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This story got a 3 star rating instead of 4 from me because of entirely personal reasons and most people would probably enjoy it more than I did.
I think I would have liked this book more if I wasn't trying to make a connection between the setting of the book (15th century Bosnia) and what I've been taught in school about that part of Balkans history. It's not that the writer did something wrong, it's just that I grew up with a certain image about that period, and I couldn't quite reconcile it with what I've read in the book.
I also had a problem with the endearment "dusha" - it's a word that means literally "my soul" but the only place I've heard it used that way are folk songs. Today it's used rarely, and then usually in a condescending way, the way the words "honey" or "sweetheart" can be used in a negative context ("Don't worry your pretty little head honey"). If a person I was in a relationship with used it on me, I would think he/she was sickeningly cheesy and ask him/her to please stop.
It was used very often in the book and it was glaringly out of place. It made me cringe so much I had to put the book down for several hours. I'm not sure everyone from this speaking area would feel as I did though.
On a bright note - it was put in the correct grammatical case in different situations, something most English speaking fiction writers that tried to use Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian language in the past (at least that I've seen) had disregarded, so hooraaah for that.
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Dental Career or Daily Drudgery? You Decide.
Case File #214 - Dr. Lin Wu
After many years as an associate dentist in a general practice, Dr. Lin Wu decided that he wanted to start up his own practice. The decision to leave was fueled by an increasingly hostile environment created by the deteriorating relationship with the owner dentist, Dr. Smith. Dr. Wu had confidence in his abilities to be an excellent dentist and, over the years, had built a loyal following of about a thousand patients that were supposed to be his, according to the loosely drawn agreement with the owner dentist. One last dispute ended the relationship and sent Dr. Wu in a tailspin as to what to do now: accept an offer to join another established practice as an associate, or take the big leap and open his own practice. He chose to open his own practice. The first step was to enroll in McKenzie Management's Practice Start Up program for 2 days. There was a lot to be done but he knew that he needed the guidance of an expert to make it all come together.
The hunt for a location using a real estate specialist yielded a smaller but doable space within a few miles of his previous practice. Dr. Wu knew the demographics and psychographics of the neighborhood and was pleased with the practice location and availability of parking. Luckily he was within the ruling of the "non-compete" clause in his associate contract and would be able to take his established patient records without too much resistance. He would still be held to the agreement of giving Dr. Smith a percentage of the collections on work pending with insurance companies.
Working out the new lease with the current tenant, broker and landlord was challenging to do quickly and with the same goal in mind. The previous tenant had invested in beautiful flooring, painting and artwork which would be part of the lease agreement. The dental chairs were in very good condition, the plumbing and electrical were installed correctly and with a few alterations, they would be ready soon. Getting the new computers, software, digital x-ray and televisions installed took a team of about ten people from several sources working in tandem or in sequence.
Dr. Wu was able to avoid one of the biggest hurdles facing new start-up dentists. His staff was willing to come with him, understanding that they would not have as many hours or benefits in the beginning. Deciding to go chartless with the new set-up and getting a new software program met with some resistance, but when it was explained to Dr. Wu and his staff how much time would be saved and how much more efficient they would be, everyone was open to learning the new program. So as hammers banged putting up shelves and running cables, the team learned the new software program and prepared to see patients the next day.
Unlike many start-up scratch practices, Dr. Wu had many scheduled patients that wanted to be seen as soon as possible. Would it be possible to work on patients while the office was being built up around them? It was deemed possible but only with the cooperation of an incredible team of people. Much like the television show Extreme Makeover, where a brand new home is built within a week, the process of putting a working practice together required many people to do their jobs quickly and correctly.
Dental supplies started coming in with a parade of boxes and the staff scrambled to organize the work area and put the supplies in containers and labeled shelves so that they could be found without much time lost. Dr. Wu needed a sterilizer, new handpieces, instruments, burs, endo supplies, trash bags, paper towels, drawer organizers, alginate, impression materials, composite materials, etc. The list seemed endless and just when the staff thought they had everything, they were adding more to the list. In the business area, getting the phones set up and the merchant services for credit cards along with getting the sign pad for the health history forms and the credit card receipts took time on the phone doing installations. Signing up for electronic claims and electronic statements involved uninterrupted time on the phone and on the computer.
Within a week Dr Wu and his team were seeing patients. Sure it was rocky and had its challenges, but they made it work. It has now been three weeks and although they are still working through the daily bumps in the road, every day is exciting and fulfilling with the knowledge that teamwork has paid off in creating the start of a dream practice. Want to start-up your own practice? Learn what to do to get started and what not to do to avoid pitfalls by taking McKenzie Management's Dentist Start-Up Program.
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Dr. Barry Bronson – Case Study #216
Dr. Bronson, a general family practictioner was constantly annoyed every day by his team. Not surprising, his team struggled with the same challenges – how to communicate with one another!
What annoys Dr. Bronson:
What annoys the team about Dr. Bronson:
These lists could go on indefinitely from both parties. It was organized chaos in Dr. Bronson's office. Temperament types indicated that his employees liked organization, following the same protocols daily without unnecessary changes, and a little recognition from him. He was spontaneous, ambitious and always planning ahead for the next move. Different planet, different universe! These annoyances were not "earth-shattering" issues. However, sometimes it is the little things that cause doctors to call and say "Help! My office is out of control."
Morning meetings – Dr. Bronson and his clinical team would gather in the hall while the hygiene patients were being walked between them to briefly "chat" about the day. The meeting was non-productive and did not completely cover the areas that needed to be covered in order to have an efficient and productive day.
Morning meetings should include but not be limited to the following:
In conjunction with the morning meeting, the hygienists and assistants should have access to their patients' records for the next day by lunch time in order to have time to review the information prior to the morning meeting the next day.
"Walkie Talkies" could be used by all team members and doctors to improve inter-office communication. Team members were running around the office trying to find other team members to ask questions or share information with. Team members were constantly playing hide and seek with the doctor or each other.
Questions for the Doctor – Many times the team doesn't realize that the doctor has a lot of clinical concerns rolling around in his mind when he is moving from one patient to another. Catching him in the hall between hygiene patients is NOT a good time to approach him about any management issues, let alone a personal issue. Unless the building is on fire, wait until the end of the day or before lunch to approach him. Doctor, in order to avoid answering yes or no to a question without giving it any thought, I give you permission to respond with, "Susie, I need to think about that. Come to me in the morning and I will have an answer for you."
Sick! You can't be sick! – A system was implemented for the team to use when they were ill. The doctor was notified by phone as soon as the team member recognized that they were not going to be able to work. Dr. Bronson's response was to be, "Susie, I am sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself and unless I hear from you, I will see you tomorrow." The team member that is sick also contacts her working "partner" to inform them of her condition and fills her in on anything that she might need to know regarding the day.
Dr. Bronson must keep the doors of communication open so the team members don't feel intimidated by his responses to certain situations. It is also necessary to have a mechanism in place to be able to express concerns without fear of being reprimanded: a suggestion box, whiteboard, etc. Remain open-minded about your team's concerns and comments. Remember – Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus! Success is when you can all come together on Earth.
