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Retro is always a comparative term. These days 'old' seems to mean 'no longer on TV' and league tables of 'best ever' seem to feature the current front-of-mind in a disproportionate way. For me though, retro refers to a time in the 60s and 70s when eating out was a real treat. Fanny Craddock was beginning to awaken British home cooking but meat and two veg was still the standard fare.
Outside of the major cities eating out pretty much meant a meal in a hotel or a small local restaurant. Pub food was pie and chips or sandwiches with a few notable exceptions. The standard meal out for my family involved around a dozen of us going to a local hostelry for a meal. As I recall tablecloths were scarce and the usual arrangement was a wooden table with cork-backed placemats. As for the food, those who suggest British food hasn't moved on enormously should pay heed…
Starters were generally, soup of the day, melon, pate, grapefruit segments or fruit juice. The pricey option was prawn cocktail. All accompanied by a bread roll. My children are astonished that there was a time when tomato juice was considered a starter. Don't forget though that this was the era of 'entertaining the boss' with cheese and pickled onion on a cocktail stick and glacé cherries were daring. Prawn cocktail is one of those things which I still love to this day but feel slightly embarrassed having it. It is certainly a retro food in my book. One of the regular places we went to began offering spaghetti Bolognaise as a starter. It never appeared as a main course but the sheer novelty encouraged me to have it on a couple of occasions. It was dreadful looking back; a very hot watery sauce around mince sitting on shop-bought pasta.
The main course was steak – no choice just a 8oz cut which was cooked medium-well unless anyone raised an eyebrow. As an alternative you could have breaded plaice (almost certainly frozen) served with lots of garden peas, chips and tartare sauce. I don't think I have eaten plaice since. Gammon and egg or pineapple was always there and, for those really hungry for a meaty feast, the mixed grill. The mixed grill piled steak, sausage, liver, mushrooms and possibly kidney onto a plate..with garden peas and chips. No sauce, just meat and more meat. There would probably be a pie but I don't remember ever going for that. The retro food options came out of a selection from beef bourguignon, duck a l'orange, chicken Kiev (almost certainly frozen) and steak Diane. This was the golden age of creamy, alcohol-tinged sauces. I don't remember there ever being a vegetarian option but I I dare say you could just have the vegetables. I portrayed the standard as peas and chips but I do remember some stainless steel serving dishes of boiled vegetables on the side too as an option. There was also gravy with everything. After the vegetable shad been delivered someone would come round with the gravy boat and lash it everywhere.
Dessert tends to be a crumble, an apple pie, and then the retro peach Melba, banana split, pavlova, Black Forest Gateau or some ice cream. The standard accompaniment was single cream or custard and the ice cream was almost always served in a sundae glass or a stainless steel bowl with a fan wafer stuck in the top.
This was my expectation, with the addition of a roast and Yorkshire puddings on a Sunday throughout my childhood and I loved it. Fashion, and choice, and embarrassment have left a lot of forgotten retro dishes. On a couple of New Year's Eves we have cooked a family meal of retro food and really enjoyed the dishes. The nostalgia works for me and the teenagers are trying these for the first time. Give it a try, all those old cookbooks can still contain some gems.


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The well-organized, specific, fact-based web pages and publications from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) promise useful information and hope to communities that are getting serious about opioid addiction.
The data set provided there, however, is alarming:
- Roughly 21 to 29 percent of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them.
- Between 8 and 12 percent develop an opioid use disorder.
- An estimated 4 to 6 percent who misuse prescription opioids transition to heroin.
- About 80 percent of people who use heroin first misused prescription opioids.
The question repeated in earlier posts still comes to mind on a first tour of these fine pages. They tend to see the problem as one to be solved by experts, researchers, legislators, medical practitioners, as in this listing of five vital priorities:
- improving access to treatment and recovery services
- promoting use of overdose-reversing drugs
- strengthening our understanding of the epidemic through better public health surveillance
- providing support for cutting-edge research on pain and addiction
- advancing better practices for pain management
But what is the role of the general public–either providing insights and expressing their understanding of community needs, as well as being the audience for a variety of publications carefully crafted to meet the needs of different parts of the population, such as teachers, students, social workers, legislators, and so forth. So far I'm still seeing a gap in the articles I have been able to find, a gap in understanding the need to publish effectively–differently, adaptively–for all constituencies.

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Leadership Lesson | Pastor Steve Wright
This week's Leadership Lesson on meetings comes from Executive Pastor Steve Wright from Family Church, a multi-campus church and movement in South Florida. "We actually have a philosophy of meetings here at our church that is very robust and strong because we believe that that's how you move vision forward. Meetings for us are the traction of how vision is set." All of our meetings have five basic elements to them. 1)Start with prayer. It's not about us or our skill set, it's all about the Lord and what He is able to do through us. 2)Tell stories. We want to allow people on our teams to share with grateful hearts the things that God is doing so we can all celebrate those successes. 3)Review action items from the previous week, so there is accountability for our teams. Who is trustworthy to do what they've said they would do? 5)Look at our calendar for things coming up, this Sunday, next week, next month. We talk things out. "I want to make sure as a leader that I'm setting an environment of collaboration. I want to value the contribution of those that are on my team. I invite all of the people in the meetings to contribute." 5)Specific people being assigned specific times to get projects done. It's not nebulous anymore; there's a very specific action item. That's the way we run meetings. We are not legalistically bound to these things, but they at least give us a framework, a guide. It's been helpful for us at Family Church.
"I want to hold lightly the things of God. Obviously I am a steward, not an owner and because these things are not mine to own, they are God's, I want to hold them lightly." -Steve Wright
"We want to make Jesus' name great. The message I want to send to all of my teams is that we are solely, 100% dependent upon the Lord. I want to establish that in all of my meetings. I want to model that as a leader that this is where we want to start." -Steve Wright
"One of the things that we want to model for our staff as we are in our meeting times is these stories, that we can with grateful hearts assign thanks to the Lord." -Steve Wright
"We like to say we have 52 big events every year. They happen every Sunday."


