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There's not to much more I can actually say about fasting, within the context I will be experiencing it, than I wrote about yesterday. There are different kinds of fasts from food. There's a Daniel fast in which one only eats vegetables and water for a time. There's a lemon & honey fast in which the participate can boil water and make a lemon/honey tea to drink if energy is feeling low. These are both called "partial food fasts". A true fast which I wrote on earlier means to abstain from food for a certain period of time with the purpose of replacing that time with prayer. Today I will be replacing a different meal with a time of prayer.
"So this is morning. It's when I spend the most time thinking about what I'm giving up."
- Jack's Mannequin
This morning I woke up about 6:45 to pray. I decided breakfast would be the meal for me to fast. I wanted to know what it felt like to start my day with a time of fasting. I'm again fasting and praying for our student ministries department and staff for wisdom and discernment into where God would have us move in the coming months to make what we do more effective for the Kingdom. I'm fasting for our students that those who don't know Jesus Christ as personal Savior would come to know him. I'm praying that our current students would invite their unsaved friends to church so they can have an opportunity for us to share Christ with them. I'm praying for my fellow pastors and staff: Tom, Jeremy, Aaron, Aaron, Jordan, Brian, Stephen, Jason, Tammy, Lynsey, and Caiti. I'm praying for protection for their integrity. I'm praying that God will keep them close to His heart. I'm pray that God will guide each one of them into a greater understanding of who He is in order than they can communicate that truth and live it out among their families and friends. I'm praying for them to have lasting relationships with the students in their focus groups. I'm praying for them to be surrounded with and feel the love of God on an entirely new level. We need clarity.
I will say that this morning is much harder than lunch yesterday to fast. I'm really tired. I keep getting distracted thinking about coffee and falling asleep. It's takes a much harder effort for me to wake up early and fast than it does for me later in the day. This is something to keep in mind for more lengthy fasts, it's good to know that mornings will be harder. They're also more beautiful. I've been watching the sun come higher and higher in the sky as I've been praying. I've watched it bring color and life to the creation below it. I pray that God will bring the same color and life to our student ministries department. I pray that He will give us a fresh wind and fire of His Holy Spirit and that we would move forward without inhibitions.


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Why the top 8 at worlds were not the real top 8
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I had the great pleasure of attending worlds this year and I loved every minute. The people were friendly, Wizkids was amazing and the games were exciting. Unfortunately there was more then one type of game being played at worlds, and one of them was not very fun at all.
If you have seen the final rankings going into the top 8 you will see a peculiar item. 14 people reported having a tie in one of their games. That means in 5 rounds of Swiss there were 7 ties. Everyone who has played at a tournament knows that ties are possible but rare. In an event the size of worlds there might be one or two ties, for there to be seven means something else was going on. In this case it was intentional draws between players to gain rankings higher then they should have.
How do intentional draws change the rankings? Let me break it down for you. Wizkids has a complicated system to determine strengths of schedule. Basically everyone you play gets a ranking based on how well each of the opponents they beat and lose to during the day fair. If you lose to someone who goes 5-0 in 5 rounds of Swiss then you have a stronger strength of schedule. If you beat someone who goes 0-5 then you have a weaker strength of schedule. It all balances out in the end if you play all 5 rounds, but if you intentionally draw a game then you break that balance by falsely increasing the strength of your deck.
Why did this matter at worlds? Let's do some math.
Player A and Player B both do 5 rounds of Swiss.
Player A loses game 1 to a player who eventually goes 1-4
Player A wins game 2 to a player who eventually goes 0-5
Player A wins game 3 to a player who eventually goes 1-4
Player A wins game 4 to a player who eventually goes 2-3
Player A intentionally draws game 5 and now has a record of 3-1-1 and a super weak strength of schedule.
Player B wins game 1 to a player who eventually goes 3-2
Player B loses game 2 to a player who eventually goes 4-1
Player B wins game 3 to a player who eventually goes 3-2
Player B loses game 4 to a player who eventually goes 3-2
Player B wins game 5 to a player who eventually goes 2-3
Player B now has a record of 3-2-0 but a strong strength of schedule.
Because player A took the draw he has cheated player B out of the top 8 standings. If player A had played his game and lost then player B would be in top 8 and not Player A.
I have been to tournaments where intentional draws occurred once or twice but never have I seen it so blatant as it was at worlds. Several people took intentional draws in the first and second rounds to increase their standings and in the 5th round almost everyone who was 3-1 took an intentional draw to the point that there was almost no purpose to play the 5th round as all the weaker scheduled 3-1 had cheated the stronger scheduled 2-2 players out of the runnings.
In my estimate only 5 of the 8 top teams officially made the top 8. The other 3 were possible top 8's, but because they gamed the system they knocked the competition out of having a chance.
Wizkids needs to ban intentional draws immediately. But if they decide not too I am going to let everyone in on how to get into top 8 at any tournament with 5 rounds of Swiss in the most efficient manner possible.
First round 1 you take an intentional draw. Your first match is random and you do not want to be playing a potentially hard team so agree to a draw. In round 2 since you have a draw you will either be playing the weakest round 1 team that went 1-0 or the strongest round 1 team that went 0-1. This gives you a much better chance to win as their decks will be weaker then randomly playing someone. After you beat them then you will still be in the great spot of playing the weakest deck that went 2-0 or the strongest that went 1-1. Win that and you will be playing the weakest deck that is 3-0 or the strongest that is 2-1. After you win that take a second intentional draw and you are a shoe in for rank 4 with your 3-0-2 record. This style of play also is nice if you lose a game, because by taking that intentional draw first you will always be playing the weakest team. If you feel super confident then take 2 intentional draws at first so that you can be sure to play the weakest teams possible to get your 3 victories.
Would I have taken an intentional draw if given the opportunity at worlds. Absolutely. That is how you win the game right now. Should that be the case absolutely not. I was rank 10 with the strongest 3-2 record because you had to get to rank 10 to find a team that had not taken an intentional draw.

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Did You Miss the Bus?
If you missed the YAT Bus during Congressional Conference...you missed more than just a tour!
On May 22, a group of 56 YATs (and a few YATs at Heart) departed the 2018 Congressional Conference and made their way via charter bus to the Lincoln Memorial. A "family photo" was taken on the steps, amidst swarms of field trip students in brightly colored shirts. (No those red coats in our photo are NOT lost field trippers, those are our past YAT Leader of the Year recipients.)
After having some time to walk around the Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Memorial and the Vietnam War Memorial, the bus loaded up and headed over to Jack Rose Saloon for libations and good conversation.
The newest member of the Red Coat Tribe, Kevin Ross, NAIFA-Colorado, had these comments to share about the YAT event, "The YAT Bus Tour was a great experience for all who partook. There was a lot of friendship and business building between everyone. We also did our fair share of "YATing" or just being goof balls. It is always impactful to stand at the steps of one of the greatest leaders in our countries history and give all of us YAT members something to aspire to be. I am proud of NAIFA and YAT in the message that we promote of strong ethics and professionalism. This turned into an event to not be missed."
