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Night Shift is the fourth episode of the second season of F Is for Family and the tenth episode, overall.
Frank is brought on to his new job on a trial run, determined to get hired. Kevin and his band try and buy cocaine to bribe a radio DJ into playing their song. Sue gets the idea of spin drying lettuce when the washing machine breaks.
Vic is called down to the Waterbridge Mall to deal with the fact that the DJ, "Howlin'" Hank Howland won't play the Corey Mars record during a meet and greet with the singer at the record store. Vic bribes Hank with cocaine, which is witnessed by Kevin and his friends who are shopping in the store. That evening, the boys complete a tape of their first song but fear they will never be heard. Bolo gets the idea to take his mothers car and go buy cocaine so that they could use it to get Hank to play their tape on the air.
They come across a man they believe to be a drug dealer, giving him their ten dollars. However, he turns out to be a pimp and what they had actually paid for was a rather unattractive prostitute. The three drive away in fear and are ready to give up since their money is gone. Seeing Frank digging around for change on the side of the road motivates Kevin not to give up, though. He walks into the radio station and demands Vic and Hank listen to his tape, which Vic agrees to, and they wind up using a small soundbite as the stations new weather jingle.
Meanwhile, Frank is picked up by Smokey for his first night on the job. Smokey shows Frank the ropes of stocking vending machines, but informs him he is only on a trial run and won't be hired unless he does a good job. Frank does well at first, until he neglects to lock the back door of the truck and loses the change all over the road. Determined to get the job, he leaps into action gathering it all back up. Impressed by his dedication, Smokey gives Frank the job.
At the same time, Sue is at home with Bill and Maureen. When the washing machine breaks, the dripping wet clothes remind her of Frank's wet lettuce from earlier when he made dinner, giving Sue the idea of spin drying lettuce.
Major RolesEdit
- Frank Murphy
- Sue Murphy
- Kevin Murphy
- Bill Murphy
- Maureen Murphy
- Rosie Roosevelt
- Smokey Greenwood
- Vic Reynolds
- Hank Howland
- Corey Mars
- Bolo
- Lex
Minor RolesEdit
- Jimmy Fitzsimmons
- Otto Holtenwasser
- Ben
- Kenny
- Cutie Pie
- Jim Jeffords
- Scoop Dunbarton
- Bob Pogo
- Goomer
- Babe Bonfiglio
- Pimp
- Prostitute
- Beatrice (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Tracy McGrath (Non-Speaking Cameo; Imagination Sequence)
- Gene (Non-Speaking Cameo; Imagination Sequence)
- Dana (Non-Speaking Cameo; Imagination Sequence)
- Colt Luger (Pictured)
- Fruity (Pictured)
- Preacher of Harlem Heights (Pictured)
- Title Reference: Frank begins to work at night to provide for the family.
- Kevin's band starts to get taken more seriously.
- While leaving home, Kevin secretly refers to the lie Frank made to Sue in the previous episode, thus confirming that Frank had lost his son's trust.
- First episode where Vic deals with stress.
- Vic's stress induced outburst foreshadows his freak out in Pray Away.
- Frank sings along to the song A Natural Man by Lou Rawls.


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On 30-31 July, ITIC Advisors Liz Allen and Dave Hollinrake delivered presentations at the annual meeting of the Indirect Tax Working Group of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). The meeting, held in Pretoria, South Africa, was attended by 30 delegates from SADC's 15 member states.
ITIC looks forward to continuing the dialogue with SADC on important issues of tax policy and tax administration.


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It's summer, so of course the Sun is in the sky a lot. But without very special equipment – filters, telescopes, etc – it's impossible to see much on it apart from the odd sunspot big enough to be seen on a binocular-projected image. Wouldn't it be useful if there was a website you could go to for "live" views of the Sun at all the various wavelengths – visible, IR, UV, etc – just to see what our friendly neighbourhood star was getting up to?
Hey! There is! It's here…
If you go to this brilliant little website you see this…
Each of those thumbnail Sun images shows the Sun at a different wavelength as seen by one of the many Sun-observing spaceprobes or telescopes currently in operation. If you click on one of the thumbnails the main window on the right displays a larger version of that image, and then you can zoom in on features within it, seeing sunspots for example in great detail. A nice touch is the addition of a pic of the Earth, at the bottom right, which remains in the correct scale with the main Sun image as you zoom into and out of it!
Go on, go have a play. 🙂
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The Howard A. Keyo Public Affairs Building, located on the Rangeley Road off Route 2 in Orono, houses the University Printing & Mailing Services. The building, which opened in 1966, is named for Howard A. Keyo, UMaine's first director of public relations.
Our vacations and holidays follow the University of Maine administrative calendar. Please take note of these days, as they can impact the delivery time of your project.
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text: To Bind Ourselves to This World is a short-term summer project. When there is constantly a bombardment of places to be and things to do–bus rides, full time work, classes, eating, sleeping–it's difficult, if not impossible, to find any time to just sit down and write. But this is not a writing blog; rather, it is a collection of photographs, quotations, videos, and ideas that are intriguing and therefore inspiring, to myself and hopefully others too. Stop by to see a new image or idea daily. Perhaps stay and comment with inspiring images and ideas of your own.


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In Bornem Candy Trade / Sweet Paradise was a major distributor of confectionery. The company was founded in 1995 by Theo Nauwelaerts. The Nauwelaerts family has a long tradition in confectionery. The father and grandfather of Theo Nauwelaerts made a wide range of confectionery including the famous snow balls.
6 months after the establishment of the company, Sweet Paradise had more than 1000 fixtures in the market placed in Belgium and Luxemburg.
Sweet Paradise was launched in the Netherlands with a local assortment and local top sellers such as licorice candies and cinnamon sticks.
Sweet Paradise penetrated the French market via the Auchan hypermarkets, Euro Palaces, Pierre & Vacances, Compagnie des Alpes and movie theaters such as Pathé.
In 2009 Sweet Paradise was acquired by the confectionery manufacturer 'Astra Sweets' led by Filip Vanherpe and based in Turnhout (Belgium).
Sweet Paradise is a leader in Pick & Mix candy in the West European market, with more than 2000 fixtures on the market.
A new management team led by Koen Vandenhende starts with a new strategic approach: developing the corporate identity, investments in new fixtures, the introducing of the SAP software package and the focus on procedures in line with the HACCP guidelines.
Today Sweet Paradise has more than 15 employees and has a turnover of more than 15 million. Over the years, we still attach great importance to our 2 basic values: - A pleasant working environment - Honesty and sincerity


