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Maestro - Matthew Lawrence
Margaret Shaw finds out some of the secrets of producer Matthew Lawrence's success
As this issue of Horse Deals went to press, Matthew Lawrence was preparing for Olympia. Although this show is a great end-of-season party, it was business first for Matthew as he aimed the Connemara John's Cuckoo and Highland Dunedin Marksman at the NPS/Baileys Horse Feeds M&M championship.
Matthew already holds what is believed to be a record after taking the Olympia title for a third time with Melanie Stanford's Highland stallion Torrin of Croila in 2008.
"As long as both ponies looked good and performed well, I'll be happy," he says.
From a modest start, Matthew is now one of Britain's leading show riders, producers and judges.
"I was the first member of my family with any desire to ride," remembers Matthew, who was only 10 when he used to work all day at the local riding school in Hertfordshire in exchange for a free ride.
His first big break came when his father mentioned his son's interest in horses to pony breeder Ren Rennocks and Matthew found himself helping out whenever he could.
"At that time, all Ren had was a field and four boxes," recalls Matthew.
When he left school at 16, Matthew dearly wanted a job with Ren and wife Ro and the National Pony Society became the answer to their prayers.
"I needed paid employment and Ro and Ren needed a groom but couldn't afford one, so the NPS youth training scheme came to our rescue," explains Matthew, who became interested in breeding and showing in-hand while with the Rennocks.
His many successes included the Lloyds Bank supreme in-hand at HOYS with the riding pony broodmare Rosevean Honeysuckle.
"I was the one skiing behind her foal," he jokes.
After five years, Matthew moved to his present base when offered a job by Mark Northam. Nineteen years on, he's still at Avon Farm, near Bristol.
"I've added to my knowledge base to include producing native ponies, breaking and schooling," he says.
Avon Farm has 30 stables, with half usually full and just six to eight of these show animals. With around 200 acres, a long drive and a village setting in quiet lanes, it's the perfect setting for breaking and producing.
"The last thing we want is for ponies to be drilled day in, day out. Long-reining them along the lanes keeps them relaxed and focuses their minds on going forward and enjoying the experience. And touch wood, they all seem to like being ridden," explains Matthew, who has dressage lessons with Ferdi Eilberg and Tessa Thorne.
"Dressage teaches you to get the best out of whatever you're riding and I'd encourage anyone to have lessons. The key to success is to listen to horses."
Listen is certainly what Matthew has done over the years. Champions he's been associated with include the M&Ms Bunowen Castle Ri and Waitwith Connie, the coloured Maytime Challenge and Nibley Bertie Bassett and Cuddy winners Broadgrove Chatterbox and Merriment Pussycat. He has also produced dressage horses and Burghley young eventers.
While Matthew is best known for M&M ponies, his rivals had a surprise last season when he burst onto the hack and Arab scene with Sandhills Scallywag.
Lady Guise's small hack won at the Royal International and went on to take the supreme title at the Cherif championships.
"That was one of my greatest achievements," says Matthew, who juggles judging and competing.
"Being on the British Show Horse Association panel gives me another skill and I really enjoy being the ride judge," says Matthew, who has strong thoughts on producing rising stars.
"Everything now, particularly in M&M classes, is rush, rush, rush. It takes years to produce a show jumper, eventer or dressage horse but in showing, people want to take short cuts. I don't consider it a good thing to have ponies competing at HOYS and Olympia as four-year-olds."
Matthew also dislikes harsh bits: "If inexperienced riders see producers using strong bits, they're going to copy them."
While Matthew freely admits he eats, sleeps and breathes horses, he enjoys socialising and hosting dinner parties."Yes, I can cook," jokes Mathew, who lives with his partner Matthew Barker.
While Matthew, who has sponsorship from Brinicombe Products, Arena Products and Showing Gems, admits he doesn't bounce as well since hitting 40, he has plenty to look forward to next season. He has two offspring of Bunowen Castle Ri and a son of Torrin of Croilla to bring out and also has high hopes for a young Irish Draught in novice cob classes. It's odds on that you'll be reading about his winning exploits in our showing pages this year.


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I'm bored with this program and bored with blogging about it. Usually 10-15 people show up, but today there were only eight. The first exercise was to write letters to ourselves about how we've changed and then a letter to someone in our support system. I used my letters to complain.
I'm glad my last day in IOP is Thursday. I'm tired of a program that was never a good fit for me to begin with. Today the facilitator led us through a handout on gratitude and he actually started to suggest that when we're in depression it's good to remember things we're grateful for. What? Thinking of what you're grateful for is the last thing you can do when you're in depression. Several of us spoke up and educated him on how bad gratitude is as a depression coping skill. Maybe it's good when you're in between depressions, to keep them from coming on, but not when you're in it.
On my last day in IOP, we split up into two groups for the first two hours. After check-in, we discussed a handout on ways to keep your mood stable (exercise, hobbies, sleep, diet, etc.).
For the second hour we did an interesting exercise the aim of which was group cohesion. Dr. B led that one and I was very glad to see him. I'm glad he made an appearance as a facilitator on my last day, but I wish he'd been more involved all along.
Then it was the end and two of us were completing our time in the program. I passed out my cupcakes, which everyone liked. They handed us certificates, applauded us and let us say a few words. Usually people thank the facilitors and talk about how much the program helped them. I wasn't that gracious. I just thanked everyone for tolerating my presence and made one last pitch for my depression support group. Yeah...that's me.
I left feeling SO GLAD to be done! I felt so relieved and happy to be done with sitting in a room, trying to discern what facilitators are trying to get out of us and trying to build personal connections with people in an environment with no privacy. I have my mornings back, I'm back on my regular schedule and I can focus on my job! I really didn't get much at all out of IOP except that I can now say that I've done it, I'm educated on what IOPs are like and I made a few connections that I hope last.
But I must state clearly that I simply didn't belong in this program. Many people have said IOP has helped them a huge amount and they're grateful for the coping skills they've learned, the emotional support they've received and the relationships they've built with the facilitators and psychologist. There are people who adore those facilitators and are extremely glad they got to learn from them. IOP teaches critical life skills how to manage your illness through things like exercise and activities, how to best use your support system and to be honest with yourself about what really motivates and affects you. In the eyes of many, it's an excellent program. It just wasn't for me. Maybe they should add to their assessment process, "Have you spent years solidifying your coping skills such as how to assert yourself, how to set boundaries, how to build support networks..." etc. For those of us who have, this might not be the best use of our time.
|My last name is actually "Rodriguez-Martin."

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Hello to everyone - I am Maria Angeles Tortosa from Valencia in Spain. Here are your answers:
1) Where? Programa intergeneracional "La Nau Gran" para mayores de 55 anos de la Universidad de Valencia, en Valencia city.
2) When it started? in 1999 and How many members in 2005? 850
3) Activities: the Nau Gran Program has 7 different curricular itineraries: Psychology, Social Sciences, Humanities, Art History, Geography and History, Health and Sciences. In each itinerati students take introductory courses and also elective and general courses that share with young students. Students have to earn between 900-1200 hours (3-4 years). There are also other complementary courses during February and June of specific subjects (cinema, astronomy, memory, arts, etc.) for Nau Gran students or other people who are not registrered to the itineraries, Health and Social Sciences cicle of conferences (entrance free) and excursions. There is more information of the Nau Gran Program at www.uv.es/%7Eviceext/indexc.html and you can find some pictures of our group here.


