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Sam Atkinson proposes that most—maybe even all—developers love space. Even those who don't probably love Chris Hadfield, the guitar-strumming astronaut who covered David Bowie's Space Oddity from the International Space Station. These 2 topics are closely related, obviously, but not-so-obviously, they're both highly relevant to developers who want better and safer development practices and processes. Here are a few highlights from Atkinson's fast-paced, clever talk about applying lessons from the history of space exploration to modern development practices.
Look outside for insight
The first lesson is to look outside your industry. For most software developers, a process failure isn't deadly. But if you're a developer working on a shuttle launch or in critical healthcare environments, mistakes can be fatal. It certainly puts our own security, compliance, and reliability concerns in perspective and can offer valuable ideas for how to approach tough projects with extreme demands. You may not be launching your new widget into orbit, but what if you were to treat it as such?
Build systems that assume you'll make mistakes
One of the first ways to approach development processes like an astronaut is to stop assuming everything will go according to plan. Build systems for resilience from the start, as you're not going to be fixing them once they're in orbit—er, production. Automation can help. And make sure that when failure does happen, you've got a plan for recovery. Don't let failing systems or projects continue to struggle. Kill them off and start again.
Avoid the normalization of deviance
"It's ok, we can work around it." Atkinson posits that this is one of the biggest mistakes we—and those exploring space—can make. It's not the single exception that is so dangerous, it's when that exception becomes common practice. The poignant example of this costly normalization was the Challenger disaster. A very small thing—an O-ring seal on a solid rocket booster—was allowed to deviate from the normal practice. Shuttles launched successfully on more than a dozen flights with this defect. The fix itself wasn't impossible, but there was little support for pausing planned missions or taking time away from other work. When the deviance of the rubber ring met the deviance of a particularly cold day, failure was catastrophic.
Use deviance as an indicator
Even on a small dev team, the number of irregular behaviors we see every day may be overwhelming. For most development projects, our tolerance for risk (and deviance) is greater than NASA's. After a failure, it's human nature to think that it probably won't happen again so quickly. But remember: Challenger crashed in 1986. In 2003, Columbia disintegrated on re-entry. The cause? Foam insulation that fell off and damaged the craft—a small deviance that had been recorded on several earlier missions.
If NASA couldn't eliminate normalized deviance, costing them many lives and millions of dollars, then your business leaders probably won't be swayed on such issues, either. This shouldn't stop a good development team from using such information to improve their practice. By keeping a record of deviance, you know what areas of the business are most resistant to correcting bad practice and which ones trust and respond to the recommendations of their development organizations.
Practice makes (almost) perfect
Hadfield's memoir, An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth, closely examines how astronauts prepare to identify and solve problems, often by asking (and answering) this question: "What's the next thing that's going to kill me?" Atkinson notes that they also practice more than their own roles, becoming familiar with any skill that might be needed and simulating responding to realistic scenarios until they can respond calmly and quickly—even while wearing a cumbersome spacesuit.
At best, many development teams practice disaster recovery a few times a year. Atkinson suggests several ways to integrate more rigorous training, such as assigning a creative developer to generate both simple and complex errors on a weekly or monthly basis. These would not be scheduled and would need to be identified and investigated as though they were real. This means monitoring to pick up the anomaly and proper processes and postmortem to ensure everyone is learning.
Atkinson's talk reminds us that perfection—even for the really smart people at NASA—isn't realistic. After all, 2.5 billion dollars of technology crashed into Mars because NASA had trouble sharing information between teams (sound familiar?). Accepting and embracing imperfection lets us learn from it so that in the future, our spaceships know which way to go.


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Posted by Rosemary Pharo, Jul 4 2016 5:38PM
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Volunteer for the South Gloucestershire Country Fair August 6/7
In order to raise awareness locally, CThA are having a stand in the health and well-being section of the South Gloucestershire Fair on August 6 and 7 and so we're looking for a few volunteers to come and give treatments for donation to a local charity. If you're free to come and take part either day for a few hours, raise your own profile, meet other members and the new co-ordinator for Bristol and Bath, Jeanne Long, please get in touch as soon as possible.
Look forward to hearing from you
Rosemary Pharo
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The committee are students who are elected into positions by the members of the society, and are responsible for the smooth running of the society. Elections for the committee position take place each February. A list of the positions and the responsibilities it holds can be found below. A list of older committee (for historical and laughter reasons, i.e. the pictures, can be found here).
The current committee, elected February 2018, is:
Chair: Emma Willett
Secretary: Tutku Kolcu
Treasurer: Torin Cooper-Bennun
Events: Hazel Knight
Outreach: Luke Booth
Equipment: Paul Swallow
Publicity: Evan Ridley
A Chairperson, who shall co-ordinate and chair the Committee, arrange regular Society meetings and book rooms as appropriate, represent the Society at General Meetings, chair the Annual General Meeting and any Extraordinary General Meetings, and liaise with, and provide information to, the VPAD where appropriate.They will also email the society regularly to keep members up-to-date with current Society business, and organise the annual dinner.
A Secretary, who shall take minutes at committee and General Meetings (the latter of which should be submitted to Student Development), shall maintain a current record of members, including contact lists, which shall be distributed to committee members only. They shall deputise in the absence of the chairperson, liaise with the treasurer with respects to membership fees, provide the VPAD with any information required when appropriate and shall prepare a news magazine twice in the autumn and spring terms and once in the summer term. They shall also organise the Society affiliations, specified in Section 3(a) of the constitution, and should keep general records of the Society for future prosperity
A Treasurer, who shall be responsible for the management of the Society's finances, shall provide a report of the finances when appropriate, shall liaise with the Guild Finance Officer in maintaining and updating the accounts, shall advise the Committee on the financial implications of any decisions, shall liaise with the secretary with respects to membership fees and shall have the final word on any decision which requires any financial transaction. They shall also attend training run by the Guild of Students on matters of finance and they should prepare the yearly grant application requesting financial assistance from the Guild of Students. This funding should supplement the fundraising and budgeting efforts of the Society, and should not be relied upon to ensure the sustainability of the group.
Events Officer
An Events Officer, who shall arrange social events and events with other societies; including the annual `Space Race', off site trips, and the annual dinner.
Equipment and Observations officer
An Equipment and Observations Officer, who shall be responsible for the maintenance, and safety checks of equipment used by the Society, shall keep the Society cupboards in order, shall keep a log of all equipment and observations, shall train members in the use of equipment and astronomical techniques and shall inform members of current and future astronomical events.
Outreach Officer
An Outreach Officer, who shall be responsible for organising events outside of the University and making contact with external speakers, who will also try to organise sponsorship from, and liaise with, external parties
Webmaster & Publicity Officer
A Webmaster and Publicity Officer, who shall aid in the distribution of leaflets and posters, maintain the Society website and the Society social media sites (including Google+, Facebook and Twitter), maintain the Society notice boards and prepare other news briefs when appropriate.
The roles are a guide as to what each position should do, but in reality responsibilities are shared amongst the whole Committee.


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Community Goes To Camp!
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 4:07PM
With a large Christian population on Nosy Be, weekends and Sundays here are for relaxation and celebration. So that's exactly what the community did..
tagged adventure, community, conservation, diving, environment, explore, madagascar, marine, teaching, travel, volunteer, wildlife in Madagascar, Staff Blog


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Friday's local roundup - Thomas' 37 leads Northern Garrett
FROSTBURG, Md. - A.J. Thomas shot a 37 to lead Northern Garrett to a quad-meet victory at Maplehurst Golf Course on Thursday.
Northern Garrett finished with 170, while Berkeley Springs finished second with 198. Moorefield finished third, one shot behind the Indians, and Beall finished fourth with 207.
Mike Mahais shot 41 for Moorefield and Steve Potter posted a 42 to lead Berkeley Springs.
Hagerstown Church Softball
Gateway 22, Williamsport Assembly 4: Randy Edwards and Kevin Hose hit grand slams and Ed Martin, Tim Hose and Jose DeJesus homered to lead Gateway.
New Life 27, Nazarene 10: Steve Pryor had five hits to lead New Life. Peter Guadalupe had four hits and John Davidson had two hits, including a home run.


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Protocol of a cluster randomized trial of an educational intervention to increase knowledge of living donor kidney transplant among potential transplant candidates
Protocol of a cluster randomized trial of an educational intervention to increase knowledge of living donor kidney transplant among potential transplant candidates - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
BMC Nephrology
, 14:256
Dialysis and Transplantation
BackgroundThe best treatment option for end-stage renal disease is usually a transplant, preferably a live donor kidney transplant LDKT. The most effective ways to educate kidney transplant candidates about the risks, benefits, and process of LDKT remain unknown.
Methods-designWe report the protocol of the Enhancing Living Donor Kidney Transplant Education ELITE Study, a cluster randomized trial of an educational intervention to be implemented during initial transplant evaluation at a large, suburban U.S. transplant center. Five hundred potential transplant candidates are cluster randomized by date of visit to receive either: 1 standard-of-care -usual- transplant education, or 2 intensive education that is based upon the Explore Transplant series of educational materials. Intensive transplant education includes viewing an educational video about LDKT, receiving print education, and meeting with a transplant educator. The primary outcome consists of knowledge of the benefits, risks, and process of LDKT, assessed one week after the transplant evaluation. As a secondary outcome, knowledge and understanding of LDKT are assessed 3 months after the evaluation. Additional secondary outcomes, assessed one week and 3 months after the evaluation, include readiness, self-efficacy, and decisional balance regarding transplant and LDKT, with differences assessed by race. Although the unit of randomization is the date of the transplant evaluation visit, the unit of analysis will be the individual potential transplant candidate.
DiscussionThe ELITE Study will help to determine how education in a transplant center can best be designed to help Black and non-Black patients learn about the option of LDKT.
Trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov number NCT01261910
KeywordsKidney transplantation Live kidney donor Education Clinical trial Randomized trial Cluster randomization AbbreviationsLDKTLive donor kidney transplant
DDKTDeceased donor kidney transplant
ESRDEnd-stage renal disease
CKDChronic kidney disease
NVSNewest vitals sign
SBMCSaint Barnabas Medical Center
ELITE studyEnhancing living donor kidney transplant education study.
Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article doi:10.1186-1471-2369-14-256 contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Download fulltext PDF
Autor: Francis L Weng - Diane R Brown - John D Peipert - Bart Holland - Amy D Waterman
Fuente: https://link.springer.com/


