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What Role Does Optimism Play In Building Your Team?
Are you leading someone who is always radiating 'doom and gloom' and bringing down your team? Do you suspect that your team would be more productive and your workplace more a workplace of choice if the gloomy guts could just change their ways? You're not wrong (except for the odd occasion when you are. More about this soon..)
Resilience and perseverance are two critical characteristics of successful people. One of the factors leading to our own levels of resilience and perseverance is the nature and extent of our optimism. The way we think about success and failure determines, in the long run, who among us becomes successful or fails. The nature of that thinking is nothing but a learned habit. Our genes, childhood, teachers, parents, experiences etc, good and bad, have shaped our thinking. The people you're trying to lead, when about to begin a job, project, relationship or major task, will view their prospects through a mental lens that has been polished and scratched. You could help them choose to get rid of that lens if it's not helping them and replace it with one that will – one that they choose themselves.
Pessimists, when they actually experience a genuinely negative event, tend to believe the bad effects will be for a long time, that it doesn't just apply to a specific area of their life but will cut across everything and that the event is their fault. Optimists tend to believe genuinely negative events are temporary, isolated and, whether or not they are to blame or partly to blame, there is a challenge from which to learn. Studies have shown that naturally pessimistic people are generally less successful, less healthy and, by definition, less happy.
If you're leading a team, how many of those people do you have? How many do you need? Zero? Really?
Studies designed to generate states of learned helplessness amongst the participants (be they dogs or humans) show that about one in ten are inherently prone to giving up almost instantly. Six out of ten will eventually learn to be helpless given the relentless conditions of the study. BUT three out of ten are naturally inclined to never giving up. How many of those people do you have on your team? How many do you need?
I'm not suggesting you should fire or screen out of recruitment processes all those who are natural pessimists. BUT maybe you should try and consciously plan to have the right sort of people in the right sort of roles at the right times? I could be wrong but project planners, financial controllers and neurosurgeons should probably have at least a streak of pessimism in there for safety's sake. Studies show that pessimists accurately judge how much control they have, whereas optimists overestimate how much control they have. They distort reality in their favour. And I'm glad for the health and happiness of the irrepressibly external optimists but there are, in business, many times when the wisest move is to simply give up. Having someone on board who simply cannot give up might be risky.
So, let's think about helping average people improve their lives and your team's productivity by raising their optimism levels. It's a win-win!
There are various assessments you can undergo if you wish to discover the nature and extent of your own levels of optimism and pessimism. (I was quite surprised at my own. I did very well except for my interpretation of positive events; I didn't take enough credit for those apparently.) But like so many others of the supposed styles we have such as communication, personality, learning, conflict and so forth, these are natural defaults and preferences. Most are not carved in stone. I choose to believe that we can choose. Some we're stuck with but not optimism – that, we can choose to adapt and improve and be as optimistic or pessimistic as we think we need to be given the circumstances that we're in. For all the advantages of being generally optimistic, some situations are better off with a pessimist around. Anytime the cost of failure is high, that's when you want someone around who considers the possibility that s##t may hit the fan.
An event is just an event. Whether or not it's adverse is in the eye of the beholder. These events may or may not have actually happened. The sales call that fails. The proposal that gets rejected. The suggestion that gets ignored. The earthquake. The adultery.
How can you take control and train yourself, and eventually model to others, how to sensibly explain the meaning of events and learn how to be more optimistic and reap some of those benefits? Martin Seligman's ABCDE model is both simple and effective. I'm always a big fan of simple and effective.
A – Adversity
B – Beliefs
C – Consequences
D – Disputation
E – Energization
Write things down for a week. Draw up a rough grid with five headings: ABCDE. A is the Adversity (real or perceived, present or potential.) What beliefs are driving your feelings about the adversity? What are (or might be) the consequences if you belief that? Disputation is arguing with yourself. (It doesn't have to be out loud although that might be entertaining for others.) In this argument, look for real evidence, consider alternatives, implications and the usefulness to you. Once you have an alternative, then energize it by taking an action, any action however small. Over time, this becomes a habit and those small actions add up.
Supposedly the average person thinks over 12,000 thoughts a day and 70% of those are negative. Some might be useful like, "If you change lanes now you might hit another car," but some might be holding you back, "If you quit your job you might not get another one." If you can become a leader who can instil in others, at least the ability to recognise and catch their own negative thoughts followed by some internal dialogue about alternative thoughts, then you're a long way to standing out from the crowd and being a successful leader of positive and proactive change in your workplace.
Posted on November 21, 2011, in Behaviour, Change, Influence, Motivating Employees, Motivation, Personal Productivity, Self Improvement and tagged employee engagement, Influence, motivation, optimism, Perseverance, resilience, success. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Battery theory here Terry. I recently did a blog on how important it is to have people who can connect things to make it happen. But I agree pessimists hold a business back. And sometimes the people we think are pessimists really are realists who see all sides.
Tough screening but fits with attitude being more important than qualifications in most cases
Great insights Terry. Being the eternal optimist I have often benefited by having a more pessistic person around me making me face reality.


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IPHS awards the best Postgraduate Planning History Paper presented at an IPHS Conference. Papers must be solely authored by the postgraduate student and entrants must register and attend the conference. Students enrolled in a master's by coursework or research or in a doctorate are eligible for the award.
The 2019 Best Postgraduate Planning History Paper Prize Committee members are:
Prof. Dirk Schubert, HafenCity Universität Hamburg, Germany (Chair);
Prof. Nuran Zeren Gulersoy, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Turkey;
Prof. Renato Leão Rego, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil.
Awarded papers
Best postgraduate student paper presented at the 2018 Yokohama conference:
Pullan, Nicola. 'Temporary dwellings as successful informal suburban development: the case of Sydney 1945 to 1960'.
This paper surveys the informal urban development as it played out in the outer suburbs of metropolitan Sydney, highlights a uniquely Australian story, and compares this with international instances. The paper analyses an unusual topic in a country and city where an established planning law and building regulations based on the British tradition exist. It includes good illustrations and an interesting bibliography, where next to the "classics", other sources are discovered. Looking from a global point of view to the discussion of formal-informal, and legal-semi-legal-illegal, this is an often a neglected perspective of urban planning history. The panel concluded that the paper has an excellent structure and a very clear argument demonstrated by consistent analysis. Moreover, the research question based on this topic is strong and formulated competently. (From the committee's report)
Best postgraduate student paper presented at the 2016 Delft conference:
Eom, Sujin. 'The Mayor Conference Project: The Making of the Modern City During the Cold War'.
Best postgraduate student paper presented at the 2014 St. Augustine conference:
Bender, Helena. 'Buenos Aires and the Modern City through Antonio Bonet Castellana's Urban Proposal: the Plan for Barrio Sur, 1956'. (Published in Planning Perspectives, 30 (3), 2015, 447-462).
Best postgraduate student paper presented at the 2012 São Paulo conference:
Levy, Aiala. 'Stages of a State: From São Paulo's Teatro São José to the Teatro Municipal, 1854 – 1911'. (Published in Planning Perspectives, 28 (3), 2013, 461-475).
Best postgraduate student paper presented at the 2010 Istanbul conference:
Omolo-Okalebo, Frederick. 'Two Cities in One: The Genesis, Planning and Transformation of Kampala City, 1903-1968'.
Best postgraduate student paper presented at the 2008 Chicago conference:
James, Ryan. 'From "Slum Clearance" to "Revitalization": Planning, Expertise, and Moral Regulation in Toronto's Regent Park'.
Best postgraduate student paper presented at the 2006 New Delhi conference:
Urushima, Andrea Yuri Flores. 'Uzo Nishiyama's Proposals for a Planned Urban Expansion of Japanese Cities.'