If you did end up missing the bus...hold tight...our fantastic National YAT Committee is already thinking ahead to the P+P Conference! Look for more information to come as we get closer to September and San Antonio!
A huge shout out to our sponsors that made this event possible...including John Richardson, NAIFA-Tenneesee, who coordinated with bus tour company!
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These rather tumultuous events have coincided with an impending review of Tasmania's main climate Act – the Climate Change (State Action) Act 2008, due to be debated in parliament in coming weeks.


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Yes. Yes indeed.
Mom was tidying up papers on the dining room table when I wandered in with a patch of ductape still stuck to one foot and windblown salt-stiff hair, respective relics of blister repair on a spontaneous hike and the drive back down the mountain, all windows open.
"I never knew mountain laurel had a smell," I said. Mom stopped and looked up, a little surprised. "Oh yes!" She gave a half quizzical grin in my direction: "Didn't know you'd never smelled it before. It's beautiful." This is my mother who introduced me to the hills when I was two weeks old, describing in detail every butterfly and flower we passed hiking up to Craggy Gardens. I guess I wasn't hiking so much as riding, probably sleeping for half of it. "He's never gonna remember that," my grandfather had grumbled. And he was probably right. But I believe something of the essence stuck.
But no, I'd never smelled mountain laurel before. Which made the hike alone on Sunday all the more special, because, for all the time I've spent in the mountains, they still surprise me. In some ways hiking the Appalachian Trail only counts as a marathon tour. It's like being at a family reunion. I've met all the people, but I still don't know the individuals. And even the mountains in your back yard, like your own family, you still don't know them that well.
The smell of mountain laurel – it's not a heavy scent. It's easily missed. Because I've known lots of blooming mountain laurel, and I've even paused and sniffed, waited patiently and then breathed in softly, but never with effect. Part of me wonders if my efforts were too profane. Because I wasn't trying this last time. I was just walking, coming around a curve suddenly to find myself covered by a tunnel of the blossoms, spikes of flowering galax rising around my feet and that ineffably delicate, long-haired grass that only grows on high ridges bordering the path. And in that moment there was the scent.
Not like hyacinth. Similar – otherwise I wouldn't have thought of the smell – but no, not that bold, nor buxom. Not so old as lilac, not so green as jonquils. Sweet the way skin sometimes smells sweet, with the same earthy edge. Delicate and slender as a towhead girl in thin cotton.
You can't stop walking at a moment like that. There is something in the combination of movement and stillness which is crucial to what you are experiencing, and to try to hold it for more than those few seconds would be fatal. Not fatal to you. You'd keep living your fat, happy life just fine. But the connection with the laurel and the trail and the moment would be broken. It's like dancing. When you find yourself caught in the moment, those instances when everything flows perfectly, you can't stop. That would destroy precisely what you're trying to hold on to. Because you can't hold it. You have to breathe, and walk, and live the instant, and in every breath let it go.
The tunnel of laurels opened out onto a rocky projection where you could see the thunder clouds massing above Craggy, and the broken sunbeams shifting over the valleys, and the hazy blue mist which isn't smog shrouding all. When we were young my mother used to point out the mist and say "Look, you can see the mountains breathing." I stood there and breathed with them, and knew I needed to go, but unwillingly, and turned to smell the laurels one last time before beginning the walk back home.
Love, friendship, and a befringed old lady on a Rascal™ as deus ex machina.
"You want an extra $1500 in grant money this summer?" This would be the voice of my research advisor speaking.
Well, duh. Part of the brain initially wonders what the work involved will be, but I suppress that question and give the only reasonable response.
"Yes! Totally!"
Never show hesitation in the face of grant money. After you've laid on a good dollop of enthusiasm, then (and only then) ask what they want you to do. In this case, I needed to apply for an entrepreneurial internship position funded by the university, working in PR and marketing for the Wake Forest-based mathematics journal Involve. I wrote up a great two page, single-spaced statement of my interests in PR, marketing and the publication industry (actually not unfounded), and handed that in along with a "scope of work," description of proposed job title and responsibilities. The entrepreneurship office thought everything looked very positive, but wanted to see a bit more in the way of market analysis and reading. Fair enough. The woman recommended anything from the Guerrilla Marketing series, so, after plundering the library, I kicked back to enjoy Guerrilla Marketing Attack.
I present to you now a few of the hitherto unknown subtleties of bulk mail – more commonly known as junk.
Have you ever wondered why promotional letters almost invariably have a PS? Apparently, going by the statistics, people who go so far as opening a junk mail letter usually only read two parts – the introduction, and the PS. To bulk mailers, failure to include a PS is viewed as marketing suicide.
The most effective color for a junk mail envelope is (surprisingly) white, but preferably with a non-bulk mail stamp. Better yet, a commemorative. Even better: eight or so stamps of smaller denominations. These approaches truly take effort, because you have to lick or peel the stamps yourself, and can't do it by machine. Dedication, people, dedication.
And the hilarious part is that I now involuntarily evaluate the junk mail coming through my house. Looking at the variety of letters passing across my dining room table from day to day, it's enough to make me sigh and give a tsk tsk. So many obvious missteps. So many ways a given piece could be tightened up. And it lends even more credibility to offer I just got from Rock and Ice. Because they got me to open the envelope, consider their offer of a free carabiner with subscription, and think hard enough about the special discount rate that I didn't actually throw the thing away. I probably will. But, like a good pick-up line, it deserves credit. Maybe not a date, but credit.
Those would be the words of my friend CJ, referring to Christopher Nolan's screenplay Memento. And I couldn't agree more.
Ashton and CJ were back in town last night, so, post pizza at Mellow Mushroom and hanging out with more BSU people, we acquired a six pack of Mike's, some gummy bears, sour patch kids and popcorn. And Memento. But (and I should have remembered this) it's a film that doesn't really encourage snacking. I made it through the popcorn and a bottle of Mike's, but attempts at candy were half-hearted. It just didn't feel right. As Ashton noted, short-term memory loss is only sweet or funny in an Adam Sandler movie.
A random bit of IMDB and Wikipedia-fueled trivia: Christopher Nolan's full name is Christopher Jonathan James Nolan. "John or James" are the possible names of the suspect in Lenny's manhunt. There are a couple different ways you can spin this from here (Lenny's looking for who did this to him, and that would be Chris Nolan; the possibility of writer as protagonist with the antagonist of self; &c. &c.), but mostly it's just fun finding the Easter egg.
And now I feel minorly creepy for having spent that much time looking for info on Christopher Nolan…
Skimming through a copy of Physics Today over lunch, I happened upon an article entitled "The evolution of a dedicated synchrotron light source." Actually, that's a lie. I went back and found the name of the article after noticing something entirely different: a photograph of a handwritten page with some variation of the phrase "please leave the door open, or the pipes may freeze" in twenty-three languages. The caption follows below.
"Please leave the door open, or the pipes may freeze. The humble purpose of this message, translated into various languages, was to alert users about a problem in the Tantalus washroom. But Ed Rowe submitted it to NSF as evidence of the facility's growing international stature."
