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Kailash Manasarovar Yatra
A trekking tour to Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar, popularly known as Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is an invitation not only for the followers of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhist, Bonpo but many other religions and faith. For its geographical location and presence of positive energies, Kailash Mansarovar has always been a popular destination for the seekers of adventure and peace.
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Mt. Kailash and Lake Manasarovar
Mt. Kailash is known to be the heavenly abode of Lord Shiva and is also considered to be a pilgrimage destination packed with some of the most fascinating lessons of spirituality. It is situated in the Kailash Range (Gangdise Mountains) of the Transhimalaya and carries a highly religious importance too. On the other hand, considered as the most sacred lake in Tibet, Lake Manasarovar is majorly prominent as the world's highest freshwater lake and millions of ardent devotees come from the nook and corners of this world to experience its unique beauty lying at an elevation of 4,590 m.
People and Language
Mount Kailash lies in the Tibet Autonomous Region in China and the people living here are the Tibetans covering more than 90% of the population, Chinese and also the Nepalis. Talking about the official language used as a communicator in the Tibet Autonomous Region, it is none other than the Standard Tibetan vocalized in the form of Tibetic languages. Apart from this, one may also witness the people speaking Chinese as well as the Nepalese here along with majority of the population being fluent in speaking as well as understanding English.
'Renmibi' or the 'Yuan' is considered to be the official currency of Tibet same as the one followed in China. The currency is available in the form of banknotes as well as the coins. The banknotes are prevalent in the denominations of 100, 5, 50, 20, 2 and 1 yuan; 5, 2 and 1 Jiao; and 10, 2, 5, and 1 fen. Whereas, the coins are prominent in the denominations of 1 yuan; 5, 2 and 1 Jiao; and 5,2 and 1 fen. The Central Bank of China branch consists of a good number of ATMs which can presently be used for the withdrawal of the Renmibi currency. Thus, the visitors can easily be facilitated with the Renmibi currency while being present here.
Weather conditions in TAR Region
TAR is considered to be a region with the cool climate making the people living there wearing varied layers of clothes. It is known to have a harsh climate and during the wintertime, the temperature here goes below minus 30̊F and on the other hand, it goes above 100̊F during the summertime. The Tibet Autonomous Region is a highly dry spot with the hot and cold climate reaching the extreme accompanied with the thin air as well as the sunshine from the high elevation.
Routes to visit Kailash Manasarovar
Millions of pilgrims intend to visit the Kailash Manasarovar that is known to be accessible from the varied points. Once can be a participant of the Kailash journey through abundant number of ways. The most favored and also the 'less complex' routes for reaching here are Kathmandu in Nepal, Simikot in Nepal and Lhasa in Tibet. Apart from this, the Ministry of Tourism has figured out two routes for experiencing the divine Kailash Manasarovar Yatra which are none other than the route through Lipulekh Pass (Uttarakhand) and also the route through Nathu La Pass (Sikkim).
Do's and Dont's for Kailash Yatra
Kailash Manasarovar Yatra is a highly religious journey and is also considered to be a harder one. But, its result is simply priceless. While experiencing the spiritual journey to Kailash, the devotees have always claimed the attainment of inner serenity as well as a sigh of relief. In case you are striving to indulge in the same there are many strict guidelines prominent and an array of do's and dont's which you need to follow while journeying for having the glimpses of the heavenly abode i.e. the Mount Kailash.
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Our eminent team of travel professionals is here to accompany you and share its knowledge about the varied aspects of Mount Kailash and lets you engross in the spirituality of the mighty Mt. Kailash. We are here to plan your journey full of divinity and get an experience for lifetime.
Promising You A Highly Secure Journey
As notified, the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra is not an easy one and thus, there exists a dire need for the devotee to be facilitated with utmost safety. Thus, in this regard we have made the safety measures and other mandatory elements ready for our clients.
Advisory issued by the Indian...
Each and every Indian citizen intending to travel to Kailash Manasarovar through the Himalayan Kingdom has been mandatorily asked by the Indian Embassy located in Nepal to attain the Chinese Visa as well as the travel permit for Tibet before they start their Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.
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The World of Kurt Weill, a tribute to the late and renowned composer by his widow, Lotte Lenya, will once again be featured on the NET network. This hour-long special, which premiered in February, 1967, was described in the press as "such a beautiful show it tugged at the heart" (Memphis Press-Scimitar, and "a notable hour of entertainment" (the Seattle Times). In it, Miss Lenya is joined by actor George Voskovec as she draws a profile of the controversial composer in word and song. The program spans Weill's creative life -- from pre-war Germany, where he collaborated successfully with playwright Bertold Brecht, to the Broadway theater of the 1940's. Out of Weill's extensive musical contribution, Miss Lenya performs many classics, such as "Alabama Song," the first number he wrote for her: "Mack the Knife" from the famous "The Three Penny Opera," and the last song Weill wrote, "Lost in the Stars," from the Broadway musical of the same name. "The World of Kurt Weill" was produced for National Educational Television by WGBH-TV, Boston. Producer-director: David M. Davis, Musical director: Gershon Kingsley. Narrative: George Tabori. Designer: David Robertson. Choreography: Deborah Kramlich. Costumer: Leo van Witson. Music: Cambridge Festival Orchestra, Robert Brink, concertmaster.
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the holiday spirit.
you're a smart girl so you've probably caught on by now, that yours truly is drawn to all things that glimmer & shine.
you can imagine my excitement when i got to fill in holiday parties on the calendar because i have a total excuse to get dolled up and wear the things i love most : silks + sequins + clutches + baubles!
a few stunner accessory options:
leopard box clutch, $88 | mythical bangle, $50 | satin invitation clutch, $69.50
emerald earrings, $50 | studded heel, $201 | sequined box clutch, $88
what are you most excited to wear this Christmas season?
while 110% unrelated, today i stumbled upon this ad in the December 2010 edition of Celebrate Arkansas Magazine {pg 103}. yup, that's me! the hudsons are amazing - somehow they made a petite 5'2" look something like a towering 6'0"! brilliant.
tomorrow is friday!
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Cindy Crawford Stars In JCPenney Ad Campaign With Mom & Daughter
Cindy celebrates Mother's Day with her mom and daughter in a new ad for JCPenney. It's gorgeous, but wait — didn't she ban her daughter from modeling?
Even though Cindy Crawford was caught on the record for ending her 10-year-old daughter's modeling career recently, a new ad was released from clothing brand JCPenney featuring three generations of Crawford beauties.
In a separate video for the campaign, Cindy, 46, and daughter Kaia Gerber gush with love for each other wearing white T-shirts and jeans from the brand.The supermodel's daughter calls her mom, "the best mom in the world," and adds, "she's so nice, and I can actually hang out with her and have fun".Cindy also talks about how her own mother gave her the best gift in the world — no, not those famous legs or killer cheekbones — it was "unconditional love".The pic above and video makes us go aww, but let's note that this has only come out after Kaia's notoriously short stint as a Versace model. Cindy received slack for encouraging her young daughter to pursue modeling, and she ended up releasing a statement saying she was "too young" for the life of modeling.What do you think HollyMoms, did Cindy backtrack on her word? Watch the video and weigh in below!
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Unlike standard time pieces that ring and wake you up every morning, this timer is like a 3D projection of you average wall clock. The basic design consists of a ring suspended in air by thick and wiry cables. The shorter as well as longer arms of a clock are replaced by two sticks that tell the minutes and hours respectively. The position of the number 12 is also indicated clearly on the wooden circle by a raised bar. But the real difference between this alarm clock and any other standard timer is the way in which it works and tells time.
Created by a Danish design engineer, Susse Sønderby Jensen, this is one heck of a timepiece. You don't have to look at the clock to read the time as it is displayed as a reflection on the floor! The reflection comprises a circle and its two dots indicate the minutes and hours. The inventive clock will look really artful in any space. As it does not generate any tick tock noise, there will always be pin drop silence in your bedroom. This will create a soothing and peaceable atmosphere in any room. Moreover, the function of its alarm is also quite simple. You can either switch it off just as it rings or you can hit the snooze button to delay it by 10 seconds if you not ready to wake up.
The clock is a nifty blend of simple geometric shapes and electronic programming. The piece looks ethereal, light and elegant. This never seen before design is inspired from the clean cut and poised movements of ballerinas. The balance and strength these dancers exhibit is reflected in the design of the clock. As a result the piece has a simple form with clean sharp lines. Moreover, you don't see any electronic parts on the exterior. The step motor that makes the clock displaiers move is slotted right on top of the piece.
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Join us Sunday, February 11th for this meditation and kundalini yoga class with Khushbir Singh and Becca Peters. Khushbir Singh (see his bio below), will start the session with a 1.5 hour physical wisdom and breath work focused Kundalini yoga class. Becca Peters will close the class with a guided thirty-minute Mindfulness Meditation.
Cost $40
1:30-3 Introductory Kundalini yoga class with Khushbir Singh
3-3:15 Break
3:15-3:45 Guided Meditation with Becca Peters
$40 for the full session
Beginners and all levels of practitioners are welcome!
Khushbir loves to share what he has experienced in his over 25 years of practicing and teaching Kundalini Yoga all over the world and is always learning more in the process. He teaches in teacher trainings, and travels to teach and take workshops worldwide. Some of his specialties include teaching students breathing techniques, Postural alignment and physical yoga, and mantra. Khushbir is a member of the Kundalini Research Institute's Aquarian Teacher Training Academy, he has a Level 2 500 hour Teacher Certification, and a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy with a focus on the nature of consciousness.