Best postgraduate student paper presented at the 2004 Barcelona conference:
Short, Michael. 'Regulating the Impact of Proposals for New Tall Buildings on the Built Heritage'.


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March 26, 2008.
This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a true force of nature instead of a feverish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not dedicate itself to making you happy…. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die. For the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is not a brief candle to me. It's a sort of splendid torch which I've got to hold up for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing on to future generations. – George Bernard Shaw
It hit me this morning that WE ARE OPENING IN TWO WEEKS!!! I started panicking, feeling like I am not even close to achieving everything I want to with Joan. There is so much complexity to her character and to the play that I don't know how I will ever do justice to it all. Had last night off from rehearsal so I went through the entire play, trying to figure out some of the trickiest sections and making sure I was clear on what still needed to happen in each scene. I've been especially worried about Scene III which, while the shortest scene in the play, is probably the most difficult because of the rapid-fire emotional and tactical transitions that happen all over the place. But I happened to find a short video clip of that scene from a well-received production of Joan and was utterly thrilled to find that what I have been doing is not too shabby in comparison.
One great thing about our director is that he doesn't want any event in the play to be assumed or for any actor to make assumptions within a scene. He wants to see clear changes occurring moment to moment, which is really exciting when we are able to accomplish it (and quite frustrating when we are not). I don't think anything I've ever done has required this amount of energy. Not only do I need energy to perform massive chunks of text and to cross great emotional gamuts, but I also need to find the almost super-human energy of a person who burns so brightly that they effect enormous change in a very short period of time.
Besides the normal difficulties of mounting a challenging play, we also lost one of our key actors. Thankfully he was the only guy in the cast playing one role instead of two or three. But his part is critical in the trial and so now the director is auditioning for an actor who can jump in and fulfill the role with very little rehearsal time. Our performance space also may not be finished in time to open so we are considering performing at The MET, where I did Shakespeare a couple of years ago. The cast was actually thrilled with that possibility because it is much bigger and nicer than our space, but it remains to be seen what will actually happen. I've never done a show where everything proceeded smoothly so I guess it's all par for the course. The thing that really bothers me is that now the director's attention has to go to a new actor and possibly re-staging for a different space instead of to some of the one-on-one rehearsals I was hoping to get. Ah, well. I live for the day when I get paid a real salary to just rehearse and perform instead of having to deal with day jobs and the night rehearsals that never seem to be enough.


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A Valentine's Dream – A Curvy Girl Valentine's Day Romance
February 14th is just another day to me.
I don't really believe in hearts, flowers, romance, or happily-ever-afters. And I certainly don't think there's a dream man for a curvy woman like me, even if my little sister had found hers over the holidays. I'm more realistic. Or at least…I was…until I met Levi Gillette during my sister Hayden's wedding rehearsal dinner The man seems to have an annoying ability to make me lose my cool and calm facade. Yeah, he's definitely hot, but my sister's brother-in-law-to-be was also arrogant, infuriating, presumptuous, bossy, and most likely one big player because the man could be charming when he wanted to be.
No thanks! Been there, done that, and I'd had more than enough of men like Levi Gillette. But when I start having amazingly erotic, intimate dreams about him, it's almost impossible to ignore him in the flesh.
In my dreams, it was like I'd known Levi forever.
But in person, I barely knew him, and he challenges everything I'd ever assumed about myself. We don't even like each other, yet he feels so…familiar.
Finally, when the lines between dreams and reality start to blur, I have to wonder whether I can trust a guy like Levi with my heart.
I knew he was hiding something. There were things I didn't know. I could feel it.
So when Levi finally reveals some hidden truths, I'm not sure whether to believe him, or run away as fast as my sneakers can put distance between us.
How can a woman like me, a female who has never had much faith in romantic love , suddenly believe in a A Valentine's Dream?
Author's Note: This isn't your average, sweet Valentine's romance. It's an erotic, romantic fantasy sprinkled with some insta-lust/insta-love. But it IS a safe story. Guaranteed HEA, no cheating, and enough sweetness and heat to melt your Valentine's Day chocolates. If you're looking for a steamy, fantastical, curvy girl romance….read on. : )
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|Starting with the winner of the coin toss, players now take turns playing POWER OPTION cards on the POWER PORT, one card per turn. Each Power Option card has an EFFECT that you can use to try for an advantage over your opponent. Some Power Option cards have Use Requirements attached to their Effect. You must complete these Use Requirements as part of your turn for the Effect to come into play. Keep track of how the dueling Digimon's relative strength changes with each card played, as shown by comparing DIGIMON POWER.
Continue taking turns until a player runs out of Power Option cards to play, or decides to stop playing them, and says Pass. The other player may continue to play Power Option cards until he or she runs out of cards or decides to stop.
When the play stops, the player displaying the most Digimon Power wins the Duel.
Winner scores points depending on the Digivolve Level (Rookie, Champion, Ultimate, Mega) of the defeated opponent, as shown in the SCORE section at the bottom of the winning card. Winner adds the new points to his score counter.
Winner keeps all Digimon on the DUEL ZONE. Defeated player sends all Digimon, except the Rookie, OFFLINE. Both players send all Power Option cards Offline.
Winner goes first in the next Duel.
In the event of a tie, all Digimon remain on the Duel Zone and all Power Option cards are sent Offline. No points are scored. Winner of the previous Duel (or of the coin toss) goes first in the next Duel.
The first player to score 1,000 points wins the game.
In EXAMPLE C, your opponent battles back, placing a FORCE FX/GREEN OFFENSIVE card on the POWER PORT. This has the EFFECT of changing his or her Digimon Power to (GREEN). That means he or she now blasts you with Digimon Power of 390 against your 370, giving him or her the advantage.
You counter with a POWER BLAST/METAL ATTACK card that has the EFFECT of adding 50 points to your Digimon Power, giving you 420 to his or her 390. Your opponent examines his or her hand, sees he or she is out of options and passes. You win the Duel!
To determine your score, see the SCORE chart at the bottom of your winning Digimon card. Since your opponent was a Champion, find "C" for Champion and see that you've won 100 points.
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Fixing the Government: Voters and Candidates
I'm not adept at writing about politics or the government, but I'm too annoyed with the topic to ignore it. This is part two in my series on fixing the government. Today I want to talk about voters and candidates.
Let's start with some basics. I think there is a general misunderstanding among the voting public that the United States of America is a democracy. This is not true. A pure democracy is a country where all issues are brought up for vote and the side with the greatest number of votes wins. I believe that I've heard it referred to as a "mobocracy" in the past. When you think about it, a pure democracy is generally not a great idea.
Interestingly, the founding fathers were well aware of this. Here are some quotes that show their feelings on the matter.
John Quincy Adams – "The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived."
Noah Webster – "Therefore a pure democracy is generally a very bad government. It is often the most tyrannical government on earth."
Pretty harsh eh? Think about it though, how would you like to live in a place that could take a vote and declare that your religion is now illegal or that people in the rural areas of the country have to pay higher taxes than people in the cities? Both would be possible depending on what seems good to a majority of the population.
The founding fathers knew this was problematic so they avoided it. Instead, they built a Democratic Republic. A republic is a type of government that is similar to a monarchy, but instead of a king or queen you have a group of people working to build laws that govern the people. Rome was a republic led by various consuls for nearly 500 years before Octavian became Augustus Caesar, first emperor of the Roman Empire.
A democratic republic merges both into a government where the public votes to elect the people who will represent them in the republic. So instead of leaders being chosen based on wealth or political intrigue they are chosen in a fair election by the people. At least, that's how it's supposed to work.