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My plan is just to be super present and have a good time. But if a girl catches my eye, how should I approach? I'm thinking of just looking at her until we lock eyes and just wait for an AI approach invitation, a smile or something, then just go and introduce myself.
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8.1 Learning and Improvement Framework
This chapter covers the requirements within Working Together to Safeguard Children and while local safeguarding children boards transition to the new arrangements by 29th September 2019, which describes the way that professionals and organisations protecting children need to reflect on the quality of their services and learn from their own practice and that of others. It explains the requirements for an integrated local learning and improvement framework and the principles to be used when undertaking Serious Case Reviews, as well as other forms of reviews and audits.
Serious Case Review Quality Markers - Supporting dialogue about the principles of good practice and how to achieve them (NSPCC)
This chapter was updated in September 2018 to reflect transition processes towards the new arrangements from Working Together to Safeguard Children.
1. Principles
1.1 Learning and Improvement Framework
Working Together to Safeguard Children requires that the Local Safeguarding Children Board maintain a shared local learning and improvement framework across those local organisations working with children and families.
This local framework covers the full range of single and multi-agency reviews and audits which aim to drive improvements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The different types of review include:
- Serious Case Review (see Section 2, Serious Case Review Process);
- Child death review (see Working Together to Safeguard Children: a review of all child deaths under the age of 18;
- Review of a child protection incident which falls below the threshold for a Serious Case Review;
- Review or audit of practice in one or more agencies.
1.2 Purpose of Local Framework
The aim of this framework is to enable local organisations to improve services through being clear about their responsibilities to learn from experience and particularly through the provision of insights into the way organisations work together to safeguard and protect the welfare of children.
This should be achieved though:
- Reviews conducted regularly;
- Such reviews to encompass both those cases which meet statutory criteria (i.e. Serious Case Reviews and child death reviews) and cases which may provide useful insights into the way organisations are working together to safeguard and protect the welfare of children;
- Reviews examining what happened in the case, why it did so and what action will be taken to learn from the findings;
- Learning from both good and more problematic practice about the organisational strengths and weaknesses within local services to safeguard children;
- Implementation of actions arising from the findings which result in lasting improvements to services;
- Transparency about the issues arising and the resulting actions organisations take in response to the findings from individual cases, including sharing the final reports of Serious Case Reviews with the public.
Reviews are not an end in themselves, but a method to identify improvements needed and to consolidate good practice. The LSCB and partner organisations will translate the findings from reviews into programmes of action which lead to sustainable improvements.
1.3 Principles for a Culture of Continuous Improvement
There should be a culture of continuous learning and improvement across the organisations that work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, so as to identify what works and what promotes good practice.
Within this culture the principles are:
- A proportionate response: according to the scale and level of complexity of the issues being examined i.e. the scale of the review is not determined by whether or not the circumstances meet statutory criteria;
- Independence: Reviews of serious cases to be led by individuals who are independent of the case under review and of the organisations whose actions are being reviewed;
- Involvement of practitioners and clinicians: Professionals should be fully involved in reviews and invited to contribute their perspectives without fear of being blamed for actions they took in good faith;
- Offer of family involvement: Families, including surviving children, should be invited to contribute to reviews and be provided with an understanding of how this will occur;
- The child to be at the centre of the process;
- Transparency achieved by publication of the final reports of Serious Case Reviews and the LSCB's response to the findings. The LSCB annual reports will explain the impact of Serious Case Reviews and other reviews on improving services to children and families and on reducing the incidence of deaths or serious harm to children. This will also inform inspections;
- Sustainability: improvement must be sustained through regular monitoring and follow-up so that the findings from these reviews make a real impact on improving outcomes for children.
2. Serious Case Review Process
2.1 Criteria
The LSCB must undertake reviews of serious cases in specified circumstances. Regulation 5(1) (e) and (2) of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards Regulations 2006 set out the LSCB's function in undertaking reviews of serious cases and advising the authority and their Board partners on lessons to be learned.
A Serious Case Review must always be initiated when:
- Abuse or neglect of a child is known or suspected; and
- Either — (i) the child has died; or (ii) the child has been seriously harmed and there is cause for concern as to the way in which the authority, their Board partners or other relevant persons have worked together to safeguard the child.
"Seriously harmed" in the context of paragraph 18 below and regulation 5(2)(b)(ii) above includes, but is not limited to, cases where the child has sustained, as a result of abuse or neglect, any or all of the following:
- A potentially life-threatening injury;
- Serious and/or likely long-term impairment of physical or mental health or physical, intellectual, emotional, social or behavioural development.
This definition is not exhaustive. In addition, even if a child recovers, this does not mean that serious harm cannot have occurred. LSCBs should ensure that their considerations on whether serious harm has occurred are informed by available research evidence.
The HSCB has decided to include as part of its local working definition of 'serious harm', cases of serious sexual abuse, including complex or organised abuse and sexual exploitation.
Cases which meet one of the criteria must always trigger an SCR.
In addition, even if one of the criteria is not met, an SCR should always be carried out when a child dies in custody, in Police custody, on remand or following sentencing, in a Young Offender Institution, in a secure training centre or a secure children's home. The same applies where a child dies who was detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 or where a child aged 16 or 17 was the subject of a deprivation of liberty order under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
New guidance from the DfE, following the publication of Notification to New Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel and Working Together to Safeguard Children states:
LSCBs must continue to carry out all of their statutory functions, until the point at which safeguarding partner arrangements begin to operate in a local area. At the latest this will be by 29 September 2019.
The Government places a high priority on encouraging those who work with children to learn from serious incidents so that practice and services are improved to reduce the risk of future harm to children and to improve their outcomes.
The current national panel of independent experts on serious case reviews (SCRs) (as set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children) met for the last time on 11 June 2018. Since July 2013, it has considered 540 cases where LSCBs proposed not to initiate an SCR, and 86 cases where LSCBs proposed not to publish an SCR. A breakdown of these figures will be included in the panel's final report which will be published later this year. We acknowledge that the panel has undertaken a significant amount of work on a voluntary basis to bring challenge and scrutiny to the SCR system.
The new Panel will, as part of its role in considering whether to commission national reviews, also consider LSCBs' decisions on the initiation and publication of SCRs. LSCBs should, therefore, now send all information about decisions not to initiate or to publish an SCR to the new Panel at email@example.com. This should include decisions relating to all child safeguarding incidents notified to Ofsted and DfE before July 2018 but where no further information on the case has been sent to the national panel of independent experts. The new Panel expects to hold its first meeting in early July. In the interim, the DfE may contact LSCBs about any cases outstanding from the former panel, and will give a list of such cases to the new Panel.
Local authorities must notify the national panel and LSCBs within five days of becoming aware of an incident where a child has died or been seriously injured within the local authority area or a child who is normally resident in the local authority area has died or been seriously injured while outside of the UK.
Click here for further guidance.
Click here for the Hertfordshire form.
2.2 Decisions Whether to Initiate a Serious Case Review
The LSCB for the area in which the child is normally resident must decide whether an incident notified to them meets the criteria (see Section 2.1, Criteria) for a Serious Case Review. This decision should normally be made within one month of notification of the incident. The final decision rests with the Chair of the LSCB. The Chair may seek peer challenge from another LSCB Chair when considering this decision (and also at other stages in the Serious Case Review process).
The LSCB must notify Ofsted, the Department of Education and the National Panel of Independent Experts of the decision. A decision not to initiate a Serious Case Review may be subject to scrutiny by the National Panel and require the provision of further information on request and the LSCB chair may be asked to give evidence in person to the panel.
If the Serious Case Review criteria are not met, the LSCB may still decide to commission a Serious Case Review or an alternative form of case review.
2.3 National Panel of Independent Experts on Serious Case Reviews
Working Together to Safeguard Children introduced a National Panel of Independent Experts to advise and support LSCBs about the initiation and publication of Serious Case Reviews. The panel reports to the relevant Government departments their views of how the system is working. LSCBs should have regard to the panel's advice on:
- Application of the Serious Case Review criteria: whether or not to initiate a Serious Case Review;
- Appointment of reviewers;
- Publication of Serious Case Review reports.
LSCB Chairs and LSCB members should comply with requests from the panel as far as possible, including requests for information such as copies of reports and invitations to attend meetings.
The requirements relating to the National Panel remained the same in Working Together to Safeguard Children.
2.4 Methodology for Learning and Improvement
Working Together to Safeguard Children does not prescribe any particular methodology to use in such continuous learning, except that whatever model is used it must be consistent with the following 5 principles:
- Recognises the complex circumstances in which professionals work together to safeguard children;
- Seeks to understand precisely who did what and the underlying reasons that led individuals and organisations to act as they did;
- Seeks to understand practice from the viewpoint of the individuals and organisations; involved at the time rather than using hindsight;
- Transparency about the way data is collected and analysed; and
- Makes use of relevant research and case evidence to inform the findings.
Whilst Working Together stops short of advocating any specific method the systems methodology as recommended by Professor Munro (The Munro Review of Child Protection: Final Report: A Child Centred System) is cited as an example of a model that is consistent with these principles.
2.4.1 Some Examples of Models which may be considered
- SCIE Learning Together* (LT) has been piloted and evaluated during the Working Together consultation period** and is recognised as one which values practitioner contributions, is sympathetic to the context of the case and is experienced as a more transparent process by those involved;
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA) has been used within health agencies as the method to learn from significant incidents. RCA sets out to find the systemic causes of operational problems. It provides a systematic investigation technique that looks beyond the individuals concerned and seeks to understand the underlying causes and environmental context in which the incident happened;***
- Child Practice Reviews **** replaced the Serious Case Review system as the statutory guidance in Wales on 01.01.13, This process consists of several inter-related parts: Multi-Agency professional Forums to examine case practice, Concise Reviews in order to identify learning for future practice, and an Extended review which involves an additional level of scrutiny of the work of the statutory agencies;
- Significant Incident Learning Process (SILP) was developed as a way of providing a process to review cases just below the mandatory threshold for serious case reviews. It has subsequently been used in formal serious case reviews. This approach explores a broad base of involvement including families, frontline practitioners and first line managers view of the case, accessing agency reports and participating in the analysis of the material via a 'Learning Event' and 'Recall Session';
- Appreciative Inquiry (AI), rooted in action research and organisational development, is a strengths-based, collaborative approach for creating learning change. SCR's conducted as an appreciative inquiry seek to create a safe, respectful and comfortable environment in which people look together at the interventions that have successfully safeguarded a child; and share honestly about the things they got wrong. They get to look at where, how and why events took place and use their collective Serious Case Reviews hindsight wisdom to design practice improvements.
Serious case Reviews are not limited to systems methodology; there may be cases which require the inclusion of issues from outside a strictly defined systems model.
* Fish, S., E. Munro, and S. Bairstow, Learning together to safeguard children: developing a multi-agency systems approach for case reviews. 2008, Social Care Institute for Excellence: London)
** Undertaking Serious Case Reviews using the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Learning Together systems model: lessons from the pilots. March 2013
*** Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Investigation website
**** Protecting Children in Wales. Guidance for Arrangements for Multi-Agency Child Practice Reviews. 2013
Irrespective of the methodology the emphasis must be on the establishment of a local framework for learning and improvement which will achieve the outcomes set out in Section 1.2, Purpose of Local Framework, and undertaking a review which is proportionate to the scale and level of complexity of the issues being examined.
2.5 Appointing Reviewers
The LSCB will appoint one or more suitable individuals to lead the Serious Case Review. Such individuals should have demonstrated that they are qualified to conduct reviews using the Section 1.3, Principles for a Culture of Continuous Improvement.
The lead reviewer should be independent of the LSCB and the organisations involved in the case.
The LSCB will provide the National Panel of Independent Experts (see Section 2.3, National Panel of Independent Experts on Serious Case Reviews) with the name(s) of the individual(s) appointed to conduct the Serious Case Review and consider carefully any advice which the panel provides about the appointment(s).
Working Together to Safeguard Children says that reviews of serious cases should be led by individuals who are independent of the case under review and of the organisations whose actions are being reviewed.
2.6 Timescale for Serious Case Review Completion
The LSCB will aim for completion of the Serious Case Review within six months of initiating it. If this is not possible (e.g. because of potential prejudice to related court proceedings), every effort should be made while the Serious Case Review is in progress to:
- Capture points from the case about improvements needed; and
- Take any corrective action identified as required.
2.7 Engagement of Organisations
The LSCB will ensure appropriate representation in the review process of professionals and organisations involved with the child and family.
The LSCB may decide as part of the Serious Case Review to ask each relevant organisation to provide information in writing about its involvement with the child who is the subject of the review. The form in which such written material is provided will depend on the methodology chosen for the review. The individual Organisations will be responsible for ensuring the staff who have been involved with the case are aware that an SCR is being undertaken and that they are informed of the findings from any single agency review.
When the LSCB Case Review Group recommend to the Chair of the LSCB to undertake a Case Review, agencies will be reminded that they should take appropriate steps to lock down their relevant case files and/or ensure that staff access and recording into the case records can be monitored in detail.
2.8 Agreeing Improvement Action
The LSCB will oversee the process of agreeing with partners what action they need to take in light of the Serious Case Review findings. The LSCB will provide a copy of the SCR Report and Action Plan to LSCB Board Members so they can arrange the implementation of the recommendations/actions.
Individual Board Members will be responsible for sharing the findings of the review with their organisation's staff who have been involved in the case.
2.9 Publication of Reports
In order to provide transparency and to support national sharing of lessons learnt and good practice in writing and publishing such reports, all reviews of cases meeting the Serious Case Review criteria will result in a readily accessible published report on the LSCB's website. It will remain on the web-site for a minimum of 12 months and thereafter be available on request.
The fact that the report will be published must be taken into consideration throughout the process, with reports written in such a way that publication 'will not be likely to harm the welfare of any children or Adults at Risk involved in the case' and consideration given on how best to manage the impact of publication on those affected by the case. The LSCB will comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 and any other restrictions on publication of information, such as court orders.
The final Serious Case Review report should:
- Provide a sound analysis of what happened in the case, and why, and what needs to happen in order to reduce the risk of recurrence;
- Be written in plain English and in a way that can be easily understood by professionals and the public alike; and
- Be suitable for publication without needing to be amended or redacted.
The LSCB will publish, either as part of the final Serious Case Review report or in a separate document, information about:
- Actions already taken in response to the review findings;
- The impact these actions have had on improving services; and
- What more will be done.
The LSCB will send copies of all Serious Case Review reports to the National Panel of Independent Experts at least one week before publication. If the LSCB considers that a report should not be published, it should inform the panel which will provide advice. The LSCB will provide all relevant information to the panel on request, to inform its deliberations.
2.10 Sharing Learning
Integral to the success of this Learning and Improvement Framework will be the sharing of learning on a wide basis to ensure transparency, accountability and consistent improvement to practice. As such in addition to the statutory requirements on publication Hertfordshire LSCB will look to share the outcomes of Serious Case Reviews (and other case reviews that do not meet the SCR threshold) with its partners.
There will be an expectation placed upon Lead Reviewers, via commissioning arrangements or other means that one or more multi-agency learning events are held to inform local practitioners of the findings from the review.
In addition to this, the findings from the Serious Case Reviews will be considered by the Learning and Development Sub-Group to identify the necessary learning that arises from the review and ensure this is reflected in the future HSCB training programme. There is also an expectation on all partners to take the learning from Serious Case Reviews forward within their own agencies through their own internal training programmes and conferences.
Hertfordshire LSCB will assist partners in the dissemination of information by producing information bulletins and presentations which will be distributed by the Hertfordshire LSCB Learning and Development Sub Group for partners to disseminate within their own organisations.
Click here to view Partnership Case Reviews Guidance for Conducting a Partnership Case Review (PCR).