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The HUMAN KIND project believes in a global understanding that what happens to your neighbour is held in humanity's shared unconscious mind and will be passed down generationally until our efforts transcend this unconsciousness. Good and smart people recently voted based on their personal bottom line issues. If our collective bottom line does not include making a considerable effort toward the public good – gender equality, racial equality, equal rights for the LGBTQ2 community, freedom of religion, and the right to clean air, water, basic healthcare and a decent education for all – as a minimum requirement, then we suffer as a global community. When the perceived health of one's tax bracket is of greater concern than the health and happiness of others, we enable this suffering. This music is meant to nourish the initiative to crack the door open to see outside one's sphere (with nourishment we might transcend the unconscious). This music is meant to abash ignorance and stoke the fire of compassion. It is meant to energize the soul so we the people can mobilize, organize and get out there! It is meant to touch the spirit and keep the faith.
"Well, I think music, being an expression of the human heart, of the human being, itself, does express just what is happening."
—John Coltrane Interview with Frank Kofsky 1966
These compositions are both inspired by the free form jazz of the 60's and a personal expression of how a resurgence of the civil rights movement is upon us. Jazz has always been music of expression and of the people. In the late 60's, as John and Alice Coltrane and contemporaries were bringing jazz to new levels of experimentation and cross-culturalism, the sociopolitical climate was fraught with tension.
There were benefits held for the Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE) at the infamous Five Spot Cafe, Nina Simone was singing "Mississippi Goddam" at Carnegie Hall and producer/concert promoter Norman Granz vehemently required venues to adhere to mixed seating for his Jazz at the Philharmonic tour which featured artists such as Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald. America has come a long way, but this recent regression is a wake up call that the work is far from over. Many feel uncomfortable as liberal values creep into their communities (equality can feel like oppression when you're used to privilege – anon.) while others don't see civil liberties as a primary issue. Keeping up with tradition, this album will benefit organizations that fight for civil liberties and human rights.
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Software is a core driver of enterprise value creation in today's businesses. The convergence of services and software companies, the dominance of digital commerce, the growth of software-as-a-service for every market niche, and the ongoing technology platform evolution (from mobile to AI for example) require market leading businesses to leverage software.
Across all business stages (concept, seed, series A+, growth, and enterprise), management teams are targeting investment in software to create value. While the desire is universal, execution of software-driven strategies is challenging for all but the most technical of companies.
For management teams without deep software experience, creating great software from scratch is highly challenging. Increasingly, even teams that have experience in software are still challenged with recruiting and retaining software product managers, designers and engineers due to competition for quality people in this space. As a result, execution of software-driven strategies is, in most businesses, running below expectations and limiting the true opportunity at hand.
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I started my career in 1994 with a private equity firm. At the time, the PE industry was much smaller than it is today, and none of the graduates from UNC (including me) had a good understanding of this business. 23 years later, we live in a PE-owned world.
It's our belief that, in the same way that management teamed with "Capital Partners" to create value with private equity, a new generation of businesses will team with "Digital Partners" to create value with software.
Capital is no longer scarce. The world is awash with VC and PE. Digital is the new scarce resource, and companies that can access this resource will outperform companies that do not. With this thesis, we're building Castle Digital Partners as a next generation partner to management teams that need help with software-driven strategies.
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Castle Digital Partners has a simple partnership criteria: 1) proven management team; 2) solid business traction; and 3) a clear digital opportunity. With a proven team and solid business traction, the digital opportunity is the clear path to creating significant enterprise value.
As the digital partner to management, our mandate is to realize this digital opportunity by providing the scarce resource to make it all happen. Instead of simply investing capital, and then using this capital to try to hire an in-house software team or outsourced software firm, Castle Digital Partners provides a turnkey solution to the digital opportunity. We execute the digital program with our digital strategy, product management, design, and engineering team members.
This clear digital opportunity varies from company to company. It can be the creation of a new software platform, or the transformation of an existing one. It can be the introduction of mobility or AI, improvements to the user experience, or a change of business model enabled by software (from service to SaaS for example).
Thesis-driven digital programs
As experts in digital businesses and software, we help management teams shape this clear digital opportunity into a structured, thesis-driven, digital program. Every program starts with defining the thesis and the product strategy, and then we implement this strategy over the course of 12-36 months.
Because we lead and manage the execution of the program, we are in essence
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Most of the businesses that match our partnership criteria are not VC or PE funded companies. When we meet management, their first priority is to solve the clear digital opportunity that will enable their vision, so they view
access to digital capabilities as equal to, or more important than, access to capital
In our experience, non-technical management teams underestimate the true cost of enabling a software-driven strategy. Moreover, it is common for budgets to be limited due to the practicalities of running the business. It is rare that there is enough budget to afford a digital product program in full.
So, one of the most powerful aspects of the Digital Partner is the ability to finance the implementation of the program. At Castle, we have three models for financing a program. Since we do not have an investment fund, we normally offer to finance up to half of the program in exchange for an equity investment. In special cases, we can involve capital partners to fund the majority of the program. With larger businesses, where investment is not possible, we can implement a program in a fee-only relationship.
Because we have this flexible, investment-focused partnership model, we call ourselves a "Venture Services" firm.
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Is it possible for non-Europeans to integrate in Europe in such large numbers?
Is "our" security more important than "their" security?
Do migrants bring anything positive to society?
The WSCF-E is hosting a safe space for dialogue about these questions and more.
If you would like to be part of this dialogue, join us between 7-13 October 2017 in Kildare, Ireland for "(I)migrant: perspectives of minority integration in Europe".
Young people from all over Europe will be gathering to sing, eat, pray and talk deeply about integration and community building.
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Pope says unified Korean team at Olympics offers hope for peace
- by Thibaud Popelin
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Vice President Pence's spokeswoman on Saturday warned people not to "whitewash North Korea's record" while responding to a CNN story on how the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was "stealing the show" at the Winter Olympics.
Pence is attending the ceremonies with Fred Warmbier, whose son, Otto, who died of extensive brain damage upon his return to the United States from a North Korean jail.
Pyon said he was happy to see the Korean hockey team competing with a "single-minded" unity, saying the two Koreas could also field a joint Alpine team in the future.
North Korean delegation lands at Incheon airport before the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Games. She is reportedly the first member of Jong-Un's family to travel South across the border since the Korean War.
Meanwhile, defense experts who analyzed Thursday's military parade in North Korea say it appears the country has a shortage of vehicles used for launching intercontinental ballistic missiles.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, the leader of South Korea, and top representatives from North Korea shared a VIP box at Friday's opening of the 2018 Winter Olympics, although Pence avoided interaction with the North Korean officials.
A separate reception hosted by Moon in the mountain resort of Pyeongchang was the culmination of months of work by Seoul, which seeks to use the Olympics to ease tension spurred by North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Kim Yo-jong and North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam were sitting beside International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach here, as a unified Korea team played in the Games for the first time.
The two leaders however, did not discuss North Korea's invitation to Moon to visit Pyongyang, according to a senior administration official. However, the U.S. Treasury Department past year included on its list of blacklisted officials over her position as vice director of the ruling Workers' Party's Propaganda and Agitation Department. The meeting is set to come at a time when the United States government under the leadership of President Donald Trump is preparing to continue the policy of maximum pressure against North Korea by imposing more economic sanctions to the repressive regime of Kim Jong Un.


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The report "Global Nutmeg Market" evaluates the current and future market opportunities of Nutmeg industry. The research study sheds light on some of the major drivers and restraints factors influencing the growth of the Nutmeg market. The market is segregated on the basis of product type, Nutmeg manufacturers, application, and geographical regions. Feasibility of investment study, Nutmeg market status from 2012 to 2017, Nutmeg industry development trends from 2018 to 2022 and emerging market segments will define the market scope in coming years.