See, this is where we come in. As voters it is our job to monitor the potential candidates for government office diligently so that we can vote for the person who will best represent us when they leave for the state or national government. We all do that, right? Think again, most of us don't. Unfortunately, the only ones who seem to be taking their responsibility seriously are the party extremists who are going to vote in a specific direction regardless of the person running for the office. On the other hand, the middle ground tends to be disinterested unless they are personally engaged in a pet topic.
The candidates can't ignore the middle ground though. The middle ground is vast. In fact, the zealots tend to cancel each other out, meaning that it's the candidate the captures the votes of the middle ground that will win an election. So, if you're trying to get elected, the sensible thing is to target the things that the middle ground voters care about and set a position that attracts the majority of them. There's a problem though. When a candidate is running for a specific political party they have already adopted a standard set of positions and it is difficult to maintain your party support if you try too hard to please the middle. In other words, you'll lose your zealots if you don't say what they are used to hearing.
The result? We get stuck voting on a bunch of candidates who seem to contradict themselves as they dance between maintaining their party support and wooing the middle ground. In the old days this was much easier, but in today's world of instant information the hypocrisy is maddening. So who wins? Two types of candidates, those who seem the most sincere and those who pick the right issue at the right time. Our recent presidential election is a good example. President Obama was a consummate politician doing the normal dance. The thing that set him apart was his ability to convince the voters that he believed in his rhetoric and that he could make it happen.
Was he unstoppable? No, another good candidate who had a strong background and positive reputation in money management and economics could have won the day, particularly if he shared Obama's oratory skill. John McCain possesses none of those skills however, and was completely overmatched.
Here's the point, the middle ground isn't paying attention. This is why we end up with candidates that so many of us don't trust or like. We're ready to chase to brightest shiny penny that someone puts in front of us. As a result, our elected officials do not truly represent the beliefs of the country when they vote on items. This isn't their failure, it's ours. If we were doing things right, then we should be able to count on the people that we elect to be good, moral people. They would be strong leaders who are more interested in listening and making changes for the better than pushing preconceived agendas. We don't have that, I don't know if we've ever had it, but we should.
In business there is saying – You get what you measure. This means that teams will do what they have to do to meet goals in the area that they are measured in, even at the expense of other critical performance opportunities. For example, if you set a call center goal of taking 1 minute calls, then you can rest assured that your call center will finish their calls in 1 minute. The problem is that they will provide terrible service and probably hang up on callers to meet that goal. What good is that? No good at all.
This rule of thumb is apropos in our political system as well. Our politicians have a scorecard. When a politician is elected they are green, everyone who doesn't get elected is red. As a result, the politicians and their advisors have been studying the candidates that win the elections. Why? So they can imitate them. As a result, we are inundated with candidates who have a hard time telling the truth because they are too concerned with telling us what they think we want to hear. We are treated to dancer after dancer because history has shown that candidates who dance around the questions the best are the ones that are going to get elected.
Are these the people who are going to stand up for what they believe in when the going gets tough? No, they are the ones that are going to try to please everybody they deal with. They only people that they aren't concerned with pleasing are the constituency that they are supposed to be representing. At least, not until election time. That's when they will do one or two things that are voter-centric so that they can point to them during the election. Then they will start their song and dance again and count on their name recognition to get them back into office again and again so that they can continue the cycle.
Yes I'm frustrated; there have got to be better ways to govern ourselves. I get even more frustrated when I start talking about the lobbies that have such a profound impact on American policy. I'll get into that next week. And then, hopefully, I'll have some suggestions that actually make sense.
Until then, Be Blessed.
Posted on March 13, 2011, in Politics and tagged Barack Obama, democratic republic, Government, United States, Voting. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
This is one of the most clear and coherent blogs on voters and candidates that I've ever read. The issues are vast. Voters usually vote because they have a "good feeling" about one candidate or the other. Some vote because they always vote with their party regardless of who the candidate is. Voters have to pay attention to who they are voting for. The last few elections have been some of the closest in the nations history. It underscores the importance of paying attention and voting for the candidate that represents best who you are and what you believe.
Of course this becomes almost impossible when the candidates willing to say anything that will get you to believe they represent you. Of couse that means they are anything but honest with the integrity to always speak what they believe. And it doesn't help that the candidates that do speak their mind often don't choose their words carefully enough (Think Huckabee and the Natalie Portman issue/or the candidate for Jacksonville mayor that said it crossed his mind about burning an abortion clinic). So we are left to choose from the candidates that are the least honest and true to themselves. Some choice.
The worst part is that we absolutely can't put our heads in the sands and hope the whole thing goes away. We have to educate ourselves. We have to watch the news, debates, and even read the paper. We have too. Or this nation is going to go down the tubes…not on whatever US President's watch…but on OUR watch.
For me, I like the fact that people with 2 different values, 2 different views are available. To be honest, I at times I wish we had more. Coming to the table with new fresh ideas is not a bad thing. It is actually quite good. New ideas, and challenging people's thoughts I believe is what the founding fathers wanted.
What we do have are politicians who want to figuratively kill the other party. They are not interested in hearing good new ideas. Their only concern is to beat the other party down so bad, and to get the "win". To get the 5 minutes with Katie Couric for winning an argument, that they do not listen to the other 49 people in the senate building, or the other 524 representatives in the house. It is a darn shame. Because I do believe that have good ideas to help fix the issues with this country. But they cannot get out of their own ways to do it.


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Commodity Futures: A Japanese Perspective
24 Pages Posted: 15 Aug 2006
There are 2 versions of this paper
Commodity Futures: A Japanese Perspective
Date Written: October 19, 2005
We study the basic properties of an equally-weighted index of U.S. commodity futures from the perspective of a Japanese investor. We find that the returns on the U.S. equally-weighted commodity futures index maintain their basic properties, documented in Gorton and Rouwenhorst (2005), when translated into Yen. In particular, looking at returns on Japanese stocks and bonds, the commodity futures index, translated into Yen, continues to display equity-like returns, but with slightly less volatility. In addition, the Yen-based commodity futures returns show essentially zero correlation with Japanese equities and negative correlation with bonds.
Note: Downloadable document is in English. The Japanese version is available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=834724
Keywords: commodity futures
JEL Classification: G12
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Giglio Island, or Isola del Giglio is an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, just off the coast of Tuscany. It is situated west of the Argentario promontory, approximately fourteen kilometres away. The island has a small population of 1,600 and 28 kilometres of glorious sandy beaches.
This tiny, mountainous island doesn't have an airport so the only way to reach Giglio is by ferry. The journey from Porto Santo Stefano, on the Italian mainland to Giglio port takes approximately an hour with a frequency of up to 4 crossings daily.
Buses run between the three main towns on the island throughout the year and are more frequent in the summer. Boats can be hired from Giglio Porto, or visitors can take a Taxi Boat, or hire a boat with a driver in order to take a trip around the island.
The rich history of the island is still accessible to the contemporary visitor through buildings such as the Roman Villa ruins, excavated in 1918, in Giglio Porto, or the old Saracen Tower built in 1596 by Ferdinand de Medici.
Right in the centre of the island sits Giglio Castello which is a medieval hilltop village completely encircled by high fortress walls with seven of its original ten towers still intact. This imposing fortress was originally built in the twelfth century by the Pisans, and was then restored and reinforced by Ferdinand II de Medici in 1623. The parish church of San Pietro is located inside the fortress walls and it contains frescos and relics dating back to the fourteenth century.