Oh, I thought, that's very cool. Yeah, they must have had a huge number of different countries represented in their body of researchers. And then I noticed a line of text in the photograph, about half way down the page, appropriately printed in all caps and unpunctuated:
I call bullshit. If someone had to write it in Latin, you know exactly what kind of verbal one-upsmanship was going on on that page. Yes, I'm sure there were people from a multitude of linguistic backgrounds working at Tantalus. And I'm sure half of them had never stepped foot outside the US except to attend conferences.
And I am absolutely positive that Ed Rowe used precisely the phrase "growing international stature" in his request for an extension of the project's grant from the NSF.
It's a 1926 flat-top cabinet unit with a winding crank on the right side. The case is mahogany veneer with four spindle legs and two lower record compartments. The horn is mounted between them beneath the turntable, hidden behind a cloth grill. You replace the steel needle after playing a record once, adjusting volume by choosing a light or heavy needle. There are no electronics involved in the sound reproduction, only a nickel-plated brass horn, a mica diaphragm, and a 78 RPM one-sided shellac disc holding about three minutes of music. The original purchase price was $150. That's roughly $1,830.17 in 2008 dollars.
Flipping through the platters that Dad found with this machine when he helped move my great aunt's effects, I began to understand why people used to talk about "playing records" as an activity. Winding a turntable and swapping out discs is user-intensive. Deciding what to play next when no track simply follows takes some thinking. Even when I was spinning LPs down in the basement of App's Outdoor Programs, cleaning and sorting gear to the sound of old U2 or Dire Straits, this wasn't the case; each side of an album was good for thirty minutes of effort-free play. And back at home my parents lack iPods, but have owned a cd changer for years under the premise "What could be better than plugging in your music, hitting shuffle and then forgeting about it for the next five hours?"
Well, really listening to your music, for one thing. The recordings of Jascha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, and Enrico Caruso I found in that cabinet are some of the lowest fidelity, noisiest records I've ever heard. And I listened to them more closely than I've listened to anything since I studied Oistrakh's recording of the Kabalevsky Violin Concerto a year and a half ago. Because the Victrola demands so much effort to play even one track, you listen to that track for all its worth. And thus you find more musicality and passion in that one quavery, scratchy record than you previously noticed in a multitude of new recordings which were forgettably superior, ignorably perfect. And when you rewind the spring and put on a foxtrot instead, the urgency of the music is irresistible. You have three minutes to grab your girl (or guy) and dance, and then it's over. Three minutes to make something happen before you have to pick up the needle, rewind the spring, find another disc and decide on another tune.
Why does this seem more romantic? I really don't know. Maybe because you two, the dancers, have to trust one another. There's no time to be bashful or worry about whether you'll step on each other's toes. You can't question whether the timing is right. You have to grasp and live the moment without hesitation. And I'll ask you this: would ice cream be better if it didn't melt?
I'm not saying all music should be limited to three minute glosses. As a result of the time constraint, Dvorak's Humoresque is the only significant piece of repertoire included in the recordings I found in the cabinet. Most concerto movements would be too long, and any sizable symphony would take stack of single-sided 78s a foot high. But I'm grateful for the Victrola's reminder of how to listen to a record, grateful for the reminder of how marvelous the whole recorded-sound thing is. And wistful for a time when people couldn't wait for "just one more song" to get up and ask that pretty girl to dance.
Good things come from Asheville. This is an accepted fact amongst my family and friends, a clan and a collection respectively self-assured of their ability recognize greatness. Thus I should not be surprised that the encouragement to blog again came from a trip back to the mountains.
The writing in this blog will be of varying quality, but what is indubitably good is the fact that I am writing again. What is good is the act of trying to tell a story once more, and of stepping out of my math-infused brain to toss words up in the air and watch them spin down like maple seeds. Whirligigs, we called them when we would collect shirtfrontfulls and throw them from the arched brick veranda above St. Lawrence's back stairs. You could never predict how they would fall. You just had to let them go and watch.


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After much success with this pioneering endeavor, SORA began the development of our "Oar-tism" program. This program was designed to introduce children with autism, Asperger's, learning and intellectual disabilities to rowing and to provide physical fitness, educational, and social opportunities to this underserved portion of the population.
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Actress Valerie Leon pictures and photo gallery.
Valerie Leon is a British actress, regarded as something of a cult figure due to her roles in a number of high profile British film "franchises".
Born: November 12, 1945
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Leon has appeared in several of the Carry On films, been both an "official" and "unofficial" Bond girl - having played the "hotel receptionist" in The Spy Who Loved Me and the "Lady in Bahamas" in Never Say Never Again, and starred in the Hammer horror film Blood from the Mummy's Tomb as well as appearing alongside Peter Sellers in Revenge of the Pink Panther. She also appeared in Up Pompeii.
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|Well, the weekend is here and there is a good pile of snow on the ice from the wednesday storm. Just remember that it will insulate the ice and make it soft. The paths are covered, but they should be made again before the end of the weekend. There is one close to the cliffs and the other that goes out around the dock at Catawba State Park.
There has been alot of air traffic to the islands over the past few days, which means the fishing at the islands is in full swing. Remember to book your air seat and show up early for the flight over to the islands. The forcast is still cold and light snow for the next week.
The packs of shanties have moved north to northwest of Catawba over the last few days. There is a good current in the a.m. and it settles down as the day goes. The water clarity is about 6 feet or more and the fish are moving every day. The catches have been spotty, but some nice fish are coming into the park. Remember, the size limit is 15" and the game wardens are checking anglers very closly.
Lastly, the ice is between 8-10 inches with it being thinner in the passage. Remember the current can cut the ice overnight. Rickards Bait and Tackle has some new ice fishing supplies and plenty of minnows for now. Hopefully the ice will stay for another month.
I plan to still run for the next month, just give me a call on availablities, 1-877-434-9711
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Washing areas
Piglets for sale
Arrived in Kampala as part of the All we can visit to a number of projects which I will be visiting with Graeme and Dean . Sat outside waiting for our meal on a typical balmy dusty African evening. This is the view from my window.
This is Gladys a widow who now has no children of her own at home and takes in orphan children. She was overjoyed with her tippy tap and her Lattrine and water tank that she says has saved her life. These were provided by the VAD team and all we can. She asked if I could pray with her and it took some doing as it was such an emotional moment.
On Bussie Island one of the poorest communities of 1000 people who pay 20p per month to use the 5 toilets and the two washing areas here is the management group with their tippy tap.
Arrived in Jinja passed over the Nile to get here and tonight worshiped with the local Methodist Circuit when we used Cliff Praise and felt very much at home. Feeling very lessed by welcome and hospitality.A few weeks ago I attended a Bridge builders course when £240 was raised for All We Can for a women to be empowered somewhere in the world. Today I met Edith at her new piggery with her piglet in Jinja Uganda. Edith is a widow and when she sells her piglets will be able to have her own home and not live with her eldest son, she will also be able to feed her children. £240 changed a life today thank you Bridge Builder colleagues and thank you God.
Thursday we have been working with the Methodist Church in Uganda in seminars on leadership. Stimulating day with so many really interesting conversations. Hoping and praying that Bishop William and the team can achieve there vision. I waited to post about my last day in Uganda as I was not sure what I would write and if in fact I could write anything without becoming too emotional as it was so harrowing as we visited the region of Bwondha where 40 thousand people live in a settlement called by many a slum and is one of the most inaccessible and deprived communities in Uganda.