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If Adoption Awareness Month is about listening and sharing the many voices of adoption then there is no better place to go than The Open Adoption Bloggers Interview project. It's the very best example on the Internet of the adoption community really listening to each other.
Hosted by a mother of three children all in open adoptions, this interview exchange pairs up birthparents, adoptees, hopeful parents, and adoptive parents (including international) for personal, individualized interviews.
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Nativity School
Nativity School is a coeducational private Catholic traditional school for students in grades Kindergarten through 8.
Nativity School is a coeducational private Catholic traditional school for students in grades Kindergarten through 8.
The mission of Nativity School is to provide your child a solid academic education with a global perspective in which the arts and technology are integrated into the curriculum all rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Your child's religious education is the fundamental reason Nativity School exists. Traditional truths of the Catholic faith, values rooted in the Gospel of Jesus, and moral principals grounded in Christian social justice essentially define who we are. Our religious values are reflected in the way subjects are taught, the way your child will be treated, and the way you as parents will be incorporated in our endeavors. The spirit of prayer, service, and a personal relationship with Jesus for your child are fostered at Nativity. Nativity has partner schools in China, Finland and Germany. The student exchange program is an integral part of the Nativity Experience.Membership in International School-to-School Experience provides opportunities to partner with schools around the world. Since 1980 we have exchanged student delegations with schools in India, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Ecuador, Argentina, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Bermuda, Ireland, France, Ukraine, Germany, Hungary, and Finland.We will send a delegation to Poland in September 2009 to participate in International Projects Week.Nativity is a member of the International Education and Resource Network.Students in Grades K-5 study Chinese for one semester and Spanish for one semester. In Grade 6 students choose to study Chinese for Spanish exclusively.Students in Grades 7 and 8 have the option of 2 years of Latin.Nativity is a member of the Greater Cincinnati International Hall of Fame.
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text: Duhaime's Law Dictionary Coverture Formula Definition: A method of proportionate division of a spouse's pension benefits as accrued during the period of marriage. In Kimek, Justice Sievers explained:"[T]he coverture formula provides that the numerator of the fraction used to determine the marital portion is essentially the number of months of credible service of the employed spouse while married and therefore is the pension contribution while married and that the denominator is the total number of months that the spouse has been or will be employed which resulted in the pension the employee will receive."This denominator number includes and will include the time the employed spouse worked before, during, and after the marriage."REFERENCES:Klimek v. Klimek, 775 N.W. 2d 444 (Court of Appeals of Nebraska, 2009)Koziol v. Koziol, 636 N.W.2d 890 (Court of Appeals of Nebraska, 2001)Rodriguez v Rodriguez, 70 A. 3d 799 (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2010) Categories & Topics: Duhaime's Family Law Dictionary Always looking up definitions? Save time with our search provider (modern browsers only) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Law Dictionary, or if you have suggestion for a legal term, we'd love to hear from you!


