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Exactly how will LinkedIn Profile Optimization assist to enhance your personal brand? Linkedin Profile Optimization for newbies
LinkedIn is an incredible channel for individual branding and also could enable you to fabricate a qualified existence on one of the most noticeable social media network with greater than 377 million professionals.
LinkedIn could be practical for the search of work, arranging and moreover for list building specifically when you are conscious of all hidden techniques along with techniques to LinkedIn Profile Optimization. In case your "Who's Viewed Your Profile" layout is level covering week after week like a body without a beat, here is a character check rip off sheet and couple of tips to enhance the LinkedIn account that will certainly assist bring some life into your profile and create more account views.
The good news is, there is a totally free device you might make use of to place yourself in addition to your very own brand name and also it is called LinkedIn! Linkedin Profile Optimization for newbies
This is the area you might user interface with the possible clients to make business, customers who are especially keen on what you give the table or even situate the one incredible agreement you have actually been trying to find.
Branding on LinkedIn generally indicates knowing the best ways to include exactly what you give the table. With an excellent several records on LinkedIn, without adjusting your "brand name", you might end up being mixed up in the team. Emerge from the pack by trembling your personal brand name with these suggestions. Right here are couple of methods you can produce your very own brand on LinkedIn by LinkedIn Profile Optimization:
Detail Your Narrative
When somebody initially engages with the account, they will resolve on an instant setup to proceed going after or hand down to the complying with account who is most likely your competitor. Because of this, you've to focus around progressing the profile to influence it to emerge.
The concern various people face is that they merely move their return to or toss something with each other. Which implies the account is unimpressive or unfocused.
You have the amazing placement of standing where you are today, regarding how you showed up and also focusing on where you are going. You get the chance to make your story.
You obtain the opportunity to select which employments you put into your profile and which components of those occupations to function. All that you place on your profile should be coordinated specifically to the brand you are making and for that LinkedIn Profile Optimization is a must.
Include Keywords
It could be foreseeable and time-worn – yet the what's what is key words and the succeeding uncover capacity is just what influencing the Internet globe to go round. Consider what somebody could type right into Google if they were searching down somebody like you.
Believe verb, point, equivalent word, as well as acronym. What is your business name? These are search phrases to utilize in your profile.
Include Your Elevator Speech
You require a lift pitch or speech, and also you have to include it to LinkedIn. A "lift speech" is that incredibly brief speech you would offer (pitch) to a main amid the ride up to his workplace or down to her vehicle. You have possibly 30 secs to pitch an unthinkable story, book or believed to them.
You have to do furthermore with your LinkedIn brand. In the occasion that someone messages you or you need to talk with them about your brand name, have a suitable lift speech prepared. In the occasion that it is in online message structure, you can make use of a one area pitch.
Concentrate on Your Connections
Do they understandably have these various real buddies? Do they truly talk with this many people?
LinkedIn is a professional systems administration account, so essentially going out and interfacing with your friends genuinely isn't important. Obviously, it can support a little exposure, which is great, yet you need to focus around the nature of your links. Don't merely user interface with the associate. Locate people in your area, search for those you appreciate or that speak with their organization in a method you like.
Make Use Of the Publisher Tool Linkedin Profile Optimization for newbies
Impressive amongst various other approaches to LinkedIn Profile Optimization in addition to to develop the networking capacity as well as to discover new organisation partners is to utilize the publishing tool. Make up material on the topic you are inhabited with. Make a week by week or fortnightly blog site because your personal brand name. This will certainly assist support the direct exposure as well as bring extra connections. There are a variety of LinkedIn profile optimization examples that you could consider and also these LinkedIn profile optimization instances will certainly aid you to enhance your own brand name.
Customize URL
When you make a LinkedIn account you will certainly wind up with some confused wreckage of a URL. It urges it to arise on a page and also will certainly help in LinkedIn profile optimization as well as in enhancement improve your very own brand name.
Market Photo
Make use of a profile photograph that talks to your expert side as well as interfaces with the business. There is various LinkedIn profile optimization instances that you could look and also see what kind of images they have posted on their account.
Utilize Other Content
You do not usually require to make material to aid your very own brand name. This might attain new connections basically to leverage the other material and likewise aid in LinkedIn profile optimization. Linkedin Profile Optimization for newbies
It doesn't make a difference in case you are at first stages of the organization, are merely starting to take off or in situation that you are a heavy steam train as well as absolutely nothing might prevent you from development. By making use of these tips, you will see the broadened excitement for your account, in addition to you will certainly hold your account over the opposition, which is something you have to accomplish your specified goals.


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Round 1 Round 2
Submission Deadlines Nov. 1, 2006 Jan. 10, 2007
Decision Dates Jan. 29, 2007 April 2, 2007
MIT Sloan MBA & LFM Essay Questions and Tips
Here are my tips for MIT Sloan's 2007 application. I will try something new this time — indenting instead of putting my tips in red. If you prefer one approach or the other, please leave me a comment.
Cover Letter
Prepare a cover letter (up to 500 words) seeking a place in the MIT Sloan MBA Program. Please comment on your career goals and those factors which influenced you to pursue an MBA education at MIT Sloan. The cover letter provides a chance for you to discuss your passions, values, and interests. Through what you write we hope to discover whether you will thrive at MIT Sloan and how you will contribute to our diverse community. Address your cover letter to Mr. Rod Garcia, Director of MBA Admissions.
Please prepare a business résumé that includes your employment history in reverse chronological order, with titles, dates, and whether you worked part time or full time. Your educational record should also be in reverse chronological order and should indicate dates of attendance and degree(s) earned. Other information appropriate to a business resume is welcomed and encouraged. The résumé should not be more than one page long (up to 50 lines).
Use the essays to tell us more about you and how you work, think, and behave. For each essay, please provide a brief overview of the situation followed by a detailed description of your response. Include what you thought, felt, said, and did. Please select experiences or events from the past one to two years.
More than that, the essays are a chance for you to discuss your passions, values, interests, and goals. Emphasize those experiences that were most important and meaningful for you — which may not necessarily be those that were most outwardly prestigious. Be sincere and be specific. There is no one "right" kind of MIT Sloan student; in fact, MIT Sloan deliberately builds each class to unite varied strengths and perspectives. Tell us what particular experiences and expertise you will bring to the mix. The essay instructions and questions are included below.
We are interested in learning more about you and how you work, think, and act. For each essay, please provide a brief overview of the situation followed by a detailed description of your response.
MBA and LFM applicants only:
Essay 1: Please tell us about a time when you had an impact on a person, group, or organization. Describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did (500 words or less).
OK. The question. When did you effect change? When did your presence make a difference? What was you contribution. How did you innovate? In terms of structuring this essay, you can start in so many different ways: PAR. The situation before you got involved. The challenge. Your statement that turned the tide. Your mood when things were not going the way you want. The list is endless.
Essay 2: Please describe a time when your team had to arrive at a compromise. Describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did (500 words or less).
Essay 3: Please tell us a time when you advocated for a position. What alternatives did you consider? Describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did (500 words or less).
New for 2007. When did you persuade others to follow your lead? When did you argue for a particular course of action or position? If you can, in addition to revealing what you thought, felt, said, and did, if you can describe the outcome. How did you affect, influence, and contribute? Quantify if possible.
Essay 4: Please tell us a time when you put an idea into action. Describe in detail what you thought, felt, said, and did (500 words or less).
This question relates directly to the MIT Sloan emphasis on innovation as well as its motto: mens et manus or "mind and hand" How can you translate your ideas into from potential to real, from thought to action. More importantly to MIT, when have you done so.
If you take a step back and look at these four questions they relate to MIT Sloan's core values: innovation, leadership, and collaboration as well as its motto of mens et manus . MIT Sloan clearly — and this is true of most schools, wants to see that you have the qualities they value and want to develop (not create.) Keep those values in mind as you choose what and how to portray yourself in your essays. Also realize that if you don't share those values or can't demonstrate that you share them, you are probably not a fit for MIT Sloan.
Supplemental Information
Use this part of the application to give us any additional information that might help us understand the choices you have made, your leadership activities and skills, and your scholastic and professional achievements. Please elaborate on your personal interests, activities and hobbies, as well as any special circumstances you feel are relevant.
We would like to know what you've learned and how you learned it. Please tell us anything that will round out our impression of you as a unique individual.
Several years ago Rod Garcia told me that he starts reading an application with the answer to this question, which at the time was optional. This is not a throw away. Make a good impression on Rod if he is the one reading your file. Give everyone reading it another reason to admit you.
If you would like help with your MIT Sloan application or with any other MBA applications, you can now take advantage of Accepted.com's Early Bird Special and get 10% off all MBA essay advising and editing services purchased online. But only through July 31 so sign up ASAP.
If you would like help with your MIT Sloan MBA application, please consider Accepted.com's MBA essay editing and admissions consulting or a MIT Sloan Comprehensive Package, which includes essay editing, interview coaching, consultation, and a resume edit for the MIT Sloan MBA application.
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Day 29, Post 27: Drifter Jack's Hostel in Austin, TX, is worth looking up if you have the opportunity. I got here an hour ago and I'm quite enjoying the ambiance. So far, I've met an articulate guy from Boston who is trying to find an apartment in Austin and is currently going from hostel to hostel because he snores so loudly, and a Rhodesian who just came to the US from Australia where he was working before he decided to travel by car around the US for a year. ...One meets a lot of itinerant people when one is itinerant. Go figure.
Austin seems to deserve its reputation as a warm, welcoming and very groovy place. After about a 40 mile ride in from Johnson City, I went to REI for a new tire and front panniers as planned, and learned that my chain rings (the 3 rings that make up the crank where the pedals are) are so worn that replacing my chain and/or cassette would be a bad idea without replacing all of them. This is a problem because chain rings are not the kind of thing most bike shops have in stock. So here's the plan - I'll call ahead to a bike shop in New Orleans and see if they will order the parts for me so they can install them when I get to New Orleans and have a few days. And in the meantime I'll hope that my bike continues to perform well. Most likely, it will, especially because soon I'll be in flatter country. But that's a digression. The point is that the mechanic at REI was incredibly helpful, and so were the mechanics at the bigger shop he sent me to in the hopes they would have the right size chain rings in stock. They didn't but I loved the shop nonetheless (Bike Sports World, in case you're wondering).
I then solved the problem of where to sleep for the night. It's become very windy, so I didn't have any ambition to check out the local RV Park, and after realizing any number of generic motels were available, I wanted to find something more in the spirit of Austin. So I settled on Drifter Jack's. As long as I can stowe my stuff securely and get a decent nights sleep (I figure 75% odds I will), why not? By now you can tell I like to travel on the cheap, and I take some satisfaction in finding "good deals" (I can hear the contextual irony in that comment), so I'm rather pleased by the $23 price tag. But if I am kept up all night by snoring and party goers, I won't be so pleased tomorrow...
I'll be up early to start the process of biking out of Austin. According to Wikipedia, Austin is the fastest growing city in the United States and the second most populated capital city after Phoenix, Arizona. I find it's traffic second to Phoenix in its unpleasantness for bicycle travel, so I imagine the ride out of town will be stressful. But I'm eager to see what lies beyond.
Check out my road cycling activity on Garmin Connect.
Pic 1, An early morning shot on the way in to Austin from Johnson City.
Pic 2, The common room at Drifter Jack's.
Pic 3, The exterior of Drifter Jack's.
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Beaufort Street Sundowner Tuesday 23 Feb 2016
Everyone is welcome along to the first Sundowner for 2016.
When: Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Time: 5.30-7.30pm
Where: Travel and Sports Australia – 1/544 Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley
Why: Meet new people and enjoy a drink
Guest Speaker: Leigh Farnell
This event offers a great opportunity for the business and resident members in and around Beaufort Street to get together and celebrate the diversity of our street.
We would love you to join us for a drink and some food, get a little motivation from the guest speaker and just catch up with friends both old and new.
Please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com by Friday 19th February and let us know if you're able to attend with or without a friend. Business owners please invite your staff and let us know numbers.