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Wekiva alligator death raises animal rights concerns
On Saturday, it was reported that a 37-year-old woman swimming in the Wekiva River was dismembered by an alligator. The alligator bit the woman's arm off and then fled after being attacked by nearby kayakers and canoers who responded to the nearby screams and tantrum.
Now, in a situation such as this, the first response would generally be the concern of the woman's well-being.
Many would argue that nature is taking its course and such horrors as this, are only part of the relentless cycle that natures goes by. By this merit, the alligator attacked because it felt threatened, which could be well founded as alligators are generally known to be shy animals.
Others would say that human beings should not be threatened by creatures of carnage, such as sharks or alligators. By that merit, the alligator attacked the woman because it is a vicious animal with no intention but to unleash brutal deficit.
The dispute between who is right and who is wrong and what is to blame is not only idle speculation, but pointless in its retrieval for answers or justification.
Thus, the focus shifts to the aftermath of this event.
The alligator believed to have eaten the woman's arm was captured and "euthanized" the following day. The term euthanasia loosely derives from the Greeks, meaning "good death," insinuating that the alligator was killed for its own benefit, which based on the facts provided, would appear untrue. Therefore, since the alligator wasn't euthanized, it was killed.
With good reason, you could come to the conclusion that this alligator was killed as an act of justice, or punishment, for biting off the woman's arm. Without venturing into the arguments of humans destroying nature, killing livestock, the equal grounds of all living things and the general inequality demonstrated by the fellow man, the question that befalls this situation is: why?
Well, some humans kill for sport, while almost every other animal (us still included) kill for food. The alligator wasn't killed for its nutritious meat, nor was it killed as game. But, without turning this into a legal dispute, the attention should not be focused on these much discussed matters, but on the simple logistics of it all.
If a human being was to have walked on the street and cut off a woman's arm, they would be punished because the law states as such. But in a general view, the law only applies to human beings. When an animal is ran over to become road kill, there is no judgement made upon the committer. Now, the notion of inter-species law comes into play. But to conform to a law would require you to choose a citizenship, and I don't think that any alligator will be applying for citizenship any time in the near, or even distant, future.
That being said, a public display of punishment, based on circumstances, to those outside of the law, whether it be an alligator, a bird, or an extra-terrestrial being, is unjust and out of the law's bounds. This would lead to the equivalent, or reversed, situation justly bringing upon the same result.
So, ye beware, the next time someone runs over a squirrel or steps on an ant, ready the gavel, for the death penalty awaits!
Daniel Ceruti is a Contributing Writer for the Central Florida Future.


text: Intentional injury and the intent of the law Jun 23, 2011 By David MarchioneGenerally, the definition of "accident" in Canadian workers' compensation legislation includes 'a willful and intentional act, not being the act of the worker.' Based on this part of the definition, injured workers would be entitled to benefits where they sustain an injury based on a deliberate act by someone else, that causes them some kind of personal injury. This may even include being injured by an assailant who enters the workplace. What happens when a worker sustains an injury due to his or her own intentional misconduct? Is the worker still entitled to benefits? Based on the above definition, workers are generally not entitled to benefits if their injuries are due solely to their own serious and willful misconduct. However, provincial legislation, including the compensation legislation in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, provides that workers would be entitled to benefits, even if the injury was caused solely by their serious and willful misconduct, on the condition that the worker is seriously disabled, or perhaps if they are killed.For employers, this presents an interesting argument. There have been a number of employers who have argued that a worker should not receive benefits because their injury resulted from willful misconduct. However, the compensation boards look at whether the worker's behaviour was both "serious" and "willful." The word "serious" is subjective, and it would be up to the employer to prove that the behaviour was both serious and willful, if they are arguing that benefits should not be payable.In spite of the provisions allowing benefits if a worker is seriously injured or killed because of their own serious and willful misconduct, employers may still successfully argue that benefits should not be allowed in such cases. Recent Columns by David Marchione Alberta adds reinstatement requirements to workers' compensation obligations Workers' compensation tribunals have broad ability to weigh evidence It is generally an accepted principle in workers' compensation law that an accident must arise out of and in the course of a worker's employment. That is, the accident must occur while the worker is at work, and it must somehow be related to the work, or activities that are reasonably incidental to work. The question to be asked is whether the worker's activities at the time of the injury were at all work-related, or reasonably incidental to work. If not, it could be argued that the worker had removed themselves from the course of their employment at the time of the injury, and that benefits should not be paid.In a 2007 decision, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal reviewed a case where a worker broke two bones in his hand when he punched a freezer after a verbal altercation with his acting supervisor. The compensation board denied benefits, and he appealed that decision. The tribunal found that there had been no physical fight. The worker struck the ice machine at some point after a comment by his supervisor to be quiet. The tribunal in that case commented that the incident was not attributable solely to the serious and willful misconduct of the worker. They also found that the worker did not suffer a serious impairment. They commented, however, that the activity of punching the ice machine was not reasonably incidental to the workers' employment, and that the worker was not in the course of his employment at the time of the injury. As such, benefits were not payable. Employers faced with this type of situation need to conduct a thorough incident investigation to determine exactly how the injury occurred, including all information leading up to the event causing the injury. Employers should consider challenging entitlement in these types of claims. Although workers' compensation is a no-fault system, it is designed to compensate for work-related injuries. The argument here is that if the injuries are not related to the work, the employer should not bear the cost of this type of claim, and that benefits should not be provided by the workers' compensation system. David Marchione David Marchione is an occupational health and safety consultant and paralegal at Fasken in Toronto. He can be reached at (416) 868-3468 or email@example.com, or visit www.ehslaw.ca for more information.


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Pharaohs' tombs in Egypt may disappear in 150yrs, warns head of antiquities
London, August 19 (ANI): Egypt's head of antiquities Zahi Hawass has warned that the tombs of the pharaohs in Valley of the Kings may disappear within 150 to 500 years if they remain open to tourists.
The Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens, where Ancient Egypt's royalty was mummified, is home to the tombs of legendary pharaohs such as the boy king Tutenkhamun and Queen Nefertiti.
Hawass said that humidity and fungus were eating into the walls of the royal tombs in the huge necropolis on the west bank of the Nile across from Luxor.
Pointing out that several thousand tourists visit the place every day, he said that poor ventilation and the breath of the hordes of visitors were causing damage to the carvings and painted decorations inside the tombs.
He said so while on a tour of the royal necropolis with journalists on Monday. e also revealed that the authorities had decided to close some tombs to tourists, and replace them with replicas, including those of Tutenkhamun, Nefertiti and Seti I.
According to reports, the country's Supreme Council of Antiquities have already taken a series of measures to protect the tombs, including setting up new ventilation systems and restricting the number of visitors.
"The tombs which are open to visitors are facing severe damage to both colours and the engravings," the Telegraph quoted Hawass as saying.
"The levels of humidity and fungus are increasing because of the breath of visitors and this means that the tombs could disappear between 150 and 500 years," he added. (ANI)


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Just ask Covad or its former rival NorthPoint Communications. In its annual report, Covad was rated a "going concern," meaning the independent auditors who helped prepare the report believe the company does not have enough cash to sustain operations for the next 12 months if it continues to burn through money at its current rate.
Deadbeat customers helped put Covad in its current predicament.
According to Avhi Ingle, Covad's vice president of marketing, the company was providing DSL service to more than 90,000 customers served by nonpaying ISPs at year's end. Of those customers, roughly 39,000 continue to receive service while Covad waits for ongoing bankruptcy proceedings to be resolved.
"We can't touch them right now," Ingle said. "We're paying for them and not getting paid. Let's just say that I can't comment on it any further."
But that's just the beginning. Covad is struggling to make money from its paying customers as well. Trying to discern just how much of a profit Covad could make on any given DSL line is a complicated equation.
Covad executives would not provide many details about how much money they make per installed line, calling the information "proprietary."
But a well-placed employee of now-defunct NorthPoint with knowledge of the company's finances shed some light on the obstacles the independent DSL providers have faced in their quest for profitability. Of course, Covad's finances differed from NorthPoint's, but some telecom-industry prices are regulated, and therefore the two companies likely had similar cost structures.
The source told CNET News.com that the average cost for a phone line from a local telephone company averaged about $15 a month. There were wide variations by area. For example, a loop in Chicago cost about $5 a month, while the same loop in Boston or Houston cost roughly $25 a month.
"We were hoping with line sharing that the weighted average would come down to about $9 a month, but that of course turned out to be a pipe dream," the source said. "The damn discounts never showed up on our bills, and we had to involve the (local phone company) relations staff to get ugly and challenge the foot dragging. Finally, discounts started showing up in a very piecemeal fashion months after the fact."
On top of the phone line costs, the ability to install network equipment in the phone company's facilities--known as co-location "cages"--cost about $1,800 a month. Each cage contains equipment capable of serving roughly 270 DSL connections, resulting in a co-location charge of roughly $6.67 per line each month.
Finally, there's the cost of transporting the data itself.
The source said there is an average bandwidth cost per cage of about $1,900 per month, adding another $11.25 per line to the wholesale cost of providing DSL service.
Add it all up, and NorthPoint paid roughly $33 per line each month, excluding any additional expenses it incurred from subsidizing the marketing costs for its ISP partners. Those marketing charges, which typically cost between $300 and $400 a month, aren't included in determining wholesale gross margins, but they do find their way to the bottom line.
Assuming an average retail price of about $39.99 to $49.99 a month for residential DSL service, DSL wholesalers such as Covad and NorthPoint were bucking long odds of quickly achieving profitability.
NorthPoint's total cost of acquisition per line averaged about $1,400, meaning that even at an average cost to consumers of $65 a month, it took almost two years to recoup the capital and nonrecurring network and marketing expenses on each line, the source said.
Although DSL service prices have increased in recent months as more competitors have bitten the dust, Covad and NorthPoint were doing most of their growth when DSL prices were considerably lower.
Frederick Moran, an equity analyst at investment bank Jefferies & Co., said EarthLink, one of Covad's largest bill-paying ISP partners, pays Covad $30 a month per DSL connection.
If Covad's cost to deliver a line was $33 a month and it's only receiving $30 a month from customers, to say nothing of the customers that didn't and still haven't paid their bills or the marketing expenses it's footing, its easy to understand how the company racked up a net loss of $1.44 billion in fiscal 2000.
Covad's Ingle wouldn't provide many details about how much the company pays to acquire DSL lines or its gross margins. He did say that line sharing has brought down its average cost for access to the local phone lines to around $5 a line, and that it takes between two and a half and three years for the lines to reach break-even status.