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Following in the footsteps of the New PI over at thenewpi.blogspot.com, I decided to track my whereabouts today so that others (or wannabe PI's) can get a glimpse of what it's really like. I missed the first opportunity on 17 September, because I was too busy running around and I didn't keep track of my time. But better late than never, and so here I present: my October 1st.
I guess today was a good day. I actually spent time on science.
I woke up at 8:30. That is not typical at all, but I was completely exhausted after an intense stretch of teaching. I taught three 9 am classes on Monday (3 hours), Tuesday (3 hours) and Wednesday (1 hour) and spent each of the evenings before preparing until well past 1 am. On Tuesday night I also gave a public outreach lecture and on top of everything I was teaching the Wednesday morning class in another city, which meant that I had to leave home at 7 am. I don't know how US presidents do it, but I tend to function less well after a couple of nights with only 5 hours of sleep.
8:30 - 9:00 I made coffee and checked my calendar (I switched from paper to iCal last year) and to do lists (it had a bit of a learning curve, but now I would be nothing without "Things") over breakfast (leftover pancakes - sad, I know). I then did what you are supposedly not to do at the start of your day, which is check e-mail (some say this will distract you from doing what you had actually planned to do). However, I had been postponing answering some e-mails because I was busy and there were also just a few small ones to get out of the way, including some teaching correspondence which mostly had to do with me not having access to a database I was supposed to be able to get into and the teaching administration people blaming it on "the system".
9:00 - 11:00 I went over the slides for the lecture I had to teach in the afternoon. Unlike the course I was teaching on Monday and Tuesday (which isI new and therefore takes forever to prepare because I have to generate all of the material from scratch), I did teach this class before. So I dug up my slides from last year and checked if any of them needed updating (I try to incorporate a bit of my own research and/or new findings from the literature into each class as much as possible) or whether I wanted to change the order. I didn't make all that many changes, but it still took me two hours for a two hour class. I don't think that is too uncommon.
11:00 - 11:30 I took a shower and got dressed, because I had to be at journal club at noon. I wasted ten precious minutes looking for clean underwear and two matching socks. While searching, I transferred my lecture from the iMac to the MacBook. Thank goodness for Wifi and Dropbox. Unfortunately, my laundry quest meant I was going to be late, because it takes more than half an hour to get to work.
11:30 - 12:10 I biked to work and ran to journal club.
12:10 - 14:00 Nice journal club session. We tore apart a Nature paper. As a PhD student and postdoc I never was super fond of journal clubs, although I could see their value. It just felt like they took me away from my 'real work'. These days, they are a welcome interruption and they actually count as "doing science". It also never ceases to amaze me how much more you get out of a paper when you read it with a whole group of people with different backgrounds.
14:10 - 14:55 I ran down, bought lunch and a coffee, ate it on the way back to my room, checked in with my people to see how everyone was doing and to inquire about the mice we operated on last night until 8 pm. Everyone was doing fine. Yay. Then I had a few discussion with different people about political issues (not the Hillary/Trump ones but the University/Career kind). I kicked everyone out of my office five minutes before my class started.
14:55 - 15:00 I ran down the stairs and set up my laptop. I am a pro now. Getting into the room early to make sure everything is working is for sissies. I can bluff my way through any audiovisual system. Although this room had a smart board and I didn't know how to combine beaming and writing so I ended up explaining Cre/lox technology using the old-fashioned whiteboard on the side wall. I opened the windows to let oxygen into the room, because I didn't want everyone to fall asleep.
15:00 - 17:00 I taught my class (to a small group of MSc students). It went well, they seemed to like it enough and I taught them new stuff (I regularly check to see how it connects to what they already know) and they stayed awake. What more can you wish for.
17:00 - 19:00 I read a manuscript that I had to review. The deadline was the day before yesterday. It's hard to believe that only two to three years ago I was one of those people who aways had everything finished in time, preferably a couple of days before a deadline. Now I am constantly chasing them, it seems. I was reviewing this manuscript with my postdoc (after asking permission from the editor) as part of the postdoc's academic training. Plus it's nice to exchange thoughts and talk about science, even if it is someone else's. This was the first review for this postdoc, so I needed to evaluate the review draft as well as the manuscript. Big papers (Cell, Nature and the like) still take me at least a day to review (usually with at least a night's sleep in between sessions), but this was a smaller one and I was able to evaluate everything in two hours.
19:00 - 20:30 My postdoc and I went over the manuscript, edited the first draft of the review, finalised it and uploaded it to the journal online review system. When we were done I had a new invitation for another review waiting in my mailbox.
20:30 - 21:30 I biked home and stopped along the way at a supermarket to buy food. Dinner was some battered fish from the oven with a bit of cucumber and a glass of wine. My mom is right. I should take better care of myself.


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Excellence #10- Service Series
Contributed by Travis Moore on Nov 8, 2000 (message contributor)
Summary: A life of excellence will be expressed by service to others.
Commitment To Excellence - Part 10
Introduction: 2 Errors concerning Service
A. Serve so God will love you.
* (John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
B. Serve so God will save you.
* (Eph 2:8 -10) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
I. You are Encouraged to Serve.
A. Because of your Purchase
B. Because of your Position
C. Because of your Passion
D. Because of your Partners
II. You are Equipped to Serve. What SHAPE are you in?
A. S = Spiritual Gifts - The Bible identifies by name 19 different spiritual gifts (Rom. 8; 1 Cor. 12; Eph. 4)
- Support Gifts - Apostles, Prophets, Evangelist, Pastor-Teachers
- Permanent Edifying Gifts - Prophecy, Word of Knowledge, Word of Wisdom, Teaching, Exhortation
- Primary Encouraging Gifts - Leadership, Service, Giving, Mercy, Faith, Discernment
- Temporary Establishing Gifts - Miracles, Healing, Tongues, Interpretation of Tongues
B. H = Heart - the center of your motivation, desires, & interest,. Your heart (passion) determines:
- why you say the things you do (Matt. 12:34)
- why you feel the way you do (Psalm 37:4)
- why you act the way you do (Prov. 4:23)
C.A = Abilities - natural abilities (music, art, athletics, ability to make money, etc. ) you are born with.
* (Exo 31:2-3) "See, I have chosen Bezalel…and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts".
D. P = Personality - God uses all "types" of people in ministry. Your "temperament" will determine the most effective way for you to use your "spiritual gifts".
E. E = Experiences - Remember: GOD NEVER WASTES AN EXPERIENCE!
* (Rom 8:28) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
- There are 5 areas of experience that will influence the type of ministry you are best shaped for: Educational experiences; Vocational experiences; Spiritual experiences; Ministry experiences; Painful experiences
III. You are Empowered to Serve.
A. The Holy Spirit indwells you.
B. The Holy Spirit fills you.
C. The Holy Spirit guides you.
IV. You are Expected to Serve.
A. Faithfully
B. Fervently
C. Fearlessly
D. But not Flawlessly
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text: I have to say, today was a day of disappointment for me... I thought I had figured out the best home set up for my MBA: - Wireless data storage with the TC (even though not available in any store in NYC !) - Wireless input with the bluetooth keyboard and mouse - And wireless connection to my flat screen TV with the Apple TV The objective is for me to have a quasi desktop computer at home (in terms of comfort of use, not computing horsepower) and the best laptop to carry around when I travel. Was about to buy the Apple TV yesterday, but came across an article today clarifying that the Apple TV can actually ONLY be used to stream media on your TV. Not to use any other applications (safari, iChat, word, powerpoint...) on your TV. My misunderstanding... To cut a long story short and get to the question: Is there a way to connect the MBA to a monitor (or TV) wirelessly, while being able to use all functionalities of the MBA on such TV ? Thanks for your input... W.


