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By default, the number of title rows is fully dependent on the screen resolution or window size that fits your Windows screen. But sometimes the user wants to display a specific number of rows of tiles on the Start Screen independent of the screen size. This video shows you how to change the number of title rows on the Start screen in Windows 8.
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The warmest month (with the highest average high temperature) is August (31.5°C).
The month with the lowest average high temperature is January (26.7°C).
The month with the highest average low temperature is August (23.9°C).
The coldest month (with the lowest average low temperature) is February (18.9°C).
The month with the highest relative humidity is January (73.3%).
The month with the lowest relative humidity is August (64.1%).
The wettest month (with the highest rainfall) is March (291mm).
The driest month (with the lowest rainfall) is June (158mm).
The month with the highest number of rainy days is December (9.7 days).
The month with the lowest number of rainy days is August (5.6 days).
The best month for swimming (with the highest average sea temperature) is September (26.9°C).
The coldest month (with the lowest average sea temperature) is March (24.3°C).
Months with the longest days are April, May, June, July and August (Average daylight: 13h).
Months with shortest days are January, February, November and December (Average daylight: 11h).
The month with most sunshine is July (Average sunshine: 9.9h).
The month with least sunshine is December (Average sunshine: 6.4h).
Months with the highest UV index are June, July and August (UV index 12).
The month with the lowest UV index is December (UV index 6).


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It's the first team day out of the year, and what better way to build team communication, spirit and togetherness than loading 8,500 rounds into attacking Zombies, to stop a potential apocalypse.
That's right, in Spring 2016, Flubit basically saved your a*se from a Zombie outbreak - you can thank us later.
Startups can be hard work, you're disrupting an industry, taking on an army of competitors, and you need to know how to think on your feet. Today the team had to decipher puzzles, learn about Zombie infections, shoot Lazer, Paintball, Air-soft, make potions, crawl through scary mazes, dodge grenades.... all in the name of fun and team bonding.
Finally we must say a massive congrats to the Spring 2016 doubles pool champions, Alex & Andy, who triumphed over Darrell and Abbey in the final. Darrell so close to becoming reigning singles and doubles champions!
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The prevalence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and learners needs have resulted in an increased demand for blended learning approached in all areas of education. With more organizations considering the inclusion of more technology in their traditional program, there is a need for a guide to aid that transition. This guide will provide useful resources and checklist to aid with the transition from face to face to blended learning. My guide will take the ADDIE approach to course design, download the guide for further information.
To get you started with blending technology in your course, here is a video from Otis College that explains how they blend technology in their classes.
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Hey everyone!
Today I've actually got a double review of sorts - not only am I reviewing this amazing CrowsToes polish, I'm reviewing my bottle of Gelous. Gelous is a product that smooths out glitter polishes under a regular TC. CrowsToes Absolum - I am your Potions Master is inspired by Alan Rickman and 2 characters he plays - Absolum from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and Severus Snape from Harry Potter. (ps. I can't be the only person who bawled her eyes out at Snape's death, right?) Absolum is FULL of gorgeous glitters: large blue glitters, medium green, blue and silver glitters, smaller silver glitters and black bar glitters.
I used Essence Date in the Moonlight, which is a really gorgeous dusty navy blue with a lighter blue shimmer. It applied really well in 2 coats. I applied Absolum using the dabbing method, and shown is 2 coats. I did find that I had to poke around the bar glitters to make sure they weren't hanging off the edge of my nail, but other than that, application was fine. I applied 1 coat of Gelous before my regular topcoat to smooth it out. Gelous worked perfectly! My mani was smoothed out and not gritty at all. It is a little bumpier now that it has dried more, but it's still much smoother than if I had used 2 coats of my regular TC. I will definitely continue to use this to smooth my glitters!
Have you tried CrowsToes polishes? What do you use to smooth glitter? Let me know in the comments below!
- Lexie :)
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Swatch & Review: CrowsToes Absolum - I am your Potions Master
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What a beautiful glitter. I haven't tried their polishes, but by the looks of this one, they seem amazing!ReplyDelete
So beautiful! CrowsToes definitely made wonderful gorgeous glitters! Yet to try, I'd definitely go on nail polish indie spree in future! Too much awesomeness! ;)ReplyDelete
I love Absolum! So glad I have a bottle. Out of curiosity, where did you get your Gelous?ReplyDeleteReplies
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Book Review: With the End in Mind: Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial
By: Kathryn Mannix
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers, London, SE1 9GF – ISBN 978-0-00-821088-5
Available from: Whitcoulls, $29.99
Reviewed by: Kilian de Lacy
Dr Kathryn Mannix is a palliative-care physician and cognitive-behaviour therapist who has spent many years working with people who are suffering incurable, advanced illnesses.
Faced with her first dead person at age 18 during her first term at medical school, she learned early that dealing with the dying and their families was a special calling requiring skills that do not adorn the multitudes. She became fascinated by the process of dying, the varied ways by which the terminally ill strove to cope with the situation and the immense power of the palliative-care approach to soothe and support both the dying persons themselves and their loved ones.
Over her years in palliative care, Dr Mannix has become convinced that, for many people, the inevitable approach of death is frightening, even terrifying, leading to the increasingly strident demand for legalised assisted suicide or euthanasia. Some of this terror arises from the fact that, in this modern world, the natural process of death is fast becoming unfamiliar because so many people die in hospitals or homes and fewer and fewer go through their last stages at home in well-known surroundings and with their families and loved ones surrounding and supporting them.
With this in mind, Dr Mannix has written a book that will help both the ill and the healthy. By means of a series of actual stories of people she has encountered during her years in palliative care, she gradually unfolds her own understanding of the dying process and how to deal with the variations in approach exhibited by patients she has attended prior to, and during, the dying process.
The book is organised into sections, each beginning with a general observation on an aspect of death and dying and ending with some questions, which the reader can ask him/herself around this aspect. In between are the stories of patients, some deeply touching, others even amusing, but all related with a level of humanity, warmth, empathy and care that grips the reader and brings the characters and their situations to life (no pun intended) while at the same time dispelling the fear, which often surrounds the contemplation of death.
As an ex-nurse who has attended many deathbeds herself, I have no hesitation in strongly recommending this book to anyone, but particularly those who are engaged in pastoral ministry in homes and hospitals. It takes away the mystery surrounding physical death and gives valuable insights into ways of assisting those who are approaching the end of their lives to face this in peace.
A beautiful book, well worth the price.
Kilian de Lacy of Levin is a parishioner at Ss Mary and Joseph Hāto Mere me Hohepa.


