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by Kent Sterling
All people have flaws, but Indiana Pacers President Larry Bird's willingness and ability to tell the truth are not among his. When players have disappointed Bird, he has spoken out. When they please him, that is made clear too. Today, he was very pleased to talk about Paul George.
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When Bird drafted Paul George after his sophomore season at Fresno State, Pacers fans wanted two things – a description of George because most had never seen or heard of him, and an explanation of why with good players they had heard of still on the board Bird chose this skinny California kid.
The same thing happened in 1987 when the Pacers took a skinny California kid who was better known as Cheryl's little brother. That worked out pretty well, and so has George. It's worked so well that owner Herb Simon is going to give George at least $80 million of his money to play basketball at Bankers Life Fieldhouse until June, 2019.
Bird was effusive in his praise of George, saying he's the "real deal" and that he expects George to blossom into a first team All-NBA player. George professed his love of Indianapolis in a way that seemed genuine. He spoke of his new house in Geist and how neighbors are going to great lengths to make him feel welcome.
George is an interesting guy in that he appears to be very concerned with three things and only three things – the Pacers winning a championship, becoming a leader in the community, and winning an MVP award.
Tall, long, earnest, and driven are four damn nice traits to possess for a guy with very serious ambitions about basketball. It's not hard to see that Bird loves the 23 year-old, and wants him to blossom as a marquee player in the NBA.
As you watch the video highlights of the press conference, remember that today will either be the beginning of something great for Paul George and the Pacers, or the day when all of George's dreams came true and he stopped pursuing them.
My guess is that George is one of the smart guys who knows that money follows the hard work that drives success. Money isn't a goal, it's a result of the work to reach a goal. Winning is the reward for hard work, and money is the reward for winning. Time will tell.


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The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy II earmarked cultural development as an important sub-theme for sustainable economic development. The cultural industry was cited among the high growth sectors that will be positioned to realize economic growth in the longer term. A study conducted by the Government of Malawi through the Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA), in collaboration with National Statistics Office and United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in 2013 concluded that the economic contribution of copyright-based industries in Malawi is at about 3.46% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This was only in the copyright-based industries and if the contribution of other non-copyright based cultural industries such as monuments and cultural landscapes were factored in, the contribution would have been more.
Despite the noticeable contribution to the GDP, the creative Sector remains the least developed amongst development priority areas such as Health, Education and Agriculture. This has come about, among other reasons, due to the scarcity of skilled artisans with both technical and entrepreneurial abilities to produce and market Malawian creative and cultural products. In addition, the Sector continues, fifty years after independence, to operate using mostly untrained personnel as a result of Malawi not having an Arts School that is dedicated to development of technical and entrepreneurial skills among Malawian artists. Furthermore, the industry suffers from lack of recognition from financial lending institutions and access to quality production and marketing services. Financial lending institutions in the country generally view investment in the creative sector as both risky and speculative. The effect of which, Malawian artists are unable to finance the production of quality artistic and cultural products, and compete favorably on both the national and international market.
The Integrated Arts Development Project (IADP) therefore, intends to address the challenges faced by artists in terms of the skills gap, access to financial services and availability of quality artistic products and marketing services. This will be done by establishing an Arts School, and enhancing the capacities of Arts Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) and Arts Production and Marketing Cooperative (APMC).


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Enjoy this witty, heartwarming exploration of father-son relationships and growing up male in today's culture through the lens of a boy yearning to forge his own identity. Chuck Whipplethorp has a lot to live up to. He is Charles Whipplethorp the Fifth after all, named after his seriously cool ancestors who were explorers, soldiers, and scientists--his grandpa even discovered a new species of insect One day Chuck looks at his stay-at-home dad, huddled over his laptop, and asks: "Dad . . . when I grow up, am I going to be as boring as you?" With a little help from his nurturing father, Chuck finds his own source of strength and individuality through creativity, and helps him to discover that "greatness" comes in many forms. The Great Whipplethorp Bug Collection offers a multigenerational family portrait with humor and heart, while unpacking gender roles and acknowledging the universal desire young readers feel to belong and make a mark in the world.
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Publish Date: May 2021
- Dimensions: 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
- Page Count: 40
- Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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1830; "…the Everlasting God, was judged of the world."
Today; "The Son of the everlasting God was judged of the world."
We list these little examples as proof that the Book of Mormon has undergone major changes to its text which changed the meaning of what was originally taught or implied. This is merely one of the almost 4,000 changes that have been made since its first printing in 1830.
Smith said in History of the Church 4:461 that the Book of Mormon was the most correct book on earth. I wonder why that most correct book has gone through so many revisions…hmmm….
The other problem here is what it used to say compared to what it says now. They changed the teaching that Jesus is God in this verse, but have no fear!
There are still plenty of verses in the BoM that teaches Jesus is God. Don't forget though…they don't believe it.


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*A major update occurred within an hour of writing this post. See the addendum at the bottom. The Times Bulletin and/or Apsters Technologies chose to take down the post. I am very grateful to those organizations for their dedication to honesty.
My media work is interesting. I get lots of support. With that support comes the occasional message about how I'm ineffective or not changing anything. Today, I can show my audience just how effective I really am. On my post about how US Legal and Veritext lied about the shortage, it got loaded up with troll comments. Then last night while I was slumbering peacefully and/or coughing up my lungs, there was a pingback to the article "Is Christopher Day, AKA Stenonymous, Bullying Others In His Articles?"
I'll just be upfront about it. In pockets of December and possibly November I was being a bully. That's thanks to the mental illness I later found out about and addressed. I'm all better now.
Tellingly, the post doesn't point to any of that behavior. It points to my very real and serious accusation that US Legal and Veritext are lying to the public and whines that that's bullying. It claims "some have said that" I've crossed the line, but it gives no good example of where or when that line was crossed. The best crack they can take at it is that I made a post about US Legal and Veritext and insinuate the information I provide is inaccurate despite providing no evidence of inaccuracy.
The article also pokes at my claim that Brad Patterson and other commentators on the post in question were foreign troll operatives. Hilariously, the site itself is in India.
The author, "Derek Robins," is a faceless entity I can't contact or even look up as far as I can see.
I'm so effective that it appears a bona fide disinformation campaign has been started against me. I'm a little disappointed that it wasn't funded or written better. I'm also a little insulted that they think my audience is full of unsophisticated rubes that'll fall for that. But I am flattered to be the subject of such a campaign.
As always, I have attempted to mediate the situation Christopher Day style.
Apsters Technologies and the Times Bulletin appear to be legitimate. The author was likely the one who was bribed to write about me. I received the following response:


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UWRF Student Health Services hosts annual Health Fair
April 11, 2013
The UW-River Falls Student Health Services will host its annual Health Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17 in the University Center Ballroom.
The Health Fair is a free interactive event that students, faculty and staff, and community members are invited to attend.
This year's fair has a western theme called "Wanted: A Healthy Lifestyle, Lifetime Reward."
The Health Fair will include a variety of demonstrations from local businesses and student organizations including: chair massages, henna tattoos, Mayo Clinic's Migraine Genomic Library Research, Be the Match Donor Registry, hearing screenings, door prizes, yoga demonstration, food, body fat analysis and much more.