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The image at right, taken by an AP photographer, shows the spot in Pyongyang, North Korea, where the government is building a new international airport terminal at record speed.
The AP reports that the initiative is part of a series of "speed campaigns," big infrastructures built in record-time thanks to thousands of workers dressed in brown or green uniforms, who "toil under huge signs calling on them to carry out their tasks with 'Korea Speed,'" the AP writes. Patriotic music is also blasted from loudspeakers as they work.
North Korea is hungry for foreign cash and since Kim Jong Un took over as supreme leader a couple of years ago, the country has launched an ambitious campaign to boost the appeal of the reclusive kingdom to international tourists. Remember the Dennis Rodman stunt?
Pyongyang, though, is still served by an old, small airport, Pyongyang Sunan. It has just one baggage carousel and a tiny duty free shop. Only a handful of international connections fly there, mainly from China.
Work on the new airport is still done the old style, with a few simple tools or even by hand. The AP reports that most of the work is now completed, and the workers are focused on flattening a large tarmac area outside the terminal, as shown in the picture below. The date of the opening has not been announced yet.


text: Panda Bear and Animal Collective devotees will have you believe that this is their best album post-Merriweather Post Pavilion. Not only is that faint fucking praise, but Tomboy is a lot better because Panda Bear had more to offer melodically and the songs were less busy for the sake of being busy. Here, he gives us two chords for seven minutes on "Come to Your Senses" bookended by ugly interludes that also appear as their own songs because reasons not only Panda Bear knows ("Davy Jones' Locker" and "Shadow of the Colossus"), and "Selfish Gene" is him stabbing one note fast on a synth for 4 minutes. His vocal acrobatics on "Tropic of Cancer" are his best singing ever, but the song is again, two chords arpeggiated for 6 minutes. Elsewhere, he murders Claude Debussy on "Lonely Wanderer", apparently a highlight, probably by people who haven't heard Claude Debussy. Every time Brian Wilson or the Beach Boys are dragged into comparison with this album, the ozone layer thickens. I say we call the time of death now and save ourselves the trouble of trying to resuscitate this band.