Giglio Island offers a wealth of delights to holiday-makers. There are many golden beaches for sunbathing and a network of footpaths for the more adventurous seeking breath-taking views. Each of the three main towns, Giglio Porto, Giglio Castello, and Giglio Campese cater for different appetites, but delicious Tuscan cuisine, fresh fish and seafood is in plentiful supply; those wishing to sample the local wines can do so in the old wine cellars of the Fortress.
Should you wish for a more active itinerary you could go horse-riding, swimming, or snorkelling in the crystal clear waters. Lessons in diving, canoeing and windsurfing are also available.
"Toremar Ferry"
Up to time. Comfortable. Good catering for travellers early in day.
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"At sea on Giuseppe Rum"
This summer for our holiday to the Isola del Giglio we travelled with Toremar onboard the Giuseppe Rum ferry. We were only passengers with no car, I found really helpful that I could leave the luggages inside the garage in a reaservet place. We are really keen to this ship because every eving arrive to the Giglio port and the nex morning at 6.00 sets sail again, so it always been a permanent precesence during our dinners and evening walks along the harbor. More than once we took picture with it.
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"excellent ferry"
Cleaning, services, staff helpful, I am a bit sad because the crossing was too short.
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"Ferry crossings - excellent service"
We travelled from Piombino to Portoferrario and return, taking our car. The service was extremely efficient both ways. Good cafe on board. On return journey we arrived early and since there was space on the earlier ferry we were able to travel sooner with no problem. Would certainly recommend the service.
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text: Share: Comments Print November 24, 2009 at 2:29 PM Now what? News from around the league Posted by Jose Romero Lots happening around the league today. Robbie Russell, the guy who won the MLS Cup for Real Salt Lake, is unprotected for the expansion draft. "It would be nice to have some control of the situation, but right now I have no say in it," Russell told the Deseret News yesterday. "It's a little awkward, but it's just the way it is." A nice crowd turned out to welcome the champs home to Utah yesterday. Veteran midfielder Ben Olsen has retired from D.C. United after 12 MLS seasons. He also had 37 caps for the USMNT. The Los Angeles Times reports that David Beckham has asthma. In other news, I am reporting that I do, too. The Vancouver Sun from our fine neighbors to the north in a city every bit as beautiful as this one printed an article celebrating Seattle as MLS Cup host city, and this passage was in the story. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said the celebration of soccer was nothing short of spectacular and those images in Seattle definitely will be used to influence FIFA when the U.S. bids to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022. Also this bit of info, which I found interesting: The province (B.C.) has since confirmed the $458-million retractable-roof project will proceed, so the Whitecaps will likely promote the next phase of ticket sales around the time of the 2010 World Cup next summer. Lenarduzzi (Bob, Whitecaps president) said BC Place Stadium operator PavCo has indicated the July 2011 reopening date for BC Place is a worst-case scenario and it will try to finish the project sooner. MLS play begins in March, so the new Vancouver franchise will likely play in a temporary stadium for the first few months of its inaugural season. And Denis Hamlett was let go as coach of the Chicago Fire today, ChicagoBreakingSports.com writes. Wow. The Fire had a good season, too. Comments


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"Here's what ECRI's recession call really says: if you think this is a bad economy, you haven't seen anything yet. And that has profound implications for both Main Street and Wall Street."


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Foodie Fiona Redwood is offering customers at her Marchmont shop a whole new approach to buying cheese – and it appears to be giving Wedge the edge.
In her own homage to fromage, she is keen to introduce us to a growing range of British cheeses that are every bit as tasty – if sometimes as smelly – as their European cousins.
She also wants to unravel some of the myths and mysteries that may prevent the less intrepid cheese buyer from venturing beyond Cheddar and Stilton.
Rather than taking on the Capital's well-established specialist cheesemongers, she believes Wedge will appeal to shoppers who might otherwise buy their cheese in a supermarket.
Fiona, who opened the shop in November, says: "The whole idea behind Wedge was to create a more casual and updated method of buying artisan cheese. There's something about going into a small shop to buy a speciality product that can feel intimidating and I wanted to take that away.
"We wanted to take a 21st-century approach to buying cheese, making it more user-friendly, in the same way that buying coffee has changed in the past few years.
"As a cheese lover who has been in lots of different cheese shops, I know it can feel overwhelming to be confronted by so many different cheeses and then you feel pressure to make a decision when you don't know what you want."
To simplify the process, Wedge has created a system of cheese kits, catering for everything from a night in for two or a dinner party for ten.
"For two people we offer 100g each of any soft cheese, any blue cheese and any hard cheese, with any biscuits, oatcakes or crackers and any chutney," Fiona explains.
"For a dinner party it's the same formula, adapted to the number we are catering for, and everything is weight based. The customer has complete control and all the options are laid out on a plate."
A visit to Wedge, on the corner of Marchmont Road and Spottiswoode Road, starts with an invitation to sample and savour. "I like to ask people what they normally go for and then get them to taste as many as possible to see what they like. It's all about personal preference. I have nothing against cheese pairing, but it's not essential.
"Sometimes good cheese is just good cheese and you can have it with whatever you like, without a song and dance. There's nothing wrong with enjoying it just because it's tasty."
Fiona offers a range of between 30 to 40 cheeses, the majority from the UK and Ireland. "Someone might come in for Manchego, which I don't have, and go home with something that is British and similar, which they didn't expect to find.
"I'm not doing down European cheese, but we have some amazing cheeses in the UK that we are not showcasing enough," she says.
"This is a wonderful time when people are caring about where they shop and where their food comes from. There is growing support for independent shops and local producers."
Wedge, 100 Marchmont Road, 07793 842031. Open, Tues-Sat 10am to 6pm; Sun, 10am to 5pm.


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Exodus 16-19 New King James Version (NKJV)
Bread from Heaven
16 And they journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt. 2 Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 And the children of Israel said to them, "Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger."
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather [a]a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not. 5 And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily."
6 Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening you shall know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt. 7 And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord; for He hears your complaints against the Lord. But what are we, that you complain against us?" 8 Also Moses said, "This shall be seen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the Lord hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the Lord."
9 Then Moses spoke to Aaron, "Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your complaints.' " 10 Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 "I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.' "
13 So it was that quail came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp. 14 And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground. 15 So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was.
And Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: 'Let every man gather it according to each one's need, one omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.' "
17 Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less. 18 So when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one's need. 19 And Moses said, "Let no one leave any of it till morning." 20 Notwithstanding they did not [b]heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. 21 So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.
22 And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 Then he said to them, "This is what the Lord has said: 'Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.' " 24 So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it. 25 Then Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none."
27 Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. 28 And the Lord said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws? 29 See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day." 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And the house of Israel called its name [c]Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
32 Then Moses said, "This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: 'Fill an omer with it, to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.' " 33 And Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations." 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.
Water from the Rock
17 Then all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sin, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, "Give us water, that we may drink."
So Moses said to them, "Why do you contend with me? Why do you tempt the Lord?"
3 And the people thirsted there for water, and the people complained against Moses, and said, "Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?"
4 So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone[d] me!"
5 And the Lord said to Moses, "Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which you struck the river, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink."
And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 So he called the name of the place Massah[e] and [f]Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they [g]tempted the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?"
Victory over the Amalekites
8 Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to Joshua, "Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand." 10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands became [h]heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven." 15 And Moses built an altar and called its name, [i]The-Lord-Is-My-Banner; 16 for he said, "Because [j]the Lord has sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."
Jethro's Advice
18 And Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people—that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, 3 with her two sons, of whom the name of one was [k]Gershom (for he said, "I have been a [l]stranger in a foreign land") 4 and the name of the other was [m]Eliezer (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh"); 5 and Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mountain of God. 6 Now he had said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her."