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Just Being, Together
Mama Caroline was ecstatic to meet another American daughter and quickly embraced Darby as her own. We truly had such an amazing time, but I think what I will take away from Darby's visit is the power of just being -- together.Read More
No Longer a Slave to Fear
I wish I could adequately share how far the students have come in such a short time, but I know words on a page will never sufficiently tell the story. However, I do have some words that come pretty closeRead More
Some times it takes a special day to remind us how we should live EACH DAY. Today was one of those days. I saw a generation of young men eagerly learn how to rise up and begin a new era in their home country.Read More
The Legacy Lives On
Grandma Lou herself was a rare and precious jewel. She knew how to make each of us feel unique and special. She loved us so well.Read More
Satan is a dodo head...
Life changes are difficult enough on their own. Why does Satan have to be a big ol' dodo head and make them worse?!
You have no skills.
You have no talents.
You are lazy.
You are never going to succeed.
You're being ridiculous and self-seeking even having these thoughts. Stop throwing yourself a pity party.
You're going to get your family kicked out of Uganda when they realize you're a fraud.Read More
Success in the Journey
In 42 days we will be on a plane to Uganda. It's coming so quickly, and I don't know what to expect. There are days I wonder if we will be effective, if we will think it is worth it, if we will see any results. But God continues to teach me that His work is not bound by my feelings of success or failure.Read More
God is NOT calling us to move to Uganda!
Ashley – Um, Dustin, we are going to get an email from Amazima. Oh my goodness! Uganda!!! (All while trying to act totally chill)
Dustin – Ashley, God is not calling us to move to Uganda.
Ashley – Dustin, we told God anything.
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FABClassroom: Tiny House Revolution at Stem Launch K-8
The sixth graders at Stem Launch K-8 in Thornton, Colorado started a revolution - a Tiny House Revolution. Every year, students engage in a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) model and are motivated by inquiry-based, hands-on learning.
Katherine Klaver, STEM coordinator at the school explained that the students, "are immersed in authentic problem solving and they present their learning to expert panels made up of community experts multiple times throughout the year. "
This year, about 170 sixth graders used Fab@School Maker Studio to tackle the Tiny House Challenge. We asked Katherine to share a bit more about the program and how the school is applying the digital design and fabrication software into their curriculum.
Can you share a bit about the Tiny House Revolution and the Sixth Grade Math PBL Panel?
Our sixth graders' math PBL was called, "Living Small: The Tiny House Revolution." Check out the link to the site, here. Students were asked to consider the following
Context: The cost of housing is skyrocketing. This is causing people to lose their homes or not able to afford them in the first place. There is currently an affordable housing shortage in the Denver Metro area and alternative solutions are necessary.
Problem: How do you create housing that is both affordable and sustainable for a family of four using the specific parameters of the tiny house model (250-1,000 square feet)?
Task: Students will design a tiny home that is cost effective, energy efficient, and can fit a family of 4.
This PBL was rooted in math. Here are some of the standards that were taught:
- Geometry plays a role in our everyday life.
- Mathematical models can be used to solve real-life problems.
- Students are able to reason about relationships among shapes to determine area, surface area, and volume.
At the end of March, we brought 170 sixth graders to the Denver Home Show. Deek Diedricksen from HGTV's Tiny House Builders talked to us and we got to tour about 12 tiny houses.
The kids researched the current housing situation in the Denver Metro area and the need for more affordable options. They utilized their math skills to create tiny house designs that they then created in Fab@School and used the fabricator. Students also build physical models.
Can you share an "aha moment" working with your students Fab@School?
I think the best way for me to answer this question is with some direct quotes from sixth grade students!
"FabMaker Studio is easy to use and understand. It's one of the best websites I've used for 3D printing! I love how if I needed a shape I could just grab it and move it. TinkerCad is too sensitive for me." ~Logan S.
"It's easy to see and to run this program. I love how you could see what it would look like before you folded it." ~Dejanae W.
"This program helped us figure out the measurements and we determined how to scale it down by a third. We really liked the visual that the program gave us." ~Eric D.
"I love the magnet tool. It really helped us construct our physical model." ~Jeff D.


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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Too Tired for Creativity
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Dang I'm on my way to work. I'm going to print this out and see what I come up with. :)
- September 10, 2009 at 4:34 PM
LVRQADS - Love Our Quads
MITOTO - My Dog
SPCWBY - Space Cowboy
2GOSKI - To Go Ski
I'm still working on the others. Off to work :)
- September 10, 2009 at 5:23 PM
- SouthLakesMom said...
Don't you hate it when work interferes with fun? You're right on the LVRQADS -- that's a family at our church that has 2 1/2 year old quads - 2 boys, 2 girls. Cute as buttons and all energy and noise!
I think you're right on the others, too!
- September 10, 2009 at 7:10 PM
- Quilldancer said...
No time to guess today -- no time to blog, but I'm trying!
Had that lady tossed her cigarette out the window in the part of the world I grew up in, she could be facing thousands of dollars worth of fines. Our forest fires prevention lawa are very serious.
- September 10, 2009 at 8:06 PM
- Pam from alertandorientedx4 said...
Thanks for stopping by...I'm guessing these are license plates? I've always wanted:
- September 11, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Okay I cannot for the life of me figure out ELVNQUN All I can think is The something or Eleven something. Same with AEGNYR a something Year.
DUCATIZ - Do You See a Tease
PHISHIN - Fishing
SINUP - Cinch Up?
AREA and MTH could either be nicknames or peoples initials
I even sent those I can't get to my mom. She's usually good at these and she can't get them either...LOL.
- September 11, 2009 at 11:41 AM
- SouthLakesMom said...
Thom, I think ELVNQUN is Elven Queen -- as in a female Tolkien fan
MTH belongs to a math tutor and I guess A R E A belongs to a geometry teacher? (Don't know about the latter actually, just seems like a good guess)
And Quilly, I wish our laws were that strict. It really irks me that it was Vienna, home of the most underemployed cops around. But did they see it? Of course not! They were too busy looking for people going 26 mph in a 25 zone.
- September 11, 2009 at 3:16 PM
ahhh makes sense :)
- September 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM


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22 Killer Personal Development Resources You're Missing Out On. You've got the personal development itch once again.
You know the feeling. Maybe you want to be more productive, finally tackle that goal of yours, or start waking up earlier. So you go to Google or your favorite personal development blogs. Maybe if you still haven't found what you're looking for you try searching for a Youtube video or ask your Facebook friends if they know of any good sites. And that's it. Awakened Millionaire Activation — Wealth Trigger - Dr. Joe Vitale and Dr. Steve G. Jones. The Gratitude Attitude Builder – ah! Positive Publishing.
Is your Inner Motivational Speaker, like, nice to you? Because interior tone matters so very much. We all have a voice in our heads telling us what to do.
Pick a motivational 'ism, (it doesn't really matter which one): Feel the fear and do it anyway. Decide to rise. Do what ordinary people fear. No pain, no gain. Really, nothing wrong with any of those dictums. Like all communication, it's THE TONE that makes the difference. Is your inner motivational voice shouting or whispering? Maintenance mode. How to Start Setting Boundaries and Prioritizing Your Needs. "You teach people how to treat you by what you allow, what you stop, and what you reinforce."
~Tony Gaskins I highly value being loyal, honest, empathetic, and supportive. I am also partial to advocating for the underdog. As a result, I have historically attempted to be a 'hero' in situations of difficulty, tension, conflict, or stress. I take pride in being the person who others can turn to for support, guidance, and empathy after an upsetting experience. When a friend was going through a troublesome period, I literally dropped everything to race to her and give her a hand. I often answered the phone late at night when this friend was having a crisis. I would fall prey to her criticism and insults when she was distressed and seemingly needed a 'punching bag,' or when I didn't respond as quickly or as perfectly as she desired.
A Simple Guide to Self-Care. The "self-care" tag on Tumblr is a really sweet place.
It's like if you were walking outside in a thunderstorm, umbrella-less, and you walked into a café filled with plush armchairs, wicker baskets full of flowers, and needlepoints on the walls that say things like "Be kind to yourself" and "You are enough." It's jarring, the change in scenery, but nice. It also makes you realize that you're soaked—you'd almost gotten used to it, out in the storm. Taking care of yourself is not actually a new thing, nor is the idea that you may sometimes need to be reminded to do so.
Just think of all the people on makeover-shows past who were told, "You spend so much time taking care of other people, it's time to do something for yourself." But the word "self-care" has popped up a lot in my peripheral Internet vision lately, most recently in a deceptively simple game called You Feel Like Shit: An Interactive Self-Care Guide. The checklist goes something like this: These are the basics. 10 gratitude truths that will change you forever. In case you hadn't noticed, there is a huge wave of gratitude sweeping the world lately.
People are saying thank you and being more grateful than ever before. Is it because there are more things to be grateful for these days? Probably not. They finally understand that in order to be happy and have more happy things come into our lives we need to be grateful for what we have. The Top 10 Ways to Cultivate Self-Respect. Loving yourself is an essential element for living a present life, and self-respect is a vital aspect of self-love.
The more you respect yourself, the more you are able to love yourself. However, self-respect isn't always easy to come by. There are a lot of aspects of life that can lure you away from respect. For example, here are a few situations that might tempt you away from respecting yourself: loving someone who doesn't love you (or who treats you badly); being "successful" but feeling unhappy with your work; wishing you could go back to a past time in your life; thinking you need to have X, Y, or Z to be happy; having people around you who doubt your abilities; wanting things simply because you think you "should" want them; thinking the lives others lead are better than your own; or living or working with people who treat you (or themselves) negatively.
A Simple Trick to Feel Less Anxious & More Confident. "Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety."
~Plato A few weeks ago, I was standing in front of a mirror in the women's bathroom at work. I could feel the cold sweat down my spine and was angry for not being able to gain a better control of myself. I attempted everything in the book—took deep breaths, closed my eyes, tried to calm down, counted slowly to fifty. No change. My anxiety was still running high, my pulse was rushing, and I looked as a frightened little bird trapped in a cage. No biggie, some would say. As an introvert, though, I shy away from being the centre of attention. Then, I remembered something that I read a while ago. In 2012, at the TED Global conference in Edinburgh, Prof. The main idea is that standing in certain poses, even if we only visualize it, can give us an instant boost of self-esteem, although we may not feel truly confident on the inside.
For instance, forming a "V" with our hands or putting our hands on our hips. About Evelyn Marinoff.


