out meeting clients. Cloud storage and multi-device functionality should be a must in your selection.
Sage One Accounting for bookkeepers
Sage One Accounting has been developed to meet the demands of those working at the heart of the financial sector. Whether you're a sole trader working on behalf of a handful of clients or a busy practice handling dozens of accounts, it's the same easy, accessible interface.
It stays updated and links directly with HMRC to help automate the most fiddly payroll chores and keep you up to speed with the law. You can also take advantage of 24/7 support from our dedicated, friendly team.
Wherever you are, on any compatible device, you can be sure your data is fully protected while still enjoying a streamlined service that puts no barriers between you and getting the job done.
Secure cloud storage also helps you stay reactive, able to report in detail on your accounts without spending hours chained to the office computer.
At any stage of your professional journey, Sage One Accounting empowers you to deliver the best service to those you work on, with total accuracy and accountability ensured with one centralised, reliable database.
It also helps you grow, with add-ons like Sage Payroll letting you branch out to handle more staff without needing a new system.
If you're ready to take the next step, start your free trial today.


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2017 Summit Speaker Spotlight: Thomas Cunningham
The Safety Summit prides itself on providing an intimate and informative two-day experience for its attendees. We believe that our attendees stand to learn the most when they can deeply explore esteemed speakers' insights.
We hope you're as excited as we are to spend your afternoon on May 31st hearing from Behavioral Scientist, Thomas Cunningham (The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health). Thomas, whose research addresses intervention development and research translation for safety and health applications in construction, health care, and several small business sectors, says he caught the "behavioral safety bug" in college while at Virginia Tech.
"…I was intrigued by psychology for the big philosophical kinds of questions like 'why do we do what we do?' After a couple of those kinds of classes, I began to think about how I can actually use what I am learning to help people and make a living while doing it. Occupational safety and health seemed like the perfect way to apply behavioral science and make a meaningful contribution in my future career, so I started taking courses and doing projects with Dr. John Austin and Western Michigan University," he says.
Much like some of our other Summit Speakers (ahem-ahem, Tim Ludwig), the world renown Dr. E. Scott Geller played a role in helping to shape and inspire Tom's career path.
"From there, I knew I wanted a career in workplace safety and health, and I was lucky enough to go to Virginia Tech and work with Dr. E. Scott Geller. Needless to say, his passion is contagious."
Tom's Summit presentation focuses on how organizations can incorporate a "Total Worker Health" approach with their objective of becoming more sustainable and "green." This focus on sustainability has become especially relevant for organizations in recent years, but Tom says he had an interest in bringing behavioral safety principles into sustainability because he says "workplace safety and health often seems to exist in its own silo, yet it is clearly part of the overall effort toward improving our well-being."
He continues, "rather than reinventing the wheel and pursuing redundant efforts toward the same outcomes, it seems to me that workplace safety and health should be integrated with efforts to improve health and well-being, as well as create a culture of sustainability."
Tom's presentation promises to be informative and not without its surprising elements. When asked what might surprise attendees, Tom replied, "the knife-juggling demonstration." While we regret to inform our audience that there will be no knife-juggling at this year's Summit, Tom does believe that "attendees might be surprised by the lessons learned from conversations with small employers. Much of my own research has been focused on small businesses and helping them to address the challenges they face in creating a safe and healthy workplace. I think the insights gained from small employers provide all kinds of practical advice for safety professionals in organizations of any size and in any sector."
"Meeting and connecting with people that are taking what they are learning and applying it in their own work" is one of Tom's favorite things about presenting at conferences. He says he "especially likes speaking with small employers who are facing so many challenges in running their operation, yet demonstrate the value of a safe and healthy workplace."
His advice to Summit attendees to help them get the most out of their experience stems from personal practices that he utilizes when attending conferences.
"Ask questions and share [your] personal experiences. I know I take away much more in the way of learning when I am engaged and actively communicating, rather than only listening and observing."
We look forward to engaging with and actively listening to more of Tom's insight on May 31st!


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Today I live-coded for 15 minutes in front of a 30-person audience of fellow Android engineers from Airbnb. The subject was a couple of frameworks that we use to build UI that have been rapidly evolving over the past few months, so much so that few people have kept up with all the latest developments. (One of those frameworks is open-source and deserves your attention: Epoxy.)
We've had extensive documentation available (of course), and conventional talks had been given to the same audience before, but everybody learns differently and finds the headspace to do so at different times. So, with that in mind I thought, why not experiment with a different medium?
Live coding means that my computer screen was projected on a giant screen while I refactored and converted one of our classes to follow our most recent guidelines. The code I was working on was outdated and from our actual codebase. As I worked through it—live—a friend held a microphone to my face and I narrated.
The anecdotal feedback I received immediately after is that it worked. People who had previously been disoriented by changes similar to those I showcased now felt they understood them. And they found the live coding aspect to be particularly engaging.
This creates new questions for me: Can I scale this? Maybe by creating some videos or by organizing live streaming sessions while I work on pertinent projects. Can I teach more things at no extra-cost, by having people observe my workflow and certain shortcuts I use for example? Will others teach me things based on the way they see me working?


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There are many different reasons why companies or individuals would want to change to a new or different web hosting company. Not enough storage space or bandwidth, poor performance, or more often than not it could be due to poor customer service, or lack of it.
Changing to a new web hosting company may sound like a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be that complex – there are just a few things to keep in mind.