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Our Underground T Shirts are selling out, FAST! I didn't think they would sell this FAST but they are. As of last night, only 51 Underground T Shirts were left! Undergrounders from around the world have ordered their t shirt, a good many of them ordered BOTH the grey AND black tees!! Here's what we're gonna do..... We're gonna crank a lil' contest! This is your opportunity to WIN, for FREE, BOTH the Grey AND Black Underground T Shirts! I'm even gonna throw in some extra goodies (some of my … [Read more...]
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text: NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Iona's dynamic offense rolled through Long Island University for 100 points Monday night, and LIU coach Jim Ferry said afterward the Gaels could keep on rolling into an NCAA Tournament run."That is one of the most dynamic offensive teams I've seen in maybe 10 years," Ferry said after Iona destroyed LIU, 100-84, for their second straight 100-plus point game. "All their pieces just really fit. "That's a five seed. I mean, I don't want to put any pressure on them, but come on." Iona is averaging 95.4 points per game and already owns a 26-point win over Maryland and a 5-point double-overtime win over St. Joe's to go with a 91-90 loss to Purdue in Puerto Rico. After winning the Northeast Conference championship last year, LIU made the Big Dance and promptly ran into North Carolina in the first round. Ferry went so far as to compare Iona's up-tempo offense to that of the Tar Heels. "We played North Carolina last year in the NCAA Tournament and they really pushed the basketball," said Ferry, whose team was picked to win the NEC this year but is now 2-4. "These guys push the basketball but they have so many weapons all over the place." Iona (4-1) took 84 shots from the field, making 42 of them, and dished out 28 assists. "I don't want to say they remind me of my team from last year because they're better than my team last year," Ferry said. Mike Glover led the attack with 28 points and 14 rebounds and Scott Machado had another double-double with 14 points, 10 assists and 5 turnovers. "[Glover] is an athlete," said Machado, who put up 41 assists and six turnovers in three games during the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. "Today he wasn't really catching some of my passes. I don't know if it was me or it was him, but it happens. But he had a good game, though."Ferry said Machado is in the same category as North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall in terms of the best floor generals in the country. "Kendall's a lot bigger, but yeah, I think Scott's phenomenal," Ferry said. "I don't see why not. I mean, this kid statistically he's going to have unbelievable stat but they're not padded. And yeah, he's got great players around him but he's using those great players. And a lot of kids are stubborn and won't." Added Iona coach Tim Cluess: "Right now, he's playing as well as any point guard in America. "He's tremendous right now. Making shots and getting people easy shots and defending. He's got an all-around game and his leadership qualities are at a whole 'nother level." Lamont "Momo" Jones is still finding his groove after transferring from Arizona and obtaining a waiver to play immediately, but added 8 points and a career-high 6 assists. Junior college forward Taaj Ridley is a big, agile body who chipped in with 14 points despite a dislocated finger. And Jermel Jenkins scored 13 points, hitting 3-of-7 from beyond the arc, off the bench. Nine Iona players scored, eight of whom tallied at least 5 points. "They have three high-major players, let's not forget," Ferry said. "Glover to the Big East [Seton Hall] and Momo to Arizona and Machado belongs there, too. I mean, to be in the MAAC with that team, that's awesome for them." Iona is especially motivated to make the NCAAs after losing in the MAAC conference championship to St. Peter's last year, and then losing in the CollegeInsider.com final to Santa Clara."Yeah, we lost two championships last year," Machado said. "The regular MAAC championship and the CIT championship. And we know how it feels and we don't like it." Glover's 2-year-old son, Mike Jr., watched his father help rack up 100 points for the second straight game. "He just said, 'Good game, he loves me,"" said Glover, who hopes to play professionally next year to support his family. Glover was flattered by the talk of being a No. 5 seed, but said his team is just focused on the next game on the schedule. "It's an honor to be talked about being in the tournament, but as of right now we're just taking it one game at a time," he said. FREE THROWS Iona will play eight straight road games during the month of December, and doesn't return home until Jan. 6 against Siena. "I think December's going to be a pretty much important month for us," Glover said. "I think it's going to test us out and see where we're at mentally and physically. It's pretty much getting us ready for conference play."…Four members of the Monroe College team, the No. 1 junior college program in the nation, attended the game with assistant coach Brock Erickson. Among them was 6-9 forward Orlando Sanchez, who is considering several schools, including Iona…Jamal Olasewere led LIU with 20 points, C.J. Garner added 18 and Julian Boyd 13.


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Léo Bureau-Blouin, the former president of the moderate student group, Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec (FECQ), will run as a Parti Quebecois (PQ) candidate in the riding of Laval-des-Rapides, reports LaPresse. The Parti Quebecois, led by Pauline Marois, supported the Red Square Movement, in which many students skipped classes and marched in the streets to protest a tuition increase of $1,778 over seven years. Bureau-Blouin will face Liberal Minister of Finance Alain Paquet in the Laval riding. The far-left party Quebec Solidaire of Amir Khadir was also very supportive of the student movement. Political pundits suggest an election may soon be called and that it would be a toss-up between Jean Charest's embattled Liberals and the PQ under Marois.
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In the morning of August 5, a boat carrying 26 people landed on Paralia Lero beach, Ikaria north. Only 12 people was officially registered as arrived on Ikaria, and transported to Samos.
Question is what happened to the rest of this group, police claims they only found 12 people, but locals that was on Paralia Lero beach this morning, confirmed that far more than 12 people arrived. From videos sent, we can confirm that the group consisted of 26 people, so 14 people from this landing seemed to have magically disappeared, again.
When they arrived several locals was already at the beach, police was informed straight away. From videos and pictures received by Aegean Boat Report, we can see numerous people and cars at the beach.
The new arrivals left the beach and walked towards the airport, also her they documented their presence on the island, and shared the footage with Aegean Boat Report.
There is no doubt that this group arrived on Ikaria, the footage they sent, and local witnesses, would be impossible to deny, still Greek police claim that they only found 12 people.
At 21.50, August 5, Turkish coast guard reported to have rescued 14 people from a life raft drifting outside Didim, Turkey. We assumed that this was in fact the missing 14 from Ikaria, but needed conclusive evidence to be able to confirm.
Videos and pictures now published by the Turkish coast guard, confirms that the 14 people picked up outside Didim, was without a doubt the 14 missing people from Ikaria. Aegean Boat Report have identified 8 people from the TCG footage, the same 8 people can be found in the footage taken on Ikaria.
So why register 12 people, and push back 14 people from the same landing. The people pushed back was only men, the 12 registered was families, men, women and children. After arriving on Paralia Lero beach, they split up into two groups, 12 and 14 people, the families stayed behind at the beach, while the others group walked towards the Airport.
Police found 12 people at Paralia Lero beach, locals were present, observing, it would be extremely difficult for the police to claim that nobody arrived, therefore these 12 was registered as arrived, and transported to quarantine facilities on Samos.
The 14 that left the beach on the other hand, was found by police in the mountain, far from the eyes of locals, and could easily be removed without questions. Had they stayed at the beach together with the rest, they most likely would have been in quarantine on Samos.
"They found us in the mountain, close to the airport" one of the victims told Aegean Boat Report. Police ensured them that they would be taken to camp on Samos, this did not happen and was obviously a lie. "We were taken in an old van down to a small port, there they put us on a white and blue fishing boat, this boat transported us out to a Greek coast guard vessel".
A local fisherman assisted the coast guard, who this man was is difficult to say, but most likely someone with close connection to local police. Locals on Ikaria could probably point in the right direction, if anyone would be interested in investigating this case further.
"They forced us in the dark into this raft" a man said, at gun point they had little choice. 14 people was left drifting by the Hellenic coast guard, in a life raft in the Aegean Sea. Inhuman and illegal actions performed by the Hellenic coast guard on orders from the Greek government continues.
Yet another violent and illegal pushback carried out by Greece's police and coastguard, on the orders of the country's Nea Dimokratia government.
We can't say "we didn't know", because we do, it's proven without a doubt that the Greek government is responsible for crimes against humanity, so why don't we care enough to stop these atrocities?
Everyone seems to be looking the other way, it's not our problem, it's not our people, so why should we care? The unwillingness by European politicians to act and stop these atrocities is a mockery of humanity. If it had been Europeans that had been drifting around in the Aegean Sea we would have been shouting from the rooftops, heads would have rolled and European leaders would have had to resign, but for "these people", we couldn't care less..
Europe for Europeans is the new slogan, we build walls, we will fight and we will kill to keep everyone else out.