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Cavaco and Crifo (2010)
Cavaco, Sandra, and Patricia Crifo. "The CSR-firm performance missing link: complementarity between environmental, social and business behavior criteria?" Working paper (University Paris II Pantheon-Assas and CPP, Aarhus School of Business), June 7, 2010.
From the authors' abstract: "[We propose] a theoretical model and [test] empirically its main predictions on a matched panel database for the biggest European listed firms over the 2002-2007 period. Our dataset gathers...(ESG) ratings from the Vigeo database and economic and financial performance data from the Orbis database. Using System GMM estimator for dynamic panel data model, we test the complementarity and substitutability, that is the super- and sub- modularity between various corporate social responsibility practices, and its impact on firm performance. We do observe that there exists a complementarity premium on specific CSR dimensions (human resources and business behavior towards customers and suppliers) but also that some combinations are relative substitutes (environment and business behavior)."
Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1636868


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Our wonderful friend Jennifer stopped by once again this week for #PauseForPaws! She brought along Buttercup with her, a 6 or 7 year old formerly stray beagle.
Buttercup is an absolute sweetheart, who wanted to do nothing but curl up in Jennifer's lap the entire time. She is a bit shy, evidence of a rougher former life, but once she warms up to you she is friendly and loving and the absolute sweetest girl.
If you'd like Buttercup to join your family, or if you want to check out the other amazing pets looking for homes, head on over to Heritage Humane Society!
Special thanks to Mermaid Books for sponsoring #PauseForPaws.


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Merely a one week ago the Congress strong man and leader from Kerala A K Antony hinted that Congress is not averse to doing business with left front if such situation arises. But general secretary of CPI (M) Prakash karat took only less than one week to respond to this congress overtures and laid down his plan for the next general elections where he will try to repeat Harkishan Singh Surjeet for himself. Prakash Karat hopes to repeat the era of 1996 in Indian politics and emerge as the pivotal to non congress secular front. Continue reading "Will Prakash Karat be new Harkishan singh Surjeet?"
Tag: Israel
Who are afraid of Narendra Modi?
Although Indian parliament has almost one year to complete its term before general elections are being declared but the speculations, gossips and assessment are there to hint something else. Beyond all these buzz one interesting question remains unanswered why chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi is every time in discussion either from his admirers or from his baiters? Narendra Modi is the second Non Congress leader apart from former BJP Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpaee who has been in discussion so often even before he has been officially announced as the prime Ministerial candidate from the largest opposition party BJP. Continue reading "Who are afraid of Narendra Modi?"
Library in Eastern UP with literature on Israel
India and Israel have special relationship between them and especially since both the nations came in diplomatic relationship after a long gap. India and Israel are being seen as natural allies mostly because of their common problems of hostile neighbor and terrorism but I strongly believe that both the nations have more in common rather than commonality of problems. Continue reading "Library in Eastern UP with literature on Israel"


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Gourikwa Private Nature Reserve plays a pivotal role in the conservation of the Cape Floral Kingdom; one of the six floral kingdoms of the world. The reserve offers different eco systems consisting of coastal, wetland, fynbos and grassland areas, which are rich in different types of fauna and flora. Botanists have identified plant species on the reserve that are unique to the area and some that can be found nowhere else in the world. The well-preserved ancient fish traps situated along the reserve's coastline pay testament to our great heritage. The fish traps date back to the Later Stone Age people (Khoi khoi) who roamed the coastline about 2000 years ago.
A walk up Buffelskop (212 m – the highest point on the reserve) offers a magnificent view of the entire coastline, the light house and a vast undulating inland landscape.


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The Ghost of Flight
The Ghost of Flight
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The spirit of a bird still knows how to fly. Yours does too.
Each original abstract painting is one of a kind and infused with magick bringing focused energy into your spaces.
6x6 deep sided canvas
Due to differences in monitors, colors may appear slightly different in real life.
No framing needed. Can be hung with 3M hook or displayed on a shelf.


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Stuart Willis
Consultant - Preparatory Schools
Stuart has extensive experience of the UK independent school sector and prides himself in understanding each school's individual needs within their own settings.
Before joining Harris Hill Stuart spent five years as a PE Teacher at an independent school which has provided him an excellent understanding of their structure and life. He has also spent time recruiting in Australia into the financial sector and understands the importance of open and honest relationships with both clients and candidates.
Stuart has a Bachelor of Science in Sport Science from St Mary's University College, London.


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Rob Gonslavesis a Canadian painter of magic realism with a unique perspective and style. He was born in Toronto, Ontario. As a child he developed an interest in drawing from imagination using various media. By the age of 12, his awareness of architecture grew as he learned perspective techniques and he began to create his first paintings and renderings of imagined buildings.
Gonsalves now has 70 paintings and is working on more. He spends a notable amount of time planning each piece in order to make the transitions flawless and usually finishes about four paintings each year.
His paintings have amazing detail and always have some sort of optical illusion that makes you have to take a second look. If you pay attention to the titles of the paintings, you'll really appreciate what it is that he is depicting.