1. Keep your web hosting account with your existing host open
It is recommend that you keep your existing web hosting account active until you have completed the transition steps (ie. new account setup, file transfer, email creation and setup, DNS modification and propagation). This will ensure that your website and domain email accounts will be running during the transition and will make the process smoother and reversible.
2. Make a backup copy of your existing website: download old account files
Ideally, files should be downloaded in the same tree structure in which you want to upload it later. Also look for any file or chmod permissions that you might to set on any folder or file. This is a fairly easy task and can easily be accomplished by FTP.
However, some free web hosting providers do not offer FTP access. This is especially true if you're currently using a free Flash/drag-and-drop website creation service. If this is the case, you will not be able to download your existing web files and will have to re-create your new web files. You should check to see if your new web hosting provider offers a free website creator.
3. Setup new (same) email addresses
To ensure that emails are properly received, it is important to keep the same email addresses, including email aliases and forwarders.
4. DNS changes and propagation
Once files are uploaded to the TechnicalRx web hosting server and email accounts are re-created, you can go ahead and make the necessary domain name server (DNS) changes.
DNS is usually handled by TechnicalRx unless you have specific dns management. You will need to replace your existing DNS settings with the new one – this is usually done via your domain management panel (your domain registrar like GoDaddy or Enom).
The new DNS will take anywhere between 24-48 hours to propagate, therefore the old web host is responsible for website and email in the meantime. This is why cancelling the old service should be the very last thing to do.
5. Cancel your old account.
Once your new account has been activated and your website and email services at TechnicalRx are up and running, you can proceed to have your old account cancelled.
The best take-away from this article is to have a conversation with TechnicalRx about the move. We will go over your particular setup, transfer the files, set up the new hosting, make the DNS changes, and make the transition as seamless as possible. We've done this for many clients and our experience helps us make it a smooth transition.


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Hey y'all! Have you ever wondered how to make butter? Have you ever wanted to impress a crowd of city folk by whipping out a jar of fresh, homemade butter, making them think you spent the whole day hunching over a churn? Then this is the class for you!
This class will show a modern way of making butter with FRESH LOCAL cream, and provide tips of the trade for making sure your butter is of the highest quality and has the longest shelf life. Then we will use the butter to make....a Guinness Honey butter..perfect on an Irish Soda Bread, Maitre d'Hotel Butter a compound butter that goes well with a variety of proteins and a Sage Brown Butter that pairs perfectly with pasta.
Anyone can make butter (kids included!), so come one, come all!!
$15, preregistration requested. (kids up to 13 are free, but must be with an adult)
About your teachers:
Phillip C. Griffin a Johnson and wales graduate and an award winning chef more than 30 years experience in the kitchen. He has worked for many local restaurants such as Addesso and Wards Public House. Although now retired from the restaurant business he continues to exercise his passion by cooking for charity events and instructing others on the joys of cooking. Malinda A. Coletta is an award winning cook. She holds a degree in Home Economics where she studied the science of food preparation and nutrition and is a Certified Professional Food Manager. She is passionate about cooking and entertaining.


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* CSI300 -2.3 pct, SSEC -1.5 pct at midday
* Consumer firms lead declines on Moutai earnings report
* Hang Seng -0.07 pct
SHANGHAI, Oct 29 (Reuters) - China shares fell on Monday as cooling demand ate into profits for industrial and consumer firms, adding to investors' concerns about the slowing economy.
By the midday break, the blue-chip CSI300 index was down 2.3 percent at 3,101.16 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index was off 1.5 percent at 2,560.74, shrugging off Beijing's latest attempts to bolster the country's markets.
"A-shares are being led by corporate earnings, and we expect third-quarter earnings growth to show a bigger slide than mid-year reports, with the main board showing an even clearer decline," analysts at Huatai Securities said in a note, adding that they see little room for a rebound in the near term.
Data released on Saturday showed that profit growth at China's industrial firms slowed for a fifth straight month in September as sales of raw materials and manufactured goods further ebbed.
But consumer firms led the declines on Monday, with a sub-index of the CSI tracking consumer firms plunging 8.4 percent.
The financial sector sub-index fell 1.8 percent, the real estate index lost 1.4 percent and the healthcare sub-index slid 2.4 percent.
The smaller Shenzhen index was down 1.25 percent and the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was weaker by 0.08 percent.
Distiller Kweichow Moutai, the country's most famous producer of fiery liquor baijiu, fuelled the broader consumer slump, falling by the daily limit of 10 percent after it reported sharply slower profit growth in the third quarter.
Among other distillers, Wuliangye Yibin also fell by the 10 percent limit, while Luzhou Laojiao was 6.26 percent lower.
A rise in utility companies limited declines in Hong Kong. H-shares listed in Hong Kong fell 0.4 percent to 10,013.84, while the Hang Seng Index was down just 0.07 percent to 24,701.05.
Around the region, MSCI's Asia ex-Japan stock index firmed 0.4 percent while Japan's Nikkei index was up a similar amount.
China's yuan fell slightly against a firmer U.S. dollar, with traders continuing to debate whether the central bank will allow the currency to fall through the sensitive 7-to-the-dollar level, which could risk a spike in capital outflows and put further pressure on the economy and financial markets.
At 0420 GMT, the yuan was trading at 6.9538 per dollar, weaker than Friday's onshore close of 6.9948 per dollar.