We arrived to a public meeting where the mood was sombre as people complained about the lack of support for them as we listened as they described themselves as a lost and left community. They had no fresh clean water other than that they have to pay for which course many of them cant afford. The women have to walk down to the lake and you will see for the photographs what they have to content with as pigs and livestock live near the water and cause disease but the women have no choice and you cant call it a beach it was more like a tip.
Can you imagine how that must be gathering water that you know is going to harm you and your children, but as one women told us what choice do we have. Having gathered the water the women then have to walk up the big hill back to there homes that may be more than 2 or 3 miles way or even further. A visit that will stay long in my memory.
Thank you to ALL WE CAN and especially Graeme Hodge and Dean Gillespie who made the trip so stimulating, a blessing and where i learned so much. More photographs are available on mine and the district face book pages. You can also follow the Presidential blog on the Methodist church website.


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- Prince George 2015 Canada Winter Games Sustainability Vision
The 2015 Canada Winter Games by the numbers:
- From February 13 -- March 1, 2015, Prince George and northern BC hosted the largest multi-sport event ever held in the region.
- 2,400 athletes, 1,000 coaches and officials, 4,500 volunteers, hundreds of media and thousands of visitors attended.
- An expected economic impact of90 million as well as the social impact from the Games will spur the next generation of up-and-coming athletes, youth and champions.
- The Lheidli T'enneh, the First Nation on whose traditional territory the Games occurred, welcomed 800 communities from across the country.
While the 2015 Canada Winter Games will prepare a post-Games sustainability report, here's an early Sustainability Snapshot.
Leadership and Community Engagement: It Takes a Village!
Sometimes leadership happens off the side of one's desk, while at other times it emerges collaboratively, with the help of community partners to advance shared goals. Here are some ways in which the Canada Winter Games' leadership, particularly around sustainability, rose to the top:
- Dan Adamson, a former manager in the City's Planning and Development Department, was loaned to the Games Host Society to create the Games' Sustainability Strategy. Dan worked tirelessly, rallied stakeholders and got signatures for final sustainable event plans.
- Though he was new to the concept and came into the process later in the event planning cycle, Stu Ballantyne, CEO of the Games Host Society, quickly supported the planning process, endorsed the Sustainability Policy and many of its implications.
- The Games Host Society adopted its Sustainability Policy in Fall 2013 with extensive input from stakeholders and the City of Prince George's original Integrated Community Sustainability Plan, called myPG.
- The outcomes of the Policy included an overarching strategy, a sustainable purchasing program, and the hiring of a full-time Sustainability Manager, Emily Harrison. This new position was jointly funded by the Host Society, the University of Northern British Columbia with supporting financing provided by the provincial government and local corporations.
- External committees made up of businesses, non-profits and government organizations provided valuable input and program support for environment, social inclusion, arts and culture and economic development.
Kudos to the Games' leadership for embracing the call to sustainability -- even late in the game! And kudos to the Canada Games Council, who have since initiated a process to support future Games hosts with early on-boarding of sustainability personnel and sustainability program resources.
Management -- Starts with a Sustainability Champion!
With the sustainability blueprint in hand, eleven months to the Games and no budget, the newly minted and undaunted Sustainability Manager, Emily Harrison, leveraged every internal and external contact.
The Games Host Society saw Emily regularly in meetings involving procurement, sponsorship and cleaning and waste, as well as at site visits. Harrison wooed UNBC's students into helping, together setting out to establish free transit for the duration of the Games and place 550 new waste receptacles in venues.
And that's not all! Through the 2015 Games Sustainability Strategy, four objectives inspired positive impacts:
1. Economic / Business Development through sustainable purchasing and sustainable financing
- Capital investments have re-invigorated Prince George as a sport tourism destination. A new Olympic size hockey arena was added to the multisport and exhibition KIN II Centre which also provide fields of play for short track speed skating and sledge hockey. Two new outdoor sport facilities include the biathlon range, long-track speed-skating, snow-board, free style and half-pipe venues. And a new Canada Games Plaza public space provides a gathering place for outdoor celebrations and entertainment.
- The Games organizers worked with the Fraser Basin Council and local and regional business communities to generate interest and identify other community economic development priorities for small and medium enterprises, tourism and hospitality, and the event sector more broadly in northern BC.
- The Games Host Society created a procurement policy that included a preference for local and regional vendors to create local economic opportunities through directed spending. An event-based sustainable purchasing guideline was created to educate event organizers and vendors on sustainable criteria and opportunities.
- Sponsorships that helped ease budget pressures included 550 additional recycling and waste receptacles from Multi-Materials BC (MMBC) , Bullfrog Power's provision of green natural gas for the ice rinks' Zamboni vehicles, and fair trade coffee provided by Van Houtte for the Media Centre.
2. Social Development through Active Living, Volunteerism and Arts and Culture
- The Games protected existing volunteers already serving community requirements and sought new volunteers through recruitment drives in the local Pine Centre Mall, senior citizen facilities and UNBC. New recruits were attracted to meet-ups with free food and enthusiastic leaders.
- First Nations culture was incorporated into the ceremonies and celebrations, as well as the medal design (by Jenny Pigeon of the Lheidli T'enneh) and handmade leather pouches sewn for the medals.
- Local plants and seedlings were donated and featured in bouquets for winning athletes and hospitality decor.
3. Environmental Stewardship through Wood First, Energy Efficiency and Waste Reduction
- Given the region's dependency on the forestry sector, wood-based products were favoured. The Wood Innovation Design Centre has been a feature showcase for the industry and doubled as the Games' official Media Centre.
- Wooden rifle racks for the biathlon, as well as wooden waste receptacles, were donated to the Games.
- Pacific Institute Climate Solutions pitched in and generously prepared an inventory on the Games' carbon footprint at no charge! Fundraising is in place to finance the Games' carbon neutrality. It is anticipated that third party-certified offset projects will be invested in northern BC.
- The Sustainability Manager and UNBC volunteers undertook the herculean feat of raising40,000 to finance free transit for athletes, officials, fans and the public for the 18 days of the Games -- their success is simply remarkable! The free transit campaign was linked with protecting local air quality, often a challenge in winter months with local thermal inversions. Volunteers ran bottle drives, and persuaded the Northern Health Authority, local business and the general public to donate funds. The volunteers requested that the surplus of1500 go to the sustainability volunteer program to support Winnipeg's efforts for the next Canada Summer Games in 2017.
- The Games set a target of 65 per cent waste diversion. While pilots for composting solutions were sought, recycling and donating unused food for local community organizations received the most focus. In addition, 250 IKEA bunk beds and sleeping bags purchased for athletes will be donated to local community groups following the Games.
- Post-Games the MMBC plastic bins will be given to Emterra, a recycling service in Prince George and the wooden bins will remain in key venues for recycling services.