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Being A Parent The Good And Bad
By Tracy Laverick
Enriching Parenting
Being a parent. It can bring out the best and the worst in you
Being a parent is an amazing life changing event. Sometimes it changes our lives in ways that we hadn't anticipated or that anyone had mentioned before.
I think that being a parent is a wonderful gift and there may be many reasons that we don't talk about its realities. We can feel guilty, that we must be grateful for all we have and not complain. However, having children is hard work and the more we support each other the better it is for everyone.
Even before we have children, we set out our expectations. What sort of parent we are going to be and what fun we are going to have. We can be less prepared for how their emotions can trigger emotions in us. Being a parent can bring out our impatience, lack of control and anxiety; or bring up feelings from our own childhood. If we don't acknowledge these they can impact upon how we relate to our children. We can find ourselves in perpetual arguments with a 4-year-old wondering why they won't just do as we say. Or resorting to shouting because we just don't know what else to do and then feeling guilty about it afterwards.
Being a parent is hard emotional work.
Children are emotional rollercoasters who take us with them on constant ups and downs. They have a great ability to live in the moment, the broken biscuit being long forgotten, but it can affect our whole day. How the children went into school can impact upon our concentration and focus at work.
Take time to review what your children do that trigger these emotions in you. Rather than expect that it will be different the next time, try doing something different. If getting children out of the house is an issue try playing a game of catch on the way out. Look for win win situations. If you know that something they do will trigger you try to be aware of this and do something about it. This could be talking to a friend or just leaving the room for a bit. Children can't read emotions accurately in adults but emotions are infectious so if you are feeling wound up and angry your child will too.
Be kind to yourself. Make time for activities that help you to relax and bring this relaxed state to your relationship with your child. Whether it is sport or meeting friends it works best when you can use the energy to give you patience to get on the floor and play. Rather than shout, as its the fifth time you have asked them to turn the TV off, you can take a deep breath, smile and make them laugh. Use the power of laughter to get children moving and you may find that your self-image of being a parent can happen. But it takes you to bring the laughter to them.


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You should register your family/parent on the site. Then you will be able to use that username and password to register individual children for specific sports activities.
If you qualify for our "Family Maximum Discount", please choose the "Mail in Check" option at check-out. Please make checks payable to the Berkley Athletic Association and mail to P.O. Box 331, North Dighton, MA 02764
When registering a player, if you get the message "No programs available", this means one of two things. The players age is outside the range for any programs. (too young or too old for available programs) or the registration period has closed for that program. You can still contact the individual BAA Sports Directors if you have missed the registration period.
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Oh, Giles! Oh, Giles! OH, GILESWENCH! LMAO That was a great story, so very hot and arousing. The ending was a cute surprise, too. Well, who wouldn't want to celebrate Dawn leaving. I wish the story could have been longer and showed what else they were doing but this bit was excellent.
Author's Response: Thanks, Queen Boadicea! Somehow the word 'celebrate' just screamed 'Dawn is gone' to me. Not sure why (looks innocent...fails miserably).
As for longer, well, I have to write a short one-off once in a while, just to lull the newbies into a false sense of security before I unleash another epic on the world.
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Jodi Kantor is a prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and a best-selling author.
Ms. Kantor specializes in long-form, deeply reported stories. In 2017, she and Megan Twohey broke the story of Harvey Weinstein's decades of alleged abuse towards women. Their reporting set off a worldwide reckoning that encouraged victims to speak, brought to account men who wielded power in a wide range of fields, and shifted attitudes and policies around the globe.
Before that, Ms. Kantor's investigations into conditions at Starbucks and Amazon prompted national debates and policy changes at both companies. Her report on working mothers and breast-feeding inspired two readers to create the first free-standing lactation suites for nursing mothers, now available in airports and stadiums across the country. In 2016, Ms. Kantor and Catrin Einhorn reported and wrote "Refugees Welcome," exploring the question: can regular citizens successfully intervene in one of the worst problems on earth?
For six years, Ms. Kantor wrote about Barack and Michelle Obama, delving into their ideas, biographies, family, marriage, faith and approach to the White House, and covering the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. Ms. Kantor's book "The Obamas" chronicles their behind-the-scenes adjustment to the jobs of president and first lady. Writing in the New York Review of Books, Ezra Klein said, "Jodi Kantor's 'The Obamas' is among the very best books on this White House."
Before becoming a reporter, Ms. Kantor was the New York editor of Slate magazine and The Times's Arts & Leisure editor. She is the recipient of awards from PEN America, the Canadian Journalism Foundation, Columbia College, and the Los Angeles Press Club and the Association for Education in Journalism.
Stephanie McCrummen is a national enterprise reporter for The Washington Post, covering an array of subjects. Previously, she was the paper's East Africa bureau chief based in Nairobi. She has also reported from Egypt, Iraq and Mexico, among other places. She joined The Post in 2004 as a Metro reporter covering the suburban housing boom. Before that, she was a reporter for Newsday in New York. She is originally from Birmingham, Ala.
Elle Reeve is a technology correspondent for VICE News Tonight. Prior to joining VICE, Elle was a senior editor at The New Republic, where she covered politics, culture, and trends in technology. Her writing has appeared in The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, and Racket Teen.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an award-winning journalist with more than 50 years in the industry.
She is the author of four books—the latest an e-book, called "Corrective Rape," which details the devastating way some men in South Africa attempt to "correct" gay women's sexual identity; "To the Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement," is a historical narrative for young readers grade nine and up, published by The New York Times and Roaring Brook Press. Her other two books are, "New News Out of Africa: Uncovering the African Renaissance," Oxford University Press and "In My Place," a memoir of the Civil Rights Movement, fashioned around her experiences as the first black woman to attend the University of Georgia, in 1961, now a Vintage Press paperback.
In 2005, she returned to NPR as a Special Correspondent after six years as CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent. She joined CNN in April 1999 from National Public Radio, where she worked as the network's chief correspondent in Africa and was awarded a Peabody in 1998 for her coverage of the continent.
Hunter-Gault worked for 20 years with the PBS NewsHour, alternately as substitute anchor and national, as well as international correspondent. And she has now returned to the NewsHour as Special Correspondent, doing an unprecedented year long series called Race Matters, focusing on solutions to American's enduring race problem.
She began her journalism career as a reporter for The New Yorker, to which she still contributes; she then worked as a local news anchor for WRC-TV in Washington, D.C later as the Harlem bureau chief for The New York Times.
Her numerous honors include a New York Times Publisher's award for a story she worked on detailing the life of the youngest victim of a heroin overdose in 1970. Hunter-Gault also has won two Emmy awards and two Peabody awards—the first for her work on Apartheid's People, a NewsHour series about South African life during apartheid; the second for her work in Africa for NPR, in which, according to the Peabody citation, she "demonstrated a talent for ennobling her subjects, and revealed a depth of understanding of the African experience that was unrivaled in Western media."
Over the years, Hunter-Gault has been the recipient of numerous other awards for her work and in August, 2005, she was inducted in the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. In 2014, she received Black Enterprises Legacy Award. In 2015 , she was honored with the Washington Press Club Foundation's Life Time Achievement Award and that same year was also inducted into the Atlanta Press Club's Hall of Fame.
Hunter-Gault is a sought after public speaker, holds some three dozen honorary degrees and is on the board of The Committee to Protect Journalists. She is married to businessman Ronald T. Gault, with whom she produces Passages--four South African Wine varietals. And she has two adult children, Suesan, an artist and singer and Chuma, an actor.