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Meat and Mayhem
Mo Yan, POW! (Seagull Books, 2012)
Chinese author Mo Yan's latest novel, POW!, is a fabulist and surreal tale of meat, murder, and mayhem. Set in and around the Gaomi countryside in Shandong Province, a location similar to where Mr. Mo himself grew up, the narrative follows the travails of Luo Xiatong, a boy growing up in Slaughterhouse Village, "where everywhere you looked there was meat on the hoof and meat on the slab, bloody hunks of meat and washed-clean chunks of meat, meat that'd been smoked and meat that hadn't, meat that'd been injected with water and meat that hadn't."
Luo Xiatong has an insatiable appetite , but after his father runs off with another woman, his mother—a middle peasant's daughter who'd been brought up to "never live beyond her means"—refuses to spend money on meat . Her stance is even more poignant when we lear n her own father squandered their savings on land after the land reform period.
The novel is laden with graphic sensory details that help bring to life a page-turning meat eating contest, the water-cleansing of the animals' insides, and a rampage at the end, with images so vivid that the book almost feels at times like a slasher movie. The meat seems to be a metaphor for westernization, with POW! serving as warning of its side effects. For example, characters die from eating too much meat at the Carnivore Festival.
Mr. Mo himself, the author of 11 novels, seems apprehensive about Western culture. He is vice chair of the state-run Chinese Writers' Association, and the first non-dissident Chinese national to be chosen for the Nobel Prize in Literature which he won last year, and clearly reluctant to speak out against his government. During his acceptance speech, he chose not to criticize the Chinese government for its imprisonment of the 2010 Nobel winner, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, resulting in an international outcry. He has refused to sign a petition urging Lui Xiaobo's release and said that some censorship is necessary. Salman Rushdie referred to him as a "patsy to the regime." And Perry Link o f the New York Review of Books felt that he did not deserve the prize. Evan Osnos 's apologia for Mo in the New Yorker argued that the author was caught in a trap where "he was being asked to take a stand that would...alienate one side or another."
Is the novel a satire, a thinly veiled criticism of modern-day China? Howard Goldblatt, his translator for the past 20 years, says that much of Mr. Mo's work, including POW!, is based on his peasant childhood, which was in the decade following the Cultural Revolution.
Maybe the clues can be found in this passage, hinting at an explanation of the title: "Children who boasted and who shot off their mouths were called powboys. That nickname didn't cause me any shame though. It actually made me proud."
The novel's afterward, "Narration is Everything," offers more :
A good many people will...wish they never had to grow up.... The desire to stop growing is rooted in fear of the adult world...and of the passage of time...writing this novel was my attempt to stop the wheel of time from turning... The conflict between a fear of growing up and its inevitability is the yeast that gives rise to a novel.
ContributorSusan Buttenwieser
SUSAN BUTTENWIESER's writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in the Atticus Review, Teachers & Writers Magazine, Bound Off, and other publications. She teaches creative writing in New York City public schools, and for organizations helping underserved populations, including incarcerated women.
King Cobra: White MeatBy Amber Jamilla Musser
MAY 2023 | ArtSeen
What happens when whiteness is put on display? This is the question at the heart of King Cobras White Meat, a show that illuminates the sadism, power, and playfulness of the artist even as it portrays varieties of whiteness as threat, as diseased, and as contagion.
Michael Brenson's David Smith: The Art and Life of a Transformative SculptorBy Brandt Junceau
DEC 22–JAN 23 | Books
This artists life stares back at the would-be biographer, like a gorgon. The author turned a mirror on it. The tale is made to tell itself, witness by witness, snapped off in an unblinking chain of hard short chapters, almost voice by voice. By conscientious decision, maybe a matter of self-preservation, Brenson is a laconic guide rather than interpreter and thankfully, no explainer.
At Any Time, Hard MeatBy Caetano Dias
FEB 2021 | Critics Page
My land has no palm trees, or singing Sabiá birds. In this clearing, there is neither forest nor ownerless dogs at a crossroads.
By Laura Liberale
Translated from the Italian by Murtha Baca and Federica Santini
(Homo Bulla)
APRIL 2022 | Critics Page
Laura Liberale has a degree in Philosophy, a PhD in Indological Studies and a Master's Degree in Death Studies & the End of Life. Her books include Tanatoparty (Meridiano Zero, 2009), Madreferro (Perdisa Pop, 2012), Planctus (Meridiano Zero, 2014), and the poetic collections Sari - poems for the daughter (d'If, 2009), Ballabile terreo (d'If, 2011, Mazzacurati-Russo 2011 award), The availability of our meat (Oèdipus, 2017, Lorenzo Montano award 2017, 2nd place ex aequo Anna Osti Award 2017).


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If you wou'd not be forgottenfrom Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard, An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1738, Being the Second after Leap Year, invoking an adage of the day
As soon as you are dead and rotten,
Either write things worth reading,
or do things worth the writing.
After dinner last night we accepted an invitation from our hosts to venture past the edge of the campground and beyond the trees to see the progress they've made on expanding the park. We thought they'd never ask.
From our campsite we've heard the trees fall and felt the earth move, and we've seen the trucks come and go. Our curiosity has been killing us since we were here in May. So we happily boarded Mercy, dropped the transfer case into 4WD and crawled up the rough and rutted road to the construction site.
What we saw took our breath away.
The project basically doubles the physical size of this campground, with new sites and expanded amenities set on a hilltop surrounded by woods. As much as we love this place now, we can't wait to come back and park Ernie in this new section.
That'll happen, by the way. Deb and I are already talking about returning in mid-October for fall foliage in The Ozarks.
Mercy was equipped by the previous owner with a number of aftermarket bits, none of which came with instructions. We've downloaded what manuals we can — we do that a lot anyway — and we've watched a bunch of video tutorials.
Today I devoted my early morning to figuring out how to retract the soft top, which was both obvious and easy, and remove the upper door panels, which was even easier but not immediately obvious.
I saw no latches or clips on the panels. Exerting a little force here and there, carefully, I looked for something that moved in the right direction. It took me about a minute to discover that each panel simply lifts straight up and off. Three pins register them to the lower doors, and they stay solidly in place whether the doors are open or closed.
Folding back the top is a matter of releasing a pair of latches at the upper edge of the windshield frame, above the sun visors, and pivoting the front section of the top to the rear, lifting it by its hinged bow.
I also took a look at how the rear panel over the tailgate comes off, but I didn't remove it today.
This, I believe, will be the extent to which Mercy goes "topless." There's much more we could do — it's a Jeep, after all. We can remove the entire top and even the doors if we want to. We'll have to see how it goes.
No doubt about it, and just as I predicted, Ubi Libertas Blog has changed. From its beginnings nine months ago as daily commentary on politics, policy, culture and public life, with a focus on Liberty, it's become intensely personal — a travelogue, a collection of observations, a recounting of a day in the life.
This life. My life.
The quotation at the top of today's post came to mind recently. I got to thinking about how it applies to Ubi Libertas Blog.
I've always tried to write stuff worth reading, and your kind compliments tell me that I've been somewhat successful in that regard. For most people there would be no reason to do anything more, or anything different.
Thing is, for a long time I wasn't sure I was living a life worth writing about. Now I believe I am. And these days that's what I mean to capture in this blog.
The guy who spouts minutia about RVing and describes what he had for dinner is still the guy who's committed to Liberty and would die to defend it. This unconventional American Life I live on the road — and writing about it — doesn't diminish Liberty.
It's an expression of it.
Take care of yourselves, Patriots. Stay calm. Stay sharp. Stay free.
#WiseUp #LibertyOrDeath


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An 18-year-old man from the Noord-Brabant town of Langenboom was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl from te same town, the police said in a statement. "What exactly happened, the police don't know yet. The sex crime department is investigating the case", the police said.
Several local residents told newspaper AD that the sexual assault happened at local football club SES Langenboom on Dennendijk. The girl was playing on the terrain of the club when the young man attacked her.
Football players' parents caught the perpetrator in the act and called the police, SES chairman Wil Frenken said to the broadcaster. According to Frenken, the man is not a member of the football club.
Frenken is appalled by the news. "These are not things you want to experience as a club. Certainly not with all the news around #MeToo and Schaijk last week", he said to the broadcaster. The club is waiting for the police investigation before taking any steps. "We consider this to be an incident, but it is still unclear exactly what happened."
A former youth leader of football club DAW Schaijk was arrested last week for possessing and making child pornography. Young members of the football club was found in the pornographic material. The man recorded boys in the dressing room. The boys are between 12 and 13 years old, according to Omroep Brabant.