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It's the beginning of March, and we've been hit with a freezing-rain-blowing-snow late-winter storm. We've just come back from swimming lessons. The only thing I want to do is go soak in a bath right away. The Girl, however, has kept her boots and winter coat back on, and is headed back out the front door.
She has in her hand the birdfeeder that we had taken down last week, to clean and re-fill, which we haven't been doing regularly all winter. She knows that they haven't had their feed in a few weeks. She is concerned enough about her feathered friends in this storm that she'll go back out into this March madness.
Sure enough, upon re-entering, she tells me proudly, "As soon as I put the birdfeeder out, a mourning dove came down and started eating." I tease her that her motivation is only to plump up the birds for her real love, cats. But deep down, I know that she does what she does because she has a kind heart and is a real animal-lover. And no foul weather will deter her.


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By: Wendy Grove
How well we get along with others can open or close doors for kids and adults alike. When we talk about human development, we know how well a child can get along with others matters for childhood, school and life. Social and emotional learning is the extent to which a child learns how to get along with peers and adults, can appropriately express emotions and develops empathy and skills like self-concept, self-regulation and self-competence. But what do these skills really mean? And, what do they look like?
The other part of social and emotional learning is relationships with others. Children learn about interactions with other children and adults, what to expect, who to trust, how to get along with others, how to cooperate, and how to both get what they need and give what they can to help others. Does your preschool-age child share well? Probably not. Not many do. But over time, and with opportunities to practice the skills needed to get along with others, children become able to build relationships with others. The first relationships we build are with our caregivers. The adults that take care of us have an important role in attending to our needs as small people because we cannot do things for ourselves. As children grow and develop independence, they also come to build relationships outside of their families. When children attend school, they must learn how to trust, communicate and interact with other non-family adults, as well as other children.
Social and emotional development and learning are the building blocks for life. These skills are built over time as we age. They are practiced and honed. These are as important as our academic skills for school success because very few of us will attend school alone or live without the need to interact with others. The state currently has standards in this area from for children from birth-grade 3 but does not yet have standards for grades 4-12. Stay tuned for updates from the Department about upcoming work to create standards for social and emotional learning in grades 4-12.
Dr. Wendy Grove is the director of the Office for Early Learning and School Readiness at the Ohio Department of Education, where she helps develop and implement policies for preschool special education and early childhood education. You can learn more about Wendy by clicking here.
By: Stephanie Donofe Meeks
Any "This Is Us" fans out there? In a recent episode of the television drama series, Randall, one of the siblings, was talking about getting his first pair of glasses as a child. He shared his experience with the "better here machine." Have you ever had a vision screening? They put a device over your head so that it aligns with your eyes to find the proper lens strength to help you see more clearly. As each new lens is tried, you're supposed to look through and decide if you see better with the current lens or former lens. The technician or doctor will ask, "Here or better here?" as he or she switches quickly between lens strengths (which can be sort of amusing when they do it fast).
The character Randall used the "better here machine" as a way to explain his perspective looking back on his childhood with his siblings. I thought that was a powerful metaphor for the way we bring our own unique perspectives to a common experience, including education. In a personalized learning environment, all staff and students have different perspectives. The key to successful transformation to personalized learning is aligning various perspectives and taking advantage of the best aspects of each unique lens.
In my last blog, I talked about using a team approach and the Future Ready Framework to help districts prepare for creating true personalized learning environments for students. An essential component to becoming Future Ready is making a systemic digital learning plan before purchasing the next round of technology. This process includes creating a leadership team and using the district self-assessment tool to determine how prepared the district is to support digital learning environments. Districts get feedback that shows both areas of readiness and areas for growth. Looking at the alignment of all the elements for success can assure districts that their planning will be effective.
If a district uses the Future Ready Framework to help make strategic decisions regarding moving to environments that support personalized learning, the next step is implementation. Future Ready encourages specific roles, such as librarians and instructional coaches, to view the framework, strategies and connections through their specific lenses. Once a district team uses the districtwide lens to look at, reflect and assess its readiness in each element critical to success, the individuals on the team can see the specific ways they can implement the plan via their own unique lenses based on their roles in the district.
Each role's customized framework helps implement personalized learning for the district based on the specific ways their work will support each gear. Let's look at two role-specific examples through the lenses of principals and technology leaders that define the ways they can support personalized learning environments for students:
Future Ready Principals believe in:
Future Ready Technology Leaders believe in:
To see more information about the leadership roles within Future Ready, click here. As you can see, each role plays a unique part in helping the district as a whole move forward with transformation. By using the framework as its own "better here machine," a district can create a clear vision and path forward by looking through the lens of the powerful gears and the educator-specific roles. For more information or questions regarding this framework, please contact Stephanie Meeks or follow #FutureReadyOH on Twitter. Future Ready also will be the topic of six sessions at the Ohio Educational Technology Conference Feb. 13-15.
Stephanie Donofe is director of integrated technology at the Ohio Department of Education, where she supports technology integration innovations and blended learning initiatives for districts and schools across the state. You can learn more about Stephanie by clicking here.
By: Guest Blogger
I currently serve as a school administrator. Before entering education, I served as a military officer in the Armor Branch of the United States Army. I am extremely proud of my service to my country. And now I am extremely proud of my service to my community.
Thankfully, the roles of a military officer and a school administrator have many, many differences. But surprisingly, there are some similarities. For example, in both environments, being successful in meeting your goals is critical. My internal ongoing dialog in both worlds has been "How do I know that I am meeting my goal?"
As an educator, I often wonder how we know we are meeting our objectives in terms of teaching and learning. The classroom teacher has learning targets. These are informed by curriculum maps and formative and summative assessments. The building principal has evaluations of staff members and numerous tools for measuring student and teacher growth. District administrators have Ohio's School Report Cards, the data used to create the report cards, parent input and state guidance to help them determine if they are making progress.
Even with these resources, how do the classroom teachers and building and district administrators know they are consistently setting the right goals each day? In education, there are so many efforts aimed at improving outcomes for students. You hear leaders talk about the importance of improving attendance rates, graduation rates, literacy rates, ACT scores, college placement rates, college readiness scores, increasing dual enrollment credits, improving Advanced Placement scores and improving state assessment scores — just to name a few. Meeting any one of these goals is challenging and rewarding work. But how do we decide exactly which one we should focus on? We cannot afford to miss our goals. How do we know precisely which adjustments to make to better serve our students and communities?
One indicator that educators are setting appropriate goals is that students are fulfilling their potential. In Marion City Schools, we have learned that simply asking students to graduate high school is a vague goal and a disservice to our students. To clarify that goal and do what is best for our students means that we must focus on students beyond the time they are in our classrooms and schools. There is a lot of evidence that shows students are not persisting in higher education. Our graduates are changing their majors two or three times before settling on where they finally want to focus. Not enough students are graduating with credentials and relevant ways to apply their knowledge.
To set the right goals for Marion, we created our Portrait of a Graduate. This process was collaborative and intentional. We invited 20 community leaders and 20 influential school leaders to develop our vision. The Marion City Schools' Portrait of a Graduate identifies the key skills, beliefs and knowledge students must have to be successful and gain acceptance to 1) a two- or four-year college or university; 2) the United States Military; 3) a high-paying, in-demand job in our city or region; or 4) an adult apprenticeship program. We call this High School Diploma PLUS Acceptance, and it is the goal we ask our students to aim for. Diploma Plus Acceptance helps students be better prepared for life after high school and prevents some of the pitfalls that many high school graduates face.