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This former bakery is amidst the countryside on the outskirts of the town of Enchede. The bakery has been carefully renovated and is now a charming, comfortable holiday home. The home enjoys good views of the Twente landscape. Many original features in the apartment have been preserved. This creates a wonderful atmosphere. The apartment is within walking distance of extensive woods. Enschede is just a few minutes away by car. You can enjoy all the pleasures of delightful rural surroundings with the convenience of the nearby town. This is an ideal location for lovers of nature and culture. You can cycle through the rustic hamlet of Twekkelo, walk along the Stiewel paths, wander through pastures and farmlands and meet farm animals along the way. You will find yourself in places you would otherwise never see. Sturdy boots are recommended. The towns of Enschede and Hengelo are well worth a visit.
Layout: Ground floor: (Living room(single box bed, TV, fireplace, radio, heating(Floor heating)), open kitchen(combination microwave, dishwasher), bathroom(bath tub, shower, washbasin, toilet), storage) On the 1st floor: (bedroom(double bed), bedroom(single bed, double bed)) tumble dryer(shared with other guests), washing machine(shared with other guests), heating(central), terrace, garden furniture, parking, children's bed(on request)
These costs are mandatory and charged on site. They are not included in the rental price.:
Deposit; € 150
Final Cleaning; Included
Pets; Max. 1; free of charge (Pets will only be accepted if communicated before arrival)
Bed linen; Present
Optional services that you can arrange on site:
Bath towels; Bring your own
Kitchen linen; Present
Wifi; Free
Wood; Included


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He didn't tell me where we were going but we drove north. We both love the outdoors, so the further north we drove, the less civilization I saw, the more excited I got. We drove through Algonquin park and stopped at a little resort in the town of Whitney. Greg had rented a cabin, at a couples resort and arranged for us to have a fancy dinner that night. I loved the cabin, but I wanted to get out for a run with Greg on the Algonquin trails - so we drove back into the park and got a fantastic trail run in. We dressed up for dinner, and I got to enjoy a fancy dinner, with my boyfriend. Things were good.
After dinner, back at the cabin, Greg lit a fire put on my John Meyer CD (oh 2003 - the "your body is a wonderland" year) and gave me a handmade book that he had made for me - it contained lots of little items of our 4 years of dating -like concert ticket stubs, letters, notes, cards, even a dried pickle :) I cried, it was so sweet, and when I got it together, Greg was on one knee holding out the shiniest engagement ring, that I had ever seen. I said yes (through more tears), and we both sat in a screened-in sunroom, listening to the rain and talking about what our life was going to be like together.
Seriously, this guy is the best. So handsome, so thoughtful, so loving. I felt so very lucky. I still do.
Now 3 kids, careers, races and lots of amazing memories later, I still think back to that special night where we were dreaming about a life full of lots of adventures and a bunch of kids. We definitely have that...12 years later.


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Steve and his wife Courtney have three children, Jacob, Ben and Anna. Steve works in video production, primarily as an editor, but does camera work as well. He has worked on a variety of of projects including documentary and multimedia.
Courtney is a full time mom, but also keeps busy with her art work. She is close friends with Scott Boller's wife Sonia and the two families visit each other often.
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The greatest gift you can give someone is TIME. Because when you give time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back.
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
TAW Challenge - Be Inspired #21
I think this should my last Valentine card of the year. Taking the inspiration from the picture, I am making a CAS card. I've used several stamp sets from The Alley Way Stamp for this card. For the background stamping, I used Background Check, the sentiments are from Monster Madness and the little cutie at the bottom is from Sea Mates.
7 comments:
- Jessi Fogan said...
I'm loving that weird little sea critter at the bottom! Fun layout too :)
- 12 February 2013 at 10:59
- Cat's sCrap said...
To cute !!! I like the little monster. Great realiation ! Bravo !
Hugs from France.
- 12 February 2013 at 11:13
- joy said...
- 12 February 2013 at 11:19
- Annette said...
how CUTE... great design Lai-Yoke... I love it... thanks for joining us at The Alley Way Stamps.. Be Inspired Challenge..
- 12 February 2013 at 14:55
- Monika Reeck said...
may I tell you dear...tooooo cuuuuteeee....luv that cute animal under your card...cute cute
- 12 February 2013 at 22:34
- Kanan Pandya said...
Like the CAS card, Lai-Yoke. That monster is so cute. :-)
- 13 February 2013 at 21:10
- Kim S said...
I love just the simple black and red colors - that charming little guy at the bottom makes it so much fun! Thanks for joining us at The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired Challenge.
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"Her Painful Picture Not a Listless Lecture"
Her Painful Picture Not
a Listless Lecture
A New American Sonnet
for Someone I Cannot Forget
Chary Cherry, ever wary
of the daily dic-tion-ar-y,
sent to me her painful picture:
not fictitious listless lecture
or contrived, derived conjecture,
but her soul's own native suture
for my fragile compound fracture,
giving brave new brilliant juncture
to renew my sail-boat structure.
Thank you, willful, skillful Nature,
for this female sky-sail creature
searching with her poignant picture
new horizons to enrich her,
now become for me . . . a lasting casting fixture
in the fantasy . . . of my own glory story's future.
Max Havlick
Monday, December 16, 2013
Copyright 2013 by the Max Havlick School (of Personal Creation and World Citizenship), Villa Park, Illinois, 60181-1938, all rights reserved, "valuing and honoring each person's life as if it were a priceless work of art."
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Step 1
Boil potatoes in salted water for 10 min. Add broccoli and continue to cook until tender, 2-5 min. Drain and return to pan. Add 3 tbsp butter.
Step 2
Cook onion in a skillet with oil and remaining butter until soft, 3-4 min. Stir into potato mixture along with Chobani, ricotta, dill, red pepper and 2 tsp salt.
Step 3
Transfer to baking dish and bake at 375°F for 10 min. Sprinkle cheddar cheese over top, return to oven and cook until melted, 5-10 min.


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Hugging A Great Dane… Isn't Easy! LOLFamilyPet
Why is it that the bigger the dog, the more they want to sit in your lap or be held? Lol, it's like they don't even realize how big they are OR they want to be small and fit in your lap so they attempt it.
This Great Dane; yes that's right, one of the largest dog breeds there is happens to be one of those dogs. This Great Dane LOVES warm hugs and being held, regardless of his immense size. So watch this video to see the trials and tribulations of hugging such a large, although adorable animal!
Source: It's not easy to hug a Great Dane! by kinga on Rumble