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ENTiVA Systems Ltd, a Towcester, UK-based supplier of technology to the motorhome and marine market, received a £70,000 investment from a local private investor.
This second investment round will support the company in completing the development of its product and start selling units.
ENTiVA's system, which is designed specifically for the user on the move, combines audio-visual, internet and security needs into one small box.
By using wireless connectivity, it enables users to watch TV, email, browse the internet, make VOIP calls, chat online, download and store media, view live video (security) and use GPS location.


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How to use it:
This is where you challenge everyone to really think differently. Make a totally ridiculous statement that would be impossible to implement, and then justify why it needs to be put into action. You must be as ridiculous as possible, in order to stretch everyone's thinking.
An example:
You are creating some new designs for mobile phones. Your challenge? Cellphones or mobile phones must be surgically implanted inside our brains.
- It would be much easier to carry around. You could then use your hands for other necessary purposes
- There would be no more posing done by people with very expensive phones
- When you really had to contact people, they would not be able to ignore the ringing inside their heads
Why it's important to use it:
It's great for your thinking to challenge the 'impossible'. Who said it was impossible anyway? Maybe it's always been that way because no-one was ever prepared to challenge it before today.
Some variations:
Make a challenging statement about something sensational that is very unlikely to happen to you for the rest of your life. Then work out how it's actually possible for it to occur.


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Plenty to See and Do, When Visiting Hard Work U!
If you're thinking this blog post is about education, you will probably have to go somewhere else, because College of the Ozarks, or more popularly called Hard Work U, is not just a place of learning. College of the Ozarks is a work-study college, [read more]


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Political Economy of the United States. How Economics and Politics Affect Each Other. I. Why study political economy?. Politics Defined: Who Gets What? – or "The authoritative allocation of resources and values ." Implication: Politics creates winners and losers Key Terms:
Political Economy of the United States How Economics and Politics Affect Each Other
I. Why study political economy? • Politics Defined: Who Gets What? – or "The authoritativeallocation of resources and values." • Implication: Politics creates winners and losers • Key Terms: • Authority: Government has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force, so it is the only one with the authority to allocate. • Resource Allocation: Money, labor, and even commodities • Allocation of Values: Deciding between incompatible moral or ethical principles
B. Political Economy • Definition: The effect of politics on the economy and of the economy on politics • Economic effects of politics: • Will more government spending help the economy? • Does the law reward productive activity? • Does defense spending reduce growth? • Is dictatorship necessary for development? • Political effects of the economy: • Do people vote based on their pocketbooks? • Is economic growth the key to military dominance? • Who wins and loses when free trade pacts are signed?
II. A model of politics: How are resources authoritatively allocated?
A. Agenda-Setting • Proposing alternatives to the status quo • Status Quo: The way things are (the current system)
2. Unorganized Groups -- Must be considered, but cannot set agenda
3. Organized groups -- Set agenda and shape citizen response
4. Benefits of Organization a. Credible Commitment -- Conditional support b. Outreach -- Publicity, Money, Media Access c. Persuasion -- Information to representatives
5. How to Initiate Change in the US • Representatives: The Elected • Use Money, Votes, Publicity • Math for politicians: • Anything + Money = Anything Else • b. Bureaucrats: Experts and Career Officials • Use Information, Targeted Ads • c. Appointees: Judges, Cabinet, etc. • Indirect: Target Appointers • Direct: Information, Lobbying, or Lawsuits • d. ALL: Illegal bribes, Influence Peddling, etc.
a. Logrolling: You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours b. Partisanship From the early American practice of neighbors gathering to help clear land by rolling off and burning felled timber. B. Government Action1. Legislation
2. Bureaucratic Change a. Enforcement of laws • Example: Equal employment opportunity for women b. Regulation • Example: Wireless Internet
3. Judicial Change a. Judicial Review: Power of courts to review laws • Examples: Income tax, child labor, regulatory "takings," and the "switch in time that saved nine" b. Economic regulation: Chevron deference
C. Citizen Response • The Media • Economic Ideology: Generally "conservative" – both owners and reporters critical of deficits, taxes, wasteful spending, limits on trade and immigration, etc. • Citation Bias: Fox (Right), Other Broadcast Networks (Left)
C. Citizen Response • The Media • Economic Ideology: Generally "conservative" – both owners and reporters critical of deficits, taxes, wasteful spending, limits on trade and immigration, etc. • Citation Bias: Fox (Right), Other Broadcast Networks (Left) • Effect of Bias: Remarkably small, due to self-selection by voters
2. Economic Voting • Prospective voting: Voting based on expectations of policy/outcomes Examples: • McKinley 1896: "The Full Dinner Pail" • 2008: From Obama and McCain
b. Retrospective Voting • 1932: FDR against Hoover • 1952: Eisenhower asks, Who Raised Prices? • 1984: The Train: Retrospective success • 1992: How Ya Doin'? Retrospective Failure IN GENERAL: Retrospective economic voting overwhelms prospective economic voting
Economic Voting: Presidential Elections, 1948-2008 Bush 2004 % of two-party vote for incumbent party Gore 2000 McCain 2008 % change in per capita real disposable income (p. 109) in election year
3. Behavior • Protest: "Bonus Marchers," "Battle of Seattle," "Tea Parties" • Non-compliance: Tax Evasion, Failure of "WIN" Campaign
III. The Federal Budget: An Overview Who pays? Who gets what?
A. Revenues: Microeconomic Effects (Who pays?) 1. Tax code is best place for political favors. Why? a. Permanence -- Tax law remains unless someone repeals it. Spending requires reauthorization every year. b. Less visible -- Public doesn't understand tax code
2. Class differencesa. Progressive taxes (Wealthy pay higher % of income) • Income Tax: Tax on earned income. Does not apply to investments. • Capital-Gains Tax: Tax on investment income. • Estate Tax: Tax on wealth over $2 million ($4 million if married) after death (2009 figures)
b. Regressive taxes (Poor pay higher % of income) • Excise Taxes: Tobacco, Alcohol, Gasoline, etc.
b. Regressive taxes (Poor pay higher % of income) • Excise Taxes: Tobacco, Alcohol, Gasoline, etc. • State Taxes: • Sales tax (poor consume larger fraction of income) • Property tax: Effect on rent tends to make tax regressive (poor pay larger share of income for housing)
b. Regressive taxes (Poor pay higher % of income) • Excise Taxes: Tobacco, Alcohol, Gasoline, etc. • State Taxes: • Sales tax (poor consume larger fraction of income) • Property tax: Effect on rent tends to make tax regressive (poor pay larger share of income for housing) • Payroll Taxes (depends on definition): Social Security and Medicare taxes. Paid only on the first $90,000 of wages. Not paid on investments or on wages over $90,000 (2005 figure).
c. Flat Taxes • Also known as Proportional Taxation • Definition: Everyone pays same % of income, regardless of source • US System • Consists of progressive and regressive taxes • Federal taxes > State taxes • Only moderately progressive: Middle income range is nearly "flat" • If progressive taxes become flat taxes, overall system becomes regressive
1. Categories of Spending • Discretionary – About 1/3 of the budget • Mandatory – About 2/3 of the Budget
a. "Mandatory" Spending • Some laws commit Congress to spend money in the future. These programs get funding each year if Congress does nothing: • Social Security • Medicare • Medicaid • Income Security • Interest
Net Interest Increases as Deficits Increase – But Interest Rates are Unpredictable • 1998-2007 data and 2008-2010 projections
b. Discretionary Spending i. Must be renewed by Congress or funding ceases ii. Defense is largest discretionary expenditure
iv. USA vs. Everyone Else (2007) USA: $586.25 billion in FY 2007 ($666 b in 2008) China Russia Japan UK France Italy India Israel Iran North Korea Germany S. Arabia S. Korea Syria Next 50 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550
C. Programs of Interest • These are already included in the earlier figures BUT • These programs have generated public and Congressional debate out of proportion to their budgets