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Clinical Pocket Reference for Nurses Third Edition
"The Clinical Pocket Reference for Nurses is an excellent resource for both students and qualified nurses. The Third Edition includes updated content on cardiac monitoring and neurological assessment and references to the latest Resuscitation Council UK Guidelines. The book covers a wide range of essential information, including the requirements for patient assessment, such as the latest risk assessment tools, the Bristol stool chart, management of shock and sepsis, interpreting electrocardiograms and a guide to wound classification and healing.
The book is easy to use and nurses should be able to quickly navigate to invaluable information. It is an educational tool that supports learning in practice and can also be used as a quick revision aid. The small spiral-bound format makes it accessible and ideal to keep in a pocket or diary when at work. The book would make a useful resource for nurses to buy for themselves, but could also be used as a quick reference guide to be shared on a ward.
Although this book does have a nursing focus, it would also be relevant to other healthcare professionals, such as physiotherapists and paramedics."
– Nursing Standard
"Students and nurses will find it helpful and easy to use… Invaluable."
– Nursing and Midwifery Council
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More and extra homeschoolers are skipping the high school possibility – together with the GED (Graduate Equivalency Diploma) – and heading straight to college.. neighborhood school, that is! Educational know-how consists of quite a few forms of media that deliver textual content, audio, images, animation, and streaming video, and consists of know-how purposes and processes resembling audio or video tape, satellite TV, CD-ROM, and laptop-primarily based studying, in addition to native intranet/extranet and net-based studying. Moreover, expertise may be simplified as a social drug that can easily entertain us to the place it appears unattainable to let go, however everybody appear attempting to withdraw from expertise is ignorant, and a waste of time. In brief, it really works for over all planning and organization of the system or subsystem of training.
My expertise in the UK school atmosphere as a Special Education Needs (SEN) teacher, taught me that if Instructional Technology was not practically and successfully introduced into the classroom atmosphere, children who suffered EBD or SEN, would have had a tough time with the outdated conventional manner of instruction. They have never recognized a time with out instant messaging, social media, actual-time video games, global interconnection and lots of different marvels led to by technology. The thing is, education policies are rife with fast-fixes" which are imagined to make all our issues disappear.
Use of expertise is principled: Technology means the systematic software of scientific data to practical tasks. I know I'd fairly have my lawyer or accountant or dentist or whatever have a traditional schooling over an Internet one. Find an accredited Educational Technology Graduate Program by initiating your search and begin working in direction of your Educational Technology Degree now! Technology and training are a great combination if used along with a proper reason and imaginative and prescient.
And again, training is seeing more than its fair proportion of a enterprise mentality being pressured on it. So whereas up to now, we trusted a sure degree of inefficiency in training because of how much we learn from our errors, we are able to no longer afford to be so wasteful. Today, expertise gives useful purposes that are perfect for reaching educational targets. Technology that is helpful in schooling is concerning the applications that help academics in discovering, collating or curating resources.
As an info technology graduate from Colorado Christian University, Jason labored to deliver technology to the forefront of the schooling course of at Elizabeth High School. The focus of the convention was on residential institutions (with the vast majority of the panelists coming from elite establishments)—how they think about their own classroom pedagogies and finances whereas using technology. Some in a expertise entrepreneurship course started their own firms, for example.


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The Normandy Hotel, Washington
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- White House (23-minute walk)
- Georgetown University (23-minute walk)
- Lincoln Memorial (30-minute walk)
- Capital One Arena (30-minute walk)
- Washington Monument (32-minute walk)
- Jefferson Memorial (39-minute walk)
- United States Capitol (41-minute walk)
- Arlington National Cemetery (45-minute walk)
- University of Maryland-College Park (7.4 mi / 12 km)
Getting around
- Washington, DC (DCA-Ronald Reagan Washington National) - 10 min drive
- College Park, MD (CGS) - 17 min drive
- Fort Meade, MD (FME-Tipton) - 32 min drive
- Washington, DC (IAD-Washington Dulles Intl.) - 35 min drive
- Baltimore, MD (BWI-Baltimore Washington Intl. Thurgood Marshall) - 43 min drive
- Gaithersburg, MD (GAI-Montgomery County Airpark) - 46 min drive
- Manassas, VA (MNZ-Manassas Regional) - 56 min drive
- Washington Union Station - 5 min drive
- Alexandria Station - 13 min drive
- New Carrollton Station - 16 min drive
- Dupont Circle Station - 10 min walk
- Woodley Park-Zoo Station - 12 min walk
- Farragut North Station - 22 min walk
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 75 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 6 floors
- 24-hour check-in
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check-in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 21
Travelling with others
- Up to 2 children stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
- Pets allowed (dogs only) *
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Valet parking (limited) *
Payment types at the property
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- Continental breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Free use of nearby fitness center
- 24-hour business center
- One meeting room
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Elevator
- Terrace
- Library
- Fireplace in lobby
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Espresso maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 42-inch LED TV
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Refrigerator
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Also known as
- Hotel Normandy
- Normandy Hotel
- Normandy Hotel Washington
- Normandy Washington
- Normandy Hotel Washington Dc
- Jurys Normandy Inn
Parking height restrictions apply.Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
Refundable deposits
Deposit: USD 50.00 per stay
Optional extras
Valet parking costs USD 40 per night with in/out privileges
Continental breakfast is offered for an extra charge of USD 14 per person (approximately)
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of USD 25.00 per pet, per night
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
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Recent reviews
Very Good 8.2 From 470 reviews
Great neighborhood, convenient location, clean comfortable room.