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I have this great app: How to Cook Everything.
I needed a go to meal the other night… I wanted grilled cheese and tomato soup, except I didn't have any tomato soup. I did, however, have tomatoes. So I thought, I'll just make tomato soup. So I pulled up the app and voila! Tomato Soup! With lots of variations as well. I suggest checking out the app if you don't already have it.
- 2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 Tbsp Tomato Paste
- 1 Large Onion, diced
- 1 Carrot, diced
- Salt and Ground Black Pepper
- 3 Cups Peeled, Seeded, & Chopped Tomato (canned is fine-include the juices)
- 1 Tsp Fresh Thyme Leaves or 1/2 tsp dried thyme or 1 Tbsp Chopped Fresh Basil Leaves
- 2 to 3 Cups Chicken, Beef, or Vegetable Stock or Water
- 1 Tsp Sugar (optional)
- Chopped Fresh Parsley or Basil Leaves to Garnish (optional)
- Put the oil in a large, deep pot over medium heat.
- When hot, add the tomato paste and let it cook for a minute, then add the onion and carrot.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook, stirring, until the onion begins to soften, about 5 minutes.
- Add the tomato and the herb and cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomato breaks up, about 10-15 minutes.
- Add the stock, stir, and cook until hot, then adjust the heat and simmer until the flavors meld, about 5 minutes (you can refrigerate at this point, stored covered, for up to 2 days).
- Taste and adjust the seasoning: if the soup tastes flat, stir in the sugar.
- If the mix is too thick, add a little more stock or water.
- Garnish with the herbs and serve.
I used three vine ripe tomatoes. I added more tomato paste and did add the sugar. I also used both thyme and basil (more basil bc I just love it!). I used 2 cups of chicken broth, did not add the carrots. I garnished with parmesan cheese.
The product was a chunky tomato soup, with good flavor. I liked it a lot.
Next time I will puree the tomatoes before I put them into the pot, bc I don't think my husband enjoys the chunky tomatoes.


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ATMA Annual Convention in New Delhi, India on February 7, 2018
The first ever Automotive Tyre Manufacturers' Association's (ATMA) annual convention with the theme 'Tyre Industry-Taking India to the World' will be held in New Delhi, India on February 7, 2018. Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu will be the Chief Guest for the convention. He will release the annual report of ATMA during the event. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant will be the Guest of Honour and will distribute the Excellence Awards. Globally renowned tyre expert David Shaw of Tire Industry Research, UK will make a presentation at the convention.
The ATMA Annual convention is a unique platform for automotive and tyre industry leaders, policymakers, government officials, thought leaders and consultants.
The event assumes significance as the tyre industry in India is on the cusp of a significant growth. As the private investment cycle in India is yet to be revived, the tyre industry in the country had invested over $ seven billion in recent years.
ATMA is the most active and well known national industry body in India. It represents eleven large tyre companies in the country accounting for over 90% of tyre production.


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For my Uncle's 70th Birthday I was asked to make an additional card for the occassion. It was quite tricky coming up with 2 unique cards for one occasion, and I spent so long on the other card I ended up with litterally 45 minutes to design and make my own card (also the first official outting for my sizzix big shot).
This is the first card, as my Uncle was once an Elvis Tribute act and played the clubs, I wanted to theme the card around it. My starting point was this old photo, which I aged with distress ink around the edges (Antique Linen). I recently discovered my old badges collection, so threw in this lovely pin - which almost acts as a title. I added a vintage playing card (found the pack for 20p at a carboot sale). I hand cut the cork lettered and distress inked (Peeled Paint and Pine Needles) - really need to invest in some number dies now I have the bigshot. And embossed and distressed a ticket from the tri-boss range.
This is the 45 minute ,and actually I quite like the way it turned out - there are things I'd have done better, but I quite like the simple layout. I stamped a sentiment on the background with ranger jet black archival ink. And now for the bigshot: I cut the the photo and cork frame with Xcut's Square Parenthesis nesting frames, and the bookplate from Xcut's tags set. I added buttons to the bookplate and a flower.


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Her preferred medium: dresses. Lopez uses a photographic printing process to create somewhat wearable versions of cyanotypes, or blueprints. Scrawled with words, doodles and confessional scratch, the dresses are showcased on mannequins like prêt-à-porter sculptures.
Recipient of the Contemporary Forum's Mid-Career Artist Award at the Phoenix Art Museum, Lopez created more than 11 distinct dresses for her affiliated show, using pattern styles from the 1950s through the 1970s. All are autobiographical works, windows into her inner world. For instance, "Bully Dress" was inspired by messages she received from family members while caring for her Alzheimer's-stricken father, and "Dad's Dress" shows successive generations of his signature as it degraded over time.
Though she grew up in a drawing-adept family, Lopez, 54, found creativity though a camera lens. She worked for MARS Artspace, a Phoenix co-op, for 17 years, honing her art as she traveled the country and gathered life experiences. Naturally, her Phoenix Art Museum exhibit is a point of pride. "This is my home town museum," Lopez says. "It is a really big thing to me." Her solo, self-titled show runs through June. For information, visit phxart.org/exhibition/annielopez.
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There are over 500 species of impatiens that are part of the Balsaminaceae family. They are found nearly world-wide from Asia and Africa to North America. Impatiens produce an abundance of flowers in nearly every color of the rainbow and require low maintenance to stay healthy. Cloning impatiens is done through root cuttings. Most impatien cultivars are patented, so do not take cuttings unless you are a licensed propagator or you are growing a non-patented variety.
Sterilize your cutting tray with one part bleach mixed with 9 parts water. Fill the tray with equal parts of peat moss and perlite. This will create a well-draining soil mixture,
Cut 1 inch off the tip of a vigorous growing stem with a sharp knife. The cutting should have no more than 2 leaves on the top. Remove the lower leaves so that the lower 1/2 inch of the cutting is bare.
Insert the lower 1/2 inch into the soil in the cutting tray. Set in a warm location where the nighttime temperature is around 70 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit and the daytime temperature is 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mist the cuttings in the tray several times a day in order to keep the soil mixture moist. Do not mist at night while the temperatures are cooler. In 5 to 7 days, the stem cutting will develop a callus at the cut end.
Plant the rooted cutting in a 4 or 5 inch plant pot once 1/4 inch roots form in 10 to 14 days. Do not add fertilizer at this stage. Keep the soil composition at equal parts peat moss and perlite.
Water the cuttings with clear water, without added fertilizer or chemicals, for 2 weeks. Allow the cutting to dry out between watering sessions, but do not let the impatiens wilt.