Posters hang in the hallways of each elementary, middle and high school in Marion City Schools to remind students of the traits we outlined in our Portrait of a Graduate. The posters remind students to strive to be "responsibly engaged in the community," "taking initiative," having "civic awareness," "focusing on growth" and "persisting to overcome adversity." And yes, we remind students to be "proficient on required curriculum and assessments in the state of Ohio."
I am proud that our program has been featured as a SuccessBound program. You can watch the SuccessBound video about our accomplishments here. I am even prouder that identifying these traits and focusing on our students in these ways is one way our district ensures college success...if that is what our students desire. Emphasizing these traits and focusing on our students in these ways helps ensure career success! This is our most essential goal, and this is our greatest point of pride. This is #FutureReady. This is success in today's world of education.
Stephen Fujii has a diverse background. He served in the military, taught in the classroom and currently is the superintendent of Marion City Schools. To contact him, click here.
What does using technology with early learners look like?
When I first started working with this age as a school librarian, it looked like more than 20 kindergarteners sitting in front of computers with their hands on their heads. Despite my relative inexperience with the age group, I quickly figured out that if there were keyboards in front of them, early learners would push the keys. There would be no direction or completion of any task without that temptation taken away. I first tried having them sit on their hands, but that produced a lot of rocking from side to side and even some inappropriate noises. Finally, "Put your hands on your heads!" seemed to work. They sat immobile in front of their computers, hands on heads, almost statue-like. Better yet, they were listening! We practiced that about five times. That took us to the end of day one of using computers in the library. Check!
As the weeks went on, I was successful in not only getting the 5-year-olds to log in but also in helping them learn to use a mouse and double click. Each lesson took the whole 45 minutes, but we finally were able to successfully log in, use the mouse and click with enough skill to get to a website. This was about six or seven years ago, and there were very few support resources to help a cash-strapped school librarian with early learners and technology. Instead, I used what I had: years of teaching experience, lots of strategies, flexibility and patience. It turned out that those were just what I needed to get my early learners logged in and learning.
Today, all Ohio early learning educators, even the cash-strapped ones like I was, have access to help! The INFOhio Early Learning Portal is a resource for educators and parents of learners ages 3-5. It contains more than 50 free or affordable websites and apps. INFOhio carefully chose and evaluated each one. The resources are aligned to the Ohio Early Learning Standards, and a helpful chart is available for each domain that provides a corresponding resource for the standards within that domain. Often, a specific component of the resource, like a BookFlix e-book, is given to support the learning outcome, making intervention and personalized learning easier for busy teachers.
It can be intimidating to integrate technology into a curriculum, especially if teachers don't feel they have enough experience, devices or time to make it work with early learners. But, as I learned when I started, the best way to begin is to use what already is established and available. Many early learning curriculums and programs use centers, which is a great way to integrate technology. One or more centers could be set up with a computer or tablet with the INFOhio Early Learning Portal resource ready for students. This eliminates frustrations that may arise if children must access the resource on their own and provides more time for the student to work on the standard. Many preschools still are working on supplying students with enough computers or tablets for individual use. Centers allow students to work with the app or website in groups, not only learning content but also skills, such as taking turns, providing verbal support and positive peer interaction.
Another way to integrate technology into an already established program is during circle time or other teacher-student direct instruction. A great way to provide interactive and engaging lessons is to use a tablet with a small group or a projector with a larger group. Games and videos in the resources on the INFOhio Early Learning Portal are a great way to get learners moving and thinking. There are many great e-books available as well, which allow students to hear the story while watching the words appear on the screen as they are highlighted. This lesson plan for preschool featuring Early World of Learning is a great way to use an e-book as a read-aloud story. Starting off small by substituting technology for another tool or process is great way to gradually introduce the resource into the curriculum.
With first-hand, daily knowledge gained from working with an individual learner comes the irreplaceable skill of matching learner needs with level and strategy. Using technology individually with students is one of the most powerful ways to provide a foundation of learning. One-on-one interaction with feedback and praise cannot replace any automated program that does the same. Working with a student one-on-one is a great way to amp up the technology in the curriculum and use it to modify and redesign learning. For example, using apps such as Draw and Tell, Bedtime Math or Little Bird Tales can put a new spin on student creations, sharing with parents and assessing learning.
Using technology with early learners can be a daunting task, but starting with substitution and using what you already have can help eliminate many barriers — especially time or lack of devices. Choose one resource, or even one student, and integrate the INFOhio Early Learning Portal into your lesson. As you gain confidence, and the learners ask for more, you will find small steps will lead you and your students to bigger learning, not only in content but in skills and development.
The INFOhio Early Learning Portal was developed in partnership with the Office of Gov. John Kasich, Ohio Department of Education and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and is maintained by INFOhio, which is optimized by the Management Council.
Emily Rozmus is an INFOhio instructional team specialist. She has worked in education for 24 years, first as a secondary English teacher and then as a district librarian. Emily has developed district growth plans, integrated technology, created instruction for information literacy, fostered teacher development and worked on teams to implement curriculum. At INFOhio, she focuses on helping educators use INFOhio resources to improve early learning. She also works to share research and best practices for helping students be better readers of INFOhio's digital text.
By: Steve Gratz
Nearly a year ago, Ohio's efforts to strengthen and expand career pathways got a boost thanks to a $2 million grant from the Council of Chief State School Officers and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Ohio is one of 10 states to receive a New Skills for Youth grant, which directly aligns with many of Gov. John R. Kasich's Executive Workforce Board's initiatives. It also aligns with many Ohio Department of Education activities geared toward making sure Ohio's students are ready for the workforce of the future. To help schools and families better understand the needs of future employers, Ohio launched the SuccessBound initiative. The SuccessBound webpage includes resources to help make students aware of the different career-focused opportunities available to them.
Students who are SuccessBound take active roles in planning their futures by exploring career interests early and considering how to align their interests to careers. They consider what education and training are needed to reach their goals. They respond to financial concerns by earning free college credits in high school. And, they follow pathways that allow them to work in related fields while continuing their education. These students dedicate themselves to long-term goals and commit to continuous lifelong learning.
Aligned to the SuccessBound initiative is the OhioMeansJobs-Readiness Seal. The seal was established as part of the sweeping workforce initiatives passed in House Bill 49 and outlined in Building Ohio's Future Workforce. The OhioMeansJobs-Readiness Seal will be printed on students' diplomas and transcripts once they meet certain requirements. The requirements include demonstration of work-readiness and work-ethic competencies. Students submit a form that records evidence of meeting the requirements. The form is validated by at least three individuals. These individuals are mentors to the students and can include employers, teachers, business mentors, community leaders, faith-based leaders, school leaders or coaches.
We know Ohio's students must be ready to engage in a rapidly changing workplace. We also know that businesses are seeking talented workers who demonstrate professional skills, such as being reliable, drug free, personable and able to solve problems and handle conflict. To meet the needs of business, our current education system must identify and teach the professional knowledge and skills all Ohioans need to be job ready. The OhioMeansJobs-Readiness Seal will signify to employers that students have the professional skills valued by business and industry. These skills are essential in the 21st century workplace.
When this language was introduced in HB 49, I immediately thought about how I would approach helping my students earn this valuable credential if I was still in the classroom. The OhioMeansJobs-Readiness Seal requires students to demonstrate proficiency in the following professional skills to be deemed ready for work.