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[17:56] Shadowcaller: Where were we?
[17:57] Shadowcaller: We was heading toward Gallion…
[17:58] Happy: Just leaving camp.
[17:58] Happy: Simone wants to walk, but Hope won't let her.
[17:58] Happy: "I not want be carried like a baby!"
[17:59] Happy: "You aren't being carried like a baby, you're being carried like an invalid. And if it makes you feel better, I've carried Aegnor and Cessie at different times when they were injured."
[18:00] Shadowcaller: "That feel like years ago now…"
[18:01] Happy: Simone finally, grudgingly, agrees to be carried. She weighs so little that she's barely a hindrance at all.
[18:01] Shadowcaller: "We need to disscuss that Arik said too… I can't speak with him now, but I don't think he was lying about it."
[18:02] Happy: "About the gate being in danger?"
[18:02] Shadowcaller: "Yeah, it did sound serious."
[18:03] Shadowcaller: "Maybe we should just talk with Zubera and Helena about it?"
[18:04] Shadowcaller: "They ought to know something about it at least."
[18:04] Happy: "Helia say… something happening to change the world. And that the time of gods is ending."
[18:05] Shadowcaller: "Helia?"
[18:05] Happy: "Yes. After Helios left, she speak to me and lead me to the blue book."
[18:06] Shadowcaller: "Who is Helia exactly? And time of gods ending?"
[18:08] Happy: "You not know? Helios not the first god of knowledge. He have been others before. One was an elf. One was a wolfen. And one was a woman name Helia."
[18:09] Happy: "Others are gone now, but they live as memories in his mind. And they argue with him. Helia act like she like me. But I know better. I not trust her either."
[18:10] Shadowcaller: "Wow… he revealed a lot to you didn't he?"
[18:10] Shadowcaller: "End of gods… that sounds like some type of profetcy."
[18:10] Happy: /Why you tell me more than you ever tell Miss Cessie?/
[18:11] Shadowcaller: /Beacuse you needed to know, for the moment./
[18:12] Happy: /What happening to the gate?/
[18:12] Shadowcaller: /Its closing, its meant to be./
[18:13] Happy: /Why? What will happen to the spirits? And to Mr Aegnor and Mr Promise?/
[18:14] Shadowcaller: /The spirits… all spirits outside the gate will be driven insane. It will be the end of the world as you know it./
[18:14] Happy: /No…. /
[18:15] Happy: She changes focus /Myubi!/
[18:15] Happy: "He say the gate is closing… that all spirits outside the gate will be driven insane!"
[18:15] Shadowcaller: /You can't change this Simone, no one can./
[18:16] Happy: She ignores him, trying to contact Myubi.
[18:16] Shadowcaller: /Simone?/
[18:16] Happy: /Where are you? Are you inside the gate, or outside?/
[18:17] Shadowcaller: /I am here Simone, in your world./
[18:18] Shadowcaller: "What? What is going on Simone? What is he saying?"
[18:19] Happy: /Go back! Helios say the gate is closing! You be in danger!/
[18:19] Happy: "He says the gate is meant to be closing, and that it will be the end of the world as we know it."
[18:20] Shadowcaller: "What? Is she…?"
[18:20] Happy: /Please, Myubi, I don't want you hurt. /
[18:21] Shadowcaller: "Simone, try to calm down, you are not making much sense."
[18:21] Happy: "I telling you what Helios telling me!"
[18:21] Shadowcaller: /Simone… Helios? A risen one?/
[18:22] Happy: /Yes. Very smart risen one. He evil, but he know very much./
[18:22] Shadowcaller: /I'm not… are you sure about this? Is he tricking you?/
[18:23] Happy: /Maybe he be tricking me, but still you should go home. Be safe. What if you trapped in this world forever?/
[18:24] Shadowcaller: /…okay, but just beacuse I trust you Simone. I like this world./
[18:25] Happy: /If he being wrong, then you come back, okay?/
[18:26] Shadowcaller: /I will, should I go now?/
[18:27] Happy: /I love you./ She blinks back tears. /If the gate closes, I never talk to you again…/
[18:28] Shadowcaller: /Simon I-/
[18:29] Shadowcaller: "Helios is telling you this?…"
[18:29] Happy: "Yes. I hope he lying…"
[18:37] Shadowcaller: "I'm not sure, Helios is claiming that the gate between the worlds are closing? That this somehow will end all the gods?"
[18:39] Shadowcaller: /Simone, I will make sure I'm safe, I will return once you wish… I hope I will hear your call./
[18:40] Happy: "That what he say."
[18:40] Happy: /Goodbye…. / *very sad mental voice*
[18:41] Shadowcaller: /Farwell, we will met again Simone, don't despair, you can do without me a few days right? You have done so before./
[18:41] Shadowcaller: "This… if all this is true… why do all these things happen to us?"
[18:42] Happy: Simone just scowls. /Why this happening? Why can't we stop it? And what will happen to Mr Aegnor and Mr Promise?/
[18:44] Shadowcaller: /Its the mortals fault, as it always is. Do you know why I am telling you all this?/
[18:44] Happy: /Because you want something from us, of course/
[18:47] Shadowcaller: /Ahh, you have learned. Well, I would not tell this to the other gods if I were you. It would have terrible consequences./
[18:47] Happy: /I decide that./
[18:48] Shadowcaller: /You decide that Simone? I doubt that, in fact, *I* decide that. I'm just giving you a warning you see?/
[18:49] Happy: /So you are the one doing it?/
[18:49] Shadowcaller: /What? Do you think I'm insane? The mortals are doing it, I'm just not stopping it./
[18:50] Shadowcaller: /I have as a rule to not manifest./
[18:50] Happy: /So what do you decide? What terrible consequences happen if gods are told?/
[18:51] Shadowcaller: /See here, the only reason I tell you this is that we have a bond, a deal./
[18:52] Shadowcaller: /But now I'm also telling you that the knowledge I'm giving you should not be told to other ears then ours, and maybe your party members./
[18:53] Happy: "Helios say I can tell you but that he not want other gods to know."
[18:53] Happy: /Why no one else? You think they might stop it?/
[18:54] Shadowcaller: /I doubt they would understand, ignorant fools all of them really… They do not understand the power of the gate./
[18:54] Happy: /Then tell me./
[18:56] Shadowcaller: /Why… very well, since you ask so nicely and beacuse we have a deal right?/
[18:56] Shadowcaller: /Helia bounded you to me the moment she saved you from the shades. She betrayed me in a way…/
[18:57] Happy: /Ah. So she pay you back./ *grinning*
[18:58] Shadowcaller: /Foolish woman, you have no idea what she did to save you have you? This is not some joke. You are a part of me know you see? You have been choosen, just beacuse she didn't want you to die there./
[18:59] Happy: /… What?!/
[19:00] Shadowcaller: /Yes, emotions can do that kind of stuff. Rash and unexplainable, but thats the way it is right now little one./
[19:28] Shadowcaller: Cessie notices that Simone is still speaking to someone and do not disturb her. But she is quite shocked by now.
[20:30] Happy: Simone is silent for a while, absorbing what Helios just said.
[20:30] Happy: /I am bound to you? /
[20:31] Shadowcaller: /In a way yes, as much as I'm bound to you./
[20:32] Happy: /I need to understand this./ No more taunting or accusing. Simone is in serious mode now.
[20:33] Shadowcaller: /I guess I need to make you understand? Let me attempt to make this as clear as possible…./
[20:35] Shadowcaller: /You are now a part of my divine essence. Like… the other memories, but real. Sort of a servant in a way./
[20:38] Shadowcaller: /This of course makes it a very bad idea to not coperate with me right now. I'm not limited by the circle when it comes to you…/
[20:39] Happy: /Show me/
[20:39] Shadowcaller: /Show you what?/
[20:39] Happy: /That you aren't limited to the circle. I'm not supposed to trust you, so I need evidence./
[20:40] Shadowcaller: /Exactly, how am I supposed to prove that then? Lit your hair on fire?/
[20:43] Happy: /Perhaps something a little less drastic? Put something in my hand./
[20:43] Shadowcaller: /No, I can't effect things outside your body./
[20:47] Happy: /Then warm my hand. Without burning it./
[20:47] Shadowcaller: /Very well…/
[20:47] Shadowcaller: Simone feels her warm get a bit warmer
[20:49] Happy: /Okay./ She's clearly in all-business mode now. /You can hurt me if you want, but you can't kill me, can you?/
[20:49] Shadowcaller: /No, why would I want to kill you anyway? As you are a part of me now, that would be like killing a part of myself./
[20:51] Happy: /Right. And what happens to this bond after the gate is closed?/
[20:51] Shadowcaller: /Nothing really, or well. You might feel some pain…/
[20:53] Shadowcaller: /But nothing else./
[20:53] Happy: /Will we still be able to talk?/
[20:53] Shadowcaller: /We won't./
[20:54] Happy: /And will it be permanent, this bond?/
[20:55] Shadowcaller: /Yes, unless you die of course./
[20:55] Shadowcaller: /Then you will be a servant or something I guess./
[20:56] Happy: /And the gate closing? Is that permanent too?/
[20:57] Shadowcaller: /No, it can be reopen again of course./
[20:59] Happy: /Good. This bond is no use to me if we can't talk. Why do you mean to allow it to close?/
[21:00] Shadowcaller: /I'm not exactly allowing it to close, I just don't want to influence the world./
[21:01] Happy: /What is in the book that Helia gave me?/
[21:02] Shadowcaller: /Its a toa book, it contains basically all her knowledge./
[21:02] Happy: /Is it dangerous?/
[21:03] Shadowcaller: /She gave that to her worshippers when she was the goddess…/
[21:03] Shadowcaller: /No, of course not./
[21:03] Shadowcaller: /It speaks, thats all./
[21:07] Happy: "We needing to talk." she says aloud.
[21:07] Shadowcaller: "What?"
[21:07] Shadowcaller: "You really need to explain this with better detail…"
[21:07] Shadowcaller: *detail
[21:12] Shadowcaller: "What exactly have happend?"
[21:26] Happy: Simone takes out the book. "When I see Helios last night, he take the Deep Realms book and leave. Then Helia protect me, give me this book, and send me home."
[21:27] Happy: "Now Helios say that make a bond between us."
[21:28] Shadowcaller: "A bond? This is all coming very fast Simone."
[21:29] Happy: "I think maybe Helia did it to save my life."
[21:30] Shadowcaller: "So this about the end of gods… if the gate closes, the gods dissapear?"
[21:31] Happy: "They not gone. They just sealed off from us."
[21:31] Shadowcaller: "And Helia, one of Helios "personalities" saved you by binding him to him?"
[21:32] Happy: "Yes. There were shapes in the darkness, with red eyes. She saying they would kill me."
[21:32] Shadowcaller: "Helios let you fight shapes of darkness?"
[21:33] Happy: "He left me. I was alone."
[21:33] Happy: /You wanted me to die?/
[21:34] Shadowcaller: /No, of course not. You tespassed inot the library, the shades mearly reacted to your presence there./
[21:34] Happy: /But I was in the library because you took me there/
[21:35] Happy: "Shades. They guard the library."
[21:35] Shadowcaller: /Well, you went to deep into if, if you just had stayed hwere I hed left you off…/
[21:35] Shadowcaller: *had
[21:37] Happy: /Then I would have died of cold, Miss Hope says./
[21:38] Happy: "He says he won't try to stop the gate from closing. But that it could be opened again."
[21:39] Shadowcaller: /Don't you think I knew that you were cold? You weren't going to die of that Simone, I would not allowe it./
[21:39] Happy: /Why didn't you send me home? You wanted me left in the library, for some reason./
[21:42] Shadowcaller: /Well… if you had stayed there, you would have been sent home. But instead you went away from the safe zone./
[21:43] Happy: /Never mind. That's done. Let's talk about the gate./
[21:43] Shadowcaller: /What do you wish to knpw?/
[21:43] Shadowcaller: *know
[21:44] Happy: "Cessie, what do we need to know about the gate?"