4. Sustainable Event Standards to guide planning and delivery of the sustainable games strategy.
- The Prince George Games were the first Canada Games to use the Canadian Standards Association Z2010 for Sustainable Event Planning and Management. In addition, the post-Games sustainability report will incorporate Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) metrics from the Event Organizers Sector Supplement to account for its sustainable event performance.
The 2015 Canada Winter Games wrapped up on Sunday March 1st and with this comes the task of tidying up, closing down and transferring assets and programs to legacy owners -- not to mention the transfer of knowledge sessions for Winnipeg's 2017 Canada Summer Games. When the organizers catch their breath, we'll look forward to the post-Games sustainability report.
Up next -- the sustainable event experiences and innovations presented by the upcoming 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2015 Pan Para Pan American Games hosts. Stay tuned!


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ST. ANDREWS, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - June 15, 2012) - With the success of the first year of the Learn To Camp Initiative, this year Parks Canada will add the launch of the new mobile application encouraging Canadians to experience camping.
Members of the media are invited to participate in the activities alongside Canadians living their first camping experience.
On site you will have access to a Parks Canada spokesperson, to all participants and obtain images of the application.
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Time is running out before the Iowa Caucus, and that means that tonight's Democratic town hall is more important than ever for Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley. HollywoodLife.com has the live stream ready so you don't have to miss a minute!
The January 25 Democratic town hall forum is the last chance for the Democratic presidential candidates — Bernie Sanders, 74, Hillary Clinton 68, and Martin O'Malley, 53, — to express themselves and make their policies heard. The event, held at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and moderated by CNN's Chris Cuomo, could be a make-or-break night for these presidential contenders. Click through to watch the live stream of the town hall, running from 9:00pm to 11:00pm ET!
As we head into the town forum, Hillary and Bernie are neck and neck in the polls. But that may not be the case anymore after this night. The Iowa Caucus on February 1 is the first event of the presidential race in which constituents can vote, and the winner of this preliminary election could just be the person making their party's ticket. So clearly, making a huge impression during the town forum, just five days before the caucus, is highly necessary. CLICK HERE to watch the live stream!
The town hall is not yet another debate. Instead, the three candidates won't even be onstage at the same time; they'll each have 30 minutes to themselves, in which they will answer questions posted by Chris, as well as audience members. Unlike the debates, there will be no set theme, either. This isn't about attacking the other candidates, but about touting their own policies and showing exactly why they are the most qualified for the job. However, that doesn't mean some trash talking isn't going to occur behind each others' backs!
Per schedule, Bernie is first up, followed by Martin, and then Hillary. Each candidate has a specific agenda for what they want to achieve with this event, but the person with the most riding on it is Governor O'Malley. Any candidate scoring less than %15 of the vote in the Iowa Caucus is automatically removed from the race, and their backers can shift to another candidate. The perpetual third wheel in the Democratic race is in great danger of this happening! The town hall forum is the perfect chance for him to get close to a group of constituents and explain what he's going to do to get the job. Hillary and Bernie are already champing at the bit to get those backers to their sides if he fails.
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This month, fourth graders are discussing social media issues during weekly technology lessons. Even though Facebook and YouTube require account holders to be at least 13 years of age, it's important for students to be aware of how to stay safe and avoid inappropriate actions before they get social media accounts. I want parents to be aware of the safeguards their children are learning to help protect them from unwanted online interactions.
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*Think before you post. Once posted to the Internet, you can't take it back. Consider the privacy and feelings of other people before posting. You can always change your social media postings, but information remains in the history of the site.
*Set privacy settings and comment options to limit strangers from viewing your pages or commenting on postings. Be careful when accepting friends. You don't have to accept every friend request. Don't assume that strangers are being honest about their age or other details. Being careful is not being rude; it's just smart.
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The locus coeruleus (LC) has been suggested as a CO2 chemoreceptor site in mammals. Substance P (SP) has been used as a marker of respiratory neurons and it plays an important role in compensatory responses to hypercapnia in several sites of the central nervous system. Neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor immunoreactive (NK1Rir) neurons and processes are widely distributed within the LC. Thus, the present study assessed the role of NK-1 receptors in the LC in the cardiorespiratory and thermal responses to hypercapnia. To this end, substance P-saporin conjugate (SPSAP; 2μM) was injected in the LC to kill NK1R-ir neurons, or IgG-SAP as a control in male Wistar rats. The animals that the drug reached the fourth ventricle (4ºV) were considered as a 4ºV group. Pulmonary ventilation (VE, body plethysmograph), mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR) and body core temperature were measured followed by 60 min of hypercapnic exposure (7% CO2). To verify the correct placement and effectiveness of the chemical lesions, immunohistochemistry for NK1R was performed. In addition, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivity was performed to verify if noradrenergic neurons were eliminated. Fluoro-Jade technique was used to evaluate neuronal degeneration. A reduced NK1R (72% of reduction) and TH immunoreactivity (66% of reduction) was observed seven days after the injections of SP-SAP in the LC and an intense Fluoro-Jade staining, showing the effectiveness of the lesion. Focal lesions of NK1R-ir did not affect basal ventilation in the SP-SAP in LC and SP-SAP in 4ºV groups. Hypercapnia caused an increase in pulmonary ventilation in all groups, which was a result of increases in respiratory frequency (fR) and tidal volume (VT), SP-SAP treatment in the LC and in the fourth ventricle attenuated the hypercapnic ventilatory response (30% and 20%, respectivally), due to a reduction in the VT. SP-SAP in the LC and SP SAP in the 4ºV 11 lesion did not affect MAP, but caused an increase in HR in both groups. The results suggest that NK1R-ir neurons in the LC modulate hypercapnic ventilatory response but play no role in breathing control under resting conditions. Additionally, NK1R-ir neurons seem to play no role in body temperature and MAP regulation in resting conditions and during hypercapnia, but modulate HR during CO2 exposure. This modulation may be due to a change in the noradrenaline release.