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Description - Hotel BW Kinsky Garden
Prague Hotel Best Western Premier Kinsky Garden offers its guests warm and elegant rooms for a pleasant stay in Prague, in the Lesser Town quarter (Praha Mala Strana), the most charming European capital. Kinsky Garden Hotel Prague is located in a peaceful area well served by public transportation, in a renovated 19th century building, a convenient starting place for discovering the historical center of Prague, Czech Republic.
Rooms in BW Kinsky Garden Hotel Prague:
In a renovated 19th century building, the four star Kinsky Garden Hotel can offer you luxury Prague accommodation in 62 well-furnished and impeccably finished rooms, some with view of the park and Jacuzzi, just a twenty minute walk from the historical Prague center and Charles Bridge.
In a peaceful and quiet area, far from the traffic, Kinsky Garden Hotel offers single/double/triple rooms in Standard and Executive versions with the possibility of staying in adjoining rooms, ideal for families.
Splendid, elegant sound-proofed rooms, with warm parquet, double bed (or twins) and possibility of a third bed; some overlook Kinsky Gardens (the others an inner courtyard or the street), with bath with shower (or tub) and adjoining rooms are possible.
Refined and comfortable sound-proofed rooms - larger than the Standard rooms - with parquet, plasma TV, desk and small living room; baths with luxury touches, a room with Jacuzzi, in the other a shower stall for two people with built-in sauna and Jacuzzi.
Services in Kinsky Garden Hotel Praha:
Few hotels in Prague are able to offer you the services of Kinsky Garden Hotel, a 4 star facility in the historical Prague centre overlooking Kinsky Gardens - the largest city park - and provided with relaxing and peaceful rooms, surrounded by comforting ambiance.
At Kinsky Garden Hotel you will be assisted by a highly professional staff who will help you discover the wonders of Prague, providing information and suggestions, reserving visits to museums, organizing your movements and some splendid trips to the surrounding areas.
Business guests select our hotel for its relaxing and elegant rooms, ideal for recharging batteries after a long work day, excellent position and the possibility of reserving conference rooms for meetings and small conferences.
If you are traveling by car, Kinsky Garden Prague Hotel has a private parking lot (charged separately), which can be booked when making a reservation; in addition a plentiful breakfast buffet, ADLS internet connection, Wifi and external restaurant with special prices.
The hotel is located next to the Baroque and Renaissance forms of Prague Lesser Town (Praha Mala Strana), one of the most enchanting quarters of Prague, a "timeless" place with pubs and clubs for entertainment in the evening, convenient to quickly reach in the heart of the city thanks to the efficient public transportation system.
Restaurant in Kinsky Gardden Hotel Prague:
Whoever selects the 4 star Kinsky Garden Hotel in Prague will taste the cuisine of its romantic restaurant 'Bistrot' with a view over the wonderful Kinsky gardens, a not-to-be-missed occasion for trying the specialities of Czech and Italian cuisine, accompanied by selected wines from the best cellars.
The restaurant is also perfect for business clients who want to lunch or dine just a few minutes from Prague's historical center, in the charming Mala Strana quarter.
BW Kinsky Garden Hotel Prague - Business meetings
Convenient for business meetings and small conferences the conference room at the four star Kinsky Garden Hotel in Prague is equipped with cutting edge technology, complete with Wi-fi line, overhead projector and projector.
Just a few minutes from the historical center of Prague, this elegant space offers various organizational solutions based on the type of event; catering is available for business dinners and coffee breaks.
How to find this Hotel in Prague:
- By train
After arriving at the main train Prague train station (Praha Hlavni Nadrazi), take tram 9 to get to the hotel, it is the seventh stop and takes around 15 minutes; from Holesovice station (Praha Nadrazi Holesovice), take tram 12 to the eighth stop, the journey takes about 20 minutes. The tram stop (Svandovo divadlo) where you get off is only 50 m from Kinsky Garden Hotel Prague.
- By plane
From the Prague airport Ruzyne, take bus 119 to the end of the line (Dejvicka), then take tram 20 to the Svandovo divadlo stop, Kinsky Garden Hotel Prague is 50 m away. Alternatively, you can take a cab which takes 25/30 minutes to get to the hotel; Kinsky Garden provides a transfer service to/from the airport for a fixed rate of 600 Czech crowns (around 24 euro).
- By car
From the main freeways head towards the center of Prague following the signs for Kinsky Gardens; we are located at 7 Holeckova Street, the street which runs along the southeast side of the park.