As a teacher of agriculture, I had the fortune of teaching students throughout their high school careers. I reviewed the list of professional skills, I reflected on how I, as their teacher, could integrate these skills into the classroom experience for students.
For example, to be in the program, all students were required to have supervised agricultural experiences. During these experiences, students apply what they learn in the classroom in real-world settings. Today, supervised agricultural experience programs include entrepreneurship, placement, research, exploratory, school-based enterprise and service learning. Successful supervised agricultural experiences require students to demonstrate reliability, work ethic, punctuality, discipline, learning agility, critical thinking and problem-solving, professionalism and more.
During my time as a teacher, I made sure all my students were members of the Future Farmers of America (FFA). For those of you not familiar, FFA is the youth development organization for agricultural education students. It provides life-changing experiences for its members. FFA programs and activities allow students to further demonstrate the professional skills listed above. This is evident in the FFA's Code of Ethics.
FFA members conduct themselves at all times to be a credit to their organization, chapter, school, community and family. FFA members pledge to:
Develop my potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success.
Make a positive difference in the lives of others.
Dress neatly and appropriately for the occasion.
Respect the rights of others and their property.
Be courteous, honest and fair with others.
Communicate in an appropriate, purposeful and positive manner.
Demonstrate good sportsmanship by being modest in winning and generous in defeat.
Make myself aware of FFA programs and activities and be an active participant.
Conduct and value a supervised agricultural experience program.
Strive to establish and enhance my skills through agricultural education in order to enter a successful career.
Appreciate and promote diversity in our organization.
FFA members conduct themselves at all times to be a credit to their organization, chapter, school, community and family. FFA members pledge to:
This blog is not intended to focus on the FFA — it's merely my point of reference based on my personal experience as a teacher. There are numerous other programs and activities in schools and communities (band, choir, drama club, faith-based clubs and activities, 4-H, Invention Convention, science fair, robotics competitions, etc.) that can help students learn and demonstrate these professional skills. The key takeaway is to realize that many, if not all, of the professional skills required to earn the OhioMeansJobs-Readiness Seal can be learned and demonstrated as part of a student's total school experience and should not be considered additional work.
Supporting this initiative is the Business Advisory Council Operating Standards that the Department will be posting guidance on later this week. Strong relationships between education and industry are essential. The Business Advisory Council Operating Standards guidance document includes examples of how education and industry can partner together. The Department plans on sharing examples from districts that have successfully implemented business advisory councils.
Finally, here's a great article I read on LinkedIn that speaks on Industry's Role in a New Education System. The article addresses what is needed from the next generation of employees, including the following:
Of course, these should sound familiar as they align with the OhioMeansJobs-Readiness Seal, which should help all Ohio's students be SuccessBound.
Dr. Steve Gratz is senior executive director of the Center for Student Support and Education Options at the Ohio Department of Education, where he oversees creative ways to help students in Ohio achieve success in school. You can learn more about Steve by clicking here.


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Site: Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Long Hall, Room 210
October 20 (8:50AM – 5:30PM, Registration at 8:15); October 21 (9AM-5PM, Registration at 8:30). Early Bird fee until October 13: $200; Full fee after October 13: $250. Student and Senior fee until October 13: $100; Student and Senior fee after October 13: $150. Single Day fee: $150; WPFC Basic Seminar students: No fee; Social Work CEUs: 1 Day $20, 2 Day $30.00; Psychology CEs: $35. Other presenters include: Walter Smith, Ann Depner, Rev. John R. Rushofsky, Jim Smith, Celeste Compomizzi, Katharine Baker, Peter Titelman and Carol Jeunette.
PLEASE NOTE: Attendance by Zoom is an option. Fees are the same as attending in person. Social Work CEUS are available for Pennsylvania Zoom registrants ONLY. If you are interested in the Zoom option, contact Rebecca Keller ([email protected]) after registering.
We live at a time in human history that psychiatrist Murray Bowen described as a time of "societal regression". Human functioning is guided more by subjectivity, opinion and feeling than fact. Observable facts are commonly exchanged for feeling driven "alternative facts" at the drop of a hat, in marriages, families, organizations, at all levels of society, and at all points on the political spectrum. This allows people to gain comfort in relationships at the expense of facts. Part of this is that we live at a time in history when world-wide population is growing exponentially. The median age keeps rising; more and more people get older and older; there are fewer and fewer frontiers; there is less and less habitable land; the availability of resources is less and less. Bowen noted that our "instinctual radar" rather than our logical thinking responds anxiously to all of this.
The cornerstone concept of Bowen theory is differentiation of self, bringing logical thinking to charting a course for self in one's personal and professional relationships, allowing others to do the same while maintaining viable relationships with them. On the last page of his just published "Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom", journalist Thomas Ricks writes: "The fundamental driver of Western civilization is the agreement that objective reality exists, that people of goodwill can perceive it and that other people will change their views when presented with the facts of the matter." It is assumed that the effort to differentiate a self in one's personal and professional relationships over a lifetime is one high road to realizing this.
This meeting will focus on the fact that more and more people on "spaceship earth" are getting older and older, in the context of their family and of all of the other facts that go into societal regression, while considering how differentiation of self can change things when added to this mix. A goal is that logical thinking will be brought to bear to these instinctively known and feeling guided phenomena.
After graduate training in social work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Dr. Papero entered postgraduate training in family systems theory and psychotherapy at the Georgetown University Family Center. In 1982, Dr. Bowen invited him to join the faculty of the Georgetown University Family Center. He has written numerous articles and book chapters on various aspects of family systems theory and family psychotherapy and, in 1990, published a basic introduction to family systems, Bowen Family Systems Theory. He serves on the editorial board of Family Systems and of the Family Business Client. He currently gives between fifteen and twenty invited presentations yearly to various professional groups across the country on topics related to family systems theory, family psychotherapy, and the functioning of corporations and organizations. In recent years he has consulted increasingly with organizations in both the private and public sectors about the impact of relationships on functioning and about the emotional process of organizations. Dr. Papero maintains his consulting practice in Washington, DC.
Continuing Education Credits for Psychologists: Allegheny General Hospital is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Allegheny General Hospital maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 6 CEs each day-Fee is $35 for one or two days."The information presented in this CE offering reflects the opinion of the presenter. Open to all, it is especially intended for those newer to Bowen theory. As with all science, there may be multiple explanations for the data and multiple reasonable conclusions. Program content has obtained credibility, as demonstrated by the involvement of the broader psychological practice, education, and science communities in studying or applying the findings, procedures, practices, or theoretical concepts. The goal for this presentation is that participants will be able to: describe implications for functioning as population aging increases in a time of societal regression.
Friday, October 20
9:00–Dan Papero (Part One)
11:30-Comments and discussion
12:00-Lunch (in the PTS cafeteria)
1:00- Ann Depner – "Potential Perks of Aging"
2:00- Katharine Baker – "The National Village Movement: A Personal Report from the Field"
2:30-Comments and discussion
3:15-Peter Titelman – "Facing Death: "A Gradually Emerging Approach in Family and the Medical Arena."
3:45-Carol Jeunette – "….when I'm 64? or 84? or 104?" Aging, Anxiety and Bowen Theory
4:45-Comments and discussion
5:15- Wine and Cheese – Special Guest: Paulina McCullough (@WPFC)
Saturday, October 21
9:00-Dan Papero (Part Two)
11:30-Comments and discussion
12:00-Lunch (PTS catering delivered to classroom)
1:00-Walter Smith – "How Child Abuse Impacts Family Relationships"
1:30- John Rushofsky – "Societal Regression, Aging Congregations, and Anxiety in the Church"
2:00-Comments and discussion
2:45- Celeste Compomizzi and Jim Smith – "A Conversation Between Graying Students of Bowen Theory"
3:45-Comments and discussion
5:00-End of meeting
Registration is closed for this event.