7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and kissed him. And they asked each other about their well-being, and they went into the tent. 8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardship that had come upon them on the way, and how the Lord had delivered them. 9 Then Jethro rejoiced for all the good which the Lord had done for Israel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro said, "Blessed be the Lord, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; for in the very thing in which they [n]behaved proudly, He was above them." 12 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, [o]took a burnt offering and other sacrifices to offer to God. And Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
13 And so it was, on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood before Moses from morning until evening. 14 So when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, "What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone [p]sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?"
15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God. 16 When they have a [q]difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws."
17 So Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good. 18 Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing is too much for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself. 19 Listen now to my voice; I will give you [r]counsel, and God will be with you: Stand before God for the people, so that you may bring the difficulties to God. 20 And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do. 21 Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you. 23 If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their place in peace."
24 So Moses heeded the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 So they judged the people at all times; the hard[s] cases they brought to Moses, but they judged every small case themselves.
27 Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way to his own land.
Israel at Mount Sinai
19 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they had departed from Rephidim, had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Israel camped there before the mountain.
3 And Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 4 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I [t]bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
7 So Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and [u]laid before them all these words which the Lord commanded him. 8 Then all the people answered together and said, "All that the Lord has spoken we will do." So Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord. 9 And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in the thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever."
So Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. 11 And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. 12 You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. 13 Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain."
14 So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives."
16 Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and [v]the whole mountain quaked greatly. 19 And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. 20 Then the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21 And the Lord said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to gaze at the Lord, and many of them perish. 22 Also let the priests who come near the Lord consecrate themselves, lest the Lord break out against them."
23 But Moses said to the Lord, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain and consecrate it.' "
24 Then the Lord said to him, "Away! Get down and then come up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the Lord, lest He break out against them." 25 So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.
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"Of all things love is the most potent." - Maria Montessori
Dear RMS Parents,
Thank you to all of you who have already responded to our Mission Support campaign. Thanks to your prompt generosity, we're off to a great start.
If you haven't already, please do consider participating with a recurring monthly gift, or a one-time donation. Every amount helps us offset costs, which in turn helps us keep tuition low and aid high. Thank you in advance for your generous and prayerful consideration!
God bless,
Mission Support Update
We are nearing the one month mark of our 2017 Mission Support Campaign. We are excited to report we have already achieved 20% participation and have raised close to $7K for our school.
Help us reach our goal of 100% participation!
Harris Teeter Rewards
Harris Teeter offers our school a great rewards program (cash) for shopping there over the school year and it requires very little on our part--we just have to sign up and then shop with our VIC card!
So if you are a Harris Teeter shopper and signed up with their VIC program, please email Paula O'Keefe email@example.com your info and she will get you signed up. She simply needs your last name and the phone number associated with the card or the 9 digit VIC number and your last name.
If you prefer to sign yourself up when you are at Harris Teeter, our school number is 8616.
Thanks for helping our school!
Save the Date! Chick-fil-A in Bristow will host a Spirit Night for RMS on Wednesday, November 15th from 4-7 pm. Come and enjoy a meal at Chick-fil-A and a portion of the proceeds will be given to RMS! More details to come.
Upcoming Events
- 10/9/17 - No School - Columbus Day
- 10/11/17 - Parents Guild Meeting 8:30 AM
- 10/19/17 - Parent Night #1 (Revised Date)
- 10/20/17 - No School - Teacher In-Service
Picture Day
It's that time of year again, Picture Day! This year Picture Day will be on Thursday November, 2nd. We are using the same photographer that we used last year. Please make sure to have your children in on time, we will start at 8:45 am sharp and try to get everyone's pictures in before noon. The picture types are: individual, class, sibling and whole school. We will give you more information on the price and packages once that becomes available to us.
If you have a Toddler that comes on Tues/Wed only and you want them to be a part of the class picture, you are welcome to bring them in at 8:45.
SCRIP Update
Don't forget to order scrip weekly at www.shopwithscrip.com and drop off your cash or checks by Tuesday. Mr Garvey will collect them curbside or you can put them directly into the SCRIP box in the office. If you haven't set up an account yet, our enrollment code is 8F91287E14129.
Remember that if you want to earn that $300 quickly, it is best to set up a PrestoPay account because you can purchase and use electronic SCRIP immediately from your handheld device or home computer, no more dealing with dropping off checks and waiting a week for your cards to arrive.
Forgot to place an order? No problem, there is a SCRIP binder in the office with an array of cards for purchase. Simply go into the office and Kristina will help you through the purchase process. Any questions or problems please contact Rosanne Garvey at email@example.com or 703-447-9229.
RMS Family Directory
The 2017-2018 version of the RMS Family Directory is now available. You can download the directory HERE or find it anytime on the Parents Page of the website.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent-Teacher conferences occur twice a year; once in the fall and once in the spring. The conferences provide parents with one-on-one time with the teacher, to share our joint observations of the child, so we can best acknowledge who they are and what they need next. Conferences can be scheduled during "office hours", which are unique to the environment and directress.
In order to make these as fruitful as possible, parents need to have observed at least once in the environment before their conference.
Use the links below to schedule a conference. If there is an emergency and you are not able to make your scheduled time, please contact the office to let us know. Then reschedule through the sign up below for an available time. Thank you in advance for your prompt arrival.
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Erd Kinder Conferences Times - Contact Dr. Rubin directly to schedule. Monday 10/09 and 10/ 16 3:15 - 3:45 3:45 - 4:15 Wednesday 10/11 and 10/ 18 3:15 - 3:45 3:45 - 4:15
Volunteer Hours and Tracking
This year we are implementing a new tool to help parents easily find opportunities to volunteer and track hours - Track it Forward. If you did not receive an email from Track it Forward to set up your account, please let Kristina know.
In addition to being able to see volunteer needs and track hours on the Track it Forward website, you can also do both in the "Volunteering" drop down of the parents section of the RMS website HERE. There is also a link to this page at the top of each weekly update for easy access. If you attended the Guild meeting yesterday, don't forget to go ahead and log your hours!
As always, we are here to help so let us know if you have any questions at all!


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I am introducing a free London Real Estate Newsletter.
Starting this month, I am going to provide a free monthly newsletter. I am reaching out to contacts I have corresponded with in the past or whom I have dealt with in the past through the various projects I have worked on across London.
The Strauss Realty newsletter will consist of only three key parts:
- A brief summary of what is happening in the London market, condensing all the various research documents and news articles into a short and simple couple of paragraphs. (I will link back to detailed reports for those interested in that)
- Highlight some key events that have happened in the last month that have affected or could affect the wider market or have a large impact on a more specific area. Example: pre-approval of a large project, change in major policy, completion of a large project etc.
- The third and final section will be my unrestrained & unrestricted opinion, on what this all means. A down and dirty view about what this means to you as an investor, developer or simply a buyer in the marketplace, without a mainstream agenda.
This newsletter will not be filled with property ads or any other ads for that matter as I don't want to clog up your inbox with things you don't want or don't have a need for.
I look forward to sharing this information with you, I am sure you will find it of great value.
Kind regards,
Rian Strauss
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As I have stated above this is a free service and a way for me to give back to the community involved in making the London market as interesting and sometimes, as challenging as it is. It would be a great honour to me should you share this with your friends and family.


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A picture can speak a thousand words, so if you had the task of selling yourself to a potential employer, what would you show them?
We want you to get your creative juices flowing and show us, through a picture or video (up to two minutes long), your skills, experience, work history, personality or anything else you think is worth shouting about when it comes to your employability.
So whether you're happy in your job, or hunting for a new role, show us what you bring to the table.
We've put together a couple of examples below to give you some ideas, but anything (within reason) goes.
