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I went to a restaurant the other day. Smart place. Directional haired diners everywhere. Wine list as long as the bible. Multi-lingual menu with prices to match. Food was like grit on sandpaper without the taste. Waiters made us feel as welcome as Donald Trump at a Mariachi festival. I've a sneaky feeling I won't return.
Investors seem to be returning to Hedge Funds despite losses racking up. The reason - not so much that we have low interest rates that might suddenly take off, but that they remain very low (relatively) for a long time to come.
Investors not only take on more debt when the debt service burden is low; they also take more risk, potentially leading to further asset bubbles. Investors looking for income chase higher yielding opportunities, as safer bonds no longer offer the income required, and capital appreciation seeking investors allocate more to riskier asset classes such as equities. The net result? Potentially a lot more risk in many portfolios than people are aware of and would be comfortable with, did they know and/or fully understand.
Obviously this only becomes an issue if markets run into serious headwinds. But, as the Law of Sod goes...If anything can go wrong, it will, and that would certainly include the present situation in financial markets. Whilst we may not be in 2008 territory there is no question that the risk profile is out of whack in many portfolios at present.
Funds' strategies lost $88.9bn during the month, the largest performance losses since October 2008, as runctions in Chinese markets caused large price swings across continents and asset classes. Despite the steep losses, the hedge funds managed to attract $10.5bn in net new money from investors in August, bringing their overall loss for the month to $78.4bn, according to data from Citigroup. Investors have committed more money than they have withdrawn from hedge funds in eight of the past 12 months. In the year to date, the $3.05 trillion hedge fund industry has lost a total of $59.3bn, and several funds have decided to liquidate their strategies to stem further losses.


text: On November 3, Cedarville University Women, an organization of female faculty, staff, and friends, crowded my living room with duffel bags to decorate and fill with gifts. The duffels were the result of a month-long fundraising campaign and will go to 67 area foster children. These kids move often and typically carry their belongings in a trash bag. Through these gifts, CU Women lived out the words of James 1:27.

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VIII International Conference, September 25-29, 2017, Paratunka, Kamchatskii krai
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- Atmosphere physics (including solar activity effects on atmosphere dynamics);
- Geophysical fields and their interactions;
- Physics of Earthquake Precursors.
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Prior to his death, the writer Jack Kerouac sustained a violent beating in the Cactus Bar, a local tavern located in a black neighborhood in St. Petersburg, Florida. This event is of some significance, as the accounts of Kerouac's last year in Florida are often sketchy. In all of the biographies written about Jack Kerouac thus far, this incident is depicted as a barroom brawl with racial overtones. A closer look at this particular incident may shed some new light on the cause of Jack Kerouac's death.
In an interview with Frankie Edith Parker, Kerouac's first wife, which appeared in the Detroit News in 1979, staff writer William Dunn, in revealing the contents of a letter Ms. Parker had received from Kerouac shortly before his death, related the circumstances surrounding the beating as follows: "Kerouac went to a bar for a drink and to hear jazz. He had taken a disabled Air Force lieutenant with him. During the evening, the airman casually put his arm around a musician as the band was practicing. The musician resented this and punched the soldier. Kerouac then came to his aid but was badly beaten up." Later in the article, Dunn states that "Miss Parker offers provocative new thoughts on Kerouac's death on October 21, 1969, from massive abdominal bleeding. The reports of his death at the time…tie the abdominal bleeding to a hernia. His public assumed his death was the result of his life of boozing and dissipation. But Miss Parker believes the bleeding stemmed from a barroom fight Kerouac had been involved in six weeks before. A letter from Kerouac, dated September 8, 1969, tells of his getting 'mauled' in a Florida bar. Miss Parker calls it 'the death letter'."
It is significant to note that, in practically every account of Kerouac's death, there is scant attention paid to the fact that a few weeks prior to his death Kerouac complained to several people that he was suffering from a hernia and was not feeling well. In the last interview he ever granted, Kerouac told Jack McClintock of the St. Petersburg Times, "I've got a goddamn hernia, you know that? My goddamn belly button is popping out." Richard Hill, one of Kerouac's friends in his later years in Florida, states that Kerouac "…was almost persuaded to undergo surgery for the hernia, but settled instead for taping a Kennedy half dollar to his navel to hold it in."
Sometime during the afternoon on Monday, October 20, 1969, several veins in Kerouac's stomach ruptured and he began to hemorrhage. His wife, Stella, rushed Jack to nearby St. Anthony's Hospital, where she remained with him while a team of surgeons labored to save his life. Over the course of the night, the doctors pumped thirty units of blood into Kerouac's failing body. This action depleted the hospital's blood bank and a call went out for Type A Positive blood donors. Shortly after midnight, after three hours of surgery, Kerouac was wheeled into the recovery room. At 5:30 AM on Tuesday, October 21, 1969, Jack Kerouac died in a hospital bed in St. Petersburg, Florida.. His long journey on the road was over.


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GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY has announced its new 100 series motherboards based on the Intel Z170 chipset with support for Intel's new 6th-Generation Core processor. This updated platform marks a new era for the desktop PC with the continued support of DDR4, introduction of USB 3.1 over the new Type-C connector as well as an array of onboard features and technologies that lets the user unleash the full power of their PC.
"We are very excited to launch our new 100 series motherboards based on Intel's new Z170 chipset here at Gamescom in Germany," commented Henry Kao, Vice-President of GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit. "We know everyone has been eagerly waiting for this, so we made sure our 100 series motherboards are packed with features which will make them stand out and provide the best possible experience from the latest 6th Gen. Core CPU from Intel."Read more


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Talk: 'The Power Scholars Program'
October 24, 2017
4:00 pm
Hasbrouck Hall
Room: 107
UMass Amherst Campus
Leykia Nulan, assistant provost for diversity in enrollment management, discusses the Power Scholars Program.
In August, the university hosted nearly 90 first-, second-, and third-grade students from the Power Scholars Program at the Holyoke YMCA. The students participated in a scavenger hunt in which they solved riddles about the participating locations across the university campus. The Power Scholars Academy is a partnership between the Greater Holyoke YMCA, a national nonprofit organization Building Educated Leaders for Life, and Holyoke Public Schools. The six-week summer program strives to combat summer learning loss through academic instruction in math, reading, art, dance, STEM and nutrition, as well as foster physical and social growth. The Office of Enrollment Management oversees admission and financial aid for undergraduates.
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Trump attorneys researching pardons and searching for ways to block and undermine Mueller probe
The New York Times and the Washington Post both published stories Thursday evening detailing efforts by President Donald Trump's legal team to cripple and de-fang Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation into Trump's ties to Russia and possible collusion with that country in meddling with the 2016 election.
The Times piece, written by Michael S. Schmidt, Maggie Haberman and Matt Apuzzo, detailed efforts by the White House legal team and Trump's personal lawyers to dig up potential conflicts of interest to use as disqualifying factors and impugn Mueller's objectivity in the case.
In the Post, Carol D. Leonnig, Ashley Parker, Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger said that not only are Trump's attorneys looking for ways to undermine Mueller's authority, but are also exploring the legal minutiae of presidential pardons.
The Trump administration is setting itself on course for a showdown with Mueller rather than quietly submitting to the investigation. Trump and his attorneys would clearly rather attack and sabotage the workings of the investigation rather than hope his arguments will survive on their merits.
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow told the Post that Mueller should immediately stop looking into Trump's past financial dealings with Russian oligarchs and figures with elaborate connections to organized crime.
Sekulow insisted that those dealings are separate from the inquiry into collusion with Russia and that Mueller is overstepping his bounds.
"The fact is that the president is concerned about conflicts that exist within the special counsel's office and any changes in the scope of the investigation," Sekulow told the Post. "The scope is going to have to stay within his mandate. If there's drifting, we're going to object."
However, given what we know about investigations into former Trump 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort's connections to Russian money laundering and clues from intelligence services that Russia was pumping money into the 2016 election through elaborate shell companies and other entities, it is entirely possible that it is within Mueller's purview to examine those records.
Trump's last western creditor, Deutsche Bank agreed Thursday to hand over its financial records of Mr. Trump's dealings with the bank, something it has previously declined to do citing privacy laws.
The Times said that the White House legal team is reshuffling. Trump's personal attorney Marc Kasowitz is being relegated to a lesser role, perhaps stemming from his recent emotional outburst at an emailer.
Veteran Washington attorney John Dowd will now be leading the defense team, assisted by Sekulow and spokesman Mark Corallo resigned on Thursday, according to the Post.