For more information or questions, please email: [email protected]


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Fr. Francis Hoffman, known affectionately as "Fr. Rocky" to his listeners, will speak at a gathering at the Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul on 122 Ash Street in Lewiston on Sunday, May 20, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
All are welcome to attend the event which is sponsored by the Presence Radio Network, Maine's only Catholic radio network. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be offered prior to Fr. Rocky's presentation. If you plan to attend, please email email@example.com.
Fr. Rocky, who is the executive director and CEO of Relevant Radio, has been an on-air contributor on network programming since 2003. Currently, the network broadcasts on nearly 130 stations reaching 38 states and is the top Catholic radio app with 450,000 downloads in 192 countries. Relevant Radio produces a variety of popular and exciting programs to help strengthen the family, solve everyday problems, and raise the hearts and minds of listeners to God.
Ordained as a priest of Opus Dei in 1992, Fr. Rocky also offers retreats in youth and family ministry as well as teaching and sacramental ministry. He was previously chaplain of Northridge Preparatory School in Niles, Illinois, and holds a bachelor's degree in history from Northwestern University, an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy.
The Presence Radio Network can be heard on 106.7 FM in Portland, 105.7 FM in Springvale/Sanford, 97.5 FM in Fort Kent, 90.3 FM in Bangor, 89.7 FM in Bath/Brunswick, 89.5 FM in Augusta, and 1390 AM in northern Maine. It is also available online at www.thepresenceradio.org, on smartphones by downloading the Presence Radio app, or by calling (605) 475-8037 to listen on your cell phone.


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In response to our "How to Get a Job" pieces, we've received some excellent responses—from all-too-familiar stories to thought-expandingquestions. One recent question struck me as especially important, and a vital side of the "path-finding" equation. I asked around among the experts we always have on speed-dial here at Trendsetter and promised our reader that at least one article would be addressed to her question.
This particular question came from a woman who's been in production for 4 years at a Big 6 house. Just as with me and my first job, this woman stretched beyond her most immediate choice–editorial–and took a job in production. Very much unlike me, though, this reader is an able and talented production worker…but really isn't happy with the kind of work she's doing.
How do you navigate, she asks, when you know you're not where your deepest passion lies (for her it's in editorial), but the years are passing, and you're at a good house and advancing well? What happens if you're not bad at something, so nobody makes you leave, but you just really want to? What will employers in editorial think of the four successful years spent in production on your resume? When does taking a position outside of your dream department just become a life sentence?
These are pressing questions—time stands still for no Production Associate—and they're not easy questions either. There is no shortage of unpleasant ruts and idiotic detours on this-here career roadtrip. Every industry has its specialty frustrations, and publishing is definitely not excepted.
To my mind, it seemed like there must be some time-tested protocol or system to such a thing, right? Something this important just has to have been taken care of already. (You know: like war and hunger have been). I just assumed I was too young and inexperienced to know what the exact steps were.
When an industry veteran told me this is a common dilemma, and one with no easy answers at that, I was unpleasantly surprised. One of the consultants at Market Partners International (Publishing Trendsetter's parent company) says that sadly, this departmental problem is one that the industry can't seem to shake. She spoke of an acquaitence who's had a very successful career as Head of Production at several large houses, yet occasionally feels like he doesn't work in "publishing" at all and ended up so far from where he meant to be.
Before you slam your laptop shut on this dismal story, my expert of choice did have some solid pieces of advice:
- You have to move sooner than later—and not just because you're not living the dream. The longer you go, the more over-priced you are for whatever opening in a new department might come up.
- Managers should appreciate that four years in a different department can have great value. Many won't, but that doesn't mean you're doing something misguided or dumb.
- One of the blessings of a small house is that duties often mingle and overlap, which might supply the perfect place to make a cross-over that doesn't feel like a jump off a cliff. Depending on where you are, though, the possible cuts in salary and benefits consequent to leaving Big 6 might be too much of a sacrifice. This is something each person has to suss out for herself.
- Networking! Make as many interdepartmental connections as you can both in and out of house.
But, Elisabeth, one reader asked, What if people in my career bracket are just cliquey and uninterested in making new connections–let alone in talking business–at work get-togethers?
Well, that is a problem. But fortunately I have a lot more ideas on that subject, and that'll be the second half of this career tune-up.


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Sun and BorderWare extend iForce partnership to the Middle East
BorderWare, an internet gateway products and services company, today announced that its iForce partnership with Sun Microsystems would now cover the Middle East.
BorderWare Technologies, an internet gateway products and services company, today announced that its iForce partnership with Sun Microsystems has been extended to cover the Middle East region. The iForce initiative is the program that brings together under one umbrella Sun systems, software, services and iForce partners for customers to leverage their network and improve their business processes.
"BorderWare is pleased to partner with Sun to deliver enterprise-class email firewall appliances to protect corporate networks. By addressing email security at the network edge, the iForce Mail firewall appliances, powered by Sun and BorderWare, become a key component of the corporate security strategy," says Peter Cox International VP at BorderWare commenting on the Middle East partnership.
Sun and its iForce partners are working together to provide standards-based security appliances that will meet the growing demand for integrated solutions. Sun's vision of a security appliance combines using its software, Solaris its network operating system and network interface cards for the Sun platform. The appliance makes it easy for customers to buy a complete integrated solution.
"BorderWare has been very successful in the Middle East market for many years now, and are confident that business here is set to boom given the increasing demand for secure computing. Our customers and partners in the region will get our full support as we are increasing our investment and business activity there," he adds.
BorderWare Technologies positions itself as a 'Security Appliances company' and creates appliances for network firewalls, VPN, email, DNS, and document collaboration, for protecting mission-critical network resources in sensitive environments. The 10 year old Toronto-based company also has partnerships with Cisco Systems, RSA Security, Brightmail, Kaspersky Labs, St. Bernard Software, BlueCat Networks and SSH Communications Security.


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I've never quite understood the appeal of bare steel when it comes to handlebars and brake levers....
This blog is to bikes, what The Sartorialist is to fashion, only a little bit more tongue in cheek. The blog is a homage to Scott Schuman's one The Sartorialist, if you haven't checked it out do so: www.thesartorialist.com The plan. Hit the streets. Scope out bicycles that show a personal flair. The method is a Nikon D90 and 50mm 1:1.4G lens. The execution. Lots of background blur. Feel free to comment and identify any of the unknown bikes.
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What are some practical strategies you can apply to First Date menu selection to keep the calories down and avoid putting on weight? LA's leading internet dating expert shares tips and insights to empower singles for peak attraction while looking for love online and enjoying great First Dates!
If you've managed to publish a great internet dating profile and started searching for love and your Soul Mate at the singles dating websites, congratulations to you! You're taking action to improve your chances at finding love. Using the popular internet personals ads sites is an excellence option where singles of all ages are finding their life partner.
Once you find a few prospective dates and start exchanging messages, within a few of your great conversational messages, the two of you find that you have sufficient mutual attraction and interest that you're both interested in meeting for a first date. He asks her out and for her phone number. She responds yes she'd be delighted and gives him her mobile phone number. He phones to work out the logistics of the first date. They both dress to impress for first date success. They arrive, flirt and greet.