The place is located close to the embassies. Quiet neighborhood but no on street parking. The hotel has a garage and doesn't charge for in/out. Most of the garages in the area don't allow in/out. The staff were ok, happy hour was just ok not very good wine and rooms were clean,
On a first night, the battery in our smoke detector died causing the alarm to sound off for hours into the night, illegal to tamper with smoke detector and nobody was at front desk til nearly 7am after almost 3 hours of smoke detector alarms finally someone came up to assist us.
Constant slamming of doors starting at 6AM made the walls and the headboard shake. Room was on the ground floor.
No elevator service and morning meal was a joke
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Everybody eats lunch on Sundays, and a lot of us are looking for people to eat lunch with. Meet Jerome at Information Services in the lobby, and find out where we're all going together this week.
Leader email: Jerome Goins
Phone: 336.591.7880
Time: Every Sunday after Service
Location: Renaissance Road Church
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NeuLion Selected to Power Rogers NHL GameCentre Live
PLAINVIEW, N.Y.—NeuLion was selected by Rogers Communications to power Rogers NHL GameCentre Live and maintain the delivery of the service to fans throughout Canada for the 2014-15 season.
The NeuLion Sports Platform, an end-to-end suite of video management, distribution and monetization tools, now enables Rogers to give its subscribers yet another way to connect to content. Rogers NHL GameCentre Live makes it easier than ever for hockey fans throughout Canada to watch their favorite team, delivering more than 1,000 live national, in and out-of-market regular season games, the 2015 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, the 2015 NHL All-Star Game and the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs on multiple devices.
In addition to the live games, enabled by the NeuLion Sports Platform, Rogers customers have exclusive access to GamePlus, an experience within Rogers NHL GameCentre Live, that includes innovative camera feeds, multi-angle replays and more. The NeuLion Sports Platform, seamlessly brings together up to seven different camera feeds, syncs them, encodes them in multiple formats and delivers them to viewers in an interactive, user-friendly experience.
Rogers also chose NeuLion to power digital experiences for its professional sports rights for NFL Sunday Ticket on Rogers Anyplace TV.


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Poker News - Archive 2011-03PKR offering WSOP 2011 Seats
With the 2011 World Series of Poker approaching, many online poker rooms are starting to offer qualifiers and satellites for the many events in the series. One such poker room is PKR. PKR has announced they are offering seats to event number 54 of the WSOP. (31/03)
PokerStars getting ready for another major milestone
The number one poker room in the world has reached several milestones in the industry and they are currently getting ready to reach yet another one. PokerStars is about to deal their sixty billionth poker hand and they are celebrating this amazing milestone. The online poker room thinks the hand will be dealt next week and they are offering players extra cash in the process. (29/03)
Team PokerStars Pro adds new member
Team PokerStars Pro is always welcome to new players and the online poker site has now announced that a new player has been signed to the poker team. Eugene Katchalov a twenty nine year old poker pro has now been signed as a member of the team. (24/03)
Software updated at online poker room PKR
PKR is a top online poker room because they offer 3D poker software. The software available is unique to the poker industry and players enjoy the uniqueness PKR brings each and every day. The online poker room recently announced they have updated their software to offer players an even better experience. (22/03)
PokerStars supporting online gambling in Nevada
Many states in the US are hoping to see online gambling legislation passed in their state as well as the entire US. Several new bills have been proposed or are in the works but none have made it in to law. One such state that would like to see online gambling passed is Nevada and PokerStars has now announced their support of the state passing online gambling legislation. (18/03)
Full Tilt Poker launches new tournaments
Full Tilt Poker is known for their tournament play so players will be excited to hear that the online poker room is now offering a new sit and go tournament option. The new tournaments are called Matrix Tournaments and they offer players the opportunity to play against as many as eight players at four different tables at the same time. (17/03)
Adam Levy Re-Signs with Team UB
Adam Levy known as ROOTHLUS online has resigned with online poker room UB after his two year deal has ended. Levy did such a good job at the online poker room as a player on the poker team that UB decided to sign him yet again for two additional years. Levy started out in 2008 at the site as a team member and he will now be with the team for two more years. (15/03)
NFL Legend joins top poker site
Full Tilt Poker recently announced they have added a new player to their long list of representatives. NFL legend Emmitt Smith has now joined the site and will be representing them at live events during the year. (11/03)
PartyPoker Announces Bad Beat Jackpot Win
Bad Beat Jackpots are very popular with online poker players. Several online poker rooms offer a Bad Beat Jackpot and each time the jackpot is won the players take home a nice size prize. Players can compete at the Bad Beat tables and they are trying to lose a hand to take home a massive jackpot. The most recent Bad Beat jackpot win comes from PartyPoker. (09/03)
March not starting out good for Isildur1
The first of March has come and gone and many poker players took to the online poker tables with the start of the new month to try and build their bank rolls. One of these players was Viktor Blom otherwise known as Isildur1. The pro is one of the best online but apparently March is just not his month. After just a few nights of player he lost over $700,000 while playing at the high stakes tables. (07/03)
UB Bad Beat Jackpot reaches massive proportions
Ultimate Bets Bad Beat Jackpot is a favorite among poker players and now the game is surely to see more players competing. UB has announced the jackpot is now over $1 million and growing strong. Players are trying hard to earn a bad beat so they can take down this massive jackpot. (01/03)
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People have voted for change: Sonia Gandhi
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has congratulated BJP for winning Haryana and Maharashtra polls.