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Johannesburg - Taxpayers will spend at least R1.3m a year on suspended national police commissioner Bheki Cele's salary, according to reports on Sunday.
Police spokesperson Tummi Shai said the current salary of the police commissioner was between R1.3m and R1.5m a year, the Sunday Tribune reported.
Taxpayers were also expected to fork out millions more on Cele's legal fees.
Cele was suspended on October 24 on full pay, for his alleged role in the procurement of two police leases worth R1.6bn.
Taxpayers had already spent more than R30m on the legal costs for former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi and former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride, according to the report.
Selebi was convicted of taking bribes from drug dealers in July 2010 after being suspended between February 2008 and July 2009.
McBride was convicted of drunk driving in April this year after being arrested in December 2006. He was dismissed in September 2008.
Selebi and McBride are both appealing.
Meanwhile, the board of inquiry into the leases was taking formative steps, with the three-member board meeting to receive important documents, the Sunday Tribune reported.
forking hell
Here my friends, is the real reason why crime stats have shown a decrease... it's because Cele is a fraud and he has a mandate to lower crime. So he plays with the data to keep the money.
This sordid brainless manner of squandering tax payers money, just underlines how backward we are.
But what do you expect when you have to elect officials appointed from a pool of uneducated communists (or so they want everyone to believe)
This defies all logic. No wonder they refer to us as a Third World Country. We should cage these ANC officials, display then at a zoo and have foreigners pay an entrance fee to come look at these unique species we have here!
Vusimabaso-I've read previous comments of yours and your above comment and think you should be our next president.
Thanks Robbie, but I won't last very long. They will spear me to death!
The first thing I'll stop is this car buying frenzy where even Mayors are driving around in R1.5 Million cars. Next up would be these massive performance bonuses of the apes that run Escom and all the other parastatals.
AND THEN......this cr@p system that pays criminals a full salary while on suspension!!!!!
VusiMabaso, they may not use the traditional assegai, but a spear more affluently used on ladies.
Hi Vusi. I don't read the news everyday.(Survival tactic). Some time ago I read that you were starting a petition to stop wasteful expenditure by government. Is this still on?
Hi Heinrich. Yes I am. I am busy with the wording, and the petition will be up on
within the next few weeks. We hope that South Africa stands behind me because very few really seem to care about this issue.
Vusi, you are a man after my own heart, wish there were more like you! I support you every step of the way, you can call on me if you need any help in my region, the Eastern cape!
lets make him the next president ...(sarcasm)
Bliksem, I wonder how much did we pay for suspended holes since 1994. Trilions
This is what happens Wesley when you don't have to answer to anybody. Collude with the phone companies to make Internet access as expensive as possible and then your "voters" never read about your wasting of state funds because they can hardly afford bread let alone a computer.
An entire nation is being taken for the biggest ride in history and the best of all is, they don't even know it!
And now comes Block, Maharaj, mrs Cwele. Still a few others - even Malenama, it never stops - and they all appeal in stead of just admitting?? It's a CULTURE
corrupt stinking fat pig
And now they [ANC] want to stop us from knowing about their illegal doings! [ie.info bill, wear black on Wed.]
Why the f¤@#§% hell should we pay for him to do the same thing that all of our unemployed youth are doing at this moment, Just sitting on their backsides hoping and praying work will come to them.
What has Cele done for the public to deserve even a FRACTION of this preposterous salary? The man looks just one step up from brain-dead and can't even hold a coherent conversation. Another prime example of "just because he's black"!
making a good CV for himself for president>>>
And he is getting money from Shabangu for the deal, it make me sick how this thiefs steal from the poor and getting away with it shame to Zuma and his cabinet i will think of voting ANC after i am dead
he should be in for the high jump but it is all for show. he will be looked after just like that thief schabir shaik and family...,corrupt pigs. f..k u all
Why we as South Africans tolerate paying for despot scum liveyhoods is beyond me, it is time to stop this, it is time to say NO MORE.
Are we going to moan about it on News24? or are we actually going to do something about it.? Speak your minds people,and lets start action.
Well then start the action Jannie.
Jannie - get organised; i will support you.
Pay him double! He turned the tables on our Violent Criminals
south africa *sigh*
Why must we pay their legal fees? If I go to court for any reason, I have to pay. Why are they priviledged? What law says we have to pay for their wrongdoing???
It is becoming increasingly important to rewrite this magical book dealing with Government Officials' salaries, perks and privileges. I personally think South Africans should have a say in this and therefore suggest an independent ad hoc committee comprising all levels of society to deliberate on this. The committee is to be appointed jointly by the ruling Party and Opposition Parties, on a 50/50 basis.
Some of the principles to be contained in the book should be :
1)There should be a fixed ratio of Top Salary : Bottom Salary.
2)Trips abroad should have quantified outcomes and be subject to prior approval from a "lower" level. Actual outcomes should be measured against planned outcomes.
3)There should be efficiency/efficacy targets for each department.
4)Should there be any alleged deliberate wrongdoing, such cases should be investigated and resolved within one month of the case being opened.
5) Anyone found guilty of such wrongdoing, should automatically be dismissed and stripped of all perks and privileges. Such person forfeits his/her pension. Only contributions made by the official should be paid back to him/her.
Of course there are many more issues at stake, but it really is time for this crookery to stop and for South Africans, as employer, to start managing their employees (the Government).
Which well managed business will allow its employees to write their own pay cheques and then steal as much as they can as well?
so isn't this proof that the DUMB ANC should rather try something else than run SA....then again, the majority of the supporters ar just as DUMB....viva viva....
Nitesh : I think the ANC is doing a rather sterling job of running South Africa.
Into the ground.
This is why the poor, living in shacks will remain poor, living in shacks! See www.votersvibe.com ... hopefully something will come of it!
It's a small amount if you look at the bigger picture
What is wrong at the top of the Hawks? Firstly the other fat thug has been investigated for months and he is still not in jail. Now we have a very easy case and it is taking so long to get him fired. I smell a rat.
They are entitled to there legal fees being paid as the offences took place whilst they were doing their jobs (however, how McBride and Selebi qualify is beyond me. Should they be found guilty they are to repay the money...........but now they are jail how are they going to earn the money to repay? So they get the defense for free anyway............
Everyday we read stories about taxpayers money that is wasted.But nothing is done by government to stop this from happening. Tax money is a bottomless pit for the government and in this country these days if you are suspended for wrong doing you still get paid your salary. Why not just suspend him without salary or half of it. Furthermore must the taxpayer pay for his legal fees. He must proof he is not guilty, so let him pay, and he will just appeal and the story will start all over again.
Hola, hola, Boss!
The apartheid government used white tax and black labour discounts to buy nuclear materials to distabilize the country and no body moaned and now for a salary all hell broke...thats not fair.
oh well another extraodinary intelligent colourless guy profiling me, how bored are you with your pathetic reasons? and create a real fb account next time.
@ azanian, 'pathetic reasons'?? i think henno pretty much lawyered your ass on that one, take it gracefully and limp away like as much of a man as you look in your profile (16years+/-?)
This anc criminal regime must be destroyed, quickly!
WTF. Government/ANC want to make sure they also get full pay should they be found out. No other reason for paying the cowboy still a salary, unless he pays it back once he is dismissed! (fat chance). Our kleptocracy is progressing nicely!
It is getting more disgusting by the day.
It is disgusting, but we must be happy that we hear about these issues at the moment. As long as we know the anti ANC groups will grow in strength.Let's get this petition going.
I wanna become a lawyer - look at all the monies they make out of the corrupt ANC's. Is there not a kickback to Cele, Selebi, Mcbride, etc from the lawyers for bringing in so much business?
Just think of all the houses for the poor that these millions would buy!
There are two things that the South African public is still wondering about:
1. What is the Police "Media Centre" 's opinion on Cele now? (cf. http://www.saps.gov.za/_dynamicmodules/internetsite/newsBuild.asp?myURL=1309)
2. What do they mean by "media practioners?" Surely they don't mean media pracTItioners, otherwise they would have said so. After all: The Police is Eminently Editorally Competent, not so!?!