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NMIT: 14 years bringing German Students to Nelson Businesses
Press Release – Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology and a group of German universities, called Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) are marking the 14th year of bringing human resource benefits to Nelson businesses. November 4 2011
NMIT Celebrates 14 years of bringing German Students to Nelson Businesses
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology and a group of German universities, called Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) are marking the 14th year of bringing human resource benefits to Nelson businesses.
Each year since 1997, NMIT assists around 20 interns from the eight universities run by DHBW in the Baden-Württemberg region find a short unpaid internship to give them experience of New Zealand businesses, while they complete their degrees.
The students come for a three-month internship across a range of local businesses and NMIT Director of Marketing and Student Management Systems Sandra Williams says the reason it has worked so well is because the students add value.
"Employers who've taken an intern from DHBW report back that it's been a great experience for them and their organisation. They really do bring great skills and a different perspective into a workplace, which can be invaluable. The students and the employers are both getting a lot out of this relationship."
Sandra says the students are all on three year degree programmes that alternate academic study with workplace training, with the option to do some training overseas.
Currently there are eight interns from Germany working in the Nelson Region that NMIT has placed, working in finance, marketing, IT and general business administration positions.
One of those is Sabrina Mangold who is completing a degree in Business Administration – specialising in marketing. She is working at the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary doing a mix of business administration and marketing tasks for upcoming events such as their stand at the A&P show in November.
"As part of my training I have worked for a large German savings bank which had a lot of marketing budget and was promoting their brand, so to be here now and able to work for a small non-profit nature organisation is a great experience. I love that I'm in a totally different work environment."
Sabrina also has loved working so close to nature and she feels she's helping a worthwhile cause.
Brook Waimarama Sanctuary Project Co-ordinator, Rick Field says they rely on volunteers for most of what they do, so having the interns provide on-going professional skills to get the job done is invaluable.
"Our core aim is the raising of $4.5 million dollars for the pest proof fence, and maintaining an operating budget to enable us to carry out restoration of an ecosystem. We have over 260 volunteers who need plenty of supervision and have a membership of over 600 who pay a yearly subscription. This all adds to a large amount of administrative work, and Sabrina is brilliant at helping us collate information from the field as well as work on our supporter database."
"Her marketing skills are already coming into play with poster design and she'll be helping us with events in the next month," says Rick Field.
He says they have had a number of the German interns through NMIT and he is extremely grateful.
"From our experience, their level of professionalism, ability to complete tasks unsupervised, with minimal input and to get accurate output has been very useful to get our administration done. And we hope we give something back to the interns as well."
As part of the long-standing partnership, NMIT business students also have opportunity to study abroad at DHBW in Germany.
Photo Caption: German intern Sabrina Mangold shows her work to Brook Waimarama Sanctuary Project Co-ordinator Rick Field.
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After a first half in which the American Heritage boys' soccer team kept possession of the ball for the majority of the time, junior defenseman Alvardo Batidas scored on a penalty kick in the 41st minute to give the host Patriots a 1-0 win over Archbishop McCarthy.
As the shot made it into the top right-side corner of the goal, Patriots teammates mobbed Batidas in what became an increasingly tough defensive battle.
The Mavericks (10-5-2) threatened three times in the second half.
The first was a free kick deep in Patriots' territory that was broken up by Heritage's Nigel Blair in the 54th minute.
Another came just over six minutes later when a shot attempt by Ryan Willenborg sailed just wide left.
The final and best chance came on a breakaway when Patriots goalie Chris Guisto charged up and stuffed a potential tying goal.
"Chris [Guisto] did the same thing for us last season," American Heritage coach John Ramos said. "He waits for the right time and comes up with big stops for us. McCarthy put up a good fight. They defended well and were able to really crowd us deep."
For the Patriots (12-1), it marked their 10th consecutive victory as they've allowed only five goals on the year.
"I'm proud of the way that the kids played," said Archbishop McCarthy coach Patrick Moons, who was without one of the county's top scorers in Matt DeLisle because of a groin injury. "This game was a measuring stick for us. They challenged everything and showed that we can play with anybody."


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Tim Hilton, community engagement liaison at Bradford Health Services in Chattanooga, spoke to a local crowd Thursday night to share what it is like to struggle with addiction. The event, …
Tim Hilton, community engagement liaison at Bradford Health Services in Chattanooga, spoke to a local crowd Thursday night to share what it is like to struggle with addiction.
The event, co-sponsored by local anti-drug organization ATS The Bridge, was planned to help people better understand why substance abuse is so common today.
Before he got to the place where he could help others overcome addiction, Hilton struggled with active addiction for 25 years. He described how he had abused alcohol, cocaine and heroin, "throwing away" the positive things he had worked for in life.
"To all the world, my life looked like the American dream," said Hilton.
Hilton described how he had gotten his first taste of alcohol at the age of 11, sneaking drinks from his parents' liquor cabinet. While he would not become an "addict" until much later, he said he learned at an early age that alcohol could make him feel good and distract him from the pain in his life.
Before addiction took hold, Hilton had graduated from university, launched a successful career, got married and started a family. His substance abuse led to many losses, including his job, family and friendships.
At one point, he found himself homeless, hungry, alone and depressed. Hilton said he at one point even contemplated suicide, going so far as placing a gun in his mouth and "praying for the courage to pull the trigger."
After hitting rock bottom, he did eventually seek out recovery. For more than a decade now, he has been working in the addiction recovery field to help others claw their way back from rock bottom.
After sharing his story, he offered some additional insight into what goes on in the mind of someone affected by addiction.
"Every addict has two worlds — the real world and the secret world," Hilton said. "Most people with addictions … try to keep them hidden. What a 'bottom' actually is for an addict is when the two worlds collide."
Hilton spent the bulk of his presentation summarizing how addiction affects the brain. He said research in the field of neuroscience indicates that addiction is, in fact, considered a disease. He called this "neurotransmitter pathway disregulation."
Addiction, he explained, is caused by a problem with the brain's coping system. While there are multiple factors at play in an addict's brain, chief among them is a problem with how dopamine is delivered within the brain.
He said many people despise addicts because they perceive all the addicts' actions to be the result of personal choice. However, he said addiction actually changes the brain, resulting in the person no longer being fully in control of his or her actions.
Hilton said addicts often do realize that their actions "have serious consequences." However, the reaction triggered within the brain causes the brain to see the addict's drug of choice as "necessary for survival," kind of like food.
As hopeless as this might sound, Hilton said he is proof that those suffering from the disease of addiction can get to a place of recovery.
The key to getting this place is a person getting the drug out of his or her system and finding a new coping mechanism to replace the drugs. Hilton noted this is something addiction counselors will discuss with recovering addicts.
The speaker said his coping mechanism has been "spirituality," and principles of spirituality have helped fuel his desire to avoid further negative consequences.
Again describing addiction as a disease, Hilton said he still suffers from addiction today. This means he can no things like "drink socially," lest he return to his former habits.
"If I reinforce this, it will become the dominant coping mechanism again," said Hilton. "I factor this in when making my decisions each day. That is what all recovering addicts must do."
Hilton encouraged those affected by addiction to reach out to organizations like Bradford Health Services to start working toward recovery. He added there are many, like him, who are in recovery and can help others in their journeys.
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When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leapt in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leapt for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.'
Mary stayed with her cousin for three months, and returned home just before Elizabeth gave birth to John the Baptist. It seems odd that Mary would stay three months yet leave just before Elizabeth had her baby. Luke doesn't offer any explanation. Very likely Mary, who at three months was starting to show signs of pregnancy, realized that she needed to return home and face her family, the townspeople, and most important, her fiancé who knew nothing about Gabriel's message.
Why celebrate in May, shouldn't this be during the Christmas season?
It's all about the timing. The Feast of the Visitation is between the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25, and the Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist on June 24. A quick look at the calendar shows that the Feast of the Annunciation is exactly nine months before Christmas, the Birth of John the Baptist, six months before Christmas. The truth is, for centuries Feast of the Visitation was celebrated on July 2. This made the celebration occur after the Birth of John the Baptist. In 1969, Pope John Paul VI changed it to a date before John's birth so that it fit better with the flow of the Gospel readings, and the Lutherans and Episcopalians went along so that everyone could stay together on their liturgical feast days.
What lesson do we learn on this day?
After Elizabeth reached old age she never expected to have a baby. Unknown to her, it was in God's plan. Mary, finding herself away from her home, unmarried and pregnant, didn't know what was to become of her. But she knew God had a plan. She trusted Him. Every day, God, calls on us to trust Him and to believe that we are in His plan. So like Mary and Elizabeth, our job is to put our trust in God and let Him reveal the plan that He has for us, all in His own good time.