[21:46] Shadowcaller: Cessie don't look very comfortable with having this disscussion while they are walking, and Simone is carried by Hope. "Defenses perhaps? I'm not reallt sure whats going on or why anyone would want to close the gate. Whatever is going on there is the work of wizards, but why they are doing it…"
[21:51] Happy: "We need to stop. Hope, put me down."
[21:51] Happy: Hope puts her down.
[21:51] Happy: "And I thinking we need Arik here too." Simone says.
[21:52] Shadowcaller: "No idea where he can be, I try to talk with him…"
[21:53] Shadowcaller: She goes silent for a few moments.
[21:53] Shadowcaller: "He's coming."
[21:55] Shadowcaller: Arik soon arrives, he is very quiet thought, not even greeting them
[21:56] Happy: "Cessie tell you what Helia did?"
[21:57] Shadowcaller: "She told me enough, I already know of the gate thought, I had no idea that it had effect on the gods thought…/
[21:58] Happy: "I not know what questions to ask Helios."
[21:59] Shadowcaller: "It appears that this is even more important than I orginally thought."
[22:01] Shadowcaller: "Ask him of its defenses, I know that in 2 weeks a aemt will arrrive at that location…"
[22:02] Happy: (aemt?)
[22:02] Shadowcaller: *army
[22:02] Happy: /What defenses do the gate have?/
[22:03] Shadowcaller: /I can't sadly say I know everything of the mortals at the gate…/
[22:04] Shadowcaller: /There are a unkown number of soldiers and a few wizards at it./
[22:04] Happy: "Soldiers and a few wizards."
[22:04] Happy: /Who is trying to close it? And why?/
[22:05] Shadowcaller: /And a man calling himself "Alegia", I am not sure why they want to close it, but I think it have something to do with their emperor./
[22:06] Shadowcaller: /In a number of days an army will arrive at the gate thought. But you can delay that./
[22:06] Happy: "A man called "Alegia". Helios think they closing it because of the emperor."
[22:06] Happy: /How?/
[22:07] Shadowcaller: Both Cessie and Arik reacts to this "Are you SURE he said Alegia?" Arik asks.
[22:07] Happy: "Yes"
[22:08] Shadowcaller: /There are two bridges between the gate and the city they are going, if they would somehow… break, they would either need to fix them which would take months. Or go around./
[22:08] Shadowcaller: "By Helios… how did HE get here?"
[22:08] Happy: "If we can cut the bridges, we can slow the army."
[22:08] Happy: "Who is Alegia?"
[22:09] Shadowcaller: "A sick bastard, a wizard hunter."
[22:10] Shadowcaller: "He was a witchar until he was seen unfit for duty."
[22:11] Shadowcaller: "I have no idea how he got here thought…"
[22:11] Happy: "What is a witchar?"
[22:12] Shadowcaller: "Witchars is a part of the Hestopian rule system, they keep the wizards in their place."
[22:12] Shadowcaller: "Humans that take a lot of drugs, mutates themself and other things to be able to fight opponents with magic."
[22:13] Shadowcaller: "They are resistant to magic and uses a large number of magical items to improve their strenght."
[22:16] Happy: "Are they still vulnerable to a blade?" Hope asks.
[22:16] Shadowcaller: "Yes, but they are damnable fast…"
[22:18] Happy: "I ask Helios what happen to Aegnor and Promise if gate closes,b ut he has not said."
[22:18] Shadowcaller: "Ask him again then."
[22:18] Shadowcaller: (Cessie.)
[22:19] Happy: /What happen to Aegnor and Promise if the gate close before they back?/
[22:19] Shadowcaller: /They will be left there until it opens again./
[22:19] Happy: "They will be left there until it opens again." Simone repeats slowly.
[22:20] Shadowcaller: Cessie don't respond
[22:20] Happy: (Where is Michicora? Just nearby being silent?)
[22:21] Shadowcaller: (yeah.)
[22:26] Shadowcaller: Arik: "Well, lets hope they come back before that?"
[22:26] Shadowcaller: /Oh, there are a number of spirits trying to disturb the gate closing…/
[22:26] Happy: "We have to stop it," Hope says, clutching her cloak.
[22:26] Happy: /But you don't think they will succeed?/
[22:27] Shadowcaller: /I don't./
[22:27] Shadowcaller: /I belive you are familiar with these spirits actually…/
[22:30] Happy: /Who are they? Iname?/
[22:31] Shadowcaller: /Not exactly…/
[22:31] Shadowcaller: /Iname is not aware of this./
[22:36] Shadowcaller: /A Tengu, Yuki-jiro and a Tanuki./
[22:43] Happy: "There are spirits trying to disturb the gate closing. Tengu, Yuki-joro, and Tanuki."
[22:43] Happy: /The ice-whore/
[22:46] Shadowcaller: /Yes, she is called something like that, most likely by her victims friends and lovers./
[22:46] Happy: /She murdered Ai./
[22:46] Happy: Hope mutters "Yuki-joro"
[22:47] Shadowcaller: "…what are we going to do with them?"
[22:48] Happy: "Arik, you having necromancy book now. Can you stop gate closing with it?"
[22:49] Shadowcaller: Arik: "Sadly, I have no idea how to close the gate, and I doubt you can read that in a book either. Since it have just benn discovered actually."
[22:50] Shadowcaller: *been
[22:50] Happy: "Then why you in such hurry last night?"
[22:51] Shadowcaller: "The book can help us enter kyou, kill the guards watching it. We need to speak with Jopo…"
[22:53] Shadowcaller: "He is the one who knows how to manipulate it."
[22:53] Happy: "Why we not just go invisible and fly over wall?"
[22:54] Shadowcaller: "Its wizards there! Don't you think they have placed some kind of protection over it?"
[22:54] Happy: "Over a whole city?" O.o
[22:56] Shadowcaller: "Well, as soon as we enter the city invisible or flying they will be able to sense it. The amount of magic produced by such spells are easily detected and I'm not good at suble spells."
[23:07] Happy: "Arik, can you please start from beginning and tell us everything you know?"
[23:07] Shadowcaller: "Oh well, if you are ready to listen, then I'm ready to tell."
[23:09] Happy: Simone listens closely. She seems to have either forgiven Arik or put it out of her mind for the moment.
[23:09] Shadowcaller: "In my meetings with Jopo, he told me that he had made a amazing discovery. The very reason he came to Kyou actually."
[23:09] Shadowcaller: "He had discovered a way of manipulating the gates energies."
[23:12] Shadowcaller: "In ages the houses have keept the peace in all countries by having a equal number of wizards in them."
[23:13] Shadowcaller: "That way, if one country attacks another with magic, the wizards in the other country can strike back with equal power."
[23:15] Shadowcaller: "No one dare start such a war, since it easily could devaste both counttries."
[23:17] Happy: Simone nods, listening.
[23:19] Shadowcaller: "But with the gate… you can channel a endless amount of arcane energy from the spirit realm."
[23:19] Happy: "And Jopo wanted to do this."
[23:19] Happy: /simone
[23:20] Shadowcaller: "Yes, he did. Which would disturb the balance that have existed for centuries."
[23:21] Happy: "So then what happen?"
[23:21] Shadowcaller: "Well… he got discovered as he had sent some reserch reports to some other wizard."
[23:22] Shadowcaller: *research
[23:22] Shadowcaller: "So, to prevent this unbalance from ever happening they are sealing it."
[23:22] Shadowcaller: "They have no idea whats going to happend…"
[23:27] Happy: "So this Jopo's fault."
[23:27] Happy: (Simone is the one doing all the talking unless I say otherwise)
[23:28] Shadowcaller: "In a way yes."
[23:30] Shadowcaller: "But it dosen't matter who's "fault" it is… when they discovered Jopo they sent a task force to stop him and then they suddenly decided to close the gate too."
[23:31] Happy: "And that why they try to arrest us."
[23:32] Shadowcaller: "Yes, I think they a bit bothered by you killing some of their guards now…"
[23:32] Happy: (We killed them?)
[23:32] Shadowcaller: (You killed at least one guard right?)
[23:33] Shadowcaller: (The one Michicora hit in the throat.)
[23:33] Happy: (I don't remember that any of them died, but I could be wrong. Michi probably did)
[23:33] Shadowcaller: (She killed one, so yeah. You tried to kill them anyway.)
[23:34] Shadowcaller: "So, we need to stop them. It as simple as that."
[23:34] Shadowcaller: *its as
[23:34] Happy: "What is your plan?"
[23:36] Shadowcaller: "I will learn all the spells in this book, then I will learn them to Cessie too. You melee… warriors take care of Alegia and we kill and raise the guards as undead."
[23:36] Happy: "What? No!" Hope says, horrified.
[23:36] Shadowcaller: Cessie also looks a bit doubtful about this idea
[23:37] Shadowcaller: "Its the only way, we can't match their man power."
[23:37] Happy: "Helios say we can cut bridges to stop army."
[23:37] Shadowcaller: "Yes, thats a very good idea, but its still a smaller army in the city."
[23:38] Shadowcaller: "If the real army reaches Kyou its impossible."
[23:38] Happy: "But we still not know how to stop the gate itself."
[23:38] Shadowcaller: "Jopo is there somewhere, they still need him to close it."
[23:39] Happy: "So we kill Jopo," Simone says.
[23:39] Shadowcaller: "No! We need him to unclose it."
[23:39] Shadowcaller: "To open it." Arik corrects himself
[23:40] Happy: "Which is it? They need him or we need him? Or both?"
[23:40] Shadowcaller: "Both."
[23:44] Happy: "I think I need to read this book," Simone says.
[23:45] Shadowcaller: "Do that if you wish…"
[23:52] Happy: Simone opens the book.
[00:30] Shadowcaller: The pages inside the book are blank strangely enough but then she hears a emotion-less voice "Greetings Mistress."
[00:30] Shadowcaller: "What do you wish to know?"
[00:31] Happy: "I wanting to know how to keep the spirit gate open"
[00:33] Shadowcaller: "The spirit gate or Kyou is a meta-magical phenomena belived to be a way into the spirit world."
[00:34] Shadowcaller: "Spirits can manifest more easily near the gate, but they are not actually stronger here."
[00:34] Shadowcaller: "The connection between the spirit world and the mortal world is just stronger near the gate."
[00:37] Shadowcaller: "The "gate" is always open, the spirit energies can not be manipulated by any known means."
[00:38] Happy: "Hmph. So Jopo know something this book do not."
[00:40] Shadowcaller: Cessie: "Well, I don't know with you, but this… do you seriously think we could do this?"
[00:44] Happy: "Cessie, we *have* to," Hope says. "If the gate closes before they get back…"
[00:44] Shadowcaller: "Well, we need to get more help, we can't do this just the five of use."
[00:45] Shadowcaller: "I mean, how many guards can you and Michicora take down while… I can't see myself against real wziards."
[00:46] Happy: "You can't really mean to use… undead…"
[00:47] Shadowcaller: "I'm…" Arik Interupts her "I do not see any way we can do this without the undead, but I'm willing to accept suggestions. There is much more to necromancy then creating undead after all."
[00:53] Shadowcaller: Arik: "So, got any other ideas?"
[00:53] Shadowcaller: Cessie looks doubtful at Arik, she looks very unsure.
[03:14] Shadowcaller: Hmm… I wish Murska was here so he could tell me how Aegnors death scene would be like…
[03:15] Happy: badass, of course
[03:15] Shadowcaller: Well, I have a idea how it would be
[03:15] Shadowcaller: Quite dark >.>
[03:15] Happy: oooh
[03:16] Shadowcaller: "Exhuse me a moment while I catch you breath."
[03:16] Shadowcaller: "What was that speaker? No clever responses? No logical arguments? maybe you need to lay down a moment?"
[03:17] Shadowcaller: "Do you think your death will break hearth? DO you think she want to die when she find your body speaker?"
[03:17] Shadowcaller: "I think so, the magic bitch will cry, oh she will cry…"
[03:18] Shadowcaller: "Not that you can do anything about it."
[03:19] Shadowcaller: "Bye speaker…"
[03:19] Shadowcaller: Something like that
[03:19] Shadowcaller: All this while Aegnor slowly chockes to death
[03:21] Shadowcaller: Any other ideas? I know Yuki's responses quite well…
[03:21] Happy: I like it
[03:21] Happy: and maybe taunt him a bit about how Cessie will suffer when it's her turn :)
[03:21] Shadowcaller: Yeah, she likes to do that