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Finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said resignation of Muhammad Awal Khan abruptly from the managing director post would not create any new crisis for almost bankrupt state-owned BASIC Bank.
He also said the resignation of the MD was an irrelevant issue while giving his reaction two days after the disclosure by the bank chairman that Awal Kkan tendered his resignation on August 14.
'I am not worried at all about it,' Muhith said while talking to reporters at his secretariat office.
Appointed on October 24, 2017, Awal Khan quit more than two years before the end of his three-year contract that according to the bank insiders happened because of challenges faced by him in reviving the bank experiencing risks of bankruptcy due to scams perpetuated by previous board of directors mainly led by Abdul Hye Bacchu through sanction of shady loans worth over Tk 6,000 crore from 2009 to 2014.
Answering whether the allegation of conflict between the MD and the chairman was the reason for early departure of Awal Khan, Muhith said he did not know anything about such dispute.
He also said he did not even inquire about resignation from the bank's chairman.
All I know about the matter from the newspapers, he added.
Answering whether the resignation of Awal Khan would give negative signal about the bank, Muhith said he did not think so.
The bank would not face any major problem, he said.
From a profit making entity BASIC started to incur loss soon after the detection of scams in 2013-14.
Most of the loans extended by previous board of directors led by Abdul Hye Bacchu turned into bad loans, forcing the bank to seek bailout fund from the government to meet its capital requirement.
The state-run bank suffered a loss of Tk 2,654 crore in past four years, with 21 out of 68 branches failing to make any profit.
The government gave the bank over Tk 3,000 crore from the exchequer in last four years despite huge criticism that the taxpayers' money was being drained into black holes.
On Sunday, BASIC chairman Alauddin A Majid said Awal Khan tendered his resignation at a meeting of the board of directors on August 14 on personal ground.
His resignation was under process as the board of directors would make a decision on the matter in the next meeting scheduled to be held on Thursday, he said.
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Because it was a good idea, and I am always hopeful.
Because I was trying to make something for Valerie's theme "Light and Darkness" at "Art Journal Journey".
Don't worry, you won't have to look at it, it's now safely gone.
I went back to the comfort zone, searched through my sketchbooks, played with Photoshop and created two other pieces for "Art Journal Journey" instead.
This was a sweet little painted text flower which I attached to a watercolour painting.
I polished it and polished it until it turned into .....
Next to the rescue were these pages from my sketchbook.
I kaleidoscoped the left page, cropped it
Finally, I've been working on some sampling for a textile exhibition next year.
This is a little piece with hand-dyed cottons, appliquéd and free-machined.
I quite like it, it's rather jolly.
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Readings from Seven Nations
This open-mic event celebrates the poetry of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
Ellie Schoenfeld, Duluth's current Poet Laureate, hosts an open-mic reading on Monday, April 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m., celebrating the poetry of writers from the predominantly Muslim countries impacted by the recent travel ban.
When President Trump's executive order temporarily blocked travel and immigration to the United States by people from seven countries in the Middle East, a Tehran-born poet named Kaveh Akbar began tweeting poetry written by poets from those countries, as reported by PBS Newshour. He explained that he was moved to share the "gorgeousness and beauty" of their voices.
Come to the Kathryn A. Martin Library's 4th floor Rotunda to listen to and share your love and gratefulness for poetry that knows no boundaries. The Library and the UMD Department of English are co-hosting this event with the Duluth Poet Laureate Project in recognition of National Poetry Month.
Readers should arrive 15 minutes early to sign up. Plan to limit your speaking time to 5 minutes or less. We will have poems printed in advance for anyone who would like to participate.
The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available.
The Duluth Poet Laureate Project is co-sponsored by Friends of the Duluth Public Library, Lake Superior Writers, Arrowhead Reading Council, Minnesota Public Radio, Zeitgeist Arts Cafe, the English departments at UMD and CSS, and Lake Superior College.
For additional information, contact Charlene Brown at (218) 726-8539.
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Reno, Nevada Air Show Crash: 3 Dead More Than 50 Hurt
(RENO, Nev.) -- At least three people are dead and more than 50 people were injured after a World War II era fighter plane plunged into the spectator crowd at an air show in Reno, Nevada.
Officials at the National Championship Air Race said a mechanical failure may have caused the P-51 Mustang plane "Galloping Ghost" piloted by Jimmy Leeward, to plummet out of the sky Friday afternoon and crash into the viewer grandstands.
Reno Air Races president Mike Houghton said the plane was on course before the accident occurred.
"Speculation has gone on a different number of different areas to what took place. Different people see different things. But there appear to be some air-flight problem with the aircraft that caused it to go out of control," Houghton said.
Leeward, 74, a real estate developer from Ocala, Fla. was killed in the crash along with two other people.
Houghton described Leeward as "a very experienced and talented and qualified pilot" whose "medical records and everything are up-to-date, spot-on."
At least 56 people were taken to local hospitals, including 15 in critical condition and another 13 were listed in serious condition.
Authorities said it's possible the number of injuries may be even higher because some people left for the hospital in private vehicles.
Connie Camit had just left the grandstand for a refreshment stand with two of her children, 14 and 5, ABC News Radio reported.
"Just as we were standing there, we heard this big crash, turned around and I saw airplane pieces, parts flying everywhere," she said. "We just heard everybody screaming, sirens. It was just chaos, complete chaos."
Eyewitness Gerald Lent was on the scene and described the moments before the crash.
"It pulled straight up and did an upside down roll. It looked like no one was flying the plane. It game straight down toward the grandstand," Lent said.
Republican Senator Dean Heller flew to Reno after the accident and said he wants to be part of investigations into the safety of the event.
"I do not want to see this event here in northern Nevada come to an end. I think it has history, I think people have enjoyed it over the years," he said. "But how do you get over, how do you get over a tragic event like this? And that's what's going to be decided in the next six months."
Federal investigators will be at the scene of the crash Saturday.
"We extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those that lost their lives or were injured in this accident," National Transportation Safety Board member Mark Rosekind said in a taped message.
Air show officials have been canceled the rest of remaining events for the weekend.
"The National Championship extends their deepest sympathies and condolences to all of the families involved in today's tragic accident. The Air Races are truly one big family and our thoughts are with all of our aviation family members, immediate and extended," air show officials said in a statement.
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By Obviousplant
Every year, 2.7 million cats go unadopted. To help out my local adoption center in Los Angeles, I stealthily placed these cat biography cards on their front window. All of these cats are real and need a home! Check out Sante D'Or Adoption Center for more info on each cat.
This is part of my ongoing project, Obvious Plant, in which I sneak funny signs into the real world. Follow me on Facebook and Instagram for more stuff like this.
This article was republished from boredpanda.com.
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Sherri LeBas
Secretary Sherri LeBas
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Sherri H. LeBas was appointed as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development in February 2010 by Governor Bobby Jindal. LeBas is responsible for a more than $1.7 billion budget and more than 4,300 employees across the state. During her tenure as Deputy Secretary and Secretary, Louisiana has invested over $6 billion in transportation infrastructure which includes more than $2 billion in state surplus, federal recovery, and emergency relief funds. LeBas is a professional civil engineer with more than 29 years in state service in Louisiana, working at DOTD, as well as the Division of Administration. Under her leadership, the agency has marked the completion of the new $803 million Interstate 10/ Twin Span Bridge ahead of schedule, secured $622 million in funding for I-49 North from the Arkansas line to I-220 in Shreveport, expanded the I-10 and I-12 corridors in the Baton Rouge, Slidell and New Orleans areas with an investment of $470 million, opened the $409 million John James Audubon Bridge in St. Francisville, and completed the $1.2 billion expansion of the Huey P. Long Bridge. LeBas holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Louisiana State University, graduating in 1985, and has held a professional engineer's license in both civil and environmental engineering since 1990.