Guardian journalist Matthew Jenkin took a snapshot of his career, showcasing his ambition, love of travel, writing and even his Tibetan language skills. What would your photo CV look like?
There are lots of great examples on YouTube already. Mark Leruste, for instance, made this video CV to find his dream job. How would you show your CV in two minutes?
Unlike Mark, please don't use any music in your video or we won't be able to publish it.
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The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is now excepting applications from overseas companies to Environmental and Water Sector Business Matching Program in Osaka. Japan's Kansai area, including Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, is home to a number of Japan's largest corporations and some of the country's most innovative small & medium-sized enterprises. Cutting-edge manufacturing technologies combined with an ambitious entrepreneurial spirit have made Kansai a world leader in environmental and water sector technology. JETRO will organize individual business meetings between leading business entities from overseas and Kansai's local companies in their respected field.
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Down to earth by nature and both wonderfully congenial people, Susanna and Jared were destined to fit together as effortlessly as peanut butter and chocolate. It was in 2013 that their paths first crossed in an unexpected way. Susanna was a banker at Chase, and Jared was filling out a deposit slip in her branch when she saw him for the first time. Jared came in many times after that, never speaking to Susanna but always making a point to smile at her as he walked past. One day, following his usual routine, Jared got as far as the front of the bank before stopping and turning around to walk straight up to Susanna's desk. Visibly shaking, he at last mustered the courage to ask her out.
4 years later, they remain head-over-heels for each other. The two share an infectious sense of humor, a love for their pups, a strong bond with their families, and an adoration for beautiful Wabasis Lake, where Jared grew up and where their beautiful home is located on the water's edge. It only seemed fitting to start this new chapter together on the shores of this special place.
September 9th was bright and cloudless but perfectly cool as Susanna and Jared exchanged their vows by the shimmering water. The celebration that followed was as relaxed and welcoming as the bride and groom themselves: savory BBQ dinner, lawn games and bonfires, a lively dance floor, and a boat ride to the sand bar in the late evening light.
Ceremony & Reception Venue: Wabasis Lake Campground
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
The LCROSS Mission is........is.....What?
So whoever was paying any attention to what was going on last friday, I ask you why didn't anyone stand up and ask the simple question......"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND?" Whose brilliant idea was is to fire 2....2!!!.....ROCKETS at the moon?! ROCKETS designed to bury itself further into a crater and see if it really has water? What the fuck. I mean really? I can understand if we had to fire ballistic missiles at the moon if it DECLARED WAR ON US, but to find water? I say we take all the fucking dictionaries in the world and take the word COMMON SENSE and stick it up Eiensteins ass in his grave. "Why?" you ask? To teach him a lesson for giving our scientists false hope that THEY KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THERE DOING!?
Friday, September 11, 2009
Me and My iphone......
Sunday, August 23, 2009
I hate fashion.....sometimes
Yeah I know I'm in a band that wears cool hip shoes and clothes and all that blah blah. It's fun for the most part but it takes its tole on me. Its frustrating being told that what your wearing doesn't fit you or doesn't look good when you think it looks fine. So at times I just want to wear what is comfortable, not what's the coolest 400$ jeans from H&M. I'm a simple guy with simple needs. People commenting how good a drummer I am is one.People looking at me saying how cool my jeans or shoes are, are a distant 100 or so.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Can we please evolve as a people? Please?
Whats wrong with being a Muslim in this country? Since I live in the south, there is no shortage of racism still lurking around here. Apparrently they haven't grasped the concept that not every person darker than tan is out kill them. But the new thing nowadays that these people are complaining about is that being a muslim means that you are an evil terrorist and want to rape babies or some shit like that. Everyday I hear this garbage on the radio. Im getting to the point where I may, just may, drive myself into a brick wall so I can save my ears from the hellish sound spewing horse cum into my brain. If you are a normal human being, you would at least learn all the facts before calling someone your enemy. So I'll give you a short history lesson:
2. Since they believe Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was that of a Prophet and not God, they don't believe in the original sin (I mean the Quran mentions the story but with the blame of Adam and Eve EQUALLY, but then forgave them). Thusfore, Jesus didn't die on a cross nor did he die for any-ones sins (since we are born sinless). He was raised to heaven and will return before the end of times.
3. We are accountable for our actions. On the day of judgment our deeds will be weighted. Belief alone does not guarantee us Heaven. Our good actions have to outweigh our bad actions. These deeds could be anything from praying to God to serving for a better humanity. (hmmm...doesn't that sound better then what the Catholics tell you. If you don't believe Jesus to be your savior, he will damn you to hell?)
These are the pillars of Islam. Every Muslim must practice:
Shahadah-the declaration that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is his messenger.
Prayer (Salat) - establishing of the five daily Prayers.
The paying of alms (Zakat) - which is generally 2.5% of the total savings for a rich man working in trade or industry, and 10% or 20% of the annual produce for agriculturists. This money or produce is distributed among the poor.
Fasting (Sawm) - refraining from eating, drinking or satisfying other needs from dawn to dusk in the month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar.
The Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) - this is done during the month of Zul Hijjah, and is compulsory once in a lifetime for one who has the ability to do it. If the Muslim is in ill health or in debt, he or she is not required to perform Hajj.
Monday, June 22, 2009
A jailbroken Iphone is better....Period.
made from Apple, I will buy it. If they made a vibrator that plays
songs from your iTunes playlist, I would be elated to use
it......Uh....So anyway, let me get to the point. Apple is great,
however, they are a few things that bother me.
1. You can't change your text ring tones.
WHY THE FUCK CANT YOU CHANGE THEM? Why do I have to choose stupid
stock ringtones that barf sound when and if I can actually hear it
ring. And that's another thing. I can't hear the damn text tones. Even
at full blast, it's like a soft fart. Pretty annoying. It wouldn't
bother me so much if you had the same options you have with the
regular ringtones.
2. Can't really customize it.
I mean it's not that big of a deal but if your like me and want to see
the face of your favorite Final Fantasy character in the backround of
your apps, you should be able to do that. I mean it's there as your
homescreen. Why can't it be there in the fucking backround? I mean
it's just kinda plain to me. And I would think that the abilty to
customize would increase the longevity of the phone. I don't know.
That's just my opinion.
3. 40 years later and we finally have MMS.
JESUS MARY AND JOESEPH!!! Why in the holy mother of buttfucking did it
take so long. I pretty sure it's not Apples fault. It's At&t. They
can't handle the awesome power that is the iPhone. And you know what
else is utter fuck bullshit? It has been officially released, yet, we
can't fucking use it. What the fuck......
4. Previewing Apps from the App dammit.
The app store should have the option to TRY FUCKING TRY out apps. I
have been coaxed into buying so many shitty apps and thinking to
myself that I have just paid 3 dollars for something that had good
reviews and looked promising but was the biggest pile of regurgitated
poopy poop. Smart on their part for marketing but annoying for me the
So what do I do to fix these problems? Jailbreak baby. That's right.
Jailbreaking your phone basically turns something made from heaven and
turns it into something made from heaven..... again......I can
customize the look,feel and sounds from already beautiful phone and
make the phone mine. I mean who wouldn't want an app that can block
those creditors from calling you? Yeah that's awesome. Alot of people
think I'm stupid for voiding the Apple warranty. Eat some dicks. I
want the best possible product I can get. I want to play Nintendo on
my phone. I want a goddamn video camera like every other fucking smart
phone. Or how about a zoom feature for gods sake!?