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text: Ricky Rought paid cash to the Deutsche Bank National Trust Company for a four-room cabin in Michigan with the intention of fixing it up for his daughter. Instead, the bank tried to foreclose on the property and the locks were changed, court records show. Sonya Robison is facing a foreclosure suit in Colorado after the company handling her mortgage encouraged her to skip a payment, she says, to square up for mistakenly changing the locks on her home, too. Thomas and Charlotte Sexton, of Kentucky, were successfully foreclosed upon by a mortgage trust that, according to court records, does not exist. As lenders have reviewed tens of thousands of mortgages for errors in recent weeks, more and more homeowners are stepping forward to say that they were victims of bank mistakes — and in many cases, demanding legal recourse. Some homeowners say the banks tried to foreclose on a house that did not even have a mortgage. Others say they believed they were negotiating with the bank in good faith. Still others say that even though they are delinquent on their mortgage payments, they deserve the right to due process before being evicted. Some consumer lawyers say they are now swamped with homeowners saying they have been wronged by slipshod bank practices and want to fight to keep their homes. Joseph deMello, a Massachusetts lawyer who represents Mr. Rought, said the common denominator in many of the cases was an overwhelmed system of foreclosures in which banks relied on subcontractors to do much of the work. "No one double-checks anything," he said. "It's completely high volume and that's unfortunately what leads to this." It may never be known how many homeowners have legitimate claims against the banks, real estate and banking experts say, because lenders do not release such data and because the vast majority of cases never make it to court. For the last month or so, some of the nation's largest banks have temporarily halted foreclosures in some states amid accusations that the paperwork used as evidence to oust homeowners was incomplete or signed off by so-called robo-signers who did little to check its veracity. Even if the paperwork was faulty, the fact remains that most homeowners in foreclosure have not paid their bills, often because they bought more house than they could afford or because they lost their jobs. As a result, they will most likely lose their homes eventually, once the banks clean up their paperwork and resolve any outstanding legal issues. "We believe that the overwhelming majority of the cases will be that the loan was seriously delinquent and needed to go to foreclosure," said Paul Leonard, vice president for government affairs of the housing policy council at the Financial Services Roundtable, an advocacy group for the nation's largest financial institutions. Consumer lawyers and housing experts acknowledge that it is relatively rare that a bank initiates foreclosure on a homeowner who is current on the mortgage or has no mortgage at all. More common, they say, are instances where homeowners have applied for mortgage modifications but get foreclosed upon anyway. In a report to Congress released this week, a federal inspector general described the government-sponsored modification program, known as the Home Affordability Modification Program, as deeply flawed. While about 467,000 mortgages had received permanent modifications under the program, an estimated 3.5 million homes will receive foreclosure notices this year, an increase of 26 percent over 2009, the report says. "You have this promise of relief for borrowers but actually getting that relief is like a zigzag line from point A to point B," said Jose Vasquez, a lawyer for Colorado Legal Services. Ms. Robison's case is a variation on the theme. When she returned home to Yoder, Colo., outside Colorado Springs, from a holiday trip in December 2008, she found the locks changed and her electricity, gas and water heater shut off. A sign on the door advised her to contact Safeguard Properties, a company hired by the mortgage servicer, Litton Loan Servicing. By ANDREW MARTIN and MOTOKO RICH


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Road to Justice Paved for Family of Notorious Transient Scammers
Butte County plea agreement requires $130,000 for victim restitution
SACRAMENTO — One of the Contractors State License Board's (CSLB) most notorious traveling con artists and members of his extended family have pleaded no contest in Butte County following a year-long investigation by CSLB and the Butte County District Attorney's Office.
George Joseph Stanley and his cousins, George and Kevin Snow, entered pleas to multiple felony and misdemeanor counts in Butte County Superior Court in Oroville on June 29, 2010.
Stanley, 30, of Moosup, Connecticut pleaded to five felony counts of grand theft by false pretenses and one misdemeanor count of contracting without a license.
George Charles Snow, 20, of Salisbury, Massachusetts pleaded to four felony counts of grand theft by false pretenses and one misdemeanor count of contracting without a license.
Kevin Patrick Snow, Jr., 22, of Salisbury, Massachusetts pleaded to two felony counts of grand theft by false pretenses and one misdemeanor count of contracting without a license.
As part of the plea agreement, the three must post a bond for $130,000 by July 8, 2010, to guarantee full payment of the $130,000 by their sentencing, which is scheduled for October 20, 2010. Failure to do so will negate the plea agreement and a trial date will be set. They must also pay the storage fees for paving equipment and other vehicles that were impounded as evidence in this case. As a condition of remaining free on bail, if the three undertake any contracting work, it must be in accordance with the laws of the state in which they are working.
"While these three are big operators, they are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to paving scams," said CSLB Registrar Steve Sands. "Consumers should never rush into a construction job just because they think they're getting a good deal or a special that day."
On June 24, 2009, investigators with CSLB's State Investigative Fraud Team (SWIFT), along with officers from the California Highway Patrol, Butte County District Attorney's Office and Chico Police Department, arrested Stanley and the Snows at a motel in Chico. While based at that motel, they are believed to have scammed at least a dozen home and business owners in Butte, Tehama, and Glenn Counties.
Stanley has already pleaded guilty or no contest for his involvement in 2008 paving scams in Tulare, San Joaquin, and Yuba Counties. This month he faces deadlines to pay $160,500 in restitution. Stanley could face jail or prison time if he has not paid:
$23,500 by July 12 to Tulare County;
$102,000 by July 15 to San Joaquin County; and
$35,000 by July 16 to Yuba County.
Stanley and his cousins are believed to have operated during the past two years throughout the continental United States and Hawaii. Victims have identified him and his cousins in Colorado, Idaho, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
Their operation uses professional-looking equipment as part of their roving paving scam. They often claim they have left-over material that they will use to fix pot holes or to pave driveways and parking lots for a "good deal." Then they either do more work than initially agreed to or claim they need more material to finish the job and the "bargain rate" ends up being a rip-off. In many cases, victims are out thousands of dollars with nothing to show for it but asphalt that they can actually pick apart with their hands.
In California any paving job, or other home improvement project, that totals $500 or more in materials and labor must be done by someone with a state license. It just takes a few clicks on the CSLB website or a call to our toll free number to verify whether a contractor has as valid California license.
CSLB urges consumers to follow these tips to help avoid being conned:
- Verify the contractor's license at www.cslb.ca.gov, www.CheckTheLicenseFirst.com or by calling 1-800-321-CSLB (2752).
- Ask to see the contractor's plastic pocket license card, and ask for photo identification to make sure it's the same person.
- Don't rush into repairs, no matter how badly they're needed or just because you'll get a "good deal" that day.
- Don't pay more than 10 percent or $1,000, whichever is less, as a down payment. Solicitation of a down payment greater than this amount is a violation of the California Business and Professions Code. There is an exception for about two dozen contractors that purchase special bonds for consumer protection. These exceptions are noted on the CSLB website.
- Get at least three bids, check references, and get a written contract.
The Contractors State License Board operates under the umbrella of the California Department of Consumer Affairs. More information and publications about hiring contractors are available on the CSLB website or by calling 800-321-CSLB (2752). You can also sign up for CSLB e-mail alerts at www.cslb.ca.gov. The CSLB licenses and regulates California's more than 300,000 contractors, and is regarded as one of the leading consumer protection agencies in the United States. In fiscal year 2008-09, CSLB helped recover nearly $36 million in ordered restitution for consumers.
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Below: the office and writing desk of longtime James B. Duke Professor of English Reynolds Price '55 (1933-2011). Of the two statues on the left, the one in the foreground is a head of Apollom and the smaller with a broken nose is Alexander the Great. The large landscape painting in the background with orange sky is by Jacob Collins.
Explore the rest of Price's house via the links below. (All captions from Alex Harris and Margaret Sartor, teachers at the Center for Documentary Studies. Their book, Dream of a House: The Passions and Preoccupations of Reynolds Price, will be published in fall 2017 by George F. Thompson Publishing and CDS Books.)
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Recently renovated studio home right on Seatoun beach with stunning views of Wellington harbour and Somes Island. An easy care setup, self-contained and completely private with a large outdoor deck and all day sun but please note it is connected to another section of house. There is no off-street parking but plenty of free parking is available on the street right outside the house.