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I came across a friend's business card from PricewaterhouseCoopers and was reminded how ugly their logo is. Take a look: (sorry, PwC, for the direct link)
I brought this up in
comp.text.tex, since the excessive scaling and kerning (vertical & horizontal) reminded me of the LaTeX logo (and others) that can be "a bit much" in running text:
The fact that it's easy to obtain this logo within LaTeX, by typing
\LaTeX certainly doesn't discourage such usage. Don't get me started on (attempted) replications of the logo in HTML. Bleah.
Suffice it to say that I find the PwC logo more visually offensive, even as a logo, than LaTeX's. Anyway, an anonymous poster reminded me that such practise isn't so unprecedented:
There's a well-established tradition of doing this in modern calligraphy where the visual effect at least as important (and often more important) than the words themselves. It has precedents in medieval manuscript and classical stone carving.
And this reminded me that I took a photo of exactly this, on a trip to Paris a couple of years ago: (somewhere in Les Invalides, if I recall — and spell! – the name of the place correctly)
But this makes the distinction only more clear in my eyes. You could get away with something like this with a specially designed font (or a broad-nib pen!), but just linearly scaling characters of Optima and moving the letters around seemingly at random makes for a distinctly unpleasant look. The capital 'P' and 'C' both look too black because they've been scaled too much. Even the kerning looks wrong, (between, say "Pr" and "eW") and that's intentional!
I wonder who did the design…


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Prerequisites for Career in International Affairs
Pursuing a career in international affairs is an exciting path that requires a multitude of skills and knowledge as prerequisites before embarking on this international journey.
Multidisciplinary background sounds to be crucial especially for practitioners career path in foreign service, international organisations and media rather than research career path in think tanks or universities. Understanding of complex interrelationships, profound knowledge of other countries, political systems, and different mentalities, in addition to interest in people and the ability to combine this knowledge are qualities of successful international affairs professionals
One of the ways to acquire these competencies is a postgraduate degree which provide participants, in addition to knowledge, with global network of contacts valuable as they progress in their careers. Learning foreign languages is another factor that is necessary in pursuing a career in international affairs. If you speak Arabic, Russian or Chinese in Europe and United States, it will definitely give you an advantage in your career in the field. Interpersonal skills are very important for a successful career in this field as it is required to be able to build and maintain good relationships - ultimately between nations, but starting with individuals and smaller groups. International experience such as studying abroad or volunteering for an NGO is an asset for an international career.
All the opinions expressed are those of the author in this article and do not represent those of The Global Diplomatic Forum. The Diplomatic Digest is an independent and neutral page that is aimed at generating debate around key international topics.
It is a competitive career, the more professional courses you can take, the better- the more internships and summer jobs that are relevant to the field, at places people have heard of, the better, the more relevant skills and competed projects that you can talk up in your interviews
Multitasking seems also to help people progress in careers in the field as you always find the ones with management, fundraising and communications skills at the top of the main think tanks and NGOs rather than the best writers/researchers.
Check out more advise on career in Diplomacy from London based Ambassadors who offered their insights for young Professionals #intheirwords
You can also join Career In International Affairs Air on the 26th of April via this link