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The Portland Chapter of the Association of Psychological Type is for anyone interested in learning more about personality type for professional or personal applications. Together we learn about the patterns of human behavior so we can understand ourselves and others better. We are a community of welcoming folks. It doesn't matter how little or how much you know about type, come to a meeting and learn something new.
New Release! Click here to see upcoming events for the 2018-2019 program.
June 8, 2019
Registration & Coffee at 9:30 am, Program is 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR 97215 (Ample Free Parking on 54th St.)
Non-Members $20.00, Students $5.00, Members Free
Do you work with a team that is struggling to communicate – or get over their differences? Or are you on one of those teams? Pam uses Type with teams all over the U.S. and will present some of what's working well for her and have us experience some of the exercises. She will ask that everyone who attends take the Type Verifier ahead of time. She will provide a complimentary code upon registration.
Pam Rechel is the founder of Brave Heart Consulting and has coached hundreds of managers over 20 years to help them manage employees and make effective changes in their organizations. Her work includes coaching (including coaching abrasive leaders) and organization consulting with a base of systems thinking and applied behavioral science. Pam is a Master Practitioner and has facilitated Myers-Briggs team workshops for 15+ years in the U.S. as well as, Singapore, Taiwan, and Ireland.
April 6, 2019
Registration & Coffee at 9:30 am, Webinar is 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR 97215 (Ample Free Parking on 54th St.)
Non-Members $20.00, Students $5.00, Members Free
"Projects only go as far as the politics" is one of Gary Monti's mantras. In this webinar presentation he will show how Type affects business planning, execution, and profitability. Using the Majors PT Elements with its ability to show native Type as well as real-time assessment of the 8 Jungian function-attitudes you will see how Type can be used to help make sound decisions both personally and professionally. Specifically where company owners and employees are:
- Strong both as individuals and team members
- Challenged because of individual or collective blindness
- Prone to arguing because of Type conflict
Gary Monti, MS PMP, started Center for Managing Change in 1984 using his unique approach, the Business Triad, to focus in a concerted, coordinated effort on Business Planning and Operations, Project Management, and People and Politics. He focuses on emergent problems that catch organizations off-guard either due to some combination of personality limits being reached or the current business plan no longer working.
In addition to his PMP certification and business education/credentials Gary is the publisher of and certified in administering the Majors PT Elements, the only assessment providing a real-time assessment of the 8 function-attitudes. He also uses the Hogan and is certified in the MBTI.
February 2, 2019
WHERE IS MY COFFEE CUP?: Finding the Right Job
Registration & Coffee at 9:30 am, Program is 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR 97215 (Ample Free Parking on 54th St.)
Non-Members $20.00, Students $5.00, Members Free
Finding the right job can be challenging. Have you ever applied for a job based on its title and description only to find out once hired that there were many other variables you wish you had considered in your job hunt. What you needed to look for was a job setting/person match to your type, skills, and job circumstances. This presentation will help you to define your preferred work setting and understand how that improves your interview skills and job satisfaction. You will also learn ways you can expand your job satisfaction. This workshop will be applicable for job seekers, job developers, and career counselors alike.
About the Facilitator: Monica H. Schneider-Anthony is an ENFJ and has used type in her profession since 1983. Monica has shared type knowledge as a career counselor, trainer, and educator but most of all in her personal development. Lifelong learning is a passion for Monica, and the PAPT organization is a great opportunity for that! She teaches part time at the Psychology Department at Portland Community College.
December 1, 2018
Registration & Coffee at 9:30 am, Program is 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR 97215 (Ample Free Parking on 54th St.)
Non-Members $20.00, Students $5.00, Members Free
We all talk about the past and future, but people often start at distinct places in the timeline and attach unique significance to the past, present, and future. Whether you are a member of a professional team, group of friends or family there are plenty of opportunities for misunderstanding when referencing time-related information.
In this lively and interactive workshop, we will explore how and why different personality types experience type and use it in their business and personal lives. We will experience why some people seem to only talk about how "we did it in the past" and others want to "create a compelling vision for the future" before taking action; and why natural "brainstormers" often frustrate those who "jump into action."
By identifying the type development patterns in how various types orient to time and understanding the roles and environments where each style is most effective, we can demystify the triumphs and trials of professional development and access new ways to support individuals in identifying positions within groups and organizations where they can truly be Heroic. When we take ownership of how we orient to time, we are more effective in groups.
About the Facilitator: Markey Read, Professional/Leadership Development Coach and Author, will explore how and why different personality types experience type and use time. By understanding the roles and environments where each time style is most effective, we can find ways to be our most effective selves in our work and personal lives.
October 6, 2018
INSIGHTS FROM THE APTi XXII BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
Registration & Coffee at 9:30 am, Program is 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR 97215 (Ample Free Parking on 54th St.)
Non-Members $20.00, Students $5.00, Members Free
Hundreds of MBTI practitioners and enthusiasts converged on the Salt Lake Downtown Marriott last year to participate in three stimulating days of key note speakers and presentations from highly respected members of the type community.
Today's facilitator will take us on a journey through a variety of topics and insights coming out of the conference. BONUS: Three conference presenters from last year's fantastic lineup will join the program via live web conferencing to directly share their insights with the Portland chapter.
Topics include:
• Getting to the Core of Type using Image Metaphors
• The Tyranny of Extraversion for Extraverts!
• Saving Lives with Temperament and Risk Types
• Ch-ch-ch Changes – David Bowie's life and work through the Lens of Type
• Start with Empathy
• Trust but Verify the MBTI Framework
• It's about Time: Perceiving Functions & Relationship to Time
• Exploring Whole Type Patterns
About the Facilitator: Pamela Moore (INTP) is a certified MBTi® Practitioner and PAPT board member. She is a Global Operations Manager at Nike's World Headquarters, where she uses the MBTi® regularly to support personal and organizational development.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
June 9, 2018
A Visual Approach to Understanding Psychological Type
Registration & Coffee at 9:30 am, Program is 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR 97215 (Ample Free Parking on 54th St.)
Non-Members $20.00, Students $5.00, Members Free
It is said that up to 30% of the human brain is dedicated to processing visual information. In this presentation, we will look at ways to engage the "visual pattern recognition" parts of our brains to help us understand psychological type and to see connections between ourselves and others.
In this presentation, David Poole will lead us through an exploration of the basics of the type table, then we will go on to visually explore the patterns of type in relation to: Jungian cognitive functions, the 5-Factor Model, and the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Model
- Concepts: To engage in a survey of personality type concepts by using visual aids to deepen understanding and improve retention.
- Tools and Models: To help bridge the gap in understanding how the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) relates to similar tools scales based on empirical studies.
- Data: To explore real world data relating the MBTI to prevalence in fields such as psychiatry, fine arts, corrections, school bus drivers and many others.
David Poole is an MBTI certified consultant who works with small business owners to understand and improve their businesses. David holds a degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in business administration. He has a passion for learning and integrating disparate fields. Visual thinking and personality type are among the areas he is most fascinated with currently. He is also an avid white water kayaker.
April 7, 2018
An Introduction to the Enneagram: Understanding 9 Points of View
Registration & Coffee at 9:30 am, Program is 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR 97215 (Ample Free Parking on 54th St.)
Non-Members $20.00, Students $5.00, Members Free
A sophisticated and powerful system for self-understanding and personal development, the Enneagram is used worldwide as an effective tool in spirituality, psychology, and business.
This experiential workshop will introduce participants to basic teachings from the Enneagram field; including three primary instinctual drives, three centers of intuition/energy and the nine core motivations.
Participants will gain a general understanding of how employing the Enneagram can:
- deepen self awareness,
- enhance understanding in relationships,
- teach practical communication skills that ease conflicts.
Resources for further education will also be explored.
Presenter, Dale Rhodes, is a professional mentor and guide with a private practice in Portland since 1998. Along with two Master's Degrees (Nonprofit Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies/Spiritual Traditions & Ethics), he has earned three professional certificates in the Enneagram and is certified in the MBTI® and the Art of Spiritual Direction. Dale created Enneagram Portland in 2002 as the city's primary resource for individual explorations, local community education and interdisciplinary experiences with the 9 Points of View.
EnneagramPortland.com has educational information, and helpful video materials.
February 3, 2018
Relationships: What's Type Got To Do With It?
Doors open at 9:30 am with registration & coffee; Event is from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR 97215 (Free Parking)
Non-Members $20.00, Students $5.00, Members Free
Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were an easy to use formula to tell us who our perfect partner would be? If only we could bypass the trial-and-error and go straight to our soul mate. It can be tempting to turn to psychological type for a predictive tool and there are romantic type matching theories created by type fans that attempt to do just that. However, the original type theorists and researchers in the field of psychology have a different perspective on how type can and cannot be used in relationships. In this program we will address how type can influence key relationship factors such as communication and connection, and how we can use that to improve our relationships.
By the end of the program, participants will learn to:
- Appreciate the joys of both similarity and complementarity of type in relationships.
- Notice when type difference may be causing miscommunication and conflict.
- Practice skills at communicating across type.
Erin Currie is a geek for all things psychology. As a licensed psychologist who has worked as a therapist, consultant, professor and author, her unifying mission has been to make psychology accessible and useful to all people. She is currently teaching at Portland State University and Portland Community College. She is a member of the Psych Geeks writing group: psychology and popular culture professionals who write essays that use psychology to take our understanding of our favorite characters and stories to new depths. Her most recent contributions was to the book Wonder Woman Psychology. As the programming chair of the Portland Association for Psychological Type she works to find presentations on Jungian Typology that help type fans and professionals find find new ways to use type in their daily lives.
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December 2, 2017 – New Location and New Time
Creativity for Every Type: Sensing & Intuition
Doors open at 9:30 am with registration & coffee; Event is from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR 97215 (Free Parking)
Non-Members $20.00, Students $5.00, Members Free; OPTIONAL FEE – $8.00 for the KAI Assessment, payable to Louise Neilson by check or cash
Everyone is Creative!
In this highly interactive workshop you will determine your own creative style using the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI), an individual self- assessment tool. The KAI measures your preferred style, not level or capacity of creativity. This cognitive/creative style inventory indicates how you prefer to approach and solve problems. Your responses indicate whether you are creative in a productive way…productive in a creative way…or a combination of both.
KAI scores have strong correlations to the S-N scale of the MBTI, and some correlations to the E-I scale. Adaptors and Innovators are both capable of generating original, creative solutions, but usually do so in characteristic ways. While some prefer and excel at the idea-generation part of creativity, others excel at the less acknowledged aspect of creativity, decision-making.
Knowing your cognitive/creative style will help you understand…
· how your style preferences are evident in likely behavior patterns.
· your preference for either a more adaptive or a more innovativeapproach to life, work and change.
· correlations between your style and your type.
Bio – Louise Neilson is a practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI), which measures styles of creativity.
During her checkered past, Louise has taught gifted inner-city middle-schoolers, owned a specialty ceramic tile wholesale production company, and organized dress-up nights and ping pong tournaments at an annual residential art camp.
Louise Neilson has a master's degree in creativity. She has taught at Marylhurst and PSU, including Conflict and Creativity Seminar.
She is author of Mediating with Picasso: Relying on Your Inherent Creativity When You Need It Most, and an accompanyingWorkbook.
October 7, 2017
An MBTI Murder Mystery + Pumpkin Soup and Poetry
Doors open at 9:30 am with registration & coffee; Event is from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR 97215
Free Parking
Come join us for some Autumn fun! Together in small groups, we'll solve a Murder Mystery; we'll taste some Pumpkin Soup cooked specifically to your MBTI Type. We'll awaken our senses with a bit of Poetry!
- Working together in our Detective groups, we naturally use – and today we'll further develop and experience our problem-solving skills as we collaborate to solve the mystery. Will your understanding of Type functions help you and your team to detect the culprit? (Knowledge of Type is not essential for the exercise, please come if you only want to discover what Type is about.)
- Clarify your understanding of Type differences and the attitudes, extraversion and introversion, of the four functions of Type — with Pumpkin Soup! We'll discover how different MBTI Types make Pumpkin Soup – differently. Bonus – we'll have a taste of the Soup! And, you get to take home your Type Recipe.
- Do we undervalue the Sensing Function; are we truly aware of and do we grasp the depth of the value of the concreteness of things and of living in the moment? Let us experience this beautiful, sometimes lost to us in the hurry of today's world, Sensing Function with its potential for bringing a sense of calm and equanimity – – – with a bit of poetry.
Cost: PAPT Members $0, Non-Members $20, Students $5 (payable at the door)
Educational Credits Available: Two CEs for Master Practitioner
August 27, 2017
PAPT Goes To The Movies & Potluck
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Oswego Pointe Apartments – Theater Room, 5033 Foothills Rd, Lake Oswego
Join us for a fun and casual summer event. We will discuss and debate the 8 cognitive functions as expressed by five characters in the Dead Poets Society. Please join us if you're curious! You do not need to be versed on or familiar with the 8 functions to participate.
Afterward we will enjoy a potluck lunch and continue the conversation. Please add a comment to the Meetup event telling the group what dish you will be bringing.
While we cannot determine with certainty the personality types of these characters, we will have an interesting and lively debate. At the end of our discussion, we will write down our best guess for each character's 4 letter type and one lucky person will win a prize! Again, please note that only an individual can determine their own type and our discussions are intended only to educate ourselves further on the functions.
We suggest that you watch the movie beforehand. Most likely the movie will be at your local library or you can find it here online: Dead Poets Society. Visit PAPT's Meetup page for additional video clips from the movie that will be discussed.
Cost: PAPT Members $0, Non-Members $5 payable at the door