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Students at Brookview Elementary School near Florida 9A and Atlantic Boulevard will be in classes outside this morning until smoke detected inside the school is cleared.
Firefighters called to the school before classes began have left, but fans will be brought in to clear the air, said schools spokeswoman Jill Johnson. She said classes at the 800-student school will meet outside until then.
Spokesman Tom Francis of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said the smell may have been caused by heat strips kicking on in the cooler than usual morning. Pollen, dust or other material may have collected in the air handling system, he said.
"There was no fire," he said.
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Homelessness Charity Predicts Rough Sleeping Will Rise By Three Quarters In Next Decade
The number of people sleeping rough on Britain's streets is predicted to increase by a third over the next decade, a new report has warned.
Research from the national homeless charity, Crisis, has found that roughly 9,100 people were sleeping rough at any one time in 2016. It has also forecast that the number could increase to 16,000 by 2026 if 'current policies continue unchanged'.
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Nearly a quarter of a million people across Britain are experiencing some form of homelessness in what critics have condemned as a 'national scandal'.
It is calculated that 159,000 households are sleeping rough or living in unsuitable temporary accommodation, marking a rise of nearly a third since 2011, according to the new analysis.
Some 26,000 households were also living on public transport or in tents, cars, squats, women's refuges or winter night shelters. There were also instances of families living illegally in B&Bs for weeks at a time, with no other option.
The charity warned that unless something was done to solve the problem, the most acute forms of homelessness were likely to keep growing. From current estimates, the overall numbers forecast could rise by more than a quarter (26.5 percent) over the next 10 years.
Jon Sparkes, chief executive of Crisis, said the charity's 50th anniversary this year was 'little cause for celebration'.
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He said: "We still exist because homelessness still exists, and today's report makes it only too clear that unless we take action as a society, the problem is only going to get worse with every year that passes.
"Regardless of what happens in people's lives, whatever difficulties they face or choices they make, no one should ever have to face homelessness. With the right support at the right time, it doesn't need to be inevitable. There are solutions, and we're determined to find them and make them a reality."
A Department for Communities and Local Government spokesman said: "This Government is determined to help the most vulnerable in society and we're working to make sure people always have a roof over their head.
"Alongside investing £550m to 2020 to address the issue, we're implementing the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will require councils to provide early support to people at risk of becoming homeless.
"There's more to do and ministers will set out plans shortly."
Labour's shadow housing secretary, John Healey, argued that the issue was a "direct result of decisions made by Conservative ministers: a steep drop in investment for affordable homes, crude cuts to housing benefit, reduced funding for homelessness services, and a refusal to help private renters."
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Collecting vintage watches has become a growing hobby with many around the world today. The quality of some brand name vintage watches makes them indestructible and thus the collection can be passed on from generation to generation.
However there are many deceptive people out there that know authentic vintage watches are very hard to come by and at times manage to duplicate or fraud some into buying one. Here are a few points, which hopefully will help you always purchase an authentic vintage watch.
Get to Know What Makes a Vintage Watch
Every single watch brand has its own specifics through which it is more or less unique such as a marking in the inside mechanism or a piece of jewelry on a particular part of it or the type of movement and so on. Getting to know what makes a particular vintage watch special will help you be able to tell the difference between the fake and the authentic version. There are many instances when vintages watches have been swapped around for example, a different movement in a vintage case and if you are not familiar with the same you will not know what to look and/or ask for.
Replacing is a big industry and some don't stop at the pieces you cannot see, they will even go up to replacing pieces such as the worn hands of a vintage watch with something old but not its authentic piece. Again the only way to tell the difference is to be very familiar with what the original should look like.
Where to Look for Authentic Vintage Watches
To gather knowledge about a particular vintage watch you should look on the internet where everything will be listed in detail; you may even be able to get in touch with the company if it still exists and ask them for other signs that will give away an inauthentic vintage watch.
Vintage watches are very expensive and once you have purchased it, it may be difficult to return it on the charge that a piece was replaced as the seller can blame you for the same. Therefore, prevention is always better than cure and you should take all possible measures that you possibly can especially if you are a collector and are looking forward to expand your collection.


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Supermodel Miranda Kerr has given birth to a son, Hart, named after husband Evan Spiegel's grandfather, according to People.
"Words cannot explain how happy we are to welcome our beautiful son into our family. Miranda is doing well and Flynn is excited to be a big brother," the couple said in a statement. "Thank you for the kind words and wishes during this very special time."
That's the second child for 35-year-old Kerr, who also has a 7-year-old son, Flynn, with ex-husband Orlando Bloom.
She and the 27-year-old Snapchat CEO were first spotted together in June 2015 and got engaged in July 2016. Less than a year later, the two were married in a small ceremony at home in Los Angeles.
Kerr announced the pregnancy in November.
"We're just really excited to expand our family," the former Victoria's Secret Angel told Us Weekly.
She also promised that her delivery wouldn't be documented on Snapchat.
"You want to keep some things private," she said on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in February.
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Psalm 138:8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth forever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
The child looks at the hose she's attempted to unravel for the past hour. She tugs. She pulls. She pushes. Yet nothing seems to work. The hose will not untangle. Frustration rages in her mind. This task shouldn't be hard. Yet it is hard.
Just then she hears her father whistling and coming around the corner of the house. She cries out, "Daddy! Daddy! Please help me. I can't get this untangled."
Lovingly, her father stoops to sweep her up in his arms. He offers her a hug which melts her frustration.
"Now, what has you so frustrated?" he said.
"Well," with flailing arms waving and exasperated tone, "I tried to move the hose so I could wash my doll house. I can get it to stretch over there. It is a tangled mess."
Her father spoke with calming tones, "My dear little princess, you watch and let me fix this hose the way it should be, then we can get that house washed."
Her father's hands took the hose and, in less than a minute, had it all untangled. She watched in a amazement. Her one hour of frustration was dissolved in one minute when she left the tangled mess to her father. She embraced him and then ran to her dollhouse where she watched him wash her dollhouse.
The Psalmist declared that he knew his Father could take the tangles of his life and make it better. He said it in this artful way, "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me..." The word perfect is the idea of bringing to a place of finality or an end. The implied idea is completeness; God can take life's tangles and make it better.
Consider the Person (the Lord) and the Promise (will perfect) in this verse. God is distinctly aware of my present frustration. When I will leave it with him, I can rest in His promise.
What's your tangled mess? You can push, pull, prod, and poke all you want. Yet if you allow this problem to get to the hands of God, He will perfect that which concerns you.


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The 10 contestants on Mnet's reality program 'Mydol' have been whittled down to 6 final members who will debut under the official name Vixx.
The final members of Vixx, who is under Jelly Fish Entertainment alongside Sung Si Kyung, Seo In Guk, and Brian, were chosen through viewer votes alone, and the group's name was decided on by votes by viewers as well.
Vixx's debut stage is on May 24th's 'M! Countdown', and their label mates are reported to be showing up to support the group.


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Bob Leong
Word comes of the passing of Bob Leong of Vancouver, B.C. He was known to friends and fans as bobskoot, though more recently he had been riding motorcycles.
Bobskoot passed in his sleep from an apparent heart attack while on vacation in Nashville, Tenn. He and his wife Yvonne had been traveling through the South in Bob's Corvette, a trip which included a visit to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky.
Bob's blog Riding the Wet Coast began in 2008 and was noteworthy for prolific posting and Bob's observations on his many long road trips, first on a scooter, then on a succession of motorcycles.
Bob was also famous for sporting pink Crocs, the molded plastic footwear from Boulder, Colo.
Bob's blog continues, with a succession of guest posters.
September 15, 2014 5:31 pm
Man that is horrible. I never met the man but felt I knew him via his comments on my blog and via the Wet Coast Scootin website. Rest in Peace my friend. You will be missed.
September 16, 2014 8:42 am
A beautiful post Orin. He was the one and only Bobskoot. I think he facilitated a lot of other bloggers getting together and meeting too. He will be missed.
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So sad. One of the nice ones is gone. Sorry for your loss. He will be missed.
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This is the world's first investment trust, launched in 1868. A diversified portfolio gives exposure to most of the world markets and invests in more than 500 companies across 35 countries. The objective of the trust is to secure long-term growth in capital and income through a policy of investing primarily in an internationally diversified portfolio of publicly listed equities, as well as unlisted securities and private equity. The approach is suitable for retail investors in the UK and is designed for investors seeking growth in capital and income from global equity markets. The fund charges a total expense ratio of 0.52% per year.
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The dividends per share have continued to increase over the last 10 years showing strong growth above RPI inflation. The total increase was 102.79% (6.64% annualized). The revenue reserves have not been increased at the same rate as the dividends with an increase of 14.37% (1.23% annualized), the reserve as a percentage of the dividends has reduced. The reserve cover started at a high level of 2.93 years, which is higher than the majority of ITs. Over the period, the company has paid out cash reserves to maintain dividend increases, which has reduced the reserves from 2.93 to 1.65. The 10 year change in revenue reserves is -3.14% p.a. versus RPI at 1.92% p.a.