As the two of you are sitting down at the table where your wait person seated you, you smile, ask for a glass of water each, and then you each open the menu and start to peruse your options.
You glance your eyes over the photos of the meal options and your eyes bulge out slightly in response. Oh my goodness! The portion size of American restaurants is quite massive. If you were to actually eat the whole meal, plus perhaps share an appetizer together, you would be eating more than the calories recommended to you to consume in one whole day, let alone at the sitting for one meal.
What are you to do? Is there something you can say or do to display social poise and self-assured confidence while putting your date at ease? Indeed, you can breath exhale a sigh of relief because yes there is.
First of all, do you really need an appetizer? Maybe you don't. If you avoid the majority of selections in the appetizer menu, you'll avoid many deep fat fried starchy foods.
Instead, focus on the entre selection of the main course dishes. Pasta can be very caloric and too filling for a date. Plus the man runs the risk of getting the sauce on your tie and the lady to spill that on your dress. Better to focus on the simpler meat selections with minimal sauce. The sauce is often where there are a lot of hidden meal calories. Peruse the beef, poultry, pork, seafood, and lamb options which are served grilled.
Green leafy salads can often be an excellent choice if you have an option to add beef, chicken, or shrimp on top of the fresh greens to round out the dish with the addition of a protein component. Watch the salad dressing selections for calorie laden dressings. Optimally request your dressing be served on the side so you can dip your fork tips into the dressing for just a taste as you enjoy mouthful of greens for dinner with your date.
Before you place your dinner order, reflect on the side dishes which come along with your main course. White rice, steak fries, and mashed potatoes offer the lowest nutritional value for your calories. Instead, look for options of cole slaw, sliced tomatoes, steamed vegetables, and brown rice featured and request those.
Lastly, when you meal does arrive, take a real look at it. Consider simply cutting your main dish in half and pushing it aside for the time being. Keep sipping your water throughout the meal. In all likelihood, with the great flirtations and conversation exchange you'll have with your new date, you'll find you are full before you even know it. At the end of the meal, just request a to-go container for the remainder of your meal. Take to the office for lunch.
By following these expert dating advice first date menu managing guidelines, as you pursue finding love online, you'll maintain the fit body you have now! And what could be more attractive than that!


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Late nights, one takes, coffee breaks.
We got the opportunity to get some tracks made at SAE's new studio earlier this year, through a friend of a friend of a family member who was someone's third cousin… ok we don't actually know how we got the opportunity.
So we picked some songs we thought would suit a studio setting, packed up some gears and headed on in.
Scratch Tracks
We hastily got working on some 'scratch tracks' which is basically the song recorded to a click, so that individual performances are basically re-recorded.
Obviously this isn't the only way to record, but when you have access to such a lovely studio you take advantage of all the luxuries you can get.
To be honest we were all a little bit hasty recording with strangers in a studio. A lot of our influences shine in a live setting, and we were so used to being a live band. Capturing that essence is certainly no easy task for anyone & if you're nervous before you've even made the individual tracks, then your performance is could go both ways.
The First Day/Night
In my head I definitely wanted to get the drums & bass parts done first, so that the other members of the band could take the time to tinker with their own sounds in the studio. Not only does mic'ing a drum kit take for-fuckin-ever, getting the drum sound you want is notoriously tricky, even if you can just "fix it in post"
The songs we picked were also not very demanding of these two instruments, fx wise, they don't really change at all and basically form the bedrock for the songs.
Here's a lil' tidbit though. Tim got pretty much all the songs in one take. What a machine.
Drums & the rest of the instruments also had to basically be done in one or two takes, as we couldn't punch in to certain parts of the song.
The Other Sessions
A looot of time was spent getting the jangly tones for the songs here. It also affirmed why Lane now plays primarily with an electric, it's much easier to control tones through electric guitar pickups in a stompbox than with shitty acoustic guitar pickups that take ages to get the right tone.
Elizabeth was also nervous recording her parts, because vocals are dominant & the first thing scrutinised when people hear your music. They don't go damn that bass tone is great, or I love the guitar melody. They usually judge on singers and their ability to carry the song. Which Elizabeth totally did.
Guy, also a beast, recorded multiple takes & they could basically take whichever ones they liked best for the songs. Guy's also really talented at getting to the core of what a song should be, or where it should go, and then restructuring chords, sounds, & musical ideas into that. Most of this kinda shit you don't really see because you do it all in rehearsals & pre production before you even get in the studio.
Percussion was pretty basic. Just some shakers and a tambourine or two. They are demos after all.
Brave New Heights
It begins with this chaotic fuckery on our collective instruments, and then launches into this downward unsettling chord progression, counteracted by Tim's upbeat bass line and a driving beat.. which is apparently similair to every jazz drum 101 floor tom routine in everything.
Beat The Clouds
Ok well this one is straight up foot stomping. Literally. Lane always stomps for this song & I love it far too much. It has such an amazing summery, uplifting vibe that's also really difficult to capture in a clinical studio session. Luckily it's just a demo though! It's one of our favourite songs to play live and always appears near the end of a set list as it just feels so damn good. My only personal qualm with the song is that it's so perfect as 4 minute song, but I want to vamp on it for a fuck ton more.
We Learnt Some Things
All the top microphones in the world don't make a good god-damn difference to your performance, & a good producer/engineer is worth their weight in gold. If they can transfer what you think the song should feel like into technical audio mastery, then you've found yourselves a winner.
Luckily these were all students at SAE who were learning their craft, & how to work with musicians. We had free studio time, which is unheard of! We're so thankful that we got the opportunity to work in such a high class studio for a little while.
We didn't go into these sessions thinking we were going to be able to release these as full CD quality 'put this on your ep' recordings. Sometimes you just gotta cut your teeth so that next time when you record… you get exactly what you're after.
Also if you wear sunglasses inside, you're automatically Father John Misty levels of dickishness.


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Aishwarya looks princess-like at Cannes red carpet
- Author: Michelle Webb May 20, 2017,
May 20, 2017, 9:43
Reportedly, Kaun Banega Crorepati is all set to occupy the prime time slot on Star Plus as the makers of the show gear up for its ninth season. This time was no different.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aaradhya at Mumbai airport. This year is Aaradhya's sixth visit to the Cannes Film Festival after she accompanied Aishwarya to the worldwide film festival every year since she was born.
Ash looked nothing short of exotic in her pristine gown. Looking forward to her next looks now! Her best appearance so far has been her golden mermaid look in Roberto Cavalli golden off shoulder evening gown.
We're not exaggerating, but if Cleopatra was alive, Aishwarya would have snatched her title of being the most enchanting woman in the world. According to L'Oréal, she used two lipstick one tint caresse in Rose blossom blended with orchid blossom.
Goins' hit caps comeback as Blue Jays beat Indians 8-7
Dyson tied the game 2-2 in the seventh when he sent Dominic Leone's first offering over the fence in right, a no-doubter. Travis didn't move off third until Mariners catcher Carlos Ruiz committed to throwing to second to try and catch Maile.
- HBdy Guardian Angel (@AishwaryaKaif9) May 19, 2017@AishwaryaRaiWeb @AishwaryaSpice @FabulousAish @AishwaryaRaiFB @WorldOfAish @michael5inco Woha....! On the other-side, Aishwarya Rai is popular at worldwide level and it will be a big deal if she gives nod.