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Thursday, October 26, 2006
The Future
The picture on our right shows a group of people planning. We think it is important to plan, especially for the future. But the problem with planning is that if our predictions are off, then our planning will be off. Planning can be good because it gets our minds thinking about the future, but there is a better strategy. As Reggie McNeal says in his book The Present Future, "The better (and biblical) approach to the future involves prayer and preparation, not prediction and planning.
Why? Because God wants us to pray and to prepare for His intervention. It is not about what we want to happen, or what we think will happen, but rather about being prepared to live out God's will, and help to establish God's Kingdom. So instead, the tough question is: "How do we prepare for the future?" And to prepare, we need to have the goal of being in partnership with God.
To be ready to be in partnership with God we need to seek out God's vision for our lives. Vision is what inspires, motivates, and energizes people. People will get committed to vision. Vision gives content to our lives and our message. Vision helps to reduce the number of decisions we have to make, because we can filter everything through a vision statement.
When we have a genuine vision, it helps to create a sense of significance in what we do. When we view that what we do has significance, especially significance for God, then others will see our sincerity, and be motivated by it. But we have to understand that we do not invent vision.
So how then is does vision come about? It comes about by cultivation. We need to know that it is God who has the vision, and we are seeking to discover it. So it is not about being a visionary, but about being one who seeks the mind of God. And to do this, we need to listen to our heart. What is it that excites us? Empassions us? What causes you to lean forward in your seat when someone is talking? This usually is usually the area where God is calling us to get involved.
But the way the vision will ultimately be tested is whether or not it is supported by the values of God. If our vision is not supported by what God would value, then it is not God's vision for our lives. "Vision is the seed, values are the soil." The soil has to support the seed. And our vision also needs to be supported by the values that God would want us to have (concern for the lost, hurting and poor; a forgiving heart; unconditional love...)
But how do we know what our values really are? Values are demonstrated by behavior. You can say you have a certain value (like concern for your spiritual growth), but if your behavior doesn't show this concern (meaning you don't read your Bible, you don't go to church regularly, your friends don't see Christian behavior), then this is not a true value.
So we must seek to practice our values so they will shape our life and our vision. As we live out our values, we will prepare the table for the vision to be lived out. Reggie McNeal says: "I am convinced that the reason for much burnout, lack of commitment, and low performance in our churches ...is directly related to the failure to declare the clear results we are after." We must be clear about what our goals are in our vision. Only then can we know we God is directing us. When we know where God is taking us, then we can prepare ourselves to live this out.
Do you know your values? Do you have a vision for your life? Does your church have a clear vision? Do you even think any of this is important? Tell me what you think (firstname.lastname@example.com).
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For Release: Monday, February 5, 2018
DEC Statewide Forest Ranger Highlights
Forest Ranger Actions for 1/29 - 2/4/18
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from the backcountry.
In 2017, DEC Forest Rangers conducted 346 search and rescue missions, extinguished 55 wildfires that burned a total of 191 acres, participated in 29 prescribed fires that burned and rejuvenated 564 acres, and worked on cases that resulted in nearly 3,000 tickets or arrests.
"Across New York, DEC Forest Rangers are on the front lines helping people safely enjoy the great outdoors," said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. "Their knowledge of first aid, land navigation, and technical rescue techniques is critical to the success of their missions, which take them from remote wilderness areas, with rugged mountainous peaks, to white-water rivers, and throughout our vast forested areas statewide."
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Town of Owego
Tioga County
Search: On Feb. 1, the Tioga County Sheriff's Office requested DEC Forest Rangers to assist in locating a missing 21-year-old developmentally challenged male reported missing the night before. Forest Rangers conducted a wildland search operation while the Tioga County Sheriff's led the investigation. New York State Police Aviation searched from the air. Local volunteer responders and search and rescue teams from neighboring counties provided personnel. The individual was located about 7 p.m. in good health.
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Essex County
Search and Rescue: On Feb. 3 at 12:08 p.m., DEC Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from Essex County 911. The caller stated his hiking partner sustained a leg injury after falling approximately 10 feet off an icy cliff while hiking Saddleback Mountain. The subject was unable to bear weight on the injured leg. The two hikers were able to move slowly toward Basin Mountain. State Police Aviation was not available due to high winds, snow, and cloud cover. Rangers responded by foot into the wilderness, establishing a communications relay point and a base camp. The subjects were located at about 4:45 a.m. on Feb. 4, and Rangers provided shelter and food and stabilized the injury. Additional crews entered the wilderness and transported technical rope gear to lower the subject and his companion to a safer location and prepared to carry the injured subject out. Thirty-four Forest Rangers and 12 volunteers worked through the winter storm on Sunday in rugged mountainous terrain to complete the rescue. Keene Valley Volunteer Fire and EMS units and volunteer climbing guides assisted in the rescue. The subject was transferred to an ambulance and transported to a local hospital at 1 a.m. on Feb. 5.
Town of Webb
Herkimer County
Rescue: On Feb. 3 at 5 p.m., Forest Rangers were notified of a snowmobile accident in Webb. A snowmobile had rolled over into a creek, and the operator had sustained chest and abdominal injuries. Rangers assessed the subject and provided wilderness first aid care. Town of Webb EMS responded and transferred the subject to Mercy Flight. The subject was airlifted to Albany Medical Center for further care.
Town of Booneville
Oneida County
Rescue: On Feb. 3 at 5 p.m., a Boonville Village Police Officer pulled over a subject for speeding. During the traffic stop, the officer requested assistance. Forest Ranger Chad Richardson responded. Ranger Richardson assisted with a vehicle search, locating drugs in the subject's vehicle, and helping Boonville Police Department with the subject's arrest processing.
Towns of North Elba/Keene
Essex County
Rescue: On Feb. 4 at 2:22 p.m., DEC Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a United States Army Medic regarding a 58-year-old male with an unstable lower leg injury on the Cascade/Porter trail. The subject fell, hit a tree with his leg, and heard something snap. The medic, who was on the trail that day, splinted the man's lower leg and advised Forest Rangers the subjects would begin making their way to the trailhead. Regional Forest Ranger Capt. John Streiff and Forest Ranger Peter Evans responded from the Saddleback/Basin incident command post and found the subject 0.4 miles from the trailhead. Rangers re-evaluated and re-splinted the injury and assisted the subject to the trailhead. The injured hiker stated he would seek further medical care on his own.
Forest Ranger Peter Evans tends to the man's injuries
Be sure to properly prepare and plan before entering the backcountry. Visit DEC's Hiking Safety and Adirondack Backcountry Information webpage for more information.