"We accept the verdict of the people . People have voted for change,after 15 years of our government in Maharashtra and 10 years in Haryana. I congratulate the BJP on their success. I thank our supporters for having stood by us and the party workers for their commitment to the party. The Congress party will work hard on the ground to once again earn the confidence of the people," Sonia Gandhi said.


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Another day, another birthday... but not just any birthday. Today is the 2nd birthday of my sweet niece, Maxine Lou.
I have learned that children can be angels - as long as their parents aren't around. Which, is usually the case with my nieces and nephews - LB included. However, it is hard for me to ever picture this angelic face ever act out! She is always so sweet.
Her and I have a special bond - at least I think so. In order to save on daycare costs and to have our trusted family watch our kids my sister, brother-in- law, and I did a lot of trading. All 3 of us had different work schedules so odds were one of us was always off. So, I was blessed to have this sweet girl in my house 2 or 3 days a week and LB would go over to their house a couple days a week as well. So, we all became very close. I have to admit, it wasn't a fair trade. LB can be a stinker AND he had total mom attachment issues. So I think he was a lot to take on. Which, was not the case with Max.
Maxine is happy. She is alittle like a chameleon. She can blend in anywhere and be completely content. LB, Max, and I would have so much fun. We would walk to the park, swim, dance, play at the farm, ect. It gave LB a sense of what it was like to have a sibling - which was good. It pushed him to have to share both toys and his mommy. That, of course, always went smoothly and there was never any hitting, screaming, or crying... ever ;) Maxine was there when LB said his first word. We were around to see Max go from crawling to walking to running. I got to know my adorable niece and also got to know my sister and brother-in-law on a different level as well. They are great parents. They have a real partnership. And, even though I am the older sister, they have been teaching me. I see what they have and I have set my standards higher because of it. They may not see it everyday in each other, but to us looking in - what they have is unique and special. Maxine (and now a new little brother too) are blessed for experiencing something so beautiful.
Here's to the not-so-terrible two's. Stay just as you are. Happy Birthday we all love you!
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to say this season, this year, has been the hardest of my life sometimes feels like a blanket statement to use as an excuse. an excuse for anything. for work taking longer, for not being able to get out of bed, for not caring about certain things any longer, etc. this is also the year i've changed the most. which i've come to find out is normal for 1) being in my twenties and 2) when tragedy strikes a person. i guess it is nice to finally be a little "normal" at something.
i have honestly had to remind myself more this season than any other why i do what i do. and why i love what i do. because some days i couldn't remember. no matter how much i sincerely love my brides and grooms and their families, i had to push through most of wedding season early on this season.
my dad died in may. what a weird, stupid sentence. our wedding season had barely started and i at one point wished i could just quit my job. because the thought of working seemed wrong, or unnecessary. couldn't i just run away? wouldn't that be the obvious decision. but in the hospital with my family on that tuesday morning, around my dad's lifeless body, i found myself mentioning that i had a wedding that weekend and asked if we could move the funeral and visitation around so ethan and i could still do our job. everyone else, the siblings and the spouses would have to work around getting off of their jobs, and their bosses were incredible and even came and cried and hugged our entire family because that is what amazing humans do. but for me, i just knew that even though there was an option to try and find someone else for our bride and groom, and i knew that this couple especially would understand my grief, and i also knew one of my amazing photographer friends would've taken over for me, even if that meant flying in from another state, because that's what my amazing human friends would do for me/us, something in me knew that wasn't even going to be an option for me.
so as delicately as i could i mentioned it to my family. i was afraid i would be hurting them. that losing my dad meant nothing and all i cared about was my company. or the money (i knew they wouldn't think that, but later i worried about the lies that came into my worried heart). or, or, or, bad things, etc.
but instead, my beautiful mother just said of course we will work it out so you can still get to your wedding. my whole family supported us.
immediately i was reminded of how proud my dad is of his kids. he has supported me since day one of my crazy, made-no-sense-plan to become a photographer. why would i make it? i had no education in photography, little but good training, and a crazy husband who just bought me a low level beginner camera that i didn't even know how to use. i still call them "buttons" and ethan has to help teach me. but my dad would ask what the goals are, how i'm getting the word out there, what i need help with, and i was off. supported. and now, even in his death, my family carried on that support and mom said she knew dad would be so proud of me for continuing on.
so just four days after losing my father, i was somehow moving around and being a photographer for a beautiful couple. we were walking up the stairs of the venue right after we had begun the day of getting ready photos at the bride's mom's home and i felt joy. then guilt. i looked at ethan and i told him i felt so happy. and i felt so guilty for already feeling joyful. because i immediately also felt sorrow. and tears came. and i missed dad.
he just said, that's how it'll be now. joy and sorrow. others have felt it before me, and now it's my turn. it's really a weird feeling.
the wedding day we photographed four days after my dad passed was not a coincidence. i will never be convinced otherwise. i knew they were hand picked by God the moment we met them. which was long before their wedding day just happened to be four days after a really rough and dark day for me and my family. but once i had to start thinking about doing work and trying to arrange when my family could grieve and have the visitation and funeral, i knew that it was meant to be to photograph them just days after the happenings. God is so good. He looks out for us. what a blessing all those people were to me. to my heart. to ethan. what felt like moments after the event, they were all there for us. somehow, on their wedding day. what people. what hearts. we are forever blessed by the way things unfolded. thankfulness, as i write now with tears in my eyes, fills my heart.