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Monday night football club is 15.30 to 16.30 after school and is run by Mr Cassidy and Mr Medlock.
Football coaching - Jul '13
Former Leeds United, Scunthorpe United, Barnsley and Farsley AFC player Mark Jackson and FA coach Anthony Gallagher came to Fearnville to do a coaching session with year 4. The boys really enjoyed it and loved asking Mark about his professional career. They asked lots of questions, some of which are below.
Q- Who is the best player you have ever played with?
A - I played with Rio Ferdinand and Michael Owen with the England youth team.
Q- Who were the best team you played against?
A- Manchester United at Old Trafford, they had Roy Keane playing for them and he was very hard to play against.
Q- What do managers and coaches look for in players?
A- Managers always look for people who try hard and listen well to instructions. They look for dedication, attitude and effort over natural talent.
Guiseley AFC v Huddersfield Town - Jul '13
Children from year 3, 4 and 5 were lucky enough to be able to play at Guiseley AFC's 3,000 capacity Nethermoor Stadium. They played a game at half time during the pre season game between Guiseley AFC and Huddersfield Town. The blue team were captained by year 5's Ben and called Fearnville United while the white team was captained by Steven and was called Fearnville City. Both teams had a great time and the close game ended 3-1 to Fearnville United. Goals from Ben B (2), William and Kieran B.
The Guiseley match ended 2-2 (See http://guiseleyafc.co.uk/first-team-news/lions-held-by-terriers/). The boys all loved seeing their photo in the programme, playing in front of a big crowd, cheering on the match and meeting the players.
The trip was even featured in the Bradford Telegraph and Argus. See http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10562499.Pupils_are_pitch_perfect/.
As always the boys (& Chloe) were all on their best behaviour and represented the school very well. Well done.
Year 6 football tournament - Jul '13
Children from year 6 played in an after school football tournament. There were 3 teams representing Cameroon, USA and Holland. The teams played each other twice in a group format. The top two teams then played in the final with the third placed team splitting up with half on each of the teams in the final making a big final game.
Holland 2-2 Cameroon Holland 0-3 USA
Cameroon 2-2 USA Cameroon 1-1 Holland
Holland 0-1 USA Cameroon 0-1 USA
USA 1-0 Cameroon
Well done to all the boys who took part and thank you to all parents who came to watch.
Special mention to ...
Man of the match - Kyle
Fairplay award / Good sportsmanship award - Ajay
Year 2 football tournament - Jun '13
Children from year 2 played in an after school football tournament.
There were 4 teams and each team chose a different country to represent.
Full results -
Australia 1-3 England, Brazil 1-1 Spain,
Australia 2-1 Brazil, England 1-1 Spain,
Australia 1-1 Spain, England 1-1 Brazil.
The champions are...... ENGLAND!!!!
1. England
2. Australia
3. Spain
4. Brazil
Man of the match - Braden-Lee (for his excellent effort, attitude and a superb pass)
Thank you to the year 5 and 6 helpers and to all the parents who came to watch.
Well done year two!
Billy Bantam's visit to Fearnville - May '13
Bradford City's mascot Billy Bantam took time out from celebrating City's promotion so he could visit Fearnville Primary School. All the children loved meeting the seven foot tall chicken, giving him a cuddle and having their photo taken with him. This visit was reported on in the Bradford Telegraph and Argus, see http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10444789.Bradford_City_mascot_meets_club_s_young_fans/.
Monday night football - May '13
For the rest of the school year Monday night football will be for year 3 and 4 children. It is open to boys and girls.
Mondays 15.30 - 16.30.
Please see Mr Cassidy if you need a letter.
Girl's Football Tournament - Apr '13
Girls from year 4, 5 and 6 came together for a girls only football tournament.
There were 4 teams and each team chose a different country to represent.
Full results -
England 1-1 USA, Australia 0-1 Brazil
England 0-2 Australia, USA 1-0 Brazil
England 2-1 Brazil USA 1 -1 Australia
The champions are...... USA.
Well done girls.
Primary School Futsal tournament - Apr '13
Fearnville once again sent two teams to the international futsal arena in Leeds (http://www.futsaluk.net/content/leeds.php) to compete in the primary school futsal tournament. There were 14 teams from schools including St Johns, Hilltop, Harden, East Bierley, Greatwood, St Stephens, Newhall Park, All Saints, Thornbury, Springwood and Rothwell.
Both teams did really well and one member of staff there mentioned that "Fearnville were the most improved team" but Mr Cassidy and Mr Medlock were prouder of the comment "your boys are always very well behaved and represent your school well".
Lots of great goals and enjoyment by all.
Full results below.
Fearnville A - White shirts.
Manager - Mr Medlock Captain - Kieran B
Fearnville A 1-1 Harden B Fearnville A 0-4 St Johns Fearnville A 0-3 Hilltop
Fearnville A 0-1 East Bierley Fearnville A 0-2 Greatwood Fearnville A 1-3 St Stephens A
Fearnville A 1-2 Newhall Park
Goals - Daniel A 1, Conor L 1, Jamie 1.
Player of the tournament - Daniel A
Fearnville B - Blue shirts
Manager - Mr Cassidy Captain - Hashim
Fearnville B 3-1 All Saints Fearnville B 0-1 East Ardsley Fearnville B 2-1 Thornbury
Fearnville B 1-1 Harden A Fearnville B 2-1 St Stephens B Fearnville B 1-0 Springwood
Fearnville B 2-2 Rothwell
Quarter final - Fearnville B 0-4 Newhall Park
Goals - Jacob 5, Adam C 5, Kyle 1
Player of the tournament - Adam C
Thanks to all at Tong High School (http://www.tongschool.co.uk/home.htm) for organising the tournament.
Kidz Klub Easter football tournament - Apr '13
During the Easter holidays children from KS2 represented Fearnville in the Kidz Klub football tournament.
The tournament included children from 9 local primary schools. It was played in a league format.
Fearnville 7-1 Pudsey Tyersal
Fearnville 6-3 Holybrook
Fearnville 8-1 The Saints (a mixture of children from All Saints, St Stephen's & St Anthony's)
Fearnville 8-0 Lucy United (a mixture of children from Lowerfields, St Brendan's & St Matthew's)
The winners with four wins out of four and an impressive +24 goal difference was ............... FEARNVILLE!!!
Player of the tournament = Jenson
The children loved playing and would like to thank Peter and all at Kidz Klub Bradford (http://www.kkbradford.co.uk/) for giving up their time to organise this.
Farsley AFC v New Mills FC - Mar '13
12 Fearnville children from year 5 and 6 were lucky enough to go to Farsley AFC's Throstle Nest and play at the 3,900 capacity ground. We played on the pitch before Farsley AFC's senior team played against New Mills FC in their Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division fixture. We met all the players before the game, got a signed programme, played a match on the pitch as the men warmed up, got to walk out of the tunnel with the players, we got our names and photos in the match programme and the children got to vote for the man of the match. Everyone had a great day. It was even put on the club's official website http://www.farsleyafc.co.uk/news/mascots-for-new-mills-game-895676.html.
The game we played was Fearnville United (captained by Conor L) v Fearnville City (captained by Daanish). It was a thrilling game with some excellent football from both teams.
Fearnville United won the game 3-2.
Goals - Fearnville United - Luke (2), Conor L (1), Fearnville City - Hashim (1), Daanish (1).
Man of the match - Shobhit (his superb display in goal was even commented on by Farsley's coaches)
The men's game finished Farsley AFC 1 - 2 New Mills FC. You can read a full match report and see a video of the player's entrance and all the goals on Farsley's website http://www.farsleyafc.co.uk/videos/farsley-v-new-mills-16-03-2013-37940.html?autostart=1.
A massive thank you to Nick Lee for taking the photos on the day. You can visit is photography blog here http://n1ck1ee.wordpress.com/.
Year 3 / 4 football tournament - Feb '13
Three teams from year 3 and 4 played in a tournament representing England, Spain and Luxembourg. All the boys had a great time and played some excellent football.
England 0-3 Spain
England 2-3 Luxembourg
Spain 4-1 Luxembourg
England 0 -2 Spain
England 1-3 Luxembourg
Spain 0-0 Luxembourg
The winners are ......... SPAIN!!!!
Man of the match - for having a good attitude and great saves when playing in goal - Ben (England)
Thank you to Liam in year 4 Dolphins for taking the photos and a big thank you to Jamie and Conor in year 6 for helping organise the tournament.
Well done boys.
Primary School Futsal Festival - Feb '13
Fearnville were represented by two teams from year 5 who travelled to the international futsal arena in Leeds. The teams played in the primary school futsal festival organised by Tong High School. Schools from across Bradford and Leeds we represented featuring teams from St John's, Rothwell, Ingram, Newhall Park, East Bierley, All Saints, St Columbas and others.
Both teams played really well, scored some great goals and really enjoyed themselves.
The highlight of the day was the post tournament game between Mr Cassidy's Fearnville City (blue shirts) and Mr Medlock's Fearnville United (white shirts). A phenomenal game which ended 8-8!
Top scorer of the tournament - Jenson
Player of the tournament - Hashim
Year 3 football tournament - Feb '13
Four teams from year 3 played in a tournament representing England, Brazil, Spain and Malta. All the boys had a great time and played some excellent football.
Spain 3-4 England
Malta 3-1 Brazil
Spain 3-3 Malta
England 4-2 Brazil
Spain 3-3 Brazil
England 3-2 Malta
With three wins out of three the winners are ......... ENGLAND!!!!
Men of the match
Captain award for being a good leader - Jimmy (Malta)
Most effort and great goals - Ben (Brazil)
Well done boys.
Snow won't stop Monday night footballers! - Jan '13
Despite three weeks of snow the Monday night footballers have kept playing. Here are some photos from our days indoor.
Primary School Futsal Festival - Dec '12
Year 5 went to Leeds to play futsal at the international futsal arena. Futsal is basically 5 aside football with a slightly larger and heavier ball. For more information please see http://www.futsaluk.net/content/leeds.php
The tournament was organised by Tong High School and had teams representing Newhall Park, St John's, Carwood, Knowleswood, St Columbas, Hill Top, All Saints, Wibsey, Heaton Avenue, East Bierley, Whitechapel & Birkenshaw. The team did the school proud and got through to the quarter finals where they were beaten 1-0. Everyone enjoyed playing and showed some fantastic skills.
Thank you to all at Tong High School (http://www.tongschool.co.uk/tong_school_sport_enterprise.htm) for organising such a great event.
The Futsal tournament was even reported on the West Riding FA website http://www.westridingfa.com/news/2013/jan/primary-schools-futsal-festival.
Football homework competition
Mr Cassidy was very impressed with the standard of the football homework. The task was to research the country represented in the football tournament. All entries were very good but the winner of the football was ............ James in year 3 who produced a 10 page dossier on Holland. Well done James!!!
Bradford Park Avenue v Hinckley United
Fearnville FC v Parkinson Lane.
We were lucky enough to be welcomed back to Bradford Park Avenue's 3,500 capacity Horsfall Stadium and play on the pitch at half time during BPA's game against Hinckley United.
Bradford Park Avenue stormed to victory defeating Hinckley United 4-0 but the main event was again at half time as Fearnville Primary played Parkinson Lane Primary.
It was a tough game as Parkinson Lane are current Halifax Primary Schools Cup folders and champions of the FC Halifax Town cup. Unfortunately they beat Fearnville 1-0 in a close and tense game.
The boys however loved playing in front of the stadium, playing on the flood lit pitch and seeing their names and photo in the programme again.
Hopefully we can visit again soon. For more information about Bradford Park Avenue you can visit their website here http://tc1.bpafc.com/.
Year 4 Boys - Football tournament - Nov '12
Year 4 boys competed in a 4 team tournament. The boys all played really well as a team and played some great football. Each team represented a different country; Zimbabwe, Germany, Argentina and England.
Zimbabwe 1 - 2 Germany
Argentina 0 - 3 England
Zimbabwe 0 - 3 Argentina
Germany 1 - 2 England
Zimbabwe 0 - 2 England
Germany 2 - 0 Argentina
With three wins out of three the winners are ......... ENGLAND!!!!
Man of the match - Reece (England)
Well done boys.
*** As a bit of fun at the end of the session we had a penalty shootout between Germany and England and yes Germany won!!!! ***
Year 3 Boys - Football tournament - Nov '12
Year 3 boys competed in a 4 team tournament. The boys all played really well as a team and played some great football. Each team represented a different country; Holland, Spain, Argentina and England.
Holland 0 - 2 Spain
Argentina 6 - 0 England
Holland 2 - 1 Argentina
Spain 3 - 0 England
Holland 2 - 0 England
Spain 0 - 1 Argentina
With three teams joint top of the league with two wins each the winners on goal difference are ......... ARGENTINA!!!!
Man of the match - Jimmy (Holland)
Well done boys.
Year 3 and 4 football tournament - Nov '12
Children from year 3 and 4 played in mixed teams in a tournament. Each team represented a different country; Italy, Holland, South Africa and India.
India 1 - 0 South Africa
Italy 0 - 4 Holland
India 1 - 4 Holland
Italy 2 - 3 South Africa
India 0 - 2 Italy
Holland 3 - 1 South Africa.
With 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw the winners are Holland!
The footballers have been given homework. They are to research the country they represented, who can find the most information? Where is it? What is the capital city? Flag? Famous people from that country? Famous landmarks? What is life like there? and any other information they can find. The person who does the best research wins a football related prize.
Fearnville FC's visit to Bradford Park Avenue.
As a school we were lucky enough to visit Bradford Park Avenue's 3,500 capacity Horsfall Stadium and play on the pitch at half time during BPA's game against Gloucester City.
Bradford Park Avenue beat Glocester City 2-1 but the main event was at half time as Fearnville Primary beat Brackenhill Primary 3-0. Goals - Jacob 2, Denver 1.
The boys loved playing in front of the stadium, speaking to the players and seeing their names and photo in the programme.
Upper KS2 football tournament - Oct '12
Upper KS2 enjoyed their football tournament. There were four teams with each team representing a different country. San Marino, Argentina, Brazil and Ethiopia were the teams.
Every team played well but Ethiopia were crowned champions as they beat San Marino 2-1 in the final.
Thank you to Aaron (year four Dolphins) for the action photos.
Girls football tournament - Oct '12
KS2 girls loved playing in the girls football tournament. Some fantastic skills were on show, they could definitely teach those boys a trick or two!
2011 - 2012
Last year we played lots of football at our school. We played matches against Pudsey Tyresal, Killinghall, Newhall Park and Lowerfields as well as having inter key stage tournaments for both both boys and girls.
Below are some football photos from last year.


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wafuku – noun: traditional Japanese clothing
Welcome to my Wordpress blog
My latest uchikake kimono
I know I must not buy more kimonos, I can't move for the things and my home is now a warehouse with them crowding me out of every room but I could not resist the exquisite uchikake kimono you see below. It was expensive, as was the shipping from Japan, since it weighs about 6 kilos, so I can't keep it and it will end up for sale on my website but I get to own it briefly, at least, and that will do. I have nowhere to display it anyway and it does not deserve to be hidden away in a box. It hasn't arrived from Japan yet but I am quite excited about seeing it up close.
An uchikake is worn by a bride in Japan, part of one of many outfits she wears on her wedding day. They are not worn with an obi, they are worn open, rather like a coat, over her kimono and obi.
Uchikake are worn trailing on the ground, the bride stands with the hem laid out around her and the padded hem makes the bottom lie beautifully
It has magnificent aranami (wild waves), flying tsuru (cranes) and kumo (clouds). Cranes are a popular motif on wedding kimonos, as they are symbols of longevity, fidelity and loyalty. The Japanese believed cranes live for one thousand years. They mate for life.
On the front and on the back of one sleeve are red botan (peonies), symbolising happiness, wealth, and honour.
This uchikake is pure silk and has yuzen textile art, which means it was hand painted on the bolt of fabric used to make it. It will have cost ten to twenty thousand pounds, easily. In Japan, brides usually hire the uchikake for the wedding day, which will still cost a couple of thousand for the day's hire. This makes buying a vintage one, for wear or display, a real bargain, as it will only cost a few hundred pounds and you get to keep it.