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Kountry Kitchen
Their plate-sized pancakes, friendly service, and all around great food is the best way to start your morning!
Hamura Saimin
The BEST saimin anywhere. A local favorite for this salty noodle soup. The shared counter helps you cozy up with your neighbors as you enjoy saimin, bbq beef sticks, won tons, and lilikoi chiffon pie. YUM!
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A great new shopping village with casual and formal dining, gourmet farmer's market, and beautiful shops. Near Poipu Beach and Spouting Horn to complete your trip to the South Shore.
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We are almost at the halfway mark of our 90-day session! Really enjoying hearing from you through calls, email and texts. Still plenty of time to see you and your family "Under The Dome!" Just about 30 days til Spring!
Have a great week!
Life's all about relationships. Here's my friend, Maryland District 2 Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, signing up for re-election. Great Ocean City friend, both former OC summer police officer and OCBP lifeguard.
Celebrating my ONE-derful grandson, Christian Alexander, on his FIRST BIRTHDAY, with Mom Lauren and Dad Beau, Uncle Trevor, Aunt Stephanie, Great Uncle Jeff and Grandad Jim, as well as with Grandmom Rocky and Pop-Pop Roland.


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If 2015 was the hottest year globally on record, what did that mean for your city? The New York Times, using weather data from AccuWeather, has given us an easy to use tool to find out (well as long as you live in one of 3,116 cities data is available).
So how did we do in Columbia, SC? In 2015 we were 4.0 degrees above average. Charleston, SC, was 3.4 degrees above normal as was Greenville, SC.
For all you big city folks, the above average temperatures for 2015 were 2 degrees in New York, 3.1 degrees in Los Angeles, 0.5 degrees in Chicago, 1.3 degrees in Houston and 2.6 degrees in New Orleans.
Have fun with this tool but remember that with unrestrained climate change, we're just recording our progress to future economic, social and political disasters.


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Do you really have access to all the business data and key figures you need? Are you actually analyzing all the information, whether it comes from internal or external sources? Are you generating measurable economic value from your data analysis?
In the field of pharma and life science, the potential and commercial value of modern data analysis is particularly high. And this is true for both contract manufacturers and manufacturers of generic products. However, it's important to take a strategic approach: The more accurate your perception of the competition is and the more flexibly you respond to changing regulations, the more profitable your product sales will be.
Here at COSMO CONSULT, we can rely on our well-founded business intelligence expertise and many years of experience involving countless projects with renowned pharma and life science companies. Take advantage of our know-how, so you can optimize your processes and strengthen your market position. Our business intelligence solutions are based exclusively on Microsoft and Qlik technologies. Here are some of their main highlights:
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memoryOS, launches the last AI-powered gamified app you'll ever need to supercharge your memory
June 22, 2021 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
SOMERSET, New Jersey -- memoryOS, US ed-tech startup developing a gamified memory improvement app, which is co-founded by the 2X World Memory Champion, has already raised over $615,000 on Kickstarter, exceeding their initial goal by 35 times within the first week.
memoryOS combines interactive micro-lessons with an immersive 3D game that teaches users memorization skills by transferring them to virtual Memory Palaces. The effectiveness of the Mind Palace technique has been proven by memory masters since the days of Ancient Greece and is also demonstrated by the protagonist of the "Sherlock" BBC TV series.
"We have combined proven memory techniques with the latest advances in e-learning and an immersive 3D game to create the most enjoyable and effective tool for learning memorization skills and keeping your brain alive"
memoryOS is an edtech startup developing an innovative gamified e-learning app to help people significantly improve their memory. The bite-sized lessons of the app's e-learning component are compiled and taught by The 2X World Memory Champion, Jonas von Essen. The patent-pending game component of the same app provides the user with pre-made virtual environments (i.e., Mind Palaces) for encoding and storing the necessary information in the long-term memory.
Co-founder of memoryOS, Jonas von Essen, has recently memorized the first 100,000 digits of Pi and has proven how a person with ordinary memory can "rewire" their brain and turn it into a "memory machine". At this point, Jonas is well-known for his accomplishments, including getting a rare golden buzzer at Sweden Got Talent, winning against the national Сhinese team at the Super Brain TV Show 2 years in a row, and winning the "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" along with "The Wall" Quiz TV Show earlier this year. Jonas was also featured in BBC, The New York Times, Independent, The Telegraph, and The Times.
In all these contexts, however, Jonas tries to keep himself in the background.
"What is terrific about these memorization skills is that anyone can learn them, at least to a substantial degree. Without the need of having any sort of mythical photographic memory."
That is why, together with the memoryOS team, Jonas is putting a lot of effort into making the world remember by creating mind-changing memory software available to people all around the world.
This ongoing mission brought memoryOS into a friendly relationship with The Stephen Hawking Foundation and recently let them begin the hugely exclusive process to implement OpenAI's GTP-3 and Dall-E into their learning platform to help create high-value text and image content for lessons, exercises, and practical use. Becoming more than just an app.
Prior to Kickstarter, memoryOS had 33,000 people in their Early Adopters community. For those that have tried the memoryOS demo, the average improvement in recall increased by 70%, with an average increase in recall speed by 60% just after one relatively short demo session.
Detailed information on the test method of the study, results breakdown, and user testimonials can be found on the crowdfunding campaign's page.
The more memoryOS develops, the better comes the ability to offer the product at very little to no cost for young learners worldwide. This is an important goal - to make memoryOS available to all.
This project began from one of the co-founder's personal pains when he realized how unnecessarily stressful his life was during the test and exam periods at school and university. Even though having a Mind Palace significantly boosted his grades and free time, Alex Ruzh saw that existing methods of obtaining memorization skills have significant limitations that stop almost everyone from acquiring it as a lifelong skill. Continuing to feel the unnecessary pain of scholars, students, and people in general, he decided to find a solution and build a team to implement it.
The memoryOS team believes that memorization is as important as reading and writing and should be taught as our basic skills. Unfortunately, because the current educational system fails to do so – this leads to lots of student stress and normally progresses into various forms of what's called "having a bad memory."
"Thanks so much for letting me know at an early stage about your App. The uptake on pledges is amazing and just proves what I have believed all along: that the marriage of memory techniques and software is the future of learning."
Memorization is a skill that has become lost in our ongoing reliance on computers due to our overly multiply focused world where there is too much info to integrate.
The general "if you don't use it, you lose it" principle applies to our memory just as well. That is why the memoryOS team has made it their mission for the memorization skills to become a new norm, and they invite you to become a part of this memorable journey!
Media Contact:
Paul Deretskiy
+1 (732) 743 9003
Our mission is to make excellent memorization skills the new norm
"Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going."


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A Moira man is one of two Northern Ireland winners recognised at national Air Ambulances Excellence Awards held in Birmingham.
Air Ambulance NI (AANI) is celebrating success at the recent Air Ambulance UK Awards of Excellence for 2022, with two supporters from the province being recognised for their fundraising and volunteer work.
At the awards ceremony in Birmingham, they came out on top of competition from across the UK in two award categories – 'Young Person of the Year' and 'Volunteer of the Year'.
One of the two big Northern Ireland winners is Moira man Colin King, who won the 'Volunteer of the Year' award.
Colin's interest in the Air Ambulance service and charity started five years ago when the service launched in Northern Ireland. He became a Club AANI member, giving a monthly direct debit to the service as soon as the scheme opened and in 2020 expressed an interest in volunteering.
Since then, the relationship and his support have literally taken off!
Colin supports the charity in a number of ways including being the event photographer, designated mascot volunteer 'Helimed Ted' and assisting at many AANI fundraising events, playing a crucial role in helping the charity secure a three-year partnership with Translink.
Speaking after the awards, Colin said: "I'm absolutely delighted to have been chosen as 'Volunteer of the Year' and to be able to bring this great recognition to Air Ambulance NI.
"It's such a worthy charity and close to my heart. I look forward to continuing to support the team in whatever way I can."
Northern Ireland's other winner, 11-year-old Ellie Smyth, was named as 'Young Person of the Year'.
Ellie from Garvagh, lost her father in a road traffic collision when she was just eight.
The Air Ambulance Northern Ireland team were tasked to Ellie's daddy, but sadly, he could not be saved.
Since then, Ellie, her older brother, Harry, and their mum, Caroline, have become passionate supporters of Air Ambulance NI, supporting fundraising events, volunteering and organising their own fundraisers.
AANI's Head of Fundraising, Kerry Anderson, commented: "Everyone at AANI is so proud of Ellie and Colin's achievements. As a team we rely on the support of our community volunteers and fundraisers in delivering our events throughout the year.
"The commitment and dedication Ellie and Colin show is repeated across our entire team of volunteers and we simply could not fly without them!"
Air Ambulance NI requires volunteers right across Northern Ireland. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please visit www.airambulanceni.org or call the charity on 028 9262 2677.