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A smash-and-grab incident has left DJ Merlon devastated.
The DJ, who had major success with is hit track Koze Kuse, was in Cape Town when the incident happened. Merlon and his friends were apparently travelling in a hired vehicle. They then stopped to chill at a local party spot.
A source told Sunday Sun that when the DJ and his entourage came out of the club, they discovered that the vehicle had been robbed. The thieves reportedly took his laptop, ID, DJ equipment, iPads and clothes. The stolen items are valued at R500 000.
Merlon confirmed the incident and told the paper that he's very disappointed. "I won't say it's bad luck because crime happens everywhere in the country. It's just that I wasn't expecting this. Thinking about the music and laptop breaks my heart. I guess it's back to the drawing board for me."
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Who doesn't love sea glass? This surf-tumbled piece was found on a Puerto Rican beach and is the rare cobalt blue color much sought after for jewelry. It has a matte finush and a nearly flawless surface. I gave it a border wrap using five lengths of 21 gauge square sterling wire, then added a tailored curved topper, a smooth look for any style or occasion. The bail is large enough to accommodate most chains.
The pendant measures 2" from top of bail and is 7/8" wide.
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Good luck to all of our seniors teams this weekend who are participating in SAP, NPL Youth & NPL fixtures on Sunday!
All details regarding their fixtures can be found by clicking in the 'NPL' link
Good luck to all of our seniors teams this weekend who are participating in SAP, NPL Youth & NPL fixtures on Sunday!
All details regarding their fixtures can be found by clicking in the 'NPL' link
Good luck to our seniors NPL Youth 14's, 15's & 16's who are playing their respective semi-finals over the weekend at Darling Street Oval & Adamstown Oval!
All fixture information can be found below
Our senior club, Broadmeadow Magic have released further information on the trial process for 2018 NPL Youth squads
Trials will be held on the following dates at Magic Park from 5:30 pm:
All trials will be via invitation only & are required to be submitted prior to Monday 28th August to be eligible
If you are interested in a potential trial, you can find further information at our 'NPL' page on this website
Good luck to everyone involved with Broadmeadow Magic FC on Wednesday night as they tackle Moreton Bay at Wolter Park in the Westfield FFA Cup Round of 32 fixture!
Everyone at the juniors is right behind you & hopefully you can return to Newcastle having advanced to the Round of 16!
Our senior club, Broadmeadow Magic and their NPL Youth teams are heading into the bye this weekend for Round 20 of Northern NSW PS4 National Premier Leagues.
With only two regular season games remaining against Edgeworth & Lambton, all four teams are a good chance to make semi-final football – Below are the positions after eighteen fixtures
13NPL – 4th
14NPL – 1st
15NPL – 3rd
16NPL – 2nd
Good luck for the remainder of the NPL Youth season & the juniors are right behind you!!
As our senior club Broadmeadow Magic head into the last third of the season, now is a good time to have a look at where all the NPL teams are sitting with finals just around the corner.
The youth grades are doing very well with two teams sitting in first position after thirteen games and the other two sitting in fourth.
A slow start in the senior grades for the 18's and first grade have hampered their chances of finals but the first graders have turned their performances around in recent weeks, beware of the sleeping giant!
13NPL – 4th
14NPL – 1st
15NPL – 1st
16NPL – 4th
18NPL – 7th
20NPL – 4th
NPL – 6th
Good luck for the rest of the season guys, you have our support!
Brilliant news from Magic that they have secured Mitchell Oxborrow for the remainder of the NPL Northern NSW!
After a ripper performance yesterday against Valentine, we are all excited to see Mitch in action at Magic Park
Well done to our seniors on their 3-1 win over Coffs City United Football Club today at LMRFF!
This is the third time in four years that Magic has qualified for the Round of 32 which will be drawn in two weeks time
Just a reminder of our senior clubs FFA Cup match tomorrow morning!
No football this weekend for our Interdistrict teams due to the long weekend so why not head along to Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility on Saturday morning to see the first graders go head to head with Valentine Eleebana FC?!
Our senior club, Broadmeadow Magic FC are into Round 9 of NPL Youth this weekend against Emerging Jets at Magic Park on Mother's Day which is definitely going to be a tough round of fixtures
The teams are nearly at the half way point in the season so we thought we should provide you all an update on how they are travelling with the 14's and 16's to play Maitland on Wednesday night!
13NPL – 2nd
14NPL – 3rd
15NPL – 1st
16NPL – 3rd
A great start to the year for the future Super Magicians!
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As a way to bring together some of my early thoughts on Risen & Gilovich's work on tempting fate, I am going to write down some relatively unformed comments on their first paper "Another Look at Why People Are Reluctant to Exchange Lottery Tickets". I plan to go section by section so some of the comments may make little sense without that article in hand or may not seem to go anywhere.
R&G place their work in the context of two earlier approaches to the phenomenon of the reluctance to exchange lottery tickets. The first of these approaches explains the phenomenon in terms of anticipated regret – the regret making it feel worse to fail due to action than due to inaction. The second explanation claims that people may feel they have a better chance of success with their current ticket. R&G think that the second of these explanations has been shown to be implausible. At the same time, while they do think that regret avoidance plays a role, they think that they can put forward a third mechanism. The basic mechanism they suggest is that people think that the act of exchanging a ticket leads to its chance of winning increasing.
It is useful to observe that all three explanations work at the level of the psychological mechanism rather than at the level of why such mechanisms exist or, roughly speaking at the level of proximate explanation rather than ultimate explanation, to use the distinction from evolutionary theory. Thinking at the ultimate explanation level, one can ask whether the phenomenon of reluctance of exchange lottery tickets is a by-product, an adaptation or something else. Given that the tickets are assumed to have the same probability of winning and the cost of exchanging them is minimal, it seems hard to think of this as functional behaviour. Indeed, given that the same mechanism might be seen to work in the case of the three envelope problem, we may be dealing with potentially maladaptive behaviour. However, if that is so, are there cases in which the mechanism is functional? I believe so. Indeed, I believe that the mechanism responsible for reluctance to exchange lottery tickets is functional in most cases, i.e. that we are dealing with a heuristic and its systematic bias.
Very often, we find ourselves in situations when we have to chose between options that appear to be of similar utility. Having made a choice it is often important that we stick with it. This is because there will be costs involved with changing our minds. The worst thing would be if we kept on flipping back and forth between the available options, repeatedly paying the exchange costs. Once way this result can be avoided is if the option we pick comes to be perceived as being clearly preferable once we have chosen it. This result might be obtained by any one of a number of mechanisms. The most significant limiting factor is that the mechanism has to allow for a change in selected option if there is new information about the comparative utilities.
These considerations do not directly eliminate any one of the three mechanisms R&G mention. They do, however, help us to think about questions that may prove to be useful, such as what is the scope of the phenomenon investigated by R&G. After all, it is unlikely that we are dealing with a special module for knowing what to do with small pieces of paper.
The more 'rational' of the mechanisms suggested is that of regret avoidance. Given that a change in mind is not going to objectively affect the probabilities of the different tickets winning, it might seem most reasonable to avoid repeated switching by making the result of having lost due to switching subjectively more unpleasant and letting the emotions play their cognitive role in discouraging such activity. For much the same reason, the mechanism R&G propose seems the least reasonable. As research has shown on numerous occasions, however, such distinctions make very little difference to evolution.
R&G make use of the dual aspect account of reasoning that I have already expressed my doubts about on numerous occasions. Yet, the use they make of it does not seem to fundamentally undermine their own account. There are differences between different kinds of reasoning processes and the phenomenon R&G investigate is likely to be due to processes that lie towards the intuitive, 'innate', illogical end of the range that has been identified in various ways with the so-called System 1.
More problematic is R&G's attempt to link the phenomenon of reluctance to exchange lottery tickets with the phenomenon of tempting fate that they investigate in their other paper. This is not to say that I immediately reject such a connection but I am concerned that they have not made their case sufficiently and thinking about ultimate causes, as I have already started above, may reveal such a connection may be implausible.