Your two bedroom stay includes heating in every room for those cooler winter months. The kitchen is fully equipped including a coffee plunger, a NutriBullet and coffee and tea for your arrival. Please note the kitchen has just a half size oven, dishwasher and fridge with no freezer. The super king bed and the super king sofa bed can both be converted into extra long single beds for maximum flexibility between guests. While the space can accommodate up to 6 people, it is a small area and is more comfortable with 4 people or less. A discount applies for 2 guests who wish to only use one bedroom and one bathroom, please enquire.
Seatoun is a quiet village located just 5 minutes from the airport and 15 minutes from the city centre. Right on your doorstep is a ferry that can take you to the city, Somes Island or even over to Eastbourne. Enjoy the shops in Seatoun, just 2 minutes walk up the road. A lovely Italian style cafe with a large outdoor area that is open Tuesday through Saturday for dinner, a fish and chip shop, clothes shop and others. Hop through the tunnel and experience the famous Weta Cave, Roxy cinema and more great restaurants and cafes that Wellington is known for. Within walking distance are also beautiful coastal walks or bush walks to get a different view of the harbour. If you're interested in water sports it is also a very popular beach for kite-surfing, windsurfing, kayaking and sailing or just plain jumping off the wharf.
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Joey Plazo and Andrea Trent Keynote Taxation Implication on Medium Nations at the Kuala Lumpur Business Summit
One of the most often discussed issues in economics is how tax rates relate to economic growth. Advocates of tax cuts maintain that a decline in the tax rate will lead to increased economic growth and prosperity. Others assert that if we reduce taxes, nearly all of the advantages will proceed to the rich, as those would be the people who pay the most taxes. What does economic theory suggest concerning the connection between economic growth and tax?
Income Taxes and Extraordinary Cases
In examining economic policies, Joseph Plazo claims thatit is consistently helpful to study extraordinary cases. Excessive instances are situations such as "What if we had a 100% income tax rate?", or "What if we increased the minimum wage to $50.00 an hour?". While completely unrealistic, they do give very blunt examples of what direction vital economic variants will move when we shift a government policy.
Joseph and Andrea speculate that a postulate. Suppose that we lived in a society without tax. We'll worry about how the government finances its programs later on, but for now we'll assume that they have adequate cash to fund most of the plans we've nowadays. In case there are no taxes, then the authorities doesn't earn any income from taxation and citizens do not spend any time worrying about how you can evade taxes. If someone has a wage of $10.00 an hour, then they get to keep that $10.00. If this type of society were potential, we could see that people would be quite productive as any income they earn, they keep.
Now look at the opposing case. Taxes are now set to be 100% of income. Any cent you bring in goes to the authorities. It might seem that the government would get a lot of money this method, but that's not likely to happen. If I don't get to keep anything out of what I bring in, why would I go to work? I'd rather spend my time reading or playing baseball. In fact, going to work would risk my power to survive. I'd be much better off spending my time trying to think of means to get the things I want without giving them to the authorities. I'd spend a lot of my time looking to grow food in a hidden garden and bartering with others for the things I must endure. I'dn't spend any time working to get a business if I did not get anything from it. Society as a whole would not be that productive if everybody spent a sizable part of their time attempting to evade taxes. The government would bring in hardly any income from taxation, as very few people would head to work if they didn't earn an income from it.
While these are extraordinary instances, they do illustrate the result of taxes and they're useful guides of what goes on at other tax rates. A 99% tax rate is very just like a 100% tax rate, and if you ignore set costs, having a 2% tax rate is not much different from having no taxes whatsoever. Go back to the person getting $10.00 an hour. Would you believe he'll spend more time on the job or less if his take home pay is $8.00 rather than $2.00? I'd bet you that at $2.00 he's not planning to spend plenty of time at work and he's going to spend a lot of time looking to make a living from the prying eyes of authorities.
Taxes along with Other means of Funding Authorities
In the instance where authorities can fund spending outside of taxation, Joseph Plazo and Andrea Trent see the following:
Productivity drop as the tax rate increases, as folks decide to work less. The more complicated the tax rate, the more time individuals spend evading taxes as well as the less time they spend on more productive activity. So the lower the tax rate, the higher the value of all goods and services made.
Government tax revenue doesn't necessarily improve as the tax rate increases. The government will make more tax income at 1% rate than at 0%, however they will not earn more at 100% than they will at 10%, as a result of disincentives high tax rates cause. Thus there's a peak tax rate where government revenue is greatest. The connection between income tax rates and government revenue could be graphed on something called a Laffer Curve.
Obviously, government programs are not self-funding.
This results in the problem on tax cuts. Are tax cuts as lousy as Capitalists like to exhort?
A tax cut does not absolutely help or hurt an market. You have to consider what the revenue from those taxes is being spent on before you're able to ascertain the effect the cut will have to the market. From this discussion, however, we see the next general trends:
Cutting taxes and wasteful spending may help an economy because of the disincentive effect caused by tax. Cutting taxes and beneficial programs might or might not help the economy.
A certain sum of government spending is needed in the military, the police, as well as the court system. A country which doesn't spend an acceptable amount of cash in these types of areas will obtain a miserable economy. A lot of spending in these places is wasteful.
A country also needs infrastructure to have a high degree of economic activity. Substantially of this infrastructure cannot be sufficiently provided by the private sector, so governments must spend money in this area to ensure economic growth. Nevertheless too much spending, or spending in the incorrect infrastructure could be wasteful and slow economic growth.
If folks are naturally inclined to spend their own money on schooling and health care, subsequently taxation employed for social programs is likely to impede economic growth. Social spending which targets low income families is much better for the market than universal programs.
If people are not inclined to pay towards their own education and health care, then there could be a gain to suppling these goods, as society as a whole gains from a healthy and educated workforce.
Before I get an inbox full of hate mail, I'm not suggesting that the authorities stop all social programs. There may be many benefits to these programs that are not quantified in economic growth. A slow down of economic growth will probably occur as these programs are enlarged, however, so that should continually be considered. When the plan has plenty of other benefits, society as a whole may wish to have lower economic growth in return for further social plans.
True this article oversimplified some essential issues. However that is generally essential in a first look for an economic problem. I intend on coping with some of those specific problems in more depth in the near future. I'd want to hear your take on the matter and everything youwant to see covered in more depth as time goes on
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- Project Management (a quick tutorial)
- Title Page
- I've got a project - what do I do?
- What is Project Management anyway?
- Project Phases
- - Project Initiation
- - Project Planning
- - Project Execution
- - Project Closeout
- Managing Project Scope
- Project Schedule
- - Schedule Logic
- - Schedule Reports
- Cost Management
- - Earned Value
- Quality Assurance / Quality Control
- Mitagating Risk
- Project Communications
- Project Procurement
- Project Staffing
- Lean and Project Management
- Project Plan
- Tracking Progress
- Change Management
- Project Completion
- I Want to Hear from You
- Reference Material
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The Project Schedule (timeline management)
The schedule provides the list of tasks needed to complete your project. It identifies when the task will start, the duration and the target date for task completion.
Work Breakdown
Action: Develop a Work breakdown Structure.