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I like this idea. It shows the differences in your mindset. 🙂
Within my mind I have many contradictions that affect my life with Sir. I have to wonder if all submissives have the same contradictions or perhaps different ones. I can't speak for Sir and he said he is going to do a list from the Dominant side.
This only relates to my relationship with Sir. So here goes with mine..
That is all I can think of today lol. I found it interesting to write and I hope it has you thinking of your own contradictions. I found it cathartic to write. I love different ways to look at myself. I learn new things and I can work on things I need to. That is a good way to be. This relationship is always evolving into something better.
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♡ White
♡ Light Ivory
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♡ Total Sash Length= 96"
♡ Sash Width= 5/8"
♡ Embellishment Length= 23 1/4"
♡ Embellishment Width at Widest Point= 3/4"
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♡ Belt and sashes are made to order, please allow 4-6 weeks for production prior to shipping.
♡ Rush orders are available and can be requested by purchasing a "Rush Order" listing.
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Backline Rental in Minneapolis
AV for You is proud to serve Minnesota with heavy focus in the metro region (Minneapolis & St. Paul). AV for You has a wide variety of Backline equipment to rent. We drop it off for you or you can even swing by our shop to pick up your rental.
Please check out the listing below for all of our Backline options to rent if you're in Mpls, Saint Paul or anywhere outside the metro area of Minnesota.
Keyboard 88 Weighted Keys
Drum Package with stool
Fender Stratocaster
Gibson J-15 Acoustic
Fender Precision Bass
Ampeg SVT-400t and Cabinet
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Amp
The pricing for all of this Backline equipment are at our price list (Audio Equipment/Backline) page on the website at https://avforyou.com/pricelist-1/
You can reach us at 952-500-8839, email us at email@example.com or visit the website at www.avforyou.com.
Our shop is located at:
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What's a funeral without a few extra bodies? The Grant Wolves are still reeling from the loss of their matriarch, and Joey has some dauntingly large shoes to fill. But when the funeral of the century becomes a fight for survival, can Joey and Chris keep it together while everything falls … [Read more...] about New Release: Grave Legacy (Grant Wolves #4)
New Release: Grave Threat (Grant Wolves #3)
Sometimes the calm after the storm is just the eye of the hurricane. It's official! Grave Threat is live on Amazon, available for purchase and Kindle Unlimited borrowing. You might also notice that the first two books have received a bit of a face lift. Each has a new title and a new … [Read more...] about New Release: Grave Threat (Grant Wolves #3)
Excerpt: Out of Step
I've got a little tradition over on my Facebook page where I post updates on Wednesdays about my Work In Progress (WIP). Today, I've got an excerpt to share so I'm putting it here! This excerpt is hot off the pages of Out of Step (Grant Wolves Book 2). It's really hard to find passages from this … [Read more...] about Excerpt: Out of Step


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By John C. Goodman
David Himmelstein and his wife Steffie Woolhandler are associate professors at Harvard Medical School. Together they are a one-couple team, promoting Canadian national health insurance in the United States. They provide the intellectual leadership for the Physicians for a National Health Program. They are about the only academics around whose scholarship routinely gives aid and comfort to the advocates of socialized medicine, unless you count the Commonwealth Fund. They are pleasant (at least to me); they are dedicated; and they are wrong.
I first debated David on a college campus about 15 years ago. My most recent debate with them is reprinted in Annals of Thoracic Surgery. In between the two debates I had an epiphany. I discovered that the worst features of the Canadian system are not the differences with our own system, but the similarities.
But first things first. Since our last debate, new information has become available that helps debunk three widely touted myths.
The Myth of Low Administrative Costs. In a series of articles, all published in medical journals, Himmelstein and Woolhandler (H&W) claim that the administrative costs of the Canadian system are much lower than our own – so much so that we could insure the uninsured through administrative savings alone. However, H&W are not economists. They count the cost of private insurance premium collection (e.g. advertising, agents' fees, etc.), but they ignore the cost of tax collection to pay for public insurance.
Economic studies show the social cost of collecting taxes is very high. Using the most conservative of these estimates, Ben Zycher has shown that the excess burden of a universal Medicare program would be twice as high as the administrative costs of universal private coverage.
The Myth of High Quality. H&W say that Canadian life expectancy is two years longer than ours, implying that the health care systems of the two countries have something to do with that result. Yet, doctors don't control our overeating, overdrinking, etc. Where doctors do make a difference, the comparison does not favor Canada. In an National Bureau of Economic Research study, David and June O'Neill draw on a large US/Canadian patient survey to show that:
These differences in screening may explain why US cancer patients do better than their Canadian counterparts. For example:
Amazingly, there are quite a few people in both countries who are not being treated for conditions that clearly require a doctor's attention. However:
Apparently, putting everyone in (Canadian) Medicare leads to worse results than having only some people in (US) Medicare – ensconced in an otherwise private system.
The Myth of Equal Access. The most common argument for national health insurance is that it will give rich and poor alike the same access to health care. Surprisingly, there is no evidence of that outcome. Indeed, national health insurance in Canada may have created more inequality than otherwise would have existed. (Similar results have been reported for Britain.) The O'Neill's study shows that:
Be careful what you ask for, you may get it.
John C. Goodman, Ph.D., is founder and president of the National Center for Policy Analysis and a Senior Fellow for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, an independent think tank that proposes practical, market-oriented approaches to public policy to improve the lives of Georgians. The full text can be found at http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/. Nothing written here is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation or as an attempt to aid or hinder the passage of any bill before the U.S. Congress or the Georgia Legislature.
© Georgia Public Policy Foundation (December 14, 2007). Permission to reprint in whole or in part is hereby granted, provided the author and his affiliations are cited.
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation is the best source of the rarest and most valuable commodity in public policy debate: facts.