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The West African Economic and Monetary Union or "Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine" is a currency and customs union which includes Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Togo, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Benin and Mali. The common currency of the monetary area is the West African CFA franc, with CFA being the acronym for "Communauté Financière Africaine".
The West African CFA Franc is used interchangeably with the Central African CFA franc used within the Central African Economic and Monetary Community. The CFA franc was formerly pegged to the French franc and is currently pegged to the euro.
The central bank of the West African Economic and Monetary Union is the "Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest". It is located in Dakar, Senegal.
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Volvo C90 Hype!
Apparently Volvo tweeted this last night but took it down right away. Someone got a hold of this grainy version. It does look official, let's hope it's real.
Apparently Volvo tweeted this last night but took it down right away. Someone got a hold of this grainy version. It does look official, let's hope it's real.
I was fortunate enough to attend the Performance Racing Industries trade show this weekend as a representative of the Purdue FSAE team. After a lot of hard work getting sponsors and parts for our car this year, I was able to explore a bit.
Björn Annwall has been appointed as the new head of Marketing, Sales and Services of Volvo Cars, replacing Alain Visser, who has moved to marketing and sales for Geely. If you may remember, Alain Visser was the spearhead of the infamous decision last December that Volvo would pull out of motorsports. At the time, he…
I did not keep my promise of weekly updates, but I thought I'd share the cars I've seen around since my last update.
First meeting and cruise for Purdue Automotive Performance Association was tonight. I'm still waiting for a parking pass, so my car is sitting 1000 miles away. Man the BRZ is great.
Extremely beautiful. It aims to reduce drag and I think it will only be used at Spa and Monza.
Today and yesterday are move-in days at Purdue, and I thought I'd reignite this series from Bandit and YSI! These were actually taken yesterday, but I forgot to upload them.
Hey all! I realize I haven't been active lately, but what's a better way to come back than with a photo-dump from Pikes Peak this year? Some of the pictures and videos are blurry because they were taken with my phone and its camera has been acting weird the past few weeks. I watched from Cove Creek for those…
Finally, a 2014+ Formula 1 car that isn't ugly: Lotus E23
Long story short, my sister is buying a new car in the near future.
All credit goes to Tyler Vigen. For more: http://www.tylervigen.com/
Jaguar F-Type with 6,000 miles for sale for $57,000, about $20,000 under MSRP. My wallet can't handle this.
....with a 4 hour delay due to low ceiling and snow (I'm in Denver right now). Flight won't leave until 3:41 am. I'll be spending the time watching Super GT races as long as my laptops battery stays charged, unless I find a power outlet :]. Super GT is a great series by the way. Have a RC-F:
I found this gem in the dealer comments for a Chevrolet SS listing.
I hadn't seen many cars with fake badges lately (i.e. AMG badges on C250s), but alas, there are many out there.
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I was bored this afternoon, so I went for a little drive and took some pictures of my car! Pretty sunset is pretty.
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Another great PechaKucha Night with a fantastic range of presentations - from a celebration of the 25 year journey of a dance studio, the development of narrative jewellery to the synergies and cross overs between sport and art.
Our brilliant line up of presenters, and their topics was:
Thomas Clark - poet, writer, freelance journalist
'Corridors of Uncertainty: Art in Sport, Sport in Art'
J.A. Conkie - illustrator, jeweller
'Narrative Jewellery'
Lise Bratton and Graeme Murray - designer/makers
Bronagh Tesch (Orwell and Goode) - design/interiors/accessories
'Bringing the Outside In'
Jason Baxter - photographer, filmmaker
'What's for you, won't go past you'
Jenna Agate -Artistic Director, The Studio on the Green (Selkirk)
'Dancing Dreams: 25 years at The Studio on the Green'
Gen Harrison - Robert Smail's Printing Works
'A Cabinet of Inky Curiosities - 150 years of Robert Smail's Printworks'
If you missed the event, or want to hear the presentations again, you can view and listen to the presentations below. Note - JA Conkie's presentation still to be uploaded.
PechaKucha Night Galashiels is hosted by Mary Morrison - artist and leader of the Creative Arts Business Network (CABN), which is part of Live Borders.
Namecheck for Viv Seeley, from VivID Design Consultancy for the funky Vol.2 PechaKucha Poster!


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Do keep in mind that while we will endeavour to have your items with you in a timely manner, we are not able to control unexpected delays with shipping providers or delays in international customs. Place your order as soon as possible to keep your Holiday Season stress free!
We keep a selection of items in stock and can send them during the holiday season. If you miss the made to order cut-off, reach out to our Customer Service team who will confirm if we can ship your item straight away.
Wishing you a safe and happy Holiday Season from the team at Svendsen Jewellery. x


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Book News
Looking for more places and people to chat about books? Anne Bogel, the author of the Modern Mrs. Darcy blog and podcast host of What Should I Read Next, started her own online book club. The selection for this month is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. It costs $10/month to join, but if you love to read and talk about what you're reading then this is money well spent. I just signed up and I hope to see you on the discussion boards!
Are you on Litsy? It's a community for book lovers to share thoughts and pictures about what they're reading, but the best part is the email newsletter. Each features a behind the scenes look into the world of publishing called #BehindTheBook. If you've ever wondered how books get made or what it's like to work in the field, sign up now. Don't miss out. I usually send email newsletters to the junk folder, but this one I look forward to opening.
What I'm Reading
In the Woods by Tana French
This book gets a thumbs up, despite alluding to a scary monster in the woods that never actually made an appearance. I was bummed, because I was rooting for a supernatural twist. It's the first in a series, so I might have to keep reading to see if it does. Overall, it's an excellent crime novel about a detective who gradually fucks up everything over the course of an investigation that hits a little to close to home. Despite no scary monsters, the story kept me engaged and I didn't see the end coming.
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
This is the second book in the Neapolitan Novel series. After awhile the story seemed to drag on one drama after another, but this is such good and well told drama that I'm going to have to go ahead and finish the series. I don't know if my heart can take it though. Half way through I was feeling quite literally sick to my stomach. This story hits hard, but it's just so good.
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
I checked this one out from the library but finished it up on audio. I don't normally have issues with the narrators, but the voices were so different from what I had imagined. I could never really get used to the difference, I suppose that's why I shouldn't switch to audio part way through a book. It's like watching the movie after reading the book and never being able to imagine the characters in the same way. Still, I made it through to the end and I did not see the twist coming. This is a long book and if you're deciding whether or not to finish, keep going 'til the end!
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
I'm about half way through this one. It's short and going quick. My boyfriend just finished it and recommended I read it next. He's on to the sequel. The creepy mushroom/plant in the mysterious Area X the research team is sent to investigate appeals to greatly to my interest in all things related to plants real or imaginary. I'm looking forward to finishing out the series.
Euphoria by Lily King
This one has been on my to-read list for ages. I finally checked out the audiobook on the overdrive app and I'm going to start it as soon as I finish Annihilation. I heard about it on the Science Friday podcast during one of their summer reading segments. It's about a team of "three young, gifted anthropologists of the 1930s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and, ultimately, their lives."
A Muddied Murder by Wendy Tyson
If cozy garden mysteries are your cup of tea, this one is perfect for fall. I was hoping for something a little more sinister to happen, but books like this are the perfect pick me up after reading something more intense such as the Ferrante novels. It's about a big city lawyer who gives up her job to move back home and run the family farm. When a prominent local figure is found dead in her shed, she must navigate small town politics to sort out the crime.


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Before you do any sort of weight training, it is best if you properly mobilize and activate the muscles that you are training. Jogging for 5-10 minutes on a treadmill seems to be the go-to way that most people do this. Even though it's popular, it's far from optimal. The other extreme, rolling around on a foam roller for 30 minutes, isn't really a good use of time either. In fact, it can actually limit the amount of weight you can use.
The Value of Warming-Up Your Legs
Warm-ups for lower body days take a tad more work than upper body because the legs have more tissue to prepare. More tissue PLUS the fact that you usually sit on your legs all day at a desk job. Here's why warming-up your legs is so important: your glutes are the prime mover of your lower body. If they aren't firing properly, then often times you'll end up engaging more quad or lumbar spine musculature. This can end up causing a cranky low back and achy knees. Here's a sample leg day prep routine that I use, as well as with many of my clients. If you have mobility restrictions, muscle imbalances, injuries, etc this is not a one size fits all routine. This will work great for a majority of people.
Perform 1-2 Rounds of the Following:
- Body weight glute bridge/hip thrust x 20-30 - Runners lunge stretch with reach x4 reps/leg - Prone hip circles x 8-12 reps each side - make sure to engage abs hard as if you are in a plank while rotating the hip - Side lying glute clamshells: x15-30/leg
Try this with the Deadly Leg Workout
If you do this with no rest your heart rate will be elevated and you'll be ready to go. Adding in some bodyweight squats, split squats/lunges and single leg Romanian Deadlinfts in a mini circuit for 8-12 reps each wouldn't be a bad idea either. You can also elect to just start your sets of those exercises with body weight reps and progress to your ramp up sets. Stay tuned for some more advanced warm up tips addressing more specific issues like tight glutes, tight hop flexors, or knees that don't track properly. Happy lifting!