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After getting completed the preliminary ground moves by acquiring the necessary knowledge needed regarding the Foreign Exchange Real estate markets (forex) or (FX) and it is various aspects through an internet trading course. The next step along the way is to understand how the online foreign exchange system actually works.
The selection of the forex trading platform and currency trading system can be described as quit difficult process as once you start researching the firms offering these products you will find that there are hundreds of them. Each and every one of them is a modest different and offers pluses and minuses that needs to be calculated against each other because of determine which best fits your personal needs and desires.
The next way should be to open a demo balance with the brokerage firms you are looking at and keep the demo profile running constantly and see what amount of times the brokerage company? s server crashes. Most the online forex brokerage businesses will offer you a free demo account if you fill out a simple practical application which does not require you will depositing any funds.
The second position is to determine the down time of your FX platform and whether it is able to withstand the demands of twenty four hours every day of the forex market. I have certainly not seen a brokerage corporation which publishes this information. There is two approaches to solving this condition. Before opening a brokerage house account email the firm and ask.
Once you make the one you select on which direction is best in your case remember to monitor the substances mentioned above and if problems take place don? t hesitate to make a change immediately. Never forget, it to be your hard earned money we are talking about.
The first element to look at is the security features of the trading platforms and the trading systems your are researching. Ones forex software needs to be loaded a 128 bit SSL encryption that keeps cyber-terrorists at bay and your vital your own details such as; transaction heritage, account balance, bank account numbers and also other important data safely anchored.
All the stage is now set in your wild adventure into the anonymous world of online currency trading. Where one moment you are definitely your are going to be another Warren Buffet and the after that moment your confidence wanes and doubts appear. Although, not yet! There are many unsolved potential pitfalls to over come before you start trading. When it comes to forex trading, the platform and trading system on which most people? re going to trade is essential.
Online trading currency is in vogue today as individual investors have come to comprehend that once they have developed their particular style of trading the sky is the limit as far as profits are concerned. The earnings are as well great and the investment from funds are too large to attempt any guesswork at this point.
The real task is just commencing as you now need to select the online currency trading software system and online trading principle. The trading software system will provide you the data to make sure you base you? re fx trading decisions on and the online trading platform, which will be given by the FX brokerage business you select, will perform your trades.
The final step is to determine the support level your Forex trade system is offering. After all, what does it matter if your currency trading platform is functioning correctly, if the software you? re also basing your trades on is not perfuming up to standard.
Some of the companies have left no stone unturned in sticking to a fool-proof security model and offer around the clock technical and maintenance support. In addition, they do daily backups at all information and security standards to thwart any bootlegged and unauthorized access. When I hope you never identify, other corporations lag at the rear of the competition in this area.
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APT Tours
APT is the APT Group's flagship company. Its holidays are designed for the premium end of the market and offer quality, first-class experiences. The company offer a great choice of touring styles including ocean and river cruising, coach travel, rail travel, 4WD adventures, air safaris and short breaks. The discerning travellers who choose APT do so for the unparalleled holiday experience, and for the security inherent in travelling with the region's leading tour operator.
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When you explore Europe with Trafalgar, we make sure you feel like a traveller not a tourist. We share the hidden places not mentioned in guidebooks, the local people you wouldn't otherwise meet, and the customs you may not have discovered by yourself. It's the 'insider view' from a friend, giving you authentic and enhanced experiences you won't find anywhere else.
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After having bad experiences getting business loans in the past Kim made our loan experience a dream. Since they are a local credit union she can get you results quickly. They asked for all the information they needed from us, we gave it to them and in 3 weeks Kim came to our house when it was convenient for us for the closing and gave us a check. Try the credit union first instead of the traditional bank, you might be pleasantly surprised.
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Sri Shiva Mailar Mallanna ( ಶ್ರೀ ಶಿವ ಮೈಲಾರ್ ಮಲ್ಲಣ್ಣ ) is also known as Khanderao, Khanderaya, MalhariMartand,Malanna, Mailara Linga, and Mallu Khan is worshipped as Mārtanda Bhairava,a form of Shiva is the main deity worshiped by Kurubas, Uppaaras and other Hindus., mainly in the Deccan plateau of India, especially in the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra pradesh. The main priest of this temple is belong to Kurubas community.
Sri Shiva Mailar Mallanna Temple is in Mailar or Khanapur village and which is situated at 15 km from Bidar on Bidar-Udgir Road.
Sri Shiva mailar Mallanna and Mhalsakilling demons Mani-Malla
The legend tell of the demon Mallasur(Malla) (in Kannada aur means demons) and his younger brother Manikasur(Mani), who had gained the boon of invincibility from Brahma, creating chaos on the earth and harassing the sages. When the seven sages approached Shiva forprotection after Indra and Vishnu confessed their incapability, Shiva assumed the form (Avatar) of Martanda Bhairava, as theMahatmya calls Mallanna (Khandoba), riding the Nandi bull, leading an army of the gods.
Martanda Bhairava is described as shining like the gold and sun, covered in turmeric, three-eyed, with a crescent moon on his forehead.The demon army was slaughtered by the gods and finally Khandoba killed Malla and Mani. While dying, Malla offers his white horse to Khandoba as an act of repentance and asks for a boon. The boon is that he be present in every shrine Of Khanbobs and thus this temple is called Sri Shiva Mailari Mallanna (Khandoba) Temple.
The temple is very famous in the north karnataka and every year temple attract millions of devotees from Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra pradesh.
Sunday is believed to be the main worship day and the same day near temple, Goat, Sheep, Cow and other animal trading also takes place.
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(NEW YORK) — A 26-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for slugging WWE legend Bret "The Hitman" Hart in the face as he was making a Hall of Fame speech at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, police said.
As Hart was accepting induction for the second time — this time as part of the tag team The Hart Foundation, along with the late Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart — a fan rushed into the ring and punched him.
The live broadcast on the WWE Network was interrupted as several people, including many wrestlers, rushed in the ring to pull the man away from Hart, who was alongside Neidhart's daughter, Natalya. Natalya, who is a WWE wrestler herself, was also slung to the ground during the skirmish.
"An over-exuberant fan surpassed our security at ringside and made his way briefly into the ring," WWE later said in a statement. "The individual has been turned over to the proper authorities."
Natalya, whose real name is Natalie Neidhart, responded to the attack after the ceremony, saying her uncle "didn't deserve to be attacked or have his moment or my dad's diminished." Jim Neidhart died suddenly last August.
Security and a host of wrestlers, including Hart's nephew Davey Boy Smith Jr., held down the unidentified man until police arrived and took him into custody. Smith tweeted the man was "lucky I was being held back."
The suspect was taken to the 78th Precinct, just blocks from Barclays Center, and charges are pending.
Hart, 61, was able to finish his speech.
Wrestlemania, WWE's biggest event of the year, will take place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday night.
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Daily Encouragements
BY BENNIE McWHA
ABCs of Christmas (F) – Matthew 16:24
Where are you willing to follow Jesus?
The "F" of Christmas is Follow. Dictionaries use words like cling, imitate, and pursue to define this word. Ask yourself how much you are willing to cling to, imitate, and pursue the Lord.
Matthew 2:1–11 describes how some Wise Men from the east followed a star because they believed it would lead them to the Lord. They said, "We have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him" (v. 2). They continued pursuing Him and "the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was" (v. 9). They had made a choice to follow (pursue) Jesus.
When the Wise Men found Jesus, "they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. . . . and fell down, and worshipped him" (vv. 10, 11). You also will experience great joy if you follow the Lord.
About thirty years later, after Jesus began His personal ministry, He said to His disciples (followers), "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me" (Matthew 16:24). The Lord calls many to follow Him. He wants every believer to cling to Him, imitate Him, and pursue Him.
The words below are not considered to be a Christmas carol, but if you can honestly sing them from your heart, you will have a very blessed Christmas.
I can hear my Savior calling,
I can hear my Savior calling,
I can hear my Savior calling,
"Take thy cross and follow, follow Me."
Where He leads me I will follow,
Where He leads me I will follow,
Where He leads me I will follow—
I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.