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Newcastle still don't seem to have any injuries coming out of the Christmas games, although a number of our players probably need a break after playing three games since December 21st, and we have two more coming up in the next five days.
Alan Pardew – could rest some players
After the disappointing Arsenal loss, Newcastle have a chance to get back on the wining trail at the Hawthorns tomorrow, and while we weren't too upset at losing against the Gunners – we were just unlucky and we didn't get the breaks and that happens sometimes – the failure to pick up maximum points tomorrow would be a blow.
This is what Alan Pardew has said about the game tomorrow:
"West Brom is an important game. If somebody had offered me three points from the two games I would have taken them." "It is a difficult place to go."
"They are a good side and I have great respect for Steve Clarke and Kevin Keen who were there." "It is a shame I won't be facing them on the touch-line."
"But we look forward to what will be a difficult game."
All games are difficult in the Premier League, and especially at this time of year when PL clubs are playing five games in a short two weeks, while other European Leagues are taking a Christmas break – no wonder English teams are finding European competition to be difficult these days
We hope to see Newcastle start on the front foot at West Brom tomorrow, in a game we should win, and it would be a great way to end the four game stretch over Christmas, if we can indeed get the win.
Howay The Lads!!
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We have been producing some really good displays away from home this season, and I feel we can continue in that vein. With the recent news from Pardew stating that we can afford to buy Remy permanently, and he wants to keep him at the club, may just give the lads a bit of an extra boost ahead of tomorrows game. So IF the officials try to at least play fair, and we get our passing game together we should win this one, and even look good doing it 🙂 .
TS…i just thought with all your over the top critique of Benny that I just throw in some of mine ????
…both Cisse and Ameobi is suppose to get us goals and they are not doing it. Remy is way to selfish (and that was your critique) of Benny. All I can say is Benny creates opportunities and space for others.
Hid selfishness is warrant if you ask me. I think your critique of Benny gone to another dimension – it is not critique anymore cause it is not well founded anymore but rather subjective.
Just my opinion ????
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The way Remy has been talking, he was blown away by the noise in the stadium, and loves the support. So maybe 52000 screaming fans can persuade him to stay. Having said that I feel we are better placed than any other team to take him at the moment, but a lot may depend on where we eventually finish.
happy new year fans.Ed
Great 2 know there r passionate fans on this blog,esp after ars game,i'm one of them.
Eagerly waiting every single game we gonna play in 2014.it's obvious the games getting tougher and tougher.but we are still united,nobody'll take that from us,the lads and the boss,the Gaffer already have strong mentality,i don't think there is any pressure agt westbrom,
but still important to get a result to keep up the pressure on top 5.
wetbrom are manager-less,so we have to go 4 an early attack and seal it early.
the boss should play ben arfa,replacing anita,behind remy like 4-4-1-1
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Speaking on March 23 at TEDxUQ, Professor Matthew Hornsey encourages members of the audience to reflect on times when they have partially concealed or embellished their identity.
A professor in social psychology, specialising in group relations, the topic of his talk is "impostorism".
"It probably hasn't occurred to you," he says, "to question that I am, in fact, an academic at The University of Queensland. We tend to trust these things implicitly."
According to Professor Hornsey, the length of time impostors are able to masquerade undetected suggests a remarkable level of societal trust in the superficial.
Helen Darville, who attended UQ with Professor Hornsey, gained notoriety under the semi-pseudonym Helen Demidenko by writing a Miles Franklin Award winning novel purportedly drawn from her non-existent Ukrainian heritage.
Professor Hornsey, and, he assumes, hundreds of others, knew at the time that her parents were British, but the façade went unbroken for two years.
Billy Tipton, a renowned jazz pianist, married four times to unsuspecting wives, lived as a man and falsely claimed to have suffered an accident in her youth, explaining away the bandages wrapped around her chest.
That she was female wasn't known until after her death.
Professor Hornsey calls this phenomenon "impostor blindness" and considers the tendency to be charmingly naïve in this age of hardened cynicism.
Once discovered, impostors are often cast heroically.
"They highlight the vanities, pretentions and prejudices of the society in which we live," Professor Hornsey points out. "We do live in a world which is overly impressed by superficial characteristics like your title or your uniform."
To exemplify this he tells the marvelous story of "The Captain of Köpenick"; a Berlin cobbler who found a Prussian guard uniform and fully exploited this opportunity.
The authority generated by the uniform inspired him to enter the local barracks and, acting as a captain, round up a squad of soldiers, take them by train to nearby Köpenick, arrest the town's mayor and treasurer on trumped up charges and confiscate 4000 Marks.
Though imprisoned for this misdeed, the cobbler lives on in the history books as a German folk hero.
Professor Hornsey locates the elements of psychology that produce impostorism: seeking adventure, needing acceptance, avoiding persecution.
While these all have to do with some form of escapism, there are those who can't escape the sense of impostorism itself – this is impostor syndrome.
"Many of these people who suffer from the impostor syndrome are very successful, but they can't internalise their success."
"These people live lives constantly on the brink of a great shame," Professor Hornsey says. "Your anxiety is that the world thinks you're better than you know yourself to be."
Much of the professor's research focuses on the psychology of communication and social interaction.
After the event Professor Hornsey discussed what drew him to the field.
"There's an old phrase about research being me-search; I feel like I was somebody who used to blunder into social situations."
"I had this kind of naïve idea that, if the truth is on your side, you had a good argument and you communicated that argument clearly, then people would eventually come on side."
He acknowledges that his research has affected the way he communicates: while once he would have wildly celebrated the talents of a friend suffering from impostor anxiety, he now advocates overtly lowering expectations.
"You don't lay praise on these people, you just lower what they perceive your expectations are of them, which sounds counterintuitive and not terribly glamorous, but I think it does work."
For Professor Hornsey, the importance of perception, rather than intention, is paramount in interaction.
"I've realised you're often not judged for the content of what you say but people's assumptions about why you say it," he says.
Professor Hornsey says a successful impostor is able to mold the perception of his/her identity into the preferred form, despite the identity being a fabrication.
However, studying impostorism provokes enquiry into whether certain components of any identity are fabricated and other parts are valid or whether it's even possible to define identity within such a framework.
Professor Hornsey suggests that, due to identity's inherent fluidity, there's an element of the impostor in all of us and perhaps that's why we find the practice of impostorism so intriguing.
"I think that we strive to have a coherent self and a fixed identity because it's reassuring and it's a narrative that we build around ourselves, but the reality of human psychology is that people's sense of self slips and slides quite dramatically and quite quickly.
"I think that's part of the reason for this struggle with impostorism; you feel your sense of self slipping, depending on who you're talking to, depending on the impression that you want to make."
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Hollywood actor Tom Cruise not only battles creatures from outer space in his latest film "War of the Worlds", he also believes aliens exist, he told a German newspaper on Wednesday.
Asked in an interview with the tabloid daily Bild if he believed in aliens, Cruise said: "Yes, of course. Are you really so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?
"Millions of stars, and we're supposed to be the only living creatures? No, there are many things out there, we just don't know," Cruise, 42, said in the interview published in German.
Those crazy Krauts! Asking a Scientologist whether they believe in aliens is like asking a Roman Catholic if the pope s**ts in the woods: Offensive, overly easy, and hysterically funny! Of course, if the Scientologists weren't so damn secretive about their "religion," then poor German reporters wouldn't have to ask such obvious questions. Not that there's anything wrong with Scientology, once again!
(I want to live! Please don't hurt me, Scientologists, or my family, I beg you! Aliens? Sure, I'm not so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe! Aliens implanted bad thoughts in my soul? Of course! An alien named Xenu once ruled the galaxy and opressed free spirtis? Duh! How could any sane person be so arrogant as to not believe that? Makes sense to me! BECAUSE I WANT TO LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY!)
In other unsurpsing non-news, Ananova.com is reporting that Lindsay Lohan collapsed during a workout, probably due to an excess of youthful vitality and energy:
Super-skinny star Lindsay Lohan prompted yet more fears for her health after she reportedly collapsed at her LA gym.
The "Mean Girls" star was halfway through an hour-long spinning sesh when she became pale and began gasping for breath.
She stumbled off her bike and then collapsed, say Heat magazine.
"Everybody was shocked," one witness said.
"Lindsay wasn't moving and she appeared to be unconscious."
Thankfully her quick-thinking gym partner Kimberly Stewart and staff at the LA's Body and Soul gym soon brought her around.
The drama ended after a few minutes, when a pale and woozy Lindsay assured onlookers she was fine.
But the incident has sparked fears that her fitness regime was dangerous for her health.
In the last six months, the Freaky Friday star has been losing weight dramatically.
Wow. That is just soooooo L.A.: Working out in an hour-long "spinning sesh" with Jennifer Aniston-basher Kimberly Stewart (really, Ms. Stewart, the person with the hideous horse face should not cast the first "Jen Anniston is homely" stone, it is rather unseemly) at her side. Yada yada yada health concerns blah blah blah dangerous "fitness regime," whatever. The girl is clearly, obviously, and (I must for my own protection say) allegedly anorexic or on drugs or both, it's that simple!
Get thee to a sandwichry, Miss Lohan! Take a look at yourself!
Carbs are your friends. Look into it!