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CARBONDALE, Ill. – The SIUE track and field teams found success at the Don DeNoon Invitational in Carbondale, Illinois, Friday and Saturday.
The meet started with the multi and field events Friday.
Nick Matthews placed seventh (59 feet, 4 inches) in the men's weight throw, while John Barnes finished tenth (54-9.25). Austin Lynch threw a personal record in the weight throw (54-8.75), placing him eleventh. Martinus Mitchell finished tenth in the shot put (49-5.5).
In the women's throwing events, Lizzie Virgl placed eleventh in the weight throw (50-8.75) and Claire Nolanthrew her way to a sixth place finish in the shot put (44-11).
Justin White (6-1.25) and Logan Webb (6-1.25) finished eleventh and thirteenth respectively in the men's high jump. Webb (21-2.75) and White (21-0) placed seventh and eighth respectively in the long jump. DeVonte Tincher leapt to a fourth place finish in the triple jump (43-7.75).
In the women's jumping events, Nichyria Byrd took first in the long jump (18-11.25). Debborah Blackburnfinished sixth in the high jump (5-1) and Brittney Gibbs placed fourth in the triple jump (38-4).
"There were a lot of learning moments for our jumpers this weekend," Assistant Coach Joey Pacione said. "I expect that group to bounce back as we start to peak out training."
The Cougars distance teams ran four PR's Saturday.
The men's PR's include Liam O'Connell (4:29.83) in the mile and Matt O'Connor (2:30.05) in the 1000m. O'Connor's time beats the 1000m school record held by Richard Skirball (2004).
On the women's side, Aly Goff ran a PR in the mile (5:04.71). Goff's time is the fifth fastest in SIUE indoor history. Allie Sweatt set a PR in the mile as well (5:13.42).
The SIUE sprinters had a successful meet behind Nylo Clarke, who placed third in the men's 400m with a time of 49.53. That time ranks as the second fastest in the Ohio Valley Conference this year. DeVonte Tincher ran a season best time of 22.74 in the 200m.
The SIUE men's 4x400m team (Collin Brown, Clarke, O'Connor and Kevin Campell) placed third with a time of 3:23.64. That time is second best in the OVC this season.
Lacresha Linton ran a season best time (8.19) in the women's 60m. Goff (2:18.48) and Jalea Paslay both ran PR's in the 800m.
"This was the breakout weekend we'd been hoping for, for our sprinters," Pacione added. "I'm stoked for those runners to be competing at such a high level."
The Cougars will be back in action Feb. 9 & 10 at the Marshall Invite in Huntington, West Virginia.


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The Zoo Gang works out preparing to take on the Donnelly clan.
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You'll Be A Man. (2013) Jules Sagot, Aurélio Cohen, Eléonore Pourriat, Grégoire Monsaingeon, Clara Bonnet. Written and directed by Benoît Cohen. A reclusive ten-year-old boy and a twenty-year-old out of work college student develop a friendship that changes both their lives and that of those around them.
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You're So Cupid. (2010) Brian Krause, Jeremy Sumpter, Lauren Holley, Malese Jow, Caitlin EJ Meyer, Dani Chuchran, Chad Hively. Directed by John Lyde. Fraternal twin sisters Emma and Lilly have an insatiable desire to play matchmaker, even though they've never fallen in love themselves. When Emma and Lilly fall in love with the same guy, they suddenly become rivals for his affection, until they find out that their parents' marriage is falling apart.
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You've Got A Friend. (2007) Dylan McLaughlin, John Schneider, Jason Brooks, Kate Connor, Mark Ralston, Bitty Schram. Directed by James A. Cortner. In 1976, 12-year-old Bobby Graham, a recent orphan, moves to Albuquerque to live with his aunt and uncle, who never had children of their own. Although his uncle is opposed to the idea of Bobby doing anything but attending school and working in his hardware store, Bobby has the talent to design his own race car and wants to build it and enter the local soap box derby. Saying that he has joined the school baseball team, Bobby defies his uncle and teams up with the town recluse, Vietnam veteran Jim Klecan, a former soap box champion, to build a soap box racing car and compete in the derby.
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Zathura. (2005) Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins. Directed by Jon Favreau. Two bickering young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when they start playing an enchanted board game called Zathura.
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The Zodiac. (2005) Justin Chambers, Robin Tunney, William Mapother, Rory Culkin, Rex Linn, Philip Baker Hall. Directed by Alexander Bulkley. An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
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I first heard about Kattensvern at Dyreverndagen a few months ago. I heard a great talk by Jeanette Laxdal, one of the main people in the organisation. She has been working there since 2010, helping to find homes for many cats, fighting to get animal police in Bergen and spreading knowledge about how to look after cats conscientiously.
Since Kattensvern started in 2004 they have rehomed more than 3000 cats in Bergen and have worked outside of this to improve cats welfare and change common attitudes towards caring for pets for the better. As well as their rescue center they also have a shop in the city center and also conduct awareness-raising activities. There are a few excellent people that volunteer their time to take care of the cats and run the shop.
In Norway people often have a very old fashioned concept of what animals needs are, they think that is natural to not neuter the cat and let it live in the barn and hunt for its dinner. But the reality is that moden felines are just not equipped to be born into that type of lifestyle and all homeless cats in Norway need human help to survive, whether they're domestic cats, or so-called "wild cats".
The mission of Kattensvern is to find homes for homeless cats, work to sterilise/castrate cats (helping combat homeless kitties being brought into the world), to make sure that cats get proper medical care and vaccinations, to care for the cats that are currently homeless, to spread attitude enhancing information in the media, and to cooperate with animal welfare associations in Norway and abroad.