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Armenia has sent an 83-person team of deminers, medics, and an accompanying security detail to the Syrian city of Aleppo․ [Read more…]
To change the system from within or without — the dilemma for feminists in 'New Armenia'
As more and more women choose to enter politics in revolutionary 'New Armenia', a debate is raging within the country's feminist circles: how best to transform Armenia's patriarchal systems — from within or without. [Read more…]
Anti-mining activists put New Armenia's 'people power' to the test
For the past three months, the inhabitants of the Armenian spa town of Jermuk have been rallying against the local Amulsar gold mine. The company operating the mine claims their operations are environmentally sound and has threatened to sue the Armenian government if they have to suspend work. All eyes are now on Armenia's revolutionary government, which has promised 'power to the people'. [Read more…]
As thousands rally for a 'Velvet Revolution' — Serzh Sargsyan is not yet relinquishing his grasp on power
As protests in Yerevan continue unabated, Serzh Sargsyan's grip on power seems as tight now as ever before. Whatever their outcome, one thing seems clear, discontent against his rule has become more pronounced than ever before.


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Beowulf in 3D at IMAX
The CG juggernaut that is Beowulf brought with it more hype in this sphere than is good for any film. The amount of press and CG articles surrounding the build-up and release means there is nowhere for any flaws to hide and at the same time a huge podium to stand the highlights.
The tale itself I am not familiar with, though some of the names are famous. I like the epic tale that Robert Zemeckis weaves for us, bringing depth, history, scale, scope and grandeur. The film brig to life a place and time for us on the edge of the old world of myths, legends, heroes and demons and the new age of the one god where all these things will be lost for all time. The creatures we get are big, dangerous and flawed and while the heroes will need to go into battle of various sorts it is their own imperfections that bring the demons to them. We need to give credit here to Neil Gaiman and Roger Avery whose script brings all these ideas to life for us.
[Beowulf images from the Rotten Tomatoes site]
The CG work is quite simply top shelf in every way. Sony Imageworks pulled out all the stops to create a film whih is fully CG in every frame. Previous attempts at this sort of thing like Final Fantasy and The Polar Express have delivered advances in this genre but for most have fallen well short of the mark. Enter the Uncanny Valley! Sony have spent over $160 million trying to claw their way out of this Valley – attempting to get us past that awkward feeling we get when things are almost right in terms of human reproductions. This applies in this CG world, but spawned in others like robotics and prosthetics.
The stills are simply gorgeous and Beowulf pulls off some very convincing shots here and there particularly where the movement is subtle and we are in nice and close on the amazingly detailed human models. Where we have full-body animation or interaction things fall deeper into the valley and are far from 'real'. As with all these things it can be quite hard to say what exactly isnt quite right, but for sure it isnt. My favourite character for this was probably Wiglaf, whos CG version of Brendan Gleeson is really neat and brings his subtle expressions out for us. Angelina's CG double was stunning and her face will be a poster-child for CG for many years to come.
[Beowulf images from the Rotten Tomatoes site]
3D – yowzers it is fun to see things in gigantic 3D at the IMAX theatre. This takes movie-going to a whole new level each time. Sometimes the film fell back into the problem where things seem to be in 'levels of 3D' just like plates in Snow White or Bambi. But the rest of the time it was just a natural boost to everything that we were in 3D the whole time. There are the times when the 3D is highlighted, from the opening credits, arrows arcing past us, fireballs hurtling our way to just the picturesque beauty of the scenic shots. Everyone as to get along to see something in 3D on the big IMAX screen and it is another achievement for SPI to bring us a full version of the film to this format – SUPER.
Other standouts for the CG were things like hair – simply beautiful in all its forms from beards, female locks, bear hides to all those little hairs on the older character's noses. The water, gold, snow, rocks and the cloth were all expertly delivered along with effects like fire, mmm fire.
I last covered Beowulf on Day313 when Theo Bialak gave a presentation at the AEAF for us. Mark Ramshaw's article in 3DWorld 99 goes into plenty of depth for us on the creation of the film and its CG wonders. The Beowulf official site has some beautiful versions of the stills from the film. The animations felt a bit like those in Shrek and thus fell below the visual quality of the film. It is really hard to fault the quality of the renders at this level, is it only in the animation that future giants in this genre (Avatar, TinTin and co) will excel?
In the end this film is an instant classic, full of passion, depth and character. Like any mighty film it has its imperfections, but perhaps it is a better film for them. When you add the 3D experience to this, we get a beast that I think gobbles up the hype with room for more.
The awesome musical score by Alan Silvestri is something I neglected to mention thus far. I feel that the score in films of this type is vital to bring out the feeling and mood of the film as it does in others, but here in the fantasy genre is helps to lift us out and into this new world being created for us. Alan Silvestri is without doubt a master at this with a credit list as long as your arm and he does it again for us with Beowulf!


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Advances in Fuzzy Systems
Volume 2016, Article ID 2784067, 11 pages
Designing of Vague Logic Based 2-Layered Framework for CPU Scheduler
School of Engineering & Technology, Department of CSE & IT, Northcap University (Formerly ITM University), Gurgaon 122017, India
Received 30 November 2015; Accepted 20 March 2016
Academic Editor: Mehmet Onder Efe
Copyright © 2016 Supriya Raheja. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Fuzzy based CPU scheduler has become of great interest by operating system because of its ability to handle imprecise information associated with task. This paper introduces an extension to the fuzzy based round robin scheduler to a Vague Logic Based Round Robin (VBRR) scheduler. VBRR scheduler works on 2-layered framework. At the first layer, scheduler has a vague inference system which has the ability to handle the impreciseness of task using vague logic. At the second layer, Vague Logic Based Round Robin (VBRR) scheduling algorithm works to schedule the tasks. VBRR scheduler has the learning capability based on which scheduler adapts intelligently an optimum length for time quantum. An optimum time quantum reduces the overhead on scheduler by reducing the unnecessary context switches which lead to improve the overall performance of system. The work is simulated using MATLAB and compared with the conventional round robin scheduler and the other two fuzzy based approaches to CPU scheduler. Given simulation analysis and results prove the effectiveness and efficiency of VBRR scheduler.


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Case Study: My Experience With Benefits
Social Welfare Program for the Disabled The Program for Social Welfare law was started by President Franklin Roosevelt in the year 1935. This law aims to provide monetary assistance for retirees, disabled citizens, and survivors by collecting funds through members' payroll taxes. Every citizen enrolls in the program to secure a lifelong and unique ID number to help consolidate contributions and determine the benefit type. The working members' contribution is according to his payroll bracket, with three different degrees of percentage that determines what amount the beneficiary is qualified to receive. These levels and amounts are determined by the assigned government body, with adjustments made each year according to inflation. The funding process rotates on a cycle starting from current workers contributing to the funds distributed among beneficiaries, and when the current workers retire, the new workers take on the monthly contributions to fund them, and so on. This Social Welfare Program gives members financial assistance which can be supplementary only, or serve as the member's main source of income. The Insurance Benefits for the Disabled secures financial assistance among members in physically or mentally restricting conditions that prevents them from engaging in any job, with the benefits given permanently or on a temporary period according to the member's length of disability period. The amount of the benefit received is based on the average past earnings of the member.
A Simple Plan For Investigating Support
To apply for this type of insurance, the applicant should establish a legal and medical disability claim, which usually requires verification from a qualified physician recommended by the insurance program. The beneficiary's physical or mental disability should be a restrictive condition that prevents the ability of the worker to continue any type of work for a minimum of one year. The member should not be more than 65 years in age with a minimum of 20 credits during the previous 10 years prior to the beginning of the disabling condition, but can be foregone in cases of members disabled before turning 22, as the benefits are determined from the work credits of the parents without affecting the benefit of the parent. Processing for disability insurance applications can take 90-120 days but are expedited for military members that are disabled during service period.
Why No One Talks About Benefits Anymore
Almost every town or city has an office assigned to them for easy accessibility of members. These satellite offices can cater to members' needs from inquiries about its different programs, requirements, to processing applications and addressing disputes. For the convenience of members, a helpful website can also be used to manage individual accounts and help them save a trip to far off satellite offices.