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The most favored by Allah:
On the authority of Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Allah said:
"Truly of those devoted to Me the one I most favour is a believer who is of meagre means and much given to prayer, who has been particular in the worship of his Lord and has obeyed Him inwardly, who was obscure among people and not pointed out, and whose sustenance was just sufficient to provide for him yet he bore this patiently.
Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) rapped his hand and said: Death will have come early to him, his mourners will have been few, his estate scant."
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn Majah). Its chain of authorities is sound.
So the 'most favored status' is given by Allah to a poor, ordinary Muslim who is unknown among people but who bears poverty with patience and excessively prays and worships Allah (with out showing off to others) and obeys His commands carefully.
He also dies early which means that he achieves this spiritual status and habit of devotion and worship while he is still young. He also has fewer family and friends to mourn his death.


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Do you have the plant tag for this plant? There doesn't seem to be a Minifamous Perfect Red variety. Could it be MiniFamous Compact Watermellon?
Sep 10, 2012 3:52 PM CST
|Hi Joanne,
That's an old photo, so I no longer have the plant or the tag. I didn't protect it over winter that year. But according to my records 'Minifamous Perfect Red' is what it said on the tag.
If there isn't one with that name, perhaps the grower changed the name? You sometimes see that.
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Library Website Update Project
July 23, 2014 at 12:13 pm barbtarpenning
Library.mayo.edu will soon have a new look and feel. The Web Redesign Committee has been working with a local firm to create a brand new library website.
The current library website, which receives over 2,100,000 visits per year, has largely gone unchanged since 2003. It is being replaced for a number of reasons:
- The current site does not support mobile devices like tablets and smartphones, and many features are outdated.
- The ColdFusion platform the current site is built on will be going away by the end of 2014, which means a new site needed to be built before that date.
- The old site does not follow many of the conventions of modern web design, and needed to be changed to meet branding standards as well.
- Library staff could not easily make changes to the old site.
Features of the new site include:
- A responsive design that automatically resizes the content of the page to fit the user's device, whether it's a smartphone, a tablet, or a full size screen.
- A simple search bar that searches many databases and the catalog simultaneously.
- An improved interface that is less cluttered and will help users find what they're looking for faster.
- An editor interface that will allow staff to quickly and easily make adjustments to the content.
The site is in the final design stages and will undergo usability testing soon. The tentative go-live date for the new site is September 30, 2014. Some sample screenshots are shown below:
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Classical musician and composer Arturo Sandoval, who discovered his love for music as a boy growing up in Cuba, will share his talent at the Alex Theatre later this month in a concert aimed to cultivate music education in today's youth.
His Glendale-based institute will also donate proceeds from the show to the Glendale Educational Foundation and Glendale Arts — two organizations that promote the arts and music education among local students.
Sandoval's performance, titled "Save the Music 2," comes about a year after his institute's first performance that helped raise thousands of dollars for music education last year.
Mercy Velazquez, chief executive of the Arturo Sandoval Institute, said she befriended the 10-time Grammy Award winner about 20 years ago, but grew closer to him in the last five or six years after he moved from Miami to California.
Sandoval was born in Cuba in 1949, known for becoming a protégé of jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie. He performs the jazz trumpet, flugel horn, and piano all over the world and has recorded music with artists such as Johnny Mathis, Alicia Keys, Bill Conti and Rod Stewart.


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Woman gang raped
KHIPRO, January 21,2005:A woman was allegedly gang raped by a local landlord and his four abettors in village Garrah near Khipro on January 19.Acoording to details, a Hindu woman, 22 years old Fato Kobi alleged that she had gone to accused's home as a guest where she was molested by him and four accomplices.
However, she managed to escape to nearby police station the next morning. Talking to police and newsmen, she accused that she was also tortured by the accued. It was informed that police had not filed the case till the filling of the report.
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Peter 21:39 03 Aug 2003
Did you re-install Windows on the C: Drive and not just format it? Which version of Windows please? (What follows should work with Windows 9x and ME, but probably not with 2000 and XP.)
If you have installed Windows 95, 98 or ME what might have happened is that Windows has reset the partitioning. If that is the case you can use a programme called MBRWorks to resurect the lost partition. It's a freebee available somewhere on the web, but it's small and I can email you a copy if you want.
Whatever you do back everything up to some removable media so you don't lose any more data!


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Intro to Swim Pedal Run & Novice Team
Not sure where to start or need a little help getting to the starting line? The nations largest triathlon team & Performance Bicycle have teamed up to provide a free 90-day triathlon coaching program.
What is S.P.R.I.N.T.
S.P.R.I.N.T. is an abbreviation for Swim, Pedal, Run, Intro & Novice Team. The team includes Coaches, Mentors & Athletes. This program supports Cal Tri's mission to build a sustainable community where athletes of all levels have easy & affordable access to the resources, coaching and support needed to accomplish their goals.
What are the resources?
- USA Triathlon Certified Coaches Direct The Program
- Mentor Support From Start to Finish - 10:1 Athlete to Mentor Ratio
- 12 Week Sprint or Olympic Training Plan
- 14 Week Half distance Training Plan
- Monthly Motivational & Special Topics Speakers
- California Triathlon & Performance Bike S.P.R.I.N.T. Diploma
- Includes A Premium No-Fee California Triathlon membership
- No Fundraising Requirements
Who is on the team?
Athletes are coached and guided by a combination of USA Triathlon Coaches & volunteer Mentors who have appropriate race experience. The Athletes are individuals with a passion to get triathlon race ready in 90 days.
How much does it cost?
Free. Zip. Zilch. Nada. This supports Cal Tri's mission is to build a sustainable community where athletes of all levels have easy & affordable access to the resources, coaching and support needed to accomplish their goals.
Who can be a mentor?
Mentors have the opportunity to pass forward some hard-won knowledge. We have Mentors that are professional Athletes, Kona qualifiers, as well as 2-3x racers. Mentors will serve as a resource for up to 10 Athletes per session.
What do athletes need to do?
- Join the California Triathlon Team
- Register For The S.P.R.I.N.T. Program
- Purchase California Triathlon kit - A kit describes the jersey and shorts that feature the CalTri colors. For example, you could purchase the tri shorts and tri top to make up a CalTri kit.
- Upon purchase of Cal Tri kit, you will be assigned a mentor.
- Engage and lean on your mentor for help and support
- Have a great attitude and be ready to surprise yourself
- Complete your diploma
- Pay it forward by volunteering in your community
For more information contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Get To Know The Mentors
I started racing triathlons in 2011 and still do. I decided to volunteer as mentor because as I was mentored as a beginner, I learned how important it is to have someone experienced available to help getting to know the sport during the first year of trying it out. I want to share my knowledge and experience with new triathletes and ensure they have a fun journey and successful race day.
I am currently signed up for TriEvents#3, Goleta Beach Triatlon, and Ironman Arizona this year.