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Here are all my Oscar predictions, with comments for the categories I posted last night.
Note: I changed my costume pick to Anonymous, after realizing that it both won the costume guild award, and after remembering that being set during the Renaissance is even better for this category than 19th century England.
Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Midnight in Paris
The Tree of Life
War Horse
The Artist has been a juggernaut this awards season. I loved it, personally, but I can also understand the puzzlement many in the media have showed over the awards dominance of a silent, French slapstick comedy. I think Mark Harris of Grantland is onto something: if The Artist wins Best Picture, it's as much a statement about the lackluster crop of American films this year as it is a celebration of a movie that just doesn't fit the Academy's favored profile.
That said, I'll be more than happy when it takes home the trophy tonight. My favorite film in the category, The Tree of Life, doesn't have a chance, so I'm fairly ambivalent anyway, and The Artist is much better than several films to have won in in the last decade and change.
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
There's a splinter sentiment that Scorsese will win here, his reputation and Hugo's big nominations haul leading to something of an upset. However, last year taught me a valuable lesson in this category. I joined everyone else who predicted that David Fincher would win the directing Oscar for The Social Network while The King's Speech would take Best Picture. When the latter won both, I looked back through Oscar history and realized that Picture/Director splits only happen in a crazy, unpredictable fashion.
The last time it happened, for example, was when Crash stunned Best Director winner Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain and won Best Picture, maybe the most controversial Oscar win in history. Before that, Roman Polanski won for directing The Pianist as part of that film's out-of-nowhere three Oscar haul (the most shocking of which was Adrien Brody's well-deserved win for Best Actor) as it nearly toppled mega-favorite Chicago, which ended up winning Best Picture anyway.
Before that, there was the crazy race of 2000, when Gladiator prevailed in Best Picture, but was upset by Traffic's Steven Soderbergh for Best Director. Lest we forget, Ang Lee was also among the favorites that year as well, winning the DGA for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Pretty much every single Picture/Director split in the last 40-odd years involved either a huge upset, usually for Best Picture (Shakespeare in Love, Driving Miss Daisy, Chariots of Fire) or a very tight race between two heavyweights (The Godfather and Cabaret in 1972, In the Heat of the Night and The Graduate in 1968). The Artist has been a huge favorite all awards season, and has shown no signs of weakness. If it loses here or in Picture, it'll be an upset.
Best Actor
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
It's been interesting watching Dujardin emerge as a front-runner in a category that features two of Hollywood's biggest stars in their most critically acclaimed roles yet. He's definitely earning novelty points for the silent-factor in his performance. Many see this is a bad thing. I don't particularly. Every performance must be judged within its particular context, and judging Dujardin against Pitt and Clooney strictly on dramatic heft isn't fair.
Regardless, he's probably going to win here (whether or not history remembers this win fondly is another story), although I'm guarded about a Pitt or Clooney upset.
Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Viola Davis has emerged as something of desperation favorite, someone to give the award to instead of having to choose between one of two stars in mediocre biopics that were pretty clearly made for the sole purpose of winning Oscars. Make no mistake, Streep (and to a lesser extent, Williams) can't be counted out here. But Davis has much more sentiment on her side right now, and there's a sense that the voters don't want to give Streep, possibly our best living actress, her third Oscar for a piece of Oscar-bait that no one really liked.
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
It's been heart-warming for me to see Plummer emerge as the clear front-runner for this award, which would be his first. He's delightful and heartbreaking in Beginners, which is a film that I didn't expect to see on the awards circuit this year. If he loses, it'd be a monumental upset.
Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Spencer has dominated the pre-cursors, and there's a general warm and fuzzy feeling about her winning. She's a hardworking veteran, who has long made the most of whatever screen time she could get (I'll forever remember her as the crowbar lady in the elevator in Being John Malkovich). She's a lock here.
Best Original Score
The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams)
The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
Hugo (Howard Shore)
Alberto Iglasias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
War Horse (John Williams)
The Social Network's win here last year indicated that the Academy was weighing the cinematic importance and memorability of the score as much as its level of heartstring-tugging. In that case, I can't imagine a film whose only sound for 95% of the run-time is music losing here.
Best Song (what the hell happened to this category this year?)
"Man or Muppet?" from The Muppets
"Real in Rio" from Rio
I don't even know. Seriously, what gives, Academy? Two nominees? Fix this category's nominating process, or get rid of it. But nominating two blah songs and calling it a day is embarrassing.
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash)
Hugo (John Logan)
The Ides of March (George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willmon)
Moneyball (Stephen Zallian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan)
Original Screenplay
The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig)
Margin Call (J.C. Chandor)
Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Documentary Feature
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls Short: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Foreign Language Film
Bullhead (Belgium)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Film Editing
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Sound Mixing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse
Sound Editing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse
Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Documentary Short
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Short Film (Live Action)
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
Animated Short
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
Costume Design
The Artist
Jane Eyre
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady


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Hospitals press on despite political uncertainties
When 2017 opened it seemed an almost foregone conclusion that the Affordable Care Act was finished and the fall-out for patients, doctors and patients was full of unknowns.
Then it turned out that the law known as Obamacare was not finished after all.
So now in 2018 hospital administrators across the Houston region continue to endure the swirl of political hyperbole and the very real uncertainty of what the future holds for uninsured rates, patient access to care, reimbursement calculations to providers and the overall health care economy.
But they are no longer holding their breath. They can't afford to.
"You can't plan around the politics," said Deborah Gordon, chief administrative officer for Memorial Hermann Health System, the largest not-for-profit health system in southeast Texas and a leader in the annual Chron 100 round-up of top businesses in the area.
"I can't change the politics, but what I can do is provide health services to the uninsured and under-insured in a community services," she said.
Even though the ACA was not repealed outright, pieces were chipped away that has some worrying about a new spike in the uninsured rate. Houston has the highest uninsured rate in a state that has the highest uninsured rate in the nation.
Sid Sanders, senior vice president for construction/facilities at Houston Methodist, another perennial occupant on the Chronicle 100 list of top hospitals, could not agree more.
Strategic planning happens years in advance and must continue despite the whims and winds of current events.
"You maintain flexibility, you keep all of your options open but at the end of the day you are in the people business," Sanders said. "Something coming out of Washington might make it a little better or might make it a little worse, but it doesn't change the fundamentals."
In Houston. a few constants help provide an element of predictability: continued population growth and people getting older.
That means, health experts say, that health care will continue to be needed, though perhaps in a slightly different form in the future.
For instance, Gordon said, hospitals will have to be nimble and creative as they consider meeting the needs of both an aging population and also a younger one that is tech savvy. Virtual medicine and nurse helplines can help bridge a need that once was primarily met through large, new-build construction.
Sanders, too, said that while ongoing Houston Methodist construction projects will be completed through 2018 and early 2019, there could come a time after that to hit the pause button to reassess demographics, patient needs and the political landscape.
Another thing that is not changing is the demand for workers. Gordon said that Memorial Hermann currently has 800 job openings across its network of facilities.
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For months now I've been telling myself I would start a blog once Induction and Institute got a little closer, and I've finally decided to do it! Why now? Two reasons: 1. I'm flying to New Mexico in 10 days, so "closer" is officially here, and 2. I got frustrated packing. Blogging is much more fun.
Let me introduce myself. Right now I'm a college senior, graduating in 18 days (yes, 8 days after heading to NM–more on that later) with a degree in Psychology. Since November I've known that I would be moving 1,480 miles away after graduation in order to join the epic and awesome 2011 New Mexicorps and teach Elementary School somewhere in northwest New Mexico (or possibly just across the border in northeast Arizona). And I could not be more excited! I'm already dreaming of my future students, planning classroom procedures, and stocking up on shiny stickers. Well, OK, that last one's been going on for years.
Even though I've had this TFA plan for quite some time now, it's just now starting to really hit me. Some hits are good: I'll be going somewhere new! Meeting new people! Working hard for something I'm passionate about! Some are overwhelming: I'm going to be wholly responsible for the educational progress of twenty-some kids. Eek! And some are really hard: I'll be leaving my closest friends behind. I'll be moving almost entirely across the country from my parents, brother, sister-of-my-heart-if-not-by-blood, and godson (and I was already half a country away!). And I have very little idea of what to expect.
But I'm choosing to be excited rather than scared. It's an adventure, rather than a nerve-wracking unknown. Hey, I'm a Psych major: framing matters! In 10 days I head out to NM in order to take a certification test the day after. We don't know yet whether I'll need this test to get certified; in past it wasn't necessary, but the law might change and the test is only offered that weekend. And just because it makes no sense to decide in July that incoming teachers will need to have passed a test that is only offered in June doesn't mean that the Powers That Be won't do it. At any rate, I head to NM on the 3rd, test on the 4th, have Induction from the 6th through the 9th, fly back the 9th for graduation on the 11th, and then book it down to Phoenix to start Institute on the 12th. Whew. And then the real work begins…