In conclusion, I just wanted to let all the apple fanboys know how I
feel. And like I said before, I LOVE APPLE. The iPhone with it's few
annoyances, is still the best phone on the market. Anybody who's says
any different is a liar. They wish they can smell the brand new
packaging of a sparkiling clean iPhone. I'm getting a little hard just
thinking about it. So drop your Nokia flip phone and buy an iPhone so
we can play Peggle together.
The worst select screen ever.....
The game Worms for the Xbox360 market place is a pretty fun game for
the most part. Except if you want to play with a group. It has the
most ridiculous select screen I have ever had the displeasure of
dealing with. 4 guys sitting around a tv and videogame system yelling
at each other because the wrong person pressed A too soon. It's really
hard to explain without a demostration. But just take my word for it.
It eats dicks and shits for the birds.


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That night the music coming from the restaurant (local, live folkloric) was even more enticing than normal and I dragged the kids over for a listen. I ordered a pitcher of Sangria but for the first time found out that THIS sangria was comprised of rum and red wine. I quickly changed the order to lemonade (limeade) and a dark beer. I don't know if the kids even noticed the music; they were running around (outside) and playing with a puppy. Those kids simply cannot resist a puppy. Unfortunately, the puppy's fleas cannot resist me. :(
Today we headed to town for some errands and the girls got long promised dresses (when I found a cheap garment store). I'd bought Ellen and Sissy replacement sandals (for the ones they've lost and the pair that Jamie left at a Pemex) and Ellen's had already broken. The duena happily replaced them, much to my surprise; I really expected her to say, "buyer beware".
More shopping; more heat; more frustration and we were back at the campground by noon. We sent the kids off to the pool and got ready to go. It was much easier to leave Palenque after a nice dip and cool down in the pool. We are really going to miss Palenque; the ruins, the jungle, the hippies, the food.
About 3 or 4 kilometers down the road from the campground I saw two hitchikers and without a second thought slowed down and opened the window to show them how full we are. I don't know why I stopped, it just seemed to be exactly the right thing to do and I didn't even think about it. They decided to give us a try and we managed to shoehorn them and their belongings inbetween the kids and on the floor. They were on their way to Chetumal (just like us) and I'm lucky the daggers coming from Jamie's eyes didn't do any damage. I don't know why I never consulted him; it was an pure instinctual reaction to pick them up. Luckilly, Jamie warmed to the idea and they proved to be most excellent travelling companions.
We had planned on going only as far as El Centanario and stopped at a restaurant that has a reputation of allowing campers to overnight. FOUR HUNDERED PESOS later (dinner) we're waiting for the heat to decrease to be able to sleep. There are turkeys, roosters, chickens, monkeys, peacocks and probably more here (where are the dogs?) and we're right by a lagoon. The breeze is AMAZING but unfortunately, the ass-end of the trailer is pointed straight at the breeze. We're trying to decide if I need to move the trailer perpendicular to catch some breeze (or not). Slide out; food out; everything out; but we NEED a breeze... This is absolutely The Hottest Night In Creation.


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Arcadia News and Updates/
Cameron Hurd breaks school record
in 300H with his 3rd place finish at 37.26. A 12 year old record!
Congrats to the Boys 4x4 placing 5th in the Invitational Heat.
The 4x 400 meter relay team of juniors Nicole Moeller and Bryanna DeVaney, as well as seniors Sara Newsom and Tyler-Leigh Gray ran 3:59.94 at the Arcadia Invitational, and medaled in the process. Congratulations.


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Review of The Mediator Pattern - by J.D. Lee/
I gave this novel 4 out of 5 stars on Amazon and 3 (3.5) on Goodreads!
Marcus Metiline is a Patent Mediator pulled into a spiraling dispute and sequence of events connected with the man that holds nearly complete power over the region. After receiving a request to meet with this power broker, Colin Belis, Marcus goes through his daily routine on his way to the meeting. Nothing about his experience inside the Belis Co. complex is routine. He is put through mind altering and disturbing processes in route to the meeting and his conversation with Colin is as odd if not worse. He is asked to meet with someone who has placed a patent that conflicts with Belis holdings and once he meets with the man, a Dr. Avant, he is told that all he knows is a fabrication and a lie instituted by Colin and the Belis Co. The story progresses through myriad "retries" if you will, as each characters present, past and future merge in confusing and sometimes intriguing ways. You never truly understand who is good or bad and what the actual mission is that Marcus has undertaken until the end (though it was worth the wait). Without spoiling the end, I can say that it wraps up the confusion well and very nearly to complete satisfaction.
The writing was solid though I nearly put it down after the first chapter due to the emphasis on using long descriptions for every little action. I like writing that leaves some gaps for my imagination to fill in and get annoyed when too much is being explained. (See my blog post on the topic) Most readers will probably not mind and I am not saying there were no well constructed descriptions and it got much more streamlined the further I progressed through the story. The main thing I had against the novel was the complicated and convoluted story line. I never felt invested in one character as it not only switched between them so quickly and abruptly, but also between different characters (with more info or experience based on time and place) within the same people.
I am truly glad I stuck with the novel. The ending of the novel was its saving grace and makes me able to recommend this book to anyone who likes to think through a book and able to wait to find out large amounts of information. I recommend reading the book, as its rather short, in as few sessions as possible to keep track of what is going on. I feel like if the novel had been a short story instead it would have been one of my favorites in the Sci-Fi genre. There was just a little too much confusion throughout to completely enjoy it but I am now planning to invest some time to read J.D. Lee's short fiction. He has a collection of short stories and flash fiction, The Future Next Door (We turn Back Toward Tomorrow Book 1) on amazon.
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As Mr Johnson takes over as Leader of the Conservative Hard Brexit Cult, and by virtue thereof as Prime Minister, it is timely to take a quick look at what his economic and fiscal policy options are - at least in the lead up to DD-Day (Do or Die) on 31st October. It's equally important to take stock of Mr Hammond's record as he quietly fades away after three years as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
UK economy 2010-2018 - the devastating impact of the age of austerity
While updating our data for GDP per head of population from OECD and ONS, and doing some quick calculations, I realised a startling fact. The present age of austerity, starting with the 2010 Coalition government, and on to the Cameron / May Conservative governments, has to date been the worst since records began for average annual change in GDP per head. And if we exclude years of recession, it has been by far the worst.
Why the left must now unite against Brexit
Although Theresa May has survived to fight another day as Prime Minister, the of her Brexit deal in parliament has blown the debate wide open. The Prime Minister has called on MPs to "put self-interest aside" and "work constructively together" to find a way forward. In this context, the Labour Party's next steps are critical.
The debate about Lexit is now irrelevant. The only form of Brexit that is possible is one that will entrench the status quo or empower something far worse. The left must unite against it.
To Secure a Future, Britain Needs a Green New Deal
This is an extract from a chapter in Economics For the Many (Verso, 2018) edited by Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP. The chapter was written in August, 2017.
If we are to secure a sustainable, stable and liveable future for the people of Britain, then implementation of the Green New Deal will be vital. Not just for the sake of the ecosystem, but also for the sake of rebuilding a stable, sustainable economy. A sustainable economy will be one dominated by a "Carbon Army' of skilled, well-paid workers.
Brexit Agreement: a bad deal, a worse Protocol - time to consult the people!
The main body of the draft Withdrawal Agreement is certainly long and detailed – a tribute to the efficiency of the EU's legal services – but it mainly contains the sort of provisions one would expect for the terms of the separation, and for issues that straddle the departure timeline.
But as for the so-called Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol, that's another matter altogether. It's not a backstop for Northern Ireland, but an up-front set of binding rules for the UK as a whole.