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Showreel Music Rider
Martin Hansson and Leif Olberius are illusionists who have performed together for many years in many parts of the world. They have had shows in various European cities and also in Japan and the US. Martin is the comedian and improv champ, Leif the skilled illusionist who foxes even himself. Both of them are excellent close-up magicians. Together they provide entertainment that has had audiences across the world writhing in laughter and astonishment!


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At the Oakridge Open House I was intrigued to hear opposing views of the development proposal. One resident of the neighbourhood said it's about time; another expressed deep concerns over the fit of this project to this neighbourhood.
Even with the updated boards of the proposal the skeptics remain suspicious. The abundance of ground level illustrations in the room was impressive. Still, until a project is actually built, its success or failure is a matter of speculation.
Participation of residents in the shaping of their city's neighbourhoods is a challenging task. This relates to the discussion with Robert Reich where the evidence and extent of inequality in our society are creeping upward. The city's need to remain economically viable is a business opportunity to some and an affordability threat to most. How sensitive and successful Vancouver's handling of this challenge is, remains to be seen.


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Watch What Happens When 'Toy Story' Gets Mashed Up With 'The Expendables 2′
'The Expendables 2' features the greatest collection of action heroes ever assembled on one screen. Human action heroes, that is. As you can see above, the Pixar-creations of the 'Toy Story' universe can also take some serious names when given the proper dialogue.
The mash-up from the folks at IGN merges the sound from 'The Expendable 2' trailer with action from the 'Toy Story' franchise.
"I'm back!" Buzz Lightyear declares in Arnold's voice. And you wouldn't want to mess with Woody or Mr. Potato Head if you happened to be an evil mercenary threatening the world with plutonium.
This might be a fake trailer, but we may have just found the mystery plot for 'Toy Story 4.' Or how about 'Toy Story vs. The Expendables?' That could actually be too much action hero for one screen.


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But here's the nagging question that I have about this psychic-kids business: WHY? Why would Dharma want to create a generation of superpowered people? To create super-soldiers? Eh. Maybe. Not very original, though, unless Lost has a unique spin on the idea. Perhaps the Dharma karma cops were trying to meld Children of the Corn with The Brothers Karamazov to create a priestly class of adolescent, parent-hating Grand Inquisitors charged with purging the world of bad adults. (Sorry, Dad: You're a workaholic who neglects his family. Go to hell! ZAP!)I see at least two related but distinct motives that might explain the interest in psychic kids. First, I've speculated previously that certain characters -- e.g., Walt and Hurley -- have the power to make their own luck by affecting probability. I suspect Dharma may originally have wanted to tap and aggregate this psychic power to affect luck in hopes of influencing the core factors of the Valenzetti equation. A poster named koralis uses the lovely metaphor of many little magnets that combine to create a strong attractive force. The problem, of course, is the inevitable course correction that would result from successfully altering humanity's fate.
That leads me to motive two, which might help explain not just the orphanage but the Others generally, too. Assume some faction within Dharma discovered the course correction problem, leading the Others to give up trying to affect the Valenzetti's core factors. Perhaps the Island has become a place where "luck makers" can safely learn to control their abilities. I've always been struck by Juliet's transformation from mousy ex in Miami to woman of action on the Island. Maybe her own ability to make luck caused problems in the timeline -- e.g., by killing her ex-husband who wasn't supposed to die. On that note, could 9/11 have been the course correction that resulted from Edmund's premature death?
Of course, just because Others no longer seek to affect the core factors, that doesn't necessarily mean they view the Valenzetti as irrelevant. As a poster named todell notes, the Island orphanage may be a kind of "stash" of special kids. I could also see Ben trying to con Fate through some strategic reinterpretation of the Valenzetti Equation. In a prior post, for example, I discuss the possibility that the Equation might actually predict our extinction via evolution into a new trans- or posthuman species. Maybe the Others think they can make an end run around Valenzetti's grim mathematical prophecy by reproducing this new species, which explains why they desperately need a fertility doctor.
We shall see! In the meantime, welcome again to Eye M Sick...


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Head 2 Head: Condit vs. Kampmann II
The April 2009 bout between Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann was a Fight of the Year candidate, a clinic of MMA on its highest level, with the action contested technically in every discipline. It was so closely fought that at its conclusion, there was no consensus winner, with a split-decision going in Kampmann's favor. Years later, they'll do it again, and just to ensure a more clear-cut victor this time around, there are five rounds to make it happen.
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you can force site sculptor to always create php files by editing one of the source files.
you will need to first locate the users configuration folder, see this tutorial for details on locating the configuration folder:
in the configuraton folder go to:
and open the shared.js file. change line 844:
return MM.SiteSculptorPageExt ? MM.SiteSculptorPageExt : '.html'; //".php";
return MM.SiteSculptorPageExt ? '.php' : '.php'; //".php";
make sure to close DW and delete the cache file from the configuration folder then restart DW before creating the new site.


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text: He was a pillar of the Copenhagen punk-scene in the 80's. Jesper Reisinger wrote and illustrated countless enthusiastic, anarchistic articles, played in the band No Knox and lived life to the fullest. But when the drugs began to take over, his life became sidetracked, and when his best friend Ulrik Crone tries to reignite the now 40-some year old overweight loner, it isn't without resistance and childish whims.


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KINGMAN - The Mohave County Sheriff's Office is investigating the apparent murder of a 37-year-old Kingman man killed Monday night.
The body of Christopher J. Gillespie was discovered around 9 p.m. Monday night after his girlfriend led them to an area off of Old Trails Road near the second Black Bridge. Old Trails Road runs parallel to the portion of Historic Route 66 that breaks off at Andy Devine Avenue and Beale Street.
Trish Carter, spokesperson for the Sheriff's Office, said investigators are releasing few details about the incident except to say that it is being investigated as a homicide. Gillespie apparently died earlier that evening, she said.
Carter said investigators have a suspected cause of death but are not releasing it pending the results of an autopsy.
The girlfriend was apparently with Gillespie when he was killed. She was interviewed by detectives and is not considered a suspect at this time.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Mohave County Sheriff's Office at (928) 753-0753 or Mohave Silent Witness (928) 753-1234.