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Despite some interesting sales figures from the last few quarters, Samsung has had a successful 2015, launching the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5 lines as well as getting their new payment method, Samsung Pay off the ground. Where Google Wallet was a little ahead of its time, Samsung Pay seems poised to become a regular fixture in a lot of users lifestyles. Not only because it's simple and easy to use, but because with devices like the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5 it can be used with older magstripe machines at registers that haven't been upgraded with NFC. For a lot of Samsung fans however, they will have been looking forward to paying with their Gear S2 more than anything. Gear S2 wearers in the US will have to wait until 2016 it would seem.
Samsung Pay was originally supposed to be hitting the Gear S2, Samsung's latest smartwatch, before the end of this year, but it now looks like it won't hit until next year. According to a Tweet from the Samsung Mobile US account, Samsung Pay won't be hitting the Gear S2 until 2016 and that people should stay tuned for more details. The Gear S2 was supposed to be getting Samsung Pay support in November, but that didn't happen. Just when there will be more info is unclear, but we can't imagine Samsung will want to keep a flagship product like the new Gear S2 without Samsung Pay for much longer.
The Gear S2 was launched this Fall during IFA 2015, and we recently reviewed Samsung's latest. A fresh approach to smartwatches from Samsung, it's received positive reviews from the majority of users and a lot of the media as well. With a fully-circular display and a new interface, the S2 has become a mainstream success for Samsung, building on top of their first offerings with the Galaxy Gear and Gear 2 line of smartwatches. Samsung Pay will be heading to more devices next year and has already been added to some of Samsung's more mid-range affairs.


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Wed, August 21, 6:30 PM
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Yoga in the Park with Verona Yoga is back again! These are beginner level classes and all ages and skill levels are welcome. $5 per class. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Sustainable Verona. You can register online here or pay the night of.
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Unfortunate death turned into political card
The vultures are swarming over the unfortunate death of a teenage girl who tried to have an abortion. This article manages to condemn the poor girl while still "mourning" her death, by implying that she felt about abortion as she did about shoe shopping:
"They literally went shopping," Redden told reporters. "One even offered prenatal care and vitamins."
There's no way to know what really went on here, particularly since this article tries to make the abortion clinic sound as much like a bunch of militant criminals as possible. However, her peculiar situation manages to leak through. There's an implication that her family is opposed to abortion:
Redden said the abortion business acted out of interest in "money and greed" when they performed an abortion on her cousin, Tamiia Russell, who was six months pregnant.
She was skirted back and forth to various doctors and hospitals by various relatives and friends and the enitre thing sounds like it was dragged out and very emotionally draining, if not worse. And why was it that she was allowed to bleed through a mattress before she was taken to the hospital?
The article makes a big deal out of how she was under 18. Yes, she was under 18 and that surely had alot to do with death, but not for the reasons they believe. If she had her full rights, she wouldn't have had to scuttle around for 24 weeks trying to get an abortion, leading to this tragedy.
I am most sorry that this girl died. I find it saddening that the pro-life forces are pretending to care to score political points. The pro-choice side believes in choice, and therefore we respect both the choice to be pregnant as surely as we do not to be pregnant and we don't run around scoring points by pointing out how many women die every year in childbirth.
Don't believe pro-lifers for a moment when they pretend that one of their main missions is to somehow reduce abortion-related deaths. Making abortion illegal will, without a doubt, result in many more women dying from abortion-related deaths.
In fact, this girl's death is more indicative of what you can expect if abortion is illegal. As this article points out repeatedly, this was an illegal abortion.
Via Alas, a Blog.


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InVision Cloud V7: How do I delete a comment?
This article provides answers for InVision Cloud V7. If you're on V6 of InVision, use these instructions instead. Not sure which version you're using? Find out now.
To delete a comment you left:
- In InVision Cloud V7, open the screen that includes the comment you want to delete.
- Click the comment icon and click delete.
- Click the Yes, Delete button.
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Kiowa County Democrat. (Snyder, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1907
Description: Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 25, 1907
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Aquarium Systems UK official opening day is finally here and the enquiring minds of the pet trade can take a peek inside and find out what has been happening behind the scenes.
The doors are now open on their luxury office and warehouse facility set in the beautiful heart of the Leicestershire countryside.
The centrally located Aquarium Systems UK nerve center is nestled amongst mature trees and landscaped gardens making it an amazing creative space. The site itself has quite a history, with the original country house and lodges dating back to 1906 which were enjoyed by gentry and the Royal family.
This new energy efficient headquarters will allow Dale Lewis (UK Manager) and the rest of the Aquarium Systems UK team to focus on bringing two new premium brands, Reptile Systems and Bird Systems to the UK market. These new product ranges will follow the same high quality and affordable ethos Aquarium systems has always provided enabling them to be the number one selling salt brand in the world.
"We have a large dedicated animal room with plans to install display aquariums and terrariums in our reception areas. Thesewill allow us to showcase products and allow items to be photographed in realistic settings. The aim is to educate the end user and show how to simulate various environments to allow natural behavior and provide environmental enrichment."
Stock has been flooding in for weeks to ensure the UK has ample supplies to cope with the extensive sales already forecast.Our goal is to make instruction and maintenance videos for all our ranges making life easier for the retailer and consumer alike.
We will be planning an open day later in the year so that retailers can come along and take a look inside Aquarium Systems HQ.This could include product demonstrations, educational talks,special offers and product and merchandising give aways . We are still undecided on the final itinerary and welcome retailers to for their input.
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16 February 2019 - 17 February 2019
Dentos India Annual Convention - 2019 :
"Skeletal & Severe Dental Deformities: Contemporary Trends in their Management"Mumbai
This MIA Symposium, a CE event has been a regular feature, either Annually or Bi-annually, of the Indian Orthodontic Calendar, for more than a decade. The main focus of the event has always been to bring in focus the Current Trends and status of Contemporary Clinical Orthodontics in General with special emphasis on Micro implant Anchorage in particular. The general sessions in this year's meeting will be in the form of Keynote Presentations for 60 to 75 minutes The renowned line of speakers this year will be: • Adrien Marinetti • Joanna Antoszewska-Smith • Kee-Joon Lee • Tae-Woo Kim • Ashok Surana • Mani K. Prakash
20 January 2018 - 21 January 2018
12th World Microimplant Anchorage CongressThe Orchid Hotel, Mumbai