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with Elizabeth Cogar
Dec 2, 2017 at 10 am
This is an easy and fun intro to Japanese shibori dyeing, the method in which you fold/bind and/or sew fabric to produce spectacular and sometimes surprising designs that you will love. Make scarves, tea towels, t shirts, yardage for pillow covers or any other small-ish creation to give to special people on your list.
Enrollment Limit: 8
Supply List: 1 yd. of white muslin, indigo dye and items to create shibori designs are provided. Bring more 100% cotton fabric, blank white t-shirts or anything else you'd like to dye. Bring your lunch or snack.
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Residents in selected parts of North Yorkshire are set to get 4G coverage after EE installed three new mobile phone sites. The updates mean some areas will receive 4G for the first time.
The places benefiting from the new coverage include Terrington, Oswaldkirk and the B1363 between York and Helmsley, the York Press reports. The third site will be operational shortly and will reach residents in Marske as well as drivers on the A6108.
Councillor Don Mackenzie, executive member for access in North Yorkshire, told the York Press that the infrastructure investment was welcome and would help rural residents compete, as well as attracting tourism.
Critical infrastructure
The new installations are part of EE's work to deliver the UK's Emergency Services Network. The operator was selected by the Home Office in 2015 to provide a resilient national network to enable over 300,000 critical emergency workers to access 4G voice and data.
EE's 4G Emergency Services Network began replacing the existing TETRA system from Airwaves in 2017. The Home Office has called the network an essential part of Britain's critical national infrastructure. It said the EE service would be more flexible and cheaper.
The £1 billion programme aims to ensure that emergency services workers have access to 4G-enabled services such as: sending patients' data ahead so that hospital staff can prepare; live-streaming footage from police body-worn cameras for assessment and support from colleagues; and assessing fire scenarios based on digital blueprints and helicopter live-streams.
The network will also have the capacity to provide priority access to emergency services when required – such as in the event of a large-scale incident. As part of its service, EE deploys Rapid Response Vehicles to ensure maximum service availability for the Emergency Services Network.
Under the scheme, EE is creating an additional 500 mobile phone sites, and the latest three in North Yorkshire are among these.


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Archive for December 4, 2018
How To Avoid Spending Too Much Money At Your Wedding
Planning a wedding is an exciting time in just about anyone's life. After all, it's the ultimate culmination of your love for another person and likely to be one of the best days that you ever experience. But the build up to that day can be incredibly stressful, especially since so many people – brides in particular – can feel the need to make their wedding as perfect as possible. However, it's important to remember that the only two people who need to feel that the wedding is perfect are the bride and the groom themselves – after all, it's their day and no one else's.
However, budgeting can also prove to be stressful even aside from the desire and the push for perfection. Weddings, of which there are nearly two and a half million of each and every year in the United States alone, have become more expensive than ever before, costing, on average, more than $35,000. Some weddings are quite a bit more expensive even than that already incredibly high sum of money and over the course


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Winter Grooming
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The MCMBA is pleased to announce that starting during the 2018-2019 winter season, we will begin grooming the trails at Maybury State Recreation Area. The hope is to increase trail accessibility in the winter, and we are very excited to hopefully see more people on the trails this time of year.
The program itself will be a bit of a learning process as we go. We do however want to establish our position on how our grooming program will work:
- This will not be deemed a "fatbike only" trail with strict closures. This trail is a local favorite, and while we will do our best to make sure everyone is educated on best practices, we do not wish to remove access to those that have been using the trails for years only to find they are no longer welcome.
- We will HIGHLY RECOMMEND that tires of 3.8" or wider, as well as snowshoes for hikers, are going to make for the best experience on this groomed trail.
- Proper trail etiquette: Avoid the trails when ground is soft, ESPECIALLY during the spring thaw as this amounts to long term trail damage. Avoid making ruts or post holes before trail has had a chance to be groomed or when trail is soft. Set tire pressure low enough such that your tires are not creating deep ruts.
- Trail will be groomed to the trail coordinator's best ability. Our chapter will do its best to update when the trail will be groomed on our Facebook page (link).
- Any social media stalking/shaming or public verbal harassment of those not using the trails as that individual may deem appropriate will not be tolerated. Any publicly posted negative commentary will only discourage the chapter from growing the program. Politely educate if you can, and report any land-specific violations to the DNR if appropriate.
- As Maybury has several trails available to hikers only, we will do our best to maintain some trail separation throughout the season. However, we will not close the groomed mountain bike trail to foot traffic, as this is under the DNR's jurisdiction.
- We will not police the usage of trails. We will do our best to create the best experience possible for our trail users.
We hope to expand this program to other trails in the future. In order to help put a dent in the cost of the equipment, maintenance, fuel, etc., we are accepting donations for grooming activities in the present and the future. Starting December 2, a minimum $15 donation will earn you a "Grooming Supporter" sticker as a token of our appreciation, which you can proudly display on the top tube of your bike, your car, wherever you want to let it fly is cool with us!
If you visit us at Island Lake on December 1st for Global Fatbike Day, the minimum donation for a sticker is $10!
Chili Social
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Make your Mark on the Park!
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It's time again for bridge repair at Lakeshore Park, and you can help!
Long ago in an age shrouded by the fog of time, someone had an inspirational vision to help fund the development of some new bridges at Lakeshore Park with a "Buy a plank" program. For a small donation, a bridge plank was inscribed with the donors name. Today, every rider at Lakeshore still rides over these bridge planks, looking down to see familiar names - perhaps their own!
Working together with the City of Novi, we'd like to resurrect our "Donate a Plank" program for the new bridge planks. For a donation of at least $25, we will inscribe your selected name into a blank plank on one of the bridges at Lakeshore Park. All of the proceeds will be used to improve the bike infrastructure at Lakeshore Park.
Want to participate? Please click on the "Donate" button on the mcmba.org website under "Get Involved", or just click here.
Please be sure to add "Lakeshore Plank" and up to 25 characters that you want inscribed in the "Dedication or Special Intentions" field on the donation form. That's it!
Maybury CPS Race
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Maybury State Park - Northville, MI
Motor City Mountain Biking Association - Benefit Time Trial Race
Sunday, August 26th, 2018
The 13th Annual Maybury State Park Time Trial is Race #8 of the 2018 MMBA CPS series, brought to you by the MCMBA.
Don't forget to order the limited one of a kind Tee Shirt too. Tee shirts are pre-order only, sorry.
The Course:
If you ride Maybury normally, this course will be the entire mtb trail system PLUS special day of only trails with a total estimated length of 9 miles. The set up has a mix of fast open sprints and tight, technical singletrack to reward both cardio AND bike handling skills!
* Elite and Expert (Men/Women/Single Speed/Fat Bike) = 2 laps.
* Begginer/Sport = 1 lap.
* RETRO CLASS is a fun extra class and the only class with a Mass start, Just like the Good Old Days.
Time Trial (all classes except retro)
Each racer has an individual start time and will be measured against the clock.
Sending single racer every 30 seconds.
Pre-register and Save
$35 for most classes
$25 for the 2nd Annual Retro MTB Class.
Day of regisration
$5 more than Pre-Reg.
Some of the most unique awards for the top 3 of each class made for us by the guys at Speedcult.com.
Tech Support & SWAG are provided this year by our great local bike shops
Timing provided by our friends at Race Services, with results available immediately.
Kids's Race
Special course and kids only prizes! This is a fun non-competitive event for the younger kids. Usually about a 100 yard course with limited actual mountain biking. It is meant to be a fun event for the kiddies...ages 2 or 6 years old event.
Available for a small fee or donation. Usually hot dogs/burgers chips and drinks.
Your Trails, Your Backyard
Supported by You and the MCMBA!
ALL proceeds go directly to the
Motor City Mountain Biking Association.
13th annual Tree Farm Relay on Saturday, July 28 2018
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Registration open at Active.com
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Buying a home can be exciting and stressful at the same time, especially for the first-time homebuyer. Here are some tips to help you through a complicated process.
A new home is one of the largest purchases you'll make in your life. The idea of being a homeowner can be exciting, but if you're not careful it's easy to get in over your head.
Here are some lessons for first-time homebuyers that will help you enter the home buying process feeling as prepared as possible:
• Start looking six months in advance of when you'd like to move — The process is not fast, and certain things, like closing, take up to a month.
• If you get frustrated with the process, think about the end result — What are the reasons you want to own a home? What do you expect to get out of being a homeowner? Is it for your family, to build equity, or because you desire the added responsibility that comes with owning a home?
• Make a list of priorities — Decide what things you are looking for in a home, so when you are looking at properties you don't forget what matters to you the most.
• The closing date may move — Until an official date is set, don't schedule movers or break your lease.
• Get prequalified for a mortgage before you begin looking — This will let you know how much you can afford.
• Save money for after you move into your home — There will always be unexpected expenses and maintenance costs that comes with owning a home.
• Read every document thoroughly — Your mortgage is one of the most important documents you'll ever sign, and it's a huge financial obligation.
• Consider monthly costs — Beyond your mortgage payment, keep in mind that there will be taxes, insurance and regular fix-up costs. Ask yourself if you can comfortably afford this.
• Bring paperwork to the initial meeting with your lender — Know what paperwork your lender requires ahead of time, and avoid delays by staying organized.
• Plan for closing costs — Many first-time homebuyers don't account for closing costs. A general rule of thumb is to plan anywhere from 3-4% of the purchase price for closing costs, but this varies per state and region. Talk to your mortgage banker to learn more about closing costs in your area.
• Having debt, such as student loans or car loans, doesn't mean that you can't become a homeowner — Talk to your mortgage banker about the mortgage options that might be right for you, such as an FHA loan, which requires a lower down payment.
• Just because you are approved for a certain loan amount doesn't necessarily mean that's how much you should spend — Be sure to account for lifestyle choices, total monthly costs and career expectations.
JOE: It's definitely all right to be picky in the home buying process. I mean this is something where you really should nitpick everything you possibly can. You need to look at the positives and negatives of the home that you might end up in because you're going to live with those.
TIM: And that surprised us to. Because we did not think we had to start looking 6 months in advance. Until we went to an open house and were fortunate enough to get pushed in that direction to start looking cause it's gonna take a month to close, a month to do this and a month to do that.
KATE: The lesson there is to give yourself as much time as you can. Cause then that makes it so you are patient throughout the process and don't feel pressured in the end.
TIANA: It's kind of easy to get down and out and frustrated because there's times when you think that it's exactly what you want and then you don't get it. For whatever reason they don't take your offer or they don't even get back with you or tell you one reason or the other, one way or the other why they don't take it. You have to remember the end result. Why are you doing this? Is it because you really want to give your kids a back yard? Is it because you really want to start earning equity in something that's your own? Do you want to start saving money for me?
KATE: They all say like, "Oh, when you see it, you'll know. You'll walk in and you'll know." And after about 30 houses, you're like that's not going to happen. That is a load of crap. Like that's not going to happen. And then it does. So it just is nice to like know that they were actually meaning that and that it will happen.