then it was wedding after wedding. traveling to different states, missing my family, hurting so deeply, feeling such great joy for our life and our job, missing my dad, all the feels that come along with grieving, and dealing with my chronic health problems.
a blur.
wonderful memories, mostly, from what i can remember.
and a really hard time keeping up with things. good things and necessary things seemed useless. unimportant. too hard to accomplish. it wasn't for me anymore. except that it was, because it is my job. and my delight. but i forgot for a while. or was unable to see it.
this is when things started getting really twisted up in my heart about my job.
it is my job to get the work done after the wedding day.
it is my job to be excited about the beautiful wedding photos.
it is my job to as quickly as humanly possible get the photos to the public so people can experience the happy feels and the wedding people are pleased they are seeing previews in an appropriate timeframe.
it is my job to keep everyone happy.
it is my job to perform.
it is my job to maintain a certain happy wedding photographer glow.
but then i forgot something : i'm a human.
and, i've never actually considered what i do a job.
so something was wrong.
something was off. way off.
i wondered and crumbled at the thought of all my couple's expectations of me. no idea what they really were, because i was making things up about them in my head. worried, stressed, freaked out, fear of failure, grieving.
what used to be my delight was now just a job.
and (in my brain only) my couples and their hearts turned into cold computer screens who just wanted the photographs and didn't care about me as a grieving person.
none of that was real at all. in fact, completely the opposite.
but maybe the amazingness of my couples made me feel even more guilty because they were too good and i was given so much slack? i really don't even know. working through it as i type. because writing works so much out in me.
over the last week or so i have taken the time to reflect. with the help of my closest friends, some of my brides (what a beautiful blessing to realize and pause on that for a minute. BRIDES become who i talk to and turn to and trust. that doesn't happen in "business"), my church family and family, and of course, my ethan burt. i have been able to see the shift and the return that must occur. the return that i desire so deeply. the comeback.
this is my comeback.
in the beginning it was always about delight.
i told ethan i miss being the girl who was just grateful for a camera. and asked him what was that girl like? and we talked and talked. and i remembered. and i felt like her again. but i also felt anger and the realness of business and the ugly parts of the photography industry too. but quickly ethan reminded me i am to just stay in the delightfulness of it all, and the rest is for God to handle.
wow. do i really have permission to just delight? instead of "job"?
a job is a task or piece of work, especially one that is paid.
a delight is great pleasure. as in, she took great delight in telling your story.
that is the actual example that google told me. and i think it's perfectly fitting.
because it is a delight, i take great pleasure, in telling the stories.
that, is my life.
and even in the midst of tragedy, i didn't want to not do it.
i got lost in the business side of things, in the worrying and the numbers and the making sure we'll be "okay", whatever that even means. but i'm no good for that. also lost in the stress of making everyone happy, which is literally impossible and an incredibly horrible way to live a life.
i'm only good in the delighting. because God is in the delighting.
He tells me not to worry but that's all i've done since may. and i've lost my way in nearly all aspects of my life. worrying is truly no good. absolutely good for nothing.
what is good is God. and drawing nearer to Him. and if i'm given more time on earth, i don't know why i would or how i could waste any more of the precious time with useless worry. plus, it ages me more than necessary and that's just not cute. aging is great but extra worry wrinkles are not.
so, september. a refreshing month for me. the summer heat fades and the sweet smell and feels of fall begins. i have made really wise decisions concerning my health and have been feeling much better. it's zero fun sir to not eat sugar anymore but already when i have eaten some i lost two days as a functioning human and that is even less than zero fun. i'm learning. lyme disease is not really something i want to play around with anymore. i want it gone. i want it to no longer have victory over my body. so we are doing even more research, i am finally taking responsibility for what i must do to help myself out the most. and it's slowly improving me. this is a huge victory for my life of over 15 years in chronic pain.
another reason to immediately feel grateful for my work. that i am as able as i am to keep going on season five of my wedding photography company. all the glory and praise to God.
this is my comeback. if you've been with us since the beginning, thank you for sticking it out. thank you for being here for me in my rough season. my long, dark day.
and if you're new here, welcome. thank you so much for sticking around long enough to read this entire confession. there can be much fear in confessing, especially when in business. you're supposed to always have it together and always be on top of things and "never let them see you sweat". well, i'm not business. i'm human. and i sweat like a mess anytime i get even the tiniest bit nervous. i am so thankful to have the freedom to be human instead of business.
and that is my promise. the biggest part of my comeback. to just be that human bethany again. instead of getting lost in business and what "should-be's". blah. no good came of that bethany. but delighting bethany sounds a lot better. that me is best.
that's what i'm good at.
that's what i'm ready to be again.
i delight in the work that follows the wedding day.
i delight in knowing what true happiness is and how i can share that with
people while they wait on their photographs.
i delight in sharing online the beautiful stories and the pretty wedding photos.
i delight in thankfulness that i am trusted to document such important days.
i delight in the realness of life and the truly amazing people who want me to be
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I love to game.
Everyone knows this. I have been talking a lot to friends I game with about how they handle their interpersonal relationships with their spouses lately.
I hadn't realized how into MY routine I was. How used I was, after living alone for a while, to being me without the need to negotiate and compromise.