Budget Special: To tackle austerity, Britain needs (at least) a £50 billion increase in public spending
It's budget time. Austerity has severely damaged Britain's physical and social infrastructure. Coupled with a fall in real wages, austerity has shrunk Britain's social wage. No wonder British voters are angry and disillusioned. So let's examine the case for a £50 billion spend. For the NHS, local government, central government services, and unfreezing benefits…
It can be done within the levels of expenditure considered acceptable during the Thatcher era. All it takes is political will – and the overturning of the 'Treasury View'.
What Question(s) for a "People's Vote" Referendum?
The calls for a "People's Vote" on the government's proposed Brexit 'deal' (if indeed there is one) grow louder, but are especially contentious for the Labour Party, whose membership is more minded to "remain" than the public at large, which still seems fairly evenly split.
But the call for a People's Vote is not so straightforward, partly now in terms of timing and Parliamentary arithmetic, but above all since it poses the tough question – what question to ask the People to vote on? Or indeed what questions, plural?
What Is Wrong with the Bank of England's Decision Today?
Same old same old...Tory austerity
Severe as it has been for the welfare of the British people, eight years of so-called austerity under three Conservative governments are but the most recent manifestation of Tory assaults on public services. Since Margaret Thatcher became prime minister almost forty years ago, contracting the public sector has been a constant theme across Tory governments.
Will workers get a pay rise in 2018?
he Financial Times questioned economists for its annual publication of economic forecasts: "With unemployment at a 40-year low, how much of a pay rise will British workers get in 2018?" (See here:) PRIME economists responded thus:
PRIME forecast for FT: Will UK economy grow in 2018?
PRIME (Policy Research in Macroeconomics) economists were asked by the FT "How fast do you think the UK economy will grow in 2018 and how will this compare to other countries?" (See here).
Savings are NEVER needed for investment
It's simple: [Great Crash]+[Tory austerity] = productivity decline
For the last several years the media have carried reports of a crisis of low productivity plaguing the British economy, both in terms of level and rate of change. Almost two years ago, PRIME's Jeremy Smith provided what I considered the definitive refutation of the existence of such a crisis. But, far from ending, the "crisis" discussion has gathered pace to become a recurrent media theme.
IPPR's UK Industrial Strategy: focus on demand, not just supply
The British economy is simply not performing the way we need it to. As the Interim Report of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice shows, the UK has the weakest performance on investment, productivity, trade and geographical imbalances of any major European economy.
It must be about more than the 'supply side'. There's little point improving the conditions for investment when demand is so weak. Since the financial crisis private sector investment has flatlined. There's a vital need for Government to increase public investment to pick up the slack. In our report we call for an injection of £20bn in additional annual public investment spending by 2020-2, or 1% of GDP. This would take net public investment to 3% of GDP, its OECD average.
Those who helped break the economy cannot fix it
Yesterday's increase in interest rates was a big deal. Painful as it might be for many, the real point is that the Bank is signalling the end of a particular phase of monetary policy.
Since 2010 the counterpart to self-defeating austerity policies has been expansionary monetary policies. These have inflated assets - enriching the already-rich, while failing to stimulate wider economic recovery. Yesterday the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee signalled an end of this dangerous game.
But this technocratic realignment makes no difference to the fact that Bank and Treasury economists have failed to revive the economy.
The deficit & the IFS: a black hole between a rock and a hard place?
In its latest true-to-form report, "Between a rock and a hard place", the IFS discovers to its horror that the Tory Chancellor badly missed his borrowing target and is unlikely to balance the central government's budget. Apparently gobsmacked by the report, the Guardian reproduced many of the IFS charts, sounding the alarm of a "new budget black hole", its default moniker for a fiscal deficit
Time for a paradigm shift?
The orthodox approach has not prescribed economic policies which have been able to deal with the multiple problems we now face. We desperately need a new approach - both to economic analysis and to policy. You could say, indeed, that we need a new paradigm.
This is the conclusion reached by the Interim Report of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice, published last month. 'Time for Change: A New Vision for the British Economy'* argues that the structural problems of the UK economy are so deep that 'fundamental reform' of economic thinking and policy is needed. Such reform needs to be of the magnitude of the two economic paradigm shifts of the 20th century.
The best UK/EU transition plan? If we can, extend the Article 50 period
On 30th June 2016, just one week after the EU Referendum, I wrote this:
It has swiftly become clear, if it were not already so, that neither the government nor the leaders of the Brexit campaigns had anything resembling a plan for what to do if the people voted in favour of leaving the EU.
Alas, over a year later, there is still no plan – and awareness that the Conservative government has simply dumped us here without any idea what to do next is becoming overwhelming.
So we badly need a transitional deal - but what kind?
The decline and fall of real pay under the UK's "flexible labour market" system
Publication this week of the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices was followed on Wednesday by the latest monthly employment stats from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). These tell us that the number of those in work continues to rise significantly, but that real wages are falling at their fastest rate for nearly 3 years. Yet the CBI claimed in its submission to Taylor that over decades, the UK's flexible labour market has given rise to strong growth in real wages. In fact, the opposite is true.
The Bank of England and the growing credit bubble - a piecemeal response to a systemic problem
In June, the Bank of England dictated to the banks in its jurisdiction that they must hold more capital - £11.4 billion more – in reserve in preparation for the anticipated bursting of the growing consumer credit bubble that is undoubtedly forming. In light of this, this post seeks to answer a question posed in the British media recently – can the Bank get Britain to kick its cheap credit habit? – by discussing the societal issues that are affecting the expansion of the bubble.


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Isreal wants to play football. Always has. Since he was in second grade and his teacher did a "when I grow up" project, he set his sights on pro football.
Every time we go for his check up, the doctor asks what's the plan when you grow up, football was always the answer. His doctor would say what's plan B, because you know, the odds are 1 in a million that go to the NFL. Isreal would say, there is no plan B. I will be that 1.
As much as I loved his confidence at 10, I was mostly like the doctor and telling him to focus on school and pick something else besides football.
Well,I am kind of glad he didn't listen to me. That whole football thing is going to pay for college.
With that, the most frequently asked question is where?! I get asked everyday,he gets asked multiple times a day.
Here's the thing. His ultimate goal is the NFL. I am going to do what's in my power to help him get there. This includes the possibility of taking a road less traveled.
It is so exciting to go on Division 1 college trips. To stand on the field, to meet coaches,some of them legendary and see boys who look like him live out their dreams.
On the other side of that excitement is real life.
Since there isn't a ton of self awareness when you're 17, my job as Mom is to help guide him.
I know my kid and he is motivated by being in the field. He needs to play. To be honest, I am not really sure he would've given a damn about his high school grades if it didn't affect his eligibility. That helped him stay on track and he is currently only needing 2 1/2credits to graduate. College will be no different. He will need to go somewhere he can play. Yes,there will be some paying dues and earning his spot, but being on the field will be the thing that keeps him in college. From some candid conversations with several coaches,we know that likely he will be a red shirt as freshman if he goes to a D1. That means, he practices, he's part of the "scout" team,but he won't play. That puts him in the program, allows him to get bigger, faster, stronger without taking a year if his eligibility.
For Isreal specifically, that's not good enough. He wants to play. For that reason, he has not ruled out a D2, D3, NAIA or community college. They are all very real possibilities.
I've been around football players for a very long time and I can't tell you how stories there are of boys who are excited about their "D1 offer" and go to school, get red shirted and sit. They either get discouraged from sitting behind another player, fall behind academically drop out and lose their scholarship.
This time of his life is exciting and the time where he can literally pick. With that, he needs a voice of reason (that'd be me) that reminds him that when he does finish playing football,that something needs to come next. College is where you lay the foundation for that.
He is on the road to the NFL and college is a stepping stone. His road may be less traveled,but I have full confidence that he will get there.