Fans were eagerly waiting to see the red carpet look of the actress who has always been at the top of her fashion game.
Lets have a look a to the bunch of those pictures and we can assure that you will not be able to take your eyes off.
She was wearing a Yanina Couture ensemble.


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News Archive for August 2015
Archdiocese Pilgrimage
to Lourdes 2015
On Friday 21st August
Bishop Paul led the Southwark diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes.
They travelled with The Catholic Association who has organised pilgrimages to Lourdes for over a hundred years. While preserving the diocesan identity, they will be part of a larger group and have the opportunity to meet people from other dioceses, schools, and organisations throughout the country
They go to Lourdes in response to an invitation of Our Blessed Lady to go there in Procession, to give praise to God Our Father, to meet him in the Eucharist, to make known his Kingdom here on earth. Mary invites us to go to Lourdes to pray, to contemplate the mysteries of the Rosary, the Rosary which Pope Paul VI called 'a synthesis of the whole Gospel'
The Pilgrims remember the whole diocese in their prayers and worship and ask the whole diocese of pray for them in return
On Saturday 22nd
Canon Ed Perera, the Diocesan Director, and Bishop Paul host a meeting for Southwark Pilgrims. They were joined by Monsignor Bill Saunders who is Director of the whole Pilgrimage
On Sunday 23rd
the Pilgrimage joins over seven thousand others for the Sunday International Mass, held in the Underground Pius X Basilica
The Catholic Association lead the Sunday night Marian Torchlight procession
On Monday 24th the prilgims processed to the Grotto
Mass at the Grotto
Penitential Service at St Pius X Basilica Monday afternoon
There are two particular groups:
The Glanfield Group, who bring children whose lives are made complicated by certain medical conditions to Lourdes.
The HCP - Helpers Children's Programme - who assist parents on the Pilgrimage who wish to help in Lourdes by taking care and engaging with their children while they work
The Mass organised by the children: this year a mime was carried out while the Gospel was read; the children read the bidding prayers, and some of the young adults sung the Psalm and sung a reflection piece after Communion.
Bishop Paul Hendricks presided and preached at the Mass, and Southwark provided the reader for the First Reading.
After a busy day of prayers at the Baths, Stations of the Cross, Mass organised by the Children, the Southwark Pilgrims gathered for some time together
On Thursday 27th
the pilgrims joined the Anointing of the Sick in St Pius X Basilican
More photos of the Pilgrimage are on the
RCSouthwark Diocesan
Flickr page
Please pray for the repose of the soul of
Reverend Deacon Philip Gummett
who died on 15th August 2015
His body will be received into St Peter's Catholic Church
Bargoed CF81 8RJ
on Tuesday 25th at 18:00 followed by Mass
His Funeral Mass will be held at
St Peter's Catholic Church, Bargoed, CF81 8RJ
at 11:30 on Wednesday 26th August 2015
followed by burial in Gwaelod yr Brithdir Cemetery, NP24 6JY
All are welcome
In lieu of flowers - donations to
The Alzheimer's Society or The Rocky Appeal (QA Hospital, Portsmouth)
c/o D J Thomas & Son, Bargoed, CF81 8NW
May he rest in peace
Blessed Oscar Romero Thanksgiving Mass
On Saturday 15th August 2015, the 98th anniversary of Blessed Oscar Romero's birth hundreds of people from across the UK gathered for the National Mass of Thanksgiving in Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George to celebrate the life, martyrdom and beatification of the Archbishop of Oscar Romero.
Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, patron of the Archbishop Romero Trust, joined by fourteen other priests, including three other bishops. The Cardinal wore the chasuble brought back from the Beatification in San Salvador, which has been gifted to the Cathedral.
At the end of Mass, a candle made for the occasion was lit by the Romero Cross designed by Fernando Llort and which contains relics of Blessed Romero.
After Mass, the congregation gathered in Amigo Hall to hear from Bishop John, Clare Dixon and Julian Filochowski of the Romero Trust who were all privileged to attend the beatification, before a toast to Romero and Cardinal Cormac cut a birthday cake for Archbishop Romero's birthday.
Images from the event can be found on the
Romero Trust's Facebook page
and some images taken by Carols Reyes Manzo are on the
Romero Trust's Flickr account
A round up of events around the world for Romero's birthday can be found on the
Super Martyrio blog
More photos on the RCSouthwark Diocesan Flickr page
Apostleship of the Sea
Following on from the recent blessing of the new Seafarers Centre Sheerness in May this year and Sea Sunday (second Sunday of July), the diocese is delighted to once again support the Apostleship of Sea by hosting the "Stella Maris Mass for Seafarers" in the Cathedral at 12.30pm on Thursday 24th September.
All are invited to this Mass, which will be celebrated by Bishop Tom Burns SM, to pray for seafarers and the work of the Apostleship of the Sea who continue to support seafarers' faith and welfare needs.
Visit their website for more information on the work of the AoS:
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark is a Registered Charity No. 235468


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Hvino News | Georgian Wine News: Georgia embraces tougher wine producing regulations
ოქტომბერი 29, 2014 დატოვე კომენტარი
Unfortunately, the heavy hand of government once again falls on long-established industry practices that benefited both wineries and surrounding communities.
By banning sales of grape pomace ("chacha" in Georgian), the state is cutting off a useful source of revenue from wineries; sale of pomace to small village distillers who make their own chacha/aquavit/grappa from the pulp and sell it locally. No compensation is to be paid to such distillers as far as anyone knows.
Attempts to incorporate grape pomace in dairy cattle feed are now also to end as a result.
While poor quality wine made from pomace, or grape concentrate, or even jelly crystals has been an issue in the past in the Caucasus (both South and North), surely the principal of caveat emptor should prevail? It is arguable that this is only problematic if the product is fraudulently passed off as a premium branded product. If low income people in the village are willing to pay for low-quality wine made from byproducts of vinification, and the end product is not unduly hazardous to health, then why interfere in normal market mechanisms?
29.10.2014. The Georgian government is taking a tougher stance on the country's currently relaxed regulations on wine productions and making it illegal for wine producers to sell the grape pomace, a grape residue left after making wine.In particular, the wine producers will be obliged to use the pomace, according to today's resolution of the Prime Minister.The government believed the new rules acted as a preventive measure that would further protect the wine sector and eliminate the production and distribution of low-quality wines.Chairman of the Agriculture Committee of the parliament of Georgia Giga Agulashvili believed there were occasions when pomace had been produced for secondary use. "Furthermore, it was resulting in adding sugar and water to the pomace and low quality of wine being produced," Agulashvili said.The MP believed the resolution would encourage the production of pomace oil and use of pomace as a bio-fertilizer.
via Hvino News | Georgian Wine News: Georgia embraces tougher wine producing regulations.


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A detailed and loving exploration of the symbols depicted in the deck we know as the Rider-Waite. Working with the Tarot for three decades as a teacher and in interpreting the Tarot for clients and students, Beyerl brings his insightful approach to his new book. Through understanding the images of the cards and learning what the symbols communicate, the deeper meanings of the Tarot become easy to understand. This book arose from twelve years of tarot columns which worked, card by card, through the deck. Additional text discusses ways in which to better understand the relevance of the four suits and of the meaning of the numbers which provide the fabric for the Minor Arcana. Easy to follow, this book is of great value for any person who wishes to learn more about the Tarot, whether a new student of the cards or one with years of experience.
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