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Zilong was summoned into the war against hellspawn by Suneryon, magic pendant of immense power. Magic pendant was thousands of years old legacy and Antharra's most prized artifact. Governing body of the small merchant republic, famous Golden League invoked pendant's magical properties after confirming suspicions about invasion from the Shadowlands.
No one truly knows who Zilong is. Some say he was once a great warrior whose essence has been captured into the pendant. Others that he is an avatar of long forgotten god of war. Whoever he may be one thing is certain, his skill with spear is unparalleled.
Despite having only limited health pool and armor one would make a terrible mistake confusing Zilong for a glass canon champion. Reason for that are skills Zilong possesses which are mostly oriented for controlling large packs of enemies. Want to play a melee champion with good reach? Then try Zilong, the master of spear!
Champion skills:
Zilong does three consecutive blows with his spear where third strike knocks opponents in the air.
AOE crowd control ability making Zilong to first knock enemies in the air and then slam them back to the ground. Those who live through the first hit that is.
Fast piercing strike – perfect for reaching opponents while damaging everyone Zilong passes through as well as for going out of harm's way.
Ultimate ability for ultimate clearing of the screen.


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My favourite New Yorker & MUA Rachel Toledo has kindly offered to do this months blog on 2 of her most favourite new discoveries in the beauty industry. Soon to be making their way to UK, until then though if you can't wait to get your hands on these products, you can of course order via the websites listed.
There's something about 'boutique' or niche beauty brands that I love. They always seem to come out of a place from a professional not finding what they need or in search for a better quality of product. I find they are brands born out of passion and perseverance. Here are two of my favourites..
Kim Borio, CEO/Founder of Glycelene Skincare & Celebrity Makeup Artist
Website: www.glycelene.com
Kim had suffered from sensitive, reactive skin that flared up with eczema her whole life. Here is a Kim's bio on her fabulous product.
I started off as a skincare specialist before I became a professional makeup artist. When I started working as a makeup artist, I noticed I wasn't the only one suffering from these issues. My actresses used to come in with Vaseline slathered all over there face; an old Hollywood trick that Marilyn Monroe was known to do. I had always focused on skin prep before applying makeup and I was never truly satisfied with the products out there. I used to always say that one day, I'm going to invent a new version of Vaseline and create the most amazing breathable skincare line. Petroleum Jelly acts more like a barrier on the skin. We came out with a technology that created a breathable ointment based on organic Glycerin, hence the name Glycelene (pronounced Gliss-uh-leen) and The Beauty Ointment was the very first product we ever made. I've used it everyday since.
When it comes to your skin, it's wise to use non toxic products. Especially if you suffer from sensitive skin.
I really want people to know that we are also 100% Vegan and Eco-friendly, we hand-craft and hand-pour every product for superior quality control and we also polish every bottle and hand label. There is so much detail and TLC put into each and every batch. Also, as a makeup artist, I really wanted a skincare line for my fellow makeup artists to use as a skin-prep behind the scenes, pre and post makeup. Glycelene is currently behind the scenes in the makeup trailers on many TV shows and several major motion pictures being filmed such as "Office Christmas Party" and Steven Spielberg's, "Ready Player One" to name a few along with Reality Shows including The Bachelor franchise.
Jessica Johnson
Jessica Johnson, Founder & President of Jessica Johnson Classic Beauty
Website: www.jessicajohnsonbeauty.com
Jessica has developed products that treat & enhance healthy eyebrows, lashes and skin.
Her products are based on tried and true classic European formulas with a modern twist. Delivering her 25 years of hands on work & knowledge directly to the consumer through at home products that deliver results. So for those that have over plucked eyebrows that have failed to grow back & for those wishing to achieve lush lashes.. Check out the products on the website listed above.


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The last meeting of the year went out with a bang – or should I say – a party!
As well as all the usual attractions of the shop, library and challenge (more later) there was an amazing feast laid on by members. Lots of people bought friends so there was a very big crowd in attendance.
The challenge was 'picnic accessories' and this was won by Rebecca Palmer with her picnic basket although there were very few entires – MORE PLEASE FOR SEPTEMBER!
The Milford Hospice Quilt was on display and many thanks to everyone who has helped in donating the blocks and time in bringing together this gift. The quilt will now be displayed at the Hospice whilst raffle tickets are sold. This will bring valuable funds to the hospice and some lucky person will own this treasure. Linda has done a wonderful job of organising this quilt. Thank you.
Three ladies from Cork Anne Moloney, Ailbhe O'Callaghan and Frances Gamble came along with an enormous array of quilts, ranging from antique, through 'first quilts' and into the realms of award winning ones – all were beautiful. There humour and enthusiasm were certainly catching.
The detail on the label and back of this round robin star quilt was amazing.
Apologies that there are not more of these photos I have had some problems uploading them.
The fabric squares for the September challenge were handed out with a simple brief to complete a small square block or cushion cover, embellish as you like.
The demonstration for the night by Meg and 'Ruth' was a simple flower rosette and this proved hugely popular, with many people having a go on the night.


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John 10:10 says "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy." In the life of every Christian, here are 21 vital things the devil targets and determines to rob you of.
1. Your Purpose: It is purpose that gives a life definition and meaning. A life with no purpose becomes worthless.
2. Your Desire: The bible says the desires of our hearts shall be granted but when desires are killed, frustration sets in.
3. Your Vision: Vision takes a person to their destination. Vision crates room for the next level and enlarges your coast. When vision is killed, stagnancy prevails.
4. Your gifts: The gifts of a man shall make a way for him and cause him to stand before great men says the word of God. Many have not been able to stand before great men because the gifts which will open this door unto them have been buried.
5. The fruit of your body: The devil's desire for your children and children's children is to destroy them. He is after the wasting of your generation and its non-existence.
6. The fruit of your labour: The great delight of the devil is profitless hard work. He delights in men and women not having anything to show for their labour.
7. Your Marriage: Marriages crash daily at an alarming rate. Once the family unit is broken, the society and nation will have a problem of unity.
8. Your Calling: As the kingdom of light threatens the kingdom of darkness, the devil does not want anyone to fulfill their ministry. The fulfillment of your ministry to the devil means the defeat of his own kingdom.
9. Your Potential: Potential is defined as what you can do but have not done.The devil prefers it when men and women do not wake up to their own potentials. Ignorance of what you can do leads to an unfulfilled life.
10. The instrument of your blessing: When the devil takes this away from you, while others are boldly speaking of the Lord's goodness you will not have a testimony to share.
11. Your expectation: The expectation of many have been killed due to lack of faith. When you are not expectant, you end up receiving nothing.
12.Your star: A shining star signifies a colourful destiny. When the devil dims the light of your star, the end result is a wasted life.
13. Your voice: Every man has been given a voice by God. One of the joys of the enemy is to silence voices and make sure the authority of your voice is lost.
14. Your life: This represents your divine assignment in life. It's the devil's delight when men and women do not discover, start or complete the agenda of God for their lives.
15. Your divine helper: Divine helpers are those God has raised up to assist you. When the devil rages, he makes sure you miss your divine helpers.
16. Your career: This symbolizes what you are able to do. When a career is under the attack of the devil, it will struggle to succeed.
17. You name: The devil also enjoys erasing the names of families, men, women , children etc from existence most especially if they constitute a threat to his dark kingdom.
18. Your destiny: Destiny is summed up as your mission here on earth. When a destiny is killed a man or woman becomes a walking corpse.
19. The promises of God: When the devil attacks the promises of God for you, they will not come to pass. The danger of this is that one will remain in the valley of promises instead of arriving at the mountain top of fulfillment.
20. Your Future: As Christians, our future is in heaven. Any one who ends up in hell has simply been cheated and outsmarted by the devil.
21. Your present life: The devil does not want anyone to complete the number of their days on earth. Untimely death is one of the weapons of the devil to fulfill this aim.
Jesus Christ reminds us in John 10:10 that " I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." The ministry of Jesus Christ is to undo the works of darkness. In Him alone is found deliverance, healing and restoration. This march, be filled with the son of God and live life to the full.
1.The potential of heaven in me be fulfilled in Jesus name
2. Every ground I have lost to the enemy be recovered by the blood of Jesus
3. Power to excel physically and spiritually fall upon me in Jesus name
4. The power that wants to silence my voice I silence you with the fire of God
5. The power that wants to erase my name out of existence I stop you with the blood of Jesus
Adapted from the message preached by Pastor Kehinde Adegbolahan; the Assistant General Overseer (Missions) of MFM Worldwide at the March 2012 Power Must Change Hands Programme of MFM UK. Watch the April 2012 Power Must Change Hands Programme live from London at MFM Milton Keynes Branch.