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We have a lot at stake in this presidential election. As a nation, we face many challenges that will require real leadership from our next president. I have said before that this election will be about the big things, not the small things, and I write to you today about one big issue in particular – the future of the U.S. Supreme Court. If one of my Democratic opponents is elected in November, you can rest assured that given the opportunity to appoint judges, they will appoint those who make law with disregard for the will of the people.
There may be at least two vacancies on the United States Supreme Court during the next presidential term. As president, I will ensure that only those judges who strictly interpret the Constitution of the United States are appointed. I will nominate judges who understand that their role is to faithfully apply the law as written, not impose their will through judicial fiat.
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Lihir Meri Developmen Association which is concerned with the cooperation of Women and Youth on Lihir their issues and needs for economic, social and spiritual development through its Meri Development Senta to generate income and profits has a healthy bank account after the first 17 months of operations.
Between April 2013 and October 2014 the Senta recorded 127 bookings for its conference facilities which, currently is its only means of sustaining the organization. LMDS in the last 17 months has hosted Two National Haus Krais and provided the venue for important events hosted by the Nimamar Local Level Government, Lihir Mining Area Landowners Association, Newcrest Mining limited and the Lihir Sub Branch of the Red Cross.
Addressing its first Annual General Meeting, Chairperson of the Association's Advisory Committee, Mrs Rose Toelinkanut said although the number of bookings for its conference facilities may sound big, room occupancy is very low and what little income they have made, is still not enough to sustain the organization. Mrs. Teolinkanut said the senta continues to present opportunities that have locked the directions to move forward in 2015 and the years to come.