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Seal of Good Local Governance takes new heights
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The Provincial Government of Bulacan together with the Department of the Interior and Local Government – Bulacan conducted an orientation briefing for this year's Seal of Good Local Governance at Hiyas ng Bulacan Covention Center, Malolos City on February 29, 2016.
The event was hosted by DILG-Bulacan headed by the OIC-PD Darwin D. David and the Cluster Team Leaders and it was participated by the Municipal Planning and Development Officers and SGLG Focal Persons of each LGUs in the Province.
The orientation serves as a preparation for the upcoming assessment and evaluation on the performance dimensions of the SGLG that include the "3+1 principle". An LGU must pass all the three (3) core areas namely: Good Financial Housekeeping, Disaster-Preparedness and Social Protection. In addition, any of the essential areas namely: Business Friendliness and Competitiveness, Peace and Order, or Environmental Protection must also be met.
The participants were also oriented on their roles on the assessment process, the criteria and indicators and the process on how to accomplish the different forms of the SGLG.
OIC-PD Darwin D. David, in his message, encouraged all the participants to have full cooperation to intensify the programs and delivery of services of each LGUs in Bulacan. Also, to give their best effort to achieve and mainstream good governance in the Province.
The DILG will recognize and incentivize provincial, city and municipal governments that respond to the challenge of SGLG.
-LGOO II Krista Nina C. Datu
BUB Project Site Validation and Monitoring at DRT
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DOÑA REMEDIOS TRINIDAD – the Regional Project Monitoring Team (RPMT) of the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB) program and the Project Development and Management Section of the DILG Regional Office in coordination and partnership with the DILG Bulacan Provincial Office conducted a three-day project monitoring and validation visit for the gathering of data and information regarding the implementation of projects on February 17-19, 2016.
The visiting team was composed of the members of the RPMT headed by its team-leader Nestor Tapia, and Program Engineer Kathrene C. Ermube, PDMS representative LGOO II Rod Mark Salvador, Community Mobilizer Regina Elester, DILG Provincial Office representatives MLGOO Nicanora Geronimo, and LGOO II Paolo Israel Franco, and Representative from the Municipal Government of DRT Municipal Engineer Emelito Dela Cruz, and Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator Engr. Susana De Guzman. During the visit, the team inspected the eight Farm-to-Market Roads and the Provision of Potable Water under the BUB 2014. They validated whether the projects were within the specifications such as the width and length of the road, and the operative of the water system. The physical condition of the roads and the service extension for the provision of potable water provided by the municipal government were also checked during the visit.
A similar activity was also conducted last February 16, 2016 in the municipalities of Bocaue and Hagonoy. The team validated other national government agencies projects particularly those of DepEd and DSWD under BUB 2014 and 2015.
- LGOO II Paolo Israel S. Franco
Bulacan gets Community-Based Flood Early Warning System from PAG-ASA
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In its aim to reduce the vulnerability of Greater Metro Manila Area (GMMA) to natural hazards, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) installed equipment for Community Based Flood Early Warning System (CBFEWS) to provinces located near Metro Manila. A turnover ceremony was held at Tanza Oasis Hotel and Resort, Barangay Capipisa East, Tanza, Cavite. On February 16.
Together with the Provinces of Cavite, Laguna and Rizal, Bulacan Province received the said equipments which were installed in the City of San Jose del Monte and Municipality of Sta. Maria.
Engr. Roy A. Badilla, OIC Hydro-Meterology Division (HMD) of PAGASA welcomed the participants from the said provinces which consist of DRMM, DILG and OCD Officials. Usec. Alexander Pama, Administrator of OCD and Executive Officer of NDRRMC delivered his message. He emphasized that the LGUs should be the front liner when it comes to disaster management. He also stated that those early warning devices aim to save not only citizens but also their livelihood.
Representative from each provinces accepted Plaque of Appreciation from PAGASA as a symbol of their support and cooperation in the implementation of the project. DILG Bulacan OIC-Provincial Director Darwin D. David, received the plaque in behalf of Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado.
Engr. Roy A. Badilla, Social Weather Specialists, HMD, PAGASA lead the tour at Bunga Automatic Water Level Station located at Barangay Bunga, Tanza, Cavite. He explained to the participants how the device functions. The said equipment consists of rain fall sensor, water level sensor, GPS, and controller. He also mentioned that real time data gathered by the device was transmitted through radio frequency at the control center located at the respective PDRMM Office and PAGASA.
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events archive
Brecht and the need to alienate the Public
Discussion four in a series in the lead-up to Institute of Ideas Academy.
The Arts and Society Forum has organised a series of discussions, The Theatre and the Public, looking at the history of the theatre and its relationship to the public. The series reflects the themes in the Literature strand of lectures at the fifth IoI Academy, a residential weekend of self-education and discussion from 18-20 July.
You are very welcome to attend even if you do not plan to come to the Academy. You do not need to commit to attending all the sessions.
In this session, playwright and theatre critic Patrick Marmion returns to conclude the series by looking at Brecht's political theatre, with a particular focus on the Life of Galileo. Related texts include Mother Courage and Her Children, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Caucasian Chalk Circle.
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Inspiration today: art edition./
I found a random old notebook the other day. On one of the pages tucked in the middle, I had written the names of four different pieces of art. I have no memory of when or where I first saw them, but I'm glad I saved that page - it was such an unexpected surprise when I looked them up today. Such beauty! Maybe one day I'll remember where those notes came from, but for now I'll assume it's because I love color and light, apparently just as much as today as I did then.


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More NHibernate gotchas
Today I"ve just wasted a couple of hours trying to get something to make NHibernate persist an custom object graph. My scenario wasn"t really complicated and looked something like this:
root object —>Item(s)—->Components
My root is a reference object which has a collection of other reference types (Item). Now, the fun part: I was under the impression that adding a bag to my root object and putting a <one-to-many> element inside it was enough for persisting the root and the associated collection. oh well, not so. If you try to do that you"ll have to configure your FK so that it accepts nulls (and in this case, it will stop being a FK, right?). It seems like the easiest way is to have a bi-directional association. When you do this, NH will automatically persist the object graph correctly (many thanks to marcal for confirming this on the NH forums).
Ok, after solving this, then another problem popped up: after running some tests, I"ve noticed that the component collection owned by the item object wasn"t being persisted. WTF? why? After asking in the forums, I"ve ended up recalling an old post that talked about some problems regarding WCF and collection serialization. And so I decided to try it out and guess what? it worked. So, if you want to pass collections through WCF services, you should take a look at this post.