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I can still feel the cobblestone under my feet...
I always dreamed of traveling overseas. I never thought it would happen. But thankfully, I was able to see this dream fulfilled via my seminary education. At the end of May, a group of Garrett students (myself included, of course) made the long journey across the pond to Italy. Staying just a few short blocks from the walls of Vatican City, we set out on a two-week journey of exploring the history of Rome, both secular and sacred. In all my life I could never have imagined the profound impact this trip would have on me.
Church after church, ruin after ruin, step after step, I found myself more deeply connected with history—with stories of those who have made their home in the great cloud of witnesses. People who died for their faith, and people who lived for it. People willing to stand firm in their convictions, even if it meant making the greatest sacrifice of all. People who sought after fame and glory, and who found it, if only for a short while. People whose lives seem not so different from my own, and people whose lives and my own are worlds apart.
While I valued and appreciated the time I got to spend with my traveling companions, I also appreciated the chance to explore and enjoy the city on my own, at my own pace, with less of an agenda. I was able to meet up with some non-school friends who happened to be in the city at the same time. I went to bistros, relishing the solitude of a stroll along the Via del Corzo. I made new friends, one of whom I spent several evenings with eating pizza by the Pantheon before bingeing on gelato in Piazza Navona. I sat with my book in outdoor cafés ordering cappuccino after cappuccino. I thought about the churches we visited and what it might have been like to worship in them back in the day before there was such a thing as "Protestant."
By throwing a coin (or several) into the Trevi Fountain, I expressed my hopes to return again, whether it's for a day, a week, or longer. I'll always remember the song our professor wrote and taught us for use in prayer services we held in a couple of really special places:
Let all creation wait in silence As we praise the Father, Son and Spirit Let all creation say Amen As we praise the source of all our blessings
Even now, sitting in the comfort of my home on the north side of Chicago, I can smell the pasta, artichokes, and vino. I can hear the constant sound of running water. I can taste the sweet, sweet gelato on my lips. And I can feel the warmth of the Roman sun on my skin. Even if it was only a once-in-a-lifetime journey for me, I'm thankful for it and for the people who shared it with me.


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http://mpora.com/videos/2NSe02Zj6 Today's spotlight on 2011/2012 products, as compiled at ISPO by our ever-productive intern Joonas Raijonen, features a selection of goodies from the Aussie boardsports giant, Billabong.
Billabong, founded in 1973 by Gordon and Rena Merchant in the wave haven of Australia, has since spread its arms wide to embrace every aspect of boardsportery. Just out of interest, do you know what a Billabong is, apart from the purveyors of all things snowboarding, surf and skate? Well, its a mini lake marooned when a river changes its course – there you go.
So back to the point: Billabong have a budding team of snow rippers, both boys and girls, including TTR winner Jamie Anderson, multiple X Games winner Jenny Jones and Anne-Flore Marxer, whose pro jacket is featured in this short review. The men's team also has a fair few heroes, as well as the likes of Autti, Lago, the flying Jap Fuse and Austria's Wolle Nyvelt, who has been a mainstay of Absinthe films and is a pioneer in the field of European Noboarding. If you like to rip outback then check out his gear here.
Anne-Flore's jacket is up first, and apart from taking care of everything a good shred jacket should it's also daubed in a pretty rad print that'll make it stand out. Wolle's jacket it geared towards protecting you when you're headed way out back to do the kind of riding Wolle is famed for, while the Avid Series is for snowboarders wanting the absolute pinnacle of performance from their outerwear in a bold colorway. Peep this.


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Everything Is ChangingJuly 14, 2017
I started the year 2017 just like every other year, with a list of goals and a positive attitude. However, this year has been nothing like the other years. The past few years haven't been the easiest and I went through difficult challenges. I was able to overcome some of those challenges but I have always battled to let go. I believe that this is the year when I began letting go of everything that has happened and focusing on what's ahead.
The first 6 months of 2017 have also taught me a number of things about myself. I'm at a point in my life where I have to make important decisions and that's making question things I've always believed were right. I'm also learning that I don't have to have everything figured out, I'm still young and there is no correct time in life where you have to have things all figured out.
My main goal at the moment is to be happy, genuinely happy. I'm still figuring out what this really means and just focusing on things that bring me joy.
The next few months I'll be focusing on Van Street Media(my social media agency), Sempiternal Adventures, school and most importantly, myself. Taking care of yourself is not selfish and I've discovered that it's one of the most important aspects in life.
I guess there is a something intriguing about feeling lost, that's when you discover the most about yourself.
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How appropriate it is that the first theatrical performance in the new Wachusett Regional High School auditorium features a restless ghost, knocking about between the corporeal and spiritual worlds - homeless for eternity.
Many of the students in the Drama Department can more than relate.
For much of their high school careers, these budding actors, choreographers, costumers, set builders and light technicians were forced to find other venues to ply their craft while WRHS was gripped in a renovation/ expansion project that turned the old theater into rubble.
The new auditorium, with its 859 seats, orchestra pit, balcony and state-of-the-art technology, already has played host to fall concerts - though the musicians performed on a cement stage that was, and is, awaiting floor boards.
Still, even if the flooring is hard and gray by opening curtain, the wandering troupe will return home on November 29 with Israel Horovitz's "A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley," a popular adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic.
The play is a faithful interpretation of Dickens' novel, according to director Doug Ingalls. "There are no stray flights of fancy [that veer from the novel]," he said during a phone interview on Monday from the WRHS auditorium where he was taking a break from rehearsal. As is custom, when the kids work a holiday - Veteran's Day in this case - they were being treated to a hot dog cookout.
Folks familiar with the many television and film versions of "A Christmas Carol" - starring everyone from Alastair Sim to Mr. Magoo - may be surprised by the beefed-up presence of Jacob Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge's unscrupulous former business partner who is damned to roam the spirit world draped in the chains of his own making. Besides appearing to Scrooge to announce the impending arrival of the three Christmas Eve ghosts, Marley also supplies narration throughout the play.
Otherwise, Horovitz's "Christmas Carol" is the haunting, familiar and ultimately
joyous story that has enchanted millions in its many forms since the 19th century. Thad Kelly will do the bah-humbugging as Scrooge, with Robbie Cadwallader as Marley doing his best to spook the hard-bitten miser. The usual characters, from Bob Cratchit to old Fezziwig to Tiny Tim, will be on hand to help turn Scrooge around.
While this "Christmas Carol" is not a musical, there will be plenty of caroling on stage, which "helps meld the scenes," Ingalls said. The sets under construction include Scrooge's office and bedroom and a London street scene.
"The seniors in particular are thrilled to be putting on a show in a proper facility," Ingalls said. And though the floor might not be ready and the sound system is still being tweaked, "The show will go on," he promised.
Unlike in years past, when Ingalls' classroom performed the multiple functions of rehearsal hall, dressing room and, yes, construction site, his "Christmas Carol" cast has been able to rehearse in the Black Box Theatre, which until this year had doubled as the school's main office. Now, with the new auditorium online, the school will return to its hosting duties for the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild competition, which will bring seven schools to WRHS in March to perform a series of short plays.
"A Christmas Carol" will give Ingalls and crew the opportunity to shake out some of the bugs in the new room before the visitors arrive, and before the Wachusett Drama Department presents its ambitious spring musical "Into the Woods."
For now, though, all focus is on the fate of Mr. Scrooge and his spectral pal. The holiday spirit, Ingalls notes, is ready to descend. "Well," he laughs, "at least we had the decency to wait until after Thanksgiving."
"A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley" will be performed November 29, 30 and December 1 at 7:30 p.m., and December 2 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 adults, $8 students and senior citizens, available at the school or by contacting Maryellen_ email@example.com.