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Consumer Health Division - Central Business District Street Vending
A Central Business District (CBD) Concession License is required for street vending in the Central Business District of Dallas. This license allows the holder to sell or distribute goods or services at a designated location in the downtown area. With Department approval a CBD Concession License may be issued to operate either on public or private property. Products and services provided by the licensee must be approved by the Director.
Application Process
All applicants for a CBD Concession License must apply in person at the Consumer Health Division located at 7901 Goforth Road, Dallas, Texas 75238. Applications are accepted Monday-Friday between the hours of 8:00 am and 12:00 pm or 1:00 pm and 4:30 pm.
The following documents are required when applying for a CBD Concession License:
Vending Areas
CBD Vending Boundaries
1. Central Business District (CBD) - the area of downtown Dallas bounded by Woodall Rogers Freeway on the north, Central Expressway (elevated bypass) on the east, R.L. Thornton Freeway on the south, and Stemmons Freeway on the west. The CBD includes:
- the Arts District
- the CBD Core District
- the West End District
2. West End District - the area of downtown Dallas bounded by Woodall Rogers Freeway on the north; Lamar Street on the east; the MKT railroad tracks on the west; and southern boundary consisting of and extending along Commerce Street from Lamar Street west to Austin Street, then along Austin Street north to Main Street, then along Main Street west to the MKT railroad tracks.
3. Arts District - the area of downtown Dallas bounded by Woodall Rogers Freeway on the north, Central Expressway (elevated bypass) on the east, Ross Avenue on the south, and St. Paul Street on the west.
4. CBD Core Area – means the area of downtown Dallas contained within the boundaries of the central business district, but that does not include the Arts District and the West End District.
CBD Vending Location Guidelines
CBD Operational Guidelines
A person who, either personally or through an agent, sells, distributes, or offers for sale goods or services on public or private property in the central business district shall:
(1) possess a CBD Concession License
(2) not enter a public roadway to solicit or conduct a sale;
(3) not sell, distribute, or offer for sale goods or services to a person on a public roadway;
(4) if vending on public property, stay within five feet of the vendor's vehicle except for periodic breaks not to exceed 10 minutes and for emergencies;
(5) take reasonable steps to keep the area around which the business is being conducted free from litter and waste;
(6) if vending on public property, operate the business only during the following times, unless special operating hours are approved by the director:
(A) 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday;
(B) 8:00 a.m. to midnight, Friday and Saturday; and
(C) 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Sunday;
(7) sell, distribute, or offer for sale only those goods or services that the director has approved;
(8) remove any equipment, sales aids, or vehicle from public property at the close of operation each day;
(9) not smoke while conducting vending activities at the vending location site;
(10) comply with the noise regulations set forth in Chapter 30 of this code;
(11) not do business except on a vending location site designated by the director;
(12) allow an inspection of the business operation as authorized in this article;
(13) comply with all rules and regulations promulgated by the director under this article;
(14) post the applicable license or copy of the license in a conspicuous place on the vehicle;
(15) use only a non-motorized vehicle to sell, distribute, or offer for sale goods or services and the vehicle must:
(A) have operable wheels;
(B) not exceed six feet in length (including any handles measuring six inches or more in length and any permanently attached trailer hitches), three feet in width (exclusive of wheels), or four feet in height (exclusive of wheels);
(C) not be attached to any tree, utility pole, sign pole, streetscape, or public property; and
(D) not be stored, parked, or left overnight on any street, sidewalk, public parking space, or other public property;
(16) have only one small stool or chair at the vending location site for the vendor. No seating may be provided for customers;
(17) properly secured any umbrella on the vehicle and must be removed during high winds;
(18) not use an electrical power cord if vending on public property;
(19) not place any sign or other advertising device on public property other than those signs affixed to the vehicle or equipment and not extending beyond the basic dimension of the vehicle or equipment;
(20) prominently display a sign that contains city of Dallas contact information to which customers may report service or health concerns or complaints.
NOTE: The vendor is liable for all damages and repairs to the streetscape, trees and vegetation, sidewalks, streets or other public amenities that directly relate to the use of the permitted location. The vendor may be required to remove private materials or accessories temporarily to allow street, sidewalk, or utility access for maintenance operations or during approved special events.
Once a City official notifies the license holder of a violation, the license holder is responsible for remedying the violation within the time period specified in the notice. Beyond that, fines or subsequent suspension and/or revocation of the license may apply per City Ordinance.
See the City Of Dallas Street Vending Ordinance, Chapter 50, Article XII for complete information.
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Scientific Research
An Academic Publisher
The Present Author
believes that "Surface Energy" could be used as a Tool as well as platform in
Designing and Analyzing various Problems faced by the Engineering Systems. This
is described into this Book with the help of his Research Work moulded into the
Research Papers and a Brief of the several Patents filed by him.
The Book contains
Two Parts: 1. Research Papers: Two Research Papers pertaining to the
Phase-Change-Heat transfer and Fluidics tell the use and methodology of Surface
Energy in solving the Problems which are inter-mingled among each others of
Engineering Systems, 2. Patent Description, that describes the use of Surface
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demands pertaining to various Engineering fields.


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It's generally a sense of duty that compels parents to attend theatrical performances that involve their offspring. However, we didn't suffer at all this evening by attending A Comedy of Errors at the Young Lady's school (she helped design and build the set and was the Usher Captain for all four performances). This performance was distinguished by colorful Greek/Mediterranean costuming (ca. maybe 1800), a sun-drenched set that appeared to be white stucco building fronts (with many doors) around a town well, resolutely colorblind casting, solid acting in the key roles, and comedic pacing that many professional troupes might envy.
A Comedy of Errors (review)
The play opened with a pre-show carnival, that involved juggling, belly-dancing (quite good), street vendors giving out scarves and dried roses, and face-painting for the younger attendees. When the show actually started, the audience was primed to be amused. Egeon's long tale in the first scene might have snapped them right out of that mood - but a trio of puppeteers wandered down by the footlights and proceeded to act out his story with comically primitive hand-puppets, both prolonging the silly mood and making the tale more understandable to those not at ease with Shakespearian language.
Having avoided a slow start, the young cast proceeded to make merry with boundless energy - and lots of female-to-male cross-dressing. Both Dromios were played - and well-played - by female students, as were the various merchants. Luciana was African American, her sister Adriana Caucasian, and the same reversal was true of the two Antipholi (and was, incidentally, accurately portrayed in the puppet show). None of it mattered: all four handled the difficult lines skillfully, with good diction and excellent projection, as well as on-the-beat comedic timing. Delightful touches included a wandering violinist from the opening carnival who kept reappearing to underscore Adriana's self-pitying monologues (much to her annoyance), flamboyant gesturing and pantomime by the Dromios (one of whom was suddenly doing the Macarena at one point), the four hunky (and well-oiled) palanquin bearers who brought in the Courtesan (possibly an equal-fanservice answer to the belly-dancers), and an Antipholus leaning out of a window after a hectic chase scene to intone wearily "Dromio, Dromio, wherefore art thou Dromio?" - causing the freshmen audience members who are struggling through Romeo and Juliet this semester to lose it entirely.
Audience involvement was so complete that when Egeon was re-united with his long-lost wife - now the Abbess - in the last scene, and they embraced, the audience as one exclaimed "Awwwwww! "
A merry time was had by all!
- Current Mood: happy


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According to the study of cosmology, we are all made of "star stuff". As stars eventually explode into supernovas, the atoms of these stars obliterate all over space. And as gravity and dark matter start to form planets, the glittering stardust becomes a part of the planets. And as that stardust enters the Earth's atmosphere, the atoms of those stars become infused into the make of everything, including humankind. So technically, yeah, we are all made of the same stuff as stars.
It's poetic isn't it? It also sounds really weird when you realize that at the very microscopic level, we are made of all sorts of junk. We all know dust particles are all around us and germs are constantly clinging onto our skins. I'm sure it's gross to see what's floating around in our bodies when you zoom in close enough. *shudder* I really don't even want to know.
I've always been infatuated with 'stars', whether the stars in the night sky or just the geometrical shape. Taking an Astronomy class has made me fall in love with them all over again. And for brownie points, I can actually explain what stars are and how they form in space. I have to say, as much as I hate getting up in the morning to attend this Saturday class, at least the subject is super interesting.
Speaking of the class, I have a huge exam coming up tomorrow which I'll be studying all night for. I was so close to just skipping out on today's photo of the day, but I realize it would take like less than 5mins to do it and I should be consistent with ONE LITTLE THING in my life. So here it is, I done did it.