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One of the hottest tour pairings this fall is the Annuals/Manchester Orchestra co-headlining trek, and we're so excited about it that we asked Annuals to keep a diary of the experience. Part two is below; you can read part one here. Enjoy!
Nov 8, 2007
Since we last spoke, we Annuals have traveled north through Vermont into Quebec, westward into Ontario, back south into Michigan and Illinois, and finally westward again through Wisconsin and Minnesota. Our scenic journey through Vermont in the heart of its autumn marked the 46th state visited by us proud North Carolinians (I don't know about our tour manager Jersey Jay). The remaining four are New Hampshire, Maine, Alaska, and Hawaii. I wonder when we're going to be invited to those fine states!
At the present, we have begun the treacherous three-day-shoved-into-two expedition to the West Coast amid premonitions of unfavorable weather conditions. None of us will forget last year's Toronto to Seattle drive during which our van broke down right before being trapped in a blizzard in North Dakota. But we have not lost site of the end of the tunnel–driving through the fairy tale landscape of the West Coast (the drive out there isn't too shabby either). Having lived my whole life on the East Coast, I always look forward to the time we have out west. The same seems to be the consensus from the rest of the band as well. And it's not to say that we don't love where we live… the landscape out west is just so much more dramatic, reminiscent of millions of years of slow-motion catastrophe.
Alright, so let me tell you about some show highlights. Manchester Orchestra, the Never and ourselves have been playing on each others' songs for the past week and it's starting to sound really good. I mean, it was fun from the beginning, but now we're really starting to get tight with it. Much to our dismay, however, the Never had to quit us last night to make way for the second half of the tour with the New Frontiers (whom we're excited to meet). We're going to miss the Never a lot. We love those guys.
This tour has been such a blast so far and we're anticipating it to remain that way up until the end. Thanks to everyone who has been coming out to the shows! Your continuing support is what keeps us going.
All our love,
Kenny and Annuals
You can see the remaining dates of the Manchester Orchestra/Annuals tour here.
One of the hottest tour pairings this fall is the Annuals/Manchester Orchestra co-headlining trek, and we're so excited about it that we asked Annuals to keep a diary of the experience. Part two is below; you can read part one here. Enjoy!


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Mpls.St.Paul Weddings writer Kristina Anderson attended a vintage bridal fashion show last weekend. Here's her take:
Brides-to-be and vintage fashionistas gathered at the Semple Mansion in Minneapolis last Saturday for the first-ever Spring Fashion Show from Andrea's Vintage Bridal. Gorgeous dresses from various eras and styles came out one by one, each taking the audience back to another place and time. Here are a few favorites from the show:
The fashion show opened with this gorgeous flapper-style dress. Flowing silk fabric beneath the beaded band at the hips adds a playful feel to an elegant dress. (Vintage 1980's, but reminiscent of the 1920's)
Classic elements such as puffed sleeves and chiffon arm gauntlets have been restored to stay true to the vintage style of this piece. Embroidered cotton netting ruffled along a dropped waist balances the detailed sleeves and adds a touch of style. (Vintage 1930's)
The cut-away style atop a straight satin skirt gives this Mike Bennett piece some flair. The intricately sequined bodice and overlay are the icing on the cake. (Vintage 1980's)
Cascading tiers of floral-patterned lace create a whimsical feel. (Vintage 1960's)
Simple and free-flowing makes this Woodstock-esque dress perfect for a casual, barefoot bride. (Vintage 1970's)
A sophisticated neckline and wrapped empire waist—complete with a layered bow—make this lace gown a timeless treasure. Simplicity proves versatile, as this dress would fit in perfectly at a summer garden party. (Vintage 1960's)
Ruched draping at the waistline, long train, high neck, and similar details adorning the bodice and sleeves make this gown the epitome of vintage glam. (Vintage 1980's)
Beautiful intricacies, like the curved empire waistband and burnout velvet poinsettia pattern, make this store-favorite a simplistic stunner. Perfect for a modest bride looking for a classic piece. (Vintage 1960's)
Pleated ruffle trim and a bold collar give this gown a couture look. Who knew so much fabric could be so sexy? (Vintage 1970's)
Attendees mingle in the Grand Foyer after the show.
Chowgirls provided post-show goodies for guests to enjoy.


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A Rather Generous Portion of Maple Syrup
Scott Addison Clay shared this priceless story and photo on his FB page:
"For Prince, sometimes breakfast was a bit early, or late, depending on how you looked at it.
One fateful night, Anthony and I were working with P for several hours on designs and layouts for the packaging of the 3-album set for Lotusflow3r. It got to be nearly 2AM and Prince said, 'I need some eggs'.
He had a personal chef on hand that night who whipped up a sizable plate of what looked to be some pretty dry scrambled eggs. They were a bit brown, separated into little bits, and not overly appealing.
'Man, these are some ghetto eggs', he exclaimed after trying a couple bites. 'I'll be right back.' P picked up the plate and wheeled his way in lite-up kids' shoes from the library where we usually worked, down the basketball court length entrance hall, to the kitchen on the opposite end of the house.
He returned plateless and went right back to work. We decided to dedicate an entire panel to a stellar piece of Anthony's artwork which featured a glowing purple ball of energy that greeted a lone mysterious figure on a seaside cliff and beckoned to take them on a journey to another galaxy. Besides this piece and the album covers themselves, a lot of the other art would be kept for the fans who followed that beacon of light into the fan club.
Soon, the chef returned with a piping hot stack of pancakes, a tall glass of apple juice, and a coffee. No more ghetto eggs, thank you. I thought it was strange to have apple juice with pancakes, but no matter, it's Prince, he can do what he pleases. He then proceeded to take the let's say 16 ounces of golden liquid and pour it over the short stack. It was, you guessed it, a rather generous portion of maple syrup."


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|"Whenever the Twain shall Meet....."
at the
Gallery Theatre,
Anaheim, CA
February - March 2010
|Written by: Glenn Kelman
Based on the short stories of Mark Twain
|A quick note from the writer:
Mark Twain never wrote a play, but he
surely knew ho to tell a good story with
memorable characters. I strove to preserve
as much of Mark Twain's original words
and dialogue as I could while adapting his
stories for the stage. I found myself doing
more 'editing out' than 'adding in." I don't
want to tell you which parts of the script are
my own invention; it'll be more fun if you
have to guess! Fortunately, most of the
words are his. I hope you have as much
fun exploring his short stories as I did. ~
Glenn Kelman, writer/director
|Thank you everyone for a wonderful
theater production at the Gallery
Theatre in Anaheim, CA.
Charlene is blessed to have met and
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Older People's Day – FREE Falls Prevention Talk for Older People of Worthing.
Friday 29th September at 1.30pm
Sussex Physio Pilates, 22-24 South Street, Tarring. BN14 7LH
Within the talk we will discuss:
· Causes of falls
· Assessment using the – 'Timed Up and Go' test
· Consequences of falls
· How to get up from a fall
· Ways of reducing the risk of a fall
· Including exercise!
Senior Physiotherapists and Pilates teachers at Sussex Physio Pilates, Claire Yuill and Nicky Sykes, who both have private and NHS backgrounds, will be available before and after the talk to answer any questions on fall prevention, but also how Physiotherapy can help individuals in general.
Call us now to book your place - It's FREE - 01903 256 500
Falls are not an inevitable part of ageing.
The video below, demonstrates the timed up and go test, which helps to assess whether a person is at an increased risk of falls.
This is one way to assess a person's falls risk, but it you're concerned about falling, it is recommended you seek a full and comprehensive falls assessment from a qualified healthcare professional, such as a Physiotherapist.
If you would like to book an assessment for Falls Prevention or for any other joint or muscle issue you may have, please don't hesitate to contact us on: 01903 256 500


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I love halloween, staying up late watching scary movies and dressing up. Now in Australia we don't actually celebrate halloween yet which is unfair, I have always wanted to go trick-or-treating. My dads birthday falls on all hallows eve and we have always wanted to throw him a horror fancy dress party and he's turing 50 this year and still wont let me throw him a party! but in the off chance we actually get to do something besides watching horror movies here is some inspiration for some design, costume and decor ideas.
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Open Your Door to the Creatures of the Night
Late at night when all the good girls are safely tucked into bed it's the vamps that come out to play. From the dark mind of James Avalon it's six erotic tales of eternal desire. They're waiting…
Views: 133
Director: Penthouse
Pornstars: Allison Pierce, Eric Masterson, F. J. Lincoln, Faith Leon, Jack Venice, James Avalon, Jay Lassiter, Jenna Haze, Jezebelle Bond, Lexi Love, Marco Banderas, Naomi, Nick Manning, Sascha, Tony De Sergio, Tony Desergio
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Sun, 3 May 2015
One of Pete and Bill's most-anticipated movies has come out. If you haven't seen "Avengers: Age of Ultron" yet, you'd better, because we're about to spoil the whole damn thing. An hour of hot, spicy Avengers discussion. Buckle up, kids.
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"I decided to do a cover for a melodic hardcore band named Hundredth that isn't really famous, but I love what these guys do and this song especially made an impact on me," Alex Lynch says about this acoustic performance.
The Russian singer-songwriter once again turns to his trusted trinity of stompboxes (Ditto Mic Looper, Mic Mechanic & Harmony Singer) for his live looping endeavors.
BTW: The original Ditto Looper from our sister-company TC Electronic is also starring in the video. Family brand loyalty credit!