I am getting in the routine now. The whining is over. I am getting in a grove. And maybe that is all I needed. Being so adverse to change, I may have thrown myself a curveball with the move, the marriage, the combining of households, becoming a military spouse and the holidays all in a 4 week period of time...One of my good girlfriends pointed out I might want to just take a breath and enjoy what I can.
At first the advice made me defensive. It touched on my own need to be in control. I am finding though that once you give in to being a true team, there are a ton of perks.
And they boil over into the gaming arena.
Since we are both gamers, I have found a sense of ease about the language we speak. We can both log onto the same game and be in the same room and team up together and play together as a duo. We can both be stressed about moving things around in the house and getting things set up the way we want to, and log on for a few hours and blow off some steam. No need to argue or peck at each other... in all reality... I maybe have led him into a fight in a dungeon, let him get killed and then sorta smirked... but I think that all just healthy as heck :)
We loaded up the Playstation 2 and played a few hours of the original Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1. I am having a blast with it. Besides, there is something so wonderful about lazing about on the couch and gaming... simply delicious.
DDOcast for last week is up and ready to be listened to. It's an awesome show, although I didn't get my segment in.
I am having trouble recording if he is in the house. I hadn't realized how much I like the total silence and privacy as I work my way through what I want a segment to be. It's something I am working thtough.
There is always something you can relearn. Sometimes you think you have it all figured out, but really, you just need to take a breath and enjoy what you have in front of you.
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"There could be an MS-13 gang member I know about, if they don't reach a certain threshold, I cannot tell ICE about them," said Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims.
The president then responded, referring to MS-13 saying, "You wouldn't believe how bad these people are. These aren't people, these are animals, and we're taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that's never happened before."
Despite Trump clearly talking about MS-13, one of the most violent and murderous gangs in the world, news organizations shared his statement out of context to frame it as if he was speaking about all illegal immigrants or foreign immigrants and refugees in general.
Take for example this post send out by C-SPAN, which reads "President Trump during California Sanctuary Cities Roundtable: 'These aren't people. These are animals.'"
Nearly every major news outlet followed suit and took Trump's words out of context in order to make it appear as if he was attacking illegal immigrants.
As you can see, not one of the major news outlets made any mention of the MS-13 gang at all.
The Associated Press made a similar error but admitted their mistake and posted a correction.
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders stood by Trump's "animals" comment saying that the term isn't harsh enough to describe the gang.
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Only one day to go before the most powerful nation gets a new leader, and the world waits for the American electorate's verdict with hope and dread. But while the November 8 US presidential elections may be dominating headlines across the world, in India, not everyone's convinced it's worth our attention. We asked people on the streets to weigh in on what they thought about Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.


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Jackal is a video game by Konami released for the arcades in 1986.
Jackal was released for the NES in 1988 in North America.
The arcade game was distributed in the U.S. under the title of Top Gunner,
but Konami decided to release the NES version under a different title, Jackal.
The player must maneuver an armed jeep in order to rescue prisoners of war (POWs) trapped in enemy territory.
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Take no prisoners, except your own!
Your brothers-in-arms are hostages behind enemy lines, and you're their only hope for freedom.
But the firepower you'll face to rescue them is awesome. Cannons, tanks, submarines and snipers will blast you with horrific crossfire, while jet fighters zero in from above.
To defend yourself, you control the army's advanced all-terrain attack jeep, with its arsenal of guided missiles and incendiary grenades.
Of course these are merely tools, and to save your countrymen you'll need more than a handful of gunpowder. You'll need a pocketful of miracles, and the ferocity of a wild Jackal!
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On 27.01.2013 16:17, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > Branko Čibej wrote on Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 15:30:04 +0100: >> On 26.01.2013 14:27, Benson Margulies wrote: >>> Brane, are you currently using the pickled clutch metadata? If we just >>> need to add a field to it we can. >> Nope, I'm currently walking the incubator archive tree. The clutch >> metadata is in general good enough, since if clutch can generate >> target/current.ent, I can certainly get the information I need from >> that. The only question is the conversion from >> email@example.com (which clutch knows about) to >> archive/podling.apache.org/list (which is where the podling mail >> archives will be in future) is consistent. >> > Yes, it is, for all *@p.i.a.o lists. Well, I've found an inconsistency while changing the scripts to parse the content/podlings.xml and content/projects/<podling-name>.xml. Onami's dev list is the old-style: firstname.lastname@example.com but its archive is new-style: onami.incubator.apache.org/dev I don't want to special-case the script for this; can we make the archive consistent with the mailing list address? I also found two other problems: flex and photark removed the 'id="mail-dev"' attributes from their status XML files, and also replaced the list address with the web archive address, so there's no machine-readable way to find their mailing list address. I think it would be a good idea to require that the <podling-name>.xml files are machine-readable in the sense that all relevant information about a podling can be extracted from them without special-casing scripts. -- Brane --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Or, as I initially knew him, "scarf guy" or "that guy in Kyoukai no Kanata / Beyond the Boundary anime series that wears a scarf."
|Hiroomi Nase is more interesting and likable than
Mirai Kuriyama, the main character in the Kyoukai no Kanata anime series
Just caught a few episodes of this show, so don't really know much about it yet. That's also why there's no spoiler warning for this here post. There's really nothing to spoil. LOL.
Anyway, my initial thoughts about Hiroomi Nase is that I like him so far. He's actually pretty good-looking and he seems pretty awesome too.