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The Scarlets boosted their PRO12 play-off hopes by sealing a rare league double over Ulster with a 21-20 victory at the Kingspan Stadium on Sunday, and in doing so traded places with their hosts in the table.
The hard-earned result - which saw the lead change hands several times in the opening 40 minutes - saw Wayne Pivac's men move up to third while Les Kiss' Ulster, who began the weekend at the top, slipped back to fourth after claiming a losing bonus point and falling to only their second home league loss this term.
Two first-half tries from Scarlets full-back Michael Collins helped the Welsh side take the hugely valuable win, with fly-half Aled Thomas adding a conversion and three penalties.
Ulster led 17-15 at half-time after superb tries from Craig Gilroy and Luke Marshall both converted by Paddy Jackson, who - on his debut as captain - also went on to add a penalty and a drop-goal for 10 of the home side's final total, but it was not enough to clinch the win on Roger Wilson's 200th appearance for the province.
The second period was a much edgier affair, with only three penalties being scored and a yellow card being shown to Chris Henry.
A great line break from skipper Hadleigh Parkes led to an early try for the visitors, with the centre drawing Stuart Olding to put full-back Collins over on the left after just four minutes.
Thomas was wide with the difficult conversion but the visitors were up and running. They then stretched their lead in the 14th minute when Thomas bisected the posts with a close-range penalty with Ulster infringing at a breakdown near their line.
The home side quickly responded two minutes later when, with a penalty coming their way after a Jacob Stockdale burst, Jackson slotted a drop-goal.
Four minutes later and Gilroy struck from Marshall's loopy pass, with the winger setting off from his own half before chipping Collins and regathering the ball to score a superb try in the right corner to tie the scores.
Jackson hit a brilliant conversion to put Ulster in front for the first time, but their lead only lasted three minutes as the Scarlets came straight back down the field with Collins again crossing out on the left.
Thomas then emulated Jackson with an excellently struck conversion from the touchline and the Scarlets led 15-10.
Then with four minutes remaining the Marshalls combined, with Paul sensing a mismatch at the side of a ruck and bursting through to feed Luke who, with a lot of work to do, beat three defenders to just make the right corner. The television match official was consulted, and awarded the score.
Again, that tied matters and, once more, Jackson nailed a superb conversion from the right touchline to nudge Ulster in front again at 17-15.
As with the pattern of the game up to that point, the visitors came back and, after John Andrew was penalised, Thomas had a chance with the last play of the half to put the Scarlets in front again only for him to hit the upright and see the ball bounce out.
Thomas made amends six minutes after the restart with a penalty under the posts after wave after wave of Scarlets ball-carriers had failed to get over the line and that 18-17 lead became 21-17 when Thomas slotted another penalty two minutes later after Chris Henry was yellow-carded for killing the ball.
Ulster managed to avoid conceding any further points during Henry's absence and closed the Scarlets' lead to a point with a 63rd-minute penalty from Jackson.
Surprisingly, neither side scored again and the Welsh region left the Kingspan with a vital four points.


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The leading network of financing P2P in Latin America
Founded in Argentina in 2010, Afluenta is one of the most disruptive companies the Fintech sector has seen, not just in Latin America, but around the world. A peer to peer lending platform, this startup brings investors and borrowers together, allowing the first ones to loan money to the second ones, and profit from the interests.
Through the use of proprietary technology, this company is able to cut down the middleman, which enables it to offer loan takers a less bureaucratic experience, and a more flexible approval process, while offering investors – both individual and institutional – a better yield than they would get by investing their money in a time deposit or on other traditional banking products.
The company has become an undisputed market leader in Argentina, where it has a community of over 330 thousand users, has already granted more than 5,700 credits for over $153 million Argentine pesos, and has generated over $37.3 million Argentine pesos in interests that were paid back to investors. Adittionally, the company is operating in Mexico and Peru, where in just a few months it got over 58,000 credit requests, outperforming the Argentine version of the site on its first year of life.
Built on a solid mobile-first technological platform, the company makes it very easy both for borrowers and lenders to start operating. In order to take a credit, users must comply with a very basic set of conditions, and be subject to a brief credit check process that allows the platform to certify they are able to pay back. Unlike the banking system, Afluenta targets low income sectors, who don't qualify for traditional loans. Before granting a loan, the system qualifies each user into one of five categories, according to her income, and history paying in term. This qualification will be crucial to determine the interest rate at which the credit will be offered.
Once these variables are calculated, each solicited credit is published at the platform's auction board, where investors can check out every particular case and invest their money, or part of it.
For lenders the process is also very simple, as it allows them to invest small sums of money, and distribute it among credits given to borrowers with different ratings. Lower ratings produce a higher return of investment, albeit at higher risk.
The company's business model is simple, and it is based in charging a commission from people using the platform both to borrow and to lend.
This simple system is allowing thousands of Latin Americans to have access to credit, something that was not available for millions of people in the region, where in most countries bancarization levels sit below 50%.
Afluenta was founded by Alejandro Cosentino, who before becoming an entrepreneur had over 20 years of experience working on banks and financial instititutions; and by Federico and Ezequiel Guilleron. The project was conceived with the idea to simplify access to financial services, and to make them simple. According to Cosentino, who sits at the helm of the organization in his role as CEO, few people feel passion about the financial sector, and most don't understand enough as to make sound financial decisions. For that reason he thought this platform would be a way to positively change the world, making it fairer, and more equitable.
While this project had been on the entrepreneur's mind for many years, it wasn't until 2010 him and his team started working on bringing it to life. In 2011 the company landed its first investment, in the form of $75 thousand dollars from NXTP Labs which allowed it to get started. After launching their product, the company underwent a Series A round in February 2013, raising $2 million dollars, and a subsequent Series B in March 2016, where it raised $8 million dollars from International Finance Corporation, and Elevar Equity.
Besides its brand recognition in the region, and the fact that it was able to offer a very distinctive service that differentiates it from traditional banks and financial institutions, one of Afluenta's biggest assets is the trust it has managed to generate from its community. Both borrowers and investors trust the platform enough to deposit their money, or to place their financial future in its hands.
In the short term the company is working on internationalizing its services further, with upcoming launches in Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay. In only a few years, Afluenta has managed to disrupt the financial services sector in all the markets it has launched its operations at, and has become one of the poster boys for the power technology has to provide access to credit to portions of the population that were previously excluded.
A highly innovative company, we will surely hear more about Afluenta in the years to come, as it continues its growth and its positioning as one of the undisputed leaders in the Latin American fintech industry.
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Abstract sculpture (5 days) £750
4-8 May 2019
When we use the word 'abstract' in relation to Art, what do we mean?
Simon has conceived this workshop to pursue this question and to help realise your ideas for abstract sculpture in metal, stone, clay, wood, plaster - or a combination of them. It will also be open to the production of drawings or a two-dimensional approach.
We hold stocks of materials, but if you wish to work with a particular type of stone or wood for example, then let us know and we can discuss.
NB: A pre-requisite is that you will need to have either attended one of our workshops or have experience of working in these materials elsewhere.
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The well known art images I used were:
Kazimir Malevich's Women in the Farm
Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory
Damien Hirst'sValium
I was really looking for a coastal image to use as the background for my self portrait, but couldn't find anything that didn't have print in all the wrong places (we were using magazines for these images).
Talking with the instructor helped with the balance - she suggested trimming the final product to create a longer, thinner final image (I was hung up on the assignment saying produce an 8x10 image). So, instead of trying to place things to cover the print on the page, I cut it right off the page, moving "me" onto a better position on the path.
I had one little piece of print on the page that I covered by paperpiecing a plant from another page - still need to do the same for the barrel cactus in the bottom left corner.
I know I'll be playing around with this a bit before next Friday - I love the Damien Hirst Valium and used it to represent my head being filled with color and ideas. Because the image in real life is massive, there is a massive burst of color when you see it - when shrunk down to "head size" the color is really lost and doesn't work the way I want it too.
Is it a bit ironic that I was drawn to the Malevich and Hirst because of the strong, bold use of color and shape, but have taken pieces and used them in a way that removes most of the color!?
I do love the Dali pocket watches drapped over the rocks & hanging from the trees - at least that element is working better just as I wanted.
Busy day today - 1st birthday party for boy/girl twins and a class at Paper Tales!


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Beer Coasters Tea For Two Issue
Friday, August 26, 2011 at 5:01AM
Pinky fingers out. Elbows up. Take a sip, yeeeeaaahhh. In this week's issue of the Beer Coasters Podcast, it's Tea Time With Chris And Mike. Toby has more important things to do - like drinking craft beer in the heart of Beervana - Portland, Oregon. Both remaining Beer Coasters will try the latest collaboration beer from Stone / Baird / Ishii, the Green Tea IPA. They will also sip the Sah'Tea from Dogfish Head. We then reveal the top 10 Beer States in America in our Hop Topics section. Thank you for joining us. Cheers!


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I lost my camera.
Not only did I leave my camera on the bus, but inside of it was my memory card that held like 800 pictures. And to top it all off, it was in my Coach wallet which I used for a case.
So I'm looking to buy a new camera. I might buy the same one, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have suggestions?
Some of the last pictures taken with my camera
(my sister & I picked up my littlest sister from school for her birthday & surprised her with balloons! needless to say we were bored because we got there early)
I would post some more of my favorite pictures taken with my camera...but blogger takes forever and it's annoying
next English related post sometime this week
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
missing camera
I lost my camera.
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