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Russia Responds to U.S. Allegations of Inappropriate Airspace Conduct
The Kremlin has responded to the United States Navy's release of footage showing a Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet tailing a Navy Aries II aircraft. This occurred as the US Navy conducted a routine intelligence sweep of the black sea. A statement released by the US Navy describing the encounter stated that "the interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the Su-27 closing to within five feet and crossing directly through the EP-3's flight path, causing the EP-3 to fly through the Su-27's jet wash." The US Navy also indicated that they viewed the encounter as a violation of international standards, specifically citing the 1972 Agreement for the Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas (INCSEA).
The Russian Ministry of Defense recommended that the United States either cease to conduct airspace operations near Russian borders or agree to a new set of norms and regulations to govern the conduction of operations. Citing American concern as "depression" and "phobias," the Kremlin called for a new round of negotiations.
This is not the first-time Russian jets have behaved in this manner around United States aircrafts. Notably, in February of last year, a Russian Su-30's flight was able to cause a US aircraft to experience violent turbulence. In June, a similar episode occurred that resulted in increased tensions between the two countries. Experts are concerned that this dangerous maneuvering, referred to as "buzzing", might result in miscalculation and crisis escalation. US Navy Captain Bill Ellis commented on this most recent incident, stating that "the smallest lapse of focus or error in airmanship by the intercepting aircrew can have disastrous consequences".
It remains to be seen whether the United States will respond positively to the Kremlin's demand to renegotiate on airspace conduct. Negotiations under such volatile conditions create a diplomatic atmosphere where U.S. resolve will be tested, as to avoid the perception of ceding to Russian strong arming. However, a lack of dialogue over continued erratic encounters in international airspace might prove to be the precipice of a more serious conflict. This demands a quick resolution.


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Young and Hungry are calling for Wellington's young performers, designers, techies and theatre-lovers to register as cast and crew for this year's Festival of New Theatre.
We are looking for actors, assistant directors, stage managers, designers of sets, costumes, lighting and sound, production crew and publicists aged 15-25. No previous experience necessary. You'll be mentored the whole way through rehearsals and production.
About the Festival
The annual Festival of New Theatre is comprised of three new New Zealand scripts, written specifically for young people and commissioned through the Playwrights' Initiative. The festival is performed and designed by 15-25 year olds in a two-week season at BATS Theatre in Wellington, with each of the three productions being performed every night.
Professional theatre practitioners are contracted by Young and Hungry to mentor cast and crew in all facets of the Festival's production, including: acting, lighting design and operation, sound design and operation, costume design, set design and construction, and stage management.
The rehearsal and design process runs over ten weeks to ensure that enough time is given to both the actors' character development and the technical students' design realisation.
Key Dates:
Registrations close: Sunday 26 March
Auditions: Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 April
Production interviews: 6 – 9pm Wednesday 12 April
Rehearsals start: mid May
Performances season: 14 – 29 July
The 2017 Plays:
ATTILA THE HUN By Abby Howells
A comedy set in a late night fast food restaurant, featuring terrible customers, disgusting food, Tom Cruise, a new duty manager. Oh, and also ATTILA THE HUN, he's there too.
FALLEN ANGELS By Emily Duncan
Life gets raw and real when an NZ TV star is made to pay the price for his reality show.
ONE NIGHT ONLY By Finnius Teppett
The world's biggest boy band is in town for one performance. The fans are there, the press is there, but what's happening with the boys?