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Cesar Millan's dog Daddy died. I never miss an episode of the Dog Whisperer and let me tell you, Daddy was one special pooch.
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Fine Arts Night 2013
We had a huge crowd gather for the two Fine Arts Nights held at our school last month! Thank you parents for coming to this arts event. We appreciate so much all the donation funds received for the arts programs! Below are just a few pictures from both nights. The students have done a fabulous job this year in art and I am so proud of them...we have had fun learning. The classroom teachers did a great job displaying their art in the halls and in their room for our Fine Arts Event. The music program, featuring our Youth Art Month theme on "BIRDS" was outstanding! The A.P.S. faculty, staff, and parent volunteers were awesome in helping to make Y.A.M. a success. Thanks to all!!
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Ramona is an art teacher in her thirty-fourth year with the Albertville City School System. Presently, she teaches first and second grade students. She is a native of Linden, Alabama and a 1985 graduate of the University of Alabama. Mrs. Hall was named Alabama Elementary Art Educator of the Year 2011 and the Alabama House and Senate honored her with a House Joint Resolution for earning Albertville Chamber of Commerce's 2011 Educator of the Year.
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a poignant look at the precariousness of refugee life/
by Rukhsana Khan, illustrated by Ronald Himler – Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2004
ages 8 and up / diversity, picture books, powerful lives, s.o.s.e.
The reality of life in a refugee camp is no longer hidden—it permeates news cycles and images— and writings are readily available and plentiful. It's generally understood that a refugee's life is one of fear, heightened emotions, constant change. Still, the individual humanity of the refugees themselves remains hidden, a consequence of the generalisations imposed by distance perhaps.
It's difficult to understand individual fears, or the impact of any one person's singular life circumstances, but we can listen to stories—true stories when they're willingly and generously shared—representative stories when they are unflinchingly and perceptively crafted.
The Roses in my Carpets is a representative story. It's about a boy who has fled Afghanistan and is living in a refugee camp with his mother and his sister, Maha.
The boy is safe in the refugee camp but remains haunted by the life he fled—bomb dropping jets fill his dreams, and memories of his father invade his work.
Always, he carries a sense of the precariousness of his 'safe' life—safety does not mean security. His family remains desperately poor and food is scarce:
I eat slowly breaking the bread into pieces, making it last. Maha wolfs down her share, then eyes mine.
"No," says Mother sternly. But when her back is turned, I give Maha a few bites. I will pull my sash a little tighter.
Work and creativity provide some relief. The boy is a carpet weaver and, with plans to provide for his family, he practices his craft and weaves the story of his life:
"White for the shroud we wrapped my father's body in. Black is for the night that cloaks us from enemy eyes. Green is the color of life. Blue is the sky. One day it will be free of jets. … Red is my favourite. Red is the colour of the blood of martyrs. But it is also the color of roses. I have never grown flowers. Every bit of land must yield food. So I make sure there are plenty of roses in my carpets."
The promise of being able to provide for his family through carpet weaving offers some hope. But that hope does not protect his family.
Maha is badly injured when she is hit by a truck—and the boy once again confronts an unjust and unknowable world. He races to the hospital where he comforts his mother and talks to the doctor.
With the doctor's reassurance that Maha will be able to walk again: "Not soon, but one day":
"Relief washes over me like a cool rain. I run home to tell my mother. She looks old. She weeps for joy."
And that night the boy dreams of running with his mother and sister:
"While running, we find a space, the size of a carpet, where the bombs cannot touch us. Within that space there are roses."
This is a powerful story that uncovers the individual humanity of one refugee family:
There's a realistic grittiness to the story—although there is a lot of love in the boy's life, there is little joy, and barely enough hope to sustain him. The depth of the love in the boy's family will echo the experience of most children, and the fragility of his life will be a stark contrast. It's the combination of contrast and connection that make this story so very affecting and poignant.
The boy's faith is shown as a sustaining force in his life. He is Muslim and prays at the call of the muezzin—and again when he is terrified for his sister. Simple faith like this, removed from politics, is a powerful force and one that is frequently absent from children's books. Seeing the way faith operates in other people's lives is particularly important for children whose own lives are not faith based. Respect for faith you do not share, whether it's a particular genre of faith or faith in general, can be greatly enhanced through personal contact with the faithful. This story reaches out and invites the reader into the boy's world of both faith and fear in a very personal way.
In spite of the pervasive sense of despair, there is an air of triumph in the boy's persistence and hope for the future. Life as a refugee is simply not filled with charming childhood moments, and refugee children are essentially hot-housed into maturity. That's certainly the case in this story. The boy is clearly young, yet he shoulders the responsibility of liaising with the doctors, and of caring for his family. He is clearly exhausted by life, and full of sorrow for the life he has lost and especially for his father. And still, he clings to dreams and to his family. He works and plans at the same time. It's an inspiring example of maintaining hope.
The complexity of the boy's life is respectfully acknowledged. There is, for example, a moment in his dream when he says "My mother and sister weigh me down", expressing chillingly the heaviness of his responsibilities. There's the dangers of walking on streets where drivers act "as if demons pursue them" too. These small moments are integral to the story. They're important because they dispel the life myth of low-tech = simple = carefree.
The ever-present question of how best to aid refugees is highlighted as the boy ponders what it is to be sponsored child. He's grateful, certainly, and prays for his sponsor who "is paying for Maha's operation and doesn't know it." He is also torn; he believes that his father "would never have taken aid from a sponsor." His gratitude and the dishonour he feels co-exist like an internal tug-of-war. The boy is able to go to school and learn a craft because of his sponsor but looks forward to the day when he will be able to 'hold [his] head high for the sake of [his] father." The story begs for some careful reflection by readers, especially adult readers.
A couple of small reading hints:
There's help online with pronunciations! When I first read this book aloud—12 years ago—I stopped a Muslim couple in a shopping centre to ask how to pronounce 'muezzin' and 'Zuhr'. They were bemused but happy to help. I'd been giving it my best shot until I spotted them, and wasn't too far off. Here's muezzin and here's Zuhr.
For 6 to 8-year-olds, I'd recommend a fairly quick, not too ponderous, reading. I think many 6-year-olds would benefit from the reading, but you'd need to decide whether it's appropriate for your child individually. (I read it to Max when he was quite young—maybe 5 —and he was enthralled. He was a fairly sensitive but not at all anxious child so it worked for him.)
This is a wonderful and personal introduction to a boy who represents so many children in refugee camps. He's brave, resourceful and motivated by love of family—qualities we wish for all children, albeit in vastly improved circumstances.
P.S. Here's a video of the author, Rukhsana Khan, reading the book—she reads it beautifully of course, but her introduction is great too.


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When I started looking over my taiji essays, one of the daunting things was the simple scale of the work. There's a lot of work already done in the writing, but re-writing can be just as much work or more -- and I would need a good bit of re-writing to turn a bundle of essays into a unified whole, not to mention writing up any new essays (and I knew I would need at least one more to finish an important section). I wasn't sure how much work or time it would take; it felt nebulous but big. It was demoralizing.
I sat back in my chair after making my last notes and looked around my room, more than a little glum. Nebulous-but-big projects are the worst. You never know where you stand, and it's hard to gather up the motivation to keep working.
I looked at my closet doors, where the completed 40-day writing game board was still hanging. I sat and looked at them for an embarrassing number of seconds before I realized what I was staring at. You silly loon, I thought, what did you spend the last two months doing? You know exactly how to deal with this taiji project.
Gameify it.
There are new sheets taped to my closet doors now, for my new game-in-process. The Finish the Taiji Essays Game.
This one is trickier, because I really don't know where the end is. It's not as convenient as the 40-day writing game in that respect. So I'm using sub-games and points. Whatever has a defined scope becomes a sub-game; one of them right now is "deal with all of the sticky notes I pasted into my manuscript after reading it," and the other is "revisit every single essay and rewrite whatever needs rewriting." There are 13 sticky notes and 14 essays. With hard numbers, it's easy to tell when I finish those games.
The sub-games have assigned point values. When I finish a sub-game I get to add the points to my big game total. It's not as satisfying as having a definite endpoint to work toward, but I haven't thought of a better solution yet. At least it becomes a record of work accomplished; if I need to do more work, then I get more points and a better end score. It's a weird mind trick, because the score doesn't mean anything according to any external standard, but there's still some appeal in scoring well. This is my game and I'll make up the rules, thanks.
It's not perfect, this new game, but it's a start. The nebulous-but-big ball of work is neither as large nor as nebulous as it used to be. I have clear assignments, and now I just have to get to work.


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Today I have to walk back from signing on in the rain. It's hardly a journey of biblical proportions and, to be honest, I need the exercise but, as I look out at the rain and dread having to get off the settee, I remember how I once almost took first class travel for granted.
Flying to Oman first class, seduced and outraged in equal measure by the luxury, I enjoyed free champagne, free red wine and, if I remember correctly, a free gin and tonic; making me very vocal.
"Did you see that?" I said, putting down the glass; and I mean glass, no plastic in first class. "That prince, or whatever he is, just had that fella carry his bags in for him, get him seated, and then sent him back to cattle class. Did you see that?" If my fellow journalists squirmed at this point I didn't notice. "I mean, it's not as if he couldn't afford to buy him a seat and there are seats, look. What a way to treat someone. Did you see that?"
At this point an air stewardess with perfect make-up put food down in front of me and smiled like an irritated mum trying not to lose it with a demanding toddler. The prince hadn't heard or understood a word but, when I looked around, there were people shuffling awkwardly in their seats. I still wonder, though, if that was because I had taken my shoes off and undone my top button within seconds of sitting down.
While on the first class flight to America I was more subservient due to the full length beds and no obvious signs of the wealthy oppressing their staff; unless you count the many businessmen on laptops who could've been sending angry emails to some poor soul in an office, having been momentarily relieved to see the back of him.
I even flew with a well-known airline to Ireland first class. Staff on the national newspaper I worked for always flew first class so I sat at the front of the plane in a large leather seat, hidden behind a curtain from the riff-raff , eating a salmon sandwich instead of cheese. It struck me as pointless but it's what people start to take for granted with wealth, I suppose.
I couldn't afford any of this on a journalist's wage; not the first class travel and not the luxury hotels I stayed in paid for by tourist boards keen to promote their countries and cities. I enjoyed the insight into how the other half live. Now I wonder if I'll ever get a holiday again, never mind a first class experience. My last holiday was in September 2009.
So, now I live on £67.50 per week to pay for water, gas, electric, broadband, telephone, food, bus fares, dentist, which also leaves Chaplin living in a style which is not to his satisfaction.
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Sir Ian Duncan Smith, assures me there is "no objective way of deciding what is an adequate rate of benefit."
"From April this year", he tells me, "the Consumer Price Index is being used as a benchmark for prices growth for the purposes of uprating most State benefits from 2011. This is because the Government believes the CPI, the headline measure of price inflation used by the Bank of England, better reflects the expenditure patterns and living costs of benefit and pension recipients."
As I have explained before, the bank recently took £30 from my benefits because I was a few pence overdrawn; a massive penalty for a small unapproved overdraft. This is likely to happen again and has left me unable to buy food, to leave my flat in two weeks and have enough bus fare just to get back from signing on.
Rowntree Foundation, a charity seeking to understand the root causes of social problems, and identify ways of overcoming them, stated back in 2010 that an adult needs £46.10 per week to spend on food. People on benefits who spent this would be left with just £21.40 for bills, travel expenses and a social life. This money is also expected to cover minimum payments to creditors, should the unemployed person have credit card, overdrafts and other unpaid loans.
My last shopping bill came to £31.85 and was to last a fortnight. Of course, it didn't and I eventually went without meals.
Using CPI also means that from 2013 housing benefit, which I also receive, will be adjusted based on the fluctuating cost of a random basket of consumer goods and the cost of an average meal out – rather than the real cost of rents.
IDS continues: "The method of calculating changes in the Consumer Price Index should, in itself, ensure that the typical price changes that people face from year to year are reflected over time. However, it is not possible to reflect exactly the change in cost faced by individual households in different parts of the country."
It has often been argued that how CPI is calculated massively underestimates the inflation rate and so, ultimately, hides it. The benefit to the government is to reduce its debt obligation not to help its citizens on benefits.
Tackling the crippling charges by banks, the extortionate prices of profit-driven utilities companies and the ridiculous cost of renting from a private landlord would be a reasonable place to start.
But this is the reality of unemployment in 2011, a situation that is facing many and likely to be experienced by many more.
I continue my search for work: I'm told by my Job Centre Plus to keep applying for at least three jobs a week, to be willing to take any work available and to live anywhere in the country. So, despite working hard and paying for qualifications, moving around the world to gain work experience and living by the rules of an imaginary meritocracy I'm now living in abject poverty – and walking in the rain when I could once afford to drive everywhere.
Amount of money I have: £2.20 less £1.70 for bus far, one way to sign on, leaving me with 40p to last five days.
Things to cheer me: My good friend has bought me a case of Rioja due in three days and I have a number of un-read novels.