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29th Annual Duncan Seminar - Cerebral Palsy Today and Tomorrow: Updates in Evaluation and TreatmentFriday, March 28, 2008
Location: Seattle, WA
The management of cerebral palsy has been part of our practices for many years. Exciting changes are occurring in the field. This one-day conference will update practitioners with new research, new therapies and new approaches to maximizing a child's participation and improving their quality of life. Workshops will provide clinicians with practical information to incorporate into practice.
This conference is intended for physicians, nurses, OTs, PTs, SLPs, nutritionists, educators, parents, social workers and other healthcare professionals caring for children with special needs. CME Category 1, CEARP accreditation and Clock Hours will be provided.
Participants will be able to:
- Gain an understanding of the importance of parent/self observations in the evaluation and treatment of the infant/child/young adult with cerebral palsy.
- Be knowledgeable about the evidence supporting the promotion of activity in persons with cerebral palsy in contrast to previous approaches that restricted activity so as not to exacerbate spasticity or impair movement quality.
- Describe physical activity measurement related to capability and performance physical activity in daily life.
- List three ways to locate an adult care provider.
- Learn about various medical and surgical interventions for the management of spasticity.
- Understand the principles and benefits of constraint induced therapy (CIT) in pediatrics.
- Understand the importance of distinguishing dystonia from spasticity.
- Understand the basic principles and specific techniques of assessing and strengthening muscles in persons with cerebral palsy.
View the conference brochure (PDF 518KB).
For more information, please call Marianne Gonterman at (206) 987-5318.