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Hrithik & Katrina - Bang Bang Launch
Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif are on a constant promotional spree to get as many box office collections as possible. Hrithik, at a recent event, launched a Bang Bang mobile game.
Hrithik is known for his dance moves, and he graced the event as well with the fond memory of the late king of pop, Michael Jackson. Seen in a grey shirt, black sleeves and denims paired up with a hat Hrithik Roshan sure looked hugely hot and adorable at the same time.
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DWVPhotoworks' Guide to Northern Lights
Aurora borealis, or the Northern Lights, often synonymous with spectacles and phenomena are visual displays, as elusive as they are breath-taking.
I have been shooting them for several years now and I figured that I would share some of the things I have learned along the way. Some of it has been through endless reading and studying, most of it has been through trial and error. Hopefully, I am able to help bridge those gaps and make things a little easier for you.
This is the most important part for getting quality aurora photos and also the most frustrating. The biggest determining factor for getting a good shot of the northern lights is whether or not they are active. Don't get me wrong! You can drive out of town, set up, and get lucky. I have done it before, but your chances are usually fairly slim.
You will want to select any variety of aurora alerts, which you can find readily available online through a myriad of different services; some of them are paid, some of them are free. I use Aurora Alerts by SoftServeNews.com. I don't subscribe to customized alerts, I just follow their official Twitter account, @Aurora_Alerts. They will tweet any time that there is predicted aurora activity.
Now that you know what to look out for, the next step is understanding it. You will need to know the "Kp Number" relative for your viewing area. This is a strange concept but I will try to explain it for you:
The higher the Kp number, the farther south the aurora will be visible. By using the satellite image below, you can roughly tell that the Kp required for southern Saskatchewan aurora-viewing is roughly about 3-4 Kp.
The next thing to consider is the Ovation map. As with finding the appropriate Kp value for your area, seeing where the current aurora plane is in relation to your area is important. This one might take some time to learn through your own experiences.
I notice that for south Saskatchewan, the ideal time is around 22:00-02:00 CST where the aurora oval is closer and gives you a greater chance of seeing activity. To further this example, around the same time in Iceland (local time) is when the oval is over that area of the earth.
Luckily, the Ovation map has been developed and you can get a very decent depiction of the current position of the ring. In this example, the aurora ring is in a decent position for my area so there would be a good chance of seeing something.
Once you know there are aurora predicted and that the aurora ring is in position, it's almost time to hit the road. Hopefully you already packed your gear so you can leave quickly. There is usually only about 30-60 minutes once a prediction is made so you need to be quick.
There is one last thing to check: the sky. Hopefully, it is clear or has minimal cloud. If it is overcast, then you are not going to have a good time. If it is clear, or perhaps even partly cloudy, then hit the road.
- Camera with manual settings (preferably a DSLR)
- Sturdy tripod
Some of the following things, while not considered fundamental, can be very beneficial to getting a better image:
- Intervalometer or cable release (if need be, 2 second delay works in a pinch)
- Star-tracking app
- Headlamp/flashlight (preferably with a "red" setting)
- Wide-angle lens (preferably with focus indicator window)
Location shopping:
Ideally, you already have a location that is a combination of the following elements:
- Far enough outside of urban areas that it is as dark as possible. I use a service called Dark Sky Finder: http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/
- Contains foreground elements. Your images will have a much better result when they contain some compositional elements and aren't just photos to prove that the aurora exist.
- Easy to get to. My default location is a quick 15 minutes from my home, 20 if I need to get gas.
If you don't have a location already in mind, you will want to be less picky with your location and just try to work with what you can see in your area, quickly. I recommend shooting from an area of lower elevation, such as a valley. If there are any other lights, cars, or highways nearby, they will be masked by the change in elevation and will not be a distraction on your image.
Setting up:
Setting up is fairly straight-forward. I have included my recommended go-to settings below for aurora and astro-photography as a whole.
20s @ 11mm f/2.8 ISO 800
You will want to make sure to set up on a level area, perhaps out of the wind, or somewhere comfortable. I have ranged from being in the comfort of a sleeping bag while reclining in a lawn chair, to being buried waist-deep in snow while on thin ice. While I do not highly recommend doing anything on thin ice, I do recommend exercising caution when exploring. That being said, some of the best shots come from getting right out of your comfort zone.
As I mentioned above about the importance of foreground elements, there are many things that you can find. My personal favorite is water. The beauty with water is the reflection and how it behaves through long exposures. If you don't have any water near you, or it's winter, then look around your area for old buildings, fences, tractors, etc. Opportunities are endless, you just need to find them and frame them facing north.
I am using my 11-16 mm f/2.8 in this example, so I am opening up the aperture as much as I can to gather as much light, as quickly as possible, without being too noisy. As I mentioned, I usually start here but depending on the conditions, you might need more light, or even less in some situations.
If you need more light, there are some things you can do:
Increase ISO: Increasing ISO will increase exposure but it will also introduce more noise. You need to know your camera and how it performs in low light situations. I know that for my 70D, I start to draw the line with maximum ISO topping out at about 3200. Any higher and you just end up losing too much detail when reducing the noise in post.
Wider aperture: This value is often defined by the limits of your hardware, however, if you happen to be able to open wider than 2.8, do it! Not only are you letting in more light, but you are not introducing any more noise as the ISO is the same. This is the main reason why fast lenses are so expensive!
Exposure time: Another way to increase the amount of light in your exposure is to lengthen the amount of time your shutter is exposed for. As with increasing your aperture, exposing longer doesn't necessarily introduce more noise but there is something else you should be aware of.
Based on the focal length (lens size: 18-55mm, 11-16mm, etc.) of your lens, there is a point that stars will start to visibly streak. With my aurora shots, I'm usually almost always using the 11mm focal length. Based on the "500 Rule", take 500 and divide it by your focal length and that will be the maximum time (in seconds) that you can expose before stars will begin to trail. I wish it was that simple, but it isn't. As I mentioned, I'm using a 70D, which is a 1.6 crop sensor as opposed to full-frame. So previously where the equation was 500/11mm, it now becomes 500/(11mm x 1.6). The magic number here is 28.4s.
Additional tips:
Focusing can be tricky depending on the hardware you plan on using. I made the choice to go and buy a wide-angle lens mainly for landscape photography and astro-photography. I decided to get the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 for a few reasons. It gets really wide, and it's fast at 2.8 all the way throughout the zoom range. It is also really easy to focus to infinity on it; simply turn the focus ring all the way to the right.
*If your lens doesn't have a window to see the focus indicators, it might not be as easy. A method I use is to use "Live View" and zoom in as far as you can (on the screen) and adjust your focus manually. Try cranking your ISO almost as high as it can go. It doesn't need to be clear, you just need to see enough to focus.
When out hunting for aurora, you need as much darkness as possible. Once you are in darkness for about 10 minutes, your eyes adjust to the conditions and you can see much better. It can be difficult keeping your eyes adjusted for low-light when you have other light sources around such as the dashboard or headlights in your car, high-powered flashlights, headlamps, or even the LCD on your camera.
I always forget to adjust the LCD brightness, myself. When I go out shooting aurora, I find my eyes settle down, then I take a photo and the screen is so bright that it takes a few minutes to adjust back down. Turning the screen right down low, or even disabling completely, will help with keeping your eyes adjusted to the environment.
Another tip is to use a headlamp with a "red" setting. Something about the red wavelength makes it less aggressive on your eyes yet really helps you see things in the dark. Always turn it off when your shutter is open and turn on as needed and your eyes will take less time to re-adjust to the darkness.
I won't go too far into detail with the next item. I find that it is fairly straight-forward and equally as essential: toilet paper.
It may seem overwhelming when you consider all of the things that I deem necessary before heading out on an aurora adventure. I have chipped away over the years to come up with a routine that seems to yield positive results and is also very rewarding.
There are many times when the alerts come at the most inopportune moment and it takes a lot of effort to get up and go. Other times, it can just be purely coincidental and painless. The key to harnessing these opportunities is to be prepared. The less things that you need to do to be ready when the aurora hit, the better.
Every now and then, there are predictions for solar storms. These are the activities that cause aurora activity and are usually predicted anywhere from 6-48 hours ahead of time. The solar storm watch will usually indicate what levels are expected, such as Kp 4, Kp 7, etc., when the storm is expected, and how long the watch lasts for.
Usually solar storm watches are in effect over several days and often have a peak or climax where the aurora activity is at its maximum. Once you get into the higher Kp levels (Kp 5+), that is when you start to see very erratic spires and many different colors, all across the sky.
G1-level magnetic storm outside Regina, Saskatchewan | February 2014


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John and Carol Arnott will be with us on November 12! John and Carol are the Founding Pastors of Catch The Fire in Toronto and overseers of the Partners in Harvest Network of Churches. As international speakers, John and Carol have become known for their ministry of Revival in the context of the Father's saving and restoring Love. As the Holy Spirit moves with signs and wonders, they have seen millions of lives touched and changed through God's power and Christ's love. They are dear friends of our house and we are excited for our time with them!
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On behalf of your Thunder Bay GMC Truck dealers in Canada, we are continuing our report on some of the newest GMC Trucks in the 2019 lineup and specifically discussing details surrounding the location of their assembly. It is unknown at this point just when the production of the current model will end and the new GMC Trucks in Thunder Bay will begin. Jerry Dias, president of Canada's Unifor union, said he doesn't know when production of the current model will end.
"They are being very careful about what they are announcing right now. But they have invested a fortune in Oshawa," Dias said. "Right now the commitment is to the existing portfolio. More decisions will be made."
The idea of building two different versions of the same nameplate isn't new to the industry — and certainly not to General Motors, as we have covered much on this subject, also as it pertains to many of the models that reflect heavily upon one another, such as the GMC Sienna and the GMC Sierra. These two new GMC trucks in Thunder Bay even sound like sisters. This plant issue with out with the old and in with the new is not a first, as the automaker transitioned to the next-generation Equinox in early 2017, it still produced the outgoing model alongside the new version for a time. Unfinished Equinox vehicles were sent to Oshawa from GM Canada's Ingersoll, Ont., plant. Eventually, Oshawa stopped receiving the overflow Equinox. Other manufacturers of new trucks and cars have been known to do the same with old makes that overlap the new. "At least one of GM's competitors plans on doing the same thing in the red hot North American truck market. Fiat Chrysler will build the current version of the Ram light-duty pickup well into 2019, even after it launches a redesigned Ram 1500 in early 2018, Automotive News reported on Oct. 31."No tags for this post.