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Ceremonial opening of the new office in Muenster 2018/
On May 14, 2018, the it-economics team in Muenster celebrated the new office opening with about 20 guests on the Germania Campus. Last fall, the site in Muenster was founded to provide even better support to customers in the region and to attract new customers and employees. After a few months in a co-working space, the number of employees increased, hence the need for new premises. The new office now resides at Grevener Straße 105, Germania campus.
Jan Thewes, Application Architect at it-economics in Muenster, kicked off the event with his presentation "Hello Computer - How does a computer understand what the user wants to achieve?", thanks to his experience in the implementation of a chat bot with Microsoft LUIS, Kotlin, and the Microsoft Bot Framework. Afterwards, everyone met for networking and snacks outside the office, on the terrace's roof, at 26 degrees Celsius, with the sun shining bright.


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Ben Ray Lujan seeks leadership role after Dems take over U.S. House
KOB Web Staff
November 07, 2018 04:07 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- After winning re-election Tuesday night, Congressman Ben Ray Luján announced he is running for a leadership position.
In a letter to his Democratic colleagues, Lujan congratulated Democrats for their victories and taking control of the House of Representatives and asked for their support to make him Assistant Democratic Leader.
If Lujan is selected, he would take the party's No. 4 leadership slot.
Two other Democrats are running for the Assistant Democratic Leader position.
KOB Web Staff
Created: November 07, 2018 04:07 PM
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An early copy of the new (third) edition of Jesse Sheidlower's "The F Word" has provided inordinate delight and distraction from my normal working day. Sheidlower is Editor at Large for the Oxford English Dictionary; the book is a look at the history of the word "fuck," and its various transformations and euphemisms throughout time. Though the earliest examples are to be found in the fifteenth century, the more than one hundred new definitions included in this edition extend to "artfuck," "MILF," and "Fuckfriend." Other entries which fascinated me: early names for hawks were "windfucker" or "fuckwind," from 1599 and 1611, respectively. A "Dutch fuck" is the act of using one cigarette to light another. And then there are the expressions: "hotter than a fresh-fucked fox in a forest fire" (translation: "extremely hot"); "fucked by the fickle finger of fate" (translation: "thwarted or victimized by bad fortune"); and, a military expression, said in reference to a stupid man, "could fuck up a wet dream" (no translation required).
What the F
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Oh dread. It is time again to rewrite our district technology plan. Contemplating this Sisyphean task got me thinking about where the requirement for a technology use plan came from and how can we improve it?
I did an Internet search for school technology plans to see what I could find. The oldest plan that I could find is a technology plan from September 1982 from a district in Salt Lake City. Interestingly, it was a 12-year plan for the small school district that totaled 412 words. Juxtapose that with the nearly 300 pages of our district's last technology plan! It makes me wonder if all the energy we'll spend rewriting it will pay off.
Sure, thirty years ago when the first computers started appearing on the steps of the schoolhouse, we desperately needed a plan for what to do with them. That was a good idea!
Fast-forward to 2010 and technology is so integrated into everything we do that it is nearly impossible to find an activity that has not been impacted by it. Instead of "How do we use this?" I'm far more likely to hear, "Why can't I get this online?"
We are awash in a digital tidal wave. Like the music and printing industries, education is quickly moving to being completely digital. Instead of planning how to use technology, we are more likely to look for an electronic solution as our first alternative.
At this point, it makes little sense to write a detailed, three-year technology plan that is separate from every other planning document that a school district writes. What we need is a brief description that easily communicates the district's direction to the stakeholders. Leave out the massive details that change before the plan can even get through the approval process. Forget the budget section that attempts to project expenses five years out when the Legislature hasn't even passed a budget for this year! We need a simple plan that is integrated with other district planning documents and is revisited often—not once every three years.


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How Christopher Bailey Transformed Burberry and Redefined Brand Revivals in the 21st Century
Christopher Bailey hasn't left Burberry yet. That will happen, as we now know, in December next year, a move on from the company he has spectacularly transformed into a powerhouse over the first 17 years of the 21st century. Still only 46 years old, he's acted as a game-changing pioneer in the time of the globalization of fashion, a revolutionary titan of industry who leapt to the forefront by harnessing every technical innovation that has hit the world in the digital age. Under his watch, a company formerly known as little more than an unexciting British producer of raincoats and checked scarves has exploded into the vast empire it is today.
It's a far cry from when he first stepped into the Burberry offices at Haymarket in London as design director in 2001. He started with four assistants in the studio under the rafters above the old Burberry store (now Dover Street Market London), where, as he remembers, mice would come out to play, Beatrix Potter–like, on the desks at night. He was hired by the then-CEO Rose Marie Bravo in 2001. When she introduced me to the 29-year-old designer that year, she laughed that he was the first person she'd interviewed and that she had "fallen in love" with the tousle-haired Yorkshire boy on the spot.
Bailey brought all his British cultural nostalgia and class awareness to building out an identity for the brand. He comes from the region where Burberry macs were manufactured, and bought his first one in a jumble sale in Halifax when he was a teenager. But just as crucially, he also came armed with a vital understanding of the American corporate way of doing things. Bailey had worked in Milan at Gucci with Tom Ford, and had watched what happened when the company went into vertical takeoff in the late '90s. Before that, it was Donna Karan who had plucked him straight from his graduation show at the Royal College of Art in London for his first job in New York in 1994.
Bravo had made a brilliant bet on a talent whose capabilities and business sense went far beyond seeing the potential of turning the Burberry trench into a fashionable It item. News-making collections started coming out of that attic—at that time, they were shown in Milan—referencing David Hockney, Portobello boho girls, Marianne Faithfull, and Princess Margaret, and constantly playing with British class, art, and music references in unstuffy, youthful style. But above and beyond that, Bailey was fired up by a vision: He wanted to change the way designer business was pitched to normal people. As a teenager from a working-class background in the north of England, he'd never forgotten the experience of how he was humiliated in a posh store after he'd saved up money to buy his sister an expensive watch. "I really hate that horrible side to luxury. I thought, it doesn't need to be this elitist, snooty thing," he once told me. "I like the idea of inclusion."
He carried that through to spectacular effect. In the space of a decade, Bailey had become fashion's democratizer in chief, using tools and pulling multimedia levers—the website, video, film, music, live-streaming shows—to turn Burberry into an entity that felt more like a fast-moving amalgam of a high-tech communications company and talent-management operation than a regular fashion brand. By the time Bravo retired in 2007, Bailey was held in such corporate regard that he was empowered to choose the next Burberry CEO, Angela Ahrendts, a former colleague he'd met at Donna Karan. Stores all over the world multiplied. Business boomed.
In 2009, Burberry moved into its new state-of-the-art nerve center at Horseferry House, a former government building that had been gutted and remastered in every subliminal Burberry-checked, modern detail by Bailey himself—right down to the mineral-water bottles he designed for the canteen. He hired people from gaming companies, and he roamed the floors to sit with coders and oversee the photographic and video studios installed in the basement, where product could be shot and uploaded to Burberry.com in minutes. Far from being just a designer who could sketch out ideas and collate mood boards, Bailey had been a techno enthusiast since he was a kid. "I had every machine known to man, a Psion, everything!" he told me. His brother-in-law had an IT company. "So, he and I talked gadget all the time and he helped me set things up. It was something I naturally had when I first came here, a personal passion."
That same year, Burberry brought its show back to London, pitching a tent in Kensington Gardens in view of Bailey's alma mater, the Royal College of Art, a move that lent its huge international pulling power to the growing credibility of London Fashion Week. His early adoption of live-streaming, Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat made everything instantly globally visible on every possible new platform.
When Angela Ahrendts departed for Apple in 2014, Bailey became the first-ever designer at a publicly traded fashion company to be named both CEO and chief creative officer. With the speeding up of things—and the fact that he'd climbed to an echelon of responsibility populated by city financiers—Bailey weathered his fair share of criticism. The thrills of tech novelties such as the live-streaming formula proved quick to wear off, leaving the real-time Burberry show audience feeling oddly left out, as if the human experience didn't matter anymore. There was a, perhaps unintentional, turn toward an atmosphere of corporate regimentation, while Bailey was occupied with striving to keep the besuited fraternities of the financial establishment onside, an increasingly difficult act as global markets waxed and waned.
In 2016, he announced that he would stop the age-old fashion cycle of showing a collection six months in advance of its being available, and make everything on the Burberry runway immediately shoppable in stores and on the website. "I love that we can be really quick. Everything is so immediate now that we have tried to build an infrastructure where we can be ahead of it all."
This year, he stepped back from the CEO role, making way for Marco Gobbetti, a former Céline executive. Bailey has used those months to concentrate less on driving digital novelty and more on emphasizing craftsmanship and design. His very well-received collection in September was a youth-driven celebration of the Burberry-plaid street craze that made the brand an aspirational cult for working-class British boys and girls 20 years ago. In a way, it's where he began.
His final sign-off will be at the London Fashion Week show in February. Should he so choose, Bailey would never have to work again, though he's said he will be pursuing new "creative projects." Last year, he took home to his husband, Simon Woods, and their two daughters a pay package of £3.5 million, and a reported £10.5 million in shares last July. There were shareholders who protested at his level of remuneration. That, surely, is in ignorance of the transformation he has wrought, establishing Burberry as one of the top fashion brands in the world. Before giving in to speculation over the domino effect his departure will cause—what he'll do, and who will take his place, and who will succeed him, and who will take that person's place—it's time to stop and to say: Christopher, that was magnificent.