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Lake Orta
Lake Orta
Lake Orta, known as one of the most romantic lakes in Italy, is situated in the Cusio area, which extends from the lower area of the Ossola valley to the western shore of the lower Lake Maggiore area. Its main centres are Omegna and Orta San Giulio.
Omegna lies at the northern end of the lake; it is famous for its production of quality kitchenware, and for the festival of its local patron saint, San Vito.
From Omegna the road round the lake leads along the western shore to Nonio, then Cesara, where the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Sasso (Virgin of the Rock) rises in a panoramic position. Continuing into the province of Novara, the road goes through Pella, a small holiday resort, San Maurizio d'Opaglio, with its Tap Museum, and Gozzano.
The itinerary returns northwards to the ancient village of Orta San Giulio, which with its island is incontestably the prettiest place on the lake. A medieval burgh rich in history and art, Orta is a gem delighting visitors with its tall aristocratic houses and narrow cobbled streets. You can take a boat from the little harbour to the picturesque Island of San Giulio, dominated by its Romanesque church and an ancient monastery.
In the hills to the north-west of Omegna lies the valley of Val Strona, whose seven separate municipalities still conserve traditions and culture of the past such as making pewter – copper – and brassware, and especially woodworking. It is here that the famous Pinocchio dolls are made by expert craftsmen, and exported all over the world
On Lake Orta, we organise tours, team building activities as well as gala dinners.
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Canadian Government Student Loan
The government of Canada provides access student loans to support your learning pursuits. Students please link to the web site that best meets your residency. Residency is defined as the last place you have lived for 12 consecutive months prior to full-time post-secondary studies.
- Canada Student Loans - A program run by the federal government.
- Provincial Student Loans - Each province or territory has its own student loans program.
- You only need to submit one application. When you apply through your province, you will be assessed for both types of government student loan simultaneously.
For information on eligibility and how to apply, visit CanLearn. In order to qualify for a provincial student loan, you must be a full-time student registered in 9 credit hours each term (12 credit hours for Newfoundland loans). This is equivalent to three classes (each at 3 credit hours).
Student Loan Information By Province
Important note
If you drop classes through the year, it may affect your student loan. Students contemplating a change should consider the financial implications as well as the academic. Refer to the UNB's Refund Policy for details and ask the Financial Aid Office for advice before you drop a class.


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Reflection initiated by the PERFORMANCE SIMULATOR® among the young teachers in Songjiang District
This is pilot project between SEDLÁK & PARTNER and the Songjiang Teacher's Training College aims to introduce our e-learning platform and implement and evaluate the PERFORMANCE SIMULATOR® Directing in Teaching.
The team at SEDLÁK & PARTNER has, in recent months, designed and developed an online platform based on a Learning Management System (LMS), which can meet the specific technical requirements of Chinese teachers. Learning management systems and bulletin board systems (BBS) have been in use for many years. They have been implemented more widely in the education sector in China than the European countries, for example, Germany.
The kick-off workshop successfully took place on 15th Jan. 2014. The participants included 40 young teachers who are high-performers from kindergardens, primary schools, middle schools and high schools. We have received very positive feedback from the participants, who have found the workshop very interesting, active and engaging. Through the role play, an intensive discussion among the participants has been initiated and the content of the PERFORMANCE SIMULATOR® has been entrusted with Chinese cultural connotation. Soon after the workshop, some of the teachers have written feedback to the workshop and expressed their wish to deepen the discussion on the content with us.
VIDEO Role play example
In the video, the pupil has made a mistake in the task and the teacher was very angry and asked the pupil to repeat the same task twice. The mother came to pick up the pupil and asked for the reason why she was still doing the coursework. The pupil told her mum that she made a mistake and the teacher asked her to repeat the coursework twice. The mother was angry and said to the teacher: "My child is only in the first grade, why does she have to do so much coursework?! What you did is a punishment for the kid and I will file a complaint against you."
One participant has written an article about the current teaching practice in Chinese schools, based on the content of the workshop.
"Being student-orientated" is the fundamental education concept in the contemporary school education. This concept is well known to the teaching professionals. However, it is not easy to be student-orientated at the right time in teaching practices both in China and European countries. Particularly, teachers can usually not fulfill the requirements for being student-orientated adequately and even ignore students' needs and requests in order to keep up with the teaching plans. Such a practice has diverged from the essence of "student-orientation".
The PERFORMANCE SIMULATOR® Directing in Teaching has shown us that school teachers in Germany have also encountered the same problem of how to meet students' needs effectively, which is also a common phenomenon in the Chinese classroom."
Introduction of Songjiang Teachers' Training College
The innovative project between SEDLÁK & PARTNER and Songjiang Teacher's Training College began in October 2013, with the purpose to develop innovative teaching training programmes. Songjiang Teacher's Training College was established in March 1960. In the past 40 years, with the social changes and transformation, the college has been continuously engaged in improving teaching methods, exploring innovative training programmes and achieving teaching excellency.
Songjiang Teacher's Training College aims to enhance the competences of 8.000 teachers in the Songjiang District, with a special focus on successfully equipping the teachers with the required knowledge, necessary skills together with the underlying attitude to handle the challenges of the internationalization process.


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Found a new fishing spot!
By the way, I don't know if you've noticed… but today, a new page, called Internet treasures, appeared on my blog !
Obama has noticed it, he's pointing at the link on my page !
I felt like I should keep this page there, so that I could fill it up as I find more interesting stuff. I hope you'll like it ! (although atm it's mostly full of these endless loops, so you prolly be a bit scared… but I can't wait to complete it!)


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Rangers star Daniel Candeias admits Pedro Caixinha's card was marked at Ibrox after European humiliation against Progres Nierderkorn.
The Portuguese coach was eventually sacked after a dismal Premiership draw against Kilmarnock with the hunt for his successor still ongoing.
Rangers crashed out of Europa League qualifying at the first hurdle following an embarrassing aggregate defeat to the Luxembourg side, and Candeias reckons it left the boss facing an uphill battle.
Although the winger insists Caixinha gave it his all, it was a struggle he eventually lost, with Candeias claiming defeat to Motherwell in the Betfred Cup semi-final was a game-changer.
Candeias told Portuguese publication Record : "The (Europe) elimination marked the season for Caixinha. Left him at work in a certain way.
"The club wanted to play in Europe and it wasn't possible. But the manager always gave everything for the club and protected the group.
"It's already known that in football, a whole squad is never dismissed and the coach is the one who ends up paying.
"It was in that (Motherwell) game that everything changed. We were clearly the best team, but there were strange things in that game.
"For example, they broke the nose of Fábio Cardoso and the opponent didn't even get a yellow. It was difficult to manage."
As the search for a new boss goes on, Graeme Murty has taken interim charge of first-team affairs.
The U20s coach notched up two straight victories before the international break and Candeias revealed dressing-room belief is on the up under his guidance.
He added: "He (Murty) was already there and has talked to us a lot, giving us important advice.
"We are accepting his job well and confidence is rising.
"He didn't change the style of the game much, there were some changes and we won the two games."
Murty is poised to remain in the dugout for this weekend's visit of Hamilton Accies as he looks to make it three wins on the trot - a feat Caixinha never managed during his seven-month tenure.