The Work Breakdown Structure, or WBS, is a listing of all project activities, tasks and sub-tasks. The WBS serves to define and organize the work effort and taken collectively the WBS defines all project deliverables.
One of the best methods to develop a project WBS is to list the key project tasks on small note cards, i.e. Post-it® notes.
- Ask: what do I need to do to complete this project (these are activities)
- Then ask: what do I need to do to complete each activity (these are tasks)
- Then ask: what do I need to do to complete each task (these are sub tasks)
List each activity, task and sub task on a separate note card.
F Voice of Experience – WBS
It is best to define your tasks as a team exercise. By jointly defining the tasks you gain the support of your team.
I Word to the Wise
As you consider your tasks and subtasks think about your project budget and the project accounting system. Your tasks and sub-tasks should link to your budget and your budget should link to your accounting system. Your budget should form the foundation for your cost tracking. Your accounting system should provide the feedback that your budgets are being maintained.
Work Breakdown tasks - are like prunes ~
a lot is too many,
a few is not enough
Network Tree
Action: Organize your tasks and sub-tasks into a network tree:
Task Outline
Action: Develop a Tasks Outline from the network tree:
Outline of Tasks
Activity 1
Task 1A
Sub task 1A1
Sub task 1A2
Task 1B
Sub task 1B1
Subtask 1B2
Activity 2
Task 2A
Subtask 2A1
Subtask 2A2
Activity 3
Task 3A
Subtask 3A1
Subtask 3A2
Task 3B
Subtask 3B1
Subtask 3B2
The Project Schedule – a Timeline displayed as a Gantt Chart
Action: From the task list develop the project schedule:
- For each task item, identify
a. Task relationships (predecessors for each task)
b. Task durations
- Add buffers to protect project work flow and to provide contingen
- Add a schedule milestone when deliverables are due.
The task outline can be developed on a project management program, like Microsoft Project or Primavera . The project management program can display the project schedule in Gantt Chart format where all tasks are identified and the task durations, task relationships and task start / stop times are shown graphically.
Resource Management
Action: Identify the resources needed for each task. Evaluate the work required against the work effort and task duration. If the work effort cannot be performed within the scheduled duration:
- Revise staffing (i.e. add or revise the resources)
- Revise the task duration
- Revise the sequence of the work
I Word to the Wise – Look for Constraints
Projects are often constrained by a few key resources. Schedules can be shortened by optimizing the constrained resources and protecting critical durations with time buffers and management focus.
F Voice of Experience – Look for Conservative Estimating
Often schedules allow too much time for each task, as such the resources delay task work with the anticipation that they can start the work as required to meet the project timeline. The work is delayed until the last minute and the work quality suffers. This is situation called the "student syndrome".
What helps mitigate the "student syndrome":
- clearly define the task deliverables
- define the level of quality required
- conduct frequent reviews, with task progress identified
- adjust the resources and / or schedule to meet commitments
- reduce task durations and add buffer
- manage the buffer, allowing buffer to be released based on project need
Cost Management
Identify the material and labor costs for each task. The total of all costs is the Planned Value (PV).
Action: Evaluate the work required against the work effort and task duration. If the work effort cannot be performed within the project budget:
- Review how the work is being performed
- Look for cost saving measures
Include cost buffers (contingencies) as required by the project and project risk.
Communicate the planned value for each task to the team and gain consensus
W Wiki: Earned Value Management
Achieving consensus on all PV quantities yields an important benefit …
because it exposes misunderstandings and miscommunications about the scope of the project,
and resolving these differences should always occur as early as possible.
Wikipedia, Earned Value Management
Schedule Baseline
Action: Once the schedule logic is complete (including resource and cost loading) baseline the schedule.


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Tentative date : 3rd week of March 2015
DECP students : 10,000 Taka
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Key contents
Week 1 Understanding mindfulness and practice of body scan and mindfulness
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Week 3 Exercising sitting meditation, pleasant events and concept of autopilot
Week 4 Work with breathing space and pleasant events, mindfulness and gratitude log, mindfulness in clinical care
Week 5 Practicing walking meditation and Loving kindness meditation
Week 6 Ways to reduce stress during the workday through mindfulness
Sister Gloria Rozario, a part time faculty of DECP, DU, will facilitate the workshop. She has master degree in counselling psychology and spirituality from USA and bachelor degree in clinical psychology from Italy. Currently Sister Gloria is a Ph D fellow of DECP, Dhaka University.
Time Table
Will be announced later.
Venue: DECP training room, Room 5043, 4th floor Arts building, DU
Registration fee
Students BDT 3000.00
DU teachers BDT 3000.00
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4th Floor, Arts Building
University of Dhaka
Dhaka 1000
Cell no: 01967867933
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So Thailand said no. I am still in too much grief to think about the next step or even why this happened. So many families from around the world have contacted me and given me hope with their stories, I really thought this might just be a test or another hurdle. I don't think I was ready to hear that this is the end of my destiny with Thailand. But I heard it from the horses mouth and there is no ambiguity or what ifs left.
I don't even know how to move forward from here.
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I was inspired to learn the art photography when I adopted my second child. She has albinism and is very photo-phobic. My point and shoot flash was hurting her eyes and I was missing out on precious memories because I needed specialized skills and equipment to capture her in photos. Because of her my style has developed to photograph completely flash free. My children were my inspiration to learn this craft so I named my business after them (Squeaker and Yoyo are their nicknames).
Although this is a newer artistic medium for me, I have studied visual arts my whole life and graduated with a degree in digital media. Before that I was a fashion model, so images and photography have always been a passion of mine.
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hit the wallPosted by Sylvia Eng
So Thailand said no. I am still in too much grief to think about the next step or even why this happened. So many families from around the world have contacted me and given me hope with their stories, I really thought this might just be a test or another hurdle. I don't think I was ready to hear that this is the end of my destiny with Thailand. But I heard it from the horses mouth and there is no ambiguity or what ifs left.
5 comments:
- Robin said...
I'm so sorry, Sylvia. It can be hard to readjust your heart when you can't build your family the way you first envision. Take some time to grieve, but also know that your children will be a joy no matter how they join your family. Hugs.
- September 3, 2010 at 5:08 PM
- Kerrie (and Jason) said...
I know nothing we can say will take your pain away. So this is just a huge [hug]. xxoo
- September 4, 2010 at 12:00 AM
- Zoe said...
Oh! I am so sorry to hear that! I was sure you would make it through. I don't even know what to say. so sorry for you. xx
- September 4, 2010 at 12:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
Is there another agency you can go through in Thailand? As I dont believe that is the actual government dept over there making this ruling.
sigh...our journeys are all so complicated
- September 4, 2010 at 10:09 PM
- Sylvia said...
I am trying to have a chat with our agency to ask them why no one else is hearing the same thing. I received many emails from others telling me they checked with their agency for me and were assured that this is not the case. I was sent the exact quote from our agencies coordinator that was a message from the board of directors. It left no room to interpret it differently it was a real definitive no to me.
Unfortunately I have no other choices in terms of agencies, I must use one that is registered with our province and this is the only one who is doing Thai adoptions in our province.
- September 7, 2010 at 9:27 AM


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