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From our short time in SA, we realised that we are entirely ignorant of the diversity of the SA house scene. Gqom is akin to bassline/niche in the sense that it is from one region. And it's genesis comes from the raves there and the people. This may seem really basic but the vastness of SA means that the music feels like it truly is from this specific moment in time.


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This flooring sometimes referred to as LVF, is a true-to-life echo of wood, stone, or tile. It has a high-end look that even appeals to every homeowner, including those who once would consider nothing but genuine wood or stone. While there are many benefits, there are two essential design options that add to the realism. As always, learn more by visiting Christian Flooring when you shop for luxury vinyl flooring in Webster, NY.
Design option: vinyl plank flooring (LVP)
Here, the vinyl is cut into strips and mounted on boards to mimic hardwood planks, although some prefer planks for a stone look since it's a large format with fewer seams. Like all LVF, photography is digital, so images are vibrant and include knots, wormholes, raised grains, swirls, and veining variations. The LVF floor has a micro bevel and is embossed for added depth and dimension. Textures, a hot trend this year, include wire-brushed, hand scraped, weathered and distressed appearances. It is finished in a variety of matte, gloss, and high gloss finishes. Add a high gloss finish, and your floors will look like they came out of the design pages!
Thickness matters and, while 8-mm is the average, you should go as high as 10-mm or 12-mm for an authentic hardwood feeling; this is the look of hardwood without the cost.
Design option: LVT flooring
LVF is cut into square, groutable tile-sized pieces meant to mimic stone, such as marble, granite,slate, limestone or travertine, or tile. The square pieces come in a wide assortment of bold patterns such as hexagons, chevrons, herringbones, geometrics, and florals, among others; some even go so far as to add grout, now considered a colorful design tool.
All LVF is low maintenance with only a daily sweeping and periodic mopping required. It is recommended to use a manufacturer-approved cleaner and to avoid wax, shine promoting products as they can dull the finish.
Installation can be an uncomplicated floating floor. With this technique, the pieces click together and then hover over the subfloor with no nails or glue. Any subfloor is acceptable, but it must be clean, dry, and level. We service the Spencerport, Webster, and Rochester areas and provide free quotes. To learn more about luxury vinyl flooring, visit one of our showrooms in Spencerport or Webster, NY.


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Wed, 18 September 2019
Welcome back to Retirement Plan Live 2019. During this Retirement Plan Live, we look at Emma and Luca who have recently been thrown a curveball and need to adjust their retirement plans. In this episode, we will be counting what they have to see if they will be able to make their retirement dreams a reality. While they are counting what they have, take the opportunity to sit down and consider what you have. We'll include worksheets you can use in the 6-Shot Saturday email so be sure to sign up for it at RogerWhitney.com.
Counting what you have
It's time to think about what resources you have to live the kind of life you want. By sitting down to examine where you stand you can see where there are opportunities to improve as well as looking at where your risks are. Sign up for 6-Shot Saturday to receive a summary of everything we have covered on Emma's journey in Retirement Plan Live as well as worksheets to help you plan your retirement. Just head over to RogerWhitney.com and enter your email and you'll receive the 6-Shot Saturday in your inbox every Saturday.
What kind of social capital do you have?
There are 2 ways that you can consider social capital. You can think of the traditional form of social capital which includes your family, friends, your church community, and colleagues. This sort of social capital is there when you face hard times. The other type of social capital is the financial term which means any sort of money that is a guaranteed payment to you. Social Security is the most common example of social capital. A pension or an annuity are other types of social capital.
Do you plan to use human capital in your retirement?
Another resource we consider in retirement planning is human capital. Human capital is you. Your ability to earn an income is your human capital. Many people choose to work part-time or take a pretirement so they can continue to earn money and still have the flexibility and time freedom that they are looking for from retirement. Flexibility is a key component of an agile retirement. Are you planning to use your human capital in retirement?
Do you have a net worth statement?
Financial capital is what we traditionally think of using when we think of retirement. This is the money you have saved up. We can measure the money you have in a net worth statement. It is important to get organized so you can figure out what you have to work with and what the biggest risks are and you can plan what to do next. Emma has enjoyed taking the time to organize her information and ideas to help her see where they stand in their retirement plans. Have you organized your information so that you know where you stand?
Resources Mentioned In This Episode
Roger's YouTube Channel - Roger That
BOOK - Rock Retirement by Roger Whitney
Roger's Retirement Learning Center
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A teenage boy died after drowning in a power canal in Kangan area of central Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Monday afternoon.
An official said that a teenager, identified as Aqib Rasool Magrey (17) of Khanan Kangan, drowned in Wangat link power canal of Kangan powerhouse at 3 PM.
It was only hectic efforts of locals and the police that his body was recovered one km away from the spot where he drowned.
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What Training Is Available?
COVID-19 Updates
HHSC-sponsored person-centered thinking classroom training is suspended until further notice due to COVID-19.
HHSC and the Learning Community for Person-Centered Practices are offering a virtual person-centered thinking class to satisfy all training requirements until in-person trainings can resume.
For specific questions about COVID-19-related flexibilities, email HHSC Person-Centered Planning.
Person Centered Training Webinars
- March 22, 2021 - Strategic Plan Strategy for HHSC Leadership webinar recording.
Online Introductory Course to Person Centered Planning
The Texas Health and Human Services Online Introductory Course is appropriate for any member of the planning team, including:
- Legally authorized representatives
- Family members
- Friends
- Nurses (required in some instances)
- Behavior specialists (required in some instances)
- Employment specialists (required in some instances)
- Attendants (required in some instances)
- Direct support professionals (required in some instances)
- Anyone asked to be a member of the planning team
Note: To access and complete this free online training, please go to the HHS Learning Portal, create a user login, and follow instructions to complete the training.
Dementia Care and Focus on the Montessori-Based Approach
A Montessori-based approach was first adapted for people with dementia by Dr. Cameron Camp over three decades ago. Since then, a Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® has become a model of person-centered care in residential communities around the world.
Visit the Center for Applied Research in Dementia online to learn more about the Original Montessori for Dementia Training® live trainings, online courses, events and to explore how a Montessori approach works for long- term care.
- Follow the Center for Applied Research in Dementia on social media @cen4ard for activity ideas and announcements.
- Visit Monarch Pathways to learn more how managers and leaders can use Montessori principles.
- Additional learning can be found at Sundance University.
Person-Centered Thinking Training
Note: The trainings are offered as a learning opportunity only. HHS does not endorse one provider, training or curriculum over another.
An introductory course also is offered by DirectCourseOnline. The online offering includes courses in Person-Centered Counseling (PCC) and Person-Centered Thinking and Practice. There are 12 lessons in all.
Person-Centered Thinking Classroom Course
To register for the Person-Centered Thinking 2-day classroom course, please go to the HHS Learning Portal, create a user login, and follow instructions to register for a class that is most convenient to your location.
HHS Approved Full Training
The following trainings are approved by Texas Health and Human Services for people required to take the full training, specifically case managers, service managers and service coordinators. If you would like to submit a training course to HHS for approval, email Person Centered Planning.
Remember to keep your training certificate.
- DirectCourseOnline
- Person-Centered Counseling (PCC), Person-Centered Thinking and Practice (online) and Person-Centered Thinking and Practice In-Person Course (one-day facilitated training)
- eCourse Catalog Person-Centered Counseling: Person-Centered Thinking and Practices (12 lessons, 8.5 contact hours)
- Lara Consulting Services
- Institute for Person-Centered Planning Person Centered Thinking
- Learning Community for Person Centered Practices' Person Centered Thinking Training, can be provided by any Learning Community-certified trainer
- United Health Care Person-Centered Transitions to Community Living
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This movie spoke to me. The main character decides to take up running as a way to get her life together. The first day she decides to go for a run she looks through her closet to find clothes to put in. I swear fore God this was me when I showed up in 2008 at the 1st group with NCRC Women's beginner running program. I had on cotton shorts and a cotton shirt. I was so unaware of what the proper running attire consisted of. As my former Galloway mentor and fellow HBCU lover Dr. Christy Walker told me "cotton is rotten." If you don't know then you don't know. Brittany puts on cotton sweatpants a sports bra on top of a regular bra and a pair of Converse sneakers. I kept thinking while watching I know what that's like trying to get into some form of physical activity and not even having anything to wear. She decides to start off by running for 1 NEW YORK block, let just call that about 1/4 of a mile. She makes it. Her neighbor invites her to join a local running group. When she shows up to the group I had a flashback of the information session for the NCRC WBRG. I remember being in that room at Glen Eden community center and looking around and wondering what had I gotten myself into. When she arrives at the group run the leader announces they are going to go for a 2-mile run. OMG!!! My 1st group run was about 1.25 mile around Shelley Lake. I thought I was going to go home to glory. I was the turtle of the group as I have never run in my life. One of the volunteers Jean Hagen-Johnson was with me. We started off with 1:1 interval. Then we slowed down to 2:1 interval. As we came around the lake and there was a slight incline which I thought was going to take me home to glory we just started walking. I remember that run like it was yesterday and it really was 11 years ago. I made it through it and my entire body hurt for a week. Brittany makes it through the 2 miles. She meets a fellow runner and they decide to keep up with the running and do a 5K. She gets serious with her running and nutrition. She starts to lose weight and as anyone who has ever been on a weight loss journey knows this is a BIG win. Her roommate is her best friend and she shares her news with her and she really just shrugs it off. She even tells her that she is training for a race. Her friend jokes if she's doing a marathon and she tells her a 5K, the friend's boyfriend is even a bigger ASS and says "it's just 3.1 miles" OH MY GEE I do believe I might have hollered at the movie screen. That is the worst thing someone can say to you. It's just 3.1 miles. Yes, it is. You are moving your body to complete it. His snarky comment is how some folks really are. Trust me I have met them at races. I shall say a little prayer for them later. In my southern petty mode "Bless their heart"
Brittany and her new running buddy whose name I have completely forgotten and I could totally look up on IMDB but I don't feel like it decides to do the 5K together. There is a scene where a group of kids passes them and they think they are going backward instead of forwards. This movie is funny.
They both finish the 5K. Her running buddy family is there to see him cross the finish line. She looks around and there is no one there for here. Oh, how I could relate to that. It was YEARS before any family member saw me at a race. It was 2016 when my mom and I traveled to VA Beach for Shamrock that she saw me finish a race. The best part was she did the race with me. If you want more about that fun-filled adventure head on over to Amazon and pick up a copy of my 1st book, Power of the Turtle: Tales of Being Dead Last. I'm told it's a pretty good book.
After doing the 5K she continues to keep running with her neighbor and old boy, that's what we shall call her male running partner. After seeing a commercial for the NYC Marathon she mentions to them that they should do it the following year. They all decide to train for a year to do the marathon.
Due to an injury, she gets sidelined from doing the race the next year. After her recovery from her injury, she decides to get back on the horse and train for it the following year. I watched an interview the actress did about the movie, she actually ran parts of the NYC marathon for the movie. There is real footage of the race in the movie. This is the first time this has happened. The thing that stood out most to me during the marathon race scenes was her running buddy was there with his family to cheer her on, her neighbor was there cheering her on and her "bae" was there near the finish line cheering her on. I don't think people realize what a difference it makes to have folks cheering you on when you are there literally fighting for your life trying to finish a race.
The movie is based on a true story. In the end, they showed photos of the real Brittany. I called the tall dude after the movie and told him it has motivated me to do a marathon. Of course, this rascal is all excited like it's about to happen tomorrow. I told him to let's pencil it in for 2020.
Thank you Material Pictures and the real Brittany because this turtle is going to throw her hat in the ring at a full marathon in 2020. OH snap, did I just commit to a marathon in 2020. I need to lose about 500 lbs first :-)