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Hello to the few and the brave and the patient, after three months I return with a wealth of content to discuss: starting with Africa.
Let us open with catching up on the crisis in South Sudan and CAR which the world seems fit to ignore but which I will update you on. As mainstream media last mentioned it months ago, one might be forgiven for thinking matters had calmed down. Imagine being told a while ago a train was coming to run over a damsel tied to the tracks, and that the train was also filled with orphans and nitroglycerin. Now imagine you were not told again about the doomed damsel and exploding kiddies for a few months.
Do you think anybody in that scenario is now fine and has not been blown up or smashed to bits? The situation has, unsurprisingly, not improved.
The South Sudanese rebels have broken the tenuous ceasefire by attempting to retake the town of Nasir, their former base of operations. The rebels, under Riek Machar, have claimed it was because the state attempted to arrest a rebel commander whilst the government says Nasir has most definitely not fallen. I feel disinclined to believe Mr Machar's side because of how the whole conflict came about in the first place.
The president Salva Kiir accused Machar of plotting a coup so sacked him. Machar denied the claims. Machar then formed a rebel army to overthrow the government. I'm sorry Riek, but that's a coup; you can't go to the employment tribunal for unfair dismissal when you were definitely planning exactly what you were fired for. It's childish, Riek.
In Brazzaville, President Denis Sassou Negoh heads efforts for a ceasefire to the vicious sectarian conflict in the neighbouring Central African Republic. New estimates on the death toll for the violence, which to the people of CAR and any observer must surely be senseless now, stands at 2,599. Take into account that few are these will be militia. They will be the blameless, the innocent and the helpless. One can only hope that the negotiations in Brazzaville will, as Amnesty International implores, not provide safety for murderers.
To close out this snapshot of African difficulties, Boko Haram continues to terrorise Nigeria. From where many of us, and even I myself sit, we cannot comprehend the suffering these thugs are causing in northeastern Nigera. The 270 schoolgirls stolen and ready to be sold as slaves (a report is being prepared on Boko Haram's abuses against women and girls) and the 59 boarding school boys burned to death are two moments which stand out in our memory, but it is so much worse.
In the first six months of 2014, 2,053 civilians have been killed by Boko Haram and the Nigerian government seems totally incapable of stymieing the flow of atrocities. More farcically, in its wildly impotent efforts, the Nigerian Security Forces themselves have committed human rights abuses. Crimes against humanity are happening and the state is incapable of stopping them.
There we have it, caught up on the poor state of these countries. Stay tuned this week for posts on MH17 and Gaza.
A few helpful links
- http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/19/boko-haram-kill-100-people-take-control-nigerian-town
- http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/07/04/killing-has-become-anodyne-act-in-central-african-republic-say-bishops/
- http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117519/central-african-republic-conflict-africas-bloodiest-fight
- http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48207#.U80Z8PldVYU
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27048076


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THE PHRASE in our headline is a controversial one, and rightly so. As Polish diplomats have pointed out for decades, the extermination camps established on Polish territory during World War II were created and operated by the German Nazi regime, not by Poles. Though the vast majority of their victims were Jews, many ethnic Poles died in them as well. So to call the camps "Polish" is misleading, at best. President Barack Obama prudently apologized after using the term in 2012, and The Post's stylebook says it should be avoided.
It's one thing, however, for Polish officials and historians to argue against the use of "Polish death camps" and quite another for the country's government to threaten anyone who uses it, anywhere on Earth, with three years' imprisonment. That is the stricture contained in legislation passed by the lower house of Parliament, or Sejm, last Friday, on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The day falls on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, where more than 1 million people, most of them Jews, were murdered . . . on Polish soil.
Historians continue to debate the degree of Polish responsibility for the Holocaust. Though the camps were a Nazi enterprise, anti-Semitism was rife in Poland before the war, some of it government- sponsored. Though many Poles fought the Nazi occupation and tried to save Jews, some also helped round them up, stole their property and participated in massacres. In addition to outlawing the term "death camps," the legislation criminalizes any suggestion that "the Polish nation" or "Polish state" was "responsible or complicit" in Nazi crimes. As the Israeli Holocaust remembrance center Yad Vashem pointed out, that could have the effect of obscuring "historical truths regarding the assistance the Germans received from the Polish population."
The context in which the legislation has been put forward by the ruling Law and Justice party only makes it more disturbing. The right-wing nationalist government and its leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, have embraced xenophobia, demonizing Muslim refugees; Mr. Kaczynski once claimed they carry "various parasites and protozoa" that "could be dangerous here." A march of tens of thousands of far-right nationalists in Warsaw last November attracted neo-Nazis from around the region and echoed with chants of "white Europe." In 2016, the government's education minister discounted two well-documented massacres of Jews by Poles, in Jedwabne in 1941 and Kielce in 1946.
Poland's prewar Jewish population of 3 million was all but eradicated by the Holocaust, and many who remained in the country were driven out by an anti-Semitic campaign conducted by the Communist government in 1968. Yet even without Jews, anti-Semitism survives in the country, nurtured by far-right media and political factions. In that sense, the new law is less a needed defense of Polish honor than it is a dog whistle to the most extreme elements of Mr. Kaczynski's base. Rather than suppress discussion of Poland's role in the Holocaust, it is likely to stimulate more of it. And the cause of free speech might just inspire a few more uses of "Polish death camps," accurate or not.
Read more here:
The Post's View: Poland's new right-wing leaders have crossed a line
Anne Applebaum: Poland is illegally dismantling its own constitution. Can the E.U. do anything?
The Post's View: Poland's autocratic counterrevolution draws nearer
The Post's View: The White House's soft-core Holocaust denialism