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Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Lyrical Essay
Monday July 22, 2013
By Dave Hood
The lyrical essay is a subgenre of the personal essay. It is based on images and ideas of a particular theme. For instance, Eula Biss crafts a lyrical essay about pain called "The Pain Scale," which has appeared in Harper's magazine. The writer of the literary essay constructs images with sensory details. The writer also uses poetic language, such as alliteration and assonance. The lyrical essay combines both prose and poetry, sometimes found objects of writing to create the lyrical essay. The essay is created with fragments of details, and each fragmented is separated with white space, asterisk, or number. The writer presents questions and relies on the reader to provide the answers. The lyrical essay encourages the reader to ponder and meditate while reading the essay.
In this article, I will discuss the lyrical essay. The following will be covered:
• Definition and features of the lyrical essay
• Categories of lyrical essays-prose poem, braided essay, collage, and "hermit crab" essay
• Techniques for writing the lyrical essay
• Creative Writing Style
• Additional reading
Definition of a Lyrical Essay
The lyrical essay is a type of personal essay that combines both prose and poetry. It is often crafted like a prose poem. The writer uses a series of image or ideas, not narrative or argument, to craft the essay. The image can be of a person, place, thing, or object. The idea can be anything. The writer attempts to recreate the experience and evoke emotion in the reader by using sensory details, description that expresses what the writer sees, hears, smells, tastes, touches, and feels. The lyrical essay is not organized as a narrative, with one event unfolding after the next. Nor is it organized in chronological order. Instead the writer creates a series of fragmented images using poetic language, such as alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme, and rhythm.
In 1997, The Seneca Review created the lyrical essay. This literary journal, publishing twice a year, defines the literary essay as follows:
• Combines prose and poetry
• Constructed from a distillation of ideas
• Mentions but doesn't expound
• Suggestive but not exhaustive
• Relies on associations, imagery, and connotation
• Makes reference to other genres, such as film, music, literature
• Arranged in fragments as a mosaic
• Based on stories that are metaphors
• Based on intimate voice
• Crafted with lyrical language
The lyrical essay is usually fragmented. The writer creates a series of images using sensory details. Each image represents a fragment of detail, which are separated by double spaces, asterisk, or numbers. It is also suggestive. The writer implicitly suggests meaning. It is meditative. The reader ponders the words and emotion expressed in those words. It is often inconclusive. The writer provides no final point for the reader to take away. If you are interested in reading examples of a lyrical essay, visit The Seneca Review.
Categories of the Lyrical Essay
Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paola, in "Tell IT Slant," identify four categories of lyrical essay:
• The prose poem or flash nonfiction essay
• The collage essay
• The braided essay
• The "Hermit Crab" essay
The Prose Poem. It is crafted like prose but reads like a poem. It is written in sentences, not verse. The writer uses poetic devices, such as imagery, symbolism, simile, metaphor to create a prose poem of one or more paragraphs. The writer also uses literary prose by using alliteration, assonance, and internal rhyme.
The Collage Essay. Like the art collage, the collage of a lyrical essay is based on a collection of fragments from different sources. For instance, prose, poetry, quotation might be combined. The use of juxtaposition is used. The writer separates each section with white space, an asterisk, subtitles, epigraph.
The Braided Essay. It relies on the lyrical examination of a particular topic. The writer uses fragments of detail from different sources . According to Brenda Miller in "Tell IT Slant", the writer fragments the essay into separate pieces that repeat throughout the essay. There is a weaving of different ideas, such as quotations, descriptions, facts, lists, poet language, imagery. This essay also allows for an outside voice to provide details, along with the writer's voice and experiences. The purpose of the outside voice is to shadow the writers voice, according to Brenda Miller in "Tell IT Slant."
The "Hermit Crab" Essay. This type of lyrical essay is created from the shell of another, like the hermit crab that lives the life within the shell of another mollusk or snail. It borrows from fiction, poetry, description, personal narrative, instructions, questions and answers, diary, itinerary, table of contents, songs, recipes, collection of favorite CDs, that are used as a shell to construct something new.
For additional information about the lyrical essay, you can read "Tell It Slant", a short text on writing creative nonfiction, focusing on the personal essay, and its various subgenres. To read examples of the lyrical essay, visit the Seneca Review.
The lyrical essay has these features:
1. The writer crafts sentences that have rhythm, like a prose poem. Paces and stressed syllables determine rhythm. Iambic pentameter is the most common type of rhythm. It is based on a pattern of five iambic feet. Yet, writers often just count the number of stressed syllables in a line to determine the rhythmic structure of their prose. A short sentence speeds up the pace. A long sentence slows down the pace.
2. The writer creates lyrical prose that sound musical by using alliteration, assonance, and internal rhyme.
3. The writer constructs the essay with fragments of detail. Each fragment is separated by white space, asterisk, title, or number.
4. The essay is often inclusive. Instead the writer focuses on evoking emotion in the reader, and the reader must draw his or her own conclusion.
Writers who have popularized the lyrical essay are:
• Eula Biss, author of "No Man's Land" and many lyrical essays, including "The Pain Scale" which can be read online. (Conduct a Google Search)
• David Shields, author of the book "Reality Hunger."
• John D'Agata, author of the book "The Lifespan of Fact"
• The Seneca Review, a literary journal that publishes lyrical essays.
Techniques for Crafting the Lyrical Essay
The lyrical essay is a subgenre of the personal essay. The writer creates the essay in prose using lyrical language. As well the writer uses an intimate voice, often by using the first person POV (I). Writers can use the following techniques to create a lyrical essay:
• Poetic language. The writer relies on alliteration and assonance and internal rhyme. Sometimes the writer will create fragments of prose poetry.
• Figurative language. The writer make comparisons with metaphor and simile.
• Imagery. The writer creates images of people, places, things, objects, ideas with sensory details, prose that appeal to the writer's sense of sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing.
• Connotation. The writer expresses meaning through connotation, not explicit expression of the details.
• Questions. The writer poses questions to the reader who must answer them.
• Juxtaposition. The writer often juxtaposes different fragments of detail, which have implied meaning.
• Association. The writer expresses meaning through association of different things by using simile and metaphor.
• Prose and poetry. The writer crafts sentences in prose using poetic language and rhythm.
• Reference. The lyrical essay often mentions something without elaborating.
• Rhythm. The writer creates emotion by using rhythmic prose.
• Fragmented. White space or an asterisk or subtitles or epigraph are used by the writer to separate each sections of the essay.
• Intimate POV. The writer often write in the first person POV (I) and shares intimate details, such as emotional truth. It answers the question: Who does it feel?
• Inconclusive ending. The lyrical essay often ends without answering the questions posed in the essay.
The writer creates a lyrical essay based on some theme. For instance, Eula Biss crafts an essay on "The Pain Scale." The themes are pain and how to measure pain. She crafts this lyrical essay by using poetic language and rhythmic sentences. She writers in the first person POV (I) and feelings of emotion. She writes fragments of detail, and each fragmented is separated by white space or asterisk or number. The meaning is constructed by the accumulation of detail.
Creative Writing Style
To write the lyrical essay, use the following writing style:
1. Tone. A friendly and conversational tone.
2. Word choice. Fresh and original, short rather than long, familiar instead of unfamiliar words.
3. Lyrical language. Use of alliteration and assonance and rhythm.
4. Sentence variety. Use of a variety of sentence patterns, such as the balanced sentence, the cumulative sentence, and the periodic sentence.
5. Intimate POV. Use of first person POV (I) and sharing of personal thoughts and feelings and reflections.
Additional Reading
To learn more about writing the lyrical essay, read the following:
• Hall of Fame by John D'Agata
• Plain Water by Anne Carson
• The Art of the Personal Essay, edited by Philip Lopate
• Don't Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine
• Tell It Slant by Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paola
• Words Overflown by Stars, Edited by David Jauss
• The Seneca Review (http://www.hws.edu/academics/senecareview/lyricessay.aspx )
• "Essaying the Thing: An Imagist Approach to the Lyrical Essay" by Joey Franklin. (The Writer's Chronicle magazine, September 2012)
• Reality Hunger by David Shields
• No Man's Land by Eula Biss
• The Life Span of Fact by John D'Agasta
The Writing Process: The First Draft
Friday, November 16, 2012
Dave Hood
Writing is a process, and yet many beginning writers ignore the process of writing, preferring to dive into the art and craft of writing without much preparation. And when they finish their first draft, they believe that it is the final version. I have done this–and it is a waste of time and results in chaos.
The best way to write is to follow the process of writing. Whether you write poetry, short stories, personal essays, articles, you first begin with an idea. Next, complete your research by gathering relevant material, information that allows you to understand your idea. (Different forms of writing require different types of research.)This might involve an interview, taking a trip to the library, doing research on the Internet, checking your writing journal, and so forth.
Next, organize your material and read through it. Your purpose is to understand the research you 've collected. You'll also answer two questions: 1) What are you going to write about? In other words, what is your topic. 2) What points do you want to make about your topic? You can use this approach to write a poem, short story, personal essay, article, and more. You can list them or create an outline or make a mental note.
After organizing your work, begin writing the first draft. The first draft is just a blue print, the scaffolding, the foundation for the finished piece of writing. The first draft is never your best work. It is an initial attempt.