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Anna-louise Simpson
this woman is like my second mother
Horrible, no ability to communicate with students
Sometimes she struggles for answers and gets frustrated during class easily
Her knowledge of the subject is very average. I think sometimes she struggles to find a good answer or she is not explaining herself properly
Doesn't have the passion for teaching
Very Helpful, and puts up with a lot. Really cares about our learning.
Average at best, we probably destroyed her self-worth and love for teaching. It made me write 100 words
Ummm. So, so full of herself. But wow she does now her stuff and makes you work really hard.
Awesome teacher. Very knowledgable, very articulate, and very interesting to talk to. One of my favourite teachers in the school. For the record; I'm a male, and unlike some others I don't believe that she's a feminist, nor a male-hater. She's just very down-to-earth and a lot of guys have a problem with that.
I think that Miss Simpson is an awesome teacher. I wish that there were more like her in our college. I honestly don't believe that she displays any bias towards the female students. That is just how
We r Haileybury College,a boyz skool.We cant have extreme feminists teaching us!!!!Other dan being cold, a gud teacher. Very gud looking :)
Really top teacher for both boys and girls. Cops flack from certain guys but it is simply them that is missing out. She shouldnt have to go down to their level of immaturity.
Miss simpson is far from cold as ice boys... open your eyes!!! seriously carrying on about her being a 'male hater'... get over it!She is a great teacher with possibly the best fashion at school!
Pity I'm a guy. Knows her stuff but god - enough of the male bashing please.
miss simpson is the best teacher...luv goin 2 her class
miss simpson is the greatedt teacher to have ever taught at any school. she really is the best of the best.


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Lois Walden will be sharing her reflections on the spirituality of humor at a dinner for women Thursday, May 3, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the parish center, St. Ann Catholic Church, 1525 Oak Hill Ave.
A registered nurse, Walden will speak on the topic, "A Time to Laugh," mixing food, learning, and laughter.
With more than 20 years experience in the fields of nursing, nutrition, fitness and education, Walden will address the issue of humor and health in a woman's spirituality.
To register for the $10 event, call 301-733-0410, ext. 11.


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Eat 24 Super Bowl 2015 Commercial: Snoop Dogg Lists Off Signs of Being Hangry - Watch Now!
Are you hangry? Snoop Dogg wants to know in this new 2015 Super Bowl commercial for Eat 24.
The 43-year-old rapper appears alongside comedian Gilbert Gottfried as he tries to help him tackle the super serious symptoms of being hangry (hungry + angry).
"Know the signs. Uncontrollable yelling. Hallucinations. Pants discomfort. Hangry. It can happen to anyone," Snoop says.
The food-ordering app apparently "tells hunger to shut up." Watch the complete commercial below!
WHAT DO YOU THINK of the Eat 24 commercial for the 2015 Super Bowl?
Eat 24 Super Bowl 2015 Commercial


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Island style: Casual surf lifestyle brand Hawaiian Island Creations (HIC) is holding a sample sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Estancia High School, 2323 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa. Get up to 65% off men's shirts, hoodies, board shorts and other products. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Estancia basketball team.
Harper's (online) bazaar: Erica Thomas, who has founded local boutiques like Erica Dee and Harper's, has launched a new online store. The bricks-and-mortar store is at 2610 E. Coast Hwy., Corona del Mar. Information: shopharpers.com.
Party on: A new Party City retail store has opened at 200 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. The store is open from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday; 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Information: http://www.partycity.com.


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I woke up Saturday morning from a fitful sleep.
I should have slept soundly, but my body and mind hadn't yet absorbed a new reality: My beloved St. Louis Cardinals, an imperfect but tenacious bunch who embodied the spirit of team play, overcame a Mt. Everest of adversity in the 2011 season and won it all.
By winning Game 7 of the World Series, they engraved another notch in their record as the National League's most successful franchise and the sport's second most successful one behind the New York Yankees since World Series play began in 1903.
Yet overnight, as Oct. 28 turned into Oct. 29, two questions kept gnawing away in my slumbering consciousness: Did they win or lose? And who would they have to play next?
Over the course of two months, those questions had developed from habit into a psychological reflex. For about eight weeks, in a state of yo-yo-like neurosis, I had been swinging from agony to ecstasy to agony and back to ecstasy.


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Watch phone...
I like a timepiece. Any recessive OCD impulses that may be hiding in my DNA are satiated by these tiny, precision techno-universes that hug your wrist. People often say that watches are a thing of the past, that every cellphone has one... Why do you need one? (In fact, I don't own one. But I would if the right one were out there...)
Here's the thing. I say turn it around. Why don't watches have cellphones in them? Surely it can be done. I have some good design ideas if anyone's interested.
Oops... Just Googled this. They exist. But they're consistently ugly and enormous. Watchmakers, let's talk.
Bonus image: The watch that they used in 2001: A Space Odyssey.