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Ok Duck fans, take a moment and breathe; just relax. Whatever you hear from those pundits whose job it is to sell something take with that knowledge in hand; they are trying to drive their business.
Sports radio guys are going to tell you that the redacted portions hide more sinister allegations.
Writers are going to insinuate the same thing. We will hear people mock the privacy laws which are cited as reason for redacting information. As the first example, listening to a local sports radio show, the host of the show, a young Oregon graduate himself, implies that section 5 which reads
"It is agreed that from 2009 through 2011, the institutions football program exceeded the permissible limit on coaches by one when..." and then there are some redacted portions leading to the rest of the paragraph which goes on to say "engaged in recruiting activities as outlined in Finding Nos. 1-a, 1-b, 1-f and 4-a."
The host, of course, treats this paragraph with derision as if the redaction is not necessary. Sadly, to drum up callers, he simply over exaggerates the "darkness" of the section. Clearly there is a person named in that paragraph who is subject to privacy laws as an employee of the university. State law allows organizations to redact the names of employees especially if it pertains to their personnel record. Because this person was deemed an impermissible coach for recruiting purposes, that implies that the person engaged in those activities was not one of the 11 coaches on staff that are allowed to recruit. However, the person was very likely a University of Oregon employee. There is nothing sinister.
Furthermore, that paragraph alone explains the redacted portions of four other paragraphs (the aforementioned 1-a, 1-b, 1-f, 4-a). As such, what this tells us about those redacted portions is that there were student-athletes who the un-named employee had contact with during recruiting activities. The redacted portions simply protect their privacy, as granted through FERPA laws. If the circumstances surrounding the recruiting activities were made public, it is very likely that the names could then be inferred based on information about their recruitment.
As Athletic Director Rob Mullens said in his statement the NCAA draft document contains student information protected by law under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and other information protected under Oregon Revised Statutes and Oregon Administrative Rules that legally must be redacted. There is no conspiracy here and there are no "bombshells" in the redacted portions, simply the specifics of which student-athletes were involved in the violations of the university's use of scouting services.
So far we have seen that Finding No 1 deals mostly with the university employee being involved with impermissible recruiting contact. Finding Number 2? Well, later in the draft, the NCAA states: "It is agreed that from 2008 through 2011, the scope and nature of the violations set forth in Finding Nos. 2, 3-c and 4 demonstrate that the athletics department failed to adequately monitor (1) the football program's use of recruiting or scouting services."
Okay, now we know that finding 1 relates to the employee acting as a coach and finding numbers 2 and 4 deal specifically with the program's use of scouting services.
Impermissible Benefits
This is more important than what is in the draft. First, there are no signs that any student athlete received any impermissible benefits from the University of Oregon. We know that some student athletes who signed with Oregon did, in fact, receive extra benefits from other schools. However, we also know that Oregon suspended that player prior to his departure. There are no indications that any player played a game for the Ducks while ineligible.
This negates the doomsayers who wanted to predict vacated wins, post-season bans and the more heavy handed penalties that can be handed down by the NCAA.
Cover Ups
Nowhere does the document refer to the worst possible violation that a coach can commit; attempting to cover-up their transgressions. This was potentially the worst of the speculated allegations when the story first became news almost a year ago. Will Lyles attempted to paint the university's too late request for documents as some sort of cover-up attempt. This is simply not the truth; it was merely an athletic department attempting to come into compliance after realizing that they had not been in compliance.
As I first speculated, the NCAA has found that Oregon did not receive the proper documentation from Complete Scouting Service and received oral reports rather than the required written reports.
Okay, time to take a leap of faith here and say that there do not seem to be any bombshells on the way. This report is about what I expected from the very beginning of this story. The Ducks spent a LOT of money on a scouting service that was not well established and then proceeded to ignore the rules for documentation. The Athletic Department already has one scapegoat as most of the violations happened during the tenures of the two previous athletic directors.
Further improving the Ducks chances of flying through this investigation relatively unscathed is their cooperation. I can assure you that USC did not go back and forth with a "Proposed Finding of Violations." USC denied at every step of the process and they fought against the NCAA in a way that is sure to draw the ire of the governing body.
Oregon has helped reduce the impact of potential violations with their willingness to cooperate and they will come through this better than our rivals hope.
I have no clue as to the exact violations, but it can be deduced that there will be some scholarship reductions and some recruiting limitations. The Ducks played last season with just 74 scholarship players (not including walk-ons who were granted temporary scholarships). With the just signed class of 2012, the Ducks will have 82 scholarship players barring off-season attrition. Only 13 of those players are seniors in 2012. That means that the Ducks were highly unlikely to take a full class next season anyway. As it stands, without unknown attrition, the Ducks only have room to sign 16 players next season.
What about the following season? Well, the Ducks currently have only 15 players that are scheduled to graduate after 2013. Once again this will shield the Ducks from any scholarship reductions. The Ducks are positioned almost perfectly to absorb any potential sanctions nearly unscathed.
My expectation is that there will be something in the range of 2-3 scholarship reductions for, most likely 3 seasons. I would also expect that Coach Kelly will have his allowable contact off-campus with recruits reduced for one season and the number of permissible recruit official visits will likely be reduced for a year as well.
In the end, there is nothing in the redacted portions of this report that would likely rise to the level of bowl bans or vacated wins.
So, go ahead Duck fans, breathe, the 2012 season is just around the corner and the Ducks will, once again, be favored to win the North Division of the Pac-12 and will be in the national title talk for most of the season.


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PRETORIA – The Department of Labour on Tuesday warned the public of a bogus website being shared on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
In the website the would-be fraudsters are promising to help members of the public on how to get their benefits.
The fraudsters are advising members of the public to follow the instructions on the website.
The fraudsters further claim that they have a list of "workers who worked between 1990 and 2018, have the rights to get the benefits of R33 000 by the Department of Labour of South Africa", and that they (workers) should check if their name is in the list of the people who have the rights to withdraw this benefit.
The Department of Labour manages the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) unemployment benefits, and has never published any list of people to withdraw any benefits. The claim is a blatant fake.
Unemployed workers must apply for benefits at their nearest labour centre in person. They must be registered as work-seekers and take the necessary documents with them.
The Department of Labour wishes to distances itself from such a claim. There is no list of workers who are due to get benefits.
The Department also wishes to inform the public that the Department services are offered for free.


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First of all, if conquerization isn't a word (and Wordpress is telling me that it is not) it TOTALLY should be. I'm claiming it. Second, I stumbled upon this gem via Whitney English's Instagram feed last week and absolutely loved it. I tend to make daily to-do lists that I KNOW are not realistic and by the end of the day, no matter how much I accomplished, I feel inadequate and unproductive. I love Whitney's method for to-do list making, and conquering! I think I'll adopt it.
Happy Wednesday!


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Just in case you're new to the Café, following a month of writing in November and a month of editing (ouch!) in December, the month of January has dedicated to the next step in the journey: the terrifying but wonderfully exciting topic of SUBMISSIONS!
So far, we've touched on how to find an agent & how to pen the perfect pitch.
Coming up on the agenda, we'll cover Cover Letters (stay tuned!). But today let's knock out ye olde synopsis.
Although not every agent will require a synopsis as part of your submission package (check their guidelines carefully!!), it's still worth your time and effort to get 'er done for a couple of reasons:
- You should be able to describe your book start to finish in the length of one side of A4. This will be a helpful exercise for those future meetings with agents, publishers, editors or just friends who ask you to summarise your book for them.
- Melting down your plot into a synopsis will hopefully help you detect any lingering holes that need patching up. It's a way of getting a bird's eye view of your story to see if the thing is airtight and ready to ship out.
I realise the thought of looking at your story from a bird's eye may strike a chord of terror. After all the work you've done, the last thing you want to find is a hole in the plot! But never fear – go for it! Writing a synopsis is a simplifying, distilling exercise. It's a great way of getting clarity in your own mind about your own story. And hey, if you're not clear on it, nobody else is going to be!
Convinced? Good. Here are a few tips to make your Synopsis shine:
- limit it to 1 side of A4, single spaced, with paragraph indentations (spaces between paragraphs)
- Don't use voice or dialogue – regardless of your book's POV, you the author are the narrator of your synopsis.
- Be choosy! One A4 is not a lot of words. Focus on your story's narrative arc & emotional drama… the juicy stuff!
- Include the ending. A synopsis is not a trailer or a hook. No need to give spoiler alerts to your agent. He/she wants to know the whole story: begging, middle & end.
How to structure your synopsis – Think 3-Act Structure of your Story:
Paragraph 1) Who is this story about?
Paragraph 2) What sparks the story into action?
Paragraphs 3-5) Mounting drama/ mini climax
Paragraph 6) Apparent failure
Paragraph 7) Turn-around, climax & resolution
Paragraph 8) Tie up loose ends (or *denouement* if you want to get fancy;-)
Remember: Cut-&-dry, do NOT be wordy, use action verbs!
*Stick to those keys, and I promise it's gonna be fine! Good luck writing that stellar, seller synopsis. And hey, let us know how it goes!
**This information comes from a Writers&Artists workshop – How to Hook an Agent – with some of London's top literary agents. Hats off to them!


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Enchanted Tunnels Book 3: Journey To Jerusalem
Nathan and Aria are sure they will have another time,travel adventure as they crawl under the stage in the cultural hall. But nothing happens! Now the children must discover the secret that makes the tunnel work.
Soon they are on their way. After exiting the tunnel in Jerusalem, they encounter a kind boy named Yeshua. He looks so familiar to the children, almost as if they have met him before. They follow the boy through the twisting streets of Jerusalem and arrive in a place that is grander than anything they have ever imagined.
Experience the wonder of Jerusalem with Nathan and Aria as they discover Yeshua's true identity in this touching adventure of The Enchanted Tunnel series.
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