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As part of the "UR:BAN" research project, MAN developers are turning their attention to safe and efficient city driving, with focus on advanced driver assistance and traffic management systems for trucks and buses.
It is green. Off we go. But after 100 meters, the next red traffic light is waiting. The truck driven by Klaus-Dieter Habedank rolls towards the signal at 40 kilometers an hour. Then the lights turn green. Since Mr. Habedank´s truck is receiving information from the traffic lights, the vehicle is able to calculate the exact speed needed to catch the "green wave". "What a ride," says the professional truck driver. Then the trip comes to an end. Instead of looking at the road and traffic before him, Mr. Habedank is now facing a white screen – inside the MAN research facilities in Munich. Communication between traffic lights and trucks is still a long way off, but can be brought to life by a deceptively real driving simulator.
Researching for urban traffic of the future, which is safe and efficient and above all, flows freely – this was the pledge taken by MAN in tandem with thirty-one companies, universities, research institutes and cities as part of the "UR:BAN" research project. This research initiative, which is largely sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, began in 2012 and is scheduled to last for four years. The halfway mark was reached this year and initial results presented by the MAN researchers are quite impressive.
Karlheinz Dörner heads the team of developers located at the MAN site in Munich. "We are working simultaneously in the sectors of 'Networked Traffic System', 'Cognitive Assistance' and 'Human Factors in Traffic', our focus being always on the user," explains Mr. Dörner. As for instance in the case of the "Deceleration and Green Wave Assistant" - an early prototype version having just been tried out with Klaus-Dieter Habedank acting as test driver. The main target on the developers´ agenda is reducing fuel consumption. This includes avoiding unnecessary stops by predicting traffic light switching intervals and stopping points.
This task is complex, comments Andreas Zimmermann, an electrical engineer who coordinates one of the subprojects. "We let the traffic lights communicate with the vehicle via mobile devices or WiFi. Based on this exchange of data, our control units calculate the optimal driving strategy." This saves money since frequent stopping and starting often cause the high efficiency of modern commercial vehicles to fall by the wayside. Even two stops per kilometer can treble the average consumption of a fully-loaded 40-ton truck.
Key insights into this technology are gained from the simulator and during field test runs. "I live out the driving situation in the simulator almost as if it were real. This means that I can evaluate which systems makes driving easier or where they still need to be optimized," explains Klaus-Dieter Habedank.
Driver support geared to individual situations is also a key factor in the "Cognitive Assistance" sector. The aim is to give the person at the wheel an overview of the vehicle´s immediate surroundings on a monitor. To this end, the researchers are exploring different display concepts based initially on city buses. "The drivers find themselves confronted with special challenges," says Project Manager Walter Schwertberger. "These include bus stops, junctions with pedestrians and cyclists, bottlenecks, as well as oncoming traffic and lane changes." To provide a better overview, the researchers are attempting to display the surroundings from a virtual bird´s-eye view with the aid of the Bird View System. Six cameras supply pictures for 360-degree detection, these being converted into one overall picture by a computer.
Technology is however only ever as good as its practical application, whereby people always play a key role. Sonja Stockert, a post-graduate student at Munich Technical University, is working closely together with MAN on the UR:BAN subproject "Human Factors in Traffic". Her main focus is on the interaction between humans and machines. Driver Harald Rauschmayr, who is responsible for delivering trucks, is delighted to have spent several years playing a part in the simulator rides: "It´s a good feeling to be able to contribute my experience as a truck driver." The feedback from the drivers is important for MAN. "In the case of professional drivers, they themselves know best what information they need," reports Sonja Stockert. This ensures that the research retains its practical relevance – to the benefit of the people who apply its results while driving in traffic.
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MAN's designers have long concentrated on assisted, safe driving. A large number of assistant systems have been developed to date.
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Is there anything more taboo or intensely erotic than a man being turned into an incredibly sexy, incredibly horny woman and suddenly becoming the focus of every sexual appetite in the vicinity? And is there anywhere that sort of thing is more inappropriate and forbidden than in a stuffy, professional environment? Savor that delicious wrongness on every page of this new three story bundle.
Sam Busch's wife of one year still isn't pregnant, and after several doctor's visits of her own she's had the nerve to suggest he get checked. He makes an appointment to prove to his wife that he's not the problem. But when the beautiful and domineering Dr. Naomi Quail begins to size him up with a humiliating medical exam, she comes to a very different conclusion about his manhood.
When tough guy cop Chris Lambert captures the shadowy leader of the city's underworld, a staffing problems gets him stuck guarding her cell until the morning. She has a little surprise to make him more accommodating for her underlings. Soon, the brash, arrogant man finds himself unmistakeably transforming into a voluptuous, submissive woman with a sex-drive that's climbing out of control.
When Jake Prescott gets called in for a meeting with his boss's boss and a three man discipline board, he can't help but suspect he's finally crossed the line with the girl from accounting. With a roll of his eyes, he resigns himself to a long, boring lecture about sexual harrassment in the workplace, but within five minutes, he's discovered the truth is much more serious.
Ultracompetitive big shot lawyer Rick Garrette is preparing for the case of his life, and he'll do anything to get an edge. He's going up against a young, attractive prosecutor and he's sure a few crude remarks will intimidate her and give him the advantage he needs. Little does he suspect that offending her won't turn out to be in his best interest.
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Opening up the scene in the Raptors stadium, Drake sneaks away after a one night stand and before suiting up for a night to remember.
Teaming up with his Degrassi schoolmates for a reunion of a lifetime, this visual is full of energy, old dramas between students and staff, and explosions causing fires and everyone to flee.
It looks like they had so much fun shooting this!
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