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Dana Tanner-Kennedy's credits include The Soldier's Tale (Carnegie Hall, NY); Hamlet (with Paul Giamatti, Yale Repertory Theatre, CT); Urge for Going (The Public Theater, NY); Suddenly Last Summer, Loot, Nora, and Appropriate (Westport Country Playhouse, CT); Psychos Never Dream (by National Book Award-winner Denis Johnson, Kitchen Dog Theater, Dallas); A Dream Play, Iphigenia at Aulis, and The Lower Depths (University of Alberta, Studio Theatre). Dana currently teaches in the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta and in the Summer Conservatory for Actors at Yale University. She is a former Literary Associate for Yale Rep and a former Managing Editor of Theater magazine. Dana spent five seasons in the education department at Dallas Theater Center, serving as Associate Director for two, and worked in the literary offices of Atlantic Theater Company and The Public Theater in New York. Dana is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, where she earned her MFA and her Doctor of Fine Arts in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism.


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September 3, 2010
Ace's Amazing Race: Building a Warhawk nation, one freshman at a time
Freshman orientation classes at the University of Louisiana at Monroe participated in the third annual Ace's Amazing Race, Aug. 30 – Sept. 1.
Ace's Amazing Race is based on CBS's "The Amazing Race" and is designed to familiarize incoming freshman with the campus and build school spirit. Coordinator of First Year Experience Mary Sewell says the race "gets better and better" every year.
"I see how much fun the students have and how it truly does build community and allow students to feel at home at ULM," she said.
Thirteen sections of University 1001 participated in the race with uniquely chosen names such as the "Hawkanators," "Triple Aces" and "Ace's in the Hole."
Peer Leaders Maggie Warren and Ahmaad Solmone said the race is, "a good ice-breaker for the new students. They get to know each other and it builds up a Warhawk Nation."
The "Top Aces" took the title of winning group Wednesday evening, following the week's final activity. The students began in the ULM Grove where Peer Leaders found golden eggs with clues inside. The clues led each group around campus to places such as the Student Union Building, Fant-Ewing Coliseum, Clarke M. Williams Student Success Center, University Park and Bayou Park.
Freshman Dan Street had only positive things to say about his experience.
"It was a lot of fun," Street said. "I got to meet a lot of new people and make new friends."
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Category Archives: Trusts and Estates
Grantor Trust Ownership Again
June 5, 2020
by Monte A. Jackel
The IRS very recently expressed its view that changes in the ownership percentages of investors in a multiple owner grantor trust were sales and purchases for federal tax purposes. In Rev. Proc. 2020-34 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-20-34.pdf, the IRS provided safe harbors for an entity titled a statutory trust under Delaware law from being treated as having the […]Read More