Once you write the draft, set it aside for a day or more, then take a break from the work of writing. When you return, begin to revise your draft. You are revising to improve on your first attempt at writing something memorable and superb. All great writers write and revise their work many times—to make it the best they can.
In this article, I discuss how to write a first draft. The final decision on how to write a draft is yours. Some writers follow the process; other writers just begin–without much planning or organization or research.
Organizing Your Material
Let's assume you have selected your idea to write about and completed your research. What's next? Many writers start writing. But this results in unfocused writing, and so you're wasting time. Unfocused writing at the draft stage can lead to mental confusion, which can stress you out.
A better way to write a first draft is to organize your material, determine what you want to say, and then write the draft. Organizing your material enables you to create a structure. How do you do this?
At the organization stage, do the following:
- Learn your research material by reviewing your notes
- Decide what you want to write about
- Decide what points you want to make
- Decide on a possible beginning and ending
The best way to organize your work is to have a map of how to proceed or to begin the journey of writing the draft. Essential your map is a plan for writing the draft.
Types of Writing Plans
I have learned that there are four types of plans to write the draft. In school, you are were taught to write a formal outline. It included various sections and points to make. Each section was identified with a roman numeral or number. Each roman numeral identified a first paragraph or section. Under each section heading, you identified the important points. I don't know anyone who uses this formal outline. I never did. It is like wearing a straight jacket and trying to write. It stifles creativity and the discovery through writing.
Some writers begin with a list of important points to make, and then start writing. I'd call this a impromptu or scratch outline. It is informal. You can use this approach to compose a poem, short story, personal essay. I have used this approach many times. (It also works for writing letters, emails, poetry, personal essays.) The scratch outline allows you to put your thoughts on paper and allow you to remember important points to make.
Some writers use an organic approach to organizing material. The structure is unknown. It will be discovered by writing. You can use this method of organizing for writing a poem, short story, essay, novel. Essential, writers who use this approach rely on trial and error, because they don't know how the story, the poem, the essay begins, develops, and ends until they start to write. Writing is an act of discovery. The details are revealed to the writer by writing.
Many writers, especially those who write poetry and fiction begin a story without knowing how it will begin or end. They write a section, and then another, and another. They might begin in the middle, with a character, conflict, setting, and so forth. Or, they freewrite or write to discover. Afterwards they cut and paste the various sections or parts together. Many writers use this organic approach. It is essentially writing to discover. I don't believe there is anything wrong with this approach. However, it is time consuming.
Many writers prefer to create an informal plan. It provides a structure. It includes the following:
- Beginning-Introduces what you are writing about and why it is important
- Section–related points
- Section–related points
- Section-related points
- Ending-Give the reader a sense of closure.
If you are going to write an article, opinion essay, segmented essay, lyrical essay, I should consider using this approach.
Another approach is to create a narrative arc. If you are writing a personal-narrative essay or short story, you'd use the narrative arc as your plan. It includes:
- Inciting incident
- Rising action-Setbacks and obstacles
- Crisis–conflict intensifies
- Climax
- Resolution
A simpler way is to identify the conflict, climax, and resolution.
If you are writing a personal essay or short story, I find that an informal plan or outline is a good way to create structure for your writing. It provides a map on how to begin the journey of writing the first draft. It is a way to evoke the creative muse–and find other material in your mind to write about. You won't become lost or forget to write about an important point.
Required Tools for Writing the Draft
What do you require to write a draft? Ideally, you need a computer to type the draft. It should include word-processing software, such as MS Word. You'll be able to add, delete, copy, cut and paste, do spell-check, and so forth. Having access to a computer also enables you to link to the Internet, where you can conduct research, send e-mail, post to a blog or online website.
You'll also require a notebook and one or more pens. Use the notebook to make notes on your draft. Perhaps an idea pops into your head as you write the draft. Perhaps, while writing the draft you discover that you'll need to do more research, and make note of it in your notebook.
You should also own a dictionary and thesaurus. Refer to your dictionary to check the spelling of words and look up their meaning. Use a thesaurus to find a word with the right shade of meaning. I suggest you also have a book of quotations. A quote can add depth and a new perspective to a piece of writing, especially when it is a quote from a sage, philosopher, great writer.
Once you have a notebook, pen, dictionary, thesaurus, and computer, you are ready to write the draft.
Writing the Draft
For years, I'd write a first draft by writing and revising as I wrote. I'd write a sentence, or a paragraph or a section, then reread what I wrote. Then I'd edit and revise before moving on. But I have learned that this approach slows down the writing process and blocks creative thinking.
A better approach is to write the entire draft without editing or revising. For instance, write the complete poem, short story, essay–without revising. Why? You are creating flow and tapping into your memories and inventing by using your imagination–writing what you hear in your head. As you write, refer to your plan. This plan guides your writing process. You might begin in the middle, at the end, or at the start. It doesn't matter. The important point is to get the draft down on paper.
Here are a few things to consider as you write the draft:
Beginning the Draft. Your beginning should tell the reader what you are writing about and why your piece of writing is important to read. The beginning should also grab the reader's attention, compelling them to read on. A few ways you can begin: with a quote, with a question, with a fascinating fact, with an anecdote, with a list, in the middle of the action.
Writing the content. Your content will depend on the form and genre you are writing. For instance, if you are writing an opinion essay, the middle should identify your argument, share important points. In a more formal literary journalistic essay, the middle might include several sections and points for each section.
If you are writing a collage essay or lyrical essay, you'll create subsections with asterisks or roman numerals. For each section, you'll might write a quote, anecdote, description, and so forth.
If you are writing a meditative essay, you'll write about your main points, those that investigate your question you are pondering.
If you are writing an opinion essay, you'll share your argument with the reader.
If you are writing a short story or personal essay, you'd tell the story by using a narrative arc. The middle will include conflict, setbacks and obstacles, climax, and falling action. You might end with an open ending, closed ending, lesson learned, epiphany.
Writing Creatively. When writing the first draft, you want to make an attempt at writing creatively. You'll make a first attempt at:
- Showing and telling your reader
- Writing vivid descriptions
- Writing significant details or telling details
- Writing imagery that evoke the senses.
- Use literary devices of simile and metaphor
As well, write in scenes. You write in scenes when writing a poem, fiction, and creative nonfiction. A scene includes:
- Setting details
- Action. Something happens
- Dialogue
- Imagery
- Vivid Descriptions
Writing the ending. You end by creating a sense of closure. Before ending, you make sure you've answered all questions raised in the writing. The best ending is memorable. The writer makes one final point that the reader can take away and ponder. For instance, many writers of creative nonfiction end with a final quote from someone they've interviewed.
Revising Your Draft
Once you have written the draft, what happens? You'll put the piece of writing away for a night, a day, few days, or longer. Essentially, you're take a break from writing. Taking a break enables you to see your work from a fresh perspective. It is like relaxing after a long day at work. Taking a break will refresh your creative spirit. When you return from your sojourn, you'll begin revising your draft. The purpose is to make it better–to transform your draft into a splendid piece of writing.
Revision is about doing a macro-edit and micro-edit. A macro-edit involves revising "the big picture." You'll focus on setting, characterization, plot, theme, point of view, and so forth. You might add, delete, change the form and content of your work. If you are writing a personal essay, you might add a scene or details or imagery. If you are writing a short story, a macro-revision involves looking at setting, plot, character, POV, theme, and so forth.
Revision also involves a micro-editing or copyediting. It is a line-to-line edit, and involves checking grammar, spelling, and punctuation, active or passive voice, sentence variety, word choice. To learn more about editing, read "The Artful Edit: On the Practise of Editing Yourself by Susan Bell.
A good writer writes and revises. Read the biography of any great writing, and you'll discover that they created a memorable poem, short story, personal essay by relying on writing as a process. Writing the first draft is part of the process. Good writers know that the initial draft is never their best work. It is just a blueprint. Ernest Hemingway revised the ending to "Farewell to Arms" 39 times. You'll need to revise your work to make it the best you can. Drafting and revising creates order from chaos. It improves on a first attempt. It polishes your work until it shines.
To learn more about the writing process and drafting, read the following:
- Writing Your Way: Creating a Writing Process that Works for You by Don Fry
- Where Do You Get Your Ideas: A Writer's Guide to Transforming Notions Into Narratives by Fred White
- The Artful Edit: On the Practise of Editing Yourself by Susan Bell
- Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose, edited by Constance Hale
- Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft by Janet Burroway
- Stein On Writing by Sol Stein
- The Poet's Companion by Kim Addonizio