Let's take a closer look at what makes him absolutely cool (especially when compared to other characters like Mirai Kuriyama):
1. Hiroomi has a unique weaponThe scarf he's wearing makes him stand out since it adds a splash of color to his character. I also like how he uses his scarf as a weapon. I think that's cool.
It actually reminded me of the Hunter x Hunter anime and manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi because many of the characters in said show have varying unique and unusual weapons / abilities. We have characters who use pipes, cell phones and even hair as weapons.
|Hiroomi Nase's scarf is also his weapon. Really cool and unique, right?
I like that because, not only is it interesting, it also makes it different from shows / series that use the usual weapons like swords, guns, etc (not that those aren't or can't be interesting either because they can be).
And, sure, Kyoukai no Kanata's main character, Mirai Kuriyama, has a pretty cool weapon too (being able to turn her own blood into a sword), but her ability comes with a lot of angst.
From what I've seen so far, it's like she's such a special snowflake that she's the only one who has such power and she's treating her ability like some curse or something like that and that comes across as quite annoying.
At least, with Nase, it doesn't seem like he has any angst about his ability. It is just what it is and that's perfectly fine.
2. Hiroomi is a good friendI like the friendship between Hiroomi Nase and Akihito Kanbara (that blond guy / the guy with the blond hair who appears to be the main male character of Beyond the Boundary).
From what I've seen so far, the 2 seem to be very good friends. It's interesting to see their close camaraderie. It looks like they really care about each other.
3. Hiroomi cares about his little sisterApparently, one of the girls that hangs around scarf guy and blond guy is Hiroomi's little sister. Her name is Mitsuki Nase. Can't say much about her yet though.
|From left to right: Mirai Kuriyama, Akihito Kanbara, Mitsuki Nase, and Hiroomi Nase
Looks like she's pretty close to her brother though. I saw that part where Hiroomi was helping her out (that part where he used his scarf; that was cool). I like how protective he is of his sister.
It reminded me of Touya Kinomoto from the Card Captor Sakura / Cardcaptor Sakura anime and manga series by CLAMP because the guy was always looking out for his little sister, Sakura Kinomoto.
So, what about you? What do you think about scarf guy?
Side note: yeah, haven't finished watching this anime yet, but I've no problems with spoilers. So, feel free to reveal relevant and not-so-relevant plot points or whatever.
But, as a courtesy to those who may not want spoilers, kindly tell people if your comment, note, message, etc includes spoilers. Thanks :-)
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Over September 8-11 in Winston-Salem, NC a small nonprofit book shop puts on a fantastic weekend. Mostly one day event though if we are being honest. A great weekend spent a few hours away from home with a librarian in training friend Ness.
Friday September 8th
Friday morning was spent with Jessamyn Stanley in a pretty full yoga class. She was amazing and delightful to meet in person. I left feeling more rejuvenated than I thought possible from bending my body all around. Jessamyn brought a lot of light into the room and is someone I will always recommend folks attend her classes/lessons when possible.
Later that day we did what all book nerds do and explored the town. A quick stop by this 30 ft coffee pot. We drove by it a few times in a row before going on foot to find it. It was interesting. Either way it lead to a great lunch at Willow's Bistro (fried green tomato BLT)!
Then we hit up the new Forsyth County Public library. It's brand new in the middle of downtown and only a few blocks from the Bookmarks store. I HIGHLY recommend you go check it out. Seriously look at this place! It's expansive has terraces, a great teen section featuring a video game area! It was great to wander around and check out the space being created there for residents. Bonus is the coffee shop just inside the library! Perfect to sip while you browse.
Also this amazing book sculpture out front is perfect for instagram!
Our last stop of the day was Bookmarks to grab my go to souvenir. I love getting a clothbound classic to set on my new bookshelf. It's a great way to get something on a trip that is extra special. Bookmarks was an adorable store to visit. They had tons of great bookish merch too. I grabbed the older tees to use in a t-shirt quilt I want to make as well as the Frosted Beard Studios ravenclaw candle.
Doing the most bookworm thing possible we spent friday night pampering ourselves in the hotel room with face masks and reading books.
September 9th
The festival started at 10:30 or so. We arrived pretty early to browse the shop tent. I picked up more books (oops??) to get signed and we slowly discovered where the coffee was hiding. It's the same little shop that is in the library, but also located in the art center downtown.
We parked our butts in the main tent to watch Leigh Bardugo discuss super heroes and villains. Leigh was amazing. I bailed early though to go get a book signed by Sherrilyn Kenyon the author that got me into romance and especially paranormal romance.
We wandered around the very small shopping selection, but I did get these prints from Bookish Birds along with a punny lip balm called A Wrinkle in Lime (and the coconut).
Finally we ended our day with the longest line ever? Probably the longest line of the entire event honestly. Luckily we were in the first 10 or so people. This line was to meet Leigh Bardugo. I got my copy of Wonder Woman: Warbringer signed and can't wait to start reading it. I also stopped by to see S. Jae-Jones who was super sweet and talked to her about her traveler's notebook! Can't wait to read Shadowsong!
One last selfie with Ness to include in our happy mail to a friend. Signed copies of Jessamyn Smith's Every Body Yoga and Wonder Woman: Warbringer. I listened to and finished The Historian on my drive back down south.
Final Thoughts
I can't say that I recommend traveling too far for this festival, but if it's within a few hours it's worth a trip. I would plan to stay for one night and leave on Saturday evening. Most of the events are packed into one day which means making the choice between panels or signings.
See you next year Bookmarks!


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