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Exporting a Git History at a Specific Commit
I had a need today to take an existing git repo that has commits, and move the history as of one of those commits into a different git repo.
So my two requirements were:
- Show the content as of
- No
.gitrepo or any ignored files in the export
It took a few minutes to find the right incantation so I thought I'd blog it here mostly for my future self. Maybe it will help someone else out there.
We start by finding the sha that we want to export:
~/projects/repo $ git log --oneline
f8de9f7 (HEAD -> master) execute shell commands and capture output
d3a8363 Add Files package
5b9242d Initial command line setup
I'm interested in the first commit,
We can run
git archive to get an archive of the repo in a given format. The available formats can be listed:
~/projects/repo $ git archive -l
I don't need any compression, so
tar will do, and this happens to be the default. If you want to specify a format you can do so with
So we start by exporting into a tar file, whose filename is specified with the
-o option:
~/projects/repo $ git archive -o git.tar 5b9242d
Now I have the tar file, I can go to the destination folder and untar it:
~/projects/other $ tar xvf ~/projects/repo/git.tar
x .gitignore
x .nova/
x .nova/Tasks/
x .nova/Tasks/Swift Build.json
x Package.resolved
x Package.swift
x README.md
x Sources/
x Sources/swift-encode/
x Sources/swift-encode/main.swift
x Tests/
x Tests/LinuxMain.swift
x Tests/swift-encodeTests/
x Tests/swift-encodeTests/XCTestManifests.swift
x Tests/swift-encodeTests/swift_encodeTests.swift
If there were files you didn't want included in the destination folder, like the
.nova folder for instance, you can specify that in the untar step:
~/projects/other $ tar xvf ~/projects/repo/git.tar --exclude .nova
And if we want to combine these commands into one we can avoid the intermediary tar file:
~/projects/repo $ git archive 5b9242d | tar x --exclude .nova --directory ~/projects/other
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"Here I am, send me" echoed throughout the chapel of the Generalate of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth as the XXIV General Chapter got underway on July 6. Thirty nine delegates representing five continents and thirteen countries stood together and prayed that we would be of "one mind in the truth and one heart in charity" as we undertake the work of this sacred gathering. Three days of retreat with Rev. Andrzej Wodka, C.S.s.R preceded the opening of the Chapter and helped us to focus on the important task of this Chapter – looking at our Nazareth mission in the light of the new evangelization and our ministry to families and to the poor. Taking the words of Pope Francis from "Evangelii Gaudium", we are being called to embrace a missionary option, to move out of our places of security and comfort and go to the peripheries where we will encounter the living Christ in our brothers and sisters, especially in the poorest. With joyful enthusiasm, the Chapter delegates processed from the chapel to the Chapter Hall singing the Ghanese folk song: "Jesu,Jesu" while carrying empty calabash bowls brought from Ghana, one of our new mission homes. The empty bowls signify our willingness to be emptied out, in imitation of Christ. Throughout the coming days, we invite all those who visit our website to join us in prayer and share in this special time with us.
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Peggy Hopkins Joyce and Charlie Chaplin (Fake News: Fact-Checking Hollywood Babylon, Episode 8)
The Kim Kardashian of her day, Peggy Hopkins Joyce was famous for being rich and famous—and for her marriages and involvements with rich and famous men, including Charlie Chaplin. Did Peggy really ask Chaplin on their first date if he was "hung like a horse?" We'll investigate this and other claims made about the affair in Hollywood Babylon, and chart how the dalliance with Hopkins Joyce inspired Chaplin's first dramatic film A Woman of Paris, and explain how a woman of the 1910s-1920s could come from nothing and become internationally famous before ever arriving in Hollywood.
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You Must Remember This is a storytelling podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood's first century. It's the brainchild and passion project of Karina Longworth (founder of Cinematical.com, former film critic for LA Weekly), who writes, narrates, records and edits each episode. It is a heavily-researched work of creative nonfiction: navigating through conflicting reports, mythology, and institutionalized spin, Karina tries to sort out what really happened behind the films, stars and scandals of the 20th century.


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You can find a summary and analysis of chapters 1-6 in the eNotes study guide for this book, to which I've pasted a link below.
The Souls of Black Folks is a collection of essays about African American life in the years after the Civil War. Chapter 5 is titled "Of the Wings of Atalanta." It is about the city of Atlanta and how it emerged with new life after the war. Before the war, DuBois says, Atlanta "slept dull and drowsy." He says that it is hard to "live haunted by the ghost of an untrue dream" and that "many a man and city and people have found in it excuse for sulking, and brooding, and listless waiting." However, Atlanta rose from the ashes of war to become a greater city. The people of Atlanta "turned toward the future" and built factories and businesses, and now the city is prospering.
But Atlanta must not be like its namesake Atalanta and fall for the glitter of gold.
Atlanta must not lead the South to dream of material prosperity as the touchstone of all success; already the fatal might of this idea is beginning to spread; it is replacing the finer type of Southerner with vulgar money-getters; it is burying the sweeter beauties of Southern life beneath pretence and ostentation.
DuBois says that Atlanta can be an example for the rest of the country by building universities and educating its people at the same time it grows in prosperity. "Teach workers to work....Teach thinkers to think."


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e-Shram Portal: Over 2.5 Crore Informal Workers Registered On The Portal
e-Shram Portal: The Labor Ministry said that over 2.5 crore informal workers have registered on the e-Shram portal. The e-Shram portal was inaugurated on August 26, 2021. The Labor Ministry statement states, "More than 2.5 crore registrations have been done so far on the portal."
The e-Shram portal is the first portal that keeps the database of unorganized workers which includes construction workers, migrant workers, gig, and platform workers. Bhupender Yadav, the Labour and Employment Minister informed that the 4th week was marked by a galloping registration of unorganized workers, crossing over 1.71 crores, and the 5th week has crossed more than 2.51 crore workers registration on this portal.
The Economic Survey, 2019-20, estimated 38 crore workers are engaged in the unorganized sector and employment. Earlier, the union minister flagged off the fieldwork of the Area Frame Establishment Survey (AFES) on the occasion of the 101st Foundation Day of Labour Bureau at Shram Bureau Bhawan, Chandigarh.
The Labour and Employment Minister also said that following the motto of "Mehnat Ko Samman, Adhikar Ek Saman", the Government is focused on the welfare of workers through evidence-based policymaking. During the event, Yadav mentioned that data on all parts of labor is vital and has been collected scientifically for evidence-based policymaking.
The minister also has discussions with the State Labour Ministers, Labour Secretaries & Commissioners of States of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh & UTs of Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh in respect of the progress to the registration of unorganized workers under e-Shram portal and preparedness of States/UTs on implementation of various schemes and reforms.
The minister approved and presented the ESIC Covid Relief Scheme letters to the dependents of the people who lost their lives because of a pandemic.


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Tips from Building & Construction Employers for Job Seeking (face-to-face info session)
22/09/20 @2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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One event on 06/10/20 at 2:00 pm
One event on 20/10/20 at 2:00 pm
Multicultural community members applying for jobs in building and construction are invited to a workshop series to support successful job seeking.
This workshop series is in three parts. On the registration form you can register for all three sessions.
- Industry Info & Tips from Employers, 2.00 pm, Tuesday 22nd September 2020
- Finding jobs & Tips from Employers – 2.00 pm, Tuesday 6th October 2020.
- Job Applications & Tips from Employers – 2:00 pm, Tuesday, 20th October 2020.
Registration is essential and places are limited so that we can provide a COVID-safe information session in our Glenorchy office.
Part 1: Industry Info & Tips from Employers
- Information about the building and construction industry
- What employees need to be successful
- What employers advice to get and keep a job
2.00 pm, Tuesday 22nd September 2020
MRC Tas, 1a Anfield Street, Glenorchy
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Gold May Fall Further – Keep an Eye on $1,280
Gold prices edged lower, floating near a three-week low $1,276 placed in the previous session. The firmer Greenback is making precious metals more expensive for buyers using other currencies. Which is why traders are moving their investments to the forex market despite a threat of slowdown in the economy.
A day before, we took a sell position below $1,280 to target $1,276.50 but unfortunately gold missed our take profit just by inches due to spread. Since the moment occurred overnight, we weren't able to close the position.
Today, the technical side of the market is exhibiting a bit different view. Gold looks more bullish than bearish beneath strong support become resistance level of $1,280.
The RSI and Stochastics are in the oversold zone, as sellers are looking to trigger profit takings. A couple of doji patterns below $1,280 are also signaling a bullish bias.
The bullish breakout at $1,280 can lead gold prices towards $1,285 and I will be looking to take another sell position below $1,287 today.
Good luck!