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■ Mercedes-Benz reveals camper versions of its X-Class pick-up truck
MERCEDES-Benz has revealed camping conversion concepts for its new X-Class pick-up truck. Pitched at those who like to combine their camping trips with a healthy dose of adventurous exploration, the German vehicle-maker commissioned pick-up truck conversion specialist Tischer to create a concept for a detachable living compartment.
The cabin is fitted to the load bed of Mercedes' new pick-up truck, which it says is the first premium pick-up on the market. Targeted at commercial customers who regularly use their car for leisure trips, the truck boasts plenty of on-board technology plus a class-leading interior and went on sale at the end of last year.
The camper unit features a sleeping compartment in an alcove 150cm wide, as well as two-metres of headroom, a kitchen with three-burner gas stove and a sofa. The latter can be converted into a second bed. Despite its small size, the X-Class's camper conversion also has an integrated bathroom, with a foldaway wash basin, swivelling toilet and space for a shower.
Mercedes-Benz is demonstrating the concept at CMT — the international exhibition for caravans, motors and tourism — in Stuttgart between January 13 and 21. Its stand will also feature the brand's Marco Polo range of camping van conversions and a pull-out kitchen for the X-Class.
Created by camper van equipment specialist VanEssa, the 250kg unit features a coolbox, cooking and washing-up facilities, plus space for crockery and other supplies.
Volker Mornhinweg, head of Mercedes-Benz Vans, said: 'It is important to us that our vehicles appeal to camper van bodybuilders as well as to end customers. The X-Class fits seamlessly into our established product range. We are proud to introduce our first camper van concepts together with Tischer and VanEssa at the CMT just two months after the vehicle's launch.'
Mornhinweg also revealed that because of the success of the brand's Marco Polo Horizon model, which can sleep up to five people, a right-hand-drive version was being developed for the UK market.
■ Brexit deal must be clear by April if the UK car industry is to remain competitive
A BREXIT transition deal must be made clear by April if the UK automotive industry is to continue to stay competitive, claim lobbyists. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' chief executive Mike Hawes said the deadline for the government to give the industry information about the deal is 'now' – otherwise it will have to start taking costly contingency measures.
Speaking ahead of the news that the new car market in the UK was down by 5.6 per cent in 2017, he said: 'We need information now. We look at the European Commission and government statements about a possible transition deal and they don't align. Our members struggle to make decisions on investments when they don't know what's ahead.
'If we don't have clarity by the end of the first quarter, after that the industry will have to start taking contingency measures, such as stockpiling parts and vehicles, which costs money and makes them less competitive.'
Uncertainty in the UK has impacted vehicle sales and car buyers have voted with their feet in 2017, opting to hold onto their existing cars or buy used, rather than new, models. New car registration estimates were reassessed in November after seven months of decline in the market, and today's figures are even lower than expected.
Hawes noted that although he isn't aware of Brexit resulting in anyone losing their jobs, 'you can't say it hasn't cost potential new jobs – production and sales are down, which isn't good for the industry'.
In October, Vauxhall announced it was moving workers at its Ellesmere Port factory in Cheshire to a single shift and cutting 400 jobs through a 'voluntary separation programme'. The carmaker — now owned by France's PSA Groupe, which also makes Peugeots and Citroens — said at the time that the move was not because of Brexit, but was instead to bring costs down in line with its 'benchmark' factories in France.
And Hawes used the site as an example of the positive opportunities that could be available after Brexit. He pointed to comments by PSA Groupe boss Carlos Tavares that 'there could be advantages to having a factory that uses sterling and is outside the EU in close proximity to Europe'.
■ Car theft rises by 30 per cent in three years
THE number of vehicles stolen in England and Wales has shot up by 30 per cent in just three years, with experts blaming keyless entry systems for the rise.
A freedom of information request showed that 65,783 vehicles were reported stolen in 2013 to 40 police forces in England and Wales, but by 2016 this had risen to 85,688.
London had the most vehicles stolen, with 26,496 taken in 2016 — equating to nearly a third of the thefts (31 per cent). Similar to the national trend, this represented a 29 per cent increase on 2013, when 20,565 were stolen. The research by the RAC also showed that outside London the worst-hit region was the West Midlands with 5,930 thefts — a 43 per cent increase on 2013 (4,161). This was closely followed by West Yorkshire with 5,597, a 57 per cent rise from 2013.
Fourth spot was claimed by Greater Manchester, which saw 4,999 stolen vehicles in 2016 and fifth was Essex with 3,623. Both saw a 29 per cent increase on 2013. AA president Edmund King said: 'Most cars are stolen to order and find their way heading overseas to fund other criminal activity. Unfortunately, keys are often the weakest link in the car crime chain. Traditional methods of car theft, such as taking the keys during a house burglary, remain common, but thieves are also trying their hand at hi-tech methods of stealing cars.
'Modern keyless 'entry and go' systems that remove the need to use a mechanical key are designed for drivers' convenience but have ironically created new opportunities for car thieves. If your car has a 'keyless' system, make sure you keep the keys far enough away from the car when you're at home.'
RAC Insurance director Mark Godfrey said: 'We fear thieves are now becoming more and more well equipped with technology capable of defeating car manufacturers' anti-theft systems. This is bad news for motorists, as it has the effect of causing insurance premiums to rise at a time when they are already being pushed up by a variety of factors, not least the recent change to the discount rate for life-changing personal injury compensation claims and the rises in insurance premium tax.'


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As I've mentioned before, food, wine, and entertaining are three of my very favorite things! A while back, I was invited to a wonderful party given by one of my best girlfriends and her super savvy mom. It was an in-home wine tasting at which we sipped new wines and discussed each wine's perfect food pairings.
On the way home, I thought "Wow! What a fabulous alternative to the traditional couple's dinner party or Girls Night Out (make it Girls Night In instead!)". It's a budget friendly form of entertaining, a fantastic way to sample new wines, and, fun for everyone! What's involved in hosting a wine tasting party?
- Send an Evite to eight to ten fellow wine enthusiasts with the date and time of your party.
Ask each guest to bring a bottle of wine (under $20) to share with the group and have everyone "reply all" to the group with the wine they've chosen to avoid duplicates. Finally, ask each guest to bring a dish that pairs perfectly with the particular wine they've chosen.
- Have a place setting for each guest complete with wineglasses, plates and silverware.
It's best to have at least three wineglasses per person; this includes a champagne flute, white wine glass, and red wine glass. While this is the perfect opportunity to show off your fancy Riedel collection, it's also perfectly fine to mix and match the wineglasses that you've pieced together over the years.
- Don't forget the spit buckets and have plenty of water on hand for your guests.
Be sure to offer pens and wine tasting sheets (they can be found at your local wine shop or online) so that guests can write down their favorite wine/food pairings of the evening.
- Start the tasting with the lightest of the white wines and end with the heaviest of the reds. Ask each guest to talk about the specific wine they've chosen (region it's from, where to buy it, price, etc), offer tasting notes for the group, and discuss food pairings. Pour each guest 2 oz of wine (it's a tasting!) and pass around the dish it's paired with for everyone to try.
- End the party with a decadent dessert and coffee.
As you may know, chocolate pairs perfectly with a BIG, BOLD, red wine. So, for that final wine of the evening, serve it to your guests with a Chocolate Ganache Tart or Chocolate Truffles. AND, don't forget to offer guests plenty of strong coffee!
After reading this, I hope that you'll soon be planning your own Wine Tasting Party! Let me know, what's your favorite wine under $20 that you'd choose to serve?