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Read the text below.
Match choices (A-H) to (1-5).There are three choices you do i not need to use. Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Prison Life
When someone is put in prison they have at least one interview and assessment to make sure they understand prison rules and procedures, know what their rights are, get the right healthcare, are told of courses available. The prisoner gets a prison number and their property is recorded and put somewhere safe until they're released. Prisoners are also given a security category based on how likely they are to try to escape or their risk of causing harm to other prisoners and prison staff.
Prisoners who follow rules can earn privileges. This is called the 'lncentives and Earned Privileges Scheme'. A prisoner may be able to get more visits from family or friends and may be allowed to spend more money each week. Prisoners who break prison rules are normally punished. They can be kept in their cell for up to 21 days, can be given up to 42 extra days in prison on top of their original sentence or the prison can take away some privileges - removing a TV from a cell.
Prisoners get the same healthcare as anyone outside prison. Treatment is free but has to be approved by a prison doctor or member of the healthcare team. Prisons don't have hospitals, but many have in-patient beds. In some cases, the prison can get specialist support if prisoners have drug or alcohol problems, have HIV or AIDS, are disabled or have a learning difficulty. The healthcare team can ask the prisoner's family doctor for their records, but only if the prisoner agrees to it.
Staff are trained to spot prisoners at risk of bullying, suicide or self-harm. Prisoners may get their own case manager who will make sure they are asked about their mental health if they're feeling depressed. Most prisons also launch 'listener schemes' that offer emotional support in confidence - normally from fellow prisoners. Prisoners can be moved to a secure psychiatric hospital for their own safety. This only happens if they meet certain conditions under the Mental Health Act. Once the prisoner gets better, he returns to prison.
Courses are normally available to help prisoners get new skills - learning to read and write, use computers and do basic maths. Most prisoners get an Individual Learning Plan listing courses and training. Most courses lead to qualifications that are recognized by employers outside prison, such as GCSEs or NVQs. Prisoners may be able to do a distance learning course in Open University. Many prisoners get the chance to work in prison workshops while carrying out their sentence. A 'low-risk' prisoner may be allowed to work in the community.
Питання дискваліфіковано фаховою комісією з питань оцінювання
Task 2
"Why law?" It's the question every would-be law student dreads
Why law? That's a question you're going to be asked over and over again if you are starting to think a career in law might be the one for you. You'll be answering it on work placement application forms, during training interviews, at tutor meetings, when applying for courses, at scholarship interviews... the list goes on.
So, if you are at school or college and thinking about a career in law, it's a good idea to start considering how you're going to answer it. And not just because you'd look stupid if you fluffed it. Once you've worked out "why law", you will find you can apply yourself to the process of achieving your goal in a more focused, determined and disciplined manner.
"Come on, the question seems simple enough. What's the fuss?"
When you're filling out application forms, you need to be structured and logical in your answers. A personal question - "why law?" - can feel somehow unexpected and can be very off-putting. It is easy to get into a muddle if you have not thought it through.
The first time I answered this question, I was applying for an apprenticeship and had little legal experience. I wrote: "Law, being a vital component in the successfull integration of people, impresses me with its in-built readiness to change in accordance with society. The long-standing legal system in this country and the relationship between Parliament and the courts provide a dynamic professional environment within which to work".
Although I had worked hard at my answer and showed that I knew a little about the legal system, I had not thought carefully enough about why I personally was intending to pursue a career in law. My answer was not a convincing enough argument and I was unsuccessful as a result.
"Ok! Just tell me what I need to say..."
Many different kinds of people succeed at the law, and the best answer really will depend on your personality.
Consider carefully your own reasons and source of motivation. We may agree with Aristotle that "the law is reason free from passion", yet an answer as to why you might want a career in law is the opposite - it is a rare opportunity to show your passion, so do not be afraid to. It will help you stand out next to someone else, and an interviewer may well remember you by it.
There are some characteristics that your interviewers, tutors and employers will be expecting from you straight away, such as how good you might be with clients, how much commercial awareness you have, and what characteristics you can bring to a role. Work experience helps prove you are competent in these areas, and leaves you with a wealth of examples to talk about on application forms and during interviews.
So, before I leave you to mull over your answer to "why law?", here are three useful tips to improve your chances getting work experience:
I. Write a tailored letter, targeting a specific person in a firm.
2. Try requesting one to two days, not two weeks, as you are more likely to gain shorter placements than longer ones.
3. Make sure you write a thank you letter ~ it is a good way for you to be remembered positively, in case you want to go back.
(Adapted from: https://www. theguardian.com/law/201 4/jan/03/tipsfor-studying-law)
You will be asked why you have chosen law as a career on many occasions EXCEPT while:
Why is it advisable to get prepared for the question "Why law?" well before you are going to answer it?
Why did I fail the enrolment on an apprenticeship?
What will help you make an interviewer remember you?
What characteristics will an employer be expecting from an applicant immediately?
Task 3
Master of Law (LLM) Programs
The LLM program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law offers a flexible and rigorous full-time academic program for Canadian and international law graduates seeking opportunities for advanced study and research. LLM students have gone on to pursue further graduate legal education, entered directly into university teaching positions, or resumed practice with private firms, government agencies and non-governmental organizations.
According to the advertisements at which university or law school _______?
At Columbia Law School students focus on a diverse range of areas like constitutional law, international human rights, law and economics, and legal theory. The LLM programs can be undertaken with a strong emphasis on a thesis or coursework-only. The longer thesis is aimed at law students who have demonstrated a strong potential for advanced research, many of whom desire a career in legal academia.
Essex Law School offers LLM programs that allow students to earn their degrees remotely. The Faculty covers concentrations in the area of Business Law, Criminal Law, Legal Theory and Health Law, Ethics and Policy within the LLM degree program. Entry into these concentrations is on a competitive basis. These programs are perfect for students who can't afford to take a year off.
George Washington University does not encourage candidates to contact potential faculty supervisors before applying. The coursework-only format is designed for international law students who wish to specialize in a specific area of law, particularly in one of the Faculty of Law's several strengths, to develop an understanding of the US and North American legal processes and laws, or to explore the common law at an advanced level.
Victoria University's Faculty of Law offers a general LLM with coursework, covering subjects including intellectual property law, business, human rights and the environment, and law reform and policy, a key subject area in the nations' capital. The school attracts a lot of LLM applicants from outside the country. One of the things that attracts people is our internship option, which is not so common in LLM programs.
The philosophy of the LLM program is to offer our students a broad platform to design their own course of study within parameters set by Harvard Law School faculty. Within this framework, LLM students have enormous latitude in planning their year. Interested faculty and special student advisers work hard throughout the year to help students to identify and refine their study objectives.
Task 4
Too Many Prisoners, Too Few Staff - Why Our Prisons Are in Crisis
Our prisons are in crisis - violence, self-harm and deaths in custody are at all-time high, prison capacity is stretched way beyond its limits and far too few prison officers struggle (17) _______. Against this backdrop, the Government has published its long-awaited Prisons and Courts Bill. They now accept (18) _______; they must be places of education, rehabilitation and reform.
The last three decades have seen numbers in England and Wales rising more sharply than ever, almost doubling to today's level of about 85,000. The latest figures again show (19) _______ in Western Europe. Prisons are massively overcrowded, while chronic staff shortages mean staff cannot even ensure safety.
We need to take a hard look at sentencing policy. The increased use of minimum sentences has tied judges' hands, (20) _______ and discretion to adopt alternatives to prison where appropriate.
Unless the Government gets prisoner numbers down and devotes the resources necessary (21) _______, building a renewed prison estate and providing effective education, training and other purposeful activity in every prison, all they will be doing is (22) _______ to staunch gaping wounds.
(Adapted from: http://www.hufi'ingtonpost. co.uk/lord-marks/uk-prison_b_1 542443 8. http://utm_hp_ref=uk-crime)
Unless the Government gets prisoner numbers down and devotes the resources necessary (21)_______, building a renewed prison estate and providing effective education, training and other purposeful activity in every prison, all they will be doing is (22) _______ to staunch gaping wounds.
Task 5
Wiltshire Police Issue Warnings
About Teens Using Prescription Drug Xanax
Police have issued (23) ______ about a prescription drug "as addictive as heroin" after 20 teenagers in the same city were left needing medical treatment.
Wiltshire Police (24) ______ parents to talk to their children about the dangers of taking drugs not prescribed to them after they (25) ______ teens in Salisbury were "deliberately risking their health" by taking Xanax.
A 15-year-old has since been arrested on suspicion of supplying the Class C drug. He was taken into (26) ______ for questioning before being released under (27) ______.
All of the teenagers affected by the drug in Salisbury - thought to be aged between 15 and 16 and from several local schools - have now (28) ______.
Inspector Pete Sparrow said the (29) ______ have left police "concerned".
"It is being sold through (30) ______ sources at very low prices, making this attractive to young impressionable children," he said.
"As a parent myself, I think it is my duty to talk to my children on this subject and
(31) ______ them to the risks and consequences."
Wiltshire Council has advised teens in the area to contact the local drugs and alcohol service
Motiv8 if they have any (32) ______.
(Adapted from: http://www.hujfingtonpostco. uk/entry/wiltshire-police-warnings-teens-prescription-drug-xanax_uk_591 Ze9e5e4bo5obdca608d92? utm_hp_ref= uk-crime)
Task 6
Acid Attack in Pagnell Street, London, Leads
to Three Being Taken to Hospital
Acid was squirted into a van and two people (33) ______ with a hammer after their car was stopped during a robbery in London.
This (34) ______ incident comes after Metropolitan Police statistics show there (35) ______ a sharp rise in acid attacks in the capital, with 1,800 being reported since 2010.
Officers were called to Pagnell Street, in Deptford, on Wednesday (36) ______ after 2pm after the gang pulled in front of their victims, (37) ______ them to stop.
Three people were in the (38) ______ car when a number of suspects squirted a "noxious liquid" into the vehicle.
Police said a bag was also stolen from one of the victims, (39) ______ the assailants made off in the suspect car.
Two men aged 60 and 56 and a (40) ______ woman were taken to hospital for treatment (41) ______ minor injuries, police said.
In 2016, the dangerous substance was used in 454 crimes, compared to 261 the previous year
There have been no arrests made and detectives from Lewisham CID (42) ______.
(Adapted from: http://www. hujfingtonpost. co. uk/entry/acid-attack-pagnelI-street-london-three-being-taken-to-hospital_uk_5 91 5 665136417003 1 e 73 7cbo5 5 ?utm_hp_ref= uk-crime)
(Adapted from: http://www. Hujfingtonpost. Co. uk/entry/acid-attack-pagnelI-street-london-hree-being-taken-to-hospital_uk_5 91 5 665136417003 1 e 73 7cbo5 5 ?utm_hp_ref= uk-crime)
(Adapted from: http://www. hujfingtonpost. co. uk/entry/acid-attack-pagnelI-street-london-three-being-taken-to-hospital_uk_5 91 5 665136417003 1 e 73 7cbo5 5 ?utm_hp_ref= uk-crime
(Adapted from: http://www. hujfingtonpost. co. uk/entry/acid-attack-pagnelI-street-london-three-being-taken-to-hospital_uk_5 91 5 665136417003 1 e 73 7cbo5 5?utm_hp_ref= uk-crime)
Two men aged 60 and 56 and a (40) ______ woman were taken to hospital for treatment (41)______ minor injuries, police said.
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Let Go And Let God
Contributed by Christopher Martin on Jun 21, 2006 (message contributor)
Summary: Sermon preached July 13, 2003 for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost.
There's a story that illustrates what we learn through this morning's gospel reading very well and I struggled with all week to decide how to use it, or even to use it at all, but I decided to use it and tell it in two parts because it seems to really illustrate so well what we're about to hear this morning. The scene is a hospital waiting room. A family is sitting in that waiting room, late at night, waiting for any news on their 17 year old son, who has been injured in an automobile accident. The son is in very critical condition as he is brought into the hospital and is currently undergoing surgery for his life threatening injuries. His family is Christians. As they wait, time seems to stand still, they feel absolutely helpless. They ride the roller coaster of silence and emotional outburst. One moment, the room is so quiet; you could hear a pin drop. The next moment the room is filled with uncontrollable crying, sobbing, and anger. They lash out at the drunk driver that caused this accident, leaving their son fighting for his life. This family is all alone in that hospital waiting room. We will come back to them in a little while.
Storms and severe weather have a way of leaving us in awe, and also fear. I was thinking about that this week, as I was coming home from visiting my grandmother in Winterset on Wednesday evening, and as I was leaving Winterset, the sky which had become dark with clouds suddenly lit up with bolts of lightening. I pulled my car off to the side of the road to watch that powerful lighting display and I was simply amazed at its power and also how hard the rain was coming down and the winds were blowing. Lightening is awesome, and fun to watch, but it can also be deadly and destructive. If you've ever seen lighting strike, you know it's pretty scary. Just as a thunderstorm, ice storm, snowstorm, windstorm, tornado, and any other type of severe weather can be hard to survive and bring fear when we are caught in them, we have stormy times in our lives as well. Our gospel lesson for today describes a brush with death the disciples had at the hands of a mighty storm.
Although the disciples feared they might perish, they received help and deliverance from that storm-and miraculously so. This morning, I'd like for us to take a look at the meaning of this portion of Scripture by considering two questions: How do the storm and the attitude of the disciples relate to our lives? And through this crisis, who did Jesus show himself to be for us?
Jesus had been in a boat by the shore of the Sea of Galilee and had been teaching to a large crowd that had assembled by the shore. As evening comes, Jesus says to the disciples that they should go to the other side of the sea. Our text says they took Jesus just as he was which would lead us to believe that they didn't make any special preparations for the trip across the Sea of Galilee. We can also assume that this meant Jesus was very tired from the day's events, as we read a few verses later he is asleep in the boat. Either way, they probably assumed it would be a short trip across the sea and rather uneventful. The Sea of Galilee is situated in a basin, where cool air from the Mediterranean Sea is drawn down through the narrow mountain passes and that cool air clashes with the hot, humid air that is above the lake, which makes the Sea of Galilee very susceptible to sudden and violent storms. So it's easy to assume that it appeared as is if it was going to be smooth sailing for this trip across the sea. However, once they got out onto the sea, things changed very suddenly. A furious storm comes out of nowhere, and the waves are breaking over the boat and that the boats were nearly swamped. For those of you who are not familiar with the term, when your boat or canoe is swamped, its full of water and about to sink or turn over, which is dangerous of course because the occupants of the boat can get trapped underneath the boat and the water and drown. Needless to say, things were not looking too good for the disciples and Jesus, and the disciples were in a panic, they were scared to death, thinking they might very well die out there on the sea that night. And what's Jesus doing this whole time? Jesus is in the stern of the boat, sleeping on a rower's cushion! Somehow or another, he was able to sleep through this whole storm! He's finally awakened by the disciples who ask him "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?"
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Deborah Holstein has over 15 years in technology marketing leadership roles focused on B2B and B2C SaaS businesses. Currently VP Marketing at Hightail, Deborah has held leadership roles at Yahoo and Cisco as well as launching and growing technology startups including Animoto and Grokker. Skilled in building and leading highly engaged teams, Deborah is an active leadership mentor with Everwise and writes regularly on marketing and leadership topics on Medium, Pulse, MarketingProfs and Business2Community as well as her own blog. She holds an M.B.A from New York University in Marketing and Statistics and a B.S. in business from Georgetown University.
The crushing demand to fuel the content beast is putting an enormous strain on marketing technology tools that can become stalled if the pipeline is suddenly faced with a creative bottleneck. Deborah Holstein, VP, Marketing, Hightail discusses ways to revolutionize the content supply chain
Like the Empire's infamous Death Star, our marketing technology has a single point of failure that puts the entire revolution at risk.
Don't get me wrong. Today's automation and analytics tools have been a boon for marketers and their businesses. Analytics help us better understand our customers, learn the impact of our programs and -- perhaps most importantly -- demonstrate the very real impact marketing has on the business. And now that we can identify literally thousands of unique segments, powerful automation tools allow us to make relevant, highly personalized content available to each and every one of them at just the right time.
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The downside for marketers is they now face a relentless, crushing demand for new content - every week, every day and even every hour. And it's not just blog posts; it's images, web pages, emails, videos, infographics, presentations, e-books and many, many more. All of this creative content is the actual fuel that powers your marketing -- without it, those analytics and automation tools are stalled.
The pressure to deliver a constant flow of high-quality, visually-compelling creative content is only getting more intense with 73% of companies planning to increase the volume of original content they create this year. Even those leaders fortunate enough to add additional agencies and specialized freelancers to an already extended and dispersed content creation team are feeling the strain of keeping everyone on the same page.
Creative bottleneck MarTech's single point of failure
Which gets us to that single point of failure: the creative bottleneck. You know what I mean. Your team's best ideas get stalled because of miscommunications and approval delays. Or worse, powerful creative work is watered down with endless reviews or it leaves the building because you've run out of time rather than because it's great.
75% of marketers admit that they don't have an effective creative development process and the increased demand for content has only put additional strain on an already weak system. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone because in a recent CMO Council research study, CMO's shared that the increasing demand for content "has revealed the cracks in the actual systems and foundations."
Something's gotta give -- and if you don't do something about it, it may be the spirit of your creative team after they've had to sleep on the office couch one too many nights in a row.
It's time to revolutionize the content supply chain
We've all heard that "necessity is the mother of invention" and given the demand for more high quality, personalized content is not likely to diminish, the time seems ripe for marketers to take a fresh, new look at their tired, SSDD approach to content development; and to explore technologies available that support the unique challenges of creative collaboration.
When you want to improve your team's creative process and break the bottleneck preventing you getting the most from your existing MarTech investment, here are three places to start.
1. Unite everyone in a single place
I'm not talking geographically - with multiple office locations, remote contractors, external agencies, and far flung review and approvers getting your entire collaboration team together in one physical room is just never going to happen. However, finding ways for all of the different types of creative assets to be shared, discussed, updated and reviewed in one 'virtual' place will keep your entire team on the same page making the overall collaboration effective - and dare I say more pleasant for you.
2. Make it easy for reviewers
I used to procrastinate reviewing creative work because it involved a lot of tedious typing on my part: first to describe what exactly I was talking about (eg: that shadow above his head at minute 20.15) even before I got to the specifics of my feedback (eg: please remove it). Especially with video - so many hours lost to mind-numbingly typing out timestamps. And don't even get me started when I had to download files before I can even see them - no one has that time and many times, not even the right software.
To speed up review cycles and get the most actionable feedback, make it easy for your reviewers to preview the landing page design, video, ad or image, and to leave their comments in context of the creative work.
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Don't let a program stall inexplicably at the finish line because of unambiguous approvals. Did that smiley emoji mean we're good to go or that she's looking at it now? The last mile can be the most fraught, so having the means to both clearly identify the final approver and a clear audit trail is key.
We all know what happens to the Death Star once the rebel forces get their hands on the plans that reveal its weak point. Don't continue to let your marketing effectiveness be held hostage by the creative bottleneck threatening the effectiveness of your analytics and automation tools. Now's the time to bring hope to your creative team. You can use the force to bring MarTech into a new age.
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GamesRadar writes: "Yesterday we unveiled assorted meaty bits regarding what Mafia II was bringing to the checker-clothed table. So as we continue to squeal details like a yellow rat, how's 'bout some EXCLUSIVE screens of Mafia II's gameplay and environments. We're of the opinion that these mobster muscle-cars are the absolute bee's knees, but gangland gamers should note that they're in for a considerably faster experience than the early-auto era found in the original Mafia."
but to sum what i've read:
the game's opening hour is one of the most gripping and cinematic in history
I love how this games coming to consoles first..
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by Roman King | U.S.
You have an orange, and you have an apple. You are prompted to pick. How many choices do you have? The average person would say two; the more astute will recognize that there is much more than just picking the apple or the orange. For example, you could pick both. You could not pick either. You could pick something completely different.
That example is quite benign, but when massive companies use this knowledge, this idea that their consumers will box themselves into only having two options, what is the consumer to do when companies aggressively market to them using this technique?
To what amount of downfall will political organizations use the false dilemma to herd and divide the population into hyper-partisan groups? What is the thinking man to do when the most powerful organizations in the social order are legitimately bending reality to fit their best interests? This, of all things, is a much bigger question than that of apples and oranges.
The fallacy of the false dilemma is everywhere in modern society. In political campaigns, corporate marketing, mainstream news organizations, and even day-to-day social interactions, people will use the false dilemma to pit one demographic against another. You've almost certainly experienced it, even if you haven't recognized it yet. Apple vs. Samsung phones; the two companies alone have an almost unbreakable grip on the smartphone market, solely because they have marketed against one another to stoke the flames of their fans. Republican vs. Democrat; the two major United States political parties have seized control over the entire political climate simply by campaigning on hyper-partisan platforms and not good ideas. Dichotomies like these are what has lead to the increasing tendency of Americans to view problems as black and white, ignoring nuance and the middle ground.
Consider how toxic these false dilemmas are. The Apple vs. Samsung debate often leads people to blindly spend thousands of dollars on technology that will become obsolete in a handful of years, often intentionally. The decision to make this purchase is not done with every option considered; either you own the Apple or you own the Samsung, says the tech insiders and clickbait journalists. None of them will tell you that you could choose something else or not buy at all, and save your money — that would mean sacrificing profits for the wellbeing of the consumer, something large corporations seem to be strangers to. Instead, the tendency is to spend money we don't have on a phone that won't be technologically viable, according to the technologic capabilities of the era. Similarly with the current American political climate, two options present themselves as the only choices — the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The way the current system is set up strictly discourages any straying from the political duopoly they've instituted into modern society. Voters often go to voting booths not to vote for an individual candidate and their merits (or lack thereof), but for an idealism constructed by their party of choice — this is how Donald Trump, a business oligarch, was still the heavy favorite of rural voters in 2016. It is strictly impossible to make an informed decision if you subscribe to the political duopoly, but to many, it's all there is. The Republicans and Democrats gain nothing from suggesting that you, the voter, could vote independent or not at all.
In both of these circumstances, the two "options" perpetuating the false dilemma are in a mutual system of benefit, masked by a vague sense of opposition and rivalry. If both parties involved openly demonstrated their monopoly over their fields, we might just get a clue and open our eyes, but if there a public farce of competition, what reason is there, other than self-taught personal enlightenment, to think otherwise? Not only are these parasitic systems being parasitic at your expense, they are also feeding on the collective ignorance and will to absorb narratives from groups or people in a position. It is an incredibly toxic form of social engineering, designed to consolidate power within themselves, to create an environment beneficial to the continuation of existing power structures.
False dilemmas often mean that there are two organizations colluding in a mutually beneficial relationship to increase their own wealth or power at the downfall of the lesser informed. This is yet another reason why I have stressed beyond belief the importance of taking the effort to inform and enlighten yourself — if you don't, you are at the whim and mercy of possibly predatory organizations.
Keep your eyes open, and when you're presented with only two options, be wary.