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- Technical team expresses reservations on Pakistan's failure to implement its 14-point agenda formulated four years ago
The technical team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the government to revoke the subsidy on electricity and called for immediate reforms in the power sector, it was learnt on Thursday.
According to media reports, Pakistan presented the details of circular debt, while the IMF delegation, which is visiting Pakistan to assess the economic condition of the country, expressed reservations on Pakistan's failure to implement its 14-point agenda formulated four years ago.
As per details, the power division officials on Thursday tabled its performance chart before the IMF team. The chart included information on tariff, recovery and losses. The power division also gave a detailed presentation to the delegation on circular debt.
The IMF team, while handing over a new performance chart, asked the officials to ensure 100 per cent recovery from the consumers. It is pertinent to mention that a similar performance chart was given to the government in 2014, which was not implemented
Meanwhile, the FBR officials briefed the IMF delegation on the taxation system, including the recent reforms undertaken by the board. The IMF team asked the FBR officials to make the system more stringent in order to increase the revenue, besides bringing about across-the-board reforms.
The delegation which arrived on October 7 will be in the country for two weeks to hold talks regarding a possible bailout package.


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O'Neill Center schedule
O'Neill Center (located at 333 Fourth Street, Marietta) schedule for the week of March 4-11.
Tuesday, March 5
9:30 a.m. – Line Dance
10 a.m. – Bible Study
12:30 p.m. – Bridge
5:45 p.m. – Zumba
7 p.m. – Square Dance
Wednesday, March 6
8:30 a.m. – Blood Sugar Screening by Marietta Health Department
10 a.m. – Chair Volleyball
11:30 a.m. – Fun & Fit
1 p.m. – Euchre
1 p.m. – Pound
1 p.m. – Senior Singers
1 p.m. – Grief for all losses
2:30 p.m. – Tai Chi
Thursday, March 7
8:30 a.m. – Bingo Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – Blood Sugar Screening by Comfort Keepers
9:45 a.m. – Bingo
12 p.m. – Hearing Aid Cleaning
12:30 p.m. – Hand & Foot
12:30 p.m. – Matter of Balance
1 p.m. – Knitting Group
1 p.m. – Billiard Tournament
5:45 p.m. – Zumba
6:30 p.m. – Line Dance
Friday March 8
8:30 a.m. – Men's Breakfast & Tournament
9:30 a.m. – Massage Appointments
10 a.m. – Chair Volleyball
11:30 a.m. – Fun & Fit
1 p.m. – Friday Afternoon at the Movies
1 p.m. – Tap N Burn
Monday, March 11
9 a.m. – Mani & Pedi's
10 a.m. – Chair Volleyball
11 a.m. – Blood Pressures by Stonerise at Home
11:30 a.m. – Fun & Fit
1 p.m. – Travelers Passport
4 p.m. – Elder Law Workshop
6 p.m. – Ballroom Dancing
¯ Ten Touchstones of Grief and Mourning for All Losses, 1 p.m., Wednesdays – Grief support groups sponsored by Marietta Hospice, led by BRV Coordinator Kent Lowther.
¯ Ballroom Dancing, 6-7 p.m., every Monday – John Polasko has volunteered to lead this new dance class featuring all your favorite ballroom dance styles. Begins with the basic waltz and cha-cha steps and go from there.
¯ Hearing aid cleaning and hearing testing beginning at noon – Have your hearing needs met each month. Bringing us this free service monthly is the Ohio Valley Hearing Professionals. Cleanings are the first Thursday and the hearing test is the first Tuesday. Call for an appointment time offered between noon and 2 p.m.
¯ Personal Manicures & Pedicures by Heather – Held on the second Monday of each month, beginning at 9 a.m. through 4 p.m. Heather McCauley comes to us with 30 years of experience with nail care. Manicure and pedicure appointments will each last 30 minutes, you may schedule one or both- all done in the privacy of our health screening room. Cost is $18 for a manicure and $30 for a pedicure. Gel polish is available for an additional $10. Call to schedule an appointment time. Appointment times begin at 9 a.m. Call 373-3914 to register for any of the classes listed above.
¯ Massage Appointments – First, second and third Friday each month. Call for appointment times and reservations.
¯ Line Dance with Donnie – Day classes on Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., $5.
¯ Lunch Bunch meets at area restaurants at 11:30 a.m. It's important to call the O'Neill Center so we can give the restaurant an advanced count. March 1 is meeting at Joe Mommas, Frontier Shopping Center. April 5, Riviera at the Valley Gem, Front Street, Marietta.
¯ Evening line dance on Thursdays – 6:30 p.m. for beginners, 7:40 p.m. for advanced. $5.
¯ Fun & Fit Exercise Class – Geared to seniors 50+, a fun fitness class using bands, weights and low impact aerobics set to lively music. $12 per month, classes Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:30 a.m. to noon. Taught by Candi Hall-Cisler, personal trainer.
¯ Zumba classes – Tuesday and Thursday, 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. $25 for six classes. Becky Lightfritz, ZIN Certified Zumba Instructor. Open to the public, all ages.
¯ Mardi Gras Casinos, March 19 – $40, includes slot free play.
¯ Mountaineer Casino & Resort, April 15-16 – $100 double occupancy, food voucher & free play.
¯ Northern Ohio Wine & Cheese Tour, April 25 – $72 to enjoy a day at Amish Country, stopping at Baltic Mill Winery, Millers Dutch Kitchen, Yellow Butterfly, Pearl Valley Cheese and ending our day at Raven's Glenn Wine and Dinner.
¯ Nautica Queen, May 7 – $80. Enjoy a delicious meal while cruising the Cleveland fronts. Unlimited buffet meal and musical entertainment are included.
¯ Outer Banks, May 20-23 – $689 per person for double occupancy, four day, three night trip. This trip includes three breakfasts, three dinners and one seafood dinner. We will explore lighthouses, Currituck Heritage Park, Roanoke Aquarium, Elizabethan Gardens, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Elizabeth II, an English Merchant Vessel.
¯ Wheeling Island, May 29 – $38. Free play and your favorite lunch spot, Mehlman's.
¯ The Wilds, June 5 – $80. A trip through the Wilds is always a fun getaway with a lunch buffet on the Veranda.
¯ Ladies and the Mansions, June 19 – $82. Our morning starts at the First Ladies Museum in Canton, including the Ida Saxton McKinley Historic Home. After lunch included at the Stan Hewitt Mansion gardens we will explore the former estate of F.A. Seiberling, co-founder of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. with an afternoon at the Stan Hewitt Mansion.
¯ Meadows Casino & Racetrack, June 24 – $40. Free play and live horse racing is planned for the day.
¯ Hudson Valley, NY, July 8-11 – $799 per person for double occupancy, $999 for single occupancy. Visit West point, Sleepy Hollow and a sightseeing cruise on the Hudson River, Historic Hydt Park, Vanderbilt Manson and a local Hudson Valley Winery.
¯ Southern Ohio Tour, July 17 – $64. Start our morning with a leisurely walk in Ash Cave in Logan. Explore the Dutch Creek Winery, Athens' Dairy Barn Art Center and enjoy your included lunch along the way.
¯ Scioto Downs Casino, Columbus, July 24 – $40. Free play in this smoke-free casino is included.
¯ Mystery Tour, August 12 – $75. This tour includes four tours, one lunch and a river experience. That's all we can tell you about that day. Your surprise awaits! Come join the fun on this mystery tour!
¯ Mardi Gras Casino, Cross Lanes, WV, August 20 – $40, includes free play.
¯ Kentucky Bluegrass Tour, September 16-19 – $675 double occupancy. This four day, three night Kentucky stay includes a dinner cruise on the Belle of Louisville, lunch buffet at Boone Tavern, Kentucky Horse Park and Museum, guided tours of Berea College, including the Log House Craft Gallery, Appalachian concert, Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and Bluegrass distillers in Lexington.
¯ Wheeling Island, September 25 – $38. Free play and lunch on your own at Mehlman's Cafeteria.