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On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 05:26:13PM -0700, Greg Stein wrote: > How is a subrequest normally involved in a plain old GET against an SVN > repository? Or was this to solve another situation? Well, my website uses virtual includes and all the pages are stored within SVN, so one SVN-served file causes subreqs to two or three other SVN-served files. But, mod_dav refuses to participate in subrequests (due to the the DONE and assbackwards problem.) > Hmm. You should be using path_info, then. Your code uses r->uri which might > have queries, params, etc. Well, we manage to make a mess of r->path_info when we generate r->filename. So, we could strcat r->filename and r->path_info. > Hmm. We might not even need the fixup. Now that *every* handler is executed > nowadays, we can probably just remove the concept of "dav-handler" and move > those checks in type_checker/fixups into dav_handler() itself. Hmm. Perhaps. I'll take a look at it. -- justin
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happy script die. I selectively stamped the "holidays" onto a small pink banner and glued it to the "y." I hand drew the black polka dots using a "Swiss Dots" stencil as a guide. To give the cardbase some added interest, I die cut the edges using a stitched scalloped border. I then added some pink twine and Pretty Pink Posh sequins to finish the card.
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Wednesday, 2 July 2014
currently creative ......................
In between packing for our camping trip and doing my normal daily routines, I've still managed some craft time ☺
The blanket that I shared last week is now 2/3rds of the way - three stripes were added in this week and I just LOVE how it's coming along.
As we are off on our camping trip in the next few days, I will share more in a few weeks time.
Camping and crochet go together, so I have plans for a few projects while I'm away.
Til next time,
Creating with love + happiness ♥
6 comments:
I think I need to check out this book and learn how to crochet. I've never really tried, but love how your pieces are coming together! :)
- Wednesday, July 02, 2014 5:16:00 pm
- Lizzyc said...
You are indeed very creative and your blanket looks wonderful, as do your sneeky peek and crocheting! Have a wonderful camping trip!
- Wednesday, July 02, 2014 5:53:00 pm
- Lizzy Hill said...
Mmmm...liking the snood idea - & your choices of colours! Can't wait to see more of your scrappy projects...I hope the weather is good for you for camping!! ENJOY:):)
- Wednesday, July 02, 2014 6:15:00 pm
- Kellie said...
I am with Jess, I need to stop saying I need to learn and just do it! Your blanket it is looking amazing, the colours are gorgeous.
That scarf is perfect, especially for your camping trip. HAVE FUN.
- Monday, July 07, 2014 5:51:00 am
- Val Thorpe said...
Oh wow... I learned how to crochet on You tube but only made a couple of granny blankets... very basic... I love what you have created. The snoods look fabulous. Way to go ...
- Friday, July 25, 2014 3:43:00 pm
- sandi said...
Wow!!!!!!!!!!! So creative! Love ALL! Can't wait to see the full reveals!
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When he's not busy launching a new HD TV channel for African American audiences via his Entertainment Studios production/distribution company, media mogul Byron Allen (yes, THAT Byron Allen) is also busy developing primetime sitcoms to debut in the fall of 2012.
Entertainment Studios has ordered 104 episodes of The First Family, a sitcom about an African American family that resides in The White House (not the Obamas however, though I'm sure they were of some influence), and another 104 episodes of Mr. Box Office, a sitcom about the biggest movie star in the world who is sentenced to community service, teaching English at the "toughest" high school in America.
The studio is said to be staffing up the writing and producing crew for each new series with "top network pedigree writers and producers," with production for both set to begin this summer.
"There's a huge shortfall of quality family sitcoms for broadcast television stations, and we are 110 percent committed to filling that enormous void… Our number one priority is to deliver the highest quality content in the sitcom genre, and this initial 208-episode order is a big step in the right direction," said Byron Allen, chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios.
Each new series will be carried on multiple platforms, including broadcast, cable, and digital media starting this fall.
As for casting, Allen told THR recently that, unlike most of his shows, he expects to cast some stars in lead roles to help with marketing. No names mentioned though.
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Pension scheme trustee Dalriada Trustees has opened a new office in Leeds to support development of Dalriada's business across the North.
The firm has appointed Jo Harris as a trustee representative. He was previously a senior member of the Deals and Employer Covenant team practice at PwC.
The opening of the Leeds office at Princes Exchange, Princes Square, follows the opening of offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester and London.
Brian Spence, director of Dalriada Trustees, said: "We continue to grow and develop the Dalriada business to meet the needs of the evolving pensions landscape. Understanding the employer covenant is vital to DB pension schemes.
"We are also delighted to increase our geographic reach. Dalriada has career trustee representatives based at our offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester and London and now Leeds."
He said that Dalriada operates a uniquely team-based approach to trusteeship and added that Mr Harris' experience and professional background will supplement the firm's pensions management, actuarial and investment and governance expertise.
"In addition to assuming a broad range of trustee appointments, Jo adds significant additional resource and experience to the team Dalriada can now bring together to assist with all varieties of corporate transactions, and where the affordability of a DB scheme is challenging," he said.
Mr Harris will join Dalriada's existing restructuring and employer covenant specialists who include: Richard Favier, formerly head of Restructuring and Insolvency at the Pension Protection Fund; Tom Lukic, formerly Restructuring and Covenant Advisory partner at EY; Adrian Campbell, formerly a senior case manager at The Pensions Regulator and Mr Spence.
Mr Harris said: "I am excited at the vision of Dalriada's genuinely team based approach which I have seen work to great effect as an adviser.
"Dalriada's clearly differentiated approach has the potential to bring a depth of capability that is generally not available to the average trustee board and I am particularly pleased to lead Dalriada's effort in Leeds and the North East